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NVIDIA Could Be Developing Super Secret Hardware Planned For Gamers – It’s Not a GPU

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A recent tweet by Mark Rein (Co-Founder of Epic Games) confirms that NVIDIA has much more planned for gamers in hardware projects and those hardware are not related to consumer GPUs.
Earlier this week I saw the most amazing thing made by @NVIDIA – no, it’s not a GPU, but gamers will love it.

While we have no idea except guesses as to what this super secret project from NVIDIA could be, the guys over at Brigthsideofnews confirmed through NVIDIA that the project is definitely related to NVIDIA hardware built only for gamers. This is interesting since it comes only a few days before AMD launches their next generation graphics card codenamed Volcanic Islands with the flagship part being known as Hawaii. Surprising thing is that the launch of AMD’s new cards is also taking place in Hawaii where according to a report by TweakTown, the company has planned to bring aboard an entire cruiser to celebrate the announcement, well it sure sounds great but NVIDIA’s super secret project is equally interesting considering it amazed the Co-Founder of Epic Games.
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http://wccftech.com/nvidia-developing-super-secret-hardware-gamers/

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http://www.brightsideofnews.com/new...howing-secret-new-hardware-to-developers.aspx
 
If its a dedicated AA card id buy it. :) Tho has to be cheap and go in a pci slot or somit. Would have to let games use max aa with no performance loss using it along side a gfx card like but offloading aa to the aa card.
 
SkeeterUK said:
If its a dedicated AA card id buy it. :) Tho has to be cheap and go in a pci slot or somit. Would have to let games use max aa with no performance loss using it along side a gfx card like but offloading aa to the aa card.
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I like this idea, sort of like a newer version of using dedicated PhysX cards.
 
Mark Rein is an Nvidia man, this is probably just a little quid-pro-quo. No doubt Epic have opinions about the implementation of GPU architecture and drivers...
 
SkeeterUK said:
If its a dedicated AA card id buy it. :) Tho has to be cheap and go in a pci slot or somit. Would have to let games use max aa with no performance loss using it along side a gfx card like but offloading aa to the aa card.
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But then it's gonna be "Fxaa only" and support is limited to just a couple of titles..

It would also have to go into PCI-E, as only the Z87 has PCI-slots (And as I recall, only high end ivy/Sandy too) and not all mobos have them. I also think the bandwith would be a limitation.

Something like that would be cool though, for an affordable price. Brings us closer to high-resolution gaming with good details without buying 3 cards.

I'm guessing it is going to be an accessory though, maybe something that will kick 3dvision into 2nd gear.
 
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