Rumors had stated that only the 2060, 2070 and 2080 were going to get SUPER versions and they were going to be refreshes – let’s just say that’s not even half of the story. Ladies and gents, I can confirm that SUPER series is very much a new lineup in its own right and contains a new flagship: The RTX 2080 Ti SUPER (yes, even the 2080 Ti is getting a SUPER version). Oh and launch date? sooner than you might think, it’s going to be a SUPER summer after all.
NVIDIA’s SUPER Summer starts on 6/21
New chip: the NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti SUPER exists and will be an absolute beast of a card
Turns out, there is an RTX 2080 Ti SUPER variant and its a brand new chip. It’s not an old part and it’s not a repurposed Quadro part (trust me, I asked). Oh, and its completely unlocked, meaning the AIBs can have 300 watts TDP on this thing if they wanted to – and knowing the insane custom designs that come out of AIBs, I wouldn’t be surprised to see this. I don’t have the exact specifications of the chip or the exact pricing yet but I am fairly confident this will have a higher core count as well as faster GDDR6 memory.
This is not the PN-A for OC version chip or the non-OC chip, its a completely new chip as I mentioned earlier and will have a new PN. Since it’s unlocked and will have higher TDP as well as higher core count we expect this to be much faster than the existing RTX 2080 Ti card. Everything we know so far points to this slotting in at roughly the same price point as the existing RTX 2080 Ti or slightly above. In other words, you are going to get a card that is much more powerful but for roughly the same price or slightly more. Unfortunately, however, you are going to have to wait a bit for this card as per my info, it will have a delayed launch.
The NVIDIA RTX 2080 SUPER graphics card will feature an unlocked 2080 Ti chip
The RTX 2080 SUPER graphics card, on the other hand, will feature a non-OC 2080 Ti chip that has been unlocked. Most probably it’s going to have a core count of somewhere between a vanilla 2080 Ti and vanilla 2080. I have been told that it will have 11 GB of vRAM and have some features turned off. Edit: Igor is reporting that this card will have 8GB of vRAM, not 11 GB. The reported specs for this card are 3072 CUDA Cores.
Here’s the thing, however, NVIDIA previously bundled VRMs and vRAM with locked chips (non-OC) and the VRMs provided weren’t of the absolute best quality. This is going to change with the SUPER lineup as NVIDIA is now selling the entire lineup as unlocked chips, allowing AIBs to put in much higher quality VRMs and providing higher sustained clock speeds and performance. Like before, the RTX 2080 SUPER graphics card is expected to slot roughly into the price bracket of the standard 2080 or slightly above.
New chip: the NVIDIA RTX 2070 Ti SUPER 8GB exists
The RTX 2070 Ti SUPER graphics card is a brand new chip. This will be positioned between the RTX 2080 SUPER and the RTX 2070 SUPER (*duh). The only thing I know about this is that it will feature 8GB of vRAM. I am also told that the RTX 2070 Ti SUPER will have a delayed launch and will not launch with the existing SUPER lineup.
The NVIDIA RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB graphics card will feature an unlocked 2080 chip
The NVIDIA RTX 2070 SUPER will feature an unlocked, non-OC variant of the 2080 chip and will have 8GB of vRAM. Once again, we expect this to have a core count of roughly halfway between the vanilla 2080 and 2070. The RTX 2070 SUPER will slot in roughly to the price point (or slightly above) of the existing 2070. EDIT: The reported core count for this card is 2560 CUDA Cores
The NVIDIA RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB will feature unlocked 2070 chip
The same goes for the RTX 2060 SUPER, which will feature an unlocked, non-OC 2070 chip and 8GB of vRAM. The core count is expected to be roughly halfway between the vanilla 2060 and 2070. This is an upgrade not only on the performance side but for vRAM as well because the original RTX 2060 only had 6GB of vRAM. EDIT: The reported core count for this card is 2176 CUDA Cores.
