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XMG is offering the NEO 15 E22 with the RTX 3080 Ti dGPU and the Intel i7-12700K processor starting at €3,277. The OASIS external AIO unit is completely optional and costs €199. Roadmap reveals AMD Ryzen 6000 models and additional support for OASIS.

There is the possibility that one of the SKUs in the upcoming “Lovelace” GeForce RTX 40 series of graphics cards from Nvidia could eventually break the 100 TFLOPS barrier in regard to graphical compute performance (FP32). A noted leaker claims 90 TFLOPS is on the horizon for a board featuring the AD102 GPU.

Meta is building an AI supercomputer using Nvidia technologies. The build is underway, with 760 Nvidia DGX A100 GPUs already in use. When the supercomputer is finished later this year, Meta claims that it will be the fastest AI supercomputer globally.

Unfortunately, Nvidia chose to compare the RTX 3080 Ti with the 2020 RTX 2080 SUPER. Of course, the performance improvements are clear, but a comparison with the RTX 3080 would have been more appropriate. The Razer Blade 17 2022 used for the RTX 3080 Ti tests appears to not feature the max TGP version and yet performance is comparable to a desktop RTX 3070 Ti.

The average retail prices for units in the Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 series and the AMD Radeon RX 6000 range have dropped slightly in the last three weeks. The fall in prices for the Ampere and RDNA 2-based cards appears to coincide with the weakening Ethereum price and improved stock availability. However, average retail prices are still close to double list prices.

New synthetic benchmarks for the Exynos 2200 and its graphics component, the Xclipse 920, have shown the AMD/Samsung collaboration in a new and bright light. OpenCL and Vulkan results for the international variant of the Galaxy S22 Ultra are far ahead of recent scores made by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in the upcoming OnePlus 10 Pro.

By popular consensus, the Radeon RX 6500 XT is a mediocre GPU with gaming performance on par with the last-gen Radeon RX 5500 XT 4 GB. A member of AMD's technical staff has now tried to explain the situation by positing that the Navi 24 chip featured inside the RX 6500 XT was initially meant to power discrete notebook GPUs.

Attempting to mine Ethereum with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 will be a futile endeavour. The graphics card can hit a peak hash rate of 13.66MH/s due to its in-built hash-rate limiter. This should make it unattractive to miners, allowing more gamers to pick one up on its January 27 launch.

As if GPU prices weren't already high enough, Nvidia has now silently increased the European prices for all Founders Edition RTX 30-Series graphics cards like the RTX 3070 due to purported currency exchange rate fluctuations.

Desktop graphics card availability remains scarce, with almost all RTX 3000 and Radeon RX 6000 series cards still hard to come by. Amazon has started selling loot boxes in Japan, but people have a far greater chance of winning a GeForce GTX 700 series card than anything from the last five years.

Intel's top-of-the-line Arc Alchemist dGPU manages to perform on par with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti on SiSoftware's benchmark. The listing tells us that it packs 16GB of VRAM and is clocked at 2.1GHz. Intel is expected to unveil its graphics card lineup sometime in Q1, 2022.

Even though most reviews heavily criticized AMD's latest Radeon graphics card for its poor performance, the RX 6500 XT can only be bought from an incredibly small number of scalpers who usually snatch up every halfway decent GPU that becomes available in today's shortage-ridden hardware market.

The RTX 3070 Ti manages to slightly outclass the median score of an RTX 3080 mobile GPU and it even matches a desktop Titan RTX from a few years ago in OpenCL tests. The first laptops powered by the RTX 3070 Ti mobile GPU are expected to go on sale in early February starting at US$1,499.

NVIDIA has unlocked the GPU System Processor (GSP) on its enterprise cards with a driver update. The GSP allows some CPU-intensive tasks to be offloaded to the GPU for improved efficiency and performance. GSP is expected to make an appearance on 2022 Max-Q laptops.

From displays to chassis designs, we take a look at 3 of our top picks for laptop features that should be in our laps right now, but just haven't quite made it. Are these features truly innovations or just cheap gimmicks OEMs will use to sell you a laptop for one or two years?

The GeForce GT 1010 is back, over a year on from its first sightings. The Pascal-based graphics card has been put through its paces on Geekbench, setting some uninspiring CUDA, Open CL and Vulkan scores in the process.

Samsung is still trailing behind TSMC, but the South Korean foundries already managed to surpass Intel as far as 2021 revenues are concerned. 70% of the yearly revenue is invested by Samsung in improved production capacity, while TSMC only invests 50%, so the South Korean giant is confident that it can catch up and eventually overtake its main competitor by 2030.

A new leak says that AMD could launch upgraded versions of the Radeon RX 6900 XT, RX 6800 XT, and the 6700 XT with the RX 6x50 moniker in Q2 2022. It is expected to run faster 18Gbps memory modules and an upgraded GPU.

A YouTuber pitted the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 against the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and found that the former easily defeats the latter in CPU tests. On the other hand, the Qualcomm part is slightly ahead of the high-end MediaTek Dimensity SoC.

Two separate reports online state that Nvidia has asked AIB partners to halt GeForce RTX 3090 Ti production due to problems related to the hardware and BIOS. Nvidia is yet to announce the graphics card officially and is expected to do so sometime in January 2022.

his would be the third version for the RTX 3060 Ti model. It appears to be based on the GA103 GPU also powering the RTX 3080 Ti laptop variants and rumor has it that its specs are identical to the current GA104-based version, but it might be fabricated on Samsung's improved nodes, so we could actually see decent supplies and lower prices.

The launch of the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB remains on the cards after months of delays. The RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB may be even less of an upgrade from the RTX 3070 Ti than the RTX 3080 12 GB is from the original RTX 3080, though.

PowerColor has released the Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX, a graphics card intended for Mini-ITX systems. The Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX has a 90 mm fan and measures just 165 mm across. AMD based the Radeon RX 6500 XT on a Navi 24 GPU with 1,024 Stream Processors.

A new rumour online states that it will be a tad easier to get your hands on an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 on January 27. Nvidia seems to have a large batch at its disposal to keep up with launch day demand.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is here after months of leaks and rumours. Initial benchmarks show that the RTX 3080 12 GB offers better gaming performance than the RTX 3080, almost to the extent that it matches the RTX 3080 Ti. However, the increased performance comes at significant temperature and power costs.

DLDSR provides image quality comparable to 4K resolution while maintaining native resolution performance. It remains an Nvidia-exclusive feature as it requires the AI-powered Tensor cores found only on RTX cards.

NVIDIA has dropped the RTX 3080 12 GB, an RTX 3080 that brings more RAM, CUDA cores and a wider memory interface. For some reason, NVIDIA has not confirmed how much the card should cost. Also, it decided against releasing press drivers, preventing anyone from releasing day one content.

The RTX 3080 12 GB has appeared out of nowhere, with pre-orders set to begin today. Reputedly, NVIDIA's review embargo will lift simultaneously, but without the company published any drivers for the graphics card. However, a few retailers have forgotten to adhere to NVIDIA's sales embargo.

EVGA's truckload of RTX 30 series GPUs has surfaced in Vietnam, over two months after they were swiped in the US. An official retailer had been selling them, reputedly without knowledge that they were stolen.

An XDA Developers user successfully overclocked their Snapdragon 865's Adreno 650 GPU and got it to outperform the Snapdragon 888's Adreno 660. The test involved a Xiaomi Mi 10T and an Asus ROG Phone 5 and included several real-world and synthetic benchmarks.

AMD revealed the RX 6500 XT as a US$199 graphics card at CES 2022. ASUS has priced its custom cards way higher in the Eurozone, where the card will start at €299, equivalent to US$275 discounting VAT. Another RX 6500 XT card will sell for €334 though, putting the graphics card at over US$300.

AMD introduced the RX 6500 XT at CES 2022 targeting budget 1080p gamers, but the use of just 4 GB GDDR6 VRAM has come into question. AMD's Frank Azor clarified that the use of 4 GB VRAM was to deter cryptocurrency miners from subjecting gamers to an availability disadvantage. Azor said that AMD FSR and RSR combined with the RX 6500 XT's high boost clocks should enable smooth gaming at 1080p, though an 8 GB version down the line is not being ruled out.

Intel is updating all the NUC laptop kits with Alder Lake processors, and the X15 "Alder County" models will also stand out as the first all-Intel premium gaming laptop kit with Alder Lake-P CPUs and ARC Alchemist discrete graphics.

Those looking to get their hands on an AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT may have to fork out as much as EUR 299 (US$338), at least in France, which is well over AMD's asking price of US$199. It is worth noting that the listing in question includes local taxes.

Acer has announced upgraded versions of the Swift X lineup at CES 2022. This year, we have the Acer Swift X 14 and the Swift X 16 powered by Intel 12th gen Alder Lake processors. While the Swift X 14 offers up to an RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, the Swift X 16 becomes the first laptop to use the upcoming Intel Arc GPUs. These laptops also get upgraded displays. LPDDR5 RAM, and PCIe Gen 4 storage.

Along with the NEO 15 E22 gaming laptops powered by Intel's Alder Lake-H processors and Nvidia's RTX 3070 Ti / 3080 Ti discrete GPUs, XMG is launching its very first external AIO solution that can lower CPU and GPU temps by around 20°C. The OASIS external water cooler also helps reduce laptop fan speeds by up to 50% and also slightly increase processor clocks for a noticeable performance boost.

Nvidia offered a sneak peek at the upcoming RTX 3090 Ti during its CES 2022 keynote. The company offered only a few TFLOPs numbers and did not delve into the actual specifications. However, much of the information about the RTX 3090 Ti have already leaked before except the actual base and boost clocks of the GA102-350 GPU.

Gigabyte has outdone itself with the 2022 AORUS and AERO laptop series by fixing every user complaint about their predecessors in one fell swoop. The new AORUS and AERO laptops sport 90% screen-to-body ratio, more orthodox camera placement, and all the modern bells and whistles like fast 4K 120Hz mini-LED or OLED displays, 360Hz IPS panels for gamers, plus up to RTX 3080 Ti GPU and Core-i9 Alder Lake processing specs and Thunderbolt 4 ports.

Nvidia's fourth-generation Max-Q tech has been announced. The company claims that it can help bolster performance by making the graphics card work with the CPU. On the flip side, it can also help enhance battery life by up to 70%.

Nvidia has lifted the curtain off the laptop GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti variants. However, it hasn't told us much in the way of specifications, other than the fact that the former runs 16GB of VRAM. Laptops powered by both SKUs will hit shelves on February 1.

The HP Envy Desktop is now official with Intel Alder Lake processors, Nvidia Ampere/AMD RDNA2 graphics cards, up to 128GB RAM, 3TB storage, and more. It will be available for purchase in spring 2022 for an unspecified price.

The HP Omen 45L will be available in select regions starting January 5. One can configure it with up to an Intel Core i9-12900K, GeForce RTX 3090, 1TB NVMe SSD, and an 800W power supply. Prices start at US$1,899 for the entry-level variant.

AMD has taken the covers off its entry-level offerings, the Radeon RX 6500 XT and Radeon RX 6400. Both graphics cards use a Navi 24 GPU and feature 4GB of GDDR6 video memory. The Radeon 6500 XT will cost US$199 and be purchasable in the United States on January 19.

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 was unveiled by Nvidia at CES 2022. It features 8GB of 16Gbps VRAM, 2,560 CUDA cores, a boost clock of 1.8GHz and a 130W TGP. It will hit shelves on January 27 for US$249.

A substantial leak has revealed specifications for eight upcoming AMD Radeon RX 6000M laptop GPUs. All based on the company's RDNA 2 architecture, the GPUs will range from the RX 6300M to the RX 6850M XT. AMD will also release the RX 6000S series, seemingly an equivalent to NVIDIA's old Max-Q GPUs.

A potential graphics card customer has been confronted by a provocative comment from a cashier that has summed up the year perfectly for gamers who have tried desperately to get hold of a high-end Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 series card at anything remotely close to launch price. The person was checking out RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3090 boards at the time.

Videocardz has heard from its sources that the laptop GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will have a max TGP of 175W and run 16GB of VRAM clocked at 16Gbps. Nvidia is expected to unveil the graphics card alongside the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti mobile at CES 2022.

The ARM Mali-G710 MP10 has topped a comparison chart of top mobile SoC GPUs in terms of efficiency measured by FPS/Watt. The astonishing chart, created using the GFXBench 3.1 benchmark, also reveals surprising positions for the GPU parts of the Snapdragon 865, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, and Snapdragon 888.

3DMark Time Spy scores for the newly announced GeForce RTX 2050 and MX550 have leaked. The scores showcase mediocre performance. The numbers aren't unexpected since the GeForce RTX 2050 is a cut-down version of the RTX 3050. The same goes for the MX550 which is a castrated GTX 1650.

The Acer Swift 3X SF314-510G only exhibits a few weaknesses in our review. Thanks to its fully exploited CPU and dedicated GPU, the multimedia laptop also delivers decent performance in many games, and it also boasts up to 18 hours of battery life.