Recently, I watched some new review videos of old cards with tactical nuclear display GTX690, which was claimed to be the flagship graphics card that was known as a nuclear display to get an aircraft carrier battle group 12 years ago, and now it is a masterpiece that is no longer able to run at all.
The name of the nuclear-bomb graphics card comes from an episode of Gansu Satellite TV called "Revealing the Truth" military program.
Because of the error of Baidu Encyclopedia compiled by Black Editor, the host introduced several weapons that can cause danger to aircraft carriers, and misquoted the entry, [A rocket-propelled grenade-690 tactical nuclear graphics card, which can destroy an aircraft carrier battle group with just one shot]. Nvidia's official Weibo also often uses this name to ridicule itself.
For example, 2077 can only choose low image quality to play under 1080P,As soon as you choose high image quality, the video memory will explode and directly fix the picture,Even under 1080P low image quality,The average frame rate is only 21 frames。 If it is lowered to 720p, then it can run smoothly at more than 30 frames per second.
690 of the year, equivalent to the current 4090, 1080P of the year, equivalent to the current 4K, now 4090 play 2077 4K open path ray tracing, there are only more than 20 frames, and 690 play 1080P low image quality.
The game's engine has been upgrading, new drawing technology is constantly being introduced, and it will naturally put forward new requirements for the graphics card, you can't look at the graphics card with a fixed point of view, you have to look at the graphics card with the perspective of development, 4090 is very good now, but in 10 years it may be reduced to a 720P graphics card.
For example, 6 years ago, 2080ti,Now playing 2077 path ray tracing is only 15 frames under 1080P,But when 2080ti first came out, how bullish it was,What about now?So 4090 is a 4K card,That can only be the 4K card of the year,5 years later, it's the same as the current 2080ti,Even a 1080P can't play。
A digression.
The 690 nuclear bomb is just a joke for everyone, because the power consumption of the previous generation of 590 is too high and the power supply is insufficient, resulting in an overclocking explosion, with the title of nuclear bomb, 690 is just inherited this title. In fact, 690 is composed of two 680 with the best physique slightly reduced frequency, the energy consumption ratio is very good, one 680 TDP195W, in fact, a little higher about 210W, while the 690 is only 300W twice the scale, and the running score is close to 680 twice. It is one of the few dessert cores in the double core.
First of all, the development of technology does not always grow at the same rate, and the encounter of the 690 may not be repeated in the same time as the 4090. Secondly, 4K screens have been around for more than ten years, and now they are only starting to be promoted, and they are far from popular, at least for another 10 years. Finally, even if at some point in the future, there is an explosive development of technology, resulting in the rapid elimination of 4090, there will definitely be a high-level replacement that everyone can use.