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Summary

The video discusses major GPU news including AMD's new Radeon RX 7600 XT graphics card, AMD's frame generation technology, and Nvidia's updates like auto HDR streaming and ray tracing injection into older games. It analyzes AMD's claims of huge performance boosts, noting potential downsides like image quality loss. The video also covers Intel's graphics driver updates delivering FPS boosts. Additionally, it mentions PlayStation games expanding to PC and cloud while noting people tend to play one game at a time unlike streaming music or videos.

Takeaways

• 😀 AMD's new fluid motion frames feature can boost fps but quality suffers during fast motion
• 🤔 The new RX 7600 XT GPU faces tough competition from AMD's own 6700 XT and Nvidia's RTX 4060
• 🤨 Nvidia's RTX Remix lets you add ray tracing to older games, now in open beta
• 😮 Intel Arc GPU drivers get big dx11 performance boost, up to 30% on average
• 😲 RTX 4070 Ti Super launched at MSRP but 4070 non-Ti gets bundled deals
• 🎮 RTX 4080 Super benchmarks leak, show minor gains over 4080 as expected
• 😀 PlayStation games coming to PC, cloud and mobile per Sony CEO
• 🤔 Sony CEO sees less value in Netflix-style all-you-can-eat gaming subscriptions
• 🔥 Palworld tops 7 million sales on Steam, outperforming Pokemon
• 😡 Nintendo cracks down on Pokemon mods in Palworld

Q & A

What is AMD Fluid Motion Frames technology and how does it work?

AMD Fluid Motion Frames is a frame generation technology that runs at the driver level. It uses interpolation to insert extra frames between the ones rendered by the game to boost frame rates. However, since it lacks game integration, the quality of generated frames is lower than technologies like DLSS and FSR.

What are some pros and cons of AMD Fluid Motion Frames technology?

Pros: Works with most DX11/DX12 games without needing integration. Cons: Lower image quality, especially on HUD elements. Often skips frame generation during fast motion when quality would be poor. Adds minor latency.

What is AMD's new RX 7600 XT GPU?

The RX 7600 XT is AMD's latest GPU launching at $329. It has 16GB VRAM but provides similar performance to the RX 6700 XT which has been available around that price. The extra VRAM may help in certain games/applications.

How does the RX 7600 XT compare to Nvidia's RTX 4060?

The 4060 only has 8GB VRAM but offers similar performance at a lower $299 price point. The 7600 XT has more VRAM but lacks Nvidia exclusive features like DLSS and superior ray tracing.

What improvements does Nvidia claim for their new GPU drivers?

Nvidia claims their latest GPU drivers provide a 30% average performance boost in many DX11 games. Specific games listed include Battlefield 2042, Forza Horizon 5, and more.

What is RTX Remix and what does it allow?

RTX Remix is a modding tool that lets users inject ray tracing and other graphical effects into older games. It is now available in open beta for supported games like Doom and Quake.

How does the RTX 4080 Super compare to the original RTX 4080?

The 4080 Super has about 5% more cores but Nvidia claims only a 2-3% performance improvement over the standard 4080. It seems to just be a way to lower the 4080 price by $200.

What improvements is Intel claiming from their latest Arc GPU drivers?

Intel says their latest Arc drivers provide up to a 30% average FPS boost in DX11 games. Specific games range from 4% to over 100% claimed improvement.

How does Sony's CEO view game subscriptions compared to video/music?

He believes subscriptions for games are less valuable than video/music since people often play one game at a time over a long period rather than consuming lots of content.

What does Sony say about expanding PlayStation gaming to other platforms?

Sony says PlayStation will expand to PC, mobile, and cloud while remaining their core product. More PlayStation exclusives are coming to PC.

Outlines

00:00

😀 Overview of AMD's performance claims and new GPU

AMD is claiming up to 97% FPS boost with their new driver update using fluid motion frames technology. However, the quality of interpolated frames is lower than Nvidia's solutions. AMD also launched the RX 7600 XT GPU with 16GB VRAM for $329, but it seems overpriced compared to existing AMD and Nvidia options.

05:02

😮 Issues with Fluid Motion Frames technology

Fluid motion frames don't report to standard FPS counting tools and often fail to generate frames during fast motion due to lack of game integration. This causes HUD elements to get garbled and overall lower quality than FSR 3 and DLSS 3 frame generation.

10:03

🤔 Thoughts on the RX 7600 XT GPU

The RX 7600 XT is underwhelming at $329, given AMD's own 6700 XT outperforms it for the same price. The 7600 XT is also priced higher than the RTX 4060 despite similar performance. It only makes sense if priced similarly to the RTX 4060.

15:04

😕 RX 7600 XT doesn't stand out for performance or price

The RX 7600 XT is only slightly faster than AMD's 6650 XT which costs $100+ less. The extra VRAM over Nvidia doesn't justify much higher pricing. The 7600 XT is also only marginally faster than the previous 7600.

20:05

🤨 RTX 4070 Ti Super launches with disappointing pricing

The RTX 4070 Ti Super launched but most models are over MSRP. There are minor discounts on 4070 Ti non-Super as an alternative for buyers focused on value over the latest model.

25:05

😴 RTX 4080 Super will have minimal performance gains

Leaked benchmarks show RTX 4080 Super about equal to the RTX 4080. This matches Nvidia's claim of only 2-3% performance uplift from 5% more cores, since it's the same GPU die.

30:07

🎮 Sony CEO comments on bringing PlayStation to PC and mobile

Sony's CEO says PlayStation will expand to PC, mobile and cloud gaming. But he believes subscription services may not provide as much value as video streaming since gamers play one game at a time.

Keywords

💡AMD

AMD is one of the two major graphics card manufacturers competing with Nvidia. The video discusses several new AMD products and technologies, including the RX 7600 XT GPU, AMD Fluid Motion Frames for frame rate boosting, and claims of up to 97% performance increases. The strengths and weaknesses of these AMD offerings are analyzed.

💡Nvidia

Nvidia is the other major graphics card manufacturer and AMD's main competitor. The video covers several Nvidia announcements, like the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, RTX Video HDR technology, and the open beta for RTX Remix to add ray tracing to older games. Comparisons are made between new AMD and Nvidia GPUs at various price points.

💡frame generation

Frame generation or interpolation technologies like AMD Fluid Motion Frames and Nvidia DLSS 3 aim to boost frame rates by generating extra frames between rendered ones. But this can cause issues like latency and lower image quality compared to native rendering. The video explains pros and cons of AMD's solution.

💡RTX Remix

RTX Remix is Nvidia software that can inject ray tracing lighting and effects into older games as a modding tool. The video discusses the open beta launch of RTX Remix and shows the potential to revive older games with modern graphics.

💡GPU pricing

Pricing and value analysis of new GPUs from AMD and Nvidia is a major focus. The RX 7600 XT gets criticism for being poor value compared to older AMD cards. The RTX 4080 SUPER is seen as an effective RTX 4080 price cut.

💡vRAM capacity

The amount of video memory (vRAM) is discussed as an important factor for choosing a GPU. Cards like the RX 7600 XT with 16GB get praise, while 8GB cards can cause limitations. More vRAM helps with higher resolutions and future-proofing.

💡GPU drivers

Both AMD and Nvidia regularly update their GPU drivers to optimize performance. The video mentions an AMD update promising huge FPS boosts when combined with upscaling, while Intel also claims 30% faster DX11 game performance with a new driver.

💡ray tracing

Ray tracing is an advanced lighting technique supported on newer GPUs. The video speculates that at lower price tiers, lack of ray tracing matters less for choosing a GPU between AMD and Nvidia.

💡DLSS/FSR

Upscaling techniques like Nvidia's DLSS and AMD's FSR can boost FPS through rendering at lower resolutions then upscaling. According to the video, DLSS has better quality than FSR at 1080p resolutions.

💡Intel Arc GPUs

The other GPU brand hoping to compete with AMD and Nvidia. Intel Arc dedicated graphics cards and integrated graphics are also mentioned, with the video saying it will benchmark Intel's improvements.

Highlights

AMD driver update claims 97% frame rate boost, but we need to understand what that actually means

AMD launches new RX 7600 XT GPU with 16GB VRAM at $329 price point

Intel driver update claims 30% boost for DX11 games, making big strides in graphics drivers

Nvidia announces RTX Video HDR and moves RTX Remix to open beta

AMD's fluid motion frames generate extra frames, but lower quality than Nvidia/AMD integrated solutions

AMD RX 7600 XT faces tough competition from AMD's own 6700 XT and Nvidia RTX 4060

RTX 4070 Ti Super launched, but already seeing inflated pricing over $800 MSRP

RTX 4080 Super benchmarks show minor performance gains over RTX 4080 non-Super

Intel Arc graphics show significant performance gains up to 160% with latest drivers

Nvidia RTX Remix now in open beta, enabling ray tracing in older games

PalWorld sets records on Steam, outselling Pokemon but facing potential Nintendo action

Sony CEO sees value in both subscriptions and game ownership models

PlayStation plans to expand to PC, mobile and cloud gaming

Frame generation claims can be misleading - need actual performance tests

More VRAM doesn't always equal better performance - need to test real-world usage

Transcripts

AMD is making some big moves today with

a driver update now claiming an up to

97% frame rate boost we need to talk

about that claim to make sure everybody

understands what that actually means

that doesn't mean I don't think this is

exciting but it just we need to be

really careful about that number AMD is

also launching a new GPU today the RX

7600 XT which is bringing 16 GB of vram

to the

$329 price point and I'm defin going to

be talking about that but Intel

shouldn't be left out with uh a driver

update claiming an average of 30% boost

for many dx11 games so and Intel

continuing to make uh big strides with

their Graphics drivers as we head into

their next generation of gpus uh we have

Nvidia announcing some some big new

features including uh a type of Auto HDR

for for uh streaming video as well as um

moving into RTX remix actually going as

an open Beta uh which could be really

anyway there's a whole bunch of talk

about besides all of that but let's go

ahead and start with uh fluid motion

frames I've actually had a lot of

comments mentioning on my recent

benchmarking that I've been doing um

asking why am I not including AMD fluid

motion frames on the AMD gpus when I'm

showing frame generation and I think

that's a good question and that actually

it just I think when we have our talk

right now about fluid motion frames

let's talk about its pros and cons as

well as why I didn't include it in

previous benchmarking videos and my

thoughts on including it in future GPU

reviews like maybe for the 4080 super

when I look at it against the 7900 XTX

that type of thing so fluid motion

frames for those of you uh unaware is a

frame generation technology that runs at

the driver level which may which means

that it's only going to be available for

amd's gpus that they enable it through

their driver software on which currently

is now the 6,000 and 7,000 series gpus

and they can enable it on pretty much

every dx11 and dx12 game and uh it again

it is frame generation so it does boost

the number of frames being displayed on

your screen but it does not improve the

responsiveness of the game which uh you

know similar to other frame generation

Technologies it is interpolation you

have to

get the the game actually has to render

the next frame delay showing it to you

and then interpolate two frames to

insert a frame in between so there is a

minor latency penalty to it uh similar

to other frame generation Technologies

where this is different is uh gives it

both a huge advantage and a huge

disadvantage the huge Advantage is that

it doesn't need game in integration so

you can just apply it to basically any

modern game the huge disadvantage

Advantage is that it's not integrated

directly into those games which means

that it has less access to game data it

doesn't have things like motion vectors

which mean and it also is unable to tell

what is a HUD element or a targeting

reticle things like that text and it

can't tell what those are and it can't

separate them out from the frame

generation layer which is what often

happens with implementations of FSR 3

and dlss 3 frame generation to be clear

AF MF is not FSR 3 FSR 3 requires a

direct integration into games and I see

so many people still misunderstanding

that these are not the same thing so the

actual quality of these generated frames

is noticeably lower than the quality of

FSR 3 generated frames and dss3

generated

frames um for me in my testing now I

tested this when it first came out as a

preview driver some of you were like

hasn't this been out forever this has

been available in a preview driver for

several months now but it is only just

now coming to amd's stable driver Branch

so previously you had to intentionally

know about and seek out the special

preview driver and install that um if

you wanted to access this feature now a

lot of people did but certainly I uh

most people probably just weren't right

A lot of people probably weren't even

aware of it if you're not constantly

watching channels like mine that kind of

thing so uh to answer the quick question

of why did I not use that in any recent

benchmarking I use the latest fully

released drivers whenever I do my

testing and so it was just simply not

available because I don't use preview

drivers I use the latest stable driver

Branch so as we move into like the 4080

super review I'd like to uh update my

7900 XT benchmarks uh onto the latest

driver which would then make this

available for example but uh let's

actually bring up one of the other

quirks with this technology you should

be aware of which also applies to how

how it can be very difficult to include

in any sort of Benchmark or review uh

the fluid motion frames that are

generated at the driver level don't

report themselves to most frame rate

counting software overlays the only one

I've seen that actually reports them is

amd's own uh owned driver level software

overlay which is a great overlay by the

way I really like it um and it also

includes uh some cool updates including

it does tell you the amount of frame

generation lag happening and know

there's how many milliseconds of latency

is being added due to the frame

generation can also track the the micro

stutter rate and and interesting things

like that uh so it's a really cool

overlay but it doesn't um report to the

normal overlay that I use when I'm

running my benchmarks and things like

that now in including any sort of frame

generation as a benchmark number is

already kind of sketchy but I do think

including a a GPU feature in a GPU

review should be discussed right so

there's you know a GPU review should

include benchmarks but it should also

include a review of available features

and differences between which gpus

you're considering buying right so I do

plan on including more of a discussion

of ammf now that it has officially

released and I likely will include some

um uh you know benchmark runs where I

show the results probably just screen

capturing AMD software overlay showing

the frame rate numbers it's reporting

but I will definitely need to talk about

those results because again the quality

of the generated frames are certainly

not comparable to what you would get

from uh FSR 3 or dlss 3 again one of the

biggest issues is HUD elements not being

available with HUD elements um not being

separated out uh you know it's not game

aware of what is or is not in a some

sort of Hud element layer on fast motion

especially often times targeting

reticles and text and things like that

depending on the game that you're

playing uh can get garbled and for me

personally that is is very distracting

because it it it interpolates them and

it it doesn't look great uh not that it

happens all the time but it definitely

can happen a lot more with this than

with other Technologies also because it

has less data to work with I believe

they they'll state it here uh it will

often preserve image quality by

essentially giving up during fast motion

meaning it will choose to not

interpolate a frame uh during fast

motion now why would that happen uh

because the larger Gap the fast faster

motion is happening on your screen the

larger difference there is between the

two frames the game has actually

rendered causing interpolation to be

more difficult so if you don't have

access to more of the game data you you

could get a very poor result so rather

than showing the the garbled poor result

uh ammf will choose just not to display

that interpolated frame uh that is a

pretty major downside given the fact

that the times when you would most want

a high frame rate are during fast motion

on screen to kind of smooth out the fast

motion so uh that is again a pretty

major drawback in addition to just like

I said the Hut elements generally being

um uh causing more issues than with

other frame generation Technologies and

just in general the generated frames are

of a lower quality I'm not saying it

unacceptable quality but of a lower

quality than um what you get from the

frame generation that is directly

integrated into a game hopefully that's

a decent discussion of this technology

if you want to find it you download the

latest stable release drivers you enable

hyper RX and then um uh once you've done

that you can then turn on the Fe the

these features individually or on a game

by game basis and uh definitely keep

your eye out on that now when we're

looking at claims like up to a 97 FPS

per FPS boost you might be like well

frame generation doesn't usually double

your frame rate uh because it takes some

processing time and things like that

that's true they're they're lumping

in uh quality level

upscaling uh combined with with the uh

with the frame generation when they make

this claim so they're saying here that

up to 97% average increase in

performance across select titles at

1080p resolution when AMD fluid motion

frames is on so when you're using frame

generation and you're upscaling with FSR

2 quality mode um and then that

comparison is being made versus just

running the game without upscaling or

frame generation so the 97% uh increase

that they claiming there is basically

running the game natively at Full

Resolution versus upscaling at the

Quality setting plus generating driver

level frames so just do be aware of what

you're looking at here when you look at

marketing claims anyway um wow I talked

a lot longer about that than I meant to

but let's go ahead and move on to the

next major topic which is AMD releas to

GPU today it's the RX 7600 XT it has 16

GB of vram and it comes in at

$329 the main problem is that it comes

in at

$329 so here's here's the so if if I go

to uh buy a GPU in this price class

right now previously my recommendation

has been the 6700 XT from AMD so in

other words amd's biggest problem is AMD

AMD already has at least in the United

States for a long time now been offering

the previous generation 6700 XT which

has 12 GB of vram not 16 but more than

eight and that's critical anyway 12 GB

of vram at not only well currently I'm

seeing 335 is the lowest price so the

the the issue here is the supply on

these might start to dry up these have

gone on sale as low as

$299 uh several times and generally had

been available for $320 to

$330 pretty much constantly for months

and months and months and months and

months in the United States which means

that I don't see why anybody looking for

a $330 AMD graphics card with more than

8 gab of vram wouldn't have already

bought a 6700 XT so I don't understand

what the purpose of this card is in the

market other than maybe replacing the

6700 XT if that becomes no longer

available it does have more vram than 12

but at at this type of performance class

I would be shocked to see any situations

where 12 GB of vram isn't enough other

than per perhaps if you're using this

for some sort of AI model I know there

are certain AI models that want to have

16 maybe you're using certain like mods

texture pack mods things like that so

I'm not saying there is no place for the

16 GB vram buffer but it's

$329 now some of you might be wondering

like Daniel where's your benchmark video

on this so I usually but not always get

sent review samples by AMD and Nvidia uh

Nvidia for example didn't send me a 4060

TI 16 GB so I bought one myself to test

uh AMD usually when they have reference

models available they send me one

however this card it has no AMD

reference model so uh when I asked AMD

about getting a review sample they said

to reach out to Bo any board partners

that I have contacts with I have some

contact with powercolor but I have no

contacts at any other board partners and

by the time I contacted powercolor they

said they'd already sent out uh their

supply of review samples so basically

I'm not getting a review sample to have

a day one review on this however I've

already bought one so these are already

on sale today I bought a uh MSRP model

uh was it like azrock Challenger or

something I didn't want to buy any of

the ones that cost more than $329 uh so

I I I'm pretty sure it was the The azero

Challenger that was uh in stock at new

EG for $3.29 so I bought that so I will

get benchmarks out on this on the

channel and besides um even if I had got

one of these it would have been very

difficult to produce a day one review

with all the Ben high-end gpus I've been

benchmarking lately it would be

difficult to get all of the relevant

comparison points to this one updated in

all of my because I I update all of my

benchmarks every time I I do the the

videos um so so you know it's not just

testing the 7600 XD it would be testing

all of the comparison points again in

all of the games all the settings and

all resolutions and all of that so

anyway I'm hoping within the next week

or two to be able to get you guys some

content related to the 7600 XT and it'll

be nice to look at the lower price class

gpus in general even if this one in in

particular isn't a standout it'll be a

chance to update and refresh my testing

of those uh those other cards in the

latest games also this is a great time

to thank channel members who have

clicked the join button to directly

support the channel financially uh to

allow me to do things like I'm going to

be honest I don't think there's a huge

amount of interest in this maybe I'm

wrong so I like I doubt the ad revenue

on a video about this is probably going

to earn me back the money of producing

of uh of of purchasing the GPU maybe I'm

wrong but um anyway uh so huge thank you

to channel members who have clicked the

join button sub uh to uh support

directly financially totally understand

not everybody's in a financial position

to do that but thank you for those who

have also just thank you to you know uh

viewers and uh subscribers and all that

but anyway so what do I think about this

I have watched a bunch of reviews I

watched Gamers Nexus Hardware unboxed

and I read the tech PowerUp review so I

do definitely have some thoughts before

I do my actual testing which is like I

said the 6700 XT has already been

available for a long time at or below

this price point at least in the United

States and it's faster um that's my main

thought so if you were just trying to

save uh you know and if you were just

trying to go for Value then if you just

avoid settings that go over 8 gigb of

vram which granted is annoying to do

then you've been able to get pretty

similar performance from cards like uh

did did Hardware unbox get it in here

the cards like the 6650 XD which granted

is an 8 GB card uh that's coming in here

and they're testing an average of 85 FPS

versus 95 on the 7600 XT now why is that

relevant because the 6650 XT has been

available for like 250 and below for

quite a while now so um I think I've

seen it as low as like 230 and 240

fairly frequently so with that in

mind if you want similar performance

from a value perspective I think you

would have from AMD you would have

already bought a 6650 XT uh months ago

and if you wanted better performance and

more than 8 GB of vram from AMD for the

same or less money you would have

already bought a 6700 XT and if you'd

rather consider the uh Nvidia features

the 4060 granted it only has 8 GB of

vram but it also is coming in at

significantly less expensive when you're

talking uh you know $295 to $300 versus

$330 that actually is you know

percentage wise and in this price class

asking quite a bit more um so I guess my

issue is the $329 price point if this

came in at the same price as a

460 then I think this becomes a little

bit more interesting because it is a

little bit faster than a 4060 and at

this performance tier I don't think

people would be using a lot of Ray

tracing so that Nvidia Advantage is is

is a bit uh less exciting or less

meaningful and then the

um uh what was I saying and then uh you

know dlss okay if you're going to be up

I'd rather not upscale at 1080p if I had

to upscale at 1080p dlss looks

significantly better than FSR the lower

your resolution is the bigger that

Advantage but um but I'd rather just not

upscale it right at that um at that

performance tier but again we're talking

like uh you know asking that much more

you know Nvidia already has more mind

share I think it's going to I don't know

I would love to see a you know you know

this uh um be a more exciting product I

just don't think it's that exciting

unless it was priced at least even with

the 4060 so you could offer a bit more

performance and double the vram um but

if you're offering very similar

performance you know a bit more but for

more money and you know the feature set

disadvantage I just I just don't see it

uh you know Gamers Nexus if you look at

the uh 7600 XT um let's see versus its

own pre uh previous generation 7600 you

can see that it's not that much faster

than the 7600 either now granted the

7600 is an 8 gab card so if you use

settings like Ray tracing that go over 8

GB of vram then it's a big performance

bump but when you're not going over that

it's just an overclocked 7600 it doesn't

have any additional um uh you know cores

or anything like that so it's just a few

per faster so um yeah I don't know guys

I don't know it's it's a tough sell

against both AMD Zone products and I

think it would only match well against

the 4060 if it came in at around the

same price um so anyway that's my

overall thoughts on that but I will get

one on uh you know like I said I've

already ordered it so once it comes in

and I have the chance I will Benchmark

it I will produce some comparisons and

hopefully by that point maybe we'll have

seen price adjust one nice thing is AMD

does seem a lot more willing to adjust

pricing to market demand uh than Nvidia

does um Nvidia just releases a whole new

GPU with that's going to you know to to

officially adjust pricing

apparently anyway uh speaking of Nvidia

how about we move on to uh some Nvidia

discussion one thing is the 470 TI super

I probably just flashbanged you with the

new egg screen here uh the 470 TI

super has now launched today and uh it

does have some models available at MSRP

I'm seeing uh two models available um

the MSI Ventus by the way so some people

wondered why some of my testing showed a

bit more of a gener of a uh performance

uplift between my 4070 TI super and the

4070 non super

um than some other review Outlets some

other review Outlets were using the MSI

Ventus model which apparently has some

vbios issues causing it to perform um up

to 5% slower than it should uh which

would mean like where some Outlets were

maybe seeing like a 6% uplift and I was

seeing more like a 10% uplift um I was

using the uh the Asus tough model which

didn't have that V bios issue and plus

just the game the set of games that you

test I lean into testing the newest

games where the memory bandwidth

increase and vram capacity right on that

12 GB borderline are more likely to show

the advantages of a card with more

memory bandwidth and vram um so anyway I

do do just want to mention uh that MSI

has apparently released a fixed V bio so

if you do buy this model uh you'll want

to make sure you get that but again it's

looking like the majority of models are

over MSRP which is disappointing but

there are some in stock at MSRP but if

you do get that Ms model make sure you

install the updated vbios if you don't

want to take an unnecessary uh few perc

performance hit for for no reason anyway

I don't like to see these already over

the $800 price point I will mention that

if you look at the 470 non TI sorry 4070

TI not supers um they're not being

discounted a huge amount uh but they are

being kind of bundled with discounts at

new eggs so that it may be something to

look at if you don't really care about

moving up to the 16 GB of vram I I

thought I'd mention that those are uh

getting some discounts in combo deals uh

now whether they're things comboed with

things that you actually want uh affects

whether that's uh of much value to you

now Nvidia is also launching RTX video

HDR technology which apparently turns

SDR videos into HDR and then they

release a YouTube video that's SDR to

demonstrate it which I mean I understand

that most people won't be watching on a

quality HDR display so they're you know

with a lot of HDR marketing like things

kind of simulate the differences but

display it in SDR content anyway but to

me if you're trying to show the H HDR

maybe release at least some version of

the video that's actually in HDR for

people with an HDR screen who are the

people who would actually benefit from

HDR uh whatever

anyway uh so this is an update to their

RTX video upscaling where they've

already had the uh the upscaling

available if you're in a chromium based

browser um now they're doing it where

you can do the upscaling plus uh

converting SDR into

HDR um I haven't been able to test this

myself yet but it is uh at least

interesting um personally I found the

performance hit from using the AI video

upscaling to be um more than I would

like um just from like I don't know I I

don't want my GP you working that hard

just to play videos but I have seen some

people like it

anyway uh the RTX remix open Beta I

think is personally more interesting so

for a while now RTX remix has been sort

of available to certain people and some

people have been taking uh kind of some

of what was available Within game

releases like portal RTX and kind of

working with those files and kind of

dropping them into some older games but

we now have an actual open Beta uh for

our RTX remix now a reminder of what RTX

remix does if you have certain games now

there is a compatibility list these have

to be older games and this is kind of

cool on mod DB uh there is a database

now on which which games are playable

using uh RTX remix and then which games

are partially playable and then which

games are just uh kind of uh they load

some are just totally unsupported but

you can kind of filter throughout the

games um based on that now there's not a

huge number of games that are green

check marks right now I don't know if

that will expand over time with more

testing or development or anything like

that but it's certainly at least

interesting and uh we have seen uh some

pretty cool uses of this now this Tomb

Raider RTX remix um is one that was done

actually before the open Beta release so

so this is an example of what some

people were able to do before getting

the open Beta release and so the idea

here is you can inject things like path

tracing into older games now you could

also then go through and try to update

the models and textures and and give

them certain properties and things like

that uh but one of its basic use cases

would be injecting the the um uh the ray

traced lighting solutions into these

older games which is kind of cool and

then um so you can look at some compar

comparisons of that and again this one

was actually developed before we got the

the open beta version so I'm interested

to see what people do with this modding

communities tend to tend to impress when

given the right tools so that's pretty

cool uh let's move on to some other

Nvidia news we do have the RTX 480 super

coming out next week and we are seeing

some leaked benchmarks showing similar

performance to a 480 non super however I

don't really need to talk much about

that because like that should be utterly

non shocking we already know from the

specs that it's just a fully unlocked

8103 die and the 480 nons super was

already almost the full die we're

talking only like a 5% increase to cores

and and we've seen on our other super

gpus where the core increase uh

percentage at the actual game the actual

game performance increase has been less

than the increase to the number of cores

so if you're only getting a 5% increase

increase to cores it would stand to

reason that you have a 5% or even likely

less Improvement to actual gaming

performance uh from the 480 super just

based off of the specs that Nvidia has

already released and also uh during uh a

media pre-briefing when I asked uh

Nvidia they they literally said expect

like a 2 to 3% performance uplift so

that's what Nvidia just flat out claimed

when when talking to me in a media

pre-briefing so yeah the 480 super is

just a 4080 with a with like 5% more

cores probably at less than that uplift

the big thing is that it's a $200 price

cut off the MSRP so really this is just

Nvidia lowering the price of the 480 by

$200 but they don't want to admit

they're lowering they they priced it too

high so they're releasing a new GPU with

the lower price point that's what that

feels like to me as mentioned at the

beginning of the video Intel is also in

the news uh claiming that their new GPU

drivers have delivered a 30% average

boost for many dx11 games uh this is the

official list of games where they're

claiming performance improvements notice

most of these are dx11 but there are

some dx12 titles here like Tekken 8 Last

of Us Part One um but most of them being

uh dx12 games uh they're also talking

about some performance uplifts for their

core Ultra uh with the uh Arc series

integrated gpus now these performance uh

uplifts range from pretty minor like 4%

up to pretty impressive like

268 or 69 nice or 160% 101% so there's

definitely some big improvements here

now I have not had a chance to Benchmark

the uh you know previous driver versus

the new driver in these games or

anything like that but if I do uh I I do

plan on when I test out my 7600 XT when

that comes in I'll be retesting

similarly priced gpus which would

include some Nvidia competition not

sorry some Intel competition uh so I

will probably get some fresh Intel Arc

benchmarks out here pretty soon as well

uh I'll finish with this palor continues

to set records selling 7 million units

on Steam and that that's just on Steam

and is apparently outselling Pokemon

Legends archus but the Pokemon

comparison uh uh is uh people are

nervous is Nintendo going to come after

pal World well so far the base game has

not had uh any any issues with Nintendo

coming after them but there have already

been mods introducing Pokemon into the

game and those mods have come under Fire

from Nintendo so Nintendo is certainly

keeping their eye on the situation and

are very aware of the similarities and

not letting it go too far through mods

apparently uh last thing I'll leave with

is this PlayStation will be on PC cloud

and mobile says Sony's CEO also the Sony

CEO giving some thoughts on

subscriptions uh we've had subscriptions

in the news I mean there's always Xbox

game pass and Game Pass for PC but then

there's like the Ubisoft or Ubisoft um

uh guy was Under Fire recently for

saying people need to get used to not

owning their games uh so this is some

interesting stuff let's read the couple

of of direct quotes here by the way all

my sources will be in the video

description if I haven't already

mentioned that um let's talk about uh

the first quote so in short it will be

ubiquitous wherever there is Computing

un users will be able to play their

favorite games seamlessly Gamers will be

able to find a place to play in

different spaces while PlayStation will

remain our core product we will expand

our gaming experiences to PC and we've

already been seeing more and more

PlayStation games coming to PC as well

as mobile and Cloud so they're certainly

looking into um you know all of those

options Beyond just their console but

about the cloud model we had the quote

well uh do subscription B well we do

subscription business model at the same

time people usually play one game at a

time so in all you can eat type of many

games may not be so valuable compared

with video streaming services we have

kind of a balanced uh of balanced a

hybrid service on PlayStation Network a

subscription

as well as paid content so what he's

saying here is that um in in contrast to

like the guy from Ubisoft who was like

you know people just need to get used to

this we've got you know Netflix you know

and Spotify gaming and you know videos

and music streaming that's just the way

so Gamers just need to kind of get used

to that um the Sony CEO who probably

knows a little bit of something about

how people play games I think has a

really good point um people watching

videos or listening to music are likely

to stream tons of different content

within a month right whereas people

playing video games are often playing

one game until they finish it and that

game often takes a long time to finish

right so how many different games would

you play in a month right so with that

uh with that difference in how you

interact with the content and I'm not

saying there aren't a whole bunch of

other differences as well um that's uh

definitely just something to consider

and I think that's a very good point

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