A new generation of GeForce GTX graphics cards is expected to be launched by Nvidia in the coming months. According to the latest reports, the first of the GeForce GTX 20 series will be released this April. The GTX 20 will feature a new graphics processing unit (GPU) architecture from Nvidia, as well as a defense line against cryptocurrency miners.
If the rumors are anything to go by, the new Nvidia GeForce GTX 20 will arrive in the market sometime in April this year. Although, it is possible that the upcoming GPU will be showcased at an earlier date, as there will be a GTC technology conference by the end of March. The tech expo, which will be held in San Jose, California, is expected to launch Nvidia's latest graphics cards for the year.
The details regarding the Nvidia GeForce GTX 20 release in April came from the German site 3D Center. This source also claims that Nvidia's next GPU will be based on its new architecture known as Ampere. Furthermore, the GeForce GTX 20 is expected to boast improvements over Nvidia's previous graphics cards with an enhanced video random-access memory (VRAM) technology. The upcoming GPU will also receive a smaller bus compared to that of the high-end GTX 1080 Ti graphics chip, made possible by Nvidia's latest GDDR6 technology.
It can be recalled that Nvidia recently entered a partnership with Samsung, in which the South Korean tech firm will be the supplier of Nvidia's upcoming new chips. With this, the GeForce GTX 20 could be the first recipient of this partnership as the Ampere architecture is rumored to be based on Samsung's 14nm process technology.
Meanwhile, a separate report suggests that Nvidia's latest Ampere architecture will be capable of blocking cryptocurrency mining. It appears that the graphics card maker has finally found a way to stop cryptocurrency miners from targetting GPUs at a hardware level. For the past few years, cryptocurrency mining lowered the number of available GPUs in the market, thus bringing the demand up and causing the GPU price to skyrocket. With this rumored development in the GeForce GTX 20, Nvidia is on its way to keeping the GPU demand and price at a normal level.
