Using the tailwind of Nvidia’s ray tracing GeForce 20 Series Turing graphics cards announcement, AMD has unveiled its own dual-Vega Radeon Pro V340. Unlike the Green Team’s efforts, however, this looks to be based on AMD’s existing Vega architecture, strictly marketed towards data centres. During its panel at the Las …
Read More »Vizio and Sigma Designs found guilty of infringing on AMD graphics patent
Back in early 2017, we learned that AMD had filed a lawsuit against TV makers, LG and Vizio, in addition to chip suppliers MediaTek and Sigma Designs. In the complaint, AMD said that these companies were infringing on two patents from the ATI days and requested an investigation from the …
Read More »Alphacool has RTX 20 Series waterblocks ready for Nvidia’s big release date
Nvidia unveiled its new RTX 20 Series of graphics cards on Monday, built around demanding real-time ray tracing technology. Alphacool understands that early adopters are going to need to keep their new GPUs cool in order to push them to their limits, introducing a range of new Eisblock radiators that …
Read More »Nvidia releases first RTX 2080 4K benchmark results
While the bulk of Nvidia's conference was focussed on ray-tracing performance, the company has now released the first set of standard benchmark results for the RTX 2080, showing off 4K performance in current titles.
Read More »Nvidia won’t be supporting NVLink SLI on the GeForce RTX 2070
Nvidia announced its brand new RTX 20 series of GPUs earlier this week with many eyes drawn to the ‘cheaper' GeForce RTX 2070 launching in October. Sadly, it looks as though the RTX 2070 will be following in the footsteps as the GTX 1060, with Nvidia seemingly removing the option …
Read More »Asus shows off its RTX 2080 and RTX 2080Ti lineup
This has been a big week for the graphics card world. Nvidia has officially launched the RTX 20 series and custom cards will be available at the same time as the Founder's Edition release in September. Today, we are taking a look at the launch line-up from ASUS. The Nvidia …
Read More »Major publishers begin eyeing up HDR Gaming Interest Group
While TV makers have been pushing for HDR content for a number of years, console and video game makers only just started getting on board in late 2016. The launches of the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro has pushed HDR gaming to the forefront and now, even more major …
Read More »Early reports show hefty performance penalty for ray-tracing on RTX 2080Ti
We've known that Nvidia was planning a big push for real-time ray tracing in games since March when the first demos were shown off. This all came to fruition last night with the launch of the new RTX 20-series, which will support ray-tracing in several upcoming games. At Gamescom this …
Read More »Nvidia RTX 20 series GPUs available for pre-order
The big day has finally arrived. Today Nvidia launched the RTX 20 series of graphics cards, bringing forward the RTX 2080Ti, RTX 2080 and RTX 2070 all at once. We’ve already dived into the specs for these three Turing cards but pre-orders are also already going live here in the …
Read More »Nvidia’s RTX 20 series finally unveiled in Cologne
It's been a long time coming, but the new generation of Nvidia GPUs is finally here
Read More »You can watch Nvidia’s GeForce event right here
Nvidia's GeForce announcements kick off later today. You can catch the whole event live right here!
Read More »Leaked images of MSI RTX 2080 and RTX 2080Ti appear online
At this point, it is well known that Nvidia's next-gen GPU launch is just around the corner, with the most recent leaks pointing towards a switch away from ‘GTX' branding for the high-end. We are expecting to see reference versions of the RTX 2080 on Monday, but it looks like …
Read More »Intel begins hyping up its discrete GPU plans, doubles down on 2020 launch date
Late last year, we learned that Intel was making the bold decision to enter the discrete graphics card market. The ball got rolling with a slew of high-profile hires and now, the teasing has begun, with Intel aiming for a 2020 launch date. Yesterday, Intel finally began posting to its …
Read More »Razer Core X Review – no nonsense graphics upgrade!
It's Razer's cheapest external GPU enclosure yet - but is it the product we've been waiting for?
Read More »Nvidia hints at GeForce RTX 2080 gaming GPU
Nvidia has finally unveiled its brand new Turing architecture under the Quadro RTX series, confirming two of the three trademarks spotted at the end of last week. The third and final GeForce RTX trademark is still being teased, with Nvidia's new ‘Be For The Game' trailer pointing towards the RTX …
Read More »Samsung launches 16-gigabit GDDR6 memory alongside Nvidia Quadro RTX
Samsung is well known in the semi-conductor world and is an established leader when it comes to memory. The company has been working on 16 gigabit GDDR6 memory modules since last year, the chips even went into mass production back in January. Now, we are seeing the proper debut, as …
Read More »Nvidia officially launches Turing architecture with Quadro RTX series
Nvidia's brand new Turing architecture is officially here, launching first in the Quadro RTX series.
Read More »Nvidia finally trademarks Turing, alongside GeForce RTX and Quadro RTX branding
Nvidia’s next line-up of graphics cards is now believed to be just 10 days away, supposedly making their debut during the company’s GeForce Gaming Celebration on August 20th. While this was thought to concern the tentatively titled GTX 1180, patent filings suggest that the Green Team could be introducing an …
Read More »Google acquires Android-focussed GPU tester ‘GraphicsFuzz’
Large tech companies tend to acquire smaller firms on a regular basis. Sometimes these acquisitions are relatively uninteresting on the surface, but they do tend to provide insight into what is going on behind the scenes at any given time. This week, Google announced that it has acquired ‘GraphicsFuzz' a …
Read More »First images of rumoured GTX 1180 show some interesting changes
There have been rumours surrounding Nvidia's next GeForce graphics card launch circulating all year. At this point, we know that Nvidia does have an event scheduled for later this month. While we don't have confirmation that we'll definitely see the GTX 1180 there, the PCB of an upcoming Nvidia graphics …
Read More »Nvidia confirms GeForce Gaming Celebration event just ahead of Gamescom
Nvidia has an event planned for the 20th of August, will we finally be getting new graphics cards?
Read More »Nvidia bundling GPUs with Kingston SSDs
GPU prices are returning to normal and new bundles are coming into play. Nvidia is now bundling GTX 1050TI and GTX 1060 graphics cards with 120GB and 240GB SSDs.
Read More »Samsung hires former Nvidia and Intel engineer to head in-house GPU development
Samsung has reportedly been gearing up to follow in the footsteps of its rival, Apple, developing its own in-house GPU. It looks like the company is well under way with the first “entirely new design” in over a decade, bolstering its engineering team with former Nvidia and Intel alumnus Dr. …
Read More »New August launch rumours for GTX 1180 surface
With the Pascal architecture hitting two years old, there is a hunger in the market for a new generation of graphics cards from Nvidia. Rumours surrounding the GTX 11-series have been floating around since January. Most recently, signs have begun pointing towards an August launch and the latest rumour claims …
Read More »Independent tests show that AMD has the most reliable graphics drivers
For many years, AMD was criticised for its driver support. Back when the Radeon Technologies Group began rolling out Crimson series drivers, AMD had a clean break from the past and doubled down on stability. That hard work now seems to be paying off, with a recent independent audit showing …
Read More »ASUS’ AREZ branded AMD Radeon graphics cards spotted with an unnecessary premium price tag
Despite Nvidia’s confusing and controversial GeForce Partner Program (GPP) coming to an end, ASUS confirmed that it was set to continue using its AREZ branding to distinguish its AMD Radeon range. AREZ GPUs have now been spotted in the wild, initially sporting a $160 premium price above its identical ROG …
Read More »AMD hires another former Intel Vice President
Intel has seen better days behind the scenes, with former CEO Brian Krzanich stepping down just three weeks ago due to a breach in company policy. Now, it seems that AMD has seized the opportunity to headhunt former Intel VP Martin Ashton for its Corporate Vice President role. Ashton made …
Read More »Polaris 30 12nm from AMD could arrive by the end of 2018
AMD's lineup of Polaris GPUs launched as great bang for buck components, but miners soon began snapping them up and driving prices higher. Now that the dust is starting to settle a bit, AMD is apparently looking to continue improving on Polaris, with a new series of ‘Polaris 30' graphics …
Read More »ASRock Phantom Gaming X RX 580 Review
It is the first graphics card from ASRock to pass through our labs. We give you the full low-down
Read More »GPU prices reportedly expected to dip by 20% this month
According to reports, vendors are anticipating an average GPU price reduction of 20% in July as crypto demand continues to weaken.
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