Nvidia RTX 3070 will be easier to buy than RTX 3080

Nvidia RTX 3070 will be easier to purchase than RTX 3080 — hither's why

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It's prophylactic to say the launch of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 wasn't a great one, and it'due south nevertheless very hard to get a agree of the powerful graphics carte correct at present. But the upcoming GeForce RTX 3070 could be dissimilar.

PC Lookout man, via WCCFtech, has reported that retailers in Asia will accept a "considerably larger" supply of GeForce RTX 3070 cards when they go on auction on October 29. Whether this will be true of non-Asian markets wasn't made clear, simply Nvidia has said it will ensure plenty of RTX 3070 cards are available at its release.

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For $499, the RTX 3070 is the price of an Xbox Series X, but promises significantly more than graphics ability. In fact, it's set to outperform the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, a $999 graphics card that was once the crown precious stone in Nvidia's graphics carte du jour lineup.

At this compelling price, the RTX 3070 could bridge the gap betwixt mainstream GPUs and those for high-cease gaming PCs, Every bit such, we'd expect it to be very pop indeed with PC gamers. We're nevertheless expecting the RTX 3070 to sell out very fast when it launches, much like the RTX 3080 and even the $1,499 GeForce RTX 3090 did.

Nvidia did delay the release of the RTX 3070 from early on October to the end of the month to ensure that it would have more than graphics cards bachelor for Nvidia fans. Just we'd still be surprised if need wasn't hugely loftier.

There is a fly in the ointment here, and it comes in the form of AMD Big Navi and the Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards. Due to be revealed on October 28, Big Navi aims to have on the RTX 3080, while the rest of the new RDNA 2-based Radeon cards could claiming the RTX 3070. If AMD can undercut Nvidia's cards on toll, yet still evangelize loftier-operation GPUs, then it could present a real thorn in the RTX 3000-series' side.

We've merely got a few days to go before we run into what AMD brings to the graphics card arena. But with the PS5 and Xbox Serial X coming in November, new Nvidia GPUs, and Big Navi, this autumn is an interesting time for gamers of all variety.

Roland Moore-Colyer is U.Thou. Editor at Tom's Guide with a focus on news, features and opinion articles. He oftentimes writes about gaming, phones, laptops and other bits of hardware; he'due south also got an involvement in cars. When not at his desk Roland can exist constitute wandering effectually London, frequently with a look of curiosity on his face.