ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 OC Edition

With all of the news of the cap issue on GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards, ASUS has your back (and the back of your card) as the company is used to the world of high-end power-hungry graphics cards. ASUS doesn’t skimp on its ROG Strix family of cards, which is one of the first super high-end custom RTX 3080s through my lab (apart from MSI’s custom RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO).

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NVIDIA Jetson Nano: $99 CUDA-X AI

NVIDIA CUDA-X is a collection of over 40 acceleration libraries that enable modern computing applications to benefit from NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated computing platform. JetPack SDK™ is built on CUDA-X and is a complete AI software stack with accelerated libraries for deep learning, computer vision, computer graphics and multimedia processing that supports the entire Jetson family.

Key features of Jetson Nano include:

  • GPU: 128-core NVIDIA Maxwell™ architecture-based GPU
  • CPU: Quad-core ARM® A57
  • Video: 4K @ 30 fps (H.264/H.265) / 4K @ 60 fps (H.264/H.265) encode and decode
  • Camera: MIPI CSI-2 DPHY lanes, 12x (Module) and 1x (Developer Kit)
  • Memory: 4 GB 64-bit LPDDR4; 25.6 gigabytes/second
  • Connectivity: Gigabit Ethernet
  • OS Support: Linux for Tegra®
  • Module Size: 70mm x 45mm
  • Developer Kit Size: 100mm x 80mm

NVIDIA RTX A6000 Announced @ GTC

NVIDIA introduced a flagship GPU for creators — the NVIDIA RTX A6000, announced the Omniverse 3D simulation and collaboration platform open beta, and released new NVIDIA Broadcast Engine software development kits for developers of streaming applications.

The RTX A6000 GPU, built on the new NVIDIA Ampere architecture, allows creators to complete complex creative tasks, such as video editing in 8K HDR in real-time and animating extra-large 3D models. With 48GB, it offers the largest memory available in a single GPU and is expandable to 96GB using NVLink to connect two GPUs.

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RTX 3080 and 3090 Shortages – Until 2021

Another day, another NVIDIA shortage…

“I believe that demand will outstrip all of our supply through the year,” Huang said, “Remember, we’re also going into the double-whammy. The double-whammy is the holiday season. Even before the holiday season, we were doing incredibly well, and then you add on top of it the ‘Ampere factor,’ and then you add on top of that the ‘Ampere holiday factor,’ and we’re going to have a really really big Q4 season.”

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ASUS GeForce RTX 3090 TUF Gaming OC

Every board partner building RTX 30-series cards has multiple versions of each model in its arsenal. Asus is certainly no different and populates the monster GPUs with TUF Gaming (OC) and ROG Strix versions. We took a close look at the RTX 3080 TUF Gaming OC in a previous review, which is handy as the RTX 3090 TUF Gaming OC is on the testbench today.

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Weekend Review Roundup – Sound Blaster X3, Gaming Headsets & More

Accessories:
Glorious Modular Mechanical Gaming Keyboard @ TweakTown

Storage:
SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD @ ThinkComputers
Lexar SL100 Pro 1TB USB 3.2 Gen 2 Portable SSD Review @ NikKTech
Crucial X8 2TB Portable SSD @ FunkyKit

Audio:
FiiO FD1 Hi-Res Beryllium In Ear Monitors @ NikKTech
Sound Blaster X3 @ LanOC
SteelSeries Arctis 9 Wireless Gaming Headset @ [M]adShrimps

Systems:
EK Fluid Gaming Vanquish 275-AG Liquid-Cooled Gaming PC @ TweakTown

Western Digital SN550 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD

The performance of this drive is fantastic, and we saw that in testing with CDM pushing past marketing numbers at ~2400 MB/s read and ~1800 MB/s write. ATTO showed the amazing consistency of the drive holding both read and write performance solid through 64M while PCMark System Drive put it to the test, and it came away second only to the MP9+.

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ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3080 Trinity

In this review, we benchmark the GeForce RTX 3080 from ZOTAC, a very lovely customized yet reference clocked product. It attempts to offer close to reference performance, good acoustics as well as a friendly design. All priced rationally as well, we hope as the initial stock ran out faster then I can spell my name.

Read more @ Guru3D

ASRock Z490 AQUA

The Z490 Aqua comes equipped as a premium feature motherboard. The large integrated monoblock which cools both the CPU and the board’s power delivery, amd it now features a very cool OLED display. There is also integrated Thunderbolt 3, 10 gigabit Ethernet, as well as its large 16-phase power delivery. 

Read more @ AnandTech