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Edit: David
【New Zhiyuan Guide】"The Matrix 4" is about to be released, and the NVIDIA lottery is cheering! A total of 3 cool hacker PCs were sent this time, in addition to 5 custom graphics card backplanes. You can participate through the official social media, and friends can try their luck!
After years of waiting, the fourth installment of the Matrix series, The Matrix Resurrection, is finally here!
In anticipation of neo, Trinity and Memphis after a 20-year absence, NVIDIA partnered with Warner Bros. Pictures to launch three "Matrix-inspired" bespoke game rigs:
3 cool-looking custom computers with a strong Matrix style. And not to sell, but to draw for free!
Nvidia said on its official website that when "The Matrix 4: Resurrection" is released on December 22, it will give away all three computers as part of the film's premiere event. Anyone who participates in the event on NVIDIA's official social media has the opportunity to receive a gift.
The way to participate in the lottery is very simple, according to the information given on NVIDIA's official website, it only takes 3 steps to participate in the lottery:
1. Follow NVIDIA's official accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for key tips and instructions
2. Like/comment/share posts on social media
3. Use #MatrixResurrections话题标识 when submitting comments
In addition, NVIDIA has prepared five Matrix-themed backplanes for the GEFORCE 3080 TI.
The first gaming pc, known as the Digital Storm Backup Operator, was created by artist Stefan Ulrich in collaboration with Digital Storm.
A small monitor and keyboard are mounted on the chassis housing, as well as some crazy-looking wires and fans, giving the impression that the machine can be slid into the Matrix.
In terms of hardware configuration, it comes with GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics and a Ryzen 9 5950X CPU.
The second computer, called NZXT Nebuchadnezzar, was created by PC custom designer Dave Cathey. The design of this machine was inspired by the Nebuchadnezzar spacecraft from the first two Matrix movies.
The surface of the chassis is equipped with an arm-like cold drain tube that surrounds the chassis housing. The front of the chassis is engraved with binary code and an incision engraved with the words "Matrix Resurrection".
The machine is equipped with an LCD screen NZXT Z73 Kraken AIO water cooling, which the designers programmed to display an iconic rabbit.
Like the first machine, this computer was equipped with the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, but the CPU was replaced by a slightly lower AMD 5800X.
The last one is designer Staszek Wiertelak's "The Breacher" in collaboration with Nvidia, a machine that doesn't even look like a computer anymore.
In appearance, this is a radio station that simulates a signal.
Nvidia says the entire chassis, if any, is interactive. You can also remove the chassis and use the computer at the top right as a "stand-alone machine". This PC comes with GeForce RTX 3090 and Ryzen 9 3950X.
Of course, for now, the only drawback of these computers is that they can't play The Matrix: Awakening games. Because in the game demo video released a few days ago, there is no PC version.
A few days ago, Epic Games officially announced, "The Matrix Awakening: Unreal Engine 5 experience is now available for free download on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S."
According to reports, the game Demo was created by the "Matrix" series of film directors and Epic Games, and players will travel to the world of "The Matrix" that distorts reality.
The video demo begins with Keanu Reeves, who plays Neo, and Carrie-Anne Moss, who plays Trinity, go live as very realistic digital people.
Bearded Neo transformed into the original him, and then became Trinity. One of the questions they ask the most is "What is real?"
Indeed, we can no longer tell which one of the demo clips is a real person and which one is a digital person.
Such realistic digital people are all part of Epic's 3Lateral team that spent a day doing high-fidelity 3D scans of the actors' faces and capturing their performances in 4D.
I don't know if Epic will take advantage of the popularity of the release of "The Matrix 4" to launch a PC version of this game, I believe that with the configuration of these 3 PCs, hardware performance should not be a problem.
Of course, if you are almost distracted and do not draw the computer, there is still a chance to get rewards.
Nvidia said users who don't win will automatically enter the second phase of the draw, and the prize is five custom Matrix-themed graphics backs that can be mounted on a GeForce 3080 Ti graphics card.
Don't be mistaken, the second prize is the back panel of 3080 Ti, not the 3080 Ti graphics card, and Lao Huang is not so generous.
Resources:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/matrix-resurrections-geforce-rtx-pc-giveway/?ncid=afm-chs-44270&ranMID=44270&ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-mmJRN0ZH0zwmMqweFjohmA
https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/15/22837842/nvidia-matrix-pc-gaming