Nvidia has announced a full lineup of powerful RTX 30 series cards, including the flagship RTX 3080, made for smooth 4K gaming, and the massive $1,499 RTX 3090 for those lucky enough to have an 8K setup. But for those who don't need such luxury, the RTX 3070 may be a better fit.

Starting at $499, the RTX 3070 promises significant performance gains over the previous generation of Nvidia cards, yet is priced fairly affordably. Here is everything you need to know about the most affordable member of the Ampere family.

The Nvidia RTX 3080 was originally scheduled to launch on October 15, but is now scheduled to launch on October 29; Nvidia announced this change in early October to avoid the availability issues that the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 suffered, and to ensure that more cards are They stated that they are working on making them available on the release date.

The Nvidia RTX 3070 starts at $499, which is more affordable than the $699 RTX 3080 and much cheaper than the $1,499 RTX 3090. To put this price in perspective, according to Nvidia, the 3070 is faster than the $1,200 RTX 2080 and costs a fraction of that.

On Nvidia's website, you can receive notifications about pre-orders of the 3070.

With 8GB of GDDR6 memory and a clock speed of 1.73GHz, the RTX 3070 is designed to deliver reliable performance for games running at 1440p and 4K.

For those upgrading, the RTX 3070 promises to be 60% faster than the RTX 2070 and even outperform the more expensive RTX 2080 Ti. If you want unwavering 4K gaming at a steady 60 fps, you'll probably opt for the RTX 3080, but the RTX 3070 should be more than adequate for silky smooth 1440p action.

Other important specs include 20 shader teraflops, 40 ray-tracing teraflops, and 163 tensor teraflops. In other words, the RTX 3070 should deliver even better ray tracing performance than the previous generation, helping to provide the most immersive graphics for PC gaming.