PC gamers into the cloud gaming fold in the coming weeks and months.
Some of the largest semiconductor companies have expressed apprehension about whether the availability of chips will improve next year. According to Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, the shortage could last "a couple of years" until manufacturers can catch up with demand. TSMC CEO, C. C. Wei, also told investors back in April that the company will only be able to increase capacity by 2023. Meanwhile, graphics cards are expected to remain in short supply, with gamers having to pay astronomically high prices because of rampant scalping and price gouging.
According to NVIDIA, the new hip tier will enable gamers to play on the all-new second-generation 'GeForce NOW SuperPOD' cloud gaming rigs. Each SuperPOD consists of over 1,000 GPUs that deliver more than 39 petaflops of graphics power. NVIDIA also claimed that each instance of the SuperPOD will offer up to 35 teraflops of performance, which is nearly 3-times that of an Xbox Series X. The high-power hardware will enable s to run games at up to 1440p on PC and Mac, 4K HDR on the NVIDIA Shield, and up to 120fps on the GeForce NOW apps for Windows, Mac, and Android.
SuperPOD Hardware Includes AMD Threadripper Pro Us
Subscribers to the new tier will be able to configure their RTX 3080 cloud gaming rigs with AMD Threadripper PRO Us, up to 28GB of DDR-3200 memory, and PCI-Gen4 SSDs. They will also get the "longest session lengths and the most control over persistent in-game settings of any hip tier," said NVIDIA. The company further noted that the service will offer low-latency and ultra-smooth gameplay, with RTX 3080 streaming at 120 FPS seeing the highest benefits.
GeForce NOW Founders and Priority already have early access to the new hip tier, but it will be widely available in North America starting in November and in Europe in December. Preorders are currently open, but hip does not come cheap. NVIDIA has priced the new tier at $99.99 for six months, which means subscribers have to shell out a pretty penny to hop on the RTX 3080 bandwagon.
With RTX 3080 stocks continuing to remain low more than a year after the crisis started, the new hip tier will at least offer a way to experience gaming with the high-powered graphics card. However, it remains to be seen whether it will be able to lure away PC gamers into the cloud gaming fold in the coming weeks and months.
Source: NVIDIA