I strongly doubt it.
What I bet will happen is: 4080 16G is going to be a very fast card that's going to sell as hot cakes at set price point. Just like the 4090 is selling very well despite all the moaning about power and price.
Re:Unlaunching the 12GB 4080
by sleepymoose on Friday October 14, 2022 @01:05PM
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In this case, I'm not sure that hope is really even worth it. This whole launch has been blatantly artificially inflated to move more of the backstock on the 30 series.
So hopefully this is a sign that they're going to adjust the pricing of the 16GB 4080 to the price announced for the 12GB former-4080.
I doubt it, but one can hope.