NVIDIA has announced the newest generation in the Real Time Ray-Tracing series, the RTX 4000 series.

NVIDIAs RTX 4000s is a series of graphics processing units (GPU). Currently, NVIDIA has announced three graphics cards consisting of, the RTX 4090 24GB, RTX 4080 16GB, and the RTX 4080 12GB.

A GPU is a computer hardware component which allows the computer to render graphics onto a display device. The more powerful a GPU is, the better graphics can be displayed on an appropriate monitor.

The RTX 4090 performs roughly four times better than its predecessors the RTX 3090 seen via benchmark test. 

NVIDIA’s cheapest option in the 4000s is the RTX 4080 12GB with a starting price of $899 with its most expensive option RTX 4090 24GB being $1599.  

The RTX 4090 released on October 12th meanwhile the RTX 4080’s set to release sometime in November.

WJPS freshman, Vishnu Negi Singh said, “$1600 is a lot of money, I would rather get a console for at most $550, this graphics card is overkill. A console would be easier to get.”

WJPS senior, Kevin Juarez stated, “The retail price is too expensive, what’s even more crazy is that scalpers will probably sell it for even more money. It isn’t worth it to me.”