

The RTX 3080 may need a fair chunk more power-you'll want at least an 850W PSU-but this is the most desirable graphics card around today.

The first generation of ray tracing-capable cards required such a huge frame rate sacrifice that most people shied away from turning it on, but that's no longer the case with this generation. The thing which really stands out from our testing is the difference it makes to ray-tracing performance. You might find it going for a little more than that today, and don't forget the 12GB model that Nvidia later released, which is even more expensive still. Well, the 10GB one is, at its original MSRP. The RTX 3080 is the best graphics card out there today. Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition graphics card shot in Dave's kitchen. However, keep in mind that new GPUs should launch before the end of the year, so if you're looking for the most powerful graphics to stick into your PC, you may want to hold off buying one for a couple of months. If you have your eyes on upgrading to a premium GPU, expect to see some hefty discounts as we get closer to the holiday season. Thankfully, this is a trend we see fading pretty soon. Notice I said, "some." You'll still find a handful of RTX 30-series cards selling over their usual retail price. The inflated pandemic pricing has slowly been easing up as some cards are actually selling at or below MSRP thanks to some generous discounts. Not only are most of the most popular graphics cards back in stock, but some are even affordable again. It's been a while, but the supply chain situation has finally gotten, the stock is flowing, and cryptocurrency miners are buying up every GPU in sight, thanks to events like the Merge. This means the return of cheap graphics card deals. A collection of graphics cards on a colourful background.
