4812

Yep, as with every new release you’ll need to setup nowinstock.net.

Pretty much every intel CPU has an IGPU that will power your monitor, yes. Most AMD chips don’t.

4813

Gonna need to swap out my ATX PSU for an SFX to fit one of these I think. Was planning on doing so anyway.

Too bad all the SFX PSUs are still mostly out of stock from COVID supply chain fallout

4814

Was that an actual performance issue, or were you just going on what the game’s VRAM prediction reported?

Because I thought the in-game report was exaggerated, and the actual use was in the 6-7GB range for 4K with the high res pack.

4815

Outside of Minecraft, are there any games that actually look much better with RT enabled, and worth the performance hit?

(I normally disable DOF, Bloom, AntiAliasing - i.e. “console features” when I play games)

4816

Control looks much better with at least ‘medium’ ray tracing enabled, thanks to all the glass in the environment.

The performance hit can be heavily reduced by using DLSS 2.

4817

You’re missing the point. It doesn’t matter that there are very few RT games now. Next-gen consoles will all support RT, so new games will use it too.

Also, you disable antialiasing? That is not a “console feature”, it’s essential for image quality.

4818

Was thinking the same thing

4819

On a 3440x1440 monitor, antialiasing isn’t nearly as important as when we were playing at 1,024x768. Particularly when your eyes are now 55 instead of 35. :)

4820

‘Geforce special event’ presentation confirmed for Sep 1…

4821

Glaucoma is kinda like a post effect!

4822

Would certainly get rid of the jaggies!

4823

At 1440p, I couldn’t disagree more. And my eyes aren’t that far behind yours

4824

The media keeps referring to the 3000 series cards, but given the phrasing of the tease, I’m guessing you’re going to see:

RTX 2180 Ti or RTX 2190 - the 24GB Ampere card - September
RTX 2180 Super - 20GB Ampere Card - October
RTX 2180 - 10GB Ampere - September
RTX 2170 - September/October
RTX 2160 et al - depends on Big Navi’s timing and performance

In the good old days, I would actually know this, and I’d probably have a test card lined up so I’d be under NDA. Now I’m just guessing like the rest of you. :) But given the prevalence of 21 in their tease, this is my guess. (But only so I can say I predicted it on my blog.)

Having tested the really poor NV1/Diamond Edge 3D (quadratic texture mapping anyone?) back in gaming magazine days, I’d never have expected Nvidia to end up owning the market. Interesting that their own celebration doesn’t acknowledge anything prior to the GeForce 256. The Riva 128 wasn’t terrible.

4825

Yup. My personal guess is that the 24GB card is branded a Titan.
The 20GB is 2180 Ti or Ultra
10GB is 2180

4826

Maybe, who knows? More importantly, who cares what they call them?

4827

Nobody. Just something to do while we wait

4828

Exactly. This is the hardware geek’s equivalent of bitching online about a game that nobody’s played yet.

4829

As long as they don’t rebrand old hardware, I’m fine with whatever. Rebranding really grinds my gears!

4830

Stop doing! Every time this thread is bumped again I think we have real news!

Agggh, my blood pressure!

( /s )

4831

We won’t get any news before 9/1, it sounds like, so just assume that’s true and be surprised if it turns out they dump some info (or info leaks) earlier.