ASRock Challenger Intel Arc B570: $219 MSRP Intel's even more cost-friendly Arc B570 Battlemage GPU brings strong feature support like XeSS 2 with frame gen and solid 1080p performance. Although, for just $30 more, B580 offers better performance-per-dollar value. Strong Feature Support Solid New Software Superior...Read more...
After months of rumors, speculation and leaks, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang officially unveiled the GeForce RTX 50 series based on the RTX Blackwell graphics architecture, during a mega-keynote address at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas during CES 2025. For regular readers, the initial announcements weren’t a...Read more...
Intel Arc B580: $249 MSRP The second generation of Intel's Arc Graphics improves on the original recipe in virtually every way, delivering great performance and awesome value. Excellent Gaming Performance Strong Feature Support Solid New Software Understated Card Aesthetics Official Overclocking Support Drivers Aren't...Read more...
A trusted computer benchmarking site has leaked crucial information on pretty much the entire NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 seires lineup. Of note is how the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti handily trumps the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti in CUDA cores and will be quite the spec bump from the GeForce RTX 5070 when they go on sale next year, likely...Read more...
We're tentatively looking forward to the launch of Intel's second-generation Arc graphics cards (codenamed "Battlemage") with earned enthusiasm, as the showing from the Xe2-based integrated GPU in the Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake" processors was quite strong. Despite the fact that discrete Battlemage hasn't arrived...Read more...
After being on the Dow Jones Industrial Average for 25 years, Intel is being replaced by tech rival NVIDIA. The news of Intel being removed from the Dow comes in the same week the tech bellwether reported a $16.6 billion dollar loss in the third quarter of 2024.
In a press release, the S&P Dow Jones Indices...Read more...
At its Advancing AI event currently underway in San Francisco, CA, AMD announced an array of new products and technologies, and provided updates on other devices that have been revealed at various events over the last year. AMD talked about its Zen 5-based “Turin” EPYC server processors and new Ryzen AI PRO 300...Read more...
Intel is revving up its GPU engines with its first-ever discrete graphics processing unit (dGPU) for automotive applications, the Intel Arc Graphics for Automotive with Arc A760A. The product, announced at the company’s AI Cockpit Innovation Experience event, will be commercially deployed in vehicles as soon as...Read more...
ASRock Radeon RX 7900 GRE Steel Legend: MSRP $549 The AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE originally launched in China, but recent changes in the GPU market spurred the "legendary" release of this great new GPU option from ASRock and others.. Good Perf Per Dollar 16GB Of VRAM Good Overclocker Quiet Operation Dedicated Lighting...Read more...
Attention all GeForce graphics card owners, if you're system is inexplicable stuttering, the latest hotfix GPU driver from NVIDIA may be the salve to sooth your pain. Released last night, NVIDIAs hotfix driver version 551.46 purportedly addresses several situations in which stuttering may rear its ugly head, and it...Read more...
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER: MSRP $999 The high-end GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER completes NVIDIA's SUPER trifecta, which enhances the performance and value proposition of its desktop GPU line-up. Great All-Around Performance Black Colorway Looks Awesome Relatively Cool & Quiet Higher Value Than Original 4080 Beefy...Read more...
AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT: MSRP Starting @ $329 The affordably-priced Radeon RX 7600 XT has higher GPU clocks and double the VRAM of its predecessor to boost performance for mainstream PC gamers. Higher Clocks Double The Memory (16GB) Relatively Cool & Quiet Leading Display Output Config Minor Performance Upgrade...Read more...
NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 series is pretty well established at this point, both in terms of a fleshed out lineup (save for the upcoming Super refresh that's been rumored) and custom bits applied by its hardware partners (custom coolers, overclocked specs, and so forth). However, there is a new design by one of NVIDIA's...Read more...
As with the departure of a dear friend, anytime one's favorite graphics card takes its final curtain call, there is cause for reflection. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs have enjoyed quite a storied history since their initial release. Coming hot off the trail of the egregiously frustrating GPU shortage that...Read more...
Luke Farritor, computer science student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is $40,000 richer after deciphering a snippet of text from the Herculaneum scrolls as part of the Vesuvius Challenge. Farritor was able to accomplish this using a fairly ancient, at least by gamer standards, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070. Even...Read more...
Earlier this year, ASUS China detailed an upcoming model of the RTX 4060 Ti that was notable for including an M.2 slot for NVMe SSDs. Today, that GPU (officially titled the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti SSD) is finally hitting the shelves across Europe, and for a fairly reasonable price as spotted by leaker Momomo_us...Read more...
It seems like every few days we're getting interesting tidbits about NVIDIA's possible upcoming graphics card lineup. No, we're not yet at the GeForce RTX 50 series, but instead looking at the rumored "Super" variants. The well-known leaker kopite7kimi has revealed a potentially interesting set of specs for these...Read more...
If you regularly browse Reddit for PC hardware discussions, you may notice a slightly alarming trend. NVIDIA's RTX 4090 may be a graphics powerhouse, but it's had a bad omen following it since release: melted power adapters. On sub-Reddits such as from the cable company Cablemod, you'll often find users posting that...Read more...
The budget gaming GPU space has been the last to add some interesting options this generation, with emphasis going towards the pricey high-end from manufacturers. Things are changing for the better, though, with the $179 MSRP Intel Arc A580 adding to the family line of the Arc A750 and A770. This new sub-$200 GPU...Read more...
For the past decade, the semiconductor industry has been experiencing the effects of Moore's Law running out of road. It's getting harder and harder for fabs to offer new process nodes that deliver the traditional power, area, and performance improvements of yesteryear. But NVIDIA and its ambitious CEO Jensen Huang...Read more...
NVIDIA's RTX 40 series GPUs bring a lot to the table, with market-leading ray tracing, impressive compute features, and a more compact power cable. That last feature has been a bone of contention since the cards launched in 2022. The new cable is a more elegant solution, but the drawbacks may not be worth the hassle...Read more...