A new rumor suggests that Nvidia’s upcoming flagship Ampere graphics card, which some people call the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 (though we are not yet convinced by that name), could come with a reasonably high price tag – of around $ 2,000.
The rumor comes from what appears to be an internal memo, suggesting a price of ¥ 1.3999 in Chinese yuan, about $ 2,000 / £ 1,500 / AU $ 2,800. If that is true, this would make the RTX 3090 (or whatever it is now called) one of the most expensive consumer graphics cards ever made.
It would also mean that this new flagship is almost twice the price of Nvidia’s current flagship, the RTX 2080 Ti, which launched for $ 1,199 (£ 1,099, AU $ 1,899).
If this rumor is true – and that’s a big ‘if’ at the moment – it means you’ll have to shell out an enormous amount of money for the most powerful RTX 3000 series GPU.
Would it be worth it?
So, would a graphics card that ever cost $ 2,000 be worth it? After all, for that price you could get a brand new gaming PC as well as gaming laptop.
It’s hard to say, because we do not know what the RTX 3090 – if it exists – would offer. However, recent leaks suggest that the GPU will come with 12GB of ultra-fast GDDR6X memory, while another points to an enormous 24 GB of memory.
That could put it in RTX Titan terrorism. Nvidia’s Titan GPUs, although based on the same tech as Nvidia’s gaming GPUs, are actually content makers and come with high price tags that are relatively affordable compared to professional GPUs.
The current Titan card, the RTX Titan, costs $ 2,499 (about £ 2,000, AU $ 3,600). We actually have one in for testing games on 8K, though it’s way too much for normal gaming.
But if the RTX 3090 is actually a Titan-level card, it could actually be a more affordable (we use ‘affordable’ loose here) GPU, and one that Nvidia will not target gamers.
We also do not know what the RTX 3080 Ti / RTX 3080 Ti and other RTX 3000 series GPUs cost – and an expensive RTX 3090 may mean (if we are optimistic) cheaper GPUs below.
Meanwhile a poster on the Chiphell forums suggests that the high-end RTX 3000 card will be $ 1,399 (about £ 1,000 / AU $ 2,000), with a Founder Edition costing $ 1,499 (about £ 1,130 / AU $ 2,060).
That’s a bit cheaper, but still means we should expect the high end GPUs from Nvidia heel expensive. If you are hoping to upgrade as Nvidia launches the new graphics cards at their September 1 event, then you may find that you have to put out an enormous amount of ass.
Via Eteknix
