Nvidia's RTX 3080 Ti has been the subject of a ton of rumors lately, and a few more have just surfaced, reinforcing the idea that this graphics card is about to launch, with a leak showing official photos of the GPU. Assuming the press photos of the Leadtek WinFast RTX 3080 Ti Hurricane are genuine - and they certainly look good, as VideoCardz points out - they save past images of MSI's RTX 3080 Ti Ventus pallets spotted during shipment. The Leadtek 3080 Ti variant box is shown and again clearly states that the memory configuration is 12 GB VRAM (as also seen on the MSI Ventus packaging), and that the three card layout fans are pretty much the same. to those of the existing WinFast RTX 3080 in terms of card and cooling system.
(Image credit: VideoCardz/Leadtek) So it looks like the 3080 Ti will be essentially the same as the vanilla flavor of the RTX 3080, based on the same GPU, with the same power draw, just with a few under-the-hood tweaks to overload it. The 3080 Ti will reportedly boost the CUDA core count to 10,240, a healthy step up from the RTX 3080 which has 8,704 cores.
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At the same time, VideoCardz also noted that Asus had submitted a bunch of new graphics cards to the EEC (Eurasian Economic Commission), including a series of 3080 Ti models. These cards include ROG Strix RTX 3080 Ti models, with a water-cooled LC model, a ROG Strix White Edition, and also a Gundam-themed offering (in a bunch of different variations, with overclocked or OC versions, non-OC models, and advanced). The RTX 3070 Ti, the sister card that will appear a week after the 3080 Ti, with on-sale dates supposed to be June 10 and June 3, respectively, is also showing up, but it will only have ROG models. Strix in black and silver (but will be available in TUF, Turbo, and water-cooled models). In fact, Asus has introduced more than 100 (yes, 100!) entries with the EEC for new and updated models, and it looks like the graphics card maker is essentially upgrading its entire lineup with the EEC. This includes many new Crypto Mining Limited (LHR) versions of existing graphics cards and CMP (crypto-specific) GPUs. Interestingly, VideoCardz notes that the Asus V2 models are likely the LHR cards with artificial restrictions on the mining hash rate, and there is an RTX 3090 V2, which could suggest that this GPU could benefit from the anti-mining treatment at the same time. 'future (is not currently). Take this with a heavy dose of seasoning though, and remember that EEC deposits can (and often are) speculative placeholders. However, one thing is clear: that the weight of the 3080 Ti (and even 3070 Ti) rumors is getting really heavy, and thus increasing the apparent likelihood that these upgrades will turn up as rumored earlier in the year. June. We've also recently heard about the RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti being spotted on Razer PCs, and already on pre-order (sort of) from a Pakistan-based online retailer. These Nvidia graphics cards are expected to be first announced on May 31, early next week. Today's best graphics card deals
