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 GA104-300

Ampere GA104-200

Ampere GA106-300

Ampere GA106-150

Process Node

Samsung 8nm

Die Size

628.4mm2

395.2mm2

276mm2

Transistors

28 Billion

17.4 Billion

13.2 Billion

CUDA Cores

10752

10496

10240

8960

8704

6144

5888

4864

3584

3072?

TMUs / ROPs

336 / 112

328 / 112

320 / 112

280 / 104

272 / 96

184 / 96

152 / 80

112 / 64

TBC

Tensor / RT Cores

336 / 84

328 / 82

320 / 80

280 / 70

272 / 68

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

12 GB GDDR6X

10 GB GDDR6X

16 GB GDDR6X

8 GB GDDR6X

8 GB GDDR6

12 GB GDDR6

8 GB GDDR6

Memory Bus

384-bit

320-bit

256-bit

192-bit

128-bit

Memory Speed

21 Gbps

19.5 Gbps

19 Gbps

21 Gbps

19 Gbps

14 Gbps

16 Gbps

TBC

Bandwidth

1008 GB/s

936 GB/s

912 Gbps

760 GB/s

672 GB/s

608 GB/s

448 GB/s

384 GB/s

TBC

TGP

450W

350W

320W

~300W

290W

220W

175W

170W

150W?

Price (MSRP / FE)

$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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