Nvidia's RTX 3000 series was officially unveiled on Tuesday, with Jensen Huang delivering a live-streamed keynote from his kitchen. Yesterday, Nvidia hosted a few online media sessions, where we were told a little bit more about these new GPUs and Ampere as a whole. In this video, Dominic highlights a few key points that piqued his interest, as well as having some general discussions around the cards themselves.
Timestamps:
00:00 video start
00:13 video introduction
01:24 explaining the new cooler design
06:03 CUDA Cores and Ampere SM
09:09 RTX improvements with Ampere
11:16 RTX 3070 for 1440p or 4K gaming?
12:12 will PCIe Gen4 make a difference?
13:19 Talking VRAM allocation for 3070 and 3080
14:21 3080 Ti to arrive in 2021?
14:58 wrapping up – and wait for reviews!
GeForce RTX 3090 | GeForce RTX 3080 | GeForce RTX 3070 | |
CUDA Cores | 10,496 | 8,704 | 5,888 |
VRAM | 24 GB GDDR6X | 10 GB GDDR6X | 8 GB GDDR6 |
Prices Starting At | $1499/£1399 | $699/£649 | $499/£469 |
Release Date | September 24 | September 17 | Available October |
KitGuru says: Stay tuned for more RTX 3000 coverage coming soon – and, of course, our reviews!