A Reddit user hoping to buy a pair of used Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti graphics cards has accidentally stumbled across some unique and far more capable GPUs.
A Reddit user hoping to buy a pair of used Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti graphics cards has accidentally stumbled across some unique and far more capable GPUs.
The twin RTX 3080 Ti GPUs are engineering samples fitted with 20GB of GDDR6X memory, rather than the 12GB of the standard 3080 Ti, as reported by VideoCardz. That's a significant upgrade, and it means far more GPU power for the user as well as them owning a unique piece of graphics card history.
The RTX 3080 Ti was a welcome improvement over the stock RTX 3080 when it debuted in June 2021, as it came with more CUDA cores and higher clock speeds. The most important addition was an extra 2GB of GDDR6X memory, bringing the total to 12GB. At the time, the 10GB on the 3080 was swiftly becoming a bottleneck for the 4K gaming it was intended for, and 12GB cleared that up for most users.
These unique engineering sample GPUs were sold as part of a major sell off by someone who "worked in IT," according to Reddit user Tommyjones91. He was also told by the seller that the models weren't engineering samples.
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