[Hardware] NVIDIA Greenlights GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Graphics Card Launch & Reviews For 29th March

[Mr.ShoK]

link:https://wccftech.com/nvidia-greenlights-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-graphics-card-launch-reviews-29th-march/

NVIDIA has seemingly greenlit its upcoming flagship graphics card, the immensely delayed GeForce RTX 3090 Ti for a late March launch.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Seemingly Greenlit For 29th March Launch, Reviews Land The Same Day Too
In the latest report by Videocardz who managed to acquire the internal GeForce RTX 3090 Ti embargo schedule, it is mentioned that the NVIDIA flagship is going to be announced with its reviews and retail availability the same day on 29th March. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti will undoubtedly go in the history for its long delay, spanning almost four months since its teaser introduction at CES 2022 in early January.

 

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 24 GB Graphics Card Specifications
At the heart of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics card lies the GA102 GPU. The GA102 is the flagship gaming GPU and also the fastest gaming GPU that NVIDIA has produced. The GPU is based on Samsung's 8nm custom process node designed specifically for NVIDIA and features a total of 28 Billion transistors. It measures 628mm2 which makes it the 2nd biggest gaming GPU ever produced right below the Turing TU102 GPU which powered the RTX 2080 Ti and Titan RTX.

For the GeForce RTX 3090, NVIDIA has enabled a total of 84 SM units on its flagship which results in a total of 10,752 CUDA cores (vs 82 SM / 10496 cores on RTX 3090 Non-Ti). In addition to the CUDA cores, NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3090 Ti also comes packed with next-generation RT (Ray-Tracing) cores, Tensor cores, and brand new SM or streaming multi-processor units. The GPU runs at a base clock speed of 1560 MHz and a boost clock speed of 1860 MHz. The card has a TDP of 450W (a 100 Watt increase over the RTX 3090).

 

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Custom Models To Feature PCIe Gen 5 16-Pin Power Connector & Compact PCB

In terms of memory, the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti comes packed with 24 GB of memory and that too the next-generation GDDR6X design. With Micron's latest and greatest graphics memory dies, the RTX 3090 Ti can deliver GDDR6X memory speeds of 21 Gbps. That along with a bus interface of 384-bit will deliver a cumulative bandwidth of 1008 Gbps.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics card is also rumored to be the first PCIe Gen 5.0 compliant graphics card, rocking a single 16-pin power connector that can supply up to 600 Watts of power to the card. You can see that the connector is rated for 600W power delivery is PCIe Gen 5.0 compatible & not designed for legacy PCIe Gen 2 or Gen 3 cards.

Amphenol ICC introduces the Gen 5, Minitek Pwr PCIe connector system. This new introduction CEM 5.0 PCI Express 12VHPWR auxiliary hybrid connector and cable assembly support the 600W GPU cards. The 12VHPWR connector is not designed to mate with legacy PCI Express 2x3 and 2x4 12V Auxiliary Power connectors. The 12VHPWR connector power pins have a 3.00mm pitch, while the contacts in a legacy 2x3 and 2x4 connector lie on a larger 4.20mm pitch. New PCIe Connector System (CEM5) is designed for power applications with current rating upto 9.5A/pin (12 pins energized) and the 4 signal pins supporting signal transmission.

Rated current up to 9.5A per contact with all 12 power contacts and 4 Signal contacts
Fully isolated terminals
Positive locking on housing with low thumb latch operation
Low level contact resistance: 6mΩ max.

Currently, it's an ongoing debate internally at several AIBs whether to feature the PCIe Gen 5.0 connector like NVIDIA's Founder Edition or go with standard 8-pin connectors. The Founders Edition is also going to utilize what seems to be an updated revision of the PG136 PCB board known as PG136C.

 

As for its feature set, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 24 GB graphics card rocks all the modern NV feature set such as the latest NVENC Encoder and NVCDEC Decoder, support for the latest APIs, 2nd Generation ray-tracing cores, 3rd Gen Tensor cores. It packs all the modern RTX features such as DLSS, Reflex, Broadcast, Resizable-BAR, Freestyle, Ansel, Highlights, Shadowplay, and G-SYNC support too.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Graphics Card Specifications
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 GA103-200    Ampere GA106-300    Ampere GA106-150
Ampere GA107-300?
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 (GA104)    276mm2    276mm2 (GA106)
Transistors    28 Billion    28 Billion    28 Billion    28 Billion    28 Billion    17.4 Billion    17.4 Billion    17.4 Billion    17.4 Billion (GA104)    13.2 Billion    13.2 Billion (GA106)
CUDA Cores    10752    10496    10240    8960    8704    6144    6144    5888    4864    3584    2560
TMUs / ROPs    336 / 112    328 / 112    320 / 112    280 / 104    272 / 96    184 / 96    184 / 96    184 / 96    152 / 80    112 / 64    80 / 32
Tensor / RT Cores    336 / 84    328 / 82    320 / 80    280 / 70    272 / 68    184 / 46    184 / 46    184 / 46    152 / 38    112 / 28    80 / 20
Base Clock    1560 MHz    1400 MHz    1365 MHz    TBA    1440 MHz    TBA    1575 MHz    1500 MHz    1410 MHz    1320 MHz    1552 MHz
Boost Clock    1860 MHz    1700 MHz    1665 MHz    TBA    1710 MHz    TBA    1770 MHz    1730 MHz    1665 MHz    1780 MHz    1777 MHz
FP32 Compute    40 TFLOPs    36 TFLOPs    34 TFLOPs    TBA    30 TFLOPs    TBA    22 TFLOPs    20 TFLOPs    16 TFLOPs    13 TFLOPs    9.1 TFLOPs
RT TFLOPs    74 RFLOPs    69 TFLOPs    67 TFLOPs    TBA    58 TFLOPs    TBA    44 TFLOPs    40 TFLOPs    32 TFLOPs    25 TFLOPs    18.2 TFLOPs
Tensor-TOPs    TBA    285 TOPs    273 TOPs    TBA    238 TOPs    TBA    183 TOPs    163 TOPs    192 TOPs    101 TOPs    72.8 TOPs
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    14 Gbps
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    224 GB/s
TGP    450W    350W    350W    350W    320W    ~300W    290W    220W    175W    170W    130W (GA106)
115W (GA107)
Price (MSRP / FE)    TBD    $1499 US    $1199    $999 US?    $699 US    $599 US?    $599 US    $499 US    $399 US    $329 US    $249 US
Launch (Availability)    29th March 2022?    24th September 2020    3rd June 2021    11th January 2022    17th September 2020    Cancelled?    10th June, 2021    29th October 2020