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The RTX 4090 FE launched with an MSRP of US$1,600. (Source: Notebookcheck, MLID-edited)

Slowing RTX 4090 sales and smash hit RX 7900 XTX could cause Nvidia some concern as report claims last-gen GPUs dominate sales

Serial hardware leaker Tom of Moore’s Law is Dead (MLID) has published a video claiming that although the RTX 4090 continues to sell well, the sales are losing momentum. The leaker also alleges that the RX 7900 XTX cards are movin...

Fawad Murtaza, 31 Jan 2023 12:21

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT features dual BIOS with separate OC and Silent modes. (Source: PowerColor on Amazon)

Deal | PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT drops to the lowest price in 120 days after a cool 6% discount on Amazon

Amazon is selling the PowerColor Red Dragon AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT for US$35 off the normal US$555 retail price. In the absence of any next-gen mid-range cards from AMD and Nvidia, the RX 6800 XT with the slashed rate is a tempting...

Fawad Murtaza, 30 Jan 2023 12:40

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT features a Navi 31 GPU with 80 MB of Infinity Cache. (Source: Notebookcheck)

AMD Radeon cards with 3D V-Cache may become a reality as Navi 31 GPU found to integrate possible connection site for 3D cache

Back in August 2022, rumors were swirling that AMD was developing RDNA 3 GPUs with 3D V-Cache. However, the RX 7900 XT/XTX launched without a stacked cache. As it now turns out, it looks like Navi 31 GPU featured inside the RX 790...

Fawad Murtaza, 30 Jan 2023 10:44

The Nvidia Ada Titan features a quad-slot design (image via MEGAsizeGPU)

New Titan Ada real-world images show up online alongside revised GeForce RTX 4090 Ti specs

A new leak has shown off the now-cancelled Titan RTX Ada graphics card from Nvidia. The engineering sample orients its I/O vertically and features a massive quad-slot design. Twitter leaker Kopite7kimi has also posted some new inf...

Anil Ganti, 30 Jan 2023 04:34

Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 Trinity OC 24GB drops below US$1,800 on Amazon (Source: Zotac)

Deal | Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 Trinity OC 24GB drops below US$1,800 on Amazon

Although the launch price of the reference design was US$1,599, finding the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 below US$1,800 is quite tricky, especially when talking about custom designs. In this case, the Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 Trin...

Codrut Nistor, 28 Jan 2023 13:29

Turning the 3-slot monster into a 1-slot compact champ. (Image Source: Optimum Tech)

World's smallest RTX 4090 card: Alphacool's latest waterblock transforms the Nvidia beast into a compact 1-slot GPU

Turning the massive RTX 4090 GPU into a 1-slot compact card is easy with the Alphacool reference design enterprise-level waterblock with backplate. The compact design also reduces the card length by almost 50%, but it only works w...

Bogdan Solca, 27 Jan 2023 18:31

The fresh coat of paint also includes realistic looking inscriptions. (Image Source: Iskandar Souza)

Cryptominers are selling used GPUs as new with repainted VRAM chips

Brazilian YouTuber Iskandar Souza and GPU repair specialist Paulo Gomes expose a new scheme involving used mining GPUs sold as new from Chinese online retailers. In order to hide the yellow tint on VRAM, cryptominers are now repai...

Bogdan Solca, 25 Jan 2023 17:56

The Radeon RX 6650 XT has 8 GB of GDDR6 VRAM. (Source: Notebookcheck)

Underwhelming AMD RDNA 3 Navi 33 performance leak suggests a mediocre generation for midrange GPUs might be on the cards

AMD is expected to reveal midrange RDNA 3 cards, possibly the RX 7600/XT, with the Navi 33 GPU sometime in the coming months. Now, the latest rumor claims that the chip will only present measurable yet ultimately unexciting perfor...

Fawad Murtaza, 25 Jan 2023 10:47

Ketchup used as a thermal compound on the AMD Radeon R7 240 GPU. (Image Source: AssasinWarlord on ComputerBase.de)

Ketchup and toothpaste shown to be effective thermal paste substitutes for cooling 30 W AMD Radeon R7 240

An enthusiast over at the ComputerBase forums has demonstrated that common household items like ketchup, cheese, potato, toothpaste, skin cream, and copper tape among others can substitute for thermal paste in case of an urgent ne...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 25 Jan 2023 09:35

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the RX 7900 XT have MSRPs of US$999 and US$899 respectively. (Source: Notebookcheck)

Dismal AMD RDNA 3 refresh rumor suggests all RDNA 3+ RX 7000 SKUs have been canned

Launch reviews of the RX 7900 XT/XTX found that the GPUs weren’t performing as well as AMD had advertised. This disparity between the marketed and the measured performance sparked speculation that the Navi 31 GPU might be sufferin...

Fawad Murtaza, 23 Jan 2023 10:33

Onyx BOOX Tab X debuts as a new e-ink tablet with a dedicated "Smooth Refresh" GPU

BOOX touts its latest 13.3-inch Android e-reader as one with the GPU power to confer the "Super Refresh Technology" necessary to make different tasks such as scrolling or note-taking as "smooth" as it can. The Tab X also benefits ...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 22 Jan 2023 19:56

The Adreno 740 iGPU part of the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra's chipset has been flexing its muscles on Geekbench. (Image source: Winfuture/Unsplash - edited)

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra's Adreno 740 GPU thrashes S22 Ultra's Adreno 730 in Vulkan by over 56%

The iGPU for the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, the TSMC-manufactured Qualcomm Adreno 740, has once again been showing its teeth on Geekbench. The S23 Ultra’s graphics processing unit was tested on Vulkan and produced another promising...

Daniel R Deakin, 22 Jan 2023 11:29

The Nvidia GeForce MX series may have been abandoned. (Image Source: Nvidia)

Absence of laptops with GeForce MX GPUs at CES 2023 indicates Nvidia may have abandoned their entry-level discrete GPU

It is possible that Nvidia may have discontinued making GeForce MX discrete GPUs for laptops. With integrated GPUs such as the AMD Radeon 680M and entry-level Arc discrete GPUs like the A350M and A370M now capable of media acceler...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 21 Jan 2023 06:04

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti comes with 8 GB of GDDR6 VRAM. (Source: Notebookcheck)

Uninspiring GeForce RTX 4060 Ti performance and sub-US$500 price targets leak

The RTX 4060 Ti is rumored to pack an AD106 Lovelace GPU, 4352 CUDA cores, 8 GB of GDDR6, and a TDP of 160 W. Latest reports from leaker kopite7kimi and MyDrivers suggest that the board will only bring a conservative performance u...

Fawad Murtaza, 20 Jan 2023 22:47

GPU die crack most likely caused by increased humidity levels (Image Source: KrisFix-Germany)

Improper storage believed to be the number one suspect in the strange case involving 48 broken AMD Radeon RX 6800 / 6900 XT cards

AMD's latest Adrenalin drivers for the RX 6000 series were ruled out from the list of possible suspects after more than a week of testing with brand new GPUs. Digging even deeper into the root of the problem, the German GPU repair...

Bogdan Solca, 20 Jan 2023 16:40

Next II to be All-AMD only? (Image Source: AYANEO)

AYANEO revises specs for the Next II handheld console, AMD Ryzen 7000 processor and laptop-grade dGPU now expected

AYANEO is ditching the Alder Lake or Ryzen 6000 processor options for the more advanced Ryzen 7000 chips with Zen 4 cores and RDNA3 iGPU. A discrete GPU will also be included, possibly from the Radeon RX 7000S series, and the hand...

Bogdan Solca, 19 Jan 2023 17:39

Asus TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti retails for US$850. (Source: Notebookcheck)

Divisive RTX 4070 Ti reportedly leads the GPU sales race on Mindfactory

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is allegedly dominating the GPU sales at the German retail outlet Mindfactory during the ongoing week. Additionally, midrange boards like the RTX 3060, the RX 6700 XT, and the RX 6600 are also moving quite ...

Fawad Murtaza, 18 Jan 2023 18:27

The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is reportedly based on the AD106 Lovelace GPU. (Source: Nvidia)

Surprisingly-low RTX 4060 Ti TDP figure could see the GPU consume much less power than the RTX 3060 Ti

After reporting RTX 4060 Ti’s hardware specifications last month, kopite7kimi is back with a revised power target for the card. The leaker now maintains that the midrange RTX 4060 Ti will have a much lower TDP than previously assu...

Fawad Murtaza, 18 Jan 2023 10:46

MSI Radeon RX 6600 MECH 2X 8G video card (Source: MSI)

Deal | MSI Radeon RX 6600 MECH 2X 8G 23% off on Amazon

Using a chipset often hailed as the best budget solution for 1080p gaming, the MSI Radeon RX 6600 MECH 2X 8G is a video card coming with a high list price of US$399.99. However, the ongoing 23% Amazon discount takes its price tag ...

Codrut Nistor, 17 Jan 2023 18:49

First RTX 4000 laptops are scheduled to ship in early February. (Image Source: MSI)

Microcenter lists February 8 / 22 shipping date for some MSI gaming laptops with Nvidia RTX 4000 dGPUs

MSI's high-end Titan GT77HX packing the RTX 4090 and the Raider GE78HX with RTX 4090 or RTX 4080 are expected to ship on February 8. The Pulse and Katana models with RTX 4070 and RTX 4060 / RTX 4050, respectively will ship on Febr...

Bogdan Solca, 17 Jan 2023 17:52

AMD Strix Point APUs supposedly feature Zen 5 and Zen 4D CPU cores. (Source: AMD, RedGamingTech-edited)

Powerful AMD Strix Point APUs with 9 TFLOP RDNA 3+ iGPU and hybrid Zen 5 CPU could make low-end discreet GPUs "irrelevant"

AMD Strix Point APUs are slated to release in 2024. The chips reportedly sport a hybrid architecture through a combination of big and small CPU cores. Serial leaker Paul from RedGamingTech now alleges that the Strix Point’s iGPU h...

Fawad Murtaza, 16 Jan 2023 16:58

Gigabyte Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming OC video card (Source: Amazon)

Deal | Gigabyte Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming OC 38% off on Amazon

With a boost clock of up to 2622 MHz and 12 GB GDDR6 192-bit memory, the Gigabyte Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming OC video card is now available on Amazon with a generous 38% discount. However, the discounted price of US$599 is still hig...

Codrut Nistor, 16 Jan 2023 10:16

RDNA 3 power efficiency is getting better. (Image Source: AMD)

AMD Adrenalin 22.12.2 drivers significantly increase RX 7900 XT/XTX power efficiency for fps-capped games

ComputerBase tested AMD's Adrenalin 22.12.2 drivers to see if power efficiency has improved in any way. As mentioned in the driver notes, 4K video playback now draws less power, but it is still higher compared to RDNA 2 cards, or ...

Bogdan Solca, 13 Jan 2023 19:51

Ray tracing for all budgets (Image Source: Imagination)

Imagination introduces IMG DXT mobile GPU with ray tracing scalable for all smartphone price points

With the introduction of the IMG DXT GPUs, Imagination wants to enable ray-traced graphics for all smartphone users, regardless of budget. The updated Photon ray tracing architecture can scale from half a ray acceleration cluster ...

Bogdan Solca, 12 Jan 2023 14:37

MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming X Trio 16G desktop GPU review: Last-gen high-end GPU in battle against RDNA3 and Ada Lovelace

Is RDNA2 still worth it? The AMD Radeon 6950 XT was until recently AMD’s fastest graphics card. It has now been superseded by the Radeon RX 7900 Series. But the former flagship card isn...
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

Sebastian Bade, 12 Jan 2023 14:10

Cracked GPU die (Image Source: KrisFix-Germany)

Tens of AMD Radeon RX 6800 / 6900 GPUs die in mysterious circumstances, as reported by German GPU repair service

No less than 48 unrepairable RX 6800 / 6900 graphics cards popped up over the past 3 weeks at a German GPU repair service. All these cards were running on the latest Adrenalin driver, but the driver alone is probably not the culpr...

Bogdan Solca, 11 Jan 2023 17:03

Lower 3 nm wafer prices could attract more orders from traditional clients. (Image Source: TSMC)

Rumor: TSMC could cut 3 nm wafer prices to allow for orders from big clients like AMD and Nvidia

As of now, the only firm orders for 3 nm wafers received by TSMC come from Apple and Broadcom, while most of the other big clients are not thrilled about the high production costs. Industry sources are suggesting that TSMC could b...

Bogdan Solca, 11 Jan 2023 16:24

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3070 Ti SG (Source: KFA2)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3070 Ti SG desktop graphics card in review: Ampere is still good mid-range

Good performance and lots of RGB lighting. With the KFA2 GeForce RTX 3070 Ti SG, we put an already somewhat dusty desktop graphics card of the Ampere generation through our test course. You can find out ...
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti | 32.00"

Sebastian Bade, 11 Jan 2023 12:47

GeForce RTX 4070 could have a 250 W TDP. (Source: RedGamingTech)

GeForce RTX 4070 performance and box images leak: The card could rock a two-slot design and perform comparably to the RTX 3080

The RTX 4070 is expected to launch in Q2 of this year. The rumor mill claims that the card will use the AD104-250/251 Lovelace GPU with 5,888 CUDA cores and 12 GB of GDDR6X VRAM. Hardware leaker RedGamingTech has now confirmed pre...

Fawad Murtaza, 11 Jan 2023 08:36

Asus GeForce RTX 4080 Noctua Edition (Source: Asus)

CES 2023 | Asus GeForce RTX 4080 Noctua Edition unveiled as the world's quietest air-cooled graphics card

After releasing NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and RTX 3080-based Noctua Edition graphics cards, Asus and Noctua are now giving the same silent treatment to the RTX 4080. The new Asus GeForce RTX 4080 Noctua Edition integrates two Noctua...

Codrut Nistor, 07 Jan 2023 12:04

Intel Arc A770 is the fastest Arc GPU currently on the market. (Source: Intel)

RTX 4080-rivaling Intel Arc Battlemage to launch in Q1 2024 while Arc Alchemist to be refreshed in Q3 2023 per leaked internal roadmap

Intel may be preparing to do a refresh of the Arc Alchemist later this year according to a leaked Intel GPU roadmap posted by serial hardware leaker RedGamingTech. Additionally, Intel is apparently readying Arc Battlemage for rele...

Fawad Murtaza, 06 Jan 2023 21:31

The AMD Radeon RX 7700S has been benchmarkd on Geekbench (image via AMD)

AMD Radeon RX 7700S falls short of the last-gen GeForce RTX 3060 in Geekbench's OpenCL benchmark

The AMD Radeon RX 7700S scored 81,145 points on Geekbench's OpenCL benchmark, performing more or less on par with the Radeon RX 6700M and about 28% faster than the RDNA 2-based Radeon RX 6700S. Unfortunately, it cannot take on the...

Anil Ganti, 06 Jan 2023 12:41

AMD CEO Lisa Su showcasing the MI300 APU (Image Source: AMD)

CES 2023 | AMD introduces Instinct MI300 exascale APU combining Zen 4 EPYC cores with CDNA 3 GPGPU cores and up to 128 GB HBM3 memory

The next gen Instinct MI300 chips will be AMD's first 3D stacked APU design integrating up to 24 Zen 4 EPYC cores combined with CDNA 3 GPGPU cores and on-die HBM3 memory for a total of more than 146 billion transistors.

Bogdan Solca, 05 Jan 2023 16:35

Laptop variants of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 and RTX 4060 have shown up on Geekbench (image via Nvidia)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 and RTX 4060 mobile crash and burn in Geekbench debut; bad drivers or low wattage likely to blame

The Nvidia GeForce RTX RTX 4070 and RTX 4060 have made their Geekbench debut, scoring 114,074 and 101,850 respectively. These results are a tad disappointing and probably not indicative about how the graphics cards will perform in...

Anil Ganti, 05 Jan 2023 14:31

AMD has announced four new RDNA 3-based laptop graphics cards at CES 2023 (image via AMD)

CES 2023 | AMD brings RDNA 3 to laptops with the Radeon RX 7600M XT, Radeon RX 7600M, Radeon RX 7600S and Radeon RX 7700S

AMD has launched the Radeon RX 7600M XT, Radeon RX 7600M, Radeon RX 7600S, and Radeon RX 7700S graphics cards for laptops at CES 2023. All four models use a Navi 33 GPU and feature 8 GB of VRAM, but differ in terms of CU count, ma...

Anil Ganti, 05 Jan 2023 06:14

Asus introduced the first all-AMD laptop from the TUF lineup. (Image Source: Asus)

CES 2023 | Asus presents TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition all-AMD laptop with Zen 4 APUs, unannounced RDNA 3 mobile dGPU and USB4 connector

The first all-AMD model from the Asus TUF Gaming lineup features a USB4 port - something that is currently offered only on a handful of premium models. An unannounced Radeon RX 7700S dGPU is also packed along with AMD's latest Zen...

Bogdan Solca, 04 Jan 2023 20:00

CES 2023 | Asus ROG Strix G17 (2023) gaming laptop launches with AMD Ryzen 7000 mobile processors and up to an Nvidia RTX 4070 mobile dGPU

Highlights for the 2023 ROG Strix G17 laptops include up to a 16-core / 32-thread AMD Zen4-based mobile processor, mid-range RTX 4000-series mobile dGPUs, and a 17.3-inch screen option with 1440p resolution and 240 Hz refresh rate...

Bogdan Solca, 03 Jan 2023 20:00

The Zephyrus Duo 16 features a second 4K touchscreen. (Image Source: Asus)

CES 2023 | Asus adds superior Mini LED screen option for the 2023 ROG Zephyrus Duo 16 along with AMD's latest Ryzen 7000 APUs and up to an Nvidia RTX 4090 dGPU

The most outstanding upgrade for this year's Zephyrus Duo 16 laptops is the Mini LED screen with superior black levels, 2560 x 1600 resolution and 240 Hz refresh rate. Asus also refreshed the configurations with AMD's latest Ryzen...

Bogdan Solca, 03 Jan 2023 20:00

Asus has launched three new pre-build gaming desktops (image via Asus)

CES 2023 | Asus ROG Strix G22CH, G16CH and G13CH pre-built gaming desktops announced with Intel Raptor Lake processors and GeForce RTX 4000 graphics cards

Asus has announced three new gaming desktops, the ROG Strix G22CH, G16CH and G13CH. All three are configurable with 13th-gen Intel Raptor Lake processors. Apart from the ROG Strix G13CH, both SKUs support Nvidia's RTX 40 series gr...

Anil Ganti, 03 Jan 2023 20:00

Nvidia has launched the GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 for laptops (image via Nvidia)

CES 2023 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 laptop graphics cards announced with significant performance and efficiency gains over Ampere

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 have finally made their way to laptops. Both SKUs are up to 4x faster than their Ampere predecessors while consuming remarkably less power. Gamers can try them out starting on February 8 st...

Anil Ganti, 03 Jan 2023 19:52

Nvidia has announced the laptop versions of its RTX 4000 graphics cards (image via Nvidia)

CES 2023 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, RTX 4060 and RTX 4050 announced for mid-range gaming laptops

Nvidia has announced the mobile versions of its Ada Lovelace-based RTX 4000 graphics cards. The GeForce RTX 4070, RTX 4060 and RTX 4050 will supposedly deliver GeForce RTX 3080-class performance while consuming a third of the powe...

Anil Ganti, 03 Jan 2023 18:57

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti has been benchmarked on 3DMark (image via Videocardz)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is up to 40% faster than the RTX 3070 Ti in 3DMark

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti aka GeForce RTX 4080 12 GB has been benchmarked on 3DMark, where it performs on par with the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, but lags behind the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XT. Nvidia is said to launch the grap...

Anil Ganti, 01 Jan 2023 14:55

RX 7900 XTX has an MSRP of US$999. (Source: Notebookcheck, Max Kukurudziak-edited)

Boiling hot RX 7900 XTX denied RMA as AMD calls 110 °C junction temperature "normal"

AMD reportedly denied an RMA request for an RX 7900 XTX card that was hitting a junction temperature of 110 °C with thermal throttling. More importantly, the company called the 110 °C hot-spot temperature “normal” before acknowled...

Fawad Murtaza, 30 Dec 2022 21:13

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 laptop variant is about 20% faster than its predecessor (image via Nvidia)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 laptop graphics card's 3DMark Time Spy benchmark score leaks online

A new leak shows the 3DMark Time Spy score of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 mobile. It scores 10,050 points in the benchmark, making it about 20% faster than its predecessor, the GeForce RTX 3060.

Anil Ganti, 30 Dec 2022 12:51

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 laptop has made quite an impression with its first Geekbench run (image via Nvidia)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 laptop graphics card trades blows with the GeForce RTX 3090 on Geekbench

The laptop version of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 scored 201,290 points on Geekbench's OpenCL database. It features 16 GB of VRAM, 9,738 CUDA cores and a boost clock of 2,030 MHz. Nvidia plans to unveil it at CES 2023.

Anil Ganti, 30 Dec 2022 11:46

The laptop version of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 just showed up on Geekbench (image via Nvidia)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 laptop graphics card shows up on Geekbench with remarkable performance uplift over Ampere

The laptop version of Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4080 scores 178,038 in Geekbench's OpenCL benchmark. It is about 35% faster than its predecessor, the GeForce RTX 3080, in the benchmark and a bit slower than its desktop version.

Anil Ganti, 28 Dec 2022 11:22

MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Gaming X Trio for sale in the Chinese market. (Image Source: Baidu via Wccftech)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Chinese pre-orders indicate eye-watering prices up to US$1,204 for partner cards

Nvidia is yet to officially confirm the existence of an RTX 4070 Ti, but Chinese e-tailers have already started taking pre-orders with prices ranging from ¥7,199 (US$1,032) to ¥8,399 (US$1,204) for partner cards. The purported RTX...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 28 Dec 2022 08:32