NVIDIA BEEFING UP ENTRYLEVEL GPUS
According to a report at igorslab.media, Nvidia will soon be updating its budget Turing GPU
line-up with the GTX 1650 Super and the GTX 1660 Super, the former of which may even
be available by the time you read this magazine.
According to the leaks, the GTX 1660 Super will have 1,408 CUDA cores, a 1530MHz
base clock and a 1785MHz boost clock, just like its predecessor. However, its memory is
being switched up from GDDR5 to GDDR6, although there will still be 6GB of it. This means
the only notable changes are the memory and an extra $10 US on the retail price.
Meanwhile, the GTX 1650 Super apparently represents a more substantial step up. The
GPU is changed from a TU117-300 model to a TU116, bringing 1,280 CUDA cores vs 896, a
1530MHz core clock vs 1485MHz and a 1725MHz boost clock vs the 1665MHz on its
predecessor. There will still be 4GB of memory although, as with the 1660 Super, it’s
beefed up to GDDR6.SKYLAKEX PRICES TO FALL
According to German hardware website Computerbase.de,
prices for the current line of Intel Skylake-X CPUs could be
about to undergo a radical rebalancing, with a rumoured
price reduction of up to 50 per cent per core. Such a move
could help the company to battle against fierce
competition from AMD in the HEDT arena, with
the company’s first 16-core Ryzen CPU
due to be released soon, as well as
new Threadripper chips.Rumour control
PHIL HARTUP’S ROUNDUP OF THE LATEST UNCONFIRMED
TECH GOSSIP. TAKE THESE STORIES WITH THE APPROPRIATE
PINCH OF SALTNvidia toray-trace
moreclassic games
Nvidiais recruitingfora newdivision,
calledLightspeedStudios,withthe
apparentintentofaddingreal-time
ray-tracingeffectstoclassicgames.
Thestorycomesfroma joblisting
spottedbydsogaming.com, which
statesanaimtobringstate-of-
the-artvisualstoclassicgames
withoutaffectinggameplay.
QuakeII RTX(pictured)
demonstratedthatretrofitting
gamesinthiswayis possible,but
it alsoshowedthat,havinginjected
lovelyRTXeffectsintothegame,you’restilldealingwitha lotofchunky
low-polygoncharacterswithchunky
low-resolutiontextures,blastingeach
otherintochunkswithsomepretty
lightingeffects.
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