Nvidia is known for producing industry-leading graphics technology for quite some time now. The company's latest RTX 3000 series cards have been generally well-received on account of providing a significant boost from the RTX 2000 series. While Nvidia did stir up some controversy with its CMP cards and throttling hash rates on RTX 3060 cards, fans are ever excited to see what's next.

The graphics giant has recently revealed the specs, release date, and price of its upcoming RTX 3080Ti and RTX 3070Ti GPUs during this year's Computex event. While most fans are more concerned with the ongoing shortages of all hardware, it's also important to speculate whether these cards are worth the asking price or not.

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Specs Rundown For Nvidia RTX 3080Ti and RTX 3070Ti

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Sharing the Turing architecture with its siblings, Nvidia's RTX 3080Ti comes with 10,240 CUDA cores. While this might be a significant step-up from its smaller brother card the RTX 3080, a small bump to only 12 GB GDDR6X memory has proven to be questionable. Other than that, the clock speeds fall just a bit short of the RTX 3080 which shouldn't be a big deal with 1536 extra CUDA cores.

The RTX 3070Ti comes with 6,144 CUDA cores, 256 more than its brother card. The clock speeds are a touch higher than the RTX 3070. There are no other differences to speak of, with both cards sharing the exact same 8 GB GDDR6X memory running on a 256-bit memory bus.

Nvidia has claimed that both of the new cards will provide a significant boost over the last generation of cards. The RTX 3080Ti is touted to be 1.5 times faster than RTX 2080Ti, while the RTX 3070Ti has been advertised as being 1.5 times faster than RTX 2070 super. While these claims are sure to be put to the test when these cards launch in the next weeks, fans are still curious to know whether these cards are worth it or not.

Are RTX 3080Ti and RTX 3070Ti Worth Upgrading?

The RTX 3070Ti and RTX 3080Ti seem to be aiming towards high-end 1440p and 4K ray-tracing experiences with modern AAA games. While the marginal improvements to the clock speeds shouldn't have much impact on locked framerates, but the extra 2GB of VRAM on the RTX 3080Ti should be a decent improvement nevertheless.

With the comparisons, it's clear that Nvidia is targeting consumers with last-gen card holders which are certainly not capable of handling every AAA release at 4K 60 FPS with ray-traced reflections. Games like Cyberpunk 2077 struggle to maintain 60 FPS at maxed-out settings, 4K on RTX 2080Ti, so fans looking for a smooth 60 FPS experience on such titles should be on the lookout for the RTX 3080Ti. However, VRAM limits could pose some issues further down the line, so it would ultimately be best to wait it out until real-world performance reports are released.

When it comes to the RTX 3070Ti, the card itself doesn't seem to be much of a leap in terms of performance, but that's expected considering the minuscule $100 price bump. Aimed towards 1080p and 1440p RTX gamers, it's certainly a significant boost over last-gen but again, fans waiting out for an upgrade might want to jump the gun now.

However, the global semi-conductor shortage will certainly make it difficult to get any of these cards. The problem of scalpers and miners doesn't seem to slow down either, so it would definitely be hard to come across the RTX 3080Ti or 3070Ti at MSRP. In the event fans do come across these cards, the RTX 3070Ti should prove to be a great boost for the price provided that they are willing to stick to 1080p or 1440p at best.

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