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Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti GPU could arrive in January to disrupt AMD’s Big Navi sales
Nvidia’s RTX 3080 Ti, the juiced-up version of the vanilla RTX 3080 which is supposedly in the works, could arrive in January 2021 according to the rumor mill.
This latest nugget on the apparent progress of the 3080 Ti comes from Hong Kong-based hardware site HKEPC, which also claims that the price tag will be pitched at around $999 with the GPU competing against AMD’s Radeon RX 6900 XT.
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And of course the beefed up video RAM – which has purportedly been doubled to 20GB, compared to 10GB on the vanilla 3080 – will also help the 3080 Ti look like a better proposition compared to AMD’s Big Navi flagship (which has 16GB of VRAM).
The supposed spec remains the same as we’ve heard in previous rumors, and of course in that speculation, the theory was that Nvidia’s introducing this new variant of the 3080 to hit back at the RX 6800 XT, although as mentioned, HKEPC is suggesting the card is set to go up against the 6900 XT.
We can’t get too carried away with theorizing at this point, of course – indeed, we can’t even be sure the RTX 3080 Ti exists – although if it does, the price point Nvidia pitches it at will of course be crucial in determining how it fares against Big Navi.
As we’ve heard before, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is rumored to have 10,496 CUDA cores, which is the same as the RTX 3090 – but presumably there will be a meaningful differentiation made in their respective performance levels elsewhere.
Part of that could be with the memory, which has not only been reduced from 24GB to 20GB with the purported 3080 Ti, but will also use a lesser bus (320-bit versus 384-bit for the 3090) and have a slower overall bandwidth (760GB/s versus 936GB/s). Treat everything mentioned here with a suitably hefty dose of salt, naturally.
Ti avalanche?
If this new spin on the 3080 Ti graphics card is indeed due in January as this rumor suggests, we should be hearing more on the grapevine about it very shortly you’d imagine.
Meanwhile, we have other potential Ampere Ti variants which could be coming from Nvidia, namely the RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards, the latter of which has been particularly strongly rumored. The last we heard about the 3060 Ti is that its release date has supposedly been delayed to December 2, but this should – in theory – be the next GPU we see from Nvidia.
As to whether an RTX 3080 Ti could follow so soon after in January, given Nvidia’s struggles to get stock of current RTX 3000 GPUs on shelves, well, it’s fair enough to say that this seems doubtful, and the rumor mill appears optimistic in its predictions.
As ever, time will tell, but at this point, come January, PC gamers will simply be happy to be able to buy the existing Ampere graphics cards, let alone additional Ti variants…
Via Wccftech
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11 Nov 2020Sources
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The unsurprising lesson Microsoft learned after upgrading its own PCs to Windows 11
Read MoreAfter upgrading its own business PCs to its latest operating system, Microsoft has reached a rather unsurprising conclusion: Windows 11 is good.
In a new blog post, Microsoft explained it has now upgraded almost the entirety of its circa 182,000-strong workforce to Windows 11, claiming it had no increase in support tickets in the process.
Microsoft attributed the successful rollout to having far fewer app compatibility challenges than in the past, not needing to build out a plethora of disk images, and delivery processes and tools that were greatly improved during the rollout of Windows 10. The update utilized a gradual ‘ring-based’ approach.
Windows 11 rollout
Microsoft said it identified which of its devices were upgradable first, using its Update Compliance tool and Microsoft Endpoint Manager's Endpoint analytics, allowing the firm to create a clear timeline for the rollout.
Windows 11 has specific hardware requirements, and a percentage of Microsoft’s devices were not upgraded. The employees with these incompatible devices will continue to run Windows 10 in parallel, before getting a Windows 11 device at their next device refresh.
Microsoft said that, in total, 190,00 devices qualified for the upgrade and that its upgrade process was 99% successful.
The company also explained the importance of preparing readiness content for its employees during the internal rollout process.
Read moreThe software giant said that Yammer, FAQs, Microsoft SharePoint, email, Microsoft Teams, its internal homepage, and digital signage were some of the tools used to bring the message to its employees.
Microsoft said its communications team focused on promoting the new look and features of Windows 11, including the speed of the update and its flexible scheduling.
The news comes as adoption of Windows 11 by the wider market seems to be moving relatively slowly.
In March 2022, Windows 11 took just 0.1% market share from other editions of Microsoft's software, accounting for 19.4% of the overall usage, with a further 0.6% using a Windows 11 Insider build.
It seems consumers also need to be wary of installing and managing their own Windows 11 updates, as some cybercriminals seem to be snapping up the opportunity to attack devices.
Security researchers found a fake Windows 11 upgrade website that promises to offer a free Windows 11 install for PCs that don’t meet the minimum specifications, but instead installs data-stealing malware.
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Google Docs will now practically write your documents for you
Read MoreWorking together online with your colleagues has always been an essential part of Google Docs but with the launch of smart canvas last year, collaborating with others using the company's office software has become even more intuitive.
In order to help users sort through all of their documents in their inbox, the search giant is introducing automatically generated summaries in Docs which provide a brief overview of the main points in a document. While Google's AI will suggest a summary for you, you can also edit a summary manually and this new feature is now generally available.
With more people working from home than ever before, less documents are being printed. Instead, employees are collaborating on documents online using their laptops and smartphones and as such, page breaks and margins no longer hold the weight they once did.
For this reason, Google is launching pageless format in Doc that allows users to remove the boundaries of a page to create documents that expand to the device or screen they're using. As part of the move to hybrid work, there is less need to print which is why pageless format makes it easier for teams to collaborate on documents with wide tables, large images or detailed feedback in comments. However, if you do want to print a document, you can easily switch back to a paginated view.
Interactive building blocks
With the introduction of smart canvas last year, Google brought interactive building blocks like smart chips, templates and checklists to its office software.
Smart canvas also allows users to pull rich information directly into their documents by using @-mentions to insert smart chips for peoples, files and meetings. Google also recently expanded the “@” menu to make it easier to insert additional things like images, tables and templates.
Read MoreNow though, the company is bringing this capability to email by allowing users to collaborate on email drafts in Docs with its new email draft template. When an email is ready to send, you just need to click a button to export the content into a draft email in Gmail with all of the relevant fields already populated. At the same time, Google also recently launched a meeting notes template that automatically imports any relevant information from a Google Calendar meeting invite including smart chips for attendees and attached files.
Finally, the company has launched additional smart chips or clickable objects that pull relevant information directly into the collaboration canvas. For instance, the new maps smart chip allows you to easily preview a Google Maps link directly in Docs.
While Google Docs was once just a free office software suite designed to compete with Microsoft Office, the introduction of smart canvas, smart chips and other AI-powered tools has made it the preferred online collaboration tool of users around the world.
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