Nvidia RTX graphics cards
Discussion
scorp said:
It's going to be a few generations, 4k@144 is around 9 times the bandwidth of 1080p@60.
Interesting. Looks like I'm in for a wait then. I wonder whether they're going to deflect that demand by creating the hype for other bells and whistles people don't yet know they need in their life. A bit like 4K.
bloomen said:
scorp said:
It's going to be a few generations, 4k@144 is around 9 times the bandwidth of 1080p@60.
Interesting. Looks like I'm in for a wait then. I wonder whether they're going to deflect that demand by creating the hype for other bells and whistles people don't yet know they need in their life. A bit like 4K.
I’d pick refresh rate over a higher res.
Spanna said:
I play on a 144hz 2K screen. The 1080 handles PUBG with settings other than shadows, foliage and post processing at Ultra at a steady 120+ fps.
I’d pick refresh rate over a higher res.
Definitely. After using 100/120/144hz, 60hz looks prehistoric and jerky. 1080p is fine for action games.I’d pick refresh rate over a higher res.
I'd not really looked into these yet, as I wasn't in the market, but I was thinking the same thing. If no current cards support RT then no game will be built with them so the value is minimal until they are common. Now, I'm sure Nvidia has been working with devs so the lag isn't huge but it's going to be a while until it's commonplace.
It will be conventional benches that matter for now.
It will be conventional benches that matter for now.
They announced 21 games so far that will support RT. Probably the biggest upcoming games in that list are Battlefield 5, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Metro Exodus. The performance of Tomb Raider with RT enabled seemed to be quite bad according to one guy that demoed it, but of course this is with early access everything including drivers.
130R said:
They announced 21 games so far that will support RT. Probably the biggest upcoming games in that list are Battlefield 5, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Metro Exodus. The performance of Tomb Raider with RT enabled seemed to be quite bad according to one guy that demoed it, but of course this is with early access everything including drivers.
The demos of Tomb Raider/Metro were done using real-time ray tracing, so there's nothing to compare the results to as there are no other GPUs than can do this. Only when games are run on the 20 series using the same rasterization method that all other cards use will a direct comparison be made.https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-rtx-2080-gam...
I'm currently running an overclocked MSI GTX 980 so this announcement is great - it's either going to be a fantastic card and worth the money, or it is going to depress the prices of the GTX 1080Ti.
Either way, I think I could be due an upgrade.
Edit: I'm currently running a 3440x1440 screen and the GTX 980 seems to cope with this. I was running Prey in full graphics at this res.
Either way, I think I could be due an upgrade.
Edit: I'm currently running a 3440x1440 screen and the GTX 980 seems to cope with this. I was running Prey in full graphics at this res.
anonymous said:
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I'd be interested in one of them. Reviews notwithstanding etc. Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Thursday 23 August 11:52
essayer said:
wisbech said:
Some people spend much more than that on a watch! Other people’s hobbies are wierd...
Sure, but the price of graphics cards is like 4-5x what it used to be - no other PC component has spiked upwards so much and the features aren't that groundbreakingIs it people just buying and hoping that prices stay elevated due to the cryptomining boom?
Now top end graphics cards are nearer double that or more. Crazy.
Welcome to the world of ram price fixing, along with high ram demand due to the mobile market, mining craze pushing demand up for almost all cards and and almost complete lack of competition.
£1200 is mainly the result of a dominant company screwing over its customer base though. A bit like Intel prior to AMD's cpu comeback.
The gfx market desperately needs competition. It needs AMD to reenter the high end arena and probably Intel to start making inroads (I believe this is its plan anyway).
I have a £600 nVidia 1080 and I have no intention of handing over double that for a gfx card.
£1200 is mainly the result of a dominant company screwing over its customer base though. A bit like Intel prior to AMD's cpu comeback.
The gfx market desperately needs competition. It needs AMD to reenter the high end arena and probably Intel to start making inroads (I believe this is its plan anyway).
I have a £600 nVidia 1080 and I have no intention of handing over double that for a gfx card.
MintyScot said:
Welcome to the world of ram price fixing, along with high ram demand due to the mobile market, mining craze pushing demand up for almost all cards and and almost complete lack of competition.
£1200 is mainly the result of a dominant company screwing over its customer base though. A bit like Intel prior to AMD's cpu comeback.
The gfx market desperately needs competition. It needs AMD to reenter the high end arena and probably Intel to start making inroads (I believe this is its plan anyway).
I have a £600 nVidia 1080 and I have no intention of handing over double that for a gfx card.
As you say, you don't have to buy one if you don't like the price. If nobody bought one then Nvidia would have to drop the price, but there are enough peole out there with more money that sense that it'll sell.£1200 is mainly the result of a dominant company screwing over its customer base though. A bit like Intel prior to AMD's cpu comeback.
The gfx market desperately needs competition. It needs AMD to reenter the high end arena and probably Intel to start making inroads (I believe this is its plan anyway).
I have a £600 nVidia 1080 and I have no intention of handing over double that for a gfx card.
I'm surprised that nobody has entered the market with a cut-down optimised-for-mining number-crunching card based on GPU technology.
If they did, and if the price point was right (or the price-to-power ratio, or whatever metric makes a GPU desirable for mining) then I reckon that GPU pricing might become sane again.
If they did, and if the price point was right (or the price-to-power ratio, or whatever metric makes a GPU desirable for mining) then I reckon that GPU pricing might become sane again.
Monty Python said:
MintyScot said:
Welcome to the world of ram price fixing, along with high ram demand due to the mobile market, mining craze pushing demand up for almost all cards and and almost complete lack of competition.
£1200 is mainly the result of a dominant company screwing over its customer base though. A bit like Intel prior to AMD's cpu comeback.
The gfx market desperately needs competition. It needs AMD to reenter the high end arena and probably Intel to start making inroads (I believe this is its plan anyway).
I have a £600 nVidia 1080 and I have no intention of handing over double that for a gfx card.
As you say, you don't have to buy one if you don't like the price. If nobody bought one then Nvidia would have to drop the price, but there are enough peole out there with more money that sense that it'll sell.£1200 is mainly the result of a dominant company screwing over its customer base though. A bit like Intel prior to AMD's cpu comeback.
The gfx market desperately needs competition. It needs AMD to reenter the high end arena and probably Intel to start making inroads (I believe this is its plan anyway).
I have a £600 nVidia 1080 and I have no intention of handing over double that for a gfx card.
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