NVIDIA's Play the Future event for HWZ members
NVIDIA's Play the Future event for HWZ members
NVIDIA's been on a roll lately. With competitor AMD currently trailing them in the GPU arena, they are the undisputed king of the PC gaming market. Games, like the upcoming Batman: Arkham Knight, use proprietary tech that only NVIDIA graphics cards support, bolstering the already notable advantage over its rivals. Here's another video snippet showcasing the latest NVIDIA tech demo, Mecha, and its using all of the company's latest rendering technology.
The company knows though, that it is where it is now due to their loyal fans, which is why it held a special invite-only event for HWZ forum members. The purpose? To give the general gaming public a look at what's in store for them.
At the event, NVIDIA had two points they wanted to drive home; the power of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and G-Sync. We've talked at least about the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti and its variants by NVIDIA's partners, and we've even reviewed it. Suffice to say, we thought it an excellent graphics card, with performance rivaling that of the Titan X itself.
NVIDIA's running a contest, which ends on the 20th June, where one winner will get the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti as picture above. Unlike commercial cards, this version of the card is special - it is direct from NVIDIA themselves. To enter, participants simply have to write about yesterday's event and then place the link to their post/article on NVIDIA's Singapore's Facebook page. Here's an example we spotted from one of our participants from yesterday.
NVIDIA also showed off some of the other tech they had up their sleeves, including a new way to render for VR headsets. We've discussed this with more detail in our GeForce GTX 980 Ti article, so do check it out for more information. Here's a truncated version of it:-
While the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti was the main highlight of the event, NVIDIA also showcased some of the new laptops from manufacturers like ASUS, Aftershock, Aorus and MSI which had G-Sync capable screens. We already knew about the ASUS ROG G751 with the new G-Sync display, but it was the first time we've seen the others in the flesh (or plastic).
Since NVIDIA is heavily promoting Batman: Arkham Knight, a special guest was in attendance to greet those who came.
The NVIDIA event was a hit. Attendees enjoyed themselves and had fun trying out the new technology NVIDIA had on display and striking discussion with the NVIDIA execs and distributors who were are also there to support the event. The only downside was that Batman went missing as soon as the event started.