Nvidia is announcing a new flagship GPU today, the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. While the wait continues for Nvidiaās Ampere successor, the RTX 3090 Ti is here to prove Nvidia can still squeeze more performance out of its existing 8nm GA102 chip.
Nvidia is only teasing the RTX 3090 Ti today, and itās the familiar-looking triple-slot design weāve seen on the RTX 3090. Both cards may look identical, but inside, the new RTX 3090 Ti will include 24GB of GDDR6X running at 21Gbps. Thatās the same amount of VRAM as the RTX 3090 but with a nearly 7.7 percent faster memory clock, providing additional performance for 4K gaming and AI tasks.
Nvidia says the RTX 3090 Ti will also include 40 teraflops of GPU performance, around 11 percent faster than the RTX 3090 with 36 teraflops. Thereās also 78 teraflops for ray tracing and 320 teraflops for AI tasks. Nvidia hasnāt detailed base and boost clocks, but it certainly looks like the RTX 3090 Ti will be around 10 percent faster than the RTX 3090 on paper.
Just how much this extra performance will impact power requirements isnāt clear yet, either. Rumors suggest the RTX 3090 Ti could require a 1000W PSU, with a TDP of 450 watts. If accurate, thatās 100W more than the RTX 3090 in terms of power draw and a big bump to the 750W recommended PSU.
All of these numbers mean very little without game benchmarks or pricing, though. Nvidia isnāt sharing these details today, so weāll have to wait on detailed reviews to see how well this card performs against the RTX 3090 and AMDās Radeon RX 6900 XT. Given the RTX 3090 debuted for $1,499, we wouldnāt be surprised if the RTX 3090 Ti launches around the $2,000 mark.
Nvidia is promising more details on the RTX 3090 Ti later this month.