NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti allegedly launches on March 29th, RTX 3070 Ti with 16 GB reportedly cancelled

NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti launches late March

NVIDIA flagship RTX 3090 Ti model set to launch on March 29th, a message on Chiphell forums alleges.

It has been a while since the last rumored launch date for RTX 3090 Ti has been shared. This model is NVIDIA’s upcoming enthusiast SKU featuring the full GA102 GPU silicon combined with faster 24 GB and 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory. It is reported that NVIDIA has now set a launch date for this model to March 29th, after failing to deliver updates for exactly 2 months now.

The message goes further by explaining the possible reason for the card delay as a memory-related problem. Among many possible reasons for the delay, such as hardware/BIOS related, we have been told there were difficulties with the memory stability under some very specific scenarios. Based on the Chiphell post, it is assumed that the issue required a complete replacement of the memory in order to fix this issue.

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Rumors, Source: Chiphell

Furthermore, the post claims that NVIDIA is scraping its plans for RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB, which had appeared in multiple rumors and leaks in the past. This model was expected to compete with upcoming Intel Arc A780 GPU, supposedly featuring 16 GB memory as well.

This is in fact the first report on the not-yet-released RTX 3090 Ti since early January when the card was first presented at CES 2022. We have not been able to confirm this rumor yet, however, we will provide an update should something change (again).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 High-End SKU Specifications
VideoCardz	RTX 3090 Ti	RTX 3090	RTX 3080 Ti	RTX 3080 (10GB)
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GPU	GA102-350	GA102-300	GA102-225	GA102-200
GPU Clusters	84	82	80	68
CUDAs	10752	10496	10240	8704
RT Cores	84	82	80	68
Tensors/TMUs	336	328	320	272
Base Clock	1560 MHz	1395 MHz	1365 MHz	1440 MHz
Boost Clock	1860 MHz	1695 MHz	1665 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory	24 GB G6X	24 GB G6X	12 GB G6X	10 GB G6X
Bus	384-bit	384-bit	384-bit	320-bit
Memory Clock	21 Gbps	19.5 Gbps	19 Gbps	19 Gbps
Bandwidth	1008 GB/s	936 GB/s	912 GB/s	760 GB/s
TDP	450W	350W	350W	320W
MSRP	TBC	$1,499	$1,199	$699
Release Date	March 29, 2022 (?)	September 24th, 2020	June 3rd, 2021	September 17th, 2020

Source: Chiphell #1, #2 via Wccftech