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The Ampere series will replace the Turing lineup, which will fade out of the market as these cards sit right on top of their prices yet are much faster. The GeForce RTX 3070 has 5,888 stream/Shader processors; the RTX 3060 Ti has been dimmed down a small notch. 4,864 stream/Shader processors (38 CUs), 80 ROPs, 152 Texture units, and the capability to do the trick or two more with its 152 Tensor and 38 Raytracing cores.
- The reference 3060 Ti cards have a peak boost clock up-to 1.66 GHz, with the base clock hovering in the 1.41 GHz domain.
- The reference 3070 cards have a peak boost clock up-to 1.73 GHz, with the base clock hovering in the 1.50 GHz domain.
- The reference 3080 cards have a peak boost clock up-to 1.71 GHz, with the base clock hovering in the 1.44 GHz domain.
- The reference 3090 cards have a peak boost clock up-to 1.70 GHz, with the base clock hovering in the 1.40 GHz domain.
The STRIX OC clocks in at a boost frequency of 1860 MHz. If you do NOT purchase the OC model, that value is reference 1665 MHz, other than that it's all the same stuff really. These are out of the box configured clock frequencies. As mentioned, it weighs in at just over 1 kg, is three slots wide, and its length is 32cm. So that's a serious cooler. Due to the new cooling design, please be aware that the product oozes a substantial amount of warm air; you'll need a well-ventilated PC with a properly located intake (front) and vent (rear/top).
That BIOS switch will offer you Perf and Silent mode; game performance-wise, the two are similar as only the FAN RPM is the differential, the temp difference is just a few degrees, but the difference in acoustics are ginormous, so toggle the card to Silent mode and be done with it as you will not even hear the card setup like that. We'll show and measure it all up in the pages to follow.
