GeForce RTX 30 series
series of GPUs by Nvidia
The GeForce RTX 30 series is a suite of graphics processing units (GPUs) developed by Nvidia, succeeding the GeForce RTX 20 series. The GeForce RTX 30 series is based on the Ampere architecture, which features Nvidia's second-generation ray tracing (RT) cores and third-generation Tensor Cores. Part of the Nvidia RTX series, hardware-enabled real-time ray tracing is featured on GeForce RTX 30 series cards.
The lineup was designed to compete with AMD's Radeon RX 6000 series of cards. It consists of the entry-level (and previously laptop-exclusive) RTX 3050 and laptop-exclusive RTX 3050 Ti, the mid-range RTX 3060, the upper-midrange RTX 3060 Ti and RTX 3070, the high-end RTX 3070 Ti, RTX 3080 10GB, and RTX 3080 12GB, the laptop-exclusive RTX 3080 16GB, and the enthusiast-class RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3090, and RTX 3090 Ti. This was the last generation from Nvidia to have official support for Windows 7, as the latest drivers available for this generation require at least Windows 10.
The GeForce RTX 30 series began shipping on September 17, 2020. The initial launch, consisting of the RTX 3070, RTX 3080, and RTX 3090, occurred during the 2020–2023 global chip shortage, resulting in widespread and notable shortages of the series as a whole that lasted from the series' launch until 2022.
The GeForce RTX 30 series was succeeded by the GeForce RTX 40 series, powered by the Ada Lovelace microarchitecture, which first launched in 2022.
Release and availability issues
Launch day for the RTX 3080 was September 17, 2020.
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