GeForce RTX 3060: 5 key things you need to know about Nvidia's new GPU

Nvidia’s next-gen “Ampere” GPU architecture finally goes mainstream today with the launch of the $329 GeForce RTX 3060. Normally, the release of Nvidia’s 60-class graphics cards spark a lot of excitement. They tend to be the best-selling cards of any GeForce generation.But this time around, graphics cards are mired in a months-long shortage driven by a mixture of sky-high demand, logistics woes caused by the pandemic, a cryptocurrency boom that’s driving miners to gobble up GPUs, and some component shortages. It’s a perfect storm, and things are so bad that Nvidia brought the ancient GTX 1050 Ti out of retirement.To read this article in full, please click here https://www.pcworld.com/article/3609453/geforce-rtx-3060-5-things-you-need-to-know-about-nvidias-new-gpu.html#tk.rss_all

Created 4y | Feb 25, 2021, 4:20:39 PM


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