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The Ace Combat games are always fun -- even if their stories are always terrible.

The lack of love for Forza Horizon 4 is disappointing

I tip 20% at restaurants where there is wait staff. I tip ~ 33% to the barber I don't tip fast food (including pizza pickup) I don't currently have food delivered in (too many allergies in my family) -- but I used to tip 10% (on top of the delivery fee)

Hands-on with the Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti and real-time ray traced gaming "For these first-gen RTX GPUs then real-time ray tracing looks more like a proof of concept than something that will become in any way mainstream this generation. But it does give us a tantalising glimpse as to what the future of all our gameworlds is going to look like. And they’re going to look stunning… once they can top 60fps at 1080p."

I buy gaming hardware for the present (and near future) -- recognizing that new hardware is never more than 18-24 months away. I only care about wildly different architectures if they bring tangible benefits. If these cards bring games in the near term to new levels of graphical fidelity, then I'll pick one up. If they bring marginal fidelity, at significantly lower framerates -- then I'll wait. At this point, I have no idea what these cards can do. Nor, what they will do with games in the near term (12-18 months).

Amen @Mr.Vic20.

Raytracing explained: Nvidia, Microsoft lead the way in revolutionizing gaming graphics A link to raytracing 101.

Should we be worried? An RTX-2080Ti isn't hitting 60 fps -- at 1080p. Shadow of the Tomb Raider’s NVIDIA RTX Gamescom Demo Isn’t Great, But Developers Aren’t Worried "Several websites, including IGN (whose captured footage is available in the embed below) and PCGamesHardware, were able to capture footage of the Gamescom 2018 Shadow of the Tomb Raider demo running on the new RTX 2080Ti GPU with raytraced shadows enabled. The setup worried attendees, however. Running at 1080p resolution, the game couldn’t even stay locked at 60 frames per second and drops were quite noticeable at times. This is all the more worrying considering that Shadow of the Tomb Raider launches in less than a month, though it should be noted that the developers have confirmed how NVIDIA RTX support will only be added at a later date via a patch and could thus be very much a work-in-progress. Still, the high price of the new GeForce RTX cards coupled with this underwhelming first showcase quickly set off many alarms on the Web’s premiere message boards. However, Elenarie, a DICE developer currently working on Battlefield V and verified on ResetEra, chimed in to reassure worried fans about the performance NVIDIA RTX features will have in the final games. When pressed for more specifics regarding the performance that can be expected in Battlefield V, he replied that it’s too soon to talk about that. Regardless, his confidence is a melody for those who have already pre-ordered a new GeForce card from the NVIDIA RTX series. Indeed, it would be a massive letdown if such performance turned out to be the same in the final versions of the games, particularly after customers have shelled out $1200 or so. Stay tuned on Wccftech for reports with more information on all the implementations of NVIDIA RTX technology in upcoming games."

Real-time ray tracing is the new hotness. I remember people doing ray tracing on the Amiga back in the 80s -- but they were very simple images that took an hour to render.

Forza Horizon 4 (PC) Shadow of the Tomb Raider (PC) Spider-Man (PS4) Just Cause 4 (PC) I will be getting AC: Odyssey (PC) when I find a good price! I'll be getting RDR2 (PC) when it comes out next year.

I don't know. Should I be excited? Ray tracing looks like the new hotness... However, I'm still going to play a lot of "traditionally rendered" games. GTX-1070 -- Launched for $379 in 2016 w/ 5.8 GFlops; RTX 2070 -- launched for $499 in 2018 w/ 6.5 GFlops GTX-1080 -- Launched for $549 in 2016 w/ 8.2 GFlops; RTX 2080 -- launched for $699 in 2018 w/ 8.9 GFlops FTX 1080TI -- Launched for $699 in 2017 w/ 10.6 GFlops; RTX 2080TI -- lauched for $999 in 2018 w/ 11.8 GFlops It will be interesting to see the performance of these cards in games -- however, they cost a LOT more, and are coming out ~2 years later. They are only marginally faster -- in fact a GTX-1080 might actually be faster than a RTX 2070. Now for ray tracing, there are some big games that will support it (Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Battlefield V) -- but there doesn't appear to be ubiquitous support. So, we could be a year away from it becoming something that is supported in most games. So we may actually be buying these primarily for Xmas 2019 games. Now, here is where I get into full speculation, not based on fact, but complete theory that may make sense only to me. This Nvidia generation could be short cycled and only be about 1 year long. 1) Last gen was extended as Nvidia (and AMD) supported the crypto currency boom 2) Launch of manufacturing of GDDR6 may have come later than anticipated, delaying the launch 3) The XX80Ti is launching at the same as the XX80 (it had been launching later and later in each gen for the last 3 gens, and was 10 months later for the 1080Ti) 4) The 10XX generation lasted over 2 years (ilo the 1.5 year gens from before) So could a 2180 be out by Xmas 2019? I was uber excited about these cards earlier today, but after some sober-second thoughts. I think I may be saving up and waiting for a 2180Ti. (I could easily flip-flop after reading reviews though...)

The question is …. How will these cards perform in non-ray tracing tasks?

The power requirements are on their website -- a 2080Ti is about 260W.

GeForce?

Another prediction: AMD will continue to come out with GPUs 8-12 months after Nvidia that use 50% more power, and don't compete at the mid/high-end on performance Intel will launch with crappy drivers, offer only mid-range GPUs, and charge more than Nvidia/AMD And the rest of us will continue to buy Nvidia GPUs to use with our G-Sync monitors, grumble about the price, but be happy that there is a high-performance alternative.

Anime trailer FTL.

Apparently the Non-founder's edition prices are slightly lower: 'Nvidia's event concluded by advertising prices "starting" at $499, $699, and $999, respectively for those same models—assumedly referring to video card partners producing their own models outside Nvidia's own Founders Edition line."

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I'm just surprised that it is so easy to implement Ray Tracing... I was not expecting that.

Sony and Samsung?

How do I convince the wife to agree to a $800 video card purchase.... Don't think a $1,200 card will even be part of the conversation.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/20-series/ Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Battlefiled V RT support confirmed!

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Didn't realize that there were this many rumours of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Anthem, Division 2 supporting Ray Tracing.... Edit: And Battlefield V