Nvidia’s big Gamescom surprise is sort of upon us, and you’ll watch each single minute of it proper right here from the consolation of your personal browser. Will we lastly see Nvidia’s GeForce Turing graphics cards, or will all the things centre on Nvidia’s BFGDs / Big Format Gaming Displays? Well, we gained’t have to attend lengthy to seek out out, as all the things kicks off at 6pm CET (that’s 5pm UK time, or 10am PDT) at Cologne’s Palladium.
I’ll be there on the occasion itself to deliver you all the newest juicy sound bites, potential body fee counts and different technical gubbins as quickly as I can chuck them into the RPS web machine, however if you happen to’d relatively not watch for my livid clicking and clacking to hurry via the bowels of the world large net, have a gander of Nvidia’s Twitch stream beneath, the place you possibly can watch the entire occasion because it occurs.
The headline act may be very a lot anticipated to be Nvidia’s Turing GPUs. Last week, Nvidia unveiled their skilled line-up of Turing playing cards within the type of three new Quadro RTX playing cards, so this week I’m crossing all fingers and toes for a glimpse of their GeForce equal – which, via some sneaky teaser video sleuthing, would seem like not solely dropping the traditional GTX moniker in favour of Nvidia’s new RTX deal with, but in addition leaping straight to a brand new 20-series of graphics playing cards (suppose RTX 2080) as an alternative of the anticipated 11-series.
If fancy new graphics playing cards are certainly on the horizon, we’d additionally get some extra details about Nvidia’s BFGDs as nicely, corresponding to their worth and potential launch date. These 65in 4K G-Sync HDR screens are primarily the monitor equal of high-end TVs, supplying you with all the advantages of a typical PC show, corresponding to excessive refresh charges, ultra-low response occasions and a extra sensible set of inputs, from the consolation of your front room.
I’d think about we’ll additionally see plenty of new game footage – presumably being pumped via these aforementioned Turing playing cards so they appear nicer and shinier than ever earlier than – and perhaps even a few secret reveals and bulletins. Either means, it’s nearly actually going to be an attention-grabbing watch, so why not achieve this beneath?
