DSOGaming writes: "And it’s finally here with us. Kepler, the next codenamed Nvidia card, has been launched and comes with some amazing features. The card supports up to 7 monitors, a new feature called GPU Boost that raises the clocks of the card for a limited time, Adaptive Vsync, FXAA, while on the other hand 3D Vision Surround gaming is now possible with only one GPU. Not only that, but GTX 680 is power efficient as it averages around 175W and comes with the best overall performance."
NVIDIA’s RTX 50 “Blackwell” architecture has been a bit of a bore for us gamers. Apart from Multi Frame Generation, which has limited use-case scenarios, there isn’t much to be excited about. It is achieved using GPU-side Flip Metering. The optical field data is generated using AI models in the Tensor cores.
Between the price, performance and power draw, with the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, NVIDIA nailed the mainstream formula.
Nvidia writes:
The Nintendo Switch 2 takes performance to the next level, powered by a custom NVIDIA processor featuring an NVIDIA GPU with dedicated RT Cores and Tensor Cores for stunning visuals and AI-driven enhancements.
The raytracing probably doesn't even equal a low end PC GPU, even if it did it would probably be mostly useless. They'll probably force it in some game now that will run like shit maybe 30fps at best, just because "it can do it"
A lot of gamers don’t realize that ray tracing isn’t really about making games look better. It’s mainly there to make development easier and cheaper, since it lets devs skip a bunch of old-school tricks to fake reflections and lighting. The visual upgrade is just a nice bonus, but that’s not the main reason the tech exists.
So you can be 100% sure that developers will try to implement it every chance they get.
Agree with Vits .... but also to add, if devs and designers just implement RT to a game world then it won't always work as expected. RT is not just reflections but also lighting and illumination as well. For example, If you just create a room with minimal windows, then it will look dark af, if RTGI is enabled. Devs and designers needs to sort out the game world design accordingly as well.
DF's Metro Exodus RT upgrade is an amazing reference video to go through, if anybody's interested.
Some PS5 and SX games run at 30fps with RT...just like those systems, if you don't like it, turn it off.
I only say this to say, you make it seem like a problem exclusive to the Switch 2.
sour grapes much?
"It probably doesn't do it well because it's Nintendo and they suck". That's how your comment reads. Why don't you just wait and see before making these ridiculous statements?
Please. I'd like to play my switch games on my 4k tv without it looking all doodoo.
Nvidia could have said this months ago and cut the bullshit. Anyway the rumors were true.
TBH I don't think Nvidia would have cared if they broke the NDA. A little fine they pay, and they go back to their AI shit. They don't even care about GPU's anymore. I myself would like them to leave the PC and console market.
This story was written half a decade ago when the world knew Nvidia would provide the chip for Switch 2 and DLSS was taking off.
Yeah but similar thing happened a long time ago when 3dfx announced they were working with Sega when they took the company public Sega pulled out of the contract for the Dreamcast GPU.
In response Sega terminated the contract and went to a ultimately weaker chipset.
So there's a precedent but that Nintendo would have much Of an option its AMD, NVIDIA or Intel
I'm not expecting of anything from ray tracing but dlss will be the thing that sees the unit get some impossible ports.
Correct. All I'm seeing online is it'll never run FF7 Rebirth. If it can run cyberpunk it'll run it. The DLSS will help. Obviously only 30 fps but a lot don't care
Exactly right when I buy a game on switch I know what I'm getting into I'm buying a game for its portability and I'm willing to sacrifice fidelity and performance to play on a train or comfortably from a hotel room when I travel for work.
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Never had any doubt because knew Nvidia would offer the better performance.
Indeed, NVIDIA never let me down.. aparat from ATI with his drivers and game support
Can you smell what nVidia is cooking? :)
i plan on getting this purely because of 3d vision but benchmarks were very close for the most part like always nvidia won some in by a few fps ati won some by a few fps and they prices for the 680 and 7970 are identical in the uk
The 680 is still the flagship for now. Its price ($500) is not mid tier.
Im curious to see a 7970 OC vs 680 OC but I think (based on the benchmarks so far) it will be neck to neck between the two. However, the 680 is priced lower and a -30 watt advantage.
AMD MUST lower its price. The 7950 and 7970 is overpriced when it entered the market. The 680 comes in on a great price with slightly better performance in gaming.Hmmm, I might buy two 680's for my planned eyefinity/surround setup. or just wait for the dual gpu's.