The RTX 3080 12GB would be announced this coming January 11

Rumors keep coming about the RTX 3080 12GB, and as usual, they never agree. First it was said that it was going to be launched together with the RTX 3070 Ti 16GB in December, after it was postponed indefinitely, and now WCCFTech assures that it will be announced this Tuesday, January 11 at 11 a.m. in Argentina.

It is not yet clear if the graphic will be available that same day or if only pre-sales will begin for a later delivery, although it is clear that reservations can already be started that same day, so that same day we will see its first prices in the market.

This announcement is somewhat curious since Nvidia held its CES conference last Tuesday, and it was the perfect time to announce it due to the amount of public that watched the event. Even so, there is the possibility that Nvidia is clear that it is an announcement that may bring several criticisms for not having launched the RTX 3080 with these specifications from the beginning, and perhaps they did not want to mix the controversy that this RTX may generate. 3080 12GB with the announcements of the RTX 3050 and RTX 3090 Ti.

What is known about this new card?

In addition to expanding its memory to 12GB of GDDR6 memory, the RTX 3080 12GB will also increase its bus from 320-bit to 384-bit to support this extra memory, increasing its bandwidth by 20%, which will help deliver better performance. Its number of cores is also expected to increase from 8704 to 8960, and its TDP to increase from 320W to 350W. Obviously this information is based on rumours, so we will have to wait for its official announcement to confirm it.

What do you think about the launch of this RTX 3080 12GB? Do you think these should have been the original specs for the RTX 3080?