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The RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition will apparently look a lot like the RTX 3070. (Image source: Videocardz)

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti comes close to matching the performance of the RTX 3070 with 38 RT cores and a 1.67 GHz boost clock speed

The release of the RTX 3060 Ti is believed to be a few weeks away, but the card has already been benchmarked on Geekbench. The upcoming Ampere card averaged a score of 326,396 in OpenCL, putting it 10% behind the RTX 3070. Geekben...

Alex Alderson, 22 Nov 2020 23:28

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition is practically identical. (Image source: Nvidia)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition looks just like an RTX 3070 in new leaked images

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition has made a photographic debut in a handful of images that show the Ampere graphics card from the front and rear, and even the Nvidia-branded packaging makes an appearance. The GeForc...

Daniel R Deakin, 22 Nov 2020 10:02

AMD is looking at an open source, cross-platform super-sampling feature that works across PC and consoles, but that will take some time. (Image Source: AMD)

AMD to offer an open, cross-platform implementation of DLSS-esque super-sampling, will work with Intel and NVIDIA for high-quality visuals across PC and console

AMD's Scott Herkelman hinted that the company is working to offer an open implementation of super-sampling in partnership with Intel and NVIDIA that works across PCs and consoles unlike NVIDIA's proprietary DLSS. He also said that...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 21 Nov 2020 21:25

EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 KINGPIN HYBRID GAMING video card priced at US$1,999.99 (Source: EVGA)

EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 KINGPIN Hybrid & KINGPIN Hydro Copper Series now official, US$2,000 worth of awesomeness

Priced at US$1,999.99, EVGA's flagship product GeForce RTX 3090 KINGPIN Hybrid targets extreme overclockers and it should be accompanied by the Hydro Copper variant as well, which doesn't have a price yet. The list of features inc...

Codrut Nistor, 20 Nov 2020 19:00

Best holiday deal for the new RTX 3000 GPUs would be to actually find one card in stock. (Image Source: Premium Build)

Nvidia once again acknowledges that the RTX 3000 supply problems could last for at least a few more months

Nvidia reported nice growth figures in its Q3 2020 earnings call, but things might not look that good for Q4. Team Green is now estimating that the RTX 3000 supply shortages could continue well into 2021, and this problem may also...

Bogdan Solca, 20 Nov 2020 15:01

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT scored 47,932 points in 3DMark Fire Strike. (Image source: Lucky_Noob)

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT takes the 3DMark Fire Strike world record from the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 on stock cooling

AMD now holds the 3DMark Fire Strike world record, and with its second-fastest graphics card to boot. Impressively, the Radeon RX 6800 XT took the crown from the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 with a reference cooler.

Alex Alderson, 19 Nov 2020 21:01

AMD might also have an ace up its sleeve for the laptop-grade GPUs. (Image Source: AMD)

Undervolted AMD RX 6800 with 183 W TGP offers clues about an upcoming RX 6800M laptop-grade GPU matching the desktop RTX 2080 Ti

The RX 6800 GPU particularly efficient when it comes to undervolting, as its TGP can be reduced by 45 W down to 183 W. These figures are already laptop-friendly if we look at Nvidia's RTX 2080 Super mobility GPUs, so we can expect...

Bogdan Solca, 19 Nov 2020 18:47

The RX 6800 could become a best buy this holiday season. (Image Source: PCWorld)

AMD RX 6800 / XT: analyzing the pros and cons based on reviews around the Net

AMD is back in the game with the latest RX 6800 / XT cards. Does it steal the performance crown? Not quite, but we still haven't seen what the RX 6900 XT has to offer. Nevertheless, the new AMD cards appear to be priced correctly,...

Bogdan Solca, 19 Nov 2020 18:19

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT Red Devil closeup (Source: PowerColor)

PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT Red Devil unveiled, to hit the market before the end of the month

Just as expected, the Red Devil video card takes it way above and beyond the reference Radeon RX 6800 XT design. PowerColor's custom card features a triple-fan design, dual-BIOS, a 14+2 phase VRM with DrMOS, high polymer capacitor...

Codrut Nistor, 19 Nov 2020 14:51

AMD highlights that its architecture powers graphical effects on next-gen consoles (Image source: AMD)

AMD's Hangar 21 demo video shows off Big Navi RX 6800 XT ray-tracing chops, drops on November 19th

AMD's been very tight-lipped about ray-tracing capabilities on its Big Navi cards. However, AMD announced it'll be releasing the Hangar 21 demo video on November 19th, showcasing a whole range of DX 12 Ultimate effects. While benc...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 18 Nov 2020 18:25

The ray tracing performance on the Navi 21 is not at all bad considering this is AMD's first implementation. (Image Source: AMD)

Leaked slide shows AMD's RX 6800 XT 1440p ray tracing performance, RTX 3080 looks to be winning this battle

Most of the previous rumors regarding the ray tracing performance of the Navi 21 GPUs are now confirmed directly via an official slide leaked ahead of the review NDAs. Yes, the RX 6800 XT appears to be slower than the RTX 3080 in ...

Bogdan Solca, 18 Nov 2020 13:49

The next AORUS Gaming Boxes will feature Ampere GPUs. (Image source: Videocardz)

The Gigabyte AORUS RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 Gaming Boxes will provide the power of the Ampere architecture over a Thunderbolt 3 connection

Gigabyte is readying to release new versions of its AORUS Gaming Box eGPU. The company plans to release GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3090 editions of the AORUS Gaming Box, which will both feature RGB lighting and plenty of con...

Alex Alderson, 17 Nov 2020 22:39

The Ryzen 9 5950X has been spotted assisting the RX 6800 XT and RTX 3090. (Image source: AMD/Nvidia - edited)

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X assists both the GeForce RTX 3090 and Radeon RX 6800 XT with incredible results in Geekbench Vulkan benchmark

The 16-core, 32-thread AMD Ryzen 9 5950X has appeared in a couple of startling benchmark results involving the Vulkan graphics API. The Zen 3 Vermeer processor was teamed up with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 and an AMD Radeon RX 680...

Daniel R Deakin, 17 Nov 2020 22:27

The RTX 3060 Ti may offer RTX 2080 SUPER levels of performance. (Image source: NVIDIA)

Leaked NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti benchmarks suggest superiority over the RTX 2080 SUPER at under 60% of the price

NVIDIA will be introducing the RTX 3060 Ti in a few weeks, and leaked benchmark results point towards the card offering excellent value for money. Believed to launch for around US$400, the RTX 3060 Ti will supposedly outperform th...

Alex Alderson, 17 Nov 2020 13:04

AMD Instinct MI100 HPC accelerator. (Image Source: AMD)

AMD announces CDNA-based Instinct MI100 GPU with 120 CUs for HPC, promises up to 2.1x more performance per dollar compared to the NVIDIA A100

AMD has announced what it calls the world's fastest HPC GPU, the Instinct MI100 based on the CDNA architecture. The Instinct MI100 offers up to 11.5 TFLOPs of FP64 compute performance when paired with 2nd gen EPYC processors. The ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 16 Nov 2020 20:46

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT by Gigabyte, launch stock situation lookin grim as of mid-November

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT & RX 6800 launch stock expected to be almost as bad as RTX 3080

A few days ahead of the official launch, several retailers in Australia stated that the stock for both the Radeon RX 6800 and Radeon RX 6800 XT is "pretty terrible" but at least it is also expected for the launch availability of t...

Codrut Nistor, 16 Nov 2020 19:20

The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is scheduled to launch on November 18. (Image source: AMD)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 throw up crazy Ashes of the Singularity benchmark results that leave the GeForce RTX 3090 firmly out of the mainstream market

Some Ashes of the Singularity benchmark comparison results for the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 have been posted online. While both the RX 6800 XT and RTX 3080 performed capably, the ...

Daniel R Deakin, 16 Nov 2020 19:01

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT video card (Source: Sapphire Tech)

Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 & RX 6800 XT Nitro+ now up for pre-order

Three video cards that were unveiled by Sapphire Tech last week are now up for pre-order on Multitronic's website. The Finnish retailer has the Radeon RX 6800 listed for roughly US$870, while the two RX 6800 XT variants have price...

Codrut Nistor, 15 Nov 2020 19:13

AMD Radeon RX 6000 series render, Radeon RX 6800 benchmarks leak online (Source: Wccftech)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, beware: New AMD Radeon RX 6800 benchmarks leak online

Shortly after the RX 6800 XT surfaced in some leaked benchmarks, the upcoming AMD Radeon RX 6800 does the same. According to a Basemark listing (that seems to have been removed in the meantime), the RX 6800 will feature no less th...

Codrut Nistor, 14 Nov 2020 12:44

The custom RX 6800 XT cards are rumored to display an impressive overclocking potential. (Image Source: AMD)

Leak suggests custom Radeon RX 6800 XT card overclocked to 2.5 GHz can almost match Nvidia's RTX 3090

We can already imagine the overclocking potential of the upcoming custom RX 6900 XT cards planned for early 2021. If the RX 6800 XT can match the RTX 3090 that easily, Nvidia's rumored RTX 3080 Ti might still not be enough to secu...

Bogdan Solca, 13 Nov 2020 18:01

The RDNA 3 GPUs are rumored to come in multi-chip module form, allowing for substantial performance gains over the RDNA 2 models. (Image Source: RedGamingTech)

AMD is expecting the next-gen RDNA 3 GPUs scheduled for 2021 to deliver 50% improved performance-per-watt over the new RX 6000 series

We have not even got a chance to explore the limits of the new RX 6000 GPUs based on the RDNA 2 architecture, and AMD is already planning some impressive performance gains for the upcoming RDNA 3 cards that should release in late ...

Bogdan Solca, 11 Nov 2020 17:00

The RTX 3080 Ti will apparently land in January 2021. (Image source: NVIDIA)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will allegedly launch in January 2021 for US$999 to combat the AMD RX 6900 XT

NVIDIA has a plan to rival AMD's Radeon RX 6900 XT, and it will come in the form of the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Confirmed by HKEPC and Videocardz, the RTX 3080 Ti is thought to be based on a GA102 GPU with 10,496 CUDA cores. Apparent...

Alex Alderson, 11 Nov 2020 13:49

NVIDIA GeForce RTX video card render, RTX 3050 to feature GA107 GPU with 2,304 cores

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 rumor: 90 W TGP Ampere GA107 GPU with 2,304 cores

Expected by many gamers to perform as good as the RTX 2060 with less power required — and less heat generated, of course — the upcoming NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is now rumored to use the GA107-300 graphics chip with 2,304 cores and...

Codrut Nistor, 11 Nov 2020 12:04

The new Dimensity 700. (Source: MediaTek)

MediaTek announces the Dimensity 700, a 5G chipset for next-gen mid-range phones

MediaTek has launched a new addition to its Dimensity series of mobile processors. This 700 chipset is based on a 7 nanometer process and has 8 cores with a maximum speed of 2.2GHz. It supports LP-DDR4X RAM, UFS 2.2 storage and du...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 10 Nov 2020 22:13

New NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti specs have emerged online

Alleged NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti specs resurface; will likely feature 20GB of GDDR6x VRAM, 10,496 CUDA cores, and more

A new set of purported NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti specifications suggest that it will come with 10,496 CUDA cores like the GeForce RTX 3090. However, its 20GB of GDDR6x VRAM has a memory speed of 19GB/s, putting it closer to the G...

Anil Satyanarayana, 04 Nov 2020 15:33

The GA104 SKU is significantly smaller than the flagship models. (Image Source: Videocardz)

Nvidia's RTX 3060 Ti mid-range GPU now believed to launch on December 2

Apparently, the previous rumors saying that the RTX 3060 Ti is expected to launch in mid-November are not true. Chinese site Expreview now claims that the actual launch date is set for December 2. This card is expected to cost US$...

Bogdan Solca, 03 Nov 2020 16:53

The RTX 3090 Founders Edition. (Source: NVIDIA)

NVIDIA announces revised pricing for the RTX 3000 FE series in India

NVIDIA launched the RTX 3000 Founders Edition (FE) series starting at US$499 in the United States. Therefore, Indian flagship GPU fans may not have been impressed to find that the same prices in their market were far above these l...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 02 Nov 2020 18:50

Alleged AMD Radeon RX 6800 demonstrates 23% lead over RTX 3070 Founders Edition in leaked Time Spy score

A 3DMark Time Spy result of an alleged AMD Radeon RX 6800 has surfaced. Though not confirmed to be an RX 6800, the leaked Time Spy graphics score shows a healthy 23% lead over the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition.

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 01 Nov 2020 13:37

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti will likely be based on a cut-down variant of the RTX 3070's GA104 GPU (Image source: NVIDIA)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti slated for November 17th launch: NVIDIA gunning for the midrange market?

According to a Videocardz report, NVIDIA is planning to launch a cheaper GeForce RTX 3060 Ti on November 17th, featuring 4864 CUDA cores and a 180W TDP. The card will likely be competitive with the popular GeForce RTX 2070 Super, ...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 01 Nov 2020 09:22

The midrange Radeon RX 6800 performance exceptionally in Shadow of the Tomb Raider with ray-tracing on (Image source: Square Enix)

Big Navi ray-tracing could be better than expected: leaked benchmarks show the Radeon RX 6800 compete with the GeForce RTX 3070 with DLSS enabled

Leaked DXR benchmarks indicate that AMD's hardware ray-tracing solution could be better than expected. In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the Radeon RX 6800 at native-res trails the GeForce RTX 3070 by only a slight margin, even with t...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 31 Oct 2020 14:16

AMD's Smart Access Cache might not deliver massive performance gains, but Big Navi's raw raster performance could compensate

Benchmarks compiled and aggregated by tipster @_rogame indicate that AMD's new Smart Access Cache technology might not offer a game-changing performance uplift in most cases. Nevertheless, the same benchmarks indicate that Big Nav...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 31 Oct 2020 08:31

Water-cooled RX 6900 XT cards could be released in early 2021. (Image Source: AMD)

AMD may allow AIB partners to release custom RX 6900 XT cards soon

Now that AMD officially announced the top-of-the-line Navi 21 GPUs, there is no reason to restrict AIBs from designing custom RX 6900 XT versions anymore. Industry insiders are hearing that AMD is already in talks with its partner...

Bogdan Solca, 30 Oct 2020 17:26

A leaked Asus RTX 3080 Ti card's faceplate. (Image Source: Videocardz)

NVIDIA GA102-250 RTX 3080 Ti with 9,984 CUDA cores and 384-bit memory interface allegedly in the pipeline

NVIDIA apparently has an RTX 3080 Ti with 9,984 CUDA cores in development and is likely to position it between the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090. Details of the rumored RTX 3080 Ti are not fully available except for the fact that it uses ...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 29 Oct 2020 10:58

The Radeon RX 6800 offers AMD's latest RDNA 2 GPU design and features for less than US$600

AMD introduced the RX 6800 as the most vanilla of its all-new RDNA 2-based line-up today (October 28, 2020). However, based on its specs, it may pack a punch of its own. It offers the same GDDR6 memory and Infinity Cache as its hi...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 28 Oct 2020 19:56

$50 less compared to the RTX 3080 MSRP will get you slightly faster raster performance and 16 GB of VRAM, but not quite on par ray tracing performance. (Image Source: AMD)

AMD announces the Radeon RX 6800 XT gaming GPU and claims a win against Nvidia's RTX 3080

Seems like AMD is winning in so many markets now. Desktop CPUs, server CPUs, AI soon (with the Xilinx acquisition?) and now it finally reclaims the GPU crown with the announcement of the RX 6000 series. The RX 6800 XT model is bea...

Bogdan Solca, 28 Oct 2020 19:21

Mixing GPU results coming from mobile devices and lightweight laptops might not be a good idea. (Image Source: benchmarks.ul.com)

The new 3DMark Wild Life cross-platform benchmark is reporting some strange results where Apple's A13 Bionic GPUs beat the latest AMD Vega 8 iGPUs

PCWorld tested the Apple A13 Bionic SoC against a few popular laptop processors, and it turns out that the iPhone 11 chip appears to be faster than iGPUs like the Iris Plus and the Vega 8, but it is also significantly lagging behi...

Bogdan Solca, 28 Oct 2020 16:37

AMD could surprise us even more with the Navi 21 presentation tomorrow. (Image Source: PCGamer)

Nvidia RTX 3080 in trouble: AMD rumored to show the RX 6800 XT GPU winning in considerably more games, both in 4K and 1440p

Info regarding the official Navi 21 presentation tomorrow has been leaked and things are not looking good for the RTX 3080 GPUs from Nvidia. Sources close to RedGamingTech claim that the RX 6800 XT cards will show better raster pe...

Bogdan Solca, 27 Oct 2020 14:58

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is due to be released soon

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti spotted on GPU-Z with 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM; mid-November launch imminent

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti's specs are all but confirmed, thanks to a new GPU-Z listing. It will feature a GA104-200 GPU, 4,864 CUDA cores, and 8GB of VRAM with a memory bandwidth of 448GB/s. NVIDIA is expected to launch the c...

Anil Satyanarayana, 27 Oct 2020 02:48

The ASUS ROG STRIX Radeon RX 6800 XT could offer a major upgrade over the current AMD flagship, the RX 5700 XT (Image source: ASUS)

Big Navi ASUS ROG STRIX Radeon RX 6800XT allegedly boosts to a remarkable 2.5 GHz in 3DMark 11

Tipster @patrickschur_ reports that an AIB Radeon RX 6800 XT part boosts to 2.5 GHz and beyond when running 3DMark 11. The sample was listed as an engineering sample, indicating that retail clocks could go even higher.

Arjun Krishna Lal, 25 Oct 2020 21:19

Upcoming Ampere-powered laptops could replace the current crop of Turing Max-Q devices (Image source: NVIDIA)

Multiple NVIDIA GeForce Ampere Max-Q and Max-P laptop parts allegedly in the works, including the GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

According to a recent leak, NVIDIA is prepping multiple mobility-focused Ampere graphics cards. These include, among others, the GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q, GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q, and GeForce 3060 Max-Q. Questions remain, though, abo...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 25 Oct 2020 21:01

Big test results for Big Navi. (Image Source: AMD)

Big if true: pictured Radeon RX 6800 XT engineering sample is beating the RTX 3080 in almost all leaked 3DMark results

Four independent sources reveal that that the RX 6800 XT cards perform up to 19% better in the Firestrike tests, and up to 3% faster in the Time Spy tests, but still trail behind the RTX 3080 in the Port Royal tests that focus on ...

Bogdan Solca, 23 Oct 2020 17:49

Lenovo's Legion Slim 7 can now be equipped with up to a Ryzen 4900H APU. (Image Source: Lenovo)

Lenovo releases the AMD Ryzen 4000H versions of the Legion Slim 7 gaming laptops

Lenovo is now introducing Ryzen 4000H APU options for the world's lightest gaming laptops featuring RTX 2000 GPUs. The new Legion Slim 7 models can be equipped with up to a Ryzen 4900H APU coupled with up to 32 GB of DDR4-3200 RAM...

Bogdan Solca, 23 Oct 2020 17:11

AMD's RX 6080 XT is rumored to match the Nvidia RTX 3080 at a price point closer to the RTX 3070.(Image Source: AMD)

AMD's RX 6800 XT card allegedly performs on par with Nvidia's RTX 3080 in Fire Strike Ultra 3DMark tests, but costs closer to an RTX 3070

Apparently, AMD did not show off its flagship Navi 21 XTX version with the Ryzen 5000 CPUs earlier this month. Rumor has it that the performance metrics presented back then come from the Navi 21 SKU powering the RX 6800 XT cards a...

Bogdan Solca, 22 Oct 2020 17:41

Nvidia rumored to cancel the RTX 3080 20 GB and RTX 3070 16 GB models

The cancellation of these two Nvidia models that pack more than 10 GB of VRAM might allow AMD to increase its sales, since the Navi 21 SKUs are expected to get 16 GB of VRAM. Nvidia is currently stuck with terrible yields on the S...

Bogdan Solca, 22 Oct 2020 17:09

Intel plans to position the top DG2 GPU SKUs between Nvidia's RTX 3070 and RTX 3080. (Image Source: Hexus)

More Intel Xe-HPG gaming GPU specs and performance info leak out

New info coming from Moore's Law Is Dead sources detail Intel's DG2 production process, memory configuration and performance targets that should be between Nvidia's RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 models. Intel is also aiming to offer excel...

Bogdan Solca, 21 Oct 2020 15:55

The Asus VivoBook Flip 14 could be the first to feature the new Xe discrete GPUs. (Image Source: Asus)

Intel's first Iris Xe Max discrete GPUs may initially launch in notebooks like the Asus VivoBook Flip 14

Previously known as DG1, Intel's Xe discrete GPUs may first launch with select Tiger Lake laptops. One of these could be the Asus VivoBook Flip 14 TP470EZ convertible that is advertised to be featuring the first Xe dGPU named Iris...

Bogdan Solca, 20 Oct 2020 13:59

The new 450W BIOS could help the EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra maintain higher boost clocks (Image source: EVGA)

New 450W BIOS for the EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra could potentially take Ampere to new performance heights

Overclockers and enthusiasts looking to get a bit more out of their GeForce RTX 3080 cards have a solid option now in the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra. EVGA's new BIOS for the card pushes the TDP up to 450W, freeing the AIB ca...

Arjun Krishna Lal, 16 Oct 2020 13:46

AMD Project Quantum still alive: Team Red could soon launch gaming mini PCs with unique designs

Last year, AMD started its anti-NUC initiative, as many of its embedded and laptop-grade APUs can now easily be included in mini PCs. This initiative could soon culminate with gaming mini PCs that are based on AMD's Project Quantu...

Bogdan Solca, 13 Oct 2020 14:27

The Blade Stealth is back. (Source: Razer)

RazerCon 2020 | Razer launches the Tiger Lake version of the Blade Stealth

The inaugural RazerCon event has just wrapped up, leaving a host of new and updated products from its organizer in its wake. The headliner here is probably the refreshed Blade Stealth, although the only real difference from its pr...

Deirdre O'Donnell, 11 Oct 2020 01:04