Nvidia has nothing planned for our PCs this year, but the Santa Clara labs are not slowing down. A massive leak details the ambitions of the future RTX 60 series: doubled bandwidth and finally mature ray tracing.
We know that Nvidia has decided to slow down on the usual schedule. For the first time in three decades, no new consumer graphics cards would be released this year.
But don’t think that engineers are focused on professional customers. The first indiscretions about the future RTX 60 series are starting to circulate.
La future architecture, baptisée Rubydoesn’t come out of nowhere. It is the one that already powers the computing monsters intended for data centers and artificial intelligence. Clearly, Nvidia is preparing to bring its “pro” strike force to our gaming PCs.
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The end of the memory bottleneck
The important point of this leak concerns RAM. There RTX 6090 would embark 32 Go to RAM on a 512-bit bus. If these figures seem abstract to you, remember this: bandwidth could double compared to the current generation. We are talking about a clock frequency up to 3 GHz for memory.
According to information reported by the channel RedGamingTechthe big part of the development would be at the level of the RT cores. Nvidia would be working on a complete overhaul to double the calculation speed dedicated to light. The idea is not only to display more frames per second, but to allow a much more complex physical simulation of light without bringing the GPU to its knees.
But be careful with calculations that are too simple. A doubling of the capacities of the RT cores does not mean a doubling of your in-game FPS counter. Ray tracing is only part of the total job of a graphics card. The reality will probably be more nuanced, with a net gain in overall performance which could stagnate around 30 à 35 % par rapport à la génération précédente.
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And the calendar?
The real problem is time. If you were hoping to change creameries soon, calm your enthusiasm. The most insistent rumors do not mention an exit before 2027even 2028. Nvidia dominates the market so much that it has no pressure to accelerate, especially since AI today brings in much more than gaming.
We remain on a logic of small steps, even if Ruby’s technological leap seems, on paper, more interesting than the transition from series 40 to 50.
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