Items tagged with GPUs
What exactly makes a graphics card a GeForce RTX 3050? Simply put, it's the name on the box. From there, NVIDIA can dictate what specs constitute the model name, and those specs can be revised over time (a concept that's not unique to NVIDIA, by the way). We bring this up because NVIDIA is reportedly preparing some...
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By the year 2026, there will be nearly 5 billion graphics chips sitting pretty in PC systems, a figure that includes integrated graphics as found on many AMD and Intel processors. As for discrete GPUs, including add-in boards that gamers jam into their PCI Express slots, market penetration in the PC is expected to...
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NVIDIA is aiming to lower the price of its GeForce RTX 3060 in China to 1,999 Yuan, roughly the equivalent of $280 in American USD, and these GPUs are set to last at least through the first quarter of 2024. That price would undercut even the cheapest GeForce RTX 3060 12GB by $10 in the US, if this price cut carries...
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The mighty GPU is shaping up to be one of the most significant innovations of human technology during the last few decades. While games such as Alan Wake 2 demonstrate visual chops that can often mimic reality, there is much more at stake here. With the advent of artificial intelligence, the need for as much computing...
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It's already been more than a year since the GeForce RTX 4090 hit store shelves. Truly, tempus does indeed fugit. Hardware enthusiasts are looking ahead to the next generation, and rumors have come a-plenty, but one of the most reliable NVIDIA leakers seems to have made a major screw-up with his GeForce RTX 5090...
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Resident leaker @Zed__Wang on X (Twitter) leaked a photo of NVIDIA’s supposed new RTX 40 Super series branding, featuring the rumored GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER moniker. If the packaging material is legitimate, it confirms that NVIDIA will be launching a GeForce RTX 40 series SUPER refresh next year.
The photo reveals...
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NVIDIA has introduced an update to its RTX Video Super Resolution feature that enables VSR support on GeForce RTX 20 series GPUs. Labeled VSR 1.5, the new update not only provides additional GPU support, but also incorporates image quality improvements that enhance the upscales's de-artifacting capabilities. The...
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There's nothing like some good GPU rumors to keep gamers on their toes, especially during the mid-cycle refreshes. That's exactly what we have here from Twitter user hongxing2020: NVIDIA may be getting ready to release "Super" variants of the RTX 4070, 4070 Ti, and 4080. While this is just some speculation at this...
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Newegg has rolled out a GPU trade-in program that gives buyers varying amounts of credit on their old graphics cards when purchasing new ones. Ostensibly, this is a move to reduce to e-waste, though we'd like to see the actual buyers who are going around tossing GeForce RTX 3080 and Radeon RX 6800 cards into the garbage bin. Newegg's pat-on-the-back
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Boy, we love the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). It's not that we do business in their territory, or anything like that. It's just that every filing made with the group is public, and the details are posted on its website. This frequently gives us a sneak peek into possible upcoming products, although we should...
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Discrete graphics card shipments are on the rise again and this time it has nothing (or very little) to do with cryptocurrency mining. Instead, the "robustness" of GPU shipments in the second quarter of 2023 can be attributed to the buzz surrounding Starfield, Bethesda's first original IP in 25 years, and other...
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When AMD was first announcing the RDNA 3 architecture around the release of its Radeon RX 7900 XT and XTX graphics cards, the watchword for the new design was "power efficiency". AMD endlessly emphasized that efficiency was the end goal for its new architecture, and promised huge efficiency gains out of RDNA...
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The latest GPU shipment report from the graphics auditors at Jon Peddie Research reveals that add-in boards (AIBs) are selling surprisingly well, even amid grumblings about how the latest crop of graphics cards are priced. According to the report, there was a "significant increase in shipments" during a quarter that...
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UL Solutions, the creators behind 3DMark, have launched a new 3DMark ray tracing benchmark called Solar Bay that is designed to stress test and benchmark GPUs. This new benchmark is different from 3DMark’s other ray tracing benchmarks, like Port Royal and Speed Way in that it supports both Android and Windows PCs. As...
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When Intel originally introduced the Arc graphics card family to us, it was described as including three tiers of cards, just like the company's Core i- family of CPUs originally did. The Arc 3 were to be entry-level GPUs, the Arc 5 were to be mid-range gaming parts, and the Arc 7 were to be performance-class parts...
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AMD officially unveiled its third Radeon RX 7900 series graphics card at ChinaJoy today, known as the RX 7900 Golden Rabbit Edition — or GRE for short. The new GPU is the lowest-end RX 7900 series graphics card now on sale, featuring a further cut-down Navi 31 GPU and memory sub-system compared to the RX 7900 XT. The...
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An incredibly rare 20GB variant of the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti was spotted on the Facebook marketplace where an Australian seller is selling the card for $1100. The card is confirmed to be an OEM-finished MSI Suprim X variant that never made it to market, due to NVIDIA canceling the 20GB model altogether back in 2020...
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Remember the GeForce GTX 280? The "GT200" GPU was a gigantic beast that maxed out the limits of the "Tesla" design it was based on. It boasted 32 ROPs and something almost unseen in graphics cards before or since: a 512-bit GDDR memory bus. Well, NVIDIA could be bringing the half-kilobit bus back when the next...
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Can you believe we're already a quarter of the way into July and past the halfway point of 2023? A new month means a new middle version number for the latest Radeon driver release, naturally numbered 23.7.1. These drivers have the usual pack of bug fixes and known issues, but the real star of the show is something...
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NVIDIA has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, as it skirts a one-TRILLION-dollar market valuation. While we're fond of the company's products, its corporate behavior has occasionally come under fire, with some of the most high-profile remarks coming from former partner EVGA.
The latest such allegation comes...
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It turns out that NVIDIA’s RTX 4070 is not carrying the same 16-pin power connector found on other RTX 40 series graphics cards. After careful inspection from Igor at Igor’s Lab, he found that the RTX 4070 Founders Edition and 16-pin equipped AIB partner cards are carrying a modified 16-pin power connector that...
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The Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition is dead, long live the Arc A770! In a mildly surprising move, Intel quietly discontinued its own LE variant this week, with a Product Change Notification (PCN) outlining the graphics card's change in status. If you happen to own one, it's now a bit of a collector's item and has...
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