You're stuck inside, gaming's getting you through, and you've $1,500 to burn. Check out Nvidia's latest GPUs
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/09/02/new_nvidia_rtx_30/
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CEO Jensen Huang [1]introduced three new GPUs: the RTX 3070, RTX 3080, and the RTX 3090 in a video apparently shot from his kitchen. They’re all based on an 8nm Samsung-fabricated cores that squeeze in 28 billion transistors onto the die.
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What's Jensen Huang cooking? Source: Nvidia webstream
The RTX 30's [3]Ampere processor architecture runs three core functions: render graphics, process machine-learning applications, and execute game engines. Oh, and [4]accelerating storage IO.
“Nvidia RTX fuses programmable shading, ray tracing and AI for developers to create entirely new worlds,” said Huang. You can watch the whole thing here:
[5]You can see the whole thing here.
The three different GPUs vary by price, based on memory and the maximum resolution it can render games at:
GeForce RTX 3070: The cheapest option at $499 with 8GB GDDR6 memory, capable of running games at 4K and 1440p resolutions. Nvidia said it was 60 per cent faster than the previous RTX 2070 Ti. It’s expected to be available in October.
GeForce RTX 3080: From $699, this one is the mid-range GPU. It boasts 10GB of higher-speed GDDR6X memory accessible at 19Gbps. Games will look crisp at 60 frames per second at 4K resolution, we're told. The RTX 3080 is twice as fast as the RTX 2080, and will be ready to purchase from September 17.
GeForce RTX 3090: Nvidia’s top-of-the-range ray tracing GPU, nicknamed BFGPU meaning Big, er, Ferocious GPU. It is for hardcore gamers and streamers willing to spend $1,499 per card. The RTX 3090 comes with 24GB of GDDR6X memory, and is apparently 50 per cent better than the Titan RTX – once said to be the most advanced real-time ray-tracing GPU and based on Nv's previous Turing architecture. It's hot in more ways than one though it has a fan system that is 10-times quieter than previous series and keeps it up to 30C cooler, too, according to Nvidia. It’s capable of rendering 60 FPS in 8K resolution.
The cards come with a port for HDMI 2.1 so gamers can connect their systems to 8K HDR TVs.
Huang said these beefy yet tiny slabs of silicon delivered Nvidia’s “greatest generational leap ever,” compared to its previous Turing real-time ray-tracing chips. “Nvidia RTX fuses programmable shading, ray tracing and AI for developers to create entirely new worlds,” he gushed.
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Ampere powers Nvidia's next generation. Click to enlarge. Source: Nvidia.
The GPUs run Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) software, which uses a range of AI techniques to touch-up individual pixels for real-time ray tracing. Epic, the creators of the popular (and [7]controversial ) first-person-shooter Fortnite said it will use DLSS to render its computer graphics for players online. Other programmers can presumably tap into the chips' performance via Nvidia's CUDA programming framework. ®
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[1] https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2020/09/01/studio-geforce-30-series/
[2] https://regmedia.co.uk/2020/09/01/jensen_huang1.jpg
[3] https://www.nextplatform.com/2020/05/28/diving-deep-into-the-nvidia-ampere-gpu-architecture/
[4] https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/rtx-io-gpu-accelerated-storage-technology/
[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=QKx-eMAVK70&feature=emb_title%22%20data-media=%22x-videoplayer
[6] https://regmedia.co.uk/2020/09/01/ampere.jpg
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/14/epic_games_apple/
[8] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
"You forgot this new techno for decoding SSD traffic"
It's added. RTX IO.
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Re: "You forgot this new techno for decoding SSD traffic"
The Nvidia teaser suggests 'decoding' means decompressing resources on the GPU. SSD relevant only by being fast enough to be bottlenecked by CPU decompression and write bandwidth to the card.
In a world where AMD power both gaming consoles and AMD aren't dead on the PC I wonder how many games will adopt this Nvidia solution?
Yep, a little competition is great - even though we don't know how good that competition is going to be yet.
One thing that's a little disappointing is the relatively small memory on the 3080. There's a lot of people with 10 series cards (because they were so dominant for so long) that didn't upgrade to 20 series (because prices were too high), it would be slightly bitter to go from a 1080ti with 11GB to a 3080 with 10GB. Even if the silicon performance is markedly better, the limited VRAM might come back to haunt you sooner that you'd like - and it's an awfully big step up to the 24GB 3090. Lets hope that a more sensible 3080ti comes along some time, possibly along with a decent 3060 at a lower price point?
So, is 70 80 90 the new 60 70 80 ?
Yep. Same as Intel, which now go up to 9. Poor choice on Nvidia's part really, since the next step will mess up the theme. Will they go to 40100 or 4100? Neither one quite fits in with the x0y0 names they've stuck with for a while. At least Intel's next logical step is to turn things up to 11.
Obviously this is all much more important than what the hardware actually does.
"But these go to eleven"
[1]It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrKqBlZdOTk
Nice chip, shame about the jacket
Hate to do fashion police and all but leather jackets generally, and especially the kind being flaunted by Mr Huang, should not be allowed. Sorry.
Re: "neither side was short of a few shekels"
When you're as rich as Huang is, fashion norms cease to be applicable.
Re: "neither side was short of a few shekels"
Just because he's rich, doesn't make it right ......
"The RTX 30's Ampere processor architecture runs three core functions: render graphics, process machine-learning applications, and execute game engines."
You forgot this new techno for decoding SSD traffic before handing it over to the CPU. Forgot the name though. IOX or XIO ...
Putting this aside, if we consider the 3090 the Titan version of previous gen, it's funny how, with AMD coming on the front scene, we're all of a sudden back the pre cryptocurency hyper-inflation. Means a lot, really.