In terms of GPU dominance, Nvidia is often the one that is seen as being on top. While AMD is its closest rival, Nvidia seems to be a little ahead, particularly in terms of product output. However, with Intel now entering the graphics card market, Nvidia has another rival on its hands. This means the tech giant is probably going to want to beat the competition with its own equivalent hardware. With that, it seems rumored GPUs are on the horizon, which could be a way of striking back at what Intel is about to offer up.
According to a report, it's possible that Nvidia may be looking to get one over the newcomers by putting out a laptop version of one of its Ti range. This rumored GPU is said to be the RTX 3070 Ti, which will allegedly be able to compete with intel's upcoming Arc laptop hardware. The report goes on to show a device with the ID 24A0, which could refer to the aforementioned laptop 3070 Ti, according to a leak. Not much is known about this fabled GPU, but it looks as though it will carry 8 GB of VRAM.
This also aligns with another piece of hardware that is coming out soon. The Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, with 16 GB of memory, is due to be released in Q1 2022, which is when Intel is supposedly getting ready to launch its range of laptop products, with desktop variants coming in Q2 2022. It would make sense, then, if the 3070 Ti is real, for Nvidia to want to shower the market with new mobile hardware, perhaps in an effort to drown out the competition.
At this stage, these are unconfirmed, but the timing does make sense, as does Nvidia's reasoning behind unleashing the new laptop GPUs. With the Intel Arc rumored to be able to rival the desktop RTX 3070, maybe even the 3070 Ti, it's understandable that "team green" would be wanting to hit back against its newest competitor, if that is indeed what's happening here.
With the semiconductor shortages expected to rage on for maybe another year, now is a tumultuous time to be a PC gamer or enthusiast. However, that doesn't seem to stop the likes of Nvidia, who is seemingly keen to keep pushing products out, almost in a bid to flood the market with its own hardware and enticing consumers away from Intel, and possibly even AMD.
Source: Videocardz