It is quite normal in the market for processors and graphics cards that new models derived from existing models appear continuously. However, NVIDIA, in desperation to clear excess stock of the RTX 30 from stores, decided to release new variants. One of them is the RTX 3060 Ti with GDDR6X.
In all certainty, when NVIDIA presents the first generation of the RTX 40, it will do so with the 4090, 4080 and 4070 models. This repeats the same movement as in 2020 with the current RTX 30. However, said launch will be geared towards more enthusiasts, towards the high end, where the products are aimed at a minority crazy enough to pay full price for high performance. However, the mid-range will continue to have a representative in the RTX 30, until 2023 arrives and after the annual presentation at CES we know what Jen Hsen Huang intends to do with the mid-range and the RTX 40 for laptops.
Could NVIDIA release a new RTX 3060 Ti with GDDR6X?
The answer is yes, for starters we can’t forget that the 3060 Ti is a slimmed down version of the 3070, although in this case it wouldn’t be the standard 3070, but the variant with GDDR6X memory, that is say the 3070 Ti appeared a few months ago. Thus, chips that are functional, but did not pass the tests to be sold as 3070 Ti, will now come out as 3060 Ti with GDDR6X.
The supposed new card would therefore have no secret, it would be a reduced performance version of an existing card, so neither NVIDIA nor its custom card manufacturing partners would be affected in the least. Of course, it is not for this reason that the change is slight, since the GDDR6X assumes an increase in bandwidth with memory and with it performance when performing certain graphics operations. As for the memory configuration, it will be 8 GB of memory with a bandwidth that could approach 19 Gbps, which translates to 608 GB / s on its 256-bit bus.
The launch date of this model, if its existence is finally confirmed, will be in October and, therefore, there would be a few weeks left for its launch. Interestingly, that will be once we know the specs of the next generation of graphics cards and their prices. In any case, we don’t expect NVIDIA to announce the RTX 3060 Ti with GDDR6 much and rather the most logical thing is to think that they will launch discreetly, without making much noise.
But will they be worth it?
Well, at the moment we don’t know them, adding GDDR6X memory to the RTX 3070 resulted in the 3070 Ti, since it also meant an increase in the number of active cores, SM in NVIDIA jargon. However, with this new variant of the 3060 Ti, there is no name change and it should be in the specifications below the 3070. In any case, let’s not forget that despite the fact that it will be necessary to wait 2023 to see the mid-range. of the RTX 40, time flies faster than you think and it’s much better to save up and wait for the RTX 4060 and potentially the 4060 Ti.
Let’s not forget that in a few days the new generation of graphics cards will be presented, and as always they will be a qualitative leap in performance compared to the previous one. Betting on an RTX 30 with its successor on the market is therefore not a good idea.
