Nvidia’s Insulting Us. - June 29, 2022

[RILEYISMYNAME]

 

NEWS SOURCES:

 

DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS

GTX 1630

https://www.pcmag.com/news/nvidia-quietly-releases-the-gtx-1630-its-weakest-graphics-card

https://www.cybermedia.com.tw/news/id/779

https://www.pcgamer.com/this-is-the-saddest-gpu-launch-in-history-and-for-once-im-not-talking-about-the-intel-arc-a380/

https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/compare/?section=compare-16&ncid=afm-chs-44270&ranMID=44270&ranEAID=kXQk6*ivFEQ&ranSiteID=kXQk6.ivFEQ-ML47i_5m5hj0mhilu9pT4Q

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/gainward-geforce-gtx-1630-ghost/

 

DON’T ZONE OUT

Sony launches “Inzone” PC Gaming peripherals

https://venturebeat.com/2022/06/28/sony-electronics-unveils-inzone-displays-and-spatial-gaming-headsets-for-pc-and-ps5/

https://electronics.sony.com/inzone-gaming-gear

M3, M9 Monitors https://youtu.be/CoTRQrnebpM?t=72

https://www.kitguru.net/channel/generaltech/matthew-wilson/sonys-first-pc-gaming-monitors-offer-4k-144hz-or-1080p-240hz-with-hdr/

H3, H7, H9 headsets https://youtu.be/7l68rPeO_4w?t=14

 

STOP ADDICTING MEEE

California bill would hold platforms liable for “addicting children”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/06/facebook-could-be-sued-for-addicting-children-under-california-bill/

https://sjud.senate.ca.gov/sites/sjud.senate.ca.gov/files/20212022_0_ab2408_06-20-2022_cunningham_judiciary_spc_139622.pdf

https://www.wsj.com/articles/meta-tiktok-could-face-civil-liability-for-addicting-children-in-california-11656419401?mod=tech_lead_pos6

https://news.yahoo.com/california-bill-aims-protect-children-210127313.html

 

QUICK BITS

 

MORE RAYS, LESS FRAMES, LOSE GAMES

Arm “Immortalis” ray tracing GPU

https://9to5google.com/2022/06/28/arm-immortalis-gpu-ray-tracing-android/

https://www.androidauthority.com/arm-2023-cpu-gpu-smartphones-3178096/

https://www.arm.com/products/silicon-ip-multimedia/immortalis-gpu/immortalis-g715

 

TIGHTENING THE VALVE

Valve halves SSD bandwidth on some models

Doubling shipments https://twitter.com/OnDeck/status/1541459263444332544

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ssd-bandwidth-cut-in-half-on-some-steam-decks

https://lmg.gg/rqFed

https://lmg.gg/wsdlL

 

THE BUZZWORD PHONE

HTC Desire 22 Pro “Metaverse phone”

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/06/rudderless-htc-builds-a-metaverse-smartphone-with-nfts/

https://www.htc.com/uk/smartphones/htc-desire-22-pro/

https://lmg.gg/mOa5E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3ZH7gMj1OU

 

MODS? THAT’S SO PUNK

Modder gets FSR 2.0 running in Cyberpunk using hybrid DLSS technique

https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077s-clever-amd-fsr-20-mod-can-double-performance-but-is-definitely-a-work-in-progress/

https://www.pcworld.com/article/795726/cyberpunk-fsr-2-0-user-made-mod-dramatically-improves-performance.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BVGPgoV8JA

 

I CHOOSE YOU, GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO

Niantic’s NBA All-World turns basketball players into pokemon

https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/28/23185384/nba-all-world-ar-location-game-niantic-pokemon-go

https://youtu.be/l39EaJe4WbY

[TetraSky]

At first I thought the 1630 was a 1030 replacement... But it cost more than existing gpus that beats it out of the water... Oof.

[Guest]

Looks like my prediction "Can this still compete against the RX 6400 though? Don't think so" turned out true after all.

Just like AMD with their RX 6500/6400, Nvidia is definitely trying to make as much money as they can by releasing crappier hardware that ironically performed even slower than the RX 6400.

 

At the end of the day, they all made the RX 6600 look good.

 

(nice Torvalds reference in the thumbnail btw)