ASUS GeForce RTX 3090 Ti TUF Gaming Custom Graphics Card Spotted, Packaging Mentions No PCIe Gen 5 Support

ASUS’s GeForce RTX 3090 Ti TUF Gaming graphics card might just be the first custom variant of the upcoming flagship that has leaked out.

ASUS GeForce RTX 3090 Ti TUF Gaming Graphics Card Spotted, First Custom Model Leak?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti would be the new flagship of the Ampere graphics lineup. It will be a step up from the existing RTX 3090 and offer slightly better performance through faster GDDR6X memory chips. These will also push the power envelope higher than ever. ITHome has spotted the first pictures of the ASUS GeForce RTX 3090 Ti TUF Gaming graphics card, a fully custom design for NVIDIA’s Ampere GPUs.

The site doesn’t mention any details of the card nor shows it visually. The only thing we can see is the packaging which looks fairly similar to the existing 3090 TUF Gaming graphics card. Also, there is no mention of PCIe Gen 5.0 (PCIe Gen 4.0 is mentioned), a feature that was rumored to be the highlight of the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti though it may still hold true for Founders Edition models as it was only the power connector that was going to be Gen 5 compliant and most custom models use non-FE power inputs.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti ‘Alleged’ Specifications

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is expected to be a Titan-class card once again. As for the specs, 3090 Ti is expected to rock the full GA102 GPU core with 10752 cores and 24 GB GDDR6X memory. The memory will be faster-clocked thanks to improved dies from Micron, pushing speeds past 20 Gbps. The pricing may be kept the same at $1499 US (MSRP) but overall, we are looking at a minor 5% improvement.

A previous rumor also stated that the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics card will feature a TGP of over 400W. That’s 50W more than the existing 3090 which means that we could be looking at faster clocks on GPU and VRAM.

There’s also been a rumor of a brand new power connector that will come in the MicroFit form factor but it isn’t going to look anything like the existing connector. The new 16-pin connector will be PCIe Gen 5.0 ready & will offer some current stability for the next-gen protocol which is expected to be introduced on the flagship card.

A major change for the NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti would be the addition of 2GB GDDR6X memory modules. Running at 21 Gbps will require more power and more power translates to higher temps. We have already seen how the VRAM temperatures on GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card gets and especially the modules featured on the back-side.

Having denser capacities modules will mean that NVIDIA could feature all the modules on the front side of the PCB (12 modules in total) which will yield slightly lower PCB and memory temperatures. The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti won’t be the only card getting these higher density modules as the rumor also mentions the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti to get a similar 2GB module treatment. Having 21 Gbps memory chips would essentially give the card up to 1 TB/s of bandwidth. The graphics card has been rumored for a CES 2022 unveil and will launch on 27th January (if things go according to plan).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 ‘SUPER’ Series Graphics Card Specifications (Rumored):

Graphics Card Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GPU Name	Ampere GA102-350?	Ampere GA102-300	Ampere GA102-225	Ampere GA102-220?	Ampere GA102-200	Ampere GA104-400	Ampere GA104-400	Ampere GA104-300	Ampere GA104-200	Ampere GA106-300	Ampere GA106-150
Process Node	Samsung 8nm	Samsung 8nm	Samsung 8nm	Samsung 8nm	Samsung 8nm	Samsung 8nm	Samsung 8nm	Samsung 8nm	Samsung 8nm	Samsung 8nm	Samsung 8nm
Die Size	628.4mm2	628.4mm2	628.4mm2	628.4mm2	628.4mm2	395.2mm2	395.2mm2	395.2mm2	395.2mm2	276mm2	276mm2
Transistors	28 Billion	28 Billion	28 Billion	28 Billion	28 Billion	17.4 Billion	17.4 Billion	17.4 Billion	17.4 Billion	13.2 Billion	13.2 Billion
CUDA Cores	10752	10496	10240	8960	8704	6144	6144	5888	4864	3584	3072?
TMUs / ROPs	336 / 112	328 / 112	320 / 112	280 / 104	272 / 96	184 / 96	184 / 96	184 / 96	152 / 80	112 / 64	TBC
Tensor / RT Cores	336 / 84	328 / 82	320 / 80	280 / 70	272 / 68	184 / 46	184 / 46	184 / 46	152 / 38	112 / 28	TBC
Base Clock	TBA	1400 MHz	1365 MHz	TBA	1440 MHz	TBA	1575 MHz	1500 MHz	1410 MHz	1320 MHz	TBC
Boost Clock	TBA	1700 MHz	1665 MHz	TBA	1710 MHz	TBA	1770 MHz	1730 MHz	1665 MHz	1780 MHz	TBC
FP32 Compute	TBA	36 TFLOPs	34 TFLOPs	TBA	30 TFLOPs	TBA	22 TFLOPs	20 TFLOPs	16 TFLOPs	13 TFLOPs	TBC
RT TFLOPs	TBA	69 TFLOPs	67 TFLOPs	TBA	58 TFLOPs	TBA	44 TFLOPs	40 TFLOPs	32 TFLOPs	25 TFLOPs	TBC
Tensor-TOPs	TBA	285 TOPs	273 TOPs	TBA	238 TOPs	TBA	183 TOPs	163 TOPs	192 TOPs	101 TOPs	TBC
Memory Capacity	24 GB GDDR6X	24 GB GDDR6X	12 GB GDDR6X	12 GB GDDR6X	10 GB GDDR6X	16 GB GDDR6X	8 GB GDDR6X	8 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6	12 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6
Memory Bus	384-bit	384-bit	384-bit	384-bit	320-bit	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit	192-bit	128-bit
Memory Speed	21 Gbps	19.5 Gbps	19 Gbps	19 Gbps	19 Gbps	21 Gbps	19 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 Gbps	16 Gbps	TBC
Bandwidth	1008 GB/s	936 GB/s	912 Gbps	912 Gbps	760 GB/s	672 GB/s	608 GB/s	448 GB/s	448 GB/s	384 GB/s	TBC
TGP	450W	350W	350W	350W	320W	~300W	290W	220W	175W	170W	150W?
Price (MSRP / FE)	$1499 US	$1499 US	$1199	$999 US?	$699 US	$599 US?	$599 US	$499 US	$399 US	$329 US	$279 US?
Launch (Availability)	27th January 2022	24th September 2020	3rd June 2021	Q1 2022?	17th September 2020	Q1 2022?	10th June, 2021	29th October 2020	2nd December 2020	25th February 2021	27th January 2022

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