The first RTX 3080 base unit under the microscope. It's decision time for gamers as next-generation hardware is officially upon us. Microsoft's Xbox Series S/X and Sony's PlayStation 5 are all up for pre-order, AMD's preparing to unveil its Radeon RX 6000 Series, and Nvidia has fired the first shot with its impressively fast GeForce RTX 3080.

PC vendors and system integrators will be hoping the performance uplift of the Ampere architecture is enough to convince users that now is as good a time as any to consider a new rig, and Scan Computers is putting out a taster in the form of an RTX 3080 base unit dubbed simply the 3XS Vengeance RTX.