NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3000 series with up to 8K gaming now official!

NVIDIA launches its new RTX 3000 series graphics cards that can support up to 8K resolution, and HDR at lower costs.

NVIDIA announces the GeForce RTX 3000 series with a faster performance starting at USD 499

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

First up, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 has 10,496 CUDA cores, a 1.70GHz boost clock, and 24GB GDDR6X VRAM. This beastly GPU promises 60FPS at 8K resolution. It is based on NVIDIA's Ampere GPU architecture designed to provide huge performance gains for PC even with ray tracing enabled. It also has 8K HDR ShadowPlay support and HDMI 2.1.

NVIDIA also nicknamed the RTX 3090 as the BFGPU or Big Ferocious GPU. The nickname is perfect since it will occupy three slots. It also comes with a silencer to make it 10 times quieter than Titian RTX GPUs. It is expected to use up to 350W of power so a 750W PSU is recommended.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Next up is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 that promises up to twice the performance of the RTX 2080 and an improvement in speed compared to the RTX 2080 Ti. It has 8,704 CUDA cores, a 1.71GHz boost clock, and 10GB GDDR6X VRAM.

RTX 3080 delivers twice the performance of  RTX 2080

As the graph above shows, the GeForce RTX 3080 is even faster than the RTX 2080 Ti for way less.

It also features an updated thermal design with a pennant-shaped board and a new cooling shroud. This design is for improved airflow and answering the issues in terms of thermals with RTX 2080. It also has a dual-fan setup which promises a 55 percent improvement in airflow.

The RTX 3080 will use a new 12-pin power connector along with the other RTX 3000 series GPUs. An adapter compatible with the 8-pin cables will be included with the Founders Edition cards.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Last but not the least, the RTX 3070 was also announced. It has 5,888 CUDA cores, 8GB GDDR6 VRAM, and a 1.71GHz boost clock. It is touted to be more powerful than the RTX 2080 and will cost way less. This could be the 1440p gaming card of the masses. It will also have a similar cooling solution and design to the RTX 3080.

US price with direct to PHP conversion (no taxes and duties yet):

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 - USD 1,499 (around PHP 73K out of straight conversion)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 - USD 699 (around PHP 34K out of straight conversion)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - USD 499 (around PHP 24K out of straight conversion)

The RTX 3090 is set to be released on September 24, RTX 3080 on September 17, and the RTX 3070 in October.

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Source: NVIDIA