These RTX 3080-Powered Sneakers Are A Real Kicker

The PC master race kicks in once again…this time, in a rather literal manner. In a move that nobody probably saw coming, hardware manufacturer NZXT and virtual sneaker designer Artefact Studios, or RTFKT, have joined forces to unveil what seems to be a PC sneaker system powered by an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 GPU.

Sporting the colourways of purple, black, and white, the shoes appear to house NZXT’s Kraken Z-3 liquid cooler on each side, with an exterior LCD screen capable of displaying content, including popular anime characters like Yu-Gi-Oh!’s Yugi. A fully-functional PC, packed into a small form factor, sits on the inside, and connection to a display

It’s most certainly a bizarre contraception that raises a handful of unanswered questions: will this actually be used for gaming, or is it meant to be more of a rare collectible? What other hardware specifications is it running on? Will the kicks be available for the public, or are they set aside only for a select group of individuals? More importantly, can they be worn?

Both NZXT and RTFKT have yet to confirm the answers to these questions, although having a genuinely-functioning sneaker-PC hybrid doesn’t sound too far of a stretch. It all sounds rather insane, especially with the limited availability of RTX 3080 graphics cards, but hey, if it works, then that’s definitely one for the books.

Si Jia

Si Jia is a casual geek at heart – or as casual as someone with Sephiroth’s theme on her Spotify playlist can get. A fan of movies, games, and Japanese culture, Si Jia’s greatest weakness is the Steam Summer Sale. Or any Steam sale, really.