Lenovo Confirms Various Upcoming GeForce RTX 30-series SKUs

Lenovo could have inadvertently disclosed the existence of a number of upcoming GeForce RTX 30-series graphics playing cards. The Product Specifications Reference (PSREF) doc for a sure Lenovo pre-built gaming desktop mannequin, the Legion R5 28IMB05, lists out all its potential {hardware} choices, overlaying CPU, graphics playing cards, and storage. The CPU choices cowl 10th Gen Core “Comet Lake-S” fashions which might be already out; however issues get attention-grabbing with the record of graphics choices. In addition to sure RTX 20-series, and GTX 16-series SKUs, the record mentions sure RTX 30-series SKUs that have not but been introduced by NVIDIA.

Among these unreleased GPUs are the GeForce RTX 3050, which is proven that includes four GB of GDDR6 reminiscence; the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti with 6 GB of it; and the GeForce RTX 3060 (non-Ti) with 12 GB of it. The already-launched RTX 3070 additionally finds point out right here. It’s seemingly that these are OEM-exclusive SKUs, but when they don’t seem to be, then we’ve got our first take a look at how NVIDIA is dealing with product segmentation between the RTX 3050 Ti and the RTX 3060 (non-Ti), in a potential bid to keep away from a repeat of the GTX 1060 three GB vs. 6 GB confusion (the place apart from reminiscence, the 2 SKUs additionally had completely different core-configurations). Based on the GA106 silicon, the GeForce RTX 3060 (non-Ti) is anticipated to function a 192-bit extensive GDDR6 reminiscence interface, which it populates with 12 GB of reminiscence.