This is easily the best price we've seen for an RTX 3080 video card since launch. At this price point, the RTX 3080 is a better value than the 3080 Ti, which costs at least $250 more at reputable vendors. The performance gap between the 3080 and 3080 Ti is about 3%, hardly noticeable. The 3080 is significantly more powerful than the previous generation's flagship RTX 2080 SUPER. This is the card you want to get if you plan to game at 4K.
The EGA XC3 Ultra Gaming card boasts a 2.2-slot triple fan cooler (which makes it one of the more compact RTX 3080 options around) and a 1750MHz boost clock speed. The MSI Vents 3X card features a 2.7-slot triple fan cooling system and metal backplate. The "OC" is very nominal; this card has a 1740MHz boost clock, compared to 1710MHz on the 3080 FE.
The RTX 3070 is another card that outpaces the RTX 2080 SUPER. It's a great card for 1440p gaming, even at up to 144Hz refresh rates, and has the chops to take on 4K gaming as well (although obviously not as proficiently as the RTX 3080). It can easily handle VR gaming.
This is far and away the lowest price we have ever seen for a prebuilt gaming PC equipped with an RTX 3060 Ti GPU. Once you hit the product page, you'll have to select "RTX 3060" for $250 and a "500W Power Supply" for $25. You can buy the system as is, or you can choose to add a few more choice upgrades. You certainly have leeway with this super cheap price.
This Legion 5i tower comes equipped with the new 12th generation Intel Core i5 Alder Lake processor. The Alder Lake processors are currently the best gaming CPUs on the market, far superior in performance to any of its predecessors. The only drawback of this new processor is that it requires a new motherboard and (ideally) new DDR5 RAM. Fortunately, both issues are negated when you buy a prebuilt; the Legion 5i tower boasts an LGA 1700 motherboard and 16 GB of DDR5 RAM. The RTX 3060 is about 20% faster than the RTX 2060 SUPER and is on par with the RTX 2070. That means it handles 1080p gaming beautifully and has the chops to take on 1440p and VR gaming as well.
Lenovo is offering a high-end gaming laptop at a steep discount. The Lenovo Legion 5i Pro is one of the first laptops to host the new 12th generation Intel Core i7 mobile processor. Like its desktop counterpart, this is a significant upgrade from previous Intel i7 generations and one of the best gaming CPUs on the market. The RTX 3070 Ti found in this laptop has a TDP rating of 150W. With this much power, the RTX 3070 Ti is essentially on par with the RTX 3080 and even faster in some cases.
The RTX 3060 is no slouch; its performance is superior to the RTX 2060 SUPER and almost matches the RTX 2070 SUPER in some games. It will easily handle all of your games at up to 1440p. If that's all you need, you'll still save almost $200 compared to the price of the RTX 3070 config. It's paired with an AMD Ryzen 7 5800 processor, 16 GB of RAM, and 512 GB SSD.
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