See which NVIDIA graphics cards are available for purchase in Brazil

The video card market is going through a troubled period in Brazil. Whether due to high prices or lack of stock, many consumers are not able to fulfill their dream of taking home a brand new GPU. But it seems that this scenario will improve, at least for some time. That's because the NVIDIA announced that video cards from RTX 30 line are back in Brazilian stocks, which also directly reflects on the price of these equipment, making cheaper video cards appear in Brazil in 2022.

The problem has been happening since the beginning of the pandemic, thanks to the microchip crisis that ended up causing a shortage in electronic components, consequently increasing demand and decreasing supply, boosting the prices of video cards in Brazil. Despite the impact on Brazilian soil, the crisis is not exclusive to our country, having also devastated other international markets. To try to reverse this situation, the manufacturer said in a statement that it has been working with several partners in Brazil to ensure that stocks are replenished, prices normalized and updated values ​​are respected.

With these changes, the trend is that different models of GeForce RTX are available to buy at more affordable prices than those practiced in recent months. Despite the benefits over the more current line, older models should also be impacted, reaching lower prices over time. Still thinking about helping consumers find their video card for purchase, NVIDIA even launched a website to help consumers to find the RTX 30 models more easily – and at the best prices.

If you've been looking for a cheap video card for a long time, but you weren't happy with the price on the market, it's worth doing a search on the main e-commerce sites in the country. In addition, you can count on NVIDIA's own website or other interesting solutions, such as product price comparators spread over the internet.

Technologies present in the RTX line

the video cards GeForceRTX da NVIDIA represent the best in gaming graphics, and NVIDIA leverages the full power of its GPUs to improve audio and video quality. Line 30, for example, arrived on the market with new technologies and some others that were improved from previous generations. Among them are some that have already been mentioned previously by the showmetech, like the incredible process of Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) and hardware NVIDIA Broadcast, responsible for improving the audio and vvideo in recordings and video calls.

Despite this, other solutions are available for video card users. Check out the main ones below.

DLSS

Deep Learning Super Sampling, also known as DLSS, is artificial intelligence technology created by NVIDIA in order to increase your computer's performance, even when you run higher settings. It emerged from an internal research of the NVIDIA, more precisely in 2016, when the team presented an algorithm specialized in repairing and reconstructing damaged images or with pieces intentionally removed. Utilizing this AI, the main objective is to put less strain on your GPU by rendering the original image at a lower resolution and then later upscaling the image to give the impression that it is running at a higher resolution.

Practically enough, imagine playing a AAA title at maximum settings on a 4K monitor with stunning, breathtaking graphics. As DLSS activated, in fact, the game would be running at 1080p, then upscaled by the AI ​​to 4K. This means that, because you're only playing at 1080p, the impact to the graphics card would be much less than if it were, in fact, having to work to deliver a 4K resolution. Therefore, we have less heavy games, less stress for the video card and notable gains in frames per second (FPS), all without harming the graphics quality.

Being a platform-exclusive technology NVIDIA GeForceRTX, it works in conjunction with the Ray Tracing, also created by NVIDIA and which uses “ray tracing” to create better light effects, making the games more realistic and exuberant. In 2020, the company announced the second version of DLSS, which debuted in the market together with the API DirectX 12 Ultimate, opening the door to the development of games with better lighting, shadows and textures.

Ray Tracing

O Ray Tracing is a technology that has revolutionized the video game industry in recent years. With it, it is possible to make the lights, shadows and reflections of the games even more realistic, leaving the image similar to cinema movies. The idea is that, with the help of Artificial Intelligence, the sensation of looking at the screen is transformed, making it as close to reality as possible.

O Ray Tracing was introduced by NVIDIA with its series of graphics cards based on Turing architecture, which offer a performance six times that of its predecessors, allowing the high processing necessary for the new technology. Turing still supports games in 4K and at 60 frames per second, even in the most advanced games.

But and how the Ray Tracing does it actually work? To answer this question, it is necessary to understand that, in order to see all the images, it is necessary to emit light from some source, whether natural or not. The light rays then travel a path and hit a certain element, like any other object. Depending on texture, material, color, size and other characteristics, the trajectory is slightly affected. When it returns to the human eye, only a part of that luminosity actually returns and is perceived by the human eye, generating the image in front of us.

With Ray Tracing, an AI-controlled algorithm seeks to predict which light beams the human eye sees. In other words, he only recreates the trajectory that, in fact, will reach human eyes and that will be converted into images. After this prediction about the light reflection, the rendering takes place. The result of all this? Exuberant images and closer to what we are used to in real life.

To determine how much light falls on a single pixel, the technology needs to identify how far away the light is, how bright it is, and the angle of the reflecting surface in relation to the angle of the light source, before calculating how hot the beam is. reflected should be. Such artificial intelligence also helps to reduce image noise, with the filter “AI denoiser”, which happen when using few rays. In this way, the displayed image has the same quality as if it had been created by thousands of rays per pixel.

With the popularization of technology, more and more games come with support for the creation of NVIDIA. Among some of the titles are Battlefield 5, Cyberpunk 2077 and some older games too, like Minecraft e Fortnite. Despite the absurd graphic difference perceived when using the technology, the novelty is still a little expensive for the final consumer at this moment, since it is necessary to invest in a video card with the technology and in an entire machine that supports this setup (processor compatible and monitors or televisions that accompany such processing power).

NVIDIA SLR

O NVIDIA SLR in turn, it is a technology that video game developers have at their disposal and that helps in reducing the latency of their system in order to improve the game experience. The technology was first introduced in early 2021 and is becoming increasingly popular on PC. The novelty is aimed at the competitive games market, but little by little single-player games, such as God of War, have also been adopting the feature.

O NVIDIA SLR improves the communication between the components present on the PC and that are being used during the game, reducing the latency of the commands. That is, when pressing a mouse or keyboard button, the action will arrive faster in the game, guaranteeing more precise movements. All this action takes milliseconds to happen and can end up going unnoticed by the naked eye, especially on more powerful computers and screens with high frame rates. However, for those still using older GPUs, Reflex can be of great help.

Despite being announced along with the most powerful models of NVIDIA GPUs, the technology also works on older video cards from the GeForce line, and can be enabled on any model from the series GTX 900. With this, most users can benefit from the novelty. It is worth mentioning that the manufacturer has a certification program for peripherals optimized for NVIDIA Reflex. However, if the game supports the technology, you can use it on any screen your computer is on, from monitors to televisions.

NVIDIA amps

NVIDIA amps is the name of the graphics processing unit (GPU) microarchitecture developed by NVIDIA as the successor to the Volta and Turing architectures, having been officially announced on May 14, 2020, and equipping RTX GPUs since the 20 series. It is named after the mathematician and French physicist André-Marie Ampère.

According to the manufacturer, the architecture provides twice the processing rate in FP32, providing a much higher performance per watt. This includes new dedicated RT cores that deliver twice the performance of the previous generation and new 3rd generation Tensor Cores that bring a twofold increase in processing rate over their predecessors. All that power is used by NVIDIA DLSS, which accelerates performance.

In addition to benefiting desktops, Ampere is also present in dozens of notebook models. The new architecture allows the good functioning of features that we talk about here, such as Ray Tracing, DLSS and NVIDIA Broadcast.

Game Ready Drivers

Available on the market since 2014, the Game Ready Drivers da NVIDIA were created to optimize the performance of GPUs so that gamers do not experience lag or frame rate stuttering issues. Of course, having a good monitor makes all the difference in gaming, but a video driver optimized for the title you're enjoying is more than essential.

A video driver is the software that allows communication between the video card and the operating system and graphics APIs, games and applications, with a focus on delivering greater performance to the user. In addition to developing hardware so that the game or any other application runs with the highest quality possible, the video card manufacturer — together with the developers — needs to adapt the video driver so that communication failures between the operating system do not occur. and the graphics processing unit (GPU).

It is important to remember that computers with Windows have two execution modes. O User Mode is responsible for passing information between the game and the operating system. In case of Kernel Mode, information about the application — including adaptation information — is sent to the graphics card so the user has the best possible performance.

The lack of an appropriate video driver can be the explanation for possible slowdowns and stuttering in games. Even if you have a good graphics card, you still need the GPU manufacturer and game development studio to work together so that problems don't happen.

In addition to the communication between the video card and the game being aligned, it is also important that the latency (time between triggering a command and the computer's response) is adapted according to the settings of the title being played. An appropriate video driver is also responsible for making a game more stable, which avoids bugs in the driver itself, in the video card, in the game and allows users to have access to the best version at launch time.

In a post on her blog, the NVIDIA announced that it already works with major studios so that the development of Game Ready Drivers be done at the same time that the game “takes shape”. Before 2014, the year in which the program was created, everything was done in a traditional way: only in the final stage of creation did the developers think about adapting the titles to the video cards and developing their own video driver.

Currently, the bug fixing process happens in the very early stages of creating a game. As soon as the first ideas get off the paper, the NVIDIA works with the development studio to have bugs fixed. The video card manufacturer shared that it has a team of experts to Unreal Engine, Unity and other platforms so that the games are adapted in the best possible way.

NVIDIA broadcast

A Broadcast is a streaming tool from NVIDIA, being one of the most advanced on the market when it comes to tools incorporated into video cards. Regardless if you are using a notebook or desktop, if you have a GPU GeForceRTX 20 or 30 series will be able to enjoy the software.

The feature has been around since 2020, having debuted alongside the company's 30-series GPUs. The program offers the user the improvement of audio and video transmission through a combination of features of video cards with Artificial Intelligence. He can be downloaded directly from the company website, and comes as a practical solution for remote work and study, allowing you to configure your lives, calls and other technical details with ease.

In addition, the software uses NVIDIA Encoder, NVENC, which is a specific part of video cards, to reduce CPU workload during streaming. This, according to the brand, paves the way for the system to run games or other demanding tasks.

Among the features of NVIDIA Broadcast is RTX Voice, which features a noise reduction tool for both audio captured through microphones and system audio. Another possibility of the application is the effects that can be configured in the images captured by the webcam. It is possible to insert a background blur, change the background by introducing an image and even remove the background without the need for an accent material to chroma key.

Pricing and Availability of NVIDIA Graphics Cards

Below, we have separated the main and best NVIDIA graphics cards for you who are thinking about changing your GPU later this year. Check out.

GeForce GTX 1650

A GeForce GTX 1650 is a graphics card that incorporates memories in the GDDR6 standard and up to 4 GB, which can make gamers be able to explore Full HD games with more textures and higher levels of details.

Na pichau, the model Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 é sold for R$1.549.

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Counting on 6GB GDDR6, 192 bits and a clock of 1800MHz, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Brings good performance to your games. The model has alternating rotation technology that allows better air flow, keeping the temperature under control.

Na Amazon, ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 Ti é sold for BRL 2.552.

GeForce GTX 1660 Super

A GeForce GTX 1660 Super brings the TU116 chip and clock that can reach 1.830 MHz, which promises to deliver good performance in games, especially in Full HD resolution. The board is equipped with 6 GB of VRAM in the GDDR6 standard with a 192-bit interface.

Na pichau, ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER é found for BRL 2.469.

GeForce RTX 3050

A GeForce RTX 3050 is a board equipped with 2.560 CUDA cores, 20 RT Cores for Ray Tracing and 80 Tensor Cores for AI processing, plus 8GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit interface. With consumption stipulated at 130 W, using an 8-pin connector for power, the card features a base clock of 1.550 MHz and a boost of 1.780 MHz, thus offering up to 9,1 TFLOPs of computing power.

Na Terabytes, Leadtek GeForce RTX 3050 Hurricane White Edition é sold for BRL 2.599.

GeForce RTX 3060

A GeForce RTX 3060 is a powerful graphics card, capable of running all the latest games in high mode in Full HD resolution and some even in 4K. It has the 2nd generation of architecture Ampere da NVIDIA, which guarantees up to 2x faster processing rate. In addition, it ships with 3.584 CUDA cores, a base clock of 1,32 GHz (up to 1,78 GHz with boost), 12 GB of GDDR6 memory and support for Ray Tracing and DLSS technologies.

Na Amazon, Gainward GeForce RTX 3060 é sold for BRL 3.539.

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

A GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is a mid-range graphics card from NVIDIA that is part of the new generation RTX 30. It comes with 4.864 CUDA processing cores, and can reach speeds of 1.410 MHz in base clock or up to 1.610 MHz in turbo. Regarding memory, the model has 8 GB of GDDR6, connected to the processor by a 256-bit interface, allowing up to 448 GB/s of bandwidth for exchanging data between RAM and graphics processor.

Na Kabum, Zotac NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti é sold for BRL 4.299.

GeForce RTX 3070

A GeForce RTX 3070 It has a base clock speed of 1,50GHz and a boost clock of 1,73GHz. There are 5888 CUDA cores operating the 8GB of GDDDR6 video RAM. NVIDIA has applied the new Ampère architecture to the GPU, with a 256-bit interface, performing up to 448GB/s communication between GPU and VRAM.

Na Amazon, GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 é sold for BRL 5.799.

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

A GeForce RTX 3070 Ti was one of NVIDIA's novelties during the second half of 2021. It features 8GB of RAM memory in the GDDR6X standard, operating at 19Gbps ​​(gigabits per second). Speaking of speeds, this GPU has a base clock of 1.575MHz. However, it is possible to reach up to 1.770MHz when it is necessary to enter turbo mode. It has 6.144 CUDA cores, 48 ​​RT cores and 192 Tensor cores and a 256-bit interface.

Na Amazon, GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 Ti é sold for BRL 6.770.

GeForce RTX 3080

A GeForce RTX 3080 is currently one of the best choices for 4K gaming. In addition to achieving a high resolution, it can run all games available on the market today at its maximum settings. Its memory is 10GB in the GDDR6X standard, a faster evolution compared to previous generations and a 320-bit interface, therefore, guaranteeing a bandwidth of 760 GB/s.

Na Terabytes, Gigabyte GeForce, RTX 3080 Gaming OC é found for BRL 7.299.

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

A GeForce RTX 3080 Ti It is a graphics card with 12 GB VRAM memory in the GDDR6X standard, 10.240 CUDA cores and also includes DLSS 2.0 and Ray Tracing technologies to improve the visual experience in games. Its memory interface is 184-bit, with 912 GB/s of bandwidth.

Na Terabytes, MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti VENTUS 3X é found for BRL 9.177.

GeForce RTX 3090

A GeForce RTX 3090 is the top of the line NVIDIA cards, bringing impressive numbers. According to NVIDIA, the reference RTX 3090 will have clocks of 1,4 GHz and that can go up to 1,7 GHz with the turbo activated. It still has 10.496 CUDA cores of processing. With 24 GB of dedicated RAM, in the latest GDDR6X standard and 384-bit interface, the GPU ensures speeds around 936 GB/s between components. A real monster!

Na Kabum, Zotac NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity is sold for R$ 12.999.

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