One of the most criticized concerns of Turing was the effect of activating ray tracing in games on performance, but it seems that this was only temporary. According to a new rumor about next-gen Nvidia, the upcoming new generation of ampere-graphics would eliminate this problem, as they will have four times the computing power of ray tracing calculations, which will significantly improve performance.
It is speculated that the RTX 3060 may have the same ray tracing capability as an RTX 2080 Ti. However, the overall computing capacity will be lower, so don’t expect them to perform equally well in games. The new generation will be much better than Turing.
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Another interesting part of the rumor is that with the arrival of Ampere, all graphics will support ray tracing, from low to high range. This means that we could see an “RTX 3050” that could play 1080p with ray tracing enabled at an affordable price, something that would further strengthen Nvidia’s market share and put AMD in serious trouble, as it won’t support ray tracing in its mid-range down.
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The RTX 3080 is not inferior, thanks to 4608 CUDA Core, frequencies of 2000 MHz, 144 RT Core, and 576 Tensor Core, numbers that put it above the current RTX 2080 Ti. Instead, the RTX 3070 with 3584 CUDA Core, frequencies up to 1900 MHz, 112 RT Core, and 448 Tensor Core is clearly above the RTX 2080, especially in terms of performance with active ray tracing, thanks to the almost tripled RT Core. The same applies to the RTX 3060, which far outperforms the current RTX 2070.
It will be interesting to see if these rumors are true or not, although there is still a long way to go. Although we’ll know about Ampere next week, the GeForce RTX graphics will be released in a few months, so we’ll have to wait even longer before we can officially see them.