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The H100 GPU is launching in Q3 2022. (Image Source: Nvidia)

Nvidia unveils H100 Hopper compute GPU and Grace superchip architectures

The H100 Hopper is Nvidia's first GPU with PCIe 5.0 specifications and support for HBM3 VRAM. This model is up to 6 times faster in FP workloads and offers considerably higher scalability compared to previous gen Ampere models. Nv...

Bogdan Solca, 22 Mar 2022 19:33

Nvidia first announced the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti board back in January at CES 2022. (Image source: Nvidia - edited)

Exorbitant GeForce RTX 3090 Ti price tag to be expected as retailer listings reveal excessive figures ahead of rumored launch

The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti has appeared sporting some shocking price tags in a leaked retailer listing. Two board variants were spotted, with both of them coming from Asus. AIB modifications will add to the price tag, and it is not k...

Daniel R Deakin, 21 Mar 2022 01:02

The Apple M1 Ultra competed against the RTX 3090 in a synthetic benchmark and gaming test. (Image source: Apple/Nvidia/Square Enix - edited)

Apple M1 Ultra gets flattened by GeForce RTX 3090 in synthetic and gaming benchmark comparison

The Apple M1 Ultra has been absolutely flattened by the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 in a synthetic benchmark and gaming comparison. This particular M1 Ultra, in a brand-new Apple Mac Studio, was the 20-core CPU/64-core GPU model, whic...

Daniel R Deakin, 18 Mar 2022 06:23

Good results without the need for AI-enabled cores. (Image Source: AMD)

AMD unveils FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.0 image quality and availability

FSR 2.0 offers temporal upscaling just like Nvidia's DLSS 2.0, but does not require neural network training so the technology remains open source and compatible with all GPUs on the market. As far as image quality is concerned, FS...

Bogdan Solca, 17 Mar 2022 17:20

GPU prices continue their downward trend. (Image source: Nvidia)

GPU prices continue to crash as average board price on eBay falls dramatically in the first two weeks of March

GPU prices on eBay have dropped almost 9% in the first two weeks of March 2022 according to Tom's Hardware. Compared to December 2021, the prices have come down by an average of 25%. Both the current-gen and the last-gen GPUs expe...

Fawad Murtaza, 17 Mar 2022 00:12

The flagship Radeon RX 6900 XT (pictured) could be outclassed by the next-gen entry-level SKU from AMD. (Image source: AMD - edited)

Radeon RX 7000 takes the fight to GeForce RTX 40 as entry-level Navi 33 will supposedly and efficiently outperform flagship Navi 21

A new rumor about the Navi 33 GPU from AMD claims that the next-gen entry-level graphics processor will be able to match, and even outperform, the flagship Navi 21 chip from the Radeon RX 6000 series. In addition, the Radeon RX 70...

Daniel R Deakin, 15 Mar 2022 23:41

Faster game and texture load times coming soon to PC games. (Image Source: Microsoft)

Microsoft readies DirectStorage API, faster loading Windows games coming soon

NVMe storage has been around for 11 years now, but its raw performance is barely utilized in applications today. Microsoft intends to change this by introducing DirectStorage - a technology that is already doing wonders on the lat...

Bogdan Solca, 15 Mar 2022 14:08

The purported TGP of the GeForce RTX 4090 is a temperature-raising 600 W. (Image source: Nvidia (RTX 3090)/Unsplash - edited)

Sizzling GeForce RTX 4090 TGP allegedly confirmed at 600 W with potential for over 800 W for the RTX 4090 Ti

The Total Graphics Power (TGP) figure for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 has supposedly been confirmed. Apparently, it stands at a toasty 600 W, considerably higher than its Ampere counterpart. In addition, an astonishing figure of 8...

Daniel R Deakin, 13 Mar 2022 23:12

FSR 2.0 could be launched with the RDNA3 GPUs later this year. (Image Source: AMD)

AMD schedules presentation on next gen image upscaling at GDC 2022

The latest results of AMD's research in the domain of next-generation image upscaling technology for games will be presented at this year's GDC event. Is Team Red including dedicated hardware for image upscaling functions in the u...

Bogdan Solca, 11 Mar 2022 18:37

Nvidia's AD102 GPU will allegedly make an appearance in the RTX 4090. (Image source: Nvidia)

Massive RTX 4000 info dump from prominent YouTuber reinforces incredible performance claims for Nvidia's next-gen GPUs

YouTuber Moore's Law is Dead has leaked a trove of new information about the Nvidia AD102 GPU that will reportedly be featured in the RTX 4090/RTX 4080. The information includes alleged TDP numbers and GDDR memory spec for the upc...

Fawad Murtaza, 10 Mar 2022 00:11

The RTX 3090 Ti was expected to launch in January. (Image source: NVIDIA)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti to be announced and released on the same day

Embargo dates for the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti have leaked, a graphics card that NVIDIA teased in January at CES 2022. Unlike recent GeForce RTX 30 series releases, the RTX 3090 Ti's announcement, review and on-shelf embargo all end si...

Alex Alderson, 09 Mar 2022 19:17

AMD Radeon Pro W6600X is now available for the Mac Pro. (Image Source: AMD)

AMD announces new US$700 Radeon Pro W6600X MPX GPU for Mac Pro

AMD has announced a new mid-range workstation MPX GPU for the Mac Pro. The new AMD Radeon Pro W6600X offers 32 CUs, 8 GB GDDR6 128-bit memory and up to 9.8 TF peak FP32 performance. Buyers configuring the Mac Pro can now opt for t...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 09 Mar 2022 12:06

Cards from the Radeon RX 6000 series and GeForce RTX 30 range are still overpriced though. (Image source: AMD/Nvidia/Unsplash - edited)

Average AMD Radeon RX 6000 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 card prices hit 12-month low

Average prices for AMD Radeon RX 6000 series cards and boards from the Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 range have hit a 12-month low according to a new report. The data was taken from numerous German and Austrian retailers and could indicat...

Daniel R Deakin, 07 Mar 2022 23:11

The AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT has shown up online alongside an Intel Alder Lake processor (image via AMD)

AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT graphics card spotted on the Ashes of the Singularity database

A mystery laptop running an AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT and an Intel Core i9-12900H has shown up in the Ashes of the Singularity database. Under the "Min 1080p" preset, the graphics card manages to output an average of 109 FPS and scor...

Anil Ganti, 07 Mar 2022 13:20

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti will reportedly be unveiled on March 29 (image via Nvidia)

New information about the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB emerges online

A new leak suggests that Nvidia will launch the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti on March 29 after ironing out problems with its memory. Nvidia has also cancelled the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB variant outright.

Anil Ganti, 06 Mar 2022 15:08

5G smartphones get a new SoC option. (Source: MediaTek)

MediaTek unveils the new Dimensity 1300 SoC for next-gen mid-range 5G smartphones

The Dimensity 1300 is MediaTek's new processor that confers "everyday 5G" on the devices to run on it. It is an eight-core chipset that is compatible with cutting-edge 200MP camera sensors. It supports Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 and a...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 03 Mar 2022 23:14

Busy times for Nvidia later this year? (Image Source: Needpix)

New SKU details for Nvidia's Ada Lovelace, Hopper, and Blackwell GPUs purportedly found in hacked data

This information appears to be coming via the hacked confidential data stolen from Nvidia a few days ago. The images show driver code mentioning six Ada Lovelace SKUs, two Hopper SKUs and two more Blackwell SKUs. Judging by the nu...

Bogdan Solca, 01 Mar 2022 18:03

The Asus ROG Flow X13's Ryzen 7 6800HS offers tangible improvements over the Ryzen 7 5800H. (Image Source: Asus)

Asus ROG Flow X13: AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS no match for Flow Z13's Core i9-12900H but Radeon 680M has the GTX 1650 Max-Q in sight thanks to LPDDR5-6400

Benchmarks from an Asus ROG Flow X13 featuring the AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS have leaked online. Compared to the Core i9-12900H in the ROG Flow Z13, the Ryzen 7 6800HS trails considerably. However, the 16 GB of LPDDR5-6400 RAM does help ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 28 Feb 2022 18:03

Elden Ring is one of many titles that have already been verified for play on the Steam Deck. (Image source: Valve - edited)

Steam Deck handles Elden Ring with aplomb as Bandai Namco promises performance improvements

The Steam Deck has been officially released and just in time for the launch of Elden Ring. Gamers interested in buying both Valve’s handheld console and FromSoftware’s gorgeous RPG with the intent of mobile monster-slaying will be...

Daniel R Deakin, 25 Feb 2022 21:42

Ryzen 7000 processors are getting the 3D V-Cache dies. (Image Source: AMD)

Performance clues for the desktop-grade Ryzen 7000 “Raphael” RDNA2 iGPU included in AMD's latest SMU driver update

The latest version for AMD's System Management Unit driver is suggesting that the RDNA2 iGPUs found in the upcoming Ryzen 7000 desktop processors could run at 1.1 GHz, and, according to industry insiders, there could be a lower-en...

Bogdan Solca, 25 Feb 2022 17:26

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 has been benchmarked online (image via Nvidia)

New Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 benchmark scores do little to assuage performance concerns

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 manages to score 9,673 on the 3D Mark Fire Strike benchmark. In terms of performance, it sits between the Turing-based GeForce GTX 1650 and GTX 1660 Ti and could match the Ampere-based GeForce MX570, as...

Anil Ganti, 25 Feb 2022 10:06

A new Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti variant has been launched by Zotac (image via Nvidia)

Zotac unveils three GeForce RTX 3060 Ti variants with a GA103 GPU

Zotac has officially listed three Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti desktop graphics card variants featuring a GA103 GPU. Other than the GPU swap, it seems to have identical specs to its GA104-toting sibling, including 8 GB of GDDR6 VRAM...

Anil Ganti, 23 Feb 2022 16:27

Cryptominers may soon be able to comfortably unlock the full hashrate performance of most Nvidia RTX LHR GPUs (Image: Christian Wiediger)

Nvidia RTX LHR v2 Unlocker claims to restore the full cryptomining performance of hamstrung GeForce GPUs

(Update: Malware warning) A public beta of the nifty little piece of software for cryptominers will be released in the coming few days, and it could possibly impact the prices of all Nvidia's RTX GPUs with the infamous hashrate li...

Enrico Frahn, 22 Feb 2022 23:42

Laptop OEMs collaborating with Chinese ODMs may be forced to delay certain models. (Image Source: SCMP)

XMG reports supply chain problems in China, Alder Lake mobile processors and Nvidia Ti dGPUs could be delayed while SSDs become more expensive

China is reacting to new outbreaks of the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus with partial lockdowns. This could further delay the availability of laptops with 12th Gen Intel Core processors and Nvidia's Ti graphics cards, which de...

Bogdan Solca, 22 Feb 2022 13:53

Snags in TSMC's 3 nm manufacturing node could force AMD to look at other alternatives for its Zen 5 and RDNA 4 parts (image via TSMC)

New rumour suggests that AMD Zen 5 Ryzen 8000 processors and RDNA 4 graphics card are unlikely to be fabbed on TSMC's 3 nm node.

Multiple industry insiders and Twitter users have speculated that TSMC has run into several snags with its upcoming N3 process node. Hence, AMD may have to fabricate its Ryzen 8000 Zen 5 processors and Radeon RX 8000 RDNA 4 graphi...

Anil Ganti, 21 Feb 2022 23:16

Intel will eventually offer Arc Alchemist GPUs as a service. (Image source: Intel)

Intel Arc Alchemist is headed for Project Endgame, with over 4 million gaming GPUs shipping this year

Intel has finally commented on how many graphics cards it will ship this year. Supposedly to counteract the GPU shortage, Intel has also announced where its GPU business is headed under Project Endgame.

Alex Alderson, 21 Feb 2022 13:09

Lenovo Vantage presents you with information and useful system settings. (Image source: Lenovo/Author - edited)

4 Lenovo Vantage software features that make it better than bloatware

Lenovo's Vantage software is included from the factory in most of the OEM's laptops nowadays. While it provides the usual warranty and diagnostic information, here are some extra-neat features that may prevent you from uninstallin...

Julian van der Merwe, 21 Feb 2022 06:34

AMD Ryzen 7 6800H and Ryzen 5 6600H's RDNA2 iGPUs trounce similarly-specced Intel and Nvidia counterparts in leaked benchmarks

AMD's upcoming Ryzen 6000 series of processors were benchmarked across various games and synthetic benchmarks. Both the Ryzen 5 6600H and Ryzen 6800H easily trounced their 12th-generation Intel Alder Lake counterparts. The former ...

Anil Ganti, 20 Feb 2022 20:34

Both Nvidia and AMD have next-generation GPUs in the pipeline for late 2022/early 2023. (Image source: Nvidia/AMD - edited)

Nvidia Lovelace and AMD RDNA3 performance rumors leave the next-gen rivals evenly matched as leaker signals imminent GPU price drop

Generational performance improvement estimates for the upcoming Nvidia Lovelace family and AMD RDNA3 next-gen graphics cards have seemingly left the rivals looking evenly matched. Figures were compared to the performance of the Ge...

Daniel R Deakin, 20 Feb 2022 19:54

HP's ZBook Fury 17 G8 wastes potential

Mobile workstations are primarily supposed to be reliable companions for professional users and offer a lot of performance at the same time. The ZBook Fury 17 G8 basically meets these criteria, but we think HP wastes a lot of pote...

Andreas Osthoff, 18 Feb 2022 14:42

Colorful is also adding personalized etchings on the display cover. (Image Source: Colorful)

Colorful releases US$1,099 X15 X2 gaming notebook with Intel Core i7-12700H and Nvidia RTX 3050 Ti dGPU

While the i7-12700H + RTX 3050 Ti combo may seem questionable, the US$1,099 price point is undoubtedly enticing. Colorful's latest X15 XS models also come equipped with 16 GB of DDR4-3200 RAM and a 512 GB NVMe SSD, plus there is a...

Bogdan Solca, 17 Feb 2022 18:45

The refreshed Navi2x cards should release throughout Q2 of 2022. (Image Source: ANDPRO.ru)

AMD's Navi2x refresh allegedly launching in April, but would not include an upgraded RX 6800 XT model

According to insider sources, the RX 6x50 XT refresh would include RX 6950 XT, RX 6750 XT and RX 6650 XT SKUs, but no RX 6850 XT. The new GPUs are rumored to get upgraded with 18 Gbps GDDR6 VRAM and the high-end cards would also s...

Bogdan Solca, 15 Feb 2022 22:05

Galaxy S22's RDNA 2-based Xclipse 920 GPU seems to be significantly slower than the Adreno 730 variant

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1's Adreno 730 shown to be 43% faster than Exynos 2200's Xclipse 920 in first Galaxy S22 Ultra review, Samsung's 4 nm process could be stifling RDNA 2 clock and memory performance

YouTuber Erdi Özüağ who has access to both the Exynos 2200 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 variants of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra showed that the Xclipse 920 RDNA 2 GPU in the Exynos 2200 SoC puts up an underwhelming performance in bench...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 15 Feb 2022 18:29

Nvidia has no new information to share about the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti (image via Nvidia)

Nvidia remains tight-lipped about the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and its tentative launch date

Nvidia has officially declared that it has no new information about the GeForce RTX 300 Ti in a statement to The Verge. Initially slated for a January 2022 launch, the graphics card got pushed back due to hardware issues, presumab...

Anil Ganti, 14 Feb 2022 20:57

GPU prices are dropping sharply while availability is at the highest point of the last 13 months. (Image source: AMD)

Radeon RX 6000 and GeForce RTX 3000 board prices sink to promising new levels

GPU prices are falling drastically and availability is the best it has ever been since January 2021 according to a report by 3DCenter. The current fall in the prices can be attributed to the recent cryptocurrency crash that has se...

Fawad Murtaza, 14 Feb 2022 20:37

Nvidia has another GeForce RTX 3050 variant in the pipeline (image via Nvidia)

Nvidia could launch a new GeForce RTX 3050 desktop variant soon

Igor's Lab reports that Nvidia is working on a GeForce RTX 3050 version. It will be powered by a GA107 GPU and draw 115 W of power. The graphics card could be launched alongside the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB variant in the coming ...

Anil Ganti, 14 Feb 2022 07:00

The next generation of AMD and Nvidia GPUs are expected to start arriving toward the end of 2022. (Image source: Nvidia/AMD - edited)

Next-gen AMD RDNA 3 and Nvidia Lovelace GPUs broken down into potential chips and graphics card models

The next generation of GPUs coming from both AMD and Nvidia have been broken down into subsequent chips, models, and manufacturing process by a well-known leaker. The breakdown is a best guess scenario, with one of the tipster’s f...

Daniel R Deakin, 13 Feb 2022 22:52

The RX 7900 XT card could outperform the RTX 4090 due to its novel microarchitecture. (Image source: AMD (6900 XT)/Nvidia (RTX 3090)/Unsplash - edited)

RTX 4090 and RX 7900 XT price predictions from YouTuber close in on US$2,000 with Navi 31 more than ready to take on Lovelace's finest

Price predictions for both the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT have been offered up by a YouTuber who focuses their channel mostly on graphics cards. Estimates for the RTX 4090 and RX 7900 XT come in at just ...

Daniel R Deakin, 12 Feb 2022 03:59

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti allegedly shows up in the EEC database. (Image source: Nvidia)

RTX 3090 Ti may be launching soon as the card allegedly shows up in the EEC database

An EEC listing for an unknown Nvidia GPU has shown up with the model number PG136C. The entry is rumored to be for the upcoming RTX 3090 Ti. The GeForce RTX 3090 Ti was previously reported to have been delayed indefinitely.

Fawad Murtaza, 12 Feb 2022 02:07

Best Buy locked its GeForce RTX 3000 series graphics cards behind a paywalled subscription service (image via own)

Best Buy wants you to get a US$199 Totaltech subscription for a chance to buy Nvidia GeForce RTX 3000 series graphics cards

As a part of its supposed anti-bot measures, Best Buy allowed only users with a US$199 Totaltech subscription a chance at buying Nvidia RTX 3000 series graphics cards. However, there wasn't a limit on the number of purchases per a...

Anil Ganti, 11 Feb 2022 20:42

Budget NVIDIA T1000 graphics card for workstations released with up to 8GB GDDR6 memory, five 4K monitors support, and compact design

You can now grab the NVIDIA T1000 graphics card aimed at workstation professionals for less than $400 in the U.S. The T1000 specs include four DisplayPort 1.4 outputs and support for up to five 5K or two 8K@60Hz monitors, a very s...

Daniel Zlatev, 11 Feb 2022 11:23

It'll be a while before we get to see the Intel Arc Alchemist graphics cards in action (image via Moore's Law is dead on YouTube)

Intel Arc Alchemist launch postponed to Q2, 2022 due to driver issues

YouTuber Moore's Law is Dead has heard from multiple sources that the Intel Arc Alchemist graphics cards will not be launched in Q1, 2022. Intel is expected to shed more light on the lineup at PAX East, and low-end mobile SKUs cou...

Anil Ganti, 10 Feb 2022 14:21

Nvidia GH100 Hopper could feature 140 billion transistors. (Image Source: Nvidia)

Nvidia GH100 Hopper rumored to feature over 140 billion transistors, COPA-based MCM GPU architecture can theoretically offer up to 233 GB HBM2 VRAM

Nvidia's upcoming GH100 Hopper HPC accelerator has aroused quite the interest owing to recent leaks. First, it was the rumored massive die area close to 1000 mm square and now, it is the massive 140 billion transistor count. It is...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 08 Feb 2022 16:47

The Navi 3X series is expected to arrive as the RX 7600 XT, RX 7700 XT and RX 7900 XT.

AMD Radeon RX 7000 series confirmed to arrive as three Navi 3X GPUs with a mix of manufacturing nodes

An AMD engineer has confirmed several details about the Radeon RX 7000 series of GPUs. As expected, the Radeon RX 7000 series will arrive as 3 GPUs, the Navi 31, Navi 32 and Navi 33. Only Navi 31 and Navi 32 will utilise Multi-Chi...

Alex Alderson, 07 Feb 2022 23:56

The Nvidia GeForce MX550 has shown up on a popular benchmarking platform (image via Nvidia)

Nvidia GeForce MX550 PassMark score showcases remarkable improvement over the GeForce MX450

The Nvidia GeForce MX550 laptop graphics card has shown up on the PassMark benchmark database. It nets an overall score of 5,014, which is 37% faster than the GeForce MX450. The entry-level graphics card runs a TU117 GPU, but the ...

Anil Ganti, 07 Feb 2022 14:14

MSI is prepping a Summit E16 Flip Evo with an Intel Core i7-12700H and Arc A370M configuration. (Image Source: MSI)

MSI Summit E16 Flip Evo with Core i7-12700H, Arc A370M, and LPDDR5-6400 RAM spotted on PugetBench, configuration with RTX 3080 Ti also listed

MSI could soon introduce an upgraded Summit E16 Flip Evo featuring the 14C/20T Intel Core i7-12700H Alder Lake-H, Arc A370M discrete graphics, and LPDDR5-6400 RAM that will supplant the current configuration with a Core i7-1195G7 ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 07 Feb 2022 14:06

VideoCardz posted pictures of an Intel Arc GPU a few days ago. (Image source: VideoCarz)

Intel Arc Alchemist GPU that allegedly rivals the RTX 3070 Ti makes an appearance in a short video

A short video showcasing an Intel Arc Alchemist GPU has appeared on Twitter. The video depicts someone picking up an Intel-branded GPU from the box. The card on display has a dual-fan, dual-slot design and is identical to the one ...

Fawad Murtaza, 06 Feb 2022 21:55

Palit has already released a GameRock OC variant of the GeForce RTX 3080. (Image source: Palit/@momomo_us - edited)

Asus and Palit GeForce RTX 3090 Ti AIB variant leaks indicate upcoming launch and price tags north of US$5,000

Fresh retailer prices for the missing-in-action GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics card have turned up online, and if accurate they indicate price tags in the range of the equivalent of US$5,000. This time, they were SKUs from Asus whil...

Daniel R Deakin, 05 Feb 2022 22:32