The penchant for video games to develop better graphical capabilities has been ingrained into development DNA since the first playable games were released decades ago. Fast forward to current times and Microsoft wants to improve the performance on low VRAM GPUs when combined with ray tracing with its new...Read more...
GPU pricing holds a special place in the hearts of gamers, for better or for worse. After the tumultuous years past of the GPU shortages, any discounts on modern GPUs is a sight for sore eyes. NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4070 Ti has had its share of controversies, but it is finally on the way below $700 as it exits...Read more...
It has only been a few short months since NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 Super GPUs have been released into the wild. While GPU pricing typically has stayed stagnant or has even grown during the last few years, some new numbers out of Germany may indicate some discounts are possible, too.
The MSRP for NVIDIA's GeForce RTX...Read more...
In case haven't noticed, the cryptocurrency market is on an upswing led by Bitcoin's surge to record highs over the past couple of weeksit's now trading at around $73,000. Historically speaking, as Bitcoin goes, so does the entire crypto scene. Fortunately, miners don't pose a threat to the supply of...Read more...
NVIDIA has been blazing an impressive trail in the world of AI and data center products, reaching heights previously unimaginable. This does not mean it has forgotten its roots, which is in consumer gaming products. With the eventual release of its GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs, information is slowly emerging as...Read more...
The top-end Ada Lovelace graphics processor, the AD102, sports a 384-bit memory interface. In combination with 21-Gbps GDDR6X memory, this nets the Geforce RTX 4090 a grand 1008 GB/second of memory bandwidth. The lower-end GPUs weren't so fortunate, though. AD103, the chip behind the RTX 4080, drops a full...Read more...
Maingear, a builder of boutique PCs for gaming and content creation (and anything else, really), is rolling out a refresh of its North series desktops. Normally this type of thing would coincide with a new line of CPUs or GPUs from AMD, Intel, or NVIDIA. In this case, however, Maingear's refresh is based...Read more...
Alan Wake 2 has been a fantastic game, filled with mystery and a very compelling story. It also comes packed with some of the most demanding graphics technologies that a GPU can face, with often crippling effect. Ray tracing is really just the appetizer, with path tracing also available to bring...Read more...
The historical trend is for physical items to transform into streaming services, such as movies and music. Gaming as the next logical step. While gamers are accustomed to downloading digital games, game streaming has only recently began to hit its stride, with still a lot of room for user acquisition...Read more...
It was right around six months ago when Colorful introduced its new Colorfire Meow series, with the first products consisting of an Intel B760M motherboard, GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and 4060 graphics cards, and a micro-ATX chassis. Today sees the Colorfire Meow series expand with a couple of AMD Ryzen gaming...Read more...
The year 2024 started off with NVIDIA finally announcing its line of GeForce RTX Super GPUs, which include the GeForce RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super, and RTX 4080 Super. The first two GPUs were introduced at the same price as the models they superseded, with the GeForce RTX 4080 Super getting a...Read more...
Four score and seven years ago our fathers may have heard whispers that work had begun on a machine at Iowa State College called the Atanasoff-Berry computer (ABC), a very early and rudimentary electronic digital computer with hundreds of vacuum tubes. Without support for real-time ray tracing and DLSS...Read more...
Ubisoft is on track to release Skull and Bones this Friday to PC and console, and in preparation for its debut on the former, NVIDIA is rolling out a new GeForce GPU driver that's optimized for the upcoming open-world action game. Part of that includes Day-1 ray tracing Deep Learning Super...Read more...
There's some moving and shaking going on in the discrete graphics card market. AMD and NVIDIA have both introduced new models in recent weeks and months, though it's the launch of the latter's GeForce RTX 40 Super series refresh that is triggering some price adjustments (or price corrections, if you will) in...Read more...
In case anyone needs further proof that consumers benefit when competition heats up, a custom GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is now available for $343.99, which puts it much closer to AMD's Radeon RX 7600 XT. It's a factory overclocked model too, from Gigabyte, with the discount putting the card $86...Read more...
The folks at Woot are hosting a blowout sale on nearly a dozen gaming laptop models, including both brand new and factory reconditioned systems. Most of the big names are part of the sale, such as Alienware, ASUS, and MSI, to name a few. Most of these are deeply discounted laptops, with Woot slashing up...Read more...
The typical image of the mighty NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 inside a glorious PC build is something a set any enthusiast's heart aflutter. Seeing this same powerhouse GPU connected to a mobile device outside of its usual habitat can also be an equally interesting sight. However, when enthusiasts learn of the...Read more...
GPUs from NVIDIA are often exciting enough just based on their performance attributes alone, but some models of new products take it a step further with cool and unique custom designs. Colorful, an NVIDIA partner for custom GPUs, has a stunning new Loong Edition series of GPUs to celebrate the Chinese...Read more...
In 2023, AMD unveiled the Radeon RX 7700 and 7800 XT graphics cards, both midrange options at midrange prices. Now that we are a couple of months from that, pricing and availability have stabilized such that you can get the 7800 XT under $500 now. However, with this availability, the question becomes, is this the right GPU for you and your Read more...
With the release of exciting products such as next generation GPUs, the first point of interest is always on performance. When that curiosity has been satisfied, pricing becomes the paramount focus for enthusiasts. That said, NVIDIA has already revealed that the base MSRPs for its GeForce RTX 4080...Read more...
There is nothing like the excitement that reading reviews of a freshly launched GPU brings to enthusiasts. These day one reviews are typically referenced for the lifetime of the product, making companies such as NVIDIA and its add-in board partners strive to make sure they present the best possible performance...Read more...
Boutique builder Maingear is on a mission to clean up the PC as you know it. Sure, Maingear's cable management is already some of the best in the businessthat's one of the things that typically separates a boutique outfit from a bulk OEMbut what it's pushing is a form factor change that places cable...Read more...