It looks as though the final moments of this graphics card generation are due to come to a close, though not beforeNvidiacan go out with a bang by unleashing a slew of products. Withrumors of an RTX 4000 possibly coming mid-2022, which would usher in the next era of GPU technology, “team green” is seemingly on the warpath as talk of a bunch of new hardware coming soon has been doing the rounds recently. Now, it looks as though the company has a couple more Ti cards on the horizon, which will be coming sometime after the holidays, and just in time to ward off the advances of rival products.
According to Videocardz, the on-shelf dates for theNvidia3070 Ti 16 GB and 3090 Ti 24 GB have now been sent out to board partners, with the former due for release on January 11, and the latter on January 27. These are all according to the source, and it seems as though the company will be announcing the 3070 Ti 16 GB at the end of this week. It is interesting that the term “on-shelf” is specifically used, which indicates that these graphics cards will be available for sale to the general public. There doesn’t appear to be any mention of an announcement or the sending out of review products regarding the 3090 Ti.
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TheNvidia RTX 3090 Tiwas rumored to be on the horizon not that long ago, and, given that it’s a slightly boosted version of the RTX 3090, one of the most powerful GPUs on the current market, it would seem team green is looking to see the new year in on a high note. It’s also no coincidence that Nvidia is looking to launch these new Ti cards early on in 2022, given that newcomers Intel will be looking to unleash laptop and desktop versions of its Arc “Alchemist” GPU in Q1 and Q2, respectively. It suggests that Jensen Huang and co are on the offensive to keep its dominant position in the graphics card market.
It’s not just high-end products that the company is looking to push out into the public sphere, either. Recently,Nvidia launched the re-branding of its RTX 2060 GPU, which originally came out in 2019. This iteration comes with 12 GB of RAM rather than 6 GB from the original, or 8 GB from the SUPER variant. However, upon release, supplies were already low, with retailers in the US and UK reporting that they were unable to list the new-yet-old card.
This is perhaps not too surprising, given thatindustry insiders say tech shortages could go on until 2023. Companies likeNvidiamay be keen to push out product after product, drowning out the competition, but it all seems for naught if people are unable to buy any of it in the first place.
