Gigabyte Confirms Avalanche of 20GB Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti, 12 GB RTX 3060 Cards

Gigabyte RX 6800 Series Custom GPUs
(Image credit: Gigabyte)

Inadvertently, Gigabyte may just have confirmed the existence of not only a 20 GB RTX 3080 Ti but also a 12 GB RTX 3060 card. That may not sound like a big deal at face value, but if you ask me, it's something that's certainly worth getting excited about. 

The information comes from a new EEC listing -- one that covers a plethora of cards. Details are scarce at this time, but the following product names tell enough of a story: 

Gigabyte's RTX 3080 Ti 20GB Models:

  • GV-N308TAORUSX W-20GD
  • GV-N308TAORUSX WB-20GD
  • GV-N308TAORUS X-20GD
  • GV-N308TAORUS M-20GD
  • GV-N308TGAMING OC-20GD
  • GV-N308TVISION OC-20GD
  • GV-N308TEAGLE OC-20GD
  • GV-N308TTURBO-20GD
  • GV-N308TAORUS-20GD
  • GV-N308TGAMING-20GD
  • GV-N308TEAGLE-20GD
  • GV-N308TVISION-20GD
  • GV-N308TTURBO OC-20GD

Gigabyte's RTX 3060 12 GB Models:

  • GV-N3060GAMING OC-12GD
  • GV-N3060EAGLE OC-12GD
  • GV-N3060EAGLE-12GD
  • GV-N3060VISION OC-12GD
  • GV-N3060VISION-12GD
  • GV-N3060GAMING-12GD

The EEC listing also covers a few 'regular' RTX 3080 models and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT units, but those aren't what's interesting today, of course. 

By now, this isn't the first time we've heard of these cards. The public has been asking for them for a long time now, and there have been rumors aplenty. Asus also accidentally listed similar models a few days ago, so reasons to doubt this listing are starting to dwindle.

But what makes these high-capacity cards interesting is their likelihood to stand up to the test of time. It's no industry secret that Nvidia's cards often lead the charge when it comes to running today's titles, but many also believe that AMD GPUs tend to 'age like a fine wine' much better. The reason for that is that AMD happily chucks more memory aboard its graphics card designs than Nvidia does, which helps with future games that require larger buffers.

So if you're like me, and you keep your graphics cards for a long, long time, then it might be worth the patience to sit on your pennies a little longer for these cards to come out.

Earlier rumors indicated that the RTX 3080 Ti might just pack the same 10,496 CUDA core count as the RTX 3090. However, no information is available yet about the GPU configuration of the alleged RTX 3060 -- though the word on the street is that it will come in 6 GB and 12 GB variants. 

With these EEC listings up, chances are we'll be seeing the aforementioned cards announced soon. Of course, for official information, you'll have to sit tight a little longer until Nvidia's announcement comes around.            

Niels Broekhuijsen

Niels Broekhuijsen is a Contributing Writer for Tom's Hardware US. He reviews cases, water cooling and pc builds.

  • RealBeast
    I better get ready to sell a kidney. ;)
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  • Bastard2k
    hopefully evga releases one in the next 60 days so i can make use of the stepup program.
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  • thisisaname
    Is there a need for so many different versions of the cards when supply is so tight?
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  • caseym54
    By "avalanche" you mean "many different cards" or "many cards shipped"? I'm betting on the former.
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  • MorganPike
    Many different SKUs. Was no mention of volumes.

    I hope vendors have got better at combating bots by now. I really want a 3080 ti 20G. No way I'll support scalpers though. I don't want anything that bad.
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  • MorganPike
    thisisaname said:
    Is there a need for so many different versions of the cards when supply is so tight?
    No, there isn't. So I'm hopeful it means they're preparing for a larger offering than we've yet seen with this gen.
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  • MorganPike
    Bastard2k said:
    hopefully evga releases one in the next 60 days so i can make use of the stepup program.
    I haven't had an evga card in years. I was unaware of this program so your post prompted me to look at it. That's a pretty darn cool purchase protection program.

    I've been pretty happy with Gigabyte products lately but maybe it's time to revisit evga.
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  • FakeMike
    So the only missing piece now is 3070 Ti, which I bet will be equipped with 16GB of RAM, given that 3060 has 12GB and RX 6800 comes with 16GB
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  • watzupken
    There are a lot of SKUs, but I am not so sure if there is a lot of stock. And of course, how much is Gigabyte going to charge considering they have been quite notorious of late to jack up prices.
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  • Darkbreeze
    We have a hundred new SKUs, but only five cards are available.

    "You mean only five models from those hundred SKUs"?

    No, we mean FIVE CARDS, period. :)
    Reply