Where to buy Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 — latest restock updates

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Seeking out where to purchase the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 remains ane of the nigh daunting tasks in the world of consumer technology.

That's all thanks to standing chip shortages and massive demand, making it very hard to find the GeForce RTX 3080 as well equally GeForce RTX 3090 restock. And sadly, major chip supplier TSMC is rumored to exist putting up its prices, which could have a knock -on affect on GPU prices.

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So unless you lot're considering to get a pre-built PC to secure a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, like our calculating writer Tony Polanco did, then your best hope in securing a graphics menu is to bank check out the list of retailers that nosotros've rounded up beneath and sign up to whatever stock updates, then apply a degree of patience.

Our list contains U.S. and U.Thousand. retailers that have the GeForce RTX 3080 on their books, as well as the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080: Latest stock updates

As of January 20, there is no Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 restock available, at least not at reasonable prices.

And it's not looking likely that the stock situation volition improve in the coming months, though we are hopeful that come the second half of the year the chip shortages will have reduced somewhat.

Despite all this the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti has been revealed; await killer specs and a massive price tag.

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080: Where to buy

At the moment the GeForce RTX 3080 is sold out at pretty much every major retailer. As such, you're best bet is to grab an RTX 3080 when you spot ane. But too have a fleck of patience and it should be back in stock shortly. Make sure to check the retailers using the links beneath to see if they have the RTX 3080 dorsum in stock.

One trick: Be sure to take all your payment and shipping information saved on the retailer's site, then you don't have to spend precious minutes filling information technology out — which could mean the deviation between picking up Nvidia'south newest GPU and walking away empty-handed.

Where to buy Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 in the U.S.

Where to purchase Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti in the U.S.

Where to purchase the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 in the U.K

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 has too sold out at a lot of U.K. hardware retailers. And it looks similar the websites for Overclockers and Scan, two major PC component retailers in Uk, are down. We'd gamble a bet that's due to fevered interest in the RTX 3080.

As such, your options are limited to Nvidia and eBuyer at the moment. Only nosotros'll keep an eye out to run into if the RTX 3080 pops up on other sites.

Where to buy the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti in the U.K.

Where to purchase Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 desktops

If you're desperate to get GeForce GTX 3080 power, and so you might want to consider getting a pre-congenital PC with the graphics card in it.

Origin PC volition permit you configure a desktop with an RTX 3080 in it. The same is true of iBuyPower, with a quartet of PC'due south with the RTX 3080 sitting alongside powerful AMD and Intel processors.

You lot can also configure an Alienware Aurora, our pick for the best gaming PC, with an RTX 3080 GPU.

In the U.K. Cyberpower has the Infinity X10 gaming PC with the GeForce RTX 3080. The graphics carte du jour comes with a healthy specification but expect to pay over £2,000 for the privilege.

And conduct in heed that all the above PCs are pretty expensive with prices around the $ii,000 mark. And a lot have already sold out or selling quickly.

The GeForce RTX 3080 is one of the most interesting graphics cards Nvidia has made of tardily, especially in terms of power and price. Then don't be surprised if information technology'southward tricky to find for another few weeks nevertheless.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 with 12GB of memory

Nvidia is now selling a new RTX 3080 with 12GB of retention through select partners. The new RTX 3080 has 8,960 CUDA cores compared to the 8,704 constitute in the 10GB RTX 3080. The GPU too has xx% more cumulative bandwidth than the current RTX 3080, due to a 384-bit memory bus. Nvidia recommends a 750W power supply, which is 350W in total compared to the 320W on the regular RTX 3080.

Sister-site PC Gamer listed the prices for the new RTX 3080. In that location will not be a Founder'southward Edition of the new card. As such, you tin only become the RTX 3080 with 12GB from Nvidia's partners. Notation that we do not have an official MSRP for the bill of fare. The prices below are what each of the respective partners is selling it for.

EVGA has the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 Ultra Gaming for $1,250. This is listed on the company's website for $i,250. The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB FTW3 Ultra Gaming costs $i,300. This carte du jour is simply available to EVGA Elite Members.

Asus is selling two versions of its RTX 3080 12GB graphics cards. The ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 12GB OC is listed for €1,639 ($1,858) while the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 12GB OC is listed for €1,519 ($ane,722). Equally PC Gamer points out, these prices are well to a higher place the RTX 3090's launch toll of $one,499.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 specs
	RTX 3080 12GB	RTX 3080 10GB
GPU	GA102	GA102
Lithography	Samsung 8nm	Samsung 8nm
CUDA Cores	eight,960	8,704
SMs	70	68
Tensor Cores	272	272
RT Cores	lxx	68
Retentiveness bus	384-fleck	320-bit
Retention chapters	12GB GDDR6X	10GB GDDR6X
Retentiveness speed	19Gbps	19Gbps
Retention bandwidth	912GB/s	760GB/southward
TGP	350W	320W

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 performance

Nvidia has claimed the GeForce RTX 3080 is up to twice equally fast as the GeForce RTX 2080 information technology replaces and how it will stomp the RTX 2080 Ti. It's a assuming claim indeed.

Nvidia pitted the RTX 3080 against the RTX 2080 Ti when running Doom Eternal at 4K on Ultra settings. The RTX 3080 is some 50 percent faster than the terminal top-terminate Nvidia graphics card, delivering frame rates well above 100fps. And that's likely earlier a lot of optimization has been washed.

Our sibling publication Tom's Hardware put the GeForce RTX 3080 to the test and declared that it delivered a "generational bound in operation." And true to its claims, the RTX 3080 offers significant gains in performance over the RTX 2080 Ti.

"The bottom line, if you don't listen spoilers, is that the RTX 3080 FE is 33% faster than the RTX 2080 Ti, on average. Or, if yous prefer other points of comparison, it'southward 57% faster than the RTX 2080 Super, 69% faster than the RTX 2080 Fe — heck, it's even 26% faster than the Titan RTX!" Jarred Walton said in his review.

"Merely there's a catch: We measured all of those 'percentage faster' results beyond our test suite running at 4K ultra settings. The pb narrows if you lot drop down to 1440p, and information technology decreases even more at 1080p. It's still 42% faster than a 2080 FE at 1080p ultra, but this is very much a card made for college resolutions."

Suffice to say, the GeForce RT 3080 is ane impressive graphics menu, though you'll need an equally impressive overall PC to go the near out of it.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090: Where to buy

Where to buy Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 in the U.Southward.

Where to buy the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 in the U.K

Roland Moore-Colyer is U.K. Editor at Tom'southward Guide with a focus on news, features and opinion articles. He often writes about gaming, phones, laptops and other bits of hardware; he's also got an interest in cars. When not at his desk-bound Roland can be plant wandering effectually London, oft with a look of curiosity on his face.