An upgraded Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 may be coming in December.

This is according to Videocardz sources, who say that the upgraded RTX 3080 was originally scheduled to be released shortly after the AMD Big Navi (the so-called "Nvidia killer" graphics card), but was pushed back about a month. Big Navi and the remaining new Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards are expected to be unveiled on October 28.

Rumors of a boosted GeForce RTX 3080 have been circulating for months. And it was even expected that this graphics card would have 20 GB of VRAM instead of the 10 GB of GDDR6X that it currently has.

The RTX 3080 is a very powerful graphics card for its $699 price. With everything maxed out and ray tracing enabled, it targets 4K games at 60 frames per second.

However, doubling the VRAM pool may provide more headroom to handle demanding games in the future and improve overall performance. Some games, such as Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, are particularly video memory consuming, so the more, the better, especially when it comes to future-proofing graphics cards.

And 20GB of VRAM would put this rumored upgraded RTX 3080 within striking distance of the GeForce RTX 3090. This $1,499 graphics card, with 24GB of GDDR6X video memory, represents the pinnacle of Nvidia's GeForce gaming power, but is overkill for most PC gamers.

The upgraded RTX 3080, possibly called the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti or RTX 3080 Super, will be one way for Nvidia to keep Big Navi at bay with its high-end graphics cards. AMD's upcoming flagship graphics card is expected to offer performance that will graze the heels of the RTX 3080, if not beat it in some cases.

We will find out rather soon what AMD has in store for the Radeon RX 6000 series and how Nvidia will respond. Either way, it is an exciting time for PC gamers. The more competition, the more innovative graphics cards will be, and the sharper the prices will tend to be.