NVIDIA has officially launched its flagship Ampere graphics cards, the GeForce RTX 3080. The RTX 30 series flagship is now available for consumers to purchase worldwide and get an amazing level of performance that is much faster than the RTX 2080 Ti for less than half the price.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Flagship Graphics Card Now Available, Starting at $699 US - Pascal Users, It's Time To Upgrade!

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card is the flagship in the Ampere lineup and can now be purchased at your local retail outlets. The reference Founders Edition variant will cost $699 US. The NVIDIA RTX 3080 will feature a price of $699 (MSRP) however custom models will vary depending on their design and the extra horse-power that they have to offer. For those who missed the train, we published a ton of performance metrics for the Founders Edition variant yesterday in our own review which you can check out over here.

Our very own, Keith May, concluded that the GeForce RTX 3080 is not only a great upgrade from an older GeForce RTX 1080 Ti graphics card but even RTX 2080 Ti users will benefit by upgrading to the new flagship. If RTX 3080 is still not the performance they are looking for, then NVIDIA's $1499 US halo product, the GeForce RTX 3090, is also planned for release on 24th September and we'll have a review ready for that too.

If you've been holding out like so many with a 1080Ti you might have just found your price equivalent upgrade. Even if you have an RTX 2080 TI could see the benefit of upgrading as well if you feel you need quite the boost anyway. Ampere delivers and it's quite easy to see why NVIDIA was so AMP'd. - Wccftech GeForce RTX 3080 Review

There are several ways to buy a GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card. If you're looking to purchase the Founders Edition graphics card, then you can head over to NVIDIA's GeForce Shop webpage which is listed below:

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition 10 GB Graphics Card ($699 US) Offical

If you're looking for a custom variant, then we'll be posting links for various AIB custom cards from various retailers once they go live in a few minutes.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Custom Models (Amazon)

ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 3080 OC EditionASUS TUF Gaming RTX 3080MSI RTX 3080 Gaming X TrioMSI RTX 3080 Ventus X3ZOTAC RTX 3080 TrinityEVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra GamingEVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 GamingEVGA RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra GamingEVGA RTX 3080 XC3 GamingEVGA TX 3080 XC3 Black GamingGigabyte RTX 3080 Gaming OCGigabyte RTX 3080 Eagle OCPNY RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGBPNY RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Custom Models (Newegg)

ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 3080 OCASUS TUF Gaming RTX 3080 OC Edition ($749.99 US)ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 3080 (699.99 US)MSI RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio ($759.99 US)MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3X OC ($739.99 US)MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3X ($699.99 US)ZOTAC RTX 3080 Trinity ($699.99 US)EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra Gaming ($769.99 US)EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 GamingEVGA RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra GamingEVGA RTX 3080 XC3 Gaming ($749.99 US)EVGA TX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming ($729.99 US)Gigabyte RTX 3080 Gaming OC ($749.99 US)Gigabyte RTX 3080 Eagle OC ($699.99 US)PNY RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGBPNY RTX 3080 XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Custom Models (Best Buy)

NVIDIA RTX 3080 Founders Edition ($699.99 US)ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 3080 ($849.99 US)Gigabyte RTX 34080 Eagle ($699.99 US)MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3X OC ($749.99 US)Gigabyte RTX 3080 Gaming ($749.99 US)EVGA RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Gaming ($769.99 US)EVGA RTX 3080 XC3 Gaming ($699.99 US)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Custom Models (OCUK)

ASUS RTX 3080 ROG STRIX Gaming OC 10 GB - £848.99AORUS RTX 3080 Xtreme 10 GB - £899.99AORUS RTX 3080 Master 10 GB - £829.99MSI RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio 10 GB -£759.95ASUS RTX 3080 TUF Gaming OC 10 GB - £749.99Gigabyte RTX 3080 Gaming OC 10 GB - £749.99EVGA RTX 3080 XC3 Black Gaming - £698.99MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3X OC 10 GB - £649.99Inno3D RTX 3080 iChill X4 10 GB - £698.99

EVGA RTX 3080 ICX3 10 GB - £659.99Palit RTX 3080 Gaming PRO OC - £719.99Inno3D RTX 3080 iChill X3 10 GB - £679.99Inno3D RTX 3080 Twin X2 10 GB - £649.99ZOTAC RTX 3080 Trinity 10 GB - £698.99ASUS RTX 3080 TUF Gaming 10 GB -£649.99Gigabyte RTX 3080 Eagle OC 10 GB - £649.99KFA2 RTX 3080 SG 10 GB - £679.99Palit RTX 3080 Gaming PRO 10 GB - £689.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Graphics Card Specifications

The RTX 3080 features some insane specifications such as 68 SM units which results in a total of 8704 CUDA cores. In addition to the CUDA cores, the card also comes packed with next-gen RT (Ray-Tracing) cores, Tensor cores, and brand new SM or streaming multi-processor units. Other specifications include 272 TMUs, 272 Tensor Cores, 96 ROPs, and 68 RT cores. The card has a base clock of 1440 MHz and a boost clock of 1710 MHz with a TDP of 320W.

In terms of memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 comes packed with 10 GB of memory and that too the next-generation GDDR6X design. With Micron's latest and greatest graphics memory dies, the RTX 3080 can deliver GDDR6X memory speeds of 19.0 Gbps. That along with a bus interface of 320-bit will deliver a cumulative bandwidth of 760 Gbps.

NVIDIA Releases GeForce Game Ready 456.38 WHQL Drivers For RTX 3080 & RTX 3090

NVIDIA has also released its latest GeForce Game Ready 456.38 WHQL drivers for the GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3090 graphics cards which can now be downloaded at this link.

The highlights of the drivers are listed below:

Game Ready for Fortnite RTX

This new Game Ready Driver provides support for Fortnite’s dramatic new update which adds raytraced effects, NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, and a custom RTX map. In addition, this release also

provides optimal day-1 support for Halo 3: ODST and Mafia: The Definitive Edition.

Gaming Technology

Includes support for GeForce RTX 3080 and 3090 GPUsGeForce Experience Automatic Performance Tuning for GeForce RTX 30-series and RTX 20- seriesGeForce Experience in-game performance monitoring for GeForce GTX 600 series and aboveShadowPlay gameplay recording now supports HDR on GTX 900-series and above (RTX 3090 can capture 8K 30fps HDR)NVIDIA Broadcast app with AI-powered noise removal and virtual background 5 New G-SYNC Compatible Monitors

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series 'Ampere' Graphics Card Specifications:

Graphics Card Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GPU Name	Ampere GA106-300	Ampere GA104-200	Ampere GA104-300	Ampere GA102-200	Ampere GA102-300
Process Node	Samsung 8nm	Samsung 8nm	Samsung 8nm	Samsung 8nm	Samsung 8nm
Die Size	TBC	395.2mm2	395.2mm2	628.4mm2	628.4mm2
Transistors	TBC	17.4 Billion	17.4 Billion	28 Billion	28 Billion
CUDA Cores	3584	4864	5888	8704	10496
TMUs / ROPs	112 / 64	152 / 80	184 / 96	272 / 96	328 / 112
Tensor / RT Cores	112 / 28	152 / 38	184 / 46	272 / 68	328 / 82
Base Clock	1320 MHz	1410 MHz	1500 MHz	1440 MHz	1400 MHz
Boost Clock	1780 MHz	1665 MHz	1730 MHz	1710 MHz	1700 MHz
FP32 Compute	13 TFLOPs	16 TFLOPs	20 TFLOPs	30 TFLOPs	36 TFLOPs
RT TFLOPs	25 TFLOPs	32 TFLOPs	40 TFLOPs	58 TFLOPs	69 TFLOPs
Tensor-TOPs	101 TOPs	192 TOPs	163 TOPs	238 TOPs	285 TOPs
Memory Capacity	12 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6	10 GB GDDR6X	24 GB GDDR6X
Memory Bus	192-bit	256-bit	256-bit	320-bit	384-bit
Memory Speed	16 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 Gbps	19 Gbps	19.5 Gbps
Bandwidth	384 Gbps	448 Gbps	448 Gbps	760 Gbps	936 Gbps
TGP	170W	175W	220W	320W	350W
Price (MSRP / FE)	$329 US	$399 US	$499 US	$699 US	$1499 US
Launch (Availability)	25th February 2021	2nd December 2020	29th October 2020	17th September 2020	24th September 2020

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