This leaked Nvidia RTX 3080 design sure looks funky

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This leaked Nvidia RTX 3080 design sure looks funkyA leaked image of the RTX 3080 appears online.

A leaked image of the RTX 3080 appears online.

When Nvidia unveiled their next-genAmpere GPUarchitecture last month, they didn’t mention hide nor hair about when we’ll see it in a consumer RTX card. However, if the latest leaked images of Nvidia’s next-gen GPUs are to be believed, theRTX 3080could be a lot closer to release than we might think. And hoo boy does it look weird.Over the weekend, the first alleged image of Nvidia’s RTX 3080 GPU emerged on the forumChiphell, which you can see below. The pictures show the front and back of the supposedNvidia AmpereGPU, including that all important name of RTX 3080, seemingly confirming that Nvidia’s next generation graphics cards will indeed follow an RTX 3000 series naming convention.The design is quite unusual, with fans on both sides of the alleged RTX 3080. Normally, GPUs only have fans on one side of the card to help cool the circuit board underneath, so to have a cooler design that includes fans on both the front and back of the graphics card is very strange indeed.Now, you might think that perhaps the top GPU with the blue trim is just the same graphics card but with the RTX 3080 plate removed, but take a closer look and you’ll see that isn’t the case. On the lower graphics card, there’s a bracket next to the RTX 3080 logo, for example, while the top one has the bracket next to the fan, suggesting that there are indeed fans on both sides of this supposed RTX 3080.Naturally, 3D artists have jumped at the chance to try and imagine some more official looking images of this apparent RTX 3080, the best probably being the renders from Reddit userJDSP(one of which I’ve included up top in the header).I mean, I don’thateit, if I’m being honest, but I also don’t think it’s nearly as good looking as the Founders Editions of Nvidia’s existing RTX cards either. I was quite fond of the dual fan design of the originalRTXcards with their name plonked in between them, and this supposed RTX 3080 design just isn’t quite on the same level for me.Still, a leaked image being a leaked image, there’s a good chance this isn’t in fact the final design of the RTX 3080, so until Nvidia announce the RTX 3080 properly we’ll just have to sit and wait and hope they come up with something a bit more attractive. To see what else we know about Nvidia’s next-gen graphics cards, be sure to keep an eye on ourNvidia Amperehub for all the latest info.

Over the weekend, the first alleged image of Nvidia’s RTX 3080 GPU emerged on the forumChiphell, which you can see below. The pictures show the front and back of the supposedNvidia AmpereGPU, including that all important name of RTX 3080, seemingly confirming that Nvidia’s next generation graphics cards will indeed follow an RTX 3000 series naming convention.

The design is quite unusual, with fans on both sides of the alleged RTX 3080. Normally, GPUs only have fans on one side of the card to help cool the circuit board underneath, so to have a cooler design that includes fans on both the front and back of the graphics card is very strange indeed.

Now, you might think that perhaps the top GPU with the blue trim is just the same graphics card but with the RTX 3080 plate removed, but take a closer look and you’ll see that isn’t the case. On the lower graphics card, there’s a bracket next to the RTX 3080 logo, for example, while the top one has the bracket next to the fan, suggesting that there are indeed fans on both sides of this supposed RTX 3080.

Naturally, 3D artists have jumped at the chance to try and imagine some more official looking images of this apparent RTX 3080, the best probably being the renders from Reddit userJDSP(one of which I’ve included up top in the header).

I mean, I don’thateit, if I’m being honest, but I also don’t think it’s nearly as good looking as the Founders Editions of Nvidia’s existing RTX cards either. I was quite fond of the dual fan design of the originalRTXcards with their name plonked in between them, and this supposed RTX 3080 design just isn’t quite on the same level for me.

Still, a leaked image being a leaked image, there’s a good chance this isn’t in fact the final design of the RTX 3080, so until Nvidia announce the RTX 3080 properly we’ll just have to sit and wait and hope they come up with something a bit more attractive. To see what else we know about Nvidia’s next-gen graphics cards, be sure to keep an eye on ourNvidia Amperehub for all the latest info.