Gainward registers an RTX 3060 Dual D6 with 6GB GDDR6, rival to the RX 6700?

On: February 23, 2021

There is a mess with the NVIDIA RTX 3060, and it seems that there will be a 6 GB GDDR6 variant, after registration by Palit with the South Korean National Radio Research Agency. It has been registered today and corresponds to the Dual D6 6 GB model, will it be the rival of the RX 6700?

A cloud of uncertainty from NVIDIA flies over the offices of all media after a new comeback of an RTX 3060 6 GB GDDR6. And the official model would come with 12 GB, as announced by NVIDIA, but it seems that there will be a "short" variant of 6 GB. Today's news "hunts" Palit with the hands of the dough.

NVIDIA RTX 3060 with 6 GB, a reality?

First, let's review the events that have occurred since its announcement:

  • NVIDIA announced in the CES 2021 the RTX 3060 with 12GB GDDR6.
  • Rumors appear about a variant with 6 GB GDDR6, but nothing is confirmed.
  • Gainward records an 8GB RTX 3080.
  • Palit registers an RTX 3060 DUAL OC with 12 GB and 6 GB in South Korea, confirming that the variant will arrive.

Many of you know Palit as a custom graphics card assembler that usually offers competitive prices. It is a subsidiary of the acclaimed brand Gainward, which registered an 8GB RTX 3060 GHOST at the same Korean office.

However, multiple SKU RTX 3060 variants have been listed on the roadmaps, and the 6GB model would come with 3584 CUDA cores. In my opinion, I find it interesting to highlight a tweet from @ kopite7kimi, a Twitter user who has leaked a lot of news about the RTX 3000.

According to him, Jensen Huang (CEO of NVIDIA) would be testing different variants or graphic solutions, which could be the cause of these spontaneous appearances on such disparate variants. In principle, all these entries in official registries are made for a future sale in a certain territory, but it does not have to be carried out finally.

The source points out that the 8GB model has not appeared on any NVIDIA roadmap, so it could be a test model that would have been canceled.

Arrival of the RTX 3060

The NVIDIA RTX 3060 will hit the market on February 25 with a suggested retail price of € 335, but we will not see it "in paint" because the shortage will make the product more expensive. To say that it will not have a Founders Edition model, but that all the RTX 3060 will be custom.

Do you think we will see a 6 GB variant?

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