What is ray-tracing, and what Nvidia's RTX 2080 means for PC gaming

What is ray-tracing, and what Nvidia's RTX 2080 means for PC gaming

6 years ago
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https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-rtx-2080-analysis/

As expected, Nvidia unveiled three new GeForce RTX graphics cards at its Gamescom event. We've covered a lot of rumors and speculation, but we now know pricing, features, performance—and yes, even the name. Nvidia will provide further details on the architecture in the coming days, but those details will be embargoed until a later date, presumably close to September 20, which is when the RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 officially go on sale. But we have plenty of other information to dissect before then, so let's dive in.

Nvidia's last GeForce architecture was Pascal, which powered everything from the top-tier best graphics cards like the GTX 1080 and GTX 1080 Ti to the entry level GTX 1050 and GT 1030. Last year, Nvidia released a new Volta architecture, which will apparently remain in the supercomputing and deep learning focused fields, because the new Turing architecture appears to beat it in nearly every meaningful way. If you just splurged on a Titan V, that's bad news, but for gamers holding out for new graphics cards, your patience has paid off.