NVIDIA’s Ultimate Countdown … To A New GPU?

GeForce Can Legally Drink In The US On August 31

The GeForce 256 was announced on August 31, 1999 and released on October 11, 1999 to replace the aging RIVA TNT2.  The original used SDRAM, while a DDR version was released in December, both on TSMC’s 220nm line and yes we are that damn old though this is the oldest I could dig up quickly.  That would make this August 31st the 21st anniversary of the reveal of the first fully Direct3D 7 compliant consumer GPU. 

Today we have a tweet from @NVIDIAGeForce revealing the #UltimateCountdown which ends this August 31st and there is a tagline if you look around which asks you to “Look back before looking forward”.  There isn’t much else to see yet, though we might see more in the coming days so follow them if you are hooked on the Twatter.  We can hope this is a lead in to the launch of a new GPU, and that the 3000 series is just around the corner to remove any money you might have managed to save from your wallet and to give us something exciting to talk about.

The FPS Review has as suspicion, which they are not alone in having.  We just saw a Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary launch from AMD in the not too distant past, so it might be possible that the rumours of the release of the RTX 3090 are just that and what we will see is an improved version of an existing card released as an Anniversary Edition … maybe even a new-ish Titan or something else?