Nvidia GeForce LAN Press Event

[WhenKittensATK]

http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/twitch-tv/

 

Hard to decide where to put this. Press event is about software, hardware, and games haha.

 

They showed a Chinese war game (I missed this part, if anyone knows the name lmk). I believe I've heard of it before, just can't remember the name. If it's WarFace (not Chinese, Korean) then nevermind

 

They talked about Nvidia's own cloud system that once installed on your computer, will auto download/install drivers and set optimal graphics settings for your games with nvidia cards. Said it was launching soon, forgot the name of it.

 

Showed Hawken Gameplay (looked amazing)

 

Now they are doing tech demo with Crytek.

 

GTX 690!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (GeForce Article, added later)

 

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• An exterior frame made from trivalent chromium-plated aluminum, providing excellent strength and durability
  
• A fan housing made from a thixomolded magnesium alloy, which offers excellent heat dissipation and vibration dampening
  
• High-efficiency power delivery with less resistance, lower power and less heat generated using a 10-phase, heavy-duty power supply with a 10-layer, two-ounce copper printed circuit board
  
• Efficient cooling using dual vapor chambers, a nickel-plated finstack and center-mounted axial fan with optimized fin pitch and air entry angles
  
• Low-profile components and ducted baseplate channels for unobstructed airflow, minimizing turbulence and improving acoustic quality
  

 

1) Testing was conducting comparing the GeForce GTX 690 versus GTX 680, running at a resolution of 2,500 x 1,600. Driver version used was 301.10. In the Heaven benchmark, with 4xAA/16xAF settings, GTX 690 scored 58.9 fps while the GTX 680 scored 31.1 fps. For Crysis 2 Ultra, the GTX 690 scored 57.8 fps while the GTX 680 scored 32.3 fps. In Dirt 3, with 8xAA/16xAF, the GTX 690 scored 111.2 fps, while the GTX 680 scored 62.3 fps. For performance, a higher number is better.

 

(2) GTX 690 acoustic measurement was 47 dB versus 51 dB for the GTX 680 SLI. For acoustic testing, a lower number is better.

 

Someone named Michael just got the first ever GTX 690 for FREE!

 

Camera 1 broke, Camera 2 going nuts flying around the crowd trying to find the winner.

 

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 GPU will be available in limited quantities starting May 3, 2012, with wider availability by May 7, 2012 from NVIDIA's add-in card partners, including ASUS, EVGA, Gainward, Galaxy, Gigabyte, Inno3D, MSI, Palit and Zotac. Expected pricing is $999.

 

http://www.euroinvestor.com/news/2012/04/29/nvidia-unveils-geforce-gtx-690-dual-graphics-card-combines-worlds-fastest-gaming-performance-with-sleek-sexy-design/11976077

Edited April 29, 2012 by AZNguyen