Nvidia Announces New GeForce RTX 3080 Graphics Cards

Nvidia just announced its new slate of next-generation graphics cards. Thee lineup is headed by the flagship GeForce RTX 3080, the successor to the most powerful mainstream graphics card of the last two years, the Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti. As you might expect, this new GPU brings more CUDA, RT, and Tensor cores along with faster memory and perhaps most interestingly a new cooling design, all of which lead to some very promising performance numbers. All told, Nvidia announced three new GPUs today: the RTX 3080, RTX 3070, and a new high-end "BFGPU" called the RTX 3090. More on that beast in a second. [poilib element="poll" parameters="id=95360586-6dd6-40c9-b826-a35410761b4e"] [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/01/nvidia-rtx-3080-reveal-trailer"]

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Specs, Price, and Release Date

The new Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 has 10GB of GDDR6X, capable of 30 shader-tflops, 58 RT-tflops, and 238 Tensor-tflops. According to Nvidia, it's twice as powerful as the RTX 2080. The RTX 3080 starts at $699 and will be available September 17.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Specs, Price, and Release Date

Stepping down from the 3080 is the RTX 3070. This new GPU has 8GB GDDR6 memory, is capable of 20 shader-tflops, 40 RT-tflops, and 163 Tensor-tflops, and according to Nvidia is more powerful than the RTX 2080 Ti – currently the most powerful mainstream graphics card available. The RTX 3070 will launch in October, starting at $499, which is less than half the RTX 2080 Ti's current prices.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Specs, Price, and Release Date

At the top of the pile is the RTX 3090, the Titan of this generation (without the Titan branding). This absolute monster of a card (seriously, it's huge) has a ridiculous 24GB of GDDR6X memory, and can push out 36 shader-tflops, 69 RT-tflops, and 285 Tensor-tflops of GPU power. Nvidia claims the card is capable of playing games at 60 fps in 8K. It starts at $1,499 and will be available on September 24. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=nvidia-geforce-rtx-30-series-reveal&captions=true"]