NVIDIA Delays GeForce RTX 3070 Launch to October 29th
by Ryan Smith on October 2, 2020 3:30 PM EST
In a brief news post made to their GeForce website last night, NVIDIA has announced that they have delayed the launch of the upcoming GeForce RTX 3070 video card. The high-end video card, which was set to launch on October 15th for $499, has been pushed back by two weeks. It will now be launching on October 29th.
Indirectly referencing the launch-day availability concerns for the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 last month, NVIDIA is citing a desire to have “more cards available on launch day” for the delay. NVIDIA does not disclose their launch supply numbers, so it’s not clear just how many more cards another two weeks’ worth of stockpiling will net them – it likely still won’t be enough to meet all demand – but it should at least improve the odds.
| NVIDIA GeForce Specification Comparison | ||||||
| RTX 3070 | RTX 3080 | RTX 3090 | RTX 2070 | |||
| CUDA Cores | 5888 | 8704 | 10496 | 2304 | ||
| ROPs | 96 | 96 | 112 | 64 | ||
| Boost Clock | 1.725GHz | 1.71GHz | 1.7GHz | 1.62GHz | ||
| Memory Clock | 14Gbps GDDR6 | 19Gbps GDDR6X | 19.5Gbps GDDR6X | 14Gbps GDDR6 | ||
| Memory Bus Width | 256-bit | 320-bit | 384-bit | 256-bit | ||
| VRAM | 8GB | 10GB | 24GB | 8GB | ||
| Single Precision Perf. | 20.4 TFLOPs | 29.8 TFLOPs | 35.7 TFLOPs | 7.5 TFLOPs | ||
| Tensor Perf. (FP16) | 81.3 TFLOPs | 119 TFLOPs | 143 TFLOPs | 59.8 TFLOPs | ||
| Tensor Perf. (FP16-Sparse) | 163 TFLOPs | 238 TFLOPs | 285 TFLOPs | 59.8 TFLOPs | ||
| TDP | 220W | 320W | 350W | 175W | ||
| GPU | GA104 | GA102 | GA102 | TU106 | ||
| Transistor Count | 17.4B | 28B | 28B | 10.8B | ||
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere | Ampere | Turing | ||
| Manufacturing Process | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm | TSMC 12nm "FFN" | ||
| Launch Date | 10/29/2020 |
09/17/2020 | 09/24/2020 | 10/17/2018 | ||
| Launch Price | MSRP: $499 | MSRP: $699 | MSRP: $1499 | MSRP: $499 Founders $599 |
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Interestingly, this delay also means that the RTX 3070 will now launch after AMD’s planned Radeon product briefing, which is scheduled for October 28th. NVIDIA has already shown their hand with respect to specifications and pricing, so the 3070’s price and performance are presumably locked in. But this does give NVIDIA one last chance to react – or at least, distract – should they need it.
Source: NVIDIA
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raywin - Saturday, October 3, 2020 - link
because I think nvidia is producing an extremely limited number of FE cardsSpunjji - Monday, October 5, 2020 - link
I thought that was a point of FE cards? Limited numbers for the fanboys, everybody else waits for partner cards to see which offer the best balance of features/performance/price.raywin - Sunday, October 11, 2020 - link
I think the point of producing the FE cards was controlling the reviewer narrative with a false sampleDrkrieger01 - Friday, October 2, 2020 - link
Very high demand market, brand new product, high mobility product channels. This means it typically takes time to ramp up production to hit demand targets, and with COVID messing up so many metrics this year it's hard to get a good number. It also requires foundries to product 'x' number of chips when they don't know exactly how much they need. If yields aren't good, you'll be waiting, and I haven't found any info on Ampere's yield rates.Any time I see a 'new product' launch, I expect it to take up to 1-3 months after launch before it's available, at least here in Canada. You need to adjust your expectations ;)
nathanddrews - Friday, October 2, 2020 - link
I've never liked FE cards. The aftermarket versions are generally superior: cooling, dual BIOS, OC, etc.jtd871 - Saturday, October 3, 2020 - link
The FE cards this go-round are loss leaders designed to pump up initial review scores. The cooling solution is too expensive for the MSRP (i.e., NV is making razor thin margins on them), and the AIBs likely aren't allowed to use the FE cooling design at any price.raywin - Saturday, October 3, 2020 - link
This seems to be the consensus, FE were for reviewers, a miniscule number were made for the general public. Some estimates are less than 30kwhatthe123 - Saturday, October 3, 2020 - link
AIBs are already beating the FE cooler in thermals, mostly because they're willing to slap 3+ slot coolers on the 3080.Elusi - Monday, October 5, 2020 - link
They are ”beating” the FE but with plenty of conceits. They beat it by designing larger volume cards with vertical fin stacks, dumping 320W(!) worh of heat almost exclusively inside the case. And none can match MSRP, with Nvidia footing the bill for early adopters before oct 15th (this has been disclosed to reviewers but curiously the youtubers don’t like talking about it). Getting the FE at 699 was the best deal you could have made this launch. It might continue to be, depending on if nvidia plans to restock once o week going forward as well.raywin - Sunday, October 11, 2020 - link
someone is paying attention