Nvidia recognises 10gb isn't enough - RTX3080 gets a VRAM upgrade

[Grim5]

Yep, that's right. The RTX3080 is getting a revision, the new model features an extra 2GB of VRAM for a total of 12GB.

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-...0-gpu-and-12gb-memory-for-january-2022-launch

 

[Grim5]

Fair enough, however it looks like Nvidia now disagree.

Nvidia has done it before, gtx1060 for example

 

[Grim5]

Marvels Guardians of the Halaxy only needs 10GB as peak VRAM usage is just 9GB. The 3080 VRAM is adequate for 4K but not for AMD sponsored games.

please show us a video comparing 3080 and 3090 vram

 

[Grim5]

I'd imagine it will be atleast 50% if they move to TSMC 5nm as that alone is a huge jump in perf per watt over Samsung 8nm which will also allow for higher clocks and then the architectural improvements on top.

samsung 8nm to tsmc 7nm is already a 40% improvement in density, tsmc 7nm to tsmc 5nm is another 60% increase.

Samsung 8nm to TSMC 5nm for Nvidia would be a massive upgrade in process technology. If Nvidia wants to, they will be able to build RTX4000 GPUs that have 100% more cores than RTX3000 - Apple has now proved that 5nm is now ready for massive dies so chip size is not an issue as 5nm is fully matured