Category: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

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A Comparison Guide for NVIDIA’s GeForce 20 Series Vs 10 Series

The biggest news to come out of Gamescom so far was NVIDIA’s reveal of its new line-up of consumer-grade GeForce graphics cards. Boasting enhanced performance for videogame use thanks to the new ‘RTX’ technology will allows for real-time ray tracing.

There is a question still for consumers, however. How do you know if it’s time to bite the bullet and order one of these new cards for your PC virtual reality (VR) rig?

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Help is at hand, since VRFocus have got some useful comparison charts for you to take a look at so you can compare the performance of the existing range of VR-ready cards from NVIDIA and decide if that upgrade is worth it.

RTX 2080 Ti

RTX 2080

GTX 1080

GTX 1070

GTX 1060

Architecture

Turing

Turing

Pascal

Pascal

Pascal

Transistors

18.6 Billion *

18.6 Billion *

7.2 Billion

7.2 Billion

4.4 Billion

Calculating Power

14 TFLOPs *

14 TFLOPs *

9 TFLOPs

6.5 TFLOPs

4.4 TFLOPs

Boost Clock

1800(OC) MHz

1635(OC) MHz

1,733MHz

1,683MHz

1,708MHz

Base Clock

1515 MHz

1350 MHZ

1,607MHz

1,506MHz

1,506MHz

Bus

256-bit

352-bit

256-bit

256-bit

192-bit

CUDA Cores

2944

4352

2,560

1,920

1,280

Memory

8 GB GDDR6

11GB GDDR6

8 GB GDDR5X

8 GB GDDR5

6 GB GDDR5

TDP

225W

250W

180 W

150 W

120 W

Price (SRP)

$ 799 (USD)

$1,199 (USD)

$599 USD

$449 USD

$249 USD

Release Date

20/9/2018

20/9/2018

Available Now

Available Now

Available Now

*According to best currently available data.

Pre-orders for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 Series are already available through the NVIDIA website, and a number of partner companies have announced their own versions of the hardware.

For further coverage of NVIDIA and other VR-ready hardware, keep checking back with VRFocus.

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Sólfar Studios Showcase New Chapter For In Death Along With GeForce RTX 20 Support

Sólfar Studios are at Gamescom 2018 with their virtual reality (VR) title In Death showcasing a new chapter for the videogame entitled Paradise Lost. On top of that the studio have also revealed details about their work with the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 series graphics processing units (GPU) and the performance they were able to gain with them.

In Death

The new Paradise Lost chapter puts players up against angelic hordes with new weapons, encountering intense enemies and even an epic boss battle with the Archangel Gabriel. By wielding powerful medieval weapons players are now able to choice between the perfectly balanced Long Bow for long-ranged attacks or the new Crossbow which is ideal for short range killing. Of course that does not mean the challenge with be easy as players will still need to make the most of their skills and reflexes in order to survive this new chapter.

Having been built in the Unreal Engine 4, the title is notable for its impressive visual quality running at a solid 90hz ensuring the performance is to a degree that makes gameplay highly enjoyable. The team at Sólfar Studios had the opportunity to gain early access to NVIDIA’s VRWorks SDK for the new GeForce RTX 20 series which saw them able to leverage the new power to see how far they could push In Death. In only two days the team had fully integrated the new SDK which saw a phenomenal performance gain.

In Death

Thanks to using NVIDIA’s Variable Rate Shading technology, the team were able to realize immediate performance measured in milliseconds of 25% better framerate when comparing the game running on Turing and with Variable Rate Shading turned on in comparison to running it without the technology, all without any noticeable loss of visual fidelity. Thanks to all this, In Death is able to utilize super sampling to run at a much higher Pixel Density within the Unreal Engine than was previously possible on current generation GPUs.

All of these performance improvements mean the development team will have further room to expand the title with more complex post processing effects and particles, leading to a much richer visual experience. All of this is planned to be made accessible in a Game Ready driver which will release for the GeForce Experience when the title leaves Early Access in tandem with consumer availability of the new GeForce RTX 20 Series GPUs.

In Death is available now on Steam for £15.49 (GBP) with support for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Windows Mixed Reality headsets alongside the Oculus Store for £14.99. You can see a trailer for the new Paradise Lost content below and for more on In Death in the future, keep reading VRFocus.

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Psychsoftpc Announces Upcoming PCs with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 Series GPUs

Gamescom 2018 has only just begun, but big news has already emerged from Cologne, Germany with the announcement of the latest line of consumer-grade graphics cards, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 series. PC manufacturers Psychsoftpc are taking advantage of this announcement to reveal plans to upgrade its available PCs with the new cards.

The new GPUs offers a number of advantages over existing cards, primarily with the introduction of the capability for real-time ray tracing. This technology allows for lifelike lighting, reflections and shadows.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Psychsoftpc will be incorporating these cards into its line of Psyborg Extreme Gaming PCs as soon as the new GPUs are available. These PCs offer the Intel Core X series of CPU, which combines with the Geforce RTX 20 series of GPU to allow for great performance for virtual reality (VR), photo and video editing, live streaming or videogames.

The company is billed as an ‘Artisanal computer company’. All its machines are hand-built, and use a ‘just-in-time philosophy. Psychsoftpc say they aim to constantly evolve their machines in tune to the latest updates and trends in technology. Since the PCs are not pre-built they can rapidly change in response to new developments.

The company had previously offered a series of VR-ready gaming computers featuring the 8th Gen Intel Core processor, the Core i7 CPU, along with the Z370 chipset motherboards and support for Optane memory.

Psychsoftpc says on its official website: “Want to develop for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, OSVR Virtual Reality or Hololens Augmented Reality? Or want to use Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and OSVR gear for virtual reality gaming? You need a great VR ready gaming computer like our Psyborg Virtual Reality Ready Extreme Gaming Computer to run all the games. Of course all of our gaming PCs come with a gaming computer video card like the NVidia Geforce GTX gaming computer video card and not just a graphics chip on the motherboard. Gaming computers need a discrete gaming computer video card to fully handle all those high end real time graphics, 3D Rendering and Virtual Reality. We’ve got you covered.”

Psychosoftpc Psyborg Initiate

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