We have been hearing rumors about the new RTX 3070 Ti 16GB and RTX 3080 12GB for some time, and while everyone indicated that they would be announced in January, it seems that Nvidia changed plans and will announce them in December, to launch them in early January.
11.1 update:
1. 2060 12G —12/7 on-shelf。
2.3070Ti 16G, 3080/12G —12/17 PPT released, 2022/1/11 officially launched.— Hongxing2020 (@hongxing2020) November 1, 2021
The information comes from the leaker “hongxing2020“, Who assures that both will be announced on December 17 and will hit the market on January 11. He also talks about the RTX 2060 12GB, ensuring that it will be announced on December 7 and that its sales will begin that same day.
Regarding the specifications of these new graphics, on the side of the RTX 2060 12GB and the RTX 3070 Ti 16GB its memory will simply double, while the RTX 3080 12GB will not only increase its memory by 20%, but also its bus, increasing the bandwidth by 20%, which will give more performance in all kinds of tasks.
Unfortunately there are still no details on the prices of these new graphics, although we will keep you updated as more news is known.