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The eagerly anticipated RTX 4070 GPU is allegedly coming next month. Leaker Tom of the Moore’s Law Is Dead YouTube channel has revealed an unexpectedly high pricing target for the upcoming board. If MLID’s report ends up being true, the RTX 4070 price will be in line with the last-gen RTX 3080 cards.

Nvidia is reportedly getting ready to reveal the RTX 4070 desktop GPU next month. The card which is rumored to feature 5,888 CUDA cores, 12 GB of GDDR6 memory, and a 192-bit wide bus could go on sale starting April 13 if review embargo details obtained by VideoCardz are any indication.

Although the stability issues in Assassin’s Creed Origins and a few other problems remain unresolved, the 531.29 Game Ready Driver package for Nvidia GeForce GPUs comes to patch bugs such as high CPU usage after exiting games, Adobe application instability, as well as GeForce GTX 10/MX250/350 series mobile GPUs stability issues.

AMD could have made an RTX 4090 competitor but chose not to in favor of a trade-off between price and competitive performance. AMD's rationale is that a 600 W card with a US$1,600 price tag is not a mainstream option for PC gamers and that the company always strived to price its flagship GPUs in the US$999 bracket. The company execs also explained why an MCM approach to the GPU die may not be feasible yet unlike what we've seen with CPUs.

Advertised by Acer as a slim gaming laptop, the 0.8-inch thin Predator Triton 500 SE has been available since mid-2022 with Alder Lake processor options and GeForce RTX 3000 series GPUs. With a list price of US$2,999.99, the model with Intel Core i9-12900H, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, 32 GB LPDDR5 memory, and a 1 TB SSD is now down to US$2,499.99.

The Aorus 15 and 17 are the sub-flagship versions of Gigabyte's latest gaming laptops, although they still pack Raptor Lake-H processors and RTX 4000-series graphics in "super-portable" aluminum builds. They are now available on Amazon, starting at under US$2,000 for 16GB RAM/1TB SSD configurations.

Gigabyte Aero-series laptops are back in OLED form for 2023, rated to combine their Pantone-validated 16:10 displays with the latest 13th-gen Intel and RTX 40-series platforms in "featherweight" 14- or 16-inch builds. They are ready to inspire potential buyers via channels such as Amazon from now.

A 17-inch laptop with a dGPU, weighing only 1,407 grams. Hardly any other device in our database boasts so much potential power while remaining as light and compact as this 17-inch laptop with a QHD display. But, is the LG Gram 17 useful in everyday life?

TechPowerUp's GPU database editor has stumbled upon a new GeForce RTX 3060 variant with GDDR6X memory and a GA104 GPU. Both are remarkable upgrades over the vanilla 3060, which uses a GA106 GPU and GDDR6 memory.

Lenovo also offers an RTX 4050 dGPU option with 95 W TGP, which, apparently is almost as fast as the 115 W RTX 4060, at least in 3DMark Time Spy. Additional specs include 1 TB of NVMe SSD storage and a 15.6-inch LCD display with 40p resolution and 165 Hz refresh rate.

[Update #1] If you care about DLSS 3 on external monitors and G-Sync support, then you'll want to stay on an earlier graphics driver for now. The issues we experienced are repeatable on multiple units according to Razer.

Other specs for the MSI GP66 model on sale include an Intel i7-11800H processor complemented by 16 GB of DDR4-3200 RAM and 1 TB of NVMe SSD storage, plus a 240 Hz 15.6-inch display with 1080p resolution.

This wacky DIY project uses a 43-inch TV as its screen, and the computing power is provided via an Intel NUC 11 with i7-1165G7 processor and RTX 2060 dGPU that is hidden under the keyboard together with three high capacity batteries, which can sustain 260 W in full load.

The new driver package for GeForce GPUs arrived yesterday and, in addition to various optimizations for titles such as Atomic Heart or The Finals, it packs RTX Video Super Resolution support. This technology upscales videos and removes artifacts in Chrome or Edge across multiple streaming platforms.

With a list price of almost US$1,900, the Dell XPS 15 9520 laptop with Intel Core i7-12700H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 graphics, and 16/512 GB of memory/storage is now down to US$$1,499. While Dell US provides this generous 21% discount, Amazon has no discount for this setup, which is listed for US$1,743.99.

The Dell XPS Desktop 8960 can now be configured with Intel Raptor Lake processors, up to 64 GB of DDR5 memory, Nvidia Turing/Ampere/Ada Lovelace and AMD RDNA 2/RDNA 3 graphics cards, up to a 1,000 Watt power supply and liquid cooling.

Dell has refreshed its XPS 15 offering this year with the new XPS 15 9530. The XPS 15 9530 continues to feature the same chassis that was first offered by the XPS 15 9500. The upgrades this year are mainly with respect to the Intel 13th gen processor options up to the Core i9-13900H and new Nvidia RTX 40 GPUs up to a 40 W RTX 4070. An Arc A370M option is available as well.

For the first time, we have subjected the new Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 in MSI's Katana 17 B13V to extensive analysis. The new graphics chip proved itself to be clearly faster than the RTX 3060, however, it also lags significantly behind the top-of-the-range RTX 4090.

Colorful's latest gaming laptop has debuted with 13th-gen Intel Core processors and up to RTX 4070 graphics. The EVOL X16 PRO also boasts 240Hz display options, as well as a "multi-zone cooling system" that can be adjusted in a number of ways, simple keyboard shortcuts included. The new 16-inch PC also offers the option of user-upgradable storage and a Thunderbolt 4 port.

Given the previous collaboration between the two companies on Arm-based Chromebook processors paired with GeForce GPUs, this rumor is not really far-fetched. RTX 4000-like performance on a smartphone would be nice, but AMD and Samsung promised similar things with the Exynos 2200 SoC, and that turned out quite disappointing.

With a list price of almost US$3,000, the Asus ZenBook Pro 16X OLED currently discounted by 25% on Amazon is now down to US$2,254, which is also the lowest price in 30 days. This model sports a 16-inch 4K OLED touchscreen display, Core i9-12900H & GeForce RTX 3060, 32 GB of memory, and 2 TB of storage space.

MSI has confirmed pricing for many new gaming laptops in Germany and the Eurozone. Beginning with the Thin GF63 12V at €1,199 and topping out at the Titan GT77 HX 13V with its €5,499 starting price, the company's new gaming laptops combine Intel Raptor Lake processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs.

Besides the updated processors and dGPUs, XMG also includes redesigned cooling solutions with more heat pipes and quieter fans, support for up to DDR5-5600 RAM modules and 240 Hz screens. The PRO lineup features slimmer chassis and more ports, while the FOCUS models remain more budget-oriented, yet offer similar performance to the PRO variants.

GALAX has been promoting a clearance sale of its remaining GeForce RTX 3080 (10 GB) graphics cards. The company is offering the boards, which have a “1-click” overclocking feature, at a price of US$699.99. However, it is possible to pick up various models of the much better GeForce RTX 4070 Ti for around US$150 more.

Adding to his previous leaks about the sales of the RTX 40 GPUs, Tom from Moore’s Law Is Dead now claims that the RTX 4090 boards may become harder to come by as Nvidia is reportedly constricting the supply of the cards in response to poor RTX 4080 sales.

Before laptops with Intel Raptor Lake and Geforce RTX 40xx will become available shortly, we still tested a well-optimized gaming laptop with the current CPU und GPU architecture. As a good and well-rounded gaming device, the M16 (2022) is very convincing.

Although the new mobile RTX 4090 GPU is still limited to 175 W TGP, it still manages to score slightly more points in 3DMar's Time Spy test over the 400+ W RTX 3090 Ti with a bit of tinkering. The generational leap in efficiency is quite astounding thanks to the jump from 8 nm to 4 nm transistors.

Released at the end of January 2022, the Core i7-12700H/RTX 3070-driven MSI Pulse GL66 gaming laptop is available on Amazon in four configurations. However, only the one with 16/512 GB of memory/storage is discounted. With a list price of US$1,599, the 12UGKV-464 model is now down to US$1,226.99, after a 23% discount.

The catch is that you'll have to supply your own SSD, HDD, and operating system as these will ship as barebones systems. The Mech-16 GP and Mech-17 GP2 share the same chassis designs as the Schenker XMG Neo 16 E23 and Neo 17 E23, respectively.

Besides the RTX 3070 Ti dGPU, another excellent feature for this price point is the 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD storage solution. The 15.6-inch display is just decent with 1080p resolution and 144 Hz refresh rate.

The 16 K gaming laptop from Mechrevo also packs 16 GB of DDR5-4800 RAM, 512 GB NVMe SSD storage, a 16-inch display with 16:10 aspect ratio, 2560 X 1600 resolution and 165 Hz refresh rate, plus an SD card reader.

Gigabyte is preparing to release a next-generation AORUS Gaming Box. Based on pre-release marketing materials, the AORUS Gaming Box has fewer HDMI ports than its predecessor but an additional USB Type-C connection. Gigabyte will also pre-install a custom NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 with a built-in liquid cooling system.

With a list price of US$2,599.99, the Razer Blade 14 gaming laptop brings together the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX processor and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics card in a compact package. Now, Amazon is offering a 19% discount that brings the aforementioned figure down by roughly US$500, to US$2,099.17.

Nvidia is expected to launch the RTX 40 mid-range GPUs in the coming months. However, for people who want a card right now, Best Buy has some Founders Edition RTX 30 cards at significant discounts. For instance, the RTX 3070 Founders Edition is now going for US$299, US$200 off the retail price.