What's a gaming laptop with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3000 video card?

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5 May 2023

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What's a gaming laptop with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3000 video card?

The fastest gaming laptops all have 1 thing in common. It's the powerful NVIDIA 3000 video card. The cards of the RTX 30 series are a lot faster than the predecessors from the RTX 20 series. You can read what's so good about a laptop with an RTX 3050, RTX 3060, RTX 3070, or RTX 3080 video card in this article.

New technologies and improvements

Much more processing power

Much more processing power

It's no surprise that the RTX 3000 video cards have much more processing power than the older RTX 20 cards. For example, the RTX 3070 is more powerful than the older high-end model RTX 2080 Ti. The RTX 3080 is up to 60% faster than the old RTX 2080. Games will run with more fps at a higher resolution like 4K, and with ray tracing. NIVIDA has made huge steps in performance this generations, to stay ahead of new gaming consoles.

Ray tracing

Ray tracing

Ray tracing makes sure your games had realistic light, shadows, and reflections. These are complex calculations which ask a lot from your video card. The NVIDIA RTX 20 cards had a lot of trouble with this technology. NVIDIA has improves this technology. In combination with the more powerful RTX 30 video cards, you lose less fps when you enable ray tracing. Even more so with DLSS.

DLSS

DLSS

For this generation, NVIDIA chose for DLSS 2.0. This technology improves the resolution of games without losing fps. This way, games look sharper while still running smoothly. Your video card will generate a frame in 1080p resolution. Next, the neural networks of DLSS will convert the frame to a higher resolution, like 4K. That means you can reach higher framerates with games at a higher resolution, even if you've enabled ray tracing. The difference between 'real' 4K and DLSS 4K is very hard to see.

RTX 3000 cards for medium demanding games

RTX 3050: good entry-level card

RTX 3050: good entry-level card

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Ti) video card is the ideal starter model by NVIDIA. The card is powerful enough for playing light and medium demanding games like Fortnite, Call of Duty, and Read Dead Redemption 2. The card can reach higher performance than the GTX cards, especially with DLSS. The image shows the comparison between the RTX 3050 Ti with and without a DLSS and the GTX 1650 Ti.

RTX 3060: fast mid-range model

RTX 3060: fast mid-range model

With an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 video card, you can play medium demanding games even smoother than with the RTX 3050. The performance is even better than the RTX 2060 and RTX 2070 from the previous generation. With an RTX 3060, you can play medium demanding games with at least 60 fps. Thanks to this, you won't experience hiccups.

RTX 3000 cards for demanding games

RTX 3070: for demanding games

RTX 3070: for demanding games

Do you want to play demanding games in addition to light and medium demanding games? The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is suitable for you. This video card is up to 20 times faster than the RTX 2080, the high-end video card of the previous generation. With the RTX 3070, you can play demanding games like Cyberpunk 2077, Far Cry 6, and Halo Infinite at 60 fps.

RTX 3080: for the most demanding games

RTX 3080: for the most demanding games

With the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 video card, you can play the most demanding and latest games. No matter the game you're going to play on your laptop, this video card can handle it. Think about demanding games like Elden Ring, Forza Horizon 5, and Dying Light 2. Laptops with an RTX 3080 video card perform up to 60% better with 4K games than laptops with an RTX 2080.

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Importance of the processor

When choosing a gaming laptop, it's important that the processor (CPU) doesn't get in the way of your video card in terms of performance. Where the video card takes on the graphic tasks, the processor drives the game world. We recommend at least an Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 processor for a gaming laptop. Do you play many demanding games, like open world games or new games? Choose at least Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 7 processor. That way, you're sure you can reach 60 fps with demanding games games like Cyberpunk 2077 or Elden Ring.

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