Nvidia Announces New Top of the Line Graphics Cards

Nvidia Highlights Ray Tracing Capabilities of New GPU Line

During their conference today at Gamescom 2018, Nvidia unveiled a new set of consumer-level graphics cards focusing on โ€œreal-time ray tracing effects.โ€

For the first time in the companyโ€™s history, the Titan variant will be released alongside the new 2080 card, along with an ever so slightly lower tier card, the 2070, which has yet to get a release date. The 2080 and its Ti counterpart will release on September 20th, and pre-orders are already live over on Nvidiaโ€™s website. The Ti will also receive a founderโ€™s edition, which will feature slightly stronger overclocking capabilities than the other cards.

Nvidia RTX 20 series
Wow! That sure is a lot of megahertz and Dance Dance Revolutions.

The new RTX cards are powered by a new Turing GPU architecture, and promise up to 6x faster performance than current cards, as well as โ€œpowerful AI enhanced graphics.โ€ Ray tracing is a little difficult to explain โ€“ a demo on the website shows the difference between the reflections on a car during an explosion in Battlefield V with and without the feature. Without it, you can only see a smidgen of light against the front of the car, but with it on, you can see basically the entirety of the explosion and a person standing in front of it in the reflection of the car door. Pretty impressive stuff!

The new cards are priced as follows:

  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti: $1,199 USD
  • GeForce RTX 2080: $799 USD
  • GeForce RTX 2070: $599 USD

You can find more graphs and specs and all that fun stuff over on the official Nvidia website. In the meantime, let us know if youโ€™ll be picking up one of these bad boys in the comments, and stay tuned to COGconnected for all the latest gaming news!

SOURCE: Nvidia