It appears as if NVIDIA has resumed production of their GA102-based RTX 3080 12GB graphics cards according to known GPU leaker Zed__Wang on Twitter. The apparent reason for this is oversupply of GA102 chips, which power NVIDIA’s high-end RTX 3080, RTX 3090, and RTX 3090 Ti graphics cards.
Because there is too much stock of GA102, Nvidia has resumed the supply of 3080 12G.
The 3080 12G just stopped production for less than two months, and recently resumed production quickly.— MEGAsizeGPU (@Zed__Wang) August 14, 2022
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NVIDIA seems like they want to get as many GA102 chips out of the door as possible so reviving the RTX 3080 12GB makes sense as they can price-cut the 10GB cards while the 12GB cards can pick up the profit reduction.