It's happening: You can grab an RTX 3070 for just $550 right now

pcgamer.com:

Gigabyte Gaming OC GeForce RTX 3070 | 8GB GDDR6 | 1,815MHz Core Clock | $599.99$549.99 at Newegg (save $50)(opens in new tab)Not only is this an RTX 3070 at something close to its MSRP, but it's also an overclocked model sporting a triple fan design. The overclock may be slight, but it'll help push that frame rate to the max, even when you've got every setting turned up as high as it'll go at 1440p and 4K. It's a big old card, so make sure you've got space in your case, and have the power to drive it—650W is the recommended minimum. Use the code VGAGBET246 to save that $50.

We're almost there. Soon, hopefully very soon, we're going to be able to look back on this generation of graphics cards and not be bitter about it. Prices are nearing normal levels again, and not just on the cards that no one actually wants to buy. No, the good cards of this generation are starting to enter reasonable price territory. Unheard of.

The RTX 3070 highlighted above is a great case in point. With the $50 promo code (VGAGBET246), you're looking at $550 for the triple-fan card from Gigabyte(opens in new tab). The fact that this is a factory overclocked card that rumbles along at 1.815GHz as opposed to the 1.73GHz of the Founder's Edition, means you're actually getting pretty decent value for money. And for reference, the Nvidia FE card should in theory cost $500, you know if you could actually buy one from Nvidia.

So what makes this RTX 3070 the card we'd recommend right now? Well for starters it's a really very good graphics card, earning a 90% score when we reviewed it(opens in new tab) back on release in October 2020. If you're looking for a graphics card that can handle 1440p and 4K gaming with ease, even with the ray tracing pretties