The GPU race continues on once again, as NVIDIA have now officially announced the GeForce RTX 2000 series of GPUs and they're launching in September.
This new series will be based on their Turing architecture and their RTX platform. These new RT Cores will "enable real-time ray tracing of objects and environments with physically accurate shadows, reflections, refractions and global illumination." which sounds rather fun.
They will start off with three models to succeed their current top of the line:
- RTX 2070 with 8GB GDDR6, available in October
- RTX 2080 with 8GB GDDR6, available in September
- RTX 2080 Ti with 11GB GDDR6, available in September
Naturally, for a brand new series they won't be cheap!
The "Founders Edition" NVIDIA are offering will be £1,099/$1,199 for the RTX 2080 Ti, £749/$799 for the RTX 2080 and £569/$599 for the RTX 2070. From what I've seen, these editions will have a higher clock boost over the normal editions.
The normal "Reference" editions will be cheaper of course, with the RTX 2080 Ti at $999, RTX 2080 at $699 and RTX 2070 at $499. Unsure on the UK prices for the normal editions, as I can't see them listed currently but you get the idea.
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NVIDIA generally have good support for new GPUs on Linux, so I'm sure a brand new driver is already on the way to be released soon.
See more on the official NVIDIA site, their announcement blog post and this post as well.
Will you be picking one up, will you be waiting for the normal edition or will you wait and see what AMD have to offer?
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Doc Angelo Aug 20, 2018
(And my pet peeve: Why are so many games still look like everything is painted in shiny clear coat? Dear devs, you don't have to turn those effects up to 11.)
Last edited by Doc Angelo on 20 August 2018 at 10:02 pm UTC
My upgrade is planned on the next year, so I have plenty of time to see how things are developing.
Last edited by Alm888 on 20 August 2018 at 10:50 pm UTC
VoxelForge Aug 20, 2018
Either way, I'm just waiting to see what AMD does before I make a decision on my Fall 2018 build. Though I can't imagine the competition will be enough to deter me from the RTX 2070.
TheLinuxPleb Aug 20, 2018
Quoting: BeamboomFinally!
Now the prices will finally drop on the 1080s - ergo I can get one (and then Vive is next on my list!).
Oh i wouldnt bet on it seeing as a 1050ti's are still selling for there original rrp second hand on ebay and they are shifting
Quoting: Doc AngeloI'm still getting by with a Nvidia GTX 760. I really think devs should spend more time with the visual design of the graphics and the world, instead of just using bigger textures and more polygons. What good is it when the technical quality of the graphics is high, but it is just a computery copy of the real world?
(And my pet peeve: Why are so many games still look like everything is painted in shiny clear coat? Dear devs, you don't have to turn those effects up to 11.)
Beacuse it is the video game equivlent of lense flare and JJ abrams hasnt stopped it so video game devs wont either, Same still annoyed about the piss filter on deus ex human rev
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