Following the first official teaser of its next-generation GeForce RTX gaming graphics cards yesterday, NVIDIA has announced that it will be hosting a special GeForce event on September 1st. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang will host the special GeForce event, which will be delivered in a digital and pre-recorded format, similar to the GTC 2020 Digital keynote.
GeForce Special Event of NVIDIA All-Set Before September 1, Jensen Huang Introduces Next-Gen GeForce RTX ‘Ampere’ Gaming Graphics Cards
NVIDIA has also released an official countdown timer that ends on September 1 at 9 a.m. Pacific Time. The official statement for the event is provided below:
NVIDIA will broadcast a GeForce Special Event, with an address by founder and CEO Jensen Huang, on September 1, at 9 p.m.
During the event, Huang will highlight the company’s latest innovations in gaming and graphics. Tune in at https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/special-event/. via NVIDIA
What is most exciting about this launch is the fact that it will take a full 21 years after the introduction of the iconic GeForce 256, which was not only NVIDIA’s first commercial graphics card, but also the first GPU to be released. ever produced. Considering that, we can expect this particular gaming setup to have far more meaning and significance than any previous GeForce RTX line.
Here is everything we know about the NVIDIA GeForce RTX Ampere Gaming Graphics Cards
As for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Ampere gaming graphics cards, it is stated that the lineup is expected to consist of four graphics cards by 2020, these include:
- NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
- NVIDIA RTX 3080
- NVIDIA RTX 3070
- NVIDIA RTX 3060
All four graphics cards are scheduled for launch in 2020, but will have different launch schedules. The high-end cards will first be prioritized with the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3080 plan to launch in September, which is about a month away from now. The GeForce RTX 3070 will be launched a month later in October, while the GeForce RTX 3060 mainstream graphics card will hit store shelves in November.
As to what we can expect from NVIDIA’s high-end GeForce RTX 30 Series Ampere gaming graphics cards, we have speculated / rumored information below:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti – The Fastest Ampere Graphics Card
According to the details, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will have the GA102-300-A1 GPU. The GA102-300-A1 GPU is said to consist of 5248 CUDA cores and 82 SMs. In total, this is a 20% increase in cores over the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. No details like clock speed, TMU / ROP counts are provided and we can not take the Ampere A100 die as a reference because gaming and HPC parts share a different configuration hierarchy.
Going to the memory page, things start to look interesting as it is said that the card will get up to 12 GB of memory with faster GDDR6 pin speeds. Since that is a 384-bit bus that we are looking at, it will be able to offer almost 1 TB / s bandwidth. There is also talk of an improved version of the GDDR6 DRAM, known as GDDR6X, however, there is still no information available from any graphics DRAM vendor, unlike the previous GDDR6 DRAM which was officially reported months for their integration on the Turing graphics cards.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 – GA102 For High-End Gaming
Going to the GeForce RTX 3080 reports the rumor that the card will be with the GA102-200-KD-A1 SKU. This trimmed SKU will have the same 4352 CUDA cores as the RTX 2080 Ti which will handle a total of 68 SMs. After all, the card will have 10 GB of memory, which will also become GDDR6X, running at 19 Gbps over a 320-bit bus interface with a bandwidth of 760 GB / s.
The switch to GA102 from TU104 on the RTX 2080 is definitely an interesting one. A high end SKU would also result in higher wattage and thermals, but I believe this could be done to raise the bar on the sub $ 500 segment that should consist of GA104 based RTX 3070 and RTX 3060. The latest performance leaks also show a manly performance improvement over the RTX 2080 and even the RTX 2080 Ti in synthetic benchmarks. If the same could translate to the performance of gaming, then Ampere seems like a super attractive product for gamers who have been waiting for almost 2 years now.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 “Amps” Graphics Card Rumor Launch / Specs:
| Name of graphics card | GPU Name | SMs / CUDA cores | Memory capacity | Memory Bus | Start time frame |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | Ampere GA102-300? | 5248 (82)? | 12 GB GDDR6 (X)? | 384-bit | September 2020 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | Ampere GA102-200? | 4352 (68)? | 10 GB GDDR6 (X)? | 320-bit? | September 2020 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 | Ampere GA104-300? | 2944 (46)? | 8 GB GDDR6 (X)? | 256-bit? | October 2020 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | Ampere GA106-300? | TBD | 8 GB GDDR6 (X)? | 256-bit? | November 2020 |
Recent reports have suggested that NVIDIA has halted production of its higher-end GeForce RTX GPU setup to prepare for the Ampere GeForce RTX launch. Only small quantities of the mentioned GPUs are left in the retail channel, which suggests that we are getting closer to the launch. There is definitely a lot more to talk about on the Ampere GPUs, but we’ll have to wait until more information comes our way.
