October has had a number of murmurings (1, 2, 3) regarding a forthcoming GeForce RTX 40-series refresh and the latest rumors about the RTX 4080 are in conflict. The current model of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is based on the AD103 GPU featuring 16 GB GDDR6X of memory on a 256-bit bus. An ongoing belief is that the next iteration of the RTX 4080, it should be noted that from leakers to media outlets it has yet to be confirmed if will be labeled as SUPER or Ti, will feature 20 GB of memory on a 320-bit bus. This would align with the former GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB model that never fully made its way to consumers.
Benchlife checked with Nvidia's AIC partners and learned that the three SKUs have basically been confirmed, but no specific information has been obtained. They only know that the new version of RTX 4080 will use 20GB GDDR6X video memory.https://t.co/6clcqLA8jT
— 포시포시 (@harukaze5719) October 22, 2023
However, besides branding, what is now also up in the air is which GPU it will feature. The latest rumor from VideoCardz (via Benchlife) is that it will use a cut-down AD102 (the same GPU used in the RTX 4090) due to the AD103 being unable to support the higher memory bus. Meanwhile, well-known leaker kopite7kimi has responded saying they disagree about this and suggest this RTX 4080 “SUPER” will be nothing more than a slight upgrade, essentially a fully enabled AD102 and perhaps some kind of memory upgrade similar to what was seen with the GeForce RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 SUPER.
And RTX 4070 Super looks like a RTX 4070 Ti with a little bit cutting.
— kopite7kimi (@kopite7kimi) October 23, 2023
The one thing that seems to be a given, even as these latest rumors about the next GeForce RTX 4080 swirl around, is that NVIDIA is planning something. As VideoCardz notes, the GPU manufacturer will provide information to its board partners ahead of an upcoming launch so they can begin preparing for it but do not always reveal what the name or final specifications will be.
Per VideoCardz:
“NVIDIA often imparts preliminary information to board partners and operates without assigning a definitive name to these updates. Consequently, when Add-In Board (AIB) manufacturers notice a new model employing the same board design as the RTX 4080 but with a distinct memory configuration, it strongly suggests the possibility of a SUPER or Ti update.”