Cyberpunk 2077 at Nvidia's GTC Event?

[ReeseNE]

This is something interesting to speculate about and I'll paint the details with a broad brush to simplify.

Why this would make sense-

• Nvidia and CDPR are collaborating to push ray tracing forward
• New HW arriving tentatively for holiday season (Demand for game and HW)
  • Nvidia looks to be launching their Ampere GPU's Q4 20
  • Intel looks to be launching Rocket Lake CPU Q4 20
  • AMD looks to be launching Ryzen 4000 series CPU Q4 20
  • The delay of the game actually makes the release align very closely to HW.
• RTX ON/OFF In a demo to highlight performance and capability, generate awe from game. (Wow this is a must have!)
  • For now we know the demos had RTX enabled by default but we know Nvidia loves to highlight the differences
• Demo could be very limited to focus only on areas already known to prevent spoilers, for example show RTX ON/OFF in the ALL FOODS plant.
• Games have made appearances at Nvidia's GTC events in the past.

Why this would NOT make sense-

• CDPR has still been incredibly tight lipped about the game and performance
  • Original date long gone and no HW specs (not surprising since performance was a driver for the delay)
• CDPR wants to control the media and hype surrounding the game, the previous RTX screenshots were launched in coordination with E3 showings
• Lackluster performance will generate negative press, if performance is their target they want to keep at it and not show it until it's ready
• Nvidia has had a much higher focus on data center groups and AI recently, gamers are a very small percentage of their revenue.

What do you think? Is there a chance we see an appearance at Nvidia's GTC event? It takes place May 14th at 6am PST

 

[Sardukhar]

This is something interesting to speculate about and I'll paint the details with a broad brush to simplify.

Why this would make sense-

• Nvidia and CDPR are collaborating to push ray tracing forward
• New HW arriving tentatively for holiday season (Demand for game and HW)
  • Nvidia looks to be launching their Ampere GPU's Q4 20
  • Intel looks to be launching Rocket Lake CPU Q4 20
  • AMD looks to be launching Ryzen 4000 series CPU Q4 20
  • The delay of the game actually makes the release align very closely to HW.
• RTX ON/OFF In a demo to highlight performance and capability, generate awe from game. (Wow this is a must have!)
  • For now we know the demos had RTX enabled by default but we know Nvidia loves to highlight the differences
• Demo could be very limited to focus only on areas already known to prevent spoilers, for example show RTX ON/OFF in the ALL FOODS plant.
• Games have made appearances at Nvidia's GTC events in the past.

Why this would NOT make sense-

• CDPR has still been incredibly tight lipped about the game and performance
  • Original date long gone and no HW specs (not surprising since performance was a driver for the delay)
• CDPR wants to control the media and hype surrounding the game, the previous RTX screenshots were launched in coordination with E3 showings
• Lackluster performance will generate negative press, if performance is their target they want to keep at it and not show it until it's ready
• Nvidia has had a much higher focus on data center groups and AI recently, gamers are a very small percentage of their revenue.

What do you think? Is there a chance we see an appearance at Nvidia's GTC event? It takes place May 14th at 6am PST

Doubt it a lot.

CDPR doesn't need more hype, really. They are the most anticipated videogame in years. Kind of nuts, really.

 

[ReeseNE]

Doubt it a lot.

CDPR doesn't need more hype, really. They are the most anticipated videogame in years. Kind of nuts, really.

This would be the opposite, this would be hype for the next line of GPU's using the game to market via their working relationship. Showing the graphical fidelity on the new line would target those looking to upgrade for 'must-have' features such as improved ray tracing. CDPR wouldn't receive too much from the process so I wouldn't say it would add to CP's hype. (Plus their demos tend to be static scenes RTX ON/OFF)

So it is plausible however with the negatives it also makes perfect sense that CDPR will do their own thing with Nvidia in the future, separate from their planned promotional materials for the game.

 

[Anabioz7]

More likely the'll show gameplay on IGN Summer of Gaming.