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CLUB3D OFFERS DISPLAYPORT 1.2 TO HDMI 2.0 ACTIVE ADAPTERS AT 4K-60 HZ

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/club3d-offers-displayport-1-2-to-hdmi-2-active-adapters-at-4k-60-hz.html

In the world of PC Gaming, a 60Hz refresh rate is widely regarded as a requirement for a smooth and fluid gaming experience. Until HDMI 2.0 was annnounced in 2013, it was not possible to display games on any Ultra HD Monitor or Television lacking a DisplayPort™ 1.2 input at 60Hz because of bandwidth limitations of the HDMI interface.

>>This isn't a big problem with monitors, as most of them have DP 1.2, but it a big problem with TVs because only a small few have it as they rely more on HDMI. Until now only those with an Nvidia 9xx card could play at 4K@60Hz over HDMI becuase those are the only cards with HDMI 2.0, but now everybody with a "recent" card will be able to do it.

And it's only $35! Everybody thought they would cost $100.

 

Now two rumors

AMD ZEN FX CPU PRODUCT RELEASE SET FOR Q4 2016 – APUS COMING IN 2017 WITH COMPARABLE PERFORMANCE TO THE PS4 AND XBOX ONE

http://wccftech.com/amd-zen-launch-q4-2016/

 

NVIDIA PREPARING NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 960 TI GRAPHIC CARD TO COMPETE WITH THE RADEON R9 380X – ALLEGES REPORT

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-preparing-launch-geforce-gtx-960-ti/

They speculate that it could be based on the 960 OEM card that has better specs than the reference card. Here's a table to see the differences

 

	Geforce GTX 960	Geforce GTX 960 OEM Edition	Geforce GTX 970
CUDA Cores	1024	1280	1664
Base Clock/Boost	1127 /1178	924 / (TBC)	1050/1178
Memory Clock	7 Gbps	5 Gbps	7 Gbps
Memory	2 GB GDDR5	3GB GDDR5	4GB GDDR5*
Memory Bus Width	128 bits	192 bits	256 bits
Bandwidth	112 GB/s	120 GB/s	224 GB/s
DirectX 12	Yes	Yes	Yes
Feature Level	12_1	12_1	12_1