NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3000 Is Receiving Loads of Positive Reviews Already

This year has proved to be extremely exciting as the world stands on the brink of the next-gen gaming with the upcoming release of the coveted consoles from the houses of Sony and Microsoft. In addition to this, the year will see the release of a roster of exciting new titles for both PC and consoles. Just when the gaming community thought things could not get better, NVIDIA announced their next-gen GPUs, the RTX 3000 series.

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The RTX 3080 went up for sale today and although a large section of the gaming community expressed concerns regarding its insane prices, the GPUs sold out in a flash. This speaks volumes about the coveted GPU, considering that the PS5 pre-order went live yesterday and caused quite a ruckus. The reviews for the much-awaited GPU came in recently, and it looks like yet another victory for NVIDIA.

Favorable reviews pour in for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

The RTX 3000 series packs huge next-gen gaming power. (Source: NVIDIA)

The GeForce RTX 3000 series of GPUs are powered by Ampere, the 2nd gen RTX architecture from NVIDIA, and faster 2nd gen Ray Tracing Cores, faster 3rd gen Tensor Cores, and new streaming multiprocessors. The official description for the RTX 3000 series says:

“GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs also feature several world firsts: they’re the first gaming-class graphics cards with up to 24GB of new, blazing-fast GDDR6X VRAM; they’re the first GPUs with HDMI 2.1, for 4K high refresh rate and 8K gaming; they’re the first discrete GPUs with support for the AV1 codec, enabling you to watch high-resolution streams using significantly less bandwidth; and our Founders Edition cards are the first with innovative dual axial flow through cooling solutions.”

As for the reviews from esteemed tech journals, there is just no stopping the love the GPUs seem to get. PCWorld says, “NVIDIA brought it this generation. Ampere is indeed NVIDIA’s greatest generational leap in recent memory”. Popular tech review journal Tom’s Hardware says, “The GeForce RTX 3080 is just stupidly, ridiculously, insanely fast. Period”. Tech Radar says, “We can now confirm that this really is the biggest generational leap in PC graphics we’ve seen in years – perhaps ever”.

Although there is minimal doubt regarding the RTX 3000 series, there were many who could not place an order for the GPU since it sold out so fast. Unfortunately, they will have to wait for retailers to replenish the stock.