The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti will be released on December 2nd

Rumors are circulating in China that the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti graphics card will be released on November 17th, before the AMD Radeon RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT. The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti has indeed appeared on Chinese promotional materials. It is a less powerful card than the RTX 3070 and will cost $399. Rumors surfaced in the middle of last month regarding the possible release of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti around mid-November. However, according to our sources, the release date has been postponed to December 2nd, 2020 .

Features of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti features a GA104-200 GPU with 4864 CUDA cores, 152 Tensor cores, and 38 RT cores. It is equipped with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14 Gbps. This card has a 256-bit memory bus for a bandwidth of 448 GB per second. The RTX 3060 Ti has a TDP of 180 watts, which can be increased to 200 watts when overclocked. This card operates at a base clock speed of 1.4 GHz and reaches boost clock speed 1.66 GHz . It is part of the budget-friendly Ampere series of gaming graphics cards. The price has been estimated at under $400, which is quite possible, as the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti reuses components from the GeForce RTX 3070 .

How does the ordering process for Nvidia cards work?

These Ampere gaming cards are difficult to order because previous models sold out in minutes. This scenario could therefore repeat itself for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. It's somewhat puzzling for customers and the press that the cards could sell out so quickly. Is this the reality, or is it a marketing tactic? It's also possible, in the worst-case scenario, that Nvidia is facing technical issues. In any case, Nvidia continues to maintain its claim of a very high number of orders. Meanwhile, AMD will release its first Radeon RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT cards on November 18th . These cards feature GPUs supplied by TSMC using a 7-nanometer manufacturing process.