A 20 GB VRAM version of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 has surfaced online. It has a GA102-250 GPU and appears to be built specifically for mining cryptocurrencies. Give that there are apparently only 100 of such. The model is most likely the outcome of a fail test run.
It’s no secret that back when Ethereum/Bitcoin prices were high, AIBs frequently sold big quantities of graphics cards to cryptocurrency miners. Even Zotac stated that its graphics cards were prepare for mining, and unsurprisingly, this attract a lot of criticism. A brand-new Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 SKU that was purportedly market solely to bitcoin miners has now been reveal by a Twitter leaker. There are only 100 of the aforementioned graphics cards available for purchase at an undisclosed price.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 in question possessed a massive 20 GB of VRAM, which was twice as much as the standard model’s. Even the GPU in question was not without controversy, as Nvidia was discovere using it on some GeForce RTX 3090 graphics cards when it was originally intend to power the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Even the GPU in question was not free from controversy, as its entire specs are unknown, but it ran a GA102-250 GPU. Therefore, it is reasonable to believe that the GeForce RTX 3080 20 GB model mentioned here is a low-bin GeForce RTX 3080 Ti type.
The fact that MSI only produced a small number of devices and may have sold them all to one company makes this SKU more intriguing. Nevertheless, the likelihood that the cards were use in an unsuccessful test run is higher. That could be the reason they’re only useful for mining cryptocurrencies. The GeForce RTX 3080 series already has two memory variants, so adding a third one would have merely complicated matters.
