Sunday, September 23, 2018

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Creates Enormous Multiplayer Advantage

GeForce RTX 20 Series logo with sloganThe NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti will create an enormous multiplayer gaming advantage. With the advent of Real-Time Ray Tracing, the astute gamer will notice that they will be able to "see around corners" and even know what is going on behind them if they pay attention to reflections and shadows.

The amount of detail given in reflections from glass, metallic surfaces, and puddles (yes, puddles) will not only provide a level of immersion never before seen, but those extra details will grant the most strategic players an ability to maintain "situational awareness" to a degree previously unobtainable. This will give the RTX user a true advantage over those who have not yet adopted this amazing technology.

Will some cry foul and say this isn't fair? Possibly. It has happened before. But, over time, the new technologies will become ubiquitous and everyone will eventually be on the same level.

...of course, it is inevitable that there will be users who early-adopt the next big advancement and the cycle will continue (as it should)...

Take a look at the video below for some examples of how Real-Time Ray Tracing will affect multiplayer gaming strategy. The new Battlefield V game is soon to be released and it takes advantage of the stunning capabilities of the GeForce RTX 2080 family of graphics cards from NVIDIA.




Another advantageous angle on what this new technology brings to the world of gaming is the freeing up of an incredible amount of development time (and budget) that game developers can, instead, devote to story and artistic realization. Once this technology becomes truly ubiquitous, developers will no longer need to spend hundreds of hours trying to get the lighting to look "just right" for most situations. With real-time ray tracing, developers will be able to set some "true" light sources and then let the RTX engine do the rest of the work in real-time. Amazing!

The NVIDIA GeForce 2080 Ti will not only boost gaming to new levels, it will create huge opportunities for graphic artists and movie makers. I cannot wait to see what Blender 3D and other modeling tools will be able to do with a real-time ray tracing engine such as this. I am very excited about this new generation of graphics cards.

This is an important point in the evolution of computer graphics. I am excited to see the incredible things people will be able to do with even a modest home computer. Warm up your rending skills because the future is about to get even more creative!

After nearly 10 years in development, the NVIDIA RTX technology will make possible things that we cannot even imagine today. The future is not tomorrow. The future is now!

My hat is off to NVIDIA and to their new Real-Time Ray Tracing technology. I really hope that I get the chance to use this new graphics card in the near future.

Search for GeForce RTX 2080 family of graphics cards on Amazon and NewEgg.

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Sunday, September 9, 2018

What's Happening in Skookum Valley

Hello, Denizens of Skookum Valley! Welcome back and please accept our apologies for what appears to be over a year without a post. It seems hard to believe that January 2017 was the last time we blogged about games or computers. This is almost inconceivable because there have been many exciting events during that long window of time.

Among the exciting events of the past year, Skookum Valley has acquired the parts for and has completed building it's own AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X gaming and media development machine with 32 GB of 3600 MHz speed Quad Channel RAM.


This amazing computing platform provides 16 Cores (with 32 Threads) of CPU data-crunching power. Gaming is much more responsive and, perhaps more importantly, media production performance is off the charts compared with the previous machine. Video, photo, and audio editing is smooth and fast. Gaming, when combined with the GTX-1080, is truly immersive and virtually glitch free. What's probably even more amazing is that all of these things can be done pretty much at the same time!

There will be more news about this machine along with photos and videos posted in the future. We realize that this news is rather late to the game. The machine was built in December of 2017 and video was captured during the process. Benchmarking was also performed and captured for future publication.

The reason for the long break in gaming, production, and blogging has many drivers. It will only be stated that many things had risen in priority above gaming for quite a lot of 2017 through 2018. The last game played in Skookum Valley this year was Rise of the Tomb Raider (which was awesome, btw). The gameplay was captured in it's entirety last winter and plans are still underway to get some of this footage and related screen shots out into the blog; as well as on twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.

One contributing factor to the long gaming (and creative) hiatus should be noted here. It is old news but it did affect the morale of those in Skookum Valley. Because the Skookum Valley Gaming YouTube channel was considered a very small channel which did not meet the new requirements for YouTube monetization, the channel was de-monitized. Making money from the channel was never a main goal nor was it even considered when the channel was first created. However, it was a "nice" incentive to continue to create and deliver higher and higher quality gaming news, helpful tips, and entertaining videos.

Monetized or not, Pilchuck loves playing games and creating helpful (and hopefully entertaining) videos. Please expect more to come in the near future.  ...hint, hint, we are about to launch the Battlefield V Open Beta here in the Valley. Gameplay videos, screenshots, and first impressions are in the works.

Stay tuned! Skookum Valley Gaming is back on the air!

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Sunday, January 22, 2017

DOOM 4K - Taste of Doom - Ultra High Definition

DOOM - Taste of Doom - Fan Teaser Trailer - 4K UHD

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DOOM coming at you in Ultra High Definition. If your internet bandwidth can handle the throughput then check out this short video. You will definitely want to see DOOM in 4K UHD! Sit back and let the action begin!

How Was this 4K Video Captured?

The GTX-1080 allows gamers to both play games AND capture the gameplay footage in full 4K UHD at 60 frames per second (2160p60)! This graphics card is an absolute beast. I kid you not!

The gameplay in this video was captured in the early stages of the first level of the Campaign. There is still a long way to go and I can hardly wait to jump into an online multiplayer match. Stay tuned for more of DOOM in 4K!




Having Problems with the DS4 Controller on PC?

You may have seen some of the footage in the video above included as bonus gameplay at the end of one of my latest "how to" videos. That video demonstrated how to enable an option in DS4Windows which allows DOOM to recognize the PS4 controller.

If you are experiencing issues getting DOOM to see your PS4 Controller then click the link below and check out the video.




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