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The generous discounts come in preparation for the next gen RDNA 3 launch and are most likely influenced by the ETH PoS transition, as well. AMD touts the superior performance per Watt of the RDNA 2 cards over Nvidia's RTX 3000 solutions.

Nvidia claimed the AD102-based GeForce RTX 4090 is up to 4 times faster than the RTX 3090 Ti during its GDC presentation. Digital Foundry has now put the ADA Lovelace frontrunner to test and the results line up nicely with Team Green's estimates. The new GPU outpaces the RTX 3090 Ti by a wide margin, especially with DLSS 3 enabled.

NVIDIA has introduced another RTX A6000, dubbed the RTX A6000 Ada Generation. As its name suggests, the new RTX A6000 relies on the Ada Lovelace architecture, likely the AD102 GPU. Equipped with over 18,000 CUDA cores and 567 Tensor cores, the RTX A6000 Ada Generation will be available later this year with a massive 48 GB of VRAM.

Although DLSS 3 will be exclusive to the upcoming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4000 series, it might become compatible with the RTX 2000 and 3000 series in the future. However, if this happens, those older cards won't get the same benefits as the RTX 4000 (or later) when running DLSS 3-enabled games.

With Nvidia releasing the RTX 40 series GPUs and AMD announcing that it will unveil the RX 7000 boards in November, the competition in the enthusiast graphics space is heating up. Hardware leaker Tom from the Moore’s Law is Dead YouTube channel has now revealed some interesting details about the upcoming AMD RDNA 3 GPUs while also giving his opinion about the prices of the RTX 40 boards.

PC builders might have a difficult time slotting an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 into their rigs. A video on Nvidia's YouTube channel shows the card's size relative to an average motherboard and confirms that it is every bit as massive as predicted by leaks.

RTX Remix has been unveiled as a new modding platform that has just been added to NVIDIA's suite of resource for developers, and can make games fully compatible with the new RTX 4080 and 4090 cards - even Portal. Valve's classic title will celebrate its upcoming anniversary through release in a new downloadable "RTX On" form in sync with the new GPUs.

Nvidia has finally lifted the covers off the GeForce RTX 4090. It is up to 4x faster than Ampere's best, the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. One can buy it on October 12 for US$1,599.

NVIDIA has presented the RTX 4080 series in 12 GB and 16 GB flavours. Equipped with different GPUs, the RTX 4080 12 GB and RTX 4080 16 GB are two of three Ada Lovelace graphics cards presented so far, with the other being the RTX 4090.

AMD Radeon RX 7000 graphics cards will be announced on November 3. The RDNA 3-based Navi 31 and Navi 32 GPUs are slated to use a chiplet-based design, while Navi 33 will be based on a monolithic die.

The RTX 40 series is almost upon us, ahead of which VideoCardz has leaked an image of the RTX 4090 Founders Edition. Confirming minor design changes from its RTX 30 series predecessors, the RTX 4090 Founders Edition should launch later today with two versions of the RTX 4080.

Twitter leaker @9550Pro has some new information about AMD's RDNA 3 graphics cards. At least one high-end model can reportedly operate at 4.0 GHz, making it the world's first-ever GPU to do so.

The American GPU maker refers to disrespectful behavior from Nvidia's side as the reason for its decision to abandon the graphics card market entirely just weeks before the highly anticipated reveal and eventual release of the GeForce RTX 4000 series.

NVIDIA is dropping hints about what it will unveil at its #ProjectBeyond showcase. Based on a few teasers, it seems that NVIDIA is keen to tell its fans about its Lovelace architecture, as well as its flagship AD102 GPU.

Intel Fellow Tom Petersen revealed in a HotHardware Q&A session that the Arc A770 flagship desktop GPU can be overclocked from 2.1 to 2.7 GHz on air with relative ease, and AIB partner custom models could get an even higher OC potential. The more powerful spec only required 3 more W over the default 225 W TBP.

With the recently completed Ethereum PoS merge, the coin would effectively become unmineable via GPUs some time in 2023. However, an immediate GPU dump is unlikely, as new PoW alternatives including Ethereum Classic or the newly-created EthereumPOW hard fork still see considerable support from certain large GPU mining players.

Nvidia has teased the date and time for its Project Beyond event. It will be live streamed on September 20 at 08:00 PDT. One can expect to see the new GeForce RTX 4000 series of graphics cards, a new version of DLSS, and some GeForce Now related news.

Noctua has partnered with MiTo to produce a keycap set intended to match perfectly with the Austrian OEM's most iconic fans and coolers in their signature livery. It is compatible with Cherry MX and MX-alike switches and made of double-shot ABS in MiTo's MT3 shape. It is available to order through Drop from now.

Industry insider Kopite7kimi has confirmed key specs of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080. It will be offered in 12 GB and 16 GB flavours and feature varying CUDA core counts, memory modules and GPUs.

While we have had a lot of leaks dissecting the hardware specifications and the performance of the RTX 40 series GPUs, the information regarding the price of the upcoming Nvidia Lovelace boards is scarce. We now have our first look at the alleged pre-order prices for the RTX 4090 being charged by a Vietnamese retailer.

The Arc A380 beats Nvidia's GTX 1650 in 3DMark tests, and provides good video encoding / decoding capabilities, but does not seem to be specifically designed for gaming, as it is slower in titles such as Final Fantasy XIV.

Industry insiders close to DigiTimes report that the first multi-GPU solutions using silicon photonics technology could be available in a few years. The interconnected GPUs would benefit from low-latency data transmissions and significantly reduced signal loss.

Nvidia is scheduled to hold a “GeForce Beyond” broadcast at GTC on September 20. The company will most probably announce the RTX 40 series GPUs at the event. Paul from RedGamingTech has now put out a video discussing the launch schedule of upcoming Nvidia Lovelace graphics cards.

YouTuber Moore's Law is Dead heard from his sources that Intel will soon give Arc the axe. Raja Koduri, head of Intel's GPU division, said the aforementioned statement was false by showing that the Arc A770 was being prepped for launch.

Nvidia is planning to release a minor refresh of some RTX 30 series GPUs. The updated boards can potentially include the RTX 3060, the RTX 3060 Ti, and the RTX 3070 Ti. All three cards are reportedly in the works with small hardware changes. Now VideoCardz confirms that the new RTX 3060 and the RTX 3060 Ti will launch sometime after the release of the RTX 40 series.

Nvidia's internal test data for an unspecified GeForce RTX 4000 series graphic card has been leaked online. The SKU in question isn't a flagship model, and it is, on average, two times faster than Ampere in gaming and productivity applications such as Cyberpunk 2077, Control, Blender and Autodesk Arnold.

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card has supposedly been put through the 3DMark Time Spy Extreme benchmark. It scores 20,192 points in the test, with boost clocks going as high as 3,015 MHz.

The very capable RTX 3070 Ti desktop graphics card from Nvidia, which was often sold at more than US$1,000 during the height of the GPU shortage, is finally on sale for a very reasonable price of US$599 at a well-known US retailer.

The generous bundles include games like Modern Warfare II and Gotham Knights, as well as video editing applications like PowerDirector 365 and MAGIX Video Pro X14.

Intel Raptor Lake will feature a faster, overclockable iGPU, which should bring its performance on par with that of an AMD Radeon RX Vega 10. A leaked Raptor Lake SKU list indicates that the Core i9-13900K will have an all-P-core boost up to 5.5 GHz and a single-core boost of 5.8 GHz along with specifications of other K, KF, F, and T SKUs.

Nvidia is reportedly launching the RTX 40 series this fall. Per numerous leaks, the RTX 40 boards will be based on the AD102 (RTX 4090), the AD103 (RTX 4080), the AD104 (RTX 4070), the AD106 (RTX 4060), and the AD107 (RTX 4050) GPUs. Hardware leaker Greymon55 has now revealed an image showing how an AD102-based RTX GPU might look like.

A new leak says that Nvidia has two GeForce RTX 4080 variants lined up. One will supposedly feature 16 GB of VRAM while the other with 12 GB. The company plans to launch them both simultaneously, the leak adds.

A previously unseen Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 variant with 20 GB VRAM has shown up online. It uses a GA102-250 GPU and seems to be tailor-made for cryptocurrency mining. The model is likely the result of a failed test run as only 100 of those supposedly exist.

After years of ridiculously inflated prices, a new desktop GPU deal on Amazon finally brings the quick Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 back below US$1,000, which is a decent price for impatient gamers who can't wait for the upcoming release of the RTX 4000 series of graphics cards.

Nvidia may be planning to delay the launch of the GeForce RTX 40 GPUs if a new rumor from the prominent leaker @harukaze5719 is to be trusted. If the delay happens, it can possibly be due to deteriorating market conditions for GPU makers that have seen the prices of boards fall off a cliff and the inventory pile up.

XMG has announced new, mid-2022 versions of its Focus gaming laptops based on a combination of the Intel Core i7-12700H and 6GB of RTX 3060 graphics rather than the i7-11800H and RTX 3050 Ti of the 2021 versions. Their 15- and 17-inch M22 counterparts are also joined by a 16-inch model with a 165Hz refresh rate and a series-first 16:10 aspect-ratio. Their orders will go live soon with a limited-time-only introductory offer.

Nvidia is likely evaluating two versions of the RTX 4070 if the newest report from hardware leaker kopite7kimi is accurate. The two SKUs, the PG141-SKU340/341 and the PG141-SKU336/337, differ in CUDA core count, memory size, bus width, and total card power.

AMD showed off a high-end RDNA 3 GPU at its Ryzen 7000 launch event. The unnamed graphics card was shown running The Lies of P, a newly-announced game at 4K with maximum settings. Unfortunately, AMD didn't specify a launch date for the Radeon RX 7000 series and said it would come later this year.

A new leak says that the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and GeForce RTX 4060 score about 8,600 and 6,000 points on the 3DMark Time Spy Extreme benchmark. The former consumes around 275 Watts of power and performs on par with a GeForce RTX 3080 and the latter trades blows with a GeForce RTX 3060 Ti while drawing 240 Watts.

An updated GeForce RTX 40-series rumor specsheet along with a handy power-efficiency chart have been produced by a well-known tech tipster. The data, which comes from numerous leaks by noted sources, reveals that the RTX 4090 could be a must-buy for well-off gamers while the RTX 4070 is looking like a mid-range champion.

Samsung partnered with AMD to revolutionize mobile graphics with the launch of the Exynos 2200 and its Xclipse 920 GPU based on AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture. However, things didn’t go as planned with the Xclipse 920 failing to compete favorably with Qualcomm and Apple’s solutions. But, even with this setback, Samsung is not done with RDNA-based GPUs as the company is continuing its collaboration with AMD.

Hardware leaker kopite7kimi is not done updating his RTX 40 hardware estimates. This time, the leaker reports on a few changes to the memory and power spec of the RTX 4080. The card, which is reportedly more powerful than the RTX 3090 Ti, is now slated to consume close to RTX 3090-levels of energy.

Intel detailed a few tidbits about its upcoming Meteor Lake, Arrow Lake, and Lunar Lake offerings at Hot Chips 34. The company also showed the architecture of a 6P+8E Meteor Lake part with separate CPU, GPU, I/O, and SoC tiles all packaged together using Foveros 3D packaging technology. Intel Graphics Compiler patches also suggest that Meteor Lake's tGPU may support hardware-accelerated ray tracing.

Although the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 family is expected to arrive in October, a fresh leak revealed that the GeForce RTX 4090 with an impressive 24 GB of memory has been in production for more than a week already. This card is expected to feature four display connectors, namely a single HDMI and three DP.

A MyDrivers report indicates that some AIBs are having a tough time selling AMD RX 6000 series, between the mining crash and the impending arrival of next-gen parts. The RX 6700 XT is now selling for US$395 on Newegg, US$85 below its MSRP. This comes after price cuts saw RX 6900 XT pricing dip 30 percent below MSRP.

Hardware leaker SkyJuice has summarized the specs of AMD’s RDNA 3 GPUs. Per the leaker, AMD’s key focus with the RX 7000 series cards is to get maximum performance from the smallest die size possible, making the boards highly competitive in terms of performance while being cheaper to make than the competition.

Sources inside the graphics card supply chain have suggested that AMD and Nvidia plan to further cut the price of their current-generation offerings. Both companies want to get rid of excess inventory before their next-generation offerings launch later this year.

In theory, the DX9 emulation should allow Intel to focus on further improving the DX11 stability. However, it looks like the emulation is not exactly offering performance on par with a DX9 native GPU and there are rumors that DX11 could also be emulated on DX12 on the ARC GPUs.

Nvidia has reportedly restarted manufacturing the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB variant two months after it was discontinued. It seems that the company has excess stock of GA102 GPUs and wants to use them before the RTX 4000 series launch.

Engineering samples of Nvidia GeForce GTX 2080 are up for sale on eBay for US$360 each. The board looks like a prototype with identical hardware specs and reference design to the RTX 2080. Interestingly, the GPU also supports raytracing.