Nvidia: what I want to share with you will redefine the future of gaming.

Gregster · 15 Feb 2015 at 09:50

It would solve my problem of building a PC for under the TV, so I am hoping it is. Something for some family gaming and something to stream my films/shows = my happy family

Marine-RX179 · 15 Feb 2015 at 10:38

r7slayer said:
If it's a new shield then nVidia will be thinking along the lines of. First shield took 3 years to make then its took about a year and half to finally get the shield 2 ohh screw it, its been 5 years in the making right here! And our die hard fans believe anything even if we say it will redefine the future of gaming LOLS.

A few guys kept banging on how AMD cutting their R&D budget and it's doom and gloom...

Would be funny if Nvidia's "Redefine the future of gaming" in the sense of...

"We are investing 95% of our R&D budget on Shield and mobile gaming. No we have not forgotten about PC gamings...we are still have our 5% R&D budget dedicated to desktop GPUs development"

Gregster · 15 Feb 2015 at 10:51

Doom and groom LOL

nomadd · 15 Feb 2015 at 11:53

Gregster said:
Doom and groom LOL

Groom 4.

Can't wait.

andybird123 · 24 Feb 2015 at 19:59

Just read a rumour that this could be nvidia announcing a VR headset.

Gregster · 24 Feb 2015 at 20:17

andybird123 said:
Just read a rumour that this could be nvidia announcing a VR headset.

Interesting. I have a few hundred set aside for when the rift hits the shops but if something else comes out first....Who knows but I hope you are correct.

Orangey · 24 Feb 2015 at 20:27

I wonder who will win out, that I know of there is Oculus, Sony, Microsoft, whole bunch of others too. I hope they will all work off the same standard.

Bonjour · 24 Feb 2015 at 20:29

Called it.

Bonjour said:
Rift competitor?

andybird123 · 24 Feb 2015 at 20:44

Orangey said:
I wonder who will win out, that I know of there is Oculus, Sony, Microsoft, whole bunch of others too. I hope they will all work off the same standard.

Sony's is for the ps4 only afaik
Microsofts looks interesting but no specs yet

Whichever offers the highest refresh rate and resolution will get my money, 1080p is rubbish for something a few inches from your face

Martini1991 · 24 Feb 2015 at 20:45

andybird123 said:
Sony's is for the ps4 only afaik
Microsofts looks interesting but no specs yet

Whichever offers the highest refresh rate and resolution will get my money, 1080p is rubbish for something a few inches from your face

Surely that depends on the pixel density?

Gregster · 24 Feb 2015 at 21:18

andybird123 said:
Sony's is for the ps4 only afaik
Microsofts looks interesting but no specs yet

Whichever offers the highest refresh rate and resolution will get my money, 1080p is rubbish for something a few inches from your face

You had the DK OR for a bit and did the pixels look that bad?

andybird123 · 24 Feb 2015 at 21:18

Martini1991 said:
Surely that depends on the pixel density?

if you make the pixel density better (higher) but stick with 1080p then you drastically reduce the FOV

Gregster said:
You had the DK OR for a bit and did the pixels look that bad?

I had DK1 and 2, the DK1 was absolutely awful, the DK2 was better but still not actually useable, it was like playing NES game level of graphics, bare minimum is 1440p and really it needs to be 4k
I also never managed to get the low persistence mode working as no games had updated when I got mine, hence why I got shot of it quickly while resale values were still good

Yaayuh! · 24 Feb 2015 at 21:19

VR?
Yawn. Move along, nothing to see here.

Gregster · 24 Feb 2015 at 21:39

andybird123 said:
if you make the pixel density better (higher) but stick with 1080p then you drastically reduce the FOV

I had DK1 and 2, the DK1 was absolutely awful, the DK2 was better but still not actually useable, it was like playing NES game level of graphics, bare minimum is 1440p and really it needs to be 4k

I didn't think it would be that bad but then again, when you see how close the screens are to your eyes, I can see where you are coming from.

I hope you are right still. Choice is better.

SkeeterUK · 24 Feb 2015 at 21:41

Nvidia handheld console? To combat the nintendo 3DS type consoles?

Sin_Chase · 24 Feb 2015 at 21:51

andybird123 said:
it needs to be 4k

While it would be nice, is it needed? I would argue not.

DPI, resolvable detail, response time etc seems a far more pressing matter than straight up resolution.

andybird123 · 24 Feb 2015 at 22:09

yes, dpi needs to be much higher than 1080p, which will allow more resolvable detail and get rid of screen door which is the biggest problem, even if you run games at a lower resolution

I will buy a 1440p headset, I won't buy another 1080p one, but ultimately yes it does NEED to be 4K as that solves 2 of the problem you highlight, however yes it also needs to be higher than 60hz

tommybhoy · 24 Feb 2015 at 23:14

Vuzix Wrap/Tracker/Shield combo.

Anything will do as long as they get the specs right!

Klo · 25 Feb 2015 at 00:33

Rossi~ said:
VR?
Yawn. Move along, nothing to see here.

There's plenty to see, can't wait!

madindehead · 25 Feb 2015 at 07:23

Orangey said:
I wonder who will win out, that I know of there is Oculus, Sony, Microsoft, whole bunch of others too. I hope they will all work off the same standard.

Microsoft are building an AR headset for Windows 10. It's not VR. Let's just make that clear. I prefer that to a full VR system where you can't see through it to the real world. I feel like the AR has better real world applications than VR.