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The 4080 12gb release date hasn't been announced yet so it's likely that no boxes were printed or packed. In the long run this is a good move considering how i
by NavinF 4y ago
The 4080 12gb release date hasn't been announced yet so it's likely that no boxes were printed or packed.
In the long run this is a good move considering how idiotic it is to give the same name to products with different dies and a ~30% performance difference.
- tracker1 4y agoYou're talking about supply lines across an ocean... that's a lead time of several months... not to mention the time it takes for making injection molds, etc. these cards were already made and badged... They may just be sitting on pallets waiting to be boxed, or may already be in boxes and/or shipped. At the very least there's probably some recall operations to ship back, take off the shrouds and put on new shrouds for the rebadge, if not also rebox.
- NavinF 4y agoSure, but has anyone started mass production of 4080-12GB cards? Maybe there were no plans to launch it this year. I bet the PCBs have not been attached to the coolers and shrouds yet. If so, they can use the "4080" badged shrouds for 4080-16GB cards and make new shrouds for a late release of the 12GB version.
- tracker1 4y agoI'm pretty sure with stock selling in stores in a month, that there's already cards fully assembled, boxed and shipped to US warehouses, or at least on ships headed to the US. edit: Also, have you ever taken a video card apart and re-assembled it? Even if the components/shroud are reusable for other 3080 (and likely are) this is a lot of labor cost above and beyond any practical waste.