The PS5 and Xbox Series X may be targeting 4K gaming, but Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3000 graphics card may really bring ultra-high-resolution graphics to the mainstream.

Nvidia's next-generation GPU architecture, dubbed Ampere, will bring even more power to graphics cards, according to YouTube channel Moore's Law is Dead, which is familiar with Nvidia's next-generation graphics architecture. Sources indicate that the upcoming cards could make 4K-resolution gaming the standard.

The source details the GA102 GPU, which is believed to be the top-of-the-line next-generation GeForce graphics card, and claims it will deliver a massive 21 teraflops of output and 18 Gbps GDDR6 video memory.

Memory bandwidth is set at 864 GB/s and a boost clock of 2.2 GHz. Following previous GeForce naming conventions, we will refer to it as the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti.

Given that the Xbox Series X has 12 teraflops and the PS5 has 10.2 teraflops, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is likely to hopelessly beat the next generation consoles when it comes to graphics performance. However, such information is worth taking with a grain of salt, as this leak is based on engineering samples seen by sources at Moore's Law is Dead and not the final product.

Inside sources also point out that the less powerful cards in the GeForce 30 Series Ampere lineup still boast a lot of power with boost clock speeds reaching 2.5GHz. And this performance boost is due to Nvidia moving the Ampere architecture to the 7nm process node, bringing it on par with AMD's RDNA architecture.

Current GeForce RTX 20 series graphics cards can run games at 4K, but unless the top-of-the-line GeForce RTX 2080 Ti or RTX 2080 Super is used, speedy frame rates are a bit difficult to reach. However, with the increased power of Ampere-based GeForce graphics cards, this should be an easily achievable goal.

Indeed, the power of next-generation GeForce GPUs may make running games at lower resolutions of 1440p or 1080p a bit pointless. So 4K gaming may become the standard for GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards.

All of this means that if you really want to see an upcoming game like Cyberpunk 2077 in all its glory, you may want to opt for a PC with an Ampere-based GeForce GPU instead of a PS5 or Xbox Series X. Don't expect this power to come cheap, as current GeForce RTX cards already cost as much as a PS4 Pro or Xbox One X