Surprise! Late Friday night time, Nvidia quietly introduced the provision date for its hotly anticipated $499 GeForce RTX 3070. The next-gen graphics playing cards will hit the streets on October 15. At the GeForce RTX 30-series reveal, Nvidia solely stated that the playing cards will probably be accessible someday in October.
The $699 GeForce RTX 3080 lands on September 17, whereas the monstrous $1,499 GeForce RTX 3090 is scheduled for launch on September 24. And, notably, after Nvidia revealed its next-gen GPUs, AMD has stated its personal next-gen RDNA 2-based “Big Navi” Radeon RX 6000-series graphics playing cards will probably be introduced on October 28.
The GeForce RTX 3070 has garnered loads of consideration from fanatics since its announcement. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang claims it is going to be quicker than final era’s $1,200 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti for effectively beneath half of the RTX 2080 Ti’s worth. That might imply quicker in ray-traced, DLSS-enhanced video games or different unique measurements, however the RTX 30-series is constructed on next-gen “Ampere” GPUs that leap as much as a brand new transistor course of node. The final time Nvidia leaped up a node, Huang teased that the GeForce GTX 1070 could be quicker than the previous-gen GTX 980 Ti flagship, and it was certainly—albeit by the barest of margins.
“With efficiency at all times falling simply the slightest bit above the Titan X, it appears like Nvidia deliberately held again a bit, giving the GTX 1070 juuuuust sufficient oomph to justify the “Faster than Titan X” headline, and never an inch extra,” we stated in our GTX 1070 evaluate on the time.
NvidiaAn Nvidia-supplied comparability of the GeForce RTX 3070 versus its predecessors (however not the RTX 2080 Ti).
We’re a protracted methods away from a GeForce RTX 3070 evaluate, however even when it too manages juuuuust sufficient oomph to justify the “Faster than GeForce RTX 2080 Ti” headline, it’ll be an thrilling launch. The 2080 Ti nonetheless kicks ass for 4K and high-speed 1440p gaming. Getting that kind of efficiency for $700 lower than earlier than sounds mighty engaging certainly. I’ll be curious to see how the reminiscence capability holds up at 4K decision. The GeForce RTX 3070 comes with 8GB of VRAM, in comparison with the RTX 2080 Ti’s 11GB, and it makes use of conventional GDDR6 reminiscence moderately than the ultra-fast GDDR6X discovered within the step-up GeForce RTX 3080 and 3090.
For extra details about the GeForce RTX 3070 and Nvidia’s total RTX 30-series lineup, take a look at our in depth protection under. And keep tuned for our GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition evaluate on Wednesday, September 16, the day earlier than that graphics card hits the streets.
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- The GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 are Nvidia’s ‘greatest generational leap ever’
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 30-series GPUs: 5 issues PC players have to know
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 30-series vs GeForce RTX 20-series: Full spec comparability
- How Microsoft and Nvidia plan to kill game-loading instances on PCs
- RIP, SLI: Nvidia GeForce RTX 30-series slams the ultimate nail in multi-GPU’s coffin
- Why there’s no GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (but)
