NVIDIA’s new GeForce RTX 30 series of GPUs has really hit the ground running since its launch back in September, but it seems the graphics giant isn’t quite done with it yet. With the RTX 3070, 3080, and 3090 already making a big impression in the market, NVIDIA is now gearing up to launch the 3050, 3050 Ti, 3060, 3060 Ti, and the 3080 Ti in the first half of 2021. This in mind, there’s a lot to look forward to from this new Ampere architecture, from improved ray tracing to significant performance gains.
The first wave of RTX 30
We’re already in awe of the three 7nm RTX 30 graphics cards from NVIDIA’s initial release, so we can’t wait to see what the others can do. When compared to their predecessors from the RTX 20 series, the 3070, 3080, and 3090 leave these cards in the dust. The 3070 is 37% more powerful than its 2070 equivalent, the 3080 is 24% faster than the 2080 Ti, not to mention much more affordable, and the flagship 3090 is even more powerful than that, boasting 10,496 CUDA cores and 24GB of memory.
What we know about wave two
With wave two of the RTX 30 series on the way, a few speculative details have already emerged about the GPUs. The RTX 3050 will supposedly be the entry point to the rest of the range, with 2,304 CUDA cores, 4GB of memory, and 90W of power consumption (TGP). The 3050 Ti in comparison will likely offer 3,584 CUDA cores, and the 3060 3,840 CUDA cores, with the 3060 Ti topping things off with 4,864. The 3080 Ti is causing the most excitement, however, offering the same core count as the 3090 as well as 20GB of memory. We could be seeing some of these cards as soon as January as they go head-to-head with AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX GPUs.
Hooray for ray tracing!
While NVIDIA’s RTX 20 series does offer ray tracing capabilities, the RTX 30 series greatly improves this, with dedicated 2nd gen ray tracing cores that accelerate performance by up to 2x. This is especially great news for those in video production who work with real-time rendering and require the lighting benefits ray tracing makes possible.
The RTX 30 series meets our PCs
We’ve already started introducing the RTX 30 series into our line-up of rack mount computers. Due to the sheer size of the cards, however, for the moment these will only be available in our 2U PC, 3U PC, and 4U Nano. As more of the GPUs emerge over the coming months, we will be implementing these into our PCs too, so keep an eye out for any updates.
If you would like to know more about NVIDIA’s RTX 30 series of GPUs or find out how you can unlock their full value in one of our rack mount PCs, please speak to one of the team.
