Some hardware news and rumors
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 |
Please excuse my bad English.
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