“Faster than the 2080 Ti.” That’s the promise Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made while revealing the GeForce RTX 3070 in September, and it’s a scintillating one. The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti sat atop Nvidia’s RTX 20-series graphics card stack, offering performance as scalding as its $1,200 price tag. Could the $500 GeForce RTX 3070 and […]
Nvidia Delays RTX 3070 Release After Two Disastrous Launches
Following stock issues for both the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 launches, Nvidia has decided to delay the launch of its most affordable new graphics card, the RTX 3070, to the end of October. In a blog post, the company explained that it was pushing back the launch so that more cards could be available […]
GeForce RTX 3070 Delayed To Late October
The GeForce RTX 3080 release was… well, let’s call it less than ideal. Within seconds of the sales going live on at 9 AM, September 15, the 3080 was sold out everywhere. Getting one of Nvidia’s brand new cards was more a matter of luck than actually having the cash on hand to pay for […]
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition: It works hard, it plays hard
Nvidia says its monstrous $1,500 GeForce RTX 3090 delivers “the ultimate gaming experience.” That’s very true. You can even game at 8K—not 4K, 8K—with some titles on this so-called “BFGPU.” You probably shouldn’t buy it if all you do is game, though. Unless you’re a deep-pocketed enthusiast who doesn’t mind spending lavishly for the absolute […]
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080: 3440×1440 ultrawide benchmarks
Nvidia’s Ampere-powered GeForce RTX 3080 chews up games and spits out frames for breakfast, as we covered in-depth in our comprehensive Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition review. You need a pixel-packed monitor to get the most out of it, though—like a 3440×1440 ultrawide display. Our initial tests of the GeForce RTX 3080 showed it […]
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio review: A silent, face-melting behemoth
The GeForce RTX 3080 hits the streets today. Fueled by Nvidia’s next-gen Ampere GPU architecture, it wields enough power to trample its predecessor, the GeForce RTX 2080, by up to 80 percent. Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition showed just how dominant this new GPU is—and how much juice it requires to push that many […]
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 tested: 5 key things you need to know
The GeForce RTX 3080 is a monster. Nvidia promised that the Ampere GPU-powered RTX 30-series GPUs would be the company’s “greatest generational leap” ever, and it wasn’t exaggerating. The $699 GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition absolutely demolishes its predecessors in performance while working in all sorts of technological advances. It’s one of the best graphics […]
Fortnite flips RTX on September 17: Ray tracing, DLSS, and Nvidia Reflex
We’re mere days from the debut of Nvidia’s next-gen GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards, with the $700 GeForce RTX 3080 scheduled to hit the streets on Thursday. And Fortnite will be right alongside it, as the world’s most popular game will add real-time ray tracing, Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) 2.0, and Nvidia Reflex to […]
Fortnite RTX And DLSS Features Coming To PC On September 17
Fortnite has an official date for when it’ll add ray tracing and several other graphical upgrades on its PC version, that were announced during last month’s Nvidia Geforce Special Event. According to Nvidia, the new patch will introduce ray traced reflections, shadows, global illumination, and ambient occlusion on September 17. Nvidia says will allow players […]
How To Preorder Nvidia RTX 3090, 3080, 3070
The GeForce RTX 3000 series has Nvidia doing its best to target anyone who hasn’t upgraded their gaming rig. All of the RTX 3000 cards are more powerful than the company’s current flagship GPU, the RTX 2080 Ti, making this year’s line of cards particularly enticing. Nvidia recently released a Doom Eternal gameplay benchmark comparing […]