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Apple had ambitious plans for the A16 Bionic's GPU but had to shelve them in the last minute. (Image: A16 Bionic vs A15 Bionic die shot via Angstronomics)

iPhone 14 Pro's A16 Bionic faced unprecedented snafu in Apple history leading to removal of ray tracing and other ambitious GPU generational leaps

Apple apparently had big plans, including ray tracing support, for the A16 Bionic's GPU in the iPhone 14 Pro but had to revert to a design based on the previous A15 Bionic. This was due to a major power consumption flaw discovered...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 26 Dec 2022 06:04

The RTX 4090 Laptop GPU is configurable between 150 W - 175 W TGP along with a 25 W Dynamic Boost. (Image Source: Nvidia)

Rumor | Nvidia RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 Laptop GPUs rated for 2 GHz+ boost and up to 200 W TGP including Dynamic Boost, RTX 4060 and RTX 4050 up to 95 W or 165 W each

Alleged clock and TGP specifications of Nvidia's upcoming Ada RTX 40 Laptop GPU lineup have now surfaced. The purported specs seem to indicate up to 200 W TGP including Dynamic Boost for the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 Laptop GPUs with ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 22 Dec 2022 13:59

Asus TUF GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC gaming graphics card review: How well does Ampere perform in 2022?

Good performance but too expensive! The Asus TUF GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC is equipped with a hugely expansive fan, helping it differentiate itself from Nvidia's Founders Edition. In this short revie...
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | 32.00"

Sebastian Bade, 20 Dec 2022 13:40

RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX have an MSRP of US$899 and US$999 respectively. (Source: Notebookcheck)

Initial RDNA 4 details reveal Navi 41 to be 2x faster than Navi 31 as RDNA 4 could have 50-60% better performance/watt vs RDNA 3

AMD released the company’s first RDNA 3 GPUs, the RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT, on December 13. But this hasn’t stopped the rumor mill from churning out information concerning RDNA 4, a GPU architecture that is still more than a yea...

Fawad Murtaza, 19 Dec 2022 12:01

Asus Dual AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT OC Edition video card (Source: Asus)

Deal | Asus Dual AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT OC Edition gets 40% discount on Amazon

While the reference design arrived in mid-March 2021 with a US$479 price tag, the Asus Dual AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT OC Edition has an Amazon list price of no less than US$649.99. Fortunately for those interested, the ongoing 40% dis...

Codrut Nistor, 17 Dec 2022 12:00

RTX 4080 Founders Edition has a US$1,199 MSRP. (Source: Notebookcheck,Newegg-edited)

Jaw-droppingly priced RTX 4080 is selling like hot cakes on Newegg

Nvidia announced the RTX 4090 and the RTX 4080 on September 20. While both cards have been commended for their stellar performance increases over RTX 30 Ampere GPUs, many have bemoaned Nvidia’s lackluster pricing, especially for t...

Fawad Murtaza, 16 Dec 2022 12:25

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti has made its Geekbench debut (image via Videocardz)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti shows up on Geekbench's OpenCL database

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti scores 219,504 and 214,654 in Geekbench's OpenCL benchmark, putting it between the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and RTX 3090. The graphics card will supposedly be launched at CES 2023 for US$899.

Anil Ganti, 16 Dec 2022 09:06

The A0 stepping is causing serious perfomrance issues for navi 31. (Image Source: TechPowerUp)

AMD's flagship RX 7900 XTX GPUs discovered to integrate A0 silicon revision affected by serious hardware issues

The problematic A0 silicon revision was apparently the reason why AMD delayed the launch of the flagship RDNA 3 GPUs by almost a year. Despite this, AMD still launched the RX 7900 cards with this stepping that is exhibiting high G...

Bogdan Solca, 15 Dec 2022 15:19

The RTX 4080 12 GB had 2,048 CUDA cores less than the RTX 4080 16 GB. (Source: VideoCardz)

Leaked PNY GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GPUs suggest RTX 4070 Ti is just a rebadged RTX 4080 12 GB

Rumors regarding Nvidia allegedly renaming the RTX 4080 12 GB as the RTX 4070 Ti are piling up. This time, VideoCardz has leaked two PNY GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GPUs that pack exactly the same internal hardware as the cancelled RTX 40...

Fawad Murtaza, 15 Dec 2022 13:34

Nvidia released the RTX 3060 Ti in December 2020. (Source: Nvidia)

RTX 4060 Ti specifications surface revealing fewer CUDA cores and 20 W higher TGP vs RTX 3060 Ti

Nvidia is gearing up to release the RTX 4060 Ti with 4,352 CUDA cores and a 220 W TGP if the newest leak from kopite7kimi is anything to go by. Moreover, the board is reportedly based on an AD106 Lovelace GPU.

Fawad Murtaza, 15 Dec 2022 08:52

The RTX 4070 is one of three unreleased Ada Lovelace graphics cards NVIDIA is said to have in the pipeline. (Image source: MEGAsizeGPU - edited)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 specifications leak online

Specifications for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 have emerged online. Supposedly offered with the AD104 GPU like the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, the GeForce RTX 4070 will only match the RTX 3070's CUDA core count but will feature the same ...

Alex Alderson, 14 Dec 2022 19:32

Sapphire PULSE AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX video card (Source: Sapphire)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX video cards now available on eBay for over US$2,000

With an impressive US$5,000 bid on the limited edition Powercolor Red Devil 7900 XTX in an auction that will end later today, eBay has quite a few less expensive video cards based on AMD's latest GPU. Sadly, the reference RX 7900 ...

Codrut Nistor, 14 Dec 2022 18:10

The Steam Beta integration is now live on the Model S/X (image: Tesla)

Elon Musk announces Tesla Steam Cyberpunk 2077 and Elden Ring gaming on the Model S/X with AMD RDNA 2 graphics

Just when Sony and Honda announced they are partnering to bring the PlayStation 5 gaming and entertainment experience to their future electric cars, Tesla now made good on the promise to launch Steam in its vehicles. Well, in rece...

Daniel Zlatev, 14 Dec 2022 13:03

RX 7900 XTX features 24 GB of GDDR6 memory. (Source: TechPowerUp)

Overclocked ASUS RX 7900 XTX TUF OC matches RTX 4090 in Cyberpunk 2077 while being 23% faster vs RTX 4080

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is now up for sale at US$999. Just as AMD claimed, the card performs better than the RTX 4080 in rasterized games. According to TechPowerUp’s review of the ASUS RX 7900 XTX TUF OC, the GPU can even perform o...

Fawad Murtaza, 14 Dec 2022 12:31

Asus TUF Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT TOP Edition video card (Source: Asus)

Deal | Asus TUF Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT TOP Edition 29% down on Amazon and 50% in Micro Center stores

With a list price of US$1,399.99, the Asus TUF Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT TOP Edition is far from the "affordable RX 6900 XT implementation" label. However, the ongoing discounts make it rather attractive. Amazon's 29% off pushe...

Codrut Nistor, 14 Dec 2022 09:54

Maingear MG-1 desktop PC (Source: Maingear)

Maingear intros AMD Radeon RX 7000 GPU options

Earlier today, award-winning PC systems integrator Maingear announced the availability of AMD Radeon RX 7000 graphics card options. In addition to the existing lineup of gaming desktop PCs and workstations, Maingear will add RX 79...

Codrut Nistor, 13 Dec 2022 17:40

Upcoming HP Omen 17 configurations with Intel Core i7-13700HX and Nvidia RTX 40 GPUs get listed online

HP Omen 17 store listing indicates Core i7-13700HX and Ada mobile GPUs up to RTX 4090 mobile with 16 GB VRAM, prices start from US$2225 for RTX 4060 SKU

Several HP Omen 17 configurations powered by Intel Core i7-13700HX Raptor Lake-HX CPUs and Nvidia Ada mobile GPUs have surfaced on a Romanian store along with tentative pricing. The store listing indicates RTX 40 mobile GPUs start...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 13 Dec 2022 16:09

Radeon RX 7900 XTX plagued by strange bugs, AMD to work on driver improvements over the holidays

Reports from sources close to Moore's Law Is Dead suggest that AMD's driver team has been tasked with working on quick fixes for some of the bugs plaguing the 7900 XTX models. Hopefully the new drivers can fix the power draw issue...

Bogdan Solca, 13 Dec 2022 15:38

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT desktop gaming GPU is back on sale for US$359 at Newegg (Image: ASRock)

Deal | ASRock AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT drops to US$359 in latest gaming GPU sale

AMD's well-performing mid-range graphics card, which competes against Nvidia's RTX 3070 and reached prices of more than US$1,000 during the crypto boom, is now on sale at a reputable online retailer.

Enrico Frahn, 12 Dec 2022 23:30

Radeon RX 7900 XT has an MSRP of US$899. (Source: AMD)

RX 7900 XT performs 42% better vs RX 6900 XT with Vulkan while putting up unexciting OpenCL figures in valid Geekbench entries

AMD is set to release the RX 7900 XT/XTX for sale on December 13. Although reviews of the cards are still not out, following the RX 7900 XTX’s lead, OpenCL and Vulkan Geekbench runs for the RX 7900 XT have emerged online. While th...

Fawad Murtaza, 09 Dec 2022 09:36

Radeon RX 7900 XTX features 24 GB of GDDR6 VRAM. (Source: AMD)

RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT launch supply reportedly paltry due to software issues and shipment delays

AMD is scheduled to release the RX 7900 XT and the RX 7900 XTX on December 13. But consumers in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) may have a hard time buying one as the latest reports claim that the supply of the initial RDNA...

Fawad Murtaza, 08 Dec 2022 09:58

The RTX 4090 has received a greater price cut than the RTX 4080. (Image source: NVIDIA)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 and GeForce RTX 4090 receive price reductions in Europe and UK

NVIDIA has decided to cut the price of its latest graphics cards in Europe and the UK, shortly after releasing the pair. Applying only to Founders Edition SKUs, the MSRP adjustment may owe to exchange rate fluctuations.

Alex Alderson, 07 Dec 2022 19:04

Intel has launched a new set of drivers for all Arc graphics cards (image via Intel)

Intel Arc 3959 driver update delivers up to a 1.79x performance uplift in certain DX9 titles

Intel has launched a new set of drivers for its mobile and desktop Arc graphics cards. It focuses heavily on DX9 titles such as CS:GO, League of Legends and Starcraft 2, and claims to deliver a hefty performance uplift over previo...

Anil Ganti, 07 Dec 2022 12:28

I7-12700H systems almost hitting the US$1000 mark (Image Source: Lenovo)

Deal | Lenovo Legion 5i with Intel i7-12700H and RTX 3060 discounted down to US$1099

Besides the efficient 14-core i7-12700H and the 140 W RTX 3060 dGPU, the discounted Legion 5i offers 16 GB of DDR5-4800 RAM, 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD storage, a Thunderbolt 4 port and a 15.6-inch IPS display with 1080p resolution an...

Bogdan Solca, 06 Dec 2022 17:00

RTX 4070 Ti is allegedly a rebadged RTX 4080 12 GB. (Source: Nvidia)

Seemingly final RTX 4070 Ti release date leaks: Nvidia could launch the supposedly rebranded RTX 4080 12 GB on January 5

Following the cancelation of the RTX 4080 12 GB, many speculated that Nvidia could launch the card as an RTX 4070-class GPU soon. It looks like Nvidia is going to do exactly that as a countdown timer appeared and then disappeared ...

Fawad Murtaza, 06 Dec 2022 12:35

Nvidia could slash the GeForce RTX 4080's price in the coming weeks (image via own)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 could get a much-needed price cut soon

A report from MyDrivers says Nvidia plans to adjust the GeForce RTX 4080's MSRP in mid-December. Nvidia wants to make the graphics card a more attractive buy right around when the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is due to hit shelves.

Anil Ganti, 05 Dec 2022 16:10

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX has been benchmarked on Geekbench (image via Asus)

Updated | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX fails to impress in first Geekbench run

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX has been benchmarked on Geekbench's OpenCL and Vulkan benchmarks, where it scores 150,372 and 91,652 points, respectively. Both scores are slower than the last-gen Radeon RX 6900 XT and miles behind Nvid...

Anil Ganti, 05 Dec 2022 14:00

The RTX 3060 8 GB is an RTX 3060 in name only. (Image source: NVIDIA)

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB: New mid-range NVIDIA GPU shown to offer 35% less performance than original 12 GB model

NVIDIA's latest mid-range graphics card has arrived, with the company electing to re-run the RTX 3060 rather than offering up an Ada Lovelace-based model. While the GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB contains the same GA106 GPU as its 12 GB si...

Alex Alderson, 03 Dec 2022 13:05

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 overtakes the GeForce GTX 1060 as the popular graphics card among Steam users. (Image source: NotebookCheck)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 overtakes GeForce GTX 1060 as most popular GPU in Steam November 2022 hardware survey

A new graphics card has risen to the top of Steam's latest hardware survey. Surprisingly, the GeForce GTX 1650 now ranks as the most used graphics card on Steam, despite the plethora of graphics cards that NVIDIA has released sinc...

Alex Alderson, 02 Dec 2022 21:14

The RTX 6000 Ada Generation is considerably more expensive than the RTX A6000 it replaces. (Image source: NVIDIA)

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation: Retailer pricing points to imminent release for AD102-based workstation GPU

It seems that NVIDIA is preparing to finally release the RTX 6000 Ada Generation, having introduced the graphics card in September. The RTX A6000 Ada Generation features a larger AD102 die than the GeForce RTX 4090 with over 18,00...

Alex Alderson, 01 Dec 2022 17:45

XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT CORE video card (Source: XFX)

Deal | XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT CORE now 31% off on Amazon

With a list price of US$519.99, the XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT CORE graphics card is now down at US$359.99 on Amazon. This custom design comes with three double ball bearing fans alongside the ability to work as a...

Codrut Nistor, 30 Nov 2022 16:46

Radeon RX 7900 XTX is AMD's answer to the RTX 4080. (Source: AMD)

Revised Navi 31-based RX 7990 XTX, RX 7950 XTX, and RX 7950 XT with up to 3.6 GHz clock speeds and 3D V-Cache could be in the works

Before AMD revealed the RDNA 3 architecture, there were widespread rumors of RDNA 3 GPUs reaching >3 GHz clock speeds. But the actual boost frequencies of the RX 7900 XT and the RX 7900 XTX are considerably below 3 GHz. The latest...

Fawad Murtaza, 30 Nov 2022 10:16

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC video card (Source: MSI)

Deal | MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC is 46% off on Amazon

Combining a trusted dual-fan arrangement with a performance-focused rigid industrial design, the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT MECH 2X 12G OC video card has a boost core clock speed of up to 2620 MHz. This VR Ready piece of hardware featu...

Codrut Nistor, 29 Nov 2022 16:53

GDDR6W die with 512 I/O pins (Image Source: Samsung)

Samsung presents GDDR6W standard with doubled capacity over GDDR6X and bandwidth that almost matches HBM2E

Thanks to the new FOWLP production process, the GDDR6W dies have the same size as the GDDR6X ones, but come with 32 Gb capacity instead of 16 Gb and the I/O pin count is also doubled. System-level bandwidth can reach 1.4 TB/s with...

Bogdan Solca, 29 Nov 2022 14:59

Gigabyte has certified multiple upcoming graphics cards from the RTX 40 and RX 7000 series. (Image source: Gigabyte)

Gigabyte certifies NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti along with various upcoming RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX cards

Gigabyte has pointed to fresh desktop graphics card releases. Based on recent regulatory body filings, NVIDIA is working toward launching the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, while AMD will make reference cards available to its board partners...

Alex Alderson, 28 Nov 2022 23:15

RTX 4080 Founders Edition has an MSRP of US$1,199. (Source: 3DCenter,Nvidia-edited)

RTX 4080 review roundup suggests 33% faster 4K performance, 39% better perf/W, and 31% worse perf/price for the GPU vs RTX 3080

The RTX 4080 is one-half of the Lovelace duo that Nvidia unveiled on September 20. The GPU comes with 9,728 CUDA cores, 16 GB of VRAM with a base clock of 2.21 GHz and a boost clock of 2.51 GHz. 3DCenter has now compiled launch re...

Fawad Murtaza, 28 Nov 2022 10:28

Samsung adds Nvidia, Qualcomm and IBM to its 3 nm customer list, despite abysmal yields

To improve the 3 nm yields that are barely reaching 20%, Samsung started working with US-based company Silicon Frontline Technology that specializes in electrostatic discharge prevention methods. Samsung is also developing a secon...

Bogdan Solca, 25 Nov 2022 15:01

Deal | Get the MSI Mech Radeon RX 6600 8GB for only US$190

At US$189.99, AMD's Radeon RX 6600 cards offer the best bang for the buck, as they crush the similarly-priced Nvidia competitors, plus they come bundled with two free games.

Bogdan Solca, 24 Nov 2022 12:12

Nvidia announced the RTX 4080 on September 20. (Source: eBay/Tom's Hardware,Nvidia-edited)

Scalped RTX 4080 GPUs are apparently selling 3x worse than RTX 4090 cards on eBay

Although the RTX 4080 brings a big performance bump over the RTX 3080, it costs US$500 more for the Founders Edition SKU. Owing to this price bump, reports have suggested that the card isn’t selling as well as the RTX 4090. The la...

Fawad Murtaza, 24 Nov 2022 10:12

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 went on sale on November 16. (Source: Nvidia)

AMD and Nvidia reportedly lose market share in Q3 2022 as GPU shipments suffer massive 25% year-over-year decline

According to the latest report from Jon Peddie Research, GPU shipments in Q3’22 vs Q2’22 have fallen to an extent not seen since the 2009 economic downturn. The total shipments for graphics boards are also down 25.1% compared to Q...

Fawad Murtaza, 23 Nov 2022 12:43

The GeForce RTX 4080 came under some humorous scrutiny in the video from Bitwit. (Image source: Bitwit - edited)

YouTuber burns Nvidia by building AMD-based gaming rig with Ryzen 5 5600X and Radeon RX 6800 XT for less than an RTX 4080 at MSRP

The popular YouTuber Kyle Hansen (Bitwit) has posted a new video showing how he managed to build a respectable gaming PC on a lower budget than the MSRP for Nvidia’s unloved GeForce RTX 4080. The rig features an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X ...

Daniel R Deakin, 22 Nov 2022 21:56

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti has received an important memory update (image via Zotac)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti desktop graphics card upgraded with faster GDDR6X memory modules

Nvidia's board partners have confirmed future iterations of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti will replace its 14 Gbps GDDR6 memory with faster 19 Gbps GDDR6X modules, resulting in over 30% memory bandwidth.

Anil Ganti, 22 Nov 2022 07:32

Smartphones, graphics cards, laptops and processors could get remarkably more expensive in the coming months (image via TSMC)

Next-gen electronics could be a lot more expensive as TSMC's 3 nm wafers cost US$20,000 apiece

A report from Digitimes says wafers produced on TSMC's upcoming N3 family (N3E, N3P, N3X) cost US$20,000 per unit. The additional costs will almost certainly be passed on to end users, resulting in more expensive smartphones, grap...

Anil Ganti, 22 Nov 2022 06:46

Newegg currently has the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6700 on sale for US$299 (Image: Sapphire)

Deal | Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6700 with 10GB GDDR6 VRAM drops below US$300 in latest GPU sale

Sapphire's well-performing variant of the popular AMD Radeon RX 6700 desktop GPU has reached prices of more than US$1,000 at the height of the cryptomining boom, but patient gamers can now order this mid-range graphics card for un...

Enrico Frahn, 21 Nov 2022 21:41

RTX 4080 is up to 39% speedier than the RTX 3090 in 3DMark. (Source: Nvidia)

Abysmal RTX 4080 sales supposedly leave retailers with lots of cards in stock as buyers appear to want RTX 4090 instead

GeForce RTX 4080 went on sale on November 16 with an MSRP of US$1,199. As it turns out, the high price tag may be putting consumers off as the newest report from hardware leaker Tom of the Moore’s Law Is Dead YouTube channel alleg...

Fawad Murtaza, 21 Nov 2022 11:32

Nvidia Ada RTX 4000 mobile GPUs seem to offer significant gains over Ampere mobile. (Image Source: Nvidia)

Nvidia Ada RTX 4080 Ti mobile and RTX 4070 mobile score significant leads over the RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU in leaked Time Spy benchmark

We are now getting to see Time Spy scores for Nvidia's upcoming Ada RTX 4000 mobile GPUs, and the purported RTX 4080 Ti mobile leads the pack with scores that are 30% higher than the RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU. It is not clear whether...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 20 Nov 2022 17:29

The RTX 40 series has got off to a rough start. (Image source: NVIDIA)

NVIDIA releases fix for blank screen issues when booting GeForce RTX 4080 and GeForce RTX 4090

NVIDIA has issued a firmware update to resolve a problem with the new GeForce RTX 4080 and GeForce RTX 4090. Rolling out via the Firmware Update Tool v1.2, the change needed could not be applied with a driver update.

Alex Alderson, 18 Nov 2022 09:23