Nvidia... lied? - Sept. 21, 2022

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NEWS SOURCES:

NUMBER ALWAYS GO UP

Nvidia GTC keynote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWcNlRI00jo

RTX 4090 @0:52 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj245xMr-BM

RTX 4080 https://linustechtips.com/uploads/monthly_2022_09/lovelace14.jpg.9407dc9cea26b6de8ea348bba86d9eac.jpg

2-4x performance except the graph says differently

https://linustechtips.com/uploads/monthly_2022_09/YdcvSPPdDmKe3aqLALGYK3.jpg.9897571d8fd0acd6e572cdeea46b84af.jpg

Where’s the 4070? “it’s coming” https://www.pcmag.com/news/why-no-geforce-rtx-4070-its-coming-nvidia-says

4080 is the 4070

https://linustechtips.com/uploads/monthly_2022_09/40seriesspecs2.jpg.b9999221b0db2675d8fc3ae56053bfb2.jpg

Digital Foundry already testing @ 1:58 https://youtu.be/qyGWFI1cuZQ?t=118  

Racer RTX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsykNkUMoNU

Portal with RTX free DLC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZHBl5yWqJk

DLSS 3 Cyberpunk 2077 @ 0:28 https://youtu.be/spq0jSWRCqI?t=28

DLSS 3 Flight Simulator @ 0:19 https://youtu.be/cJlo2I7CiD0?t=19

AV1 encoding 0:59 https://youtu.be/iVRN_GSJUEA?t=59

Shader Execution Reordering ( @7:32 in keynote)

More technologies https://linustechtips.com/uploads/monthly_2022_09/lovelace3.jpg.df4c244912abd08eb4528f98e7e1afe6.jpg

Quadro: RTX 6000 https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-reveals-rtx-6000-with-48gb-gddr6-ecc-memory

2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadro#Quadro_RTX:~:text=RTX%206000%5B156,2018%2D08%2D13

2020 https://lmg.gg/yArQ4

Prices going down “is a story of the past” https://lmg.gg/GUbrU

RDNA 3 event Nov 3 https://twitter.com/sherkelman/status/1572208858252156928

 

PLATFORM INSTABILITY

Twitch bans… SOME gambling content

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/09/twitch-restricts-some-gambling-streams-amid-streamer-boycott-threat/

highlight 1^st sentence, 2^nd paragraph https://twitter.com/Twitch/status/1572347129192132611/photo/1

sports betting still allowed https://twitter.com/Trainwreckstv/status/1572660044180914178

cuts subscription revenue for top streamers https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/21/twitch-subcription-revenue-share-changes/

https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2022/09/21/a-letter-from-twitch-president-dan-clancy-on-subscription-revenue-shares/

While YouTube gets serious about Shorts https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/supporting-the-next-wave-of-creative-entrepreneurs/

https://mashable.com/article/youtube-shorts-monetization-partner-program

Ads https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/youtube-takes-on-tiktok-by-plugging-advertising-into-shorts-videos-1.1821308

 

QUICK BITS

 

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

Logitech G CLOUD – dedicated streaming handheld

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/logitech-reveals-its-g-cloud-handheld-for-xbox-streaming-heres-everything-we-know#section-logitech-g-cloud-tech-specs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt2fPvOARq4

$349… ‘on sale’ for $299 https://lmg.gg/RDfpF

THE STEAM DECK IS $399 LOL https://www.engadget.com/valve-steam-deck-handheld-gaming-pc-181222143.html

 

CALL ME USB 40GBPS, FOR SHORT

Looks like USB is getting rid of “SuperSpeed USB” or “USB4” branding – just Gbps and power numbers

https://www.reddit.com/r/UsbCHardware/comments/xjq2jk/usbifs_enabling_usb_site_has_stealth_update

https://www.enablingusb.org/

https://lmg.gg/6Qmu8

 

GRAND DESIGN

iFixit finds that all iPhone 14 models just have a plastic spacer where the SIM tray was

https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/20/iphone-14-pro-max-teardown-ifixit/

fits sd card reader perfectly @ 3:37 https://youtu.be/SlUHjgZuLGU?t=217

 

GOOGLE’S BEEN FRAMED

Google and Framework collab on a Chromebook

https://9to5google.com/2022/09/21/google-framework-chromebook/

https://www.xda-developers.com/google-framework-laptop-chromebook-edition/

https://www.laptopmag.com/news/framework-launches-customizeable-chromebook

 

CITIZENS DO THEIR PART

Star Citizen passes 500m in funding

https://gameworldobserver.com/2022/09/20/star-citizen-500-million-crowdfunding-record

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/funding-goals

https://www.eurogamer.net/star-citizen-has-now-raised-more-than-half-a-billion-dollars-in-crowdfunding