30 PCWorld FEBRUARY 2021NEWS NVIDIA WOOS MAINSTREAM GAMERS
intelligently shifts power between the GPU
memory as well as the core CPU and GPU,
and an upgraded version of Whisper Mode
that uses AI algorithms to tune your
components to hit an acoustic level
determined by the user. The third-gen
Max-Q offering also enables Resizable BAR
support, which we’ll detail more later.
Look for laptops built using Nvidia’s new
generation of GeForce mobile GPUs to
launch on January 26, with every major OEM
chipping into the more than 70 total models
coming. Nvidia says GeForce RTX 3060
laptops will start at $999, RTX 3070 laptops
will start at $1,299, and RTX 3080 laptops will
kick off at $1,999.GEFORCE RTX 3060
Nvidia also teased a new toy for diehard
desktop gamers. After flooding the high endwith the GeForce RTX 3090 (go.pcworld.
com/90fe), 3080 (go.pcworld.com/fe80),
3070 (go.pcworld.com/fed7), and 3060 Ti
(go.pcworld.com/6fed), the GeForce RTX
3060 finally brings Ampere down to a more
affordable price point with a $329 MSRP
when it launches in late February—at least
theoretically.
In reality, we expect the RTX 3060 to sell
out immediately and likely be priced much
higher on the street, like we’ve seen with
every other next-gen graphics card released
so far. Rival AMD declined to reveal more
mainstream-priced Radeon offerings during
its CES keynote, saying only that mainstream
Radeon GPUs will launch in the first half.
Meanwhile, Nvidia is set up to sell as many
RTX 3060s as it can pump out in the near
future. Fingers crossed there will be
abundant supply.