WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:05.919 TechLinked 69. It's not That's not 00:00:06.359 --> 00:00:11.200 it. This is actually worse than usual. 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:15.759 Frosted tips. You know what else is worse than usual? The tech news today. 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:22.720 The leaks were accurate. NVIDIA launched the GeForce GTX 1660Ti today. A graphics 00:00:19.840 --> 00:00:29.039 card with a touring GPU similar to the RTX 20 series, but without any ray 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:33.079 tracing or DLSS capabilities. Now, the Linus Tech Tips review is coming out 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:39.280 tomorrow, but the overall takeaway is already pretty much clear. It's pretty 00:00:36.800 --> 00:00:44.719 close to a GTX 1070 in terms of performance, which means that the price 00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:46.879 point of $280 is pretty good, but that 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:53.760 assumes that you can find a reference card because ASUS alone launched nine 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:56.640 different versions of the 1660 Ti. Along 00:00:53.760 --> 00:01:03.039 with the card itself, NVIDIA released a questionable explanation for why they 00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:05.280 called it the 1660 instead of the 1160, 00:01:03.039 --> 00:01:11.439 telling Gamers Nexus that the GPU's designation is 00:01:07.080 --> 00:01:15.040 TU16. And also that it's closer to 2060 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:18.320 than 1070 in terms of performance. 16 is 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:20.159 closer to 20 than 10. It's dumb. It's so 00:01:18.320 --> 00:01:24.799 dumb. It's really dumb. And I actually have a different take on that whole 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:27.840 debacle in uh the video that I host that's coming up tomorrow. Don't miss 00:01:26.080 --> 00:01:32.240 it. It's actually hilarious. The PlayStation 4 has beaten the Xbox One in 00:01:30.320 --> 00:01:37.360 the war for home gaming console dominance. And now Microsoft may be 00:01:34.720 --> 00:01:42.720 looking to ally with a common enemy, Nintendo. Is it is this real? Is it 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:44.720 April 1st? A report from Direct Feed 00:01:42.720 --> 00:01:50.079 Games, a source of accurate information in the past, claims that Microsoft is 00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:56.640 currently working with Nintendo to bring its Xbox Game Pass subscription program 00:01:53.600 --> 00:02:00.159 and its indevelopment Project XCloud 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:01.840 game streaming service to the Nintendo 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:05.600 the Nintendo Switch. We're talking about playing Halo on the Switch. They're 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:10.879 going to have Halo on the Switch before they have it on the PC. Yeah, I'm I'm 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:16.000 upset. Reports are also claiming that Microsoft will announce two nextG Xbox 00:02:13.440 --> 00:02:19.360 models at E3 2019. One of which will be focused on game streaming, while the 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:23.360 other set up as more of a traditional console. Either way, 2019 is shaping up 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:26.800 to be a very interesting year for consoles. I mean, heck, Google might 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:32.319 even be showing off a streaming console of their own at GDC. Like, it's enough 00:02:29.440 --> 00:02:36.239 to make a PC gamer say like, "Oh, isn't that cute? All the console people are 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:40.959 having so much fun while we play all these games that cost less." Good for 00:02:38.239 --> 00:02:44.800 them. Good for them. And Intel continues to try to build up the hype for their 00:02:42.959 --> 00:02:51.840 upcoming discrete graphics cards. Can I get a whoop whoop for Intel? Yeah. No. 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:53.920 Lesser of two evils even. 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:59.200 Anyway, the company put out a video inviting gamers to join them on the 00:02:56.000 --> 00:03:02.159 path, the journey, the Odyssey, which as 00:02:59.200 --> 00:03:06.480 it turns out is a website where users can sign up to get the latest reports 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:10.640 first and access to amazing offers and giveaways. Intel will also be hosting a 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:14.720 series of live events around the world to foster interaction with the 00:03:12.640 --> 00:03:19.120 community. And they they even gave us some useful information. Intel did 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:23.120 confirm some details to tech report about their discrete GPUs. There will 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:28.720 apparently be a whole stack of graphics options from new integrated graphics all 00:03:26.239 --> 00:03:33.680 the way up to the highest end. And they do plan to duke it out with NVIDIA and 00:03:31.440 --> 00:03:37.040 AMD when their products start releasing in the year 2020. But if they're going 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:40.720 to do that, they are going to have to build some buzz first, right? They're 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:44.560 gonna have to go on like a world tour and make a website. Yeah. Yeah. That's 00:03:42.720 --> 00:03:48.400 what that'll do. Wait, are we are we are we playing into the hype hype machine 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:52.040 right now? Oh, no. No. Have we done it again? Oh, no. No. They didn't even pay 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:57.760 us. Onto the HTC has announced an upgrade to its 00:03:55.200 --> 00:04:03.200 original Vive Focus wireless VR headset called the Vive Focus Plus. The Plus 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:07.920 comes with new six degrees of freedom ultrasonic controllers that will also 00:04:05.200 --> 00:04:11.360 work with the Vive Cosmos. But the most important bit is that it will be 00:04:09.200 --> 00:04:17.359 available worldwide. The original Focus only launched in China, and that's just 00:04:13.920 --> 00:04:20.160 not fair. We want new VR headsets, too. 00:04:17.359 --> 00:04:24.479 Yeah, but do we do we really? I've already got the good kind that plugs 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:28.520 into my PC. So now this one isn't really tech news, but 00:04:26.280 --> 00:04:33.759 Reggie F as is this a French name. Phil's Ames. I 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:38.720 you know what? Forget it. The president of Nintendo of America is no longer the 00:04:36.479 --> 00:04:43.840 president of Nintendo of America. He has passed the torch to Doug 00:04:41.479 --> 00:04:51.600 Bowser. What is this? Some kind of joke? No. next their their VP is gonna be like 00:04:46.880 --> 00:04:53.120 you know Jeff Toad stool like Jeff Yoshi 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:56.960 the mushroom the mushroom kingdom is taking over. Oh no. Speaking of Japan, 00:04:55.120 --> 00:05:01.840 the country successfully landed its Hayabusa 2 probe on the surface of 00:04:59.919 --> 00:05:06.080 Ryugu, the asteroid that it's been orbiting for the last couple of months. 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:11.280 It's only the second time that humans have managed to land something on an 00:05:07.919 --> 00:05:13.440 asteroid. And I think that that's pretty 00:05:11.280 --> 00:05:18.639 cool. Don't you? Yes, I should be asking what's wrong 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:23.840 with Singapore Airlines and American Airlines. That segue didn't work. After 00:05:20.880 --> 00:05:28.880 flyers discovered cameras embedded in the back of airplane seats flown by the 00:05:26.479 --> 00:05:34.800 two companies, both airlines claimed that the cameras are a standard feature 00:05:32.320 --> 00:05:38.639 for possible future use, such as recognizing hand gestures to control 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:44.720 on-screen entertainment, and that they have never been activated. But like I 00:05:42.080 --> 00:05:48.479 mean at what point do we kind of go, you know, yeah, I'm just carrying around 00:05:45.919 --> 00:05:53.039 this duct tape and a machete for future use. A machete. They've never actually 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:56.240 been activated. And the second largest cable company in the US, Charter 00:05:54.720 --> 00:06:01.600 Communications, has announced a streaming service called Spectrum TV 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:05.199 Essentials. Essentially bundles a broad 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:06.720 spectrum of around 60 TV channels into a 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:11.840 streaming package that you can purchase for 15 bucks a month. Wait, hold on a 00:06:08.479 --> 00:06:14.720 second. That's just a cable TV package. 00:06:11.840 --> 00:06:18.960 Wait, hold on. Is it No, the cycle's starting all over. No, we have to get 00:06:16.960 --> 00:06:22.880 It's It's cable TV all over again. I have to I have to get out. I have to get 00:06:20.960 --> 00:06:28.160 out. There's no time left. Save yourself. Subscribe to Tech Link and 00:06:25.919 --> 00:06:31.440 PewDiePie. It's over. It's over. It's too late. He's done.