Nvidia Computex Keynote - RTX 3080 Ti + RTX 3070 Ti Announced, MSRP: Starting at $1199, $599, respectively

[CT854]

Summary

 

The RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti were successively announced by Nvidia at their Executive Keynote Livestream from Computex 2021. The RTX 3080 Ti was announced to start at US$1199 launching on June 3rd, while the RTX 3070 Ti was announced to start at US$599 launching on June 10th.

 

In the spoiler tag are the marketing materials from the keynote.

Spoiler

 

 

 

Quotes

 

Some choice quotes:

 

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The RTX 3080 Ti is 1.5x faster than its predecessor [the RTX 2080 Ti] ... with 12GB of G6X {GDDR6X] memory, and a 384 bit memory interface.

 

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The RTX 3070 quickly became our most popular Ampere GPU. Now we're adding a "Ti" to this class of GeForce, with more cores and super-fast memory ... it's 1.5x faster than a 2070 Super. 

--Jeff Fisher, Senior VP, Nvidia

 

My thoughts

 

Well, amidst all the rumors and leaks the actual announcements are live. The most notable thing, from my understanding, that doesn't line up with our knowledge from rumors and leaks is the expected MSRP of the 3080 Ti. I'm extremely skeptical of how the price-to-performance of the 3080 Ti will actually size up with this $1200 asking price. I know, I know, jacked-up prices due to the market, but this is a depressing reminder to me of just how bizzaro-world everything has gotten with GPU pricing. I mean, they tout the 3080 Ti as being 1.5x the speed of the 2080 Ti, but the 3070 itself trades blows with that card. When your models start at $1200, I have little faith that this will scale well in terms of price-to-performance with even the most expensive 3070 partner models. I wouldn't even be surprised if, when the benchmarks for the 3080 Ti come out, we see price-to-performance that rivals the 3090 in terms of piss-poor value. At least the 3070 Ti price seems to be not... entirely insane, though they kinda pigeon-holed themselves between the 3070 and 3080 with that one.

 

Of course, none of this matters when the primary objective is to just get a GPU, and we'll immediately see this card listing on eBay for at least $2500.

 

Sigh.

 

Also, apologies if I jumped the gun by posting this, or didn't do something properly. This is my first time doing a Tech News post.

 

Sources

 Nvidia Keynote Address from Computex 2021

Edited June 1, 2021 by CT854
Image formatting crap, fixed pricing mistake

[dean_5234]

Ah yes, the moment when you can put the 3070 TI at the same MSRP as the 3080 because you know full well nobody is gonna be able to buy either for near $699.

[Levent]

Title is wrong?

Spoiler

599 would be a superb deal for it though.

[CT854]

1 minute ago, davemc said:

Ah yes, the moment when you can put the 3070 TI at the same MSRP as the 3080 because you know full well nobody is gonna be able to buy either for near $699.

That's my bad, that's a typo on my end. MSRP for the 3070 Ti starts at $599, not $699.

[Moonzy]

4 minutes ago, davemc said:

Ah yes, the moment when you can put the 3070 TI at the same MSRP as the 3080 because you know full well nobody is gonna be able to buy either for near $699.

 

6 minutes ago, CT854 said:

the RTX 3070 Ti was announced to start at US$699

i was confused too until i see the slides

 

6 minutes ago, CT854 said:

 

it's $599, which makes more sense

 

3080ti at $1200 was... unexpected, but cant say im surprised

i was expecting $999 but then again... today's climate probably pushed it up

and it'll be way higher in market anyways

only 12gb of G6x though

[dean_5234]

Just now, CT854 said:

That's my bad, that's a typo on my end. MSRP for the 3070 Ti starts at $599, not $699.

Ahhh, gotcha, NP. Makes more sense now. Still, thanks for the noice tech news.

[Mando772004]

should i wait for 3080 Ti or just go for a 6900xt? i live in egypt the stock here for cards like 3080 and 6900xt are good atleast better than they are outside of egypt

[x-eagleeye-x]

Oh how cute. Another GPU very few of us will be able to buy at MSRP because of crypto currency-loving peasants driving up prices unnecessarily.  

[Zmimgo]

Would you rather:

 

RTX 3080 Ti, for 300$ less

 

RTX 3090, with 2 times the VRAM

[dean_5234]

7 minutes ago, InfernalClaw said:

should i wait for 3080 Ti or just go for a 6900xt? i live in egypt the stock here for cards like 3080 and 6900xt are good atleast better than they are outside of egypt

I'd recommend making a new thread with your full PC specs, the prices of those cards in Egypt right now, and the exact models you are looking at.

[That Franc]

5 minutes ago, Zongohihello said:

Would you rather:

 

RTX 3080 Ti, for 300$ less

 

RTX 3090, with 2 times the VRAM

3090 isn't 1500 anymore, I bet that's what Nvidia is banking on

[Zmimgo]

Just now, That Franc said:

3090 isn't 1500 anymore, I bet that's what Nvidia is banking on

imagine if it was at msrp then

[RejZoR]

1 minute ago, That Franc said:

3090 isn't 1500 anymore, I bet that's what Nvidia is banking on

Yeah, 3090's are 2000 now lol

[Mark Kaine]

wow i was really hoping 3070ti would have more vram, but its just "much faster"…

 

Gonna keep my old and trusty 3070 then I guess.

 

 

 

[Mando772004]

11 minutes ago, davemc said:

I'd recommend making a new thread with your full PC specs, the prices of those cards in Egypt right now, and the exact models you are looking at.

im getting a whole new pc something like a 5800x 16gb ram and 3080ti/6900xt

[dean_5234]

14 minutes ago, RejZoR said:

Yeah, 3090's are 2000 now lol

Here in America, thats considered a great deal.

11 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

Gonna keep my old and trusty 3070 then I guess.

 

I hope you're joking, no man you need to upgrade to the 4090 Super TI Max-Q running of 3 16-pin connectors and 2 power plugs.

[Mark Kaine]

13 minutes ago, davemc said:

hope you're joking, no man you need to upgrade to the 4090 Super TI Max-Q running of 3 16-pin connectors and 2 power plugs.

no i need da vrams im constantly at ~ 7+GB usage in several games, Id like to use higher textures and stuff…

I also definitely knew 8GB would be a problem , coming from a 8GB 1070.

 

 

I really wanted to go AMD this time, i even waited for their release, but, none available

 

 

PS: im not complaining ,perfomance is fine overall but I really  think a ti would have been a good opportunity for Nvidia to up their ram, isnt there even free slots on the card??

 

But this just seems to be Nvidia being Nvidia.  (and you cant even blame them, there is no competition whatsoever…)

[starwarscity9]

3080ti seems a little much i might go for the 3070ti

[jaslion]

At 1.5 times a 2080ti's performance it would surpass a 3090 as that card is at best 40% faster than a 2080ti. Probably just marketing bs or they actually just put out a 3090 with half the vram.

[WolframaticAlpha]

1 hour ago, CT854 said:

Summary

 

The RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti were successively announced by Nvidia at their Executive Keynote Livestream from Computex 2021. The RTX 3080 Ti was announced to start at US$1199 launching on June 3rd, while the RTX 3070 Ti was announced to start at US$599 launching on June 10th.

 

In the spoiler tag are the marketing materials from the keynote.

  Hide contents

 

 

 

Quotes

 

Some choice quotes:

 

 

--Jeff Fisher, Senior VP, Nvidia

 

My thoughts

 

Well, amidst all the rumors and leaks the actual announcements are live. The most notable thing, from my understanding, that doesn't line up with our knowledge from rumors and leaks is the expected MSRP of the 3080 Ti. I'm extremely skeptical of how the price-to-performance of the 3080 Ti will actually size up with this $1200 asking price. I know, I know, jacked-up prices due to the market, but this is a depressing reminder to me of just how bizzaro-world everything has gotten with GPU pricing. I mean, they tout the 3080 Ti as being 1.5x the speed of the 2080 Ti, but the 3070 itself trades blows with that card. When your models start at $1200, I have little faith that this will scale well in terms of price-to-performance with even the most expensive 3070 partner models. I wouldn't even be surprised if, when the benchmarks for the 3080 Ti come out, we see price-to-performance that rivals the 3090 in terms of piss-poor value. At least the 3070 Ti price seems to be not... entirely insane, though they kinda pigeon-holed themselves between the 3070 and 3080 with that one.

 

Of course, none of this matters when the primary objective is to just get a GPU, and we'll immediately see this card listing on eBay for at least $2500.

 

Sigh.

 

Also, apologies if I jumped the gun by posting this, or didn't do something properly. This is my first time doing a Tech News post.

 

Sources

 Nvidia Keynote Address from Computex 2021

 

 

Also how is the 3080ti better than the RX6900xt, considering it is 200 bucks more expensive?

[Lord Nazo]

The 3080 TI is at least $200 overpriced, but it should really be $900 to be a better price/performance value. It's basically the awkward middle child of the 30 series lineup. 

[Moonzy]

35 minutes ago, WolframaticAlpha said:

Also how is the 3080ti better than the RX6900xt, considering it is 200 bucks more expensive?

RTX features are nice

 

If I had to guess by spec, it'll be ~3% behind 3090, but we'll have to see

Who gives a rat's ass about Nvidia's MSRP today anyways

AIB MSRP is what matters more, and retail price matters most

[SADS]

780ti - $699

980ti - $649

1080ti - $699

2080ti - $1199 ?!

3080ti -$1199 ?!

 

I think I'm swerving another year, even if these cards were retail price.... and in stock....

 

It's a shame, because I've always seen the Ti cards as sort of "titan performance for just over 80 prices", so they always seemed like really good deals to me. Not anymore.

[Blademaster91]

The 3080Ti for $1199, and 3070Ti for $599, these seem overpriced as the 3080 was supposed to be $699, and the 3070Ti would be $100 less than the 3080 if prices were even remotely normal. But it's hilarious to me that Nvidia even lists MSRP prices because no founders or AIB cards are going to sell for anything close to MSRP.

[SADS]

I fear that £/€/$1,000+ GPU's are now just going to be 'normal' pricing.

 

People seem to think that there's something crazy about the pricing at the moment (and that's fair), but I don't expect for a second that prices are going to return to anything like they were before.

 

Remember the 2080 and 2080ti were massive hikes in price and that was pre pandemic.

The value offered by GPUs today will probably never match what it used to.