Forget PS5 and Xbox Series X: New Nvidia and AMD GPUs look imminent

Forget PS5 and Xbox Serial 10: New Nvidia and AMD GPUs expect imminent

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AMD and Nvidia could launch new graphics cards in September just ahead of the PS5 and Xbox Series 10, potentially giving PC gaming a shot in the arm before the adjacent-generation consoles come out.

We already know that Nvidia has its Ampere next-gen graphics compages slated for hereafter GeForce graphics cards, and AMD has long been rumored to have a powerful Navi graphics card based on is RDNA compages in the works. But Digitimes reported that next-generation GPUs volition be coming in September with the graphic card giants expected to cut the prices of their current cards earlier the new ones launch.

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There was no mention of a clear source to Digitimes' study, but it frequently has solid insight into the machinations and production lines of chips and graphics cards. So have such claims with a compression of skepticism, simply too annotation that they rails with other rumors and leaks that have new Nvidia and AMD GPUs scheduled for the 2d one-half of 2020.

No next-generation graphics cards were mentioned by name, or what we expect them to be called at to the lowest degree.

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We'd not be surprised to see Nvidia reveal a high-terminate Ampere GeForce graphics carte du jour or two come September time.

We'd expect such GPUs to exist the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3080, and potentially an RTX 3070 as well. That'due south going by Nvidia's previous naming conventions and how it approached the reveal of its current-generation Turing graphics cards.

So far, the Ampere graphics cards are looking to bring in a decent performance hike over their Turing predecessors, equally well every bit offer improved ray-tracing performance. Just we don't look them to have quite the same touch on every bit the Turing graphics cards, which brought in real-fourth dimension ray-tracing capabilities running on a unmarried GPU — a first for desktop graphics cards.

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AMD Radeon 5700 XT — (Image credit: AMD)

As for AMD, rumors take been circulating for a while that it would reveal a high-end Navi Radeon graphics carte du jour to take on Nvidia's premium GeForce RTX GPUs.

While the company has its powerful Radeon RX 5700 XT, Radeon 5700, and Radeon RX 5500 graphics cards, these can't compete with the elevation-terminate GeForce RTX cards. And so August or September accept been slated for AMD to reveal its Nvidia-killing Radeon graphics card.

AMD volition take to actually tap into the power of its new RDNA compages, which will too power the graphics chips at the heart of the PS5 and Xbox Series Ten, if it's to take on the best GeForce RTX cards.

Nvidia's cards have hardware support for ray-tracing built into them, while AMD'southward Navi Radeon cards don't. This ways the next Navi GPU will actually have to evangelize something special in terms of graphics features or bring a mammoth corporeality of power to the tabular array for a competitive cost that blows away Nvidia's graphics cards.

Enter the PC

If Digitimes' sources and predictions are on the money, then nosotros could see new GeForce and Radeon graphics cards arrive some 2 months ahead of the PS5 and Xbox Series 10'southward estimated Nov launch.

Now, these graphics cards are probably non going to exist inexpensive, likely costing as much as the adjacent-generation consoles. Merely for people weighing upwards whether they want to pay for the power and flexibility of a gaming PC against the curt lifespans and airtight systems of games consoles, the new graphics cards could show enticing.

It worth noting that the new consoles will apply hardware that'due south derived from AMD processors and graphics chips, which should hateful that an AMD-based PC could practice rather well at running adjacent-generation games designed for the new consoles. And while the PS5 is probable to have console-only exclusive games, Microsoft has committed to bringing its commencement-party games to Windows 10 PC, which helps make the PC a compelling alternative to the Xbox Series X.

Either way, the 2nd half of 2020 should exist a very interesting time for the gaming globe, whether you're a PC fan or desperately waiting for the next-generation games consoles.

Roland Moore-Colyer is U.M. Editor at Tom's Guide with a focus on news, features and opinion manufactures. He often writes about gaming, phones, laptops and other bits of hardware; he's as well got an interest in cars. When non at his desk Roland tin can be found wandering around London, often with a await of curiosity on his confront.