Nvidia RTX

Nvidia RTX series is the newest generation of their graphics cards which is based on the, Turing which is built on the 12nm process. They are the most powerful gaming graphics cards from Nvidia you can get as a consumer card except RTX Titan which I don’t consider a consumer card more like a prosumer card. They didn’t have great launch because of the damn price like serious Nvidia 1,199 for the 2080ti? I get it that it’s your flagship but almost 400 USD increase in price from the 1080ti MSRP? You might say that it’s because of ray tracing, but I would say it isn’t because people would still be buying it at no matter the price cause of fanbois as they are called.

The new line up features;

Nvidia RTX 2080TI: 1,199 USD

Cuda cores: 4352 RT- ops:78T Memory speed: 14Gbps Memory config: 11 GB GDDR6

Nvidia RTX 2080: 799 USD

Cuda cores: 2944 RT- ops:60T Memory speed: 14Gbps Memory config: 8 GB GDDR6

Nvidia RTX 2070 599 USD

Cuda cores: 2304 RT- ops:45T Memory speed: 14Gbps Memory config: 8 GB GDDR6

Nvidia RTX 2060

Cuda cores: 1920 RT- ops:37T Memory speed: 14Gbps Memory config: 6 GB GDDR6

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The Turing cards a revolutionary cards which brings Ray tracing in real time which means that games will look a lot better than what they did before. But raytracing os Battlefield V which their OK performance with Raytracing on but does it mean it’s worth having raytracing on? No, I don’t think so but the small but not mediocre visual enhancement it adds is not worth the FPS drop. They are just perfectly fine if they don’t use Raytracing, which Nvidia should have made another lineup without the RTcores and Tenser cores. But they would still be expensive as well they are made by Nvidia. I would expect that if they made a 2080ti without RTX it would be around the same price as a 1080ti when it launched which doesn’t sound too bad.

Gaming performance is really, take a good look at this. The RTX 2080TI is even better than the 3000usd Titan V.

Bilderesultat for rtx 2080 ti vs titan v source: https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2080-ti-founders-edition,review-34551-5.html

But the thing about the rtx cards is that they are known for failing when they came out. But according to some report is that the main reason for some of those failed cards is that the micron GDDR6 is exceeding the 95c thermal limit.

But Nvidia hasn’t said how many users have been affected by the problem.

AMD Ryzen

AMD Ryzen series is a new generation of AMD CPU’s which released in 2016, the first CPU’s released was Ryzen 1 1700, 1700x and 1800x on the same day March 2, 2017. The 1800x MSRP was 499, 1700x 399 and 1700 329. The R7 line up is a powerful lineup with 8 cores and 16 threads which is a beast at workloads as 3D modeling, video rendering etc. While being really great at workloads like those I mentioned they are also a fantastic pair of CPU’s which can be a beast at gaming too, but not as good as the Intel ones because of their higher single core speeds and clocks speeds.

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The whole lineup of Ryzen processors are good but the only thing that’s holding it’s back is the poor single core speeds that makes it not that favorable for high refresh rate monitors. But that doesn’t mean it’s not going to be good at gaming the 2700x is only 10-15% slower than an 8700k while gaming (depending on the game) but it still has better minimum FPS which can make the game more enjoyable and is better at workstation loads. But not as good for high FPS gaming but it’s still comparable at the same price if not cheaper if you are getting it used which is about 250-300 for a new 2700x which I, recommend you get if you are planning to get a high-end GPU as a 2080TI or a Radeon VII. Bilderesultat for ryzen zen+ lineup

Radeon VII

AMD Radeon VII just released on the 7th of February, and the launch hasn’t been the best for AMD. As the first consumer 7nm GPU on the market, AMD promised a similar performance as the RTX 2080 from NVIDIA. The card is directly the successor for the VEGA 64, and it delivers about a modestly 30% increase of performance in games and massively in workstation scenarios, which this card looks like it’s more suited for than only gaming. But that doesn’t mean you can’t game on it, it’s only 8-15% slower than the RTX 2080 and a bit lower than a 1080ti. R7_Car2_678x452 (source: https://www.anandtech.com/show/13832/amd-radeon-vii-high-end-7nm-february-7th-for-699)

I’m impressed that AMD has made a high-end GPU in a while, but they still should be mostly focusing on the mid to entry level of GPU’s but it’s nice to see them improving while not having as much money as Nvidia to use on their GPU’s. But it’ll be interesting to see if they can refine their drivers as they have been doing for every driver like for the VEGA 56, 64, RX 5xx series.