Very early: MSI GPU palettes were photographed in transit to Los Angeles. In the middle of the eclectic assortment is the future “GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 12G OC”, which, as have the armchair generals of the forums, will be launched in a month.
Caught in the camera lens are a handful of pallets, each containing a dozen boxes of maybe a hundred GPUs. The well-protected box is labeled with the aforementioned 3090 and 3080 Ti. The cardboard boxes contain GeForce GT 710 and Radeon RX 580.
If the 3080 Ti is now delivered to distribution centers, then it should be released soon. The popular prediction is in mid-May. Waiting for Ti to be associated with 12 GB of memory is also supported on the MSI package label; The “12G” in the long name of the card might not mean much else, but there is a certain risk that it will be incorrect.
The current predictions, if in doubt, about the Ti pin, the core of the card are 10,240 and the rise clock at 1,665 MHz. If these numbers are true, then it will work like a 3090, but with a little luck, it will be priced closer to 3080 vanilla.
It could be even cheaper if it has a built-in mining limiter that makes it less valuable to crypto-lunatics. And if the mining limiter works …