Items tagged with MSI
Perhaps at one point NVIDIA may have considered equipping its GeForce RTX 5080 with 24GB of VRAM. More than likely, however, MSI's repeated reference to the non-existent SKU is a recurring typo. If so, it raises the question as to why MSI keeps making the same mistake, with the latest reference to 24GB spotted in the...
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AMD released its Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 graphics cards to retail about a week and a half ago (on March 6), both of which are exclusive to its add-in board partners, meaning no reference 'Made by AMD' variants. Even so, we have yet to see any custom models by MSI. As it turns out, MSI is not only skipping...
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MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Trio: MSRP $599 The MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Gaming Trio packs a massive cooler and takes NVIDIA's reference specs and kicks them up a couple of notches to boost performance. Latest Architecture And Feature Set Good Overclocker Power Friendly Cool And Quiet DLSS 4 + RTX Neural Rendering...
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If you thought "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was an odd premise, wait until you get a load of the curious case of missing render output unit hardware (or raster operations pipeline, if you prefer—ROP from here on out) on some GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards that are out in the wild. One of the seemingly...
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MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio Review: MSRP $799 The MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio takes NVIDIA's GB203 GPU and gooses up its clock speeds to improve performance over standard cards. Blackwell Architecture Hot-Clocked From The Factory Easy Overclocker Relatively Power Friendly Cool And Quiet DLSS 4 +...
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The launch of NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs has been interesting to say the least. And we're not just talking about the flagship GeForce RTX 5090 and its 32GB of GDDR7 VRAM. The performance uplift offered by the new RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, disregarging new technologies like multi-frame gen, left some...
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NVIDIA's new flagship graphics card, the GeForce RTX 5090, is scheduled for a retail debut on Thursday, January 30 (which is tomorrow, at the time of this writing). Same goes for the GeForce RTX 5080. However, the retail release comes amid multiple shortage warnings, including a new one that MSI shared on its Discord...
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Anticipation is running high for the retail release of NVIDIA's newest flagship graphics card, the GeForce RTX 5090, but if history is any indication, cards could be hard to come by at MSRP. At least in the early going. We're already seeing signs of this playing out—gamers are camping out at a popular US retailer days...
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MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid: Estimated MSRP $2,199 - 2,499 The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim Liquid SOC straps a powerful 360mm liquid cooler to NVIDIA's latest GPU for killer performance and quiet operation. Powerful Liquid Cooler Cool And Quiet Operation Increased Clocks And Power Limit Full Feautured...
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs will launch on January 30th, with the chart-topping GeForce RTX 5090 making a beeline for enthusiast PC systems. One of the big concerns some may have concerns the power cable, as the GeForce RTX 4090 had some incidences of burned connectors. While the main reasons fluctuated from...
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For tech media like Hot Hardware, the new year means a plethora of new tech, as CES in Las Vegas kicks off just after the holiday. It's always exciting to see the new products and fresh announcements, but the multitude of reveals and unveilings can be tough to track, especially if you're at the show. If -- like us -- you're all about the latest
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This year's CES 2025 has so far exposed us to a lot of new products, especially with gaming hardware. While NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series was the notable announcement, gaming laptops featuring the GPUs are also being displayed. MSI has revealed a gorgeous Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Norse Myth laptop to utilize the...
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We're midway through this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and are continuing to see some cool new product releases and concepts. One that we can add to the list is MSI's Meg Vision X AI, a desktop gaming PC that is a dual CES 2025 award honoree—one for "Artificial Intelligence" and another for "Gaming &...
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AMD's Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000 series processors didn't set the DIY and enthusiast worlds ablaze when they initially launched, and that's understandable considering their relatively modest gains over the previous generation. However, the 3D V-Cache equipped Ryzen 7 9800X3D is out now, and it offers explosive...
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Display makers are continuing to find ways to innovate, hence why we've seen technologies like OLED, mini LED, variable refresh rate support, and other features trickle into the mainstream arena over the past several years. As it applies to gaming monitors, the next point of emphasis appears to be dual refresh modes...
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Anyone can piece together a PC setup, whether it entails rolling your own rig (otherwise known as the DIY route) or going with a pre-built. The trickier part is matching parts and accessories to whatever theme you have going, be it copious RGB lighting, silent or quiet operation, an all-white (or mostly) aesthetic...
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Let's talk about super-portable gaming PCs. Yeah, alright—it's another handheld post; we just got tired of writing "handheld." But seriously, these things are cool, and if you haven't had the chance to put your hands on one, you should really try it out. It's hard to fathom, if you're of a certain age: a full-on...
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MSI's maiden Claw handheld was competent, but likely less compelling to cautious consumers when confronted by AMD-powered competitors boasting beefier performance and better battery life. That largely mirrors the reality of comparing Intel's Meteor Lake against AMD's Phoenix in gaming laptops. What about Lunar Lake...
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Do you get the feeling that MSI might be just a tad bit excited to launch its next-generation gaming handheld with Lunar Lake inside? We do, considering that's it been official for about two and a half months now. As for when it will release, it will be another couple of months, with a proper unveiling on tap for the...
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Back at the Consumer Electronics Show at the beginning of the year, you may recall that MSI unveiled a monstrous 49-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor with a 5120x1440 resolution and 144Hz refresh rate. Well, more recently, MSI teased an upgraded variant with an even faster 240Hz refresh rate, the MPG 491CQPX, and that has...
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MSI Datamag 20Gbps Portable SSD: Pricing TBA MSI's first external SSD offers NVMe-like performance in a compact and attractive aluminum chassis. Solid USB SSD Performance Unique Magnetic Mounting Options Durable Aluminum Chassis 5 Year Warranty No IP Rating MSI's been selling internal storage for a while now, and its...
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At some point, we'll have to scale back our coverage of a high-tech game of leapfrog involving two notable hardware teams—ASUS paired with G.Skill, and MSI teamed with Kingston. Both sets have joined forces with professional overclockers to claim (and reclaim) DDR5 speed records, with the new speed to beat set at...
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