Nvidia may well have killed off the RTX 3080 12GB

Rumor mill: After only releasing it in January this year, Nvidia is rumored to have ceased production of the RTX 3080 12GB GPU. The transfer comes as the card's cost falls to that of the 10GB variant when the additional effective RTX 3080 Ti is minimized by $200.

Twitter person @Zed_Wang (by using Computer Gamer) tweeted that Nvidia has made the decision to end producing the RTX 3080 12GB now that graphics card rates are falling and it requires to clear stock. A swift seem on Newegg displays numerous of these 12GB variants priced the exact same as or, in some circumstances, fewer than the 10GB model.

It looks Nvidia is acquiring rid of the card with the more VRAM and broader bus to change the remaining surplus of RTX 3080 10GB cards before its RTX 4000 (Ada Lovelace) sequence lands later this year.

A further variable in Nvidia's choice is the RTX 3080 Ti looking at its MSRP drop by $200—the lowest priced on Newegg is $1,089—which leaves a lot less home, price tag-wise, for the RTX 3080 12GB to sit among the Ti and 10 GB products. From Nvidia's position of view, it also suggests buyers may possibly be tempted to spend added and obtain an RTX 3080 Ti instead of an RTX 3080 10GB when there is certainly no 12GB variant.

We were not extremely amazed with the RTX 3080 12GB. It was supplied a score of 75 in our evaluation, where we famous that it allowed Nvidia to considerably raise income margins on silicon that would have otherwise been marketed as the authentic 10GB product. It also allowed board partners and/or distributors to money in on the unbelievable demand the industry was encountering at the time. But finding one at the very same price tag as the RTX 3080 10GB tends to make the newer card a substantially more appealing prospect, so you could want to grab just one even though you can.