Thursday, March 1st 2018
Report: NVIDIA Not Unveiling 2018 Graphics Card Lineup at GDC, GTC After All
It's being reported by Tom's Hardware, citing industry sources, that NVIDIA isn't looking to expand upon its graphics cards lineup at this years' GDC (Game Developers Conference) or GTC (GPU Technology Conference). Even as reports have been hitting the streets that pointed towards NVIDIA announcing (if not launching) their two new product architectures as early as next month, it now seems that won't be the case after all. As a reminder, the architectures we're writing about here are Turing, reportedly for crypto-mining applications, and Ampere, the expected GeForce architecture leapfrogging the current top of the line - and absent from regular consumer shores - Volta.
There's really not much that can be gleaned as of now from industry sources, though. It's clear no one has received any kind of information from NVIDIA when it comes to either of their expected architectures, which means an impending announcement isn't likely. At the same time, NVIDIA really has no interest in pulling the trigger on new products - demand is fine, and competition from AMD is low. As such, reports of a June or later announcement/release are outstandingly credible, as are reports that NVIDIA would put the brakes on a consumer version of Ampere, use it to replace Volta on the professional and server segment, and instead launch Volta - finally - on the consumer segment. This would allow the company to cache in on their Volta architecture, this time on consumer products, for a full generation longer, while innovating the market - of sorts. All scenarios are open right now; but one thing that seems clear is that there will be no announcements next month.
Source:
Tom's Hardware
There's really not much that can be gleaned as of now from industry sources, though. It's clear no one has received any kind of information from NVIDIA when it comes to either of their expected architectures, which means an impending announcement isn't likely. At the same time, NVIDIA really has no interest in pulling the trigger on new products - demand is fine, and competition from AMD is low. As such, reports of a June or later announcement/release are outstandingly credible, as are reports that NVIDIA would put the brakes on a consumer version of Ampere, use it to replace Volta on the professional and server segment, and instead launch Volta - finally - on the consumer segment. This would allow the company to cache in on their Volta architecture, this time on consumer products, for a full generation longer, while innovating the market - of sorts. All scenarios are open right now; but one thing that seems clear is that there will be no announcements next month.
88 Comments on Report: NVIDIA Not Unveiling 2018 Graphics Card Lineup at GDC, GTC After All
No matter how you spin it the Xbox One X is not a proper 4K machine and shouldn't really be looked upon as such.
i just "upgraded" my kabylake system to a now current coffeelake system.. do i need those extra cores.. nope but i felt the need to buy them..
i currently have a pair of 1070 gpus.. do i need a new generation of gpu.. nope but if one arrives i will feel the need to buy it..
i am old enough to know how it all works and know there will never be an end to it.. but for sure i aint immune to it..
when i first started "gaming" it was with a thing that had two vertical lines each side of a black and white screen.. a little square ball moved between those two lines i think it was called ping or maybe pong.. he he
then it was square blocky tanks that fired square balls at each other.. i was an early adopter.. he he..
what the f-ck i am now i havnt a clue.. but i am quite happy with the hardware i have and aint in the slightest bothered by the fact that the next generation of (feel the need to buy) hardware is a bit delayed.. :)
long live the delay..
trog
Native 4K UHD
Ashen
Black Desert
Brawlout
Call of Duty: World War II
Chess Ultra
Conan Exiles
Crackdown 3
Danger Zone
Deep Rock Galactic
Elex
Elite: Dangerous
F1 2017
FIFA 18
Forza Motorsport 7
Forza Horizon 3
Gears of War 4
Halo Wars 2
Killer Instinct 2
Madden NFL 18
Metro: Exodus
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Minecraft
Need For Speed: Payback
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds
Paladins
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Sea of Thieves
State of Decay 2
SMITE
Super Lucky’s Tale
The Artful Escape of Francis Vendetti
The Darwin Project
The Elder Scrolls Online
The Last Night
I don't really care if it's native 4K or not tho. I'm fine with dynamic res. In the end PS4 Pro and Xbox One X runs much higher res than PS4 and Xbox One, which was the whole point. The difference is obvious on a big 4K/UHD TV. I have 65 inch and it's very obvious. Base PS4 and Xbox One runs most games DEMANDING in 720p-900p, PS4 Pro and Xbox One X is at least 1080p and mostly 1440p-2160p. It's a huge boost over the old ones.
People seem to forget that PS4 Pro and Xbox One X pretty much only came out because of the increased resolution on TV's... Using 720p-900p on a 4K/UHD TV looks kinda bad, even with upscaling.
Which isn't much.
Optimization of Pc will never match that of a console
I will never understand why so many people feel it makes any sense to pay $1000 for a new graphics card every year that only brings a 20-30% performance increase.... Heck I remember the days when I was stingy about paying $500 for a 50% increase!!!
i genuinely in everyday use cant tell the difference between my (old) kabylake system and my (new) coffeelake system.. :)
trog
You would have to be an idiot to use that for your hair....
Points awarded already with more to come after this point