NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 to Come in 12GB and 6GB Variants

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"NVIDIA could take a similar approach to sub-segmenting the upcoming GeForce RTX 3060, as it did for the "Pascal" based GTX 1060, according to a report by Igor's Lab. Mr Wallossek predicts a mid-January launch for the RTX 3060 series, possibly on the sidelines of the virtual CES. NVIDIA could develop two variants of the RTX 3060, one with 6 GB of memory, and the other with 12 GB. Both the RTX 3060 6 GB and RTX 3060 12 GB probably feature a 192-bit wide memory interface. This would make the RTX 3060 series the spiritual successors to the GTX 1060 3 GB and GTX 1060 6 GB, although it remains to be seen if the segmentation is limited to the memory size, and doesn't also go into the chip's core-configuration. It's likely that the RTX 3060 series goes up against AMD's Radeon RX 6700 series, with the RX 6700 XT being rumored to feature 12 GB of memory across a 192-bit wide memory interface."

https://www.techpowerup.com/276134/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3060-to-come-in-12gb-and-6gb-variants
 
UltraTaco said:
Mates, does it evn have the power to utilize that 12gb ram? What a bloody useless feature
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There are a number of software that is memory intensive but not exactly GPU punishing. Adobe comes to mind but crypto miners are the likely intended target for the 12’s.
 
Thatguybil said:
Or more than the 3060ti...
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Yeah this. It would have made sense to have a the TI variant in 12GB, and the regular one at 6 or 8, but not the lowest tiered card having more vram than the "best" (I"m not counting the 3090)
 
sfsuphysics said:
Yeah this. It would have made sense to have a the TI variant in 12GB, and the regular one at 6 or 8, but not the lowest tiered card having more vram than the "best" (I"m not counting the 3090)
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Yeah, I say leave the 3060 as is. The ti is already set and there's only a $100 MSRP between this and the 3070. Unless they discontinue and restructure everything again, it wouldn't make sense. 3080ti with more memory does make sense as there's still a big gap between 3080 and 3090.
 
Krenum said:
Sounds like a waste of chips. Just put 8GBs on it and be done. Why would Nvidia put more memory on a lower tier model 3060 and launch the 3080 with 10GB. Doesn't make sense to me.
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Obviously they would've needed to design it that way from the start, but that is what they should've went for. 3060 / ti - 8GB. 3070 - 10GB. 3080 - 10GB or more.

12GB is a waste at the resolutions you'd realistically play a 3060 at. Of course, it is a lower end segment and I assume many less researched buyers still think more VRAM = faster.
 
Flogger23m said:
Obviously they would've needed to design it that way from the start, but that is what they should've went for. 3060 / ti - 8GB. 3070 - 10GB. 3080 - 10GB or more.

12GB is a waste at the resolutions you'd realistically play a 3060 at. Of course, it is a lower end segment and I assume many less researched buyers still think more VRAM = faster.
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Assuming the performance is 2070 Super, it would be quite a hit on enabling RT on newer titles.

I think they will launch this like the GTX 960: start with 2GB, then and i add premium-priced 4GB model.

If they can price the 6GB model down at $275 range (1660 Ti replacement,) then the 12GB model could be $325....but yeah, it makes little sense to release the 12 before the rest of the VRAM refreshes (first 3080 Ti gets the 20GB bump, then 3070S gets the bump-up to 16GB at 16Gbps.)
 
Seems strange, but could be a reaction to AMD products that weren't known when they were deciding on RAM for the already released SKUs.
 
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