The GeForce RTX 3080 is currently one of the most popular graphics cards available on the market. A leak now reveals that the graphics card could receive an upgrade that might solve the main criticism.
Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3080 is currently one of the most sought-after graphics cards among gamers:
- The graphics card offers high performance, and 4K gaming with ray tracing is also possible.
- The card provides a very good price-performance ratio for its MSRP of 729 euros.
- The RTX 3080 is currently priced at double the recommended retail price.
However, there was criticism of the graphics card after its release, as testers criticized not only the noise but also the too small video memory of the new graphics card. But this could change in the future, according to a leaker.
According to the leak, there will soon be an RTX 3080 with 12 GB of video memory
What kind of upgrade is this? This is at least reported by Videocardz.com (via videocardz.com). It is mentioned that the manufacturers of the graphics cards from Nvidia have been informed that a new version of the RTX 3080 will soon be released.
Specifically, it is said that the RTX 3080 will receive an upgrade to 12 GB of video memory. In this context, the maximum bandwidth is expected to increase as well. However, the overall performance of the card and the computing cores are not expected to change. Nvidia has since released the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, which offers more power than the card without the Ti.
When is the upgrade coming? According to the leak, the RTX 3080 with 12 GB of video memory is expected to hit the market in January 2022. At the same time, there are indications that the previous RTX 3080 model could disappear from the market.
The rumors are not entirely new, as there were already rumors shortly after the release that Nvidia was considering a 20 GB video memory for the RTX 3080.
Many are hoping for an RTX 3080 with more video memory
In our review summary of the GeForce RTX 3080, we had already reported that some testers had criticized Nvidia for equipping its new RTX 3080 with only 10 GB of video memory.
Some argue that the 10 GB in the RTX 3080 is not future-proof. There are already games like Horizon: Zero Dawn or Ghost Recon Breakpoint that have a high memory requirement. And ray tracing is also a technique that relies on increased memory demand.
Already, there are some games where 8 GB of video memory is the absolute minimum required for ray tracing. And in the future, the memory requirements are expected to grow rather than shrink.
What can you expect in 2022? Even though graphics card prices are likely to remain very high in the upcoming year, there are still some exciting news.
For the manufacturers are already preparing the next generation of graphics cards behind the scenes. Initial leaks report that the GeForce RTX 4090 is expected to be twice as fast as the current RTX 3090. However, we do not yet know when these graphics cards will arrive, as Nvidia has not yet introduced any new graphics cards.
