Chinese residents can win this Matrix themed Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
And I am unbelievably jealous about that fact.
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Towards the end of last year,Nvidia gave away 3 seriously awesome looking gaming PCs themed after the Matrix. They had wicked green matrix themed looks and specs to make a PC gamer drool with two of the units packingNvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ticards and while the third rocked anRTX 3090. As someone who didn’t win one, the whole thing made me very sad.
AsVideocardz reports, Nvidia is back to keep the gut punches of disappointment rolling with this new Matrix themed RTX 3080 Ti that’s free to win, but only for residents of China. That does give hopefuls a heap of potential competition, especially as the blog post features on the popular websiteWeibo. Not only is it a shot at a nice GPU, which are hard enough to buy at the moment let alone win, but it’s a neat looking one too.
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Based on the RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition, the card has a black base colour with matrix green highlights. These include the matrix style code printed on the card as well as a laser-etched LED logo that reads “War Starts on 1/14” in Chinese to commemorate the worldwide release of the new film Matrix Resurrections. It’d look great in a themed black and green build, I can picture the glowing green liquid cooling now.
The highly anticipated sequel to one of the most beloved sci-fi franchises of all time, Matrix Resurrections, released in other regions last year and has had a mixed reception. Theinitial trailer dropbefore the movie had many fans pretty excited, even sparking a bit ofdeja vu for Keanu’s slightly younger clean shaven baby face. The film itself was a bit of a shift from what some fans expected, but without going into spoilers here, it’s also agreat critique of videogame culture.
Funnily enough, this card probably won’t let you play the new Matrix Awakens demo which was also released around the same time as the film, buthas only come to consoles. It’s a shame because it’s very cool and I have spent some time wandering around the open city, driving cars one of the38,146 driveable cars, a bit gobsmacked on the PS5.
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Hope’s been writing about games for about a decade, starting out way back when on the Australian Nintendo fan site Vooks.net. Since then, she’s talked far too much about games and tech for publications such as Techlife, Byteside, IGN, and GameSpot. Of course there’s also here at PC Gamer, where she gets to indulge her inner hardware nerd with news and reviews. You can usually find Hope fawning over some art, tech, or likely a wonderful combination of them both and where relevant she’ll share them with you here. When she’s not writing about the amazing creations of others, she’s working on what she hopes will one day be her own. You can find herfictional chill out ambient far future sci-fi radio show/album/listening experience podcastright here.
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