GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, another referral? It could arrive in mid-May

Nvidia could have revised his plans (again). According to the latest rumors, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti previously expected for mid-April could be postponed by a month, a Half may. To launch the news is the Asian ITHome, but other sites also report having picked up this rumor, albeit without obtaining solid confirmation.

The reason for this delay is not clear, but one can easily think of the current one shortage situation of components, with Nvidia evidently unable to ensure a launch in adequate volumes. According to Asus, which however speaks of a “hypothesis”, the production yields of Samsung – which physically manufactures the Nvidia Ampere GPUs – would be reduced and for this the shortage of video cards will continue for a long time, for many the situation will remain critical throughout 2021.

It is not clear whether the lower availability of Nvidia GPUs indicated by Asus is linked to technical problems (shortage of ABF substrates, etc.) or simply to a production slowed down by business choices of Nvidia itself after the rush to increase production over the Christmas period. , where consumers are more inclined to spend.

Moreover MSI he has declared in the past few hours that will revise the price lists of its GPUs upwards due to limited availability, which in any case means little and nothing given that the declared price lists have never been respected in this generation, with cards generally sold at double or triple prices compared to those declared.

The arrival of a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti has been rumored for months, by now we can say that it is an “almost mythological” video card. We are at the umpteenth postponement (according to rumors) of this model, which among other things would have undergone several changes of specifications: initially it was to be a 3080 with 20 GB of memory arriving in December, but Nvidia would have reversed a few weeks after. alleged launch. Then there was talk of a debut in January with 16 GB of memory, but even in this case nothing to do, all postponed to February.

Obviously February has passed and not even the shadow of the card, but in the meantime the rumors have settled on very specific specifications: 10240 CUDA core 12 GB of GDDR6X memory at 19 Gbps on 384 bit bus and debut in mid-April. It seemed written in stone, but here is the alleged postponement to the following month. Obviously, since this is a rumor it could be denied by the facts, but currently it is difficult to make predictions given the problems of the entire supply chain.

Among other things, the RTX 3070 Ti should arrive in May – again according to leakers. Nvidia could then present two products in one fell swoop, or slide the 3070 Ti further. All that remains is to continue to monitor the situation, even if we already know the objection of many: it does not matter whether it arrives in April or May if it cannot be easily purchased at list prices. Objection accepted!