<s>
The	O
GeForce	B-Device
30	I-Device
series	I-Device
is	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
units	I-Architecture
(	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
)	O
designed	O
and	O
marketed	O
by	O
Nvidia	O
,	O
succeeding	O
the	O
GeForce	B-Device
20	I-Device
series	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GeForce	B-Device
30	I-Device
series	I-Device
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Ampere	B-General_Concept
architecture	O
,	O
which	O
feature	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
second-generation	O
ray	O
tracing	O
(	O
RT	O
)	O
cores	O
and	O
third	O
generation	O
Tensor	B-Device
Cores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
Nvidia	B-Algorithm
RTX	I-Algorithm
,	O
hardware-enabled	O
ray	O
tracing	O
is	O
possible	O
on	O
GeForce	B-Device
30	I-Device
series	I-Device
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lineup	O
,	O
designed	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
AMD	O
's	O
Radeon	B-Device
RX	I-Device
6000	I-Device
series	I-Device
of	O
cards	O
,	O
consist	O
of	O
the	O
entry-level	O
and	O
previously	O
laptop-exclusive	O
RTX	B-Device
3050	I-Device
and	O
laptop-exclusive	O
RTX	B-Device
3050	I-Device
Ti	O
,	O
mid-range	O
RTX	B-Device
3060	I-Device
,	O
upper-midrange	O
RTX	B-Device
3060	I-Device
Ti	I-Device
,	O
high-end	O
RTX	B-Device
3070	I-Device
,	O
RTX	B-Device
3070	I-Device
Ti	I-Device
,	O
RTX	B-Algorithm
308010GB	O
,	O
RTX	B-Algorithm
308012GB	O
and	O
enthusiast	O
RTX	B-Device
3080	I-Device
Ti	I-Device
,	O
RTX	B-Device
3090	I-Device
,	O
and	O
RTX	B-Device
3090	I-Device
Ti	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GeForce	B-Device
30	I-Device
series	I-Device
began	O
shipping	O
on	O
September	O
17	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
launch	O
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
3070	I-Device
,	O
RTX	B-Device
3080	I-Device
,	O
and	O
RTX	B-Device
3090	I-Device
,	O
occurred	O
during	O
the	O
ongoing	O
2020	O
–	O
present	O
global	O
chip	O
shortage	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
widespread	O
and	O
notable	O
shortages	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
that	O
lasted	O
from	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
launch	O
until	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GeForce	B-Device
30	I-Device
series	I-Device
was	O
succeeded	O
by	O
the	O
GeForce	B-Device
40	I-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
powered	O
by	O
the	O
Ada	B-General_Concept
Lovelace	I-General_Concept
microarchitecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launch	O
day	O
for	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
3080	I-Device
was	O
September	O
17	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
2	O
,	O
Nvidia	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
delay	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
RTX	B-Device
3070	I-Device
cards	O
by	O
two	O
weeks	O
to	O
guarantee	O
availability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
December	O
,	O
Nvidia	O
blamed	O
continued	O
component	O
shortages	O
on	O
Samsung	O
wafer	B-Architecture
shortages	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
chip	O
shortages	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
factors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortages	O
of	O
RTX	B-Algorithm
30	O
series	O
cards	O
continued	O
into	O
2021	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
ongoing	O
ever	O
since	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
limit	O
purchases	O
by	O
cryptominers	O
,	O
Nvidia	O
announced	O
in	O
February	O
that	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
3060	I-Device
cards	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
detect	O
algorithms	O
for	O
mining	O
of	O
the	O
Ethereum	O
cryptocurrency	O
and	O
halve	O
the	O
hash	O
rate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nvidia	O
officially	O
announced	O
new	O
RTX	B-Device
3080	I-Device
,	O
RTX	B-Device
3070	I-Device
,	O
RTX	B-Device
3060	I-Device
Ti	I-Device
Limited	O
Hash	O
Rate	O
(	O
LHR	O
)	O
SKUs	O
on	O
May	O
18	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
which	O
limits	O
the	O
Ethash	O
mining	O
hash	O
rate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nvidia	O
released	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
3080	I-Device
Ti	I-Device
on	O
June	O
3	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
3070	I-Device
Ti	I-Device
one	O
week	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
June	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nvidia	O
officially	O
released	O
the	O
GeForce	B-Device
RTX	I-Device
3080	I-Device
12GB	O
graphics	O
card	O
on	O
January	O
11	O
,	O
2022	O
and	O
the	O
desktop	O
GeForce	B-Device
RTX	I-Device
3050	I-Device
graphics	O
card	O
on	O
January	O
27	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RTX	B-Device
3050	I-Device
had	O
previously	O
only	O
had	O
a	O
laptop	O
variant	O
that	O
was	O
launched	O
on	O
May	O
11	O
,	O
2021	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
laptop	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
3050	I-Device
Ti	O
that	O
currently	O
still	O
has	O
no	O
desktop	O
variant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nvidia	O
officially	O
released	O
the	O
GeForce	B-Device
RTX	I-Device
3090	I-Device
Ti	O
on	O
March	O
29	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Architectural	O
improvements	O
of	O
the	O
Ampere	B-General_Concept
architecture	O
include	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
3090	I-Device
and	O
RTX	B-Device
3090	I-Device
Ti	I-Device
support	O
2-way	O
NVLink	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
RTX	B-Algorithm
30	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
are	O
made	O
using	O
the	O
8nm	O
Samsung	O
node	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Double-precision	O
(	O
FP64	O
)	O
performance	O
of	O
the	O
Ampere	B-General_Concept
chips	O
are	O
1/64	O
of	O
single-precision	O
(	O
FP32	O
)	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
mobile	O
RTX	B-Algorithm
30	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
support	O
fourth-generation	O
Max-Q	O
.	O
</s>
