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A while ago we heard reports the RTX 4090 would score over 19K points in Time Spy Extreme. That was already a significantly higher score than the likes of the RTX 3090 Ti, but new screenshots have been uploaded of what is claimed to be the RTX 4090 running Time Spy Extreme, showing the GPU scoring just over 20K points...

After many months of speculation, rumours and reports, Intel has finally revealed what's under the hood of its yet unreleased Arc Alchemist Arc GPUs. We've known about the specifications of the A380 since it was first launched in China, but up until now we've been kept in the dark about the A580, A750 and A770...

In the early hours of this morning, Nvidia's GeForce social media accounts posted a cryptic 'Project Beyond' teaser trailer. Now the company has announced that CEO Jensen Huang will kick off his GTC 2022 keynote with a dedicated GeForce 'Special Broadcast', with the RTX 40-series likely to be unveiled for the first time...

Up until now, most rumours have suggested that the RTX 40 series Founders Edition would retain the same cooler design that we saw with the RTX 30 series. However, newly shared renders suggest the new cards will feature bigger fans, likely due to the increased power draw of the upcoming …

Spider-Man Remastered on PC took one of the best looking PlayStation exclusives and improved upon it further by adding high resolution and crisp ray-traced reflections. Being a showpiece for just how transformative RT reflections can be to a game, Nvidia has now announced that they will be giving away free …

Nvidia approached us last week and posed the question - if they hired one of the UK's finest bakers, could we tell their cakes apart from the GeForce RTX 30 series? Today we put that theory to the test, and find out if it is cake, or if it is GeForce.

With the alleged release of the RTX 40-series approaching, AIB partners have already started work designing custom coolers. A new photo suggests vendors are well into the prototype stage, with a leaked image reportedly of an RTX 4090 Ti showing a large triple-fan cooler. The photo shared by Greymon55 is …

Just when we thought the specifications for the RTX 4080 were finally set in stone, a new rumour has appeared, suggesting the exact opposite. It seems the RTX 4080 GPUs may come in two variants, one with 16GB of memory and the other with 12GB. According to MEGAsizeGPU, the RTX …

Intel representatives have recently held interviews with the press, where they shared a few more details about the upcoming A700 series graphics cards. Plenty has been discussed, however the most important detail is that we should be able to get hands-on with the new Intel graphics cards ‘very soon'. Intel …

Intel recently released a new graphics driver for its Alchemist GPUs that brings some welcome fixes. However, these fixes aren't directly related to gaming. Instead, they're targeted at the Arc Control GPU management software, which is now included with the driver. Intel's latest graphics driver (31.0.101.3277), which can be downloaded …

Intel has made some bold claims regarding the performance of its upcoming Arc Alchemist GPUs. As per the company, the upcoming A700 series will be on par with the Nvidia RTX 30 series in terms of ray tracing performance, with the A770 being, on average, 14% faster than the RTX …

Intel's rollout of Arc Alchemist GPUs hasn't exactly gone to plan, as product launches have slipped over the course of this year. Still, Intel plans to have new desktop graphics cards available before the end of the year, and the company is already preparing for future generations of hardware.  In …

AMD didn't say much about its iGPU plans during its Ryzen 7000 reveal this week, but that has now changed. According to an updated page on AMD's website, every Ryzen 7000 CPU will come with an RDNA 2 iGPU.  If you visit AMD's Ryzen 7000 series webpage you'll find a …

It seems Nvidia is still in the process of finalising specs for its upcoming RTX 40 series GPUs. According to reports this week, Nvidia is now considering two specs for the RTX 4070. One would have the card drawing more power, paving the way for additional performance, while the other …

Nvidia has yet to officially unveil its next generation of RTX graphics cards, but the company did recently confirm that they are on the way. Chances are, we'll be seeing the RTX 4090 first, followed by the RTX 4080 and RTX 4070. The RTX 4060 should arrive in 2023, and …

Rumours have pointed to an October launch for the first RTX 40 series graphics cards and today, Nvidia announced plans to unveil its next-gen GPU architecture at GTC in September. Previous rumours have indicated that the RTX 4090 will launch first, and according to new sources, production has already begun.  …

We've been hearing about Nvidia's next-gen graphics architecture for months, but as usual, Nvidia has remained quiet and has not responded to any rumours or leaks. That is finally starting to change, with Nvidia announcing a new GTC keynote for September, during which we'll see what's next.  Earlier this month, …

While the rumoured specifications of the RTX 4090 seem more or less set in stone, that has not been the case with the RTX 4070 and 4080, both of which appear to have had several revisions already. The RTX 4080 specs were recently updated again, and this time, it looks …

Intel already launched an Arc A300 series desktop GPU and is currently focused on spreading the word on the A700 series. There is a middle ground here that Intel hasn't spoke about much - the A500 series. The Ashes of the Singularity benchmark database was recently updated with results for the Arc A580. 

It's starting to look like September will be a good month to get a current-gen graphics card. New reports claim AMD and Nvidia will reduce the prices of their graphics cards, just in time to make room for new-gen GPUs.  The prices of GPUs have been steadily dropping since early …

Intel's first desktop Arc Alchemist GPU, the A380, has been available in China for a while now, but had not launched elsewhere. That is finally starting to change, with the ASRock Arc A380 Challenger ITX graphics card set to arrive in the US starting this month.  Newegg recently began listing …

In January of this year, Nvidia introduced the RTX 3080 12GB, a slightly more powerful RTX 3080 with more memory and a small bump in CUDA cores. Back then, Nvidia launched this SKU to create an alternative to the RTX 3090, which was too expensive to produce at the time. …

Intel appears to be having trouble with DX9 on its new, modern GPUs. As a result, Intel is changing things up and will drop DirectX 9 support on Arc and Xe GPUs, and will instead use an open-source mapping layer to emulate DX9 using DX12. 

As we approach Q4 more details about upcoming product launches have been leaking. This week, new reports claim to reveal the internal codenames for AMD's upcoming RDNA 3 GPUs, as well as the upcoming Ryzen 7000 series CPUs for laptops.  According to Angstronomics (via VideoCardz), AMD has internally named the …

A few weeks ago, Intel shared the first gaming benchmark results for the Arc A750 graphics card. At the time, we only had performance comparisons between the A750 and RTX 3060 in five games, but now, Intel has benchmarked almost 50 titles and released the results today. 

The specifications of the RTX 4070 have once again been updated, now including the base, boost and maximum clock speeds of the upcoming SKU. Assuming these values are accurate, we can expect the RTX 4070 to perform on par with the RTX 3090 Ti. The updated specifications shared by kopite7kimi …

It is no secret that Intel's Arc Alchemist GPU rollout hasn't quite gone to plan. The few GPUs to release so far have limited availability, and the most promising desktop graphics cards have yet to launch at all. Still, Intel is hoping to turn things around soon.  This week, Intel …

The latest reports about the RTX 40 series bring yet another change to the rumoured specifications of these unannounced graphics cards. If true, the RTX 4070 and RTX 4080 won't use quite as much power as initially expected. The changes in power requirements were reported by kopite7kimi, claiming that the …

It is no secret that the graphics card market has been a mess for the last couple of years, with a lack of stock and sky-high prices stopping many from being able to upgrade. Recently, we've finally started to see GPUs reaching MSRP prices, but sales have slowed, with Nvidia …

Intel's GPU rollout continues this week with the launch of the Arc Pro A-series. There are three SKUs to begin with - Intel Arc Pro A40 and A50 desktop graphics cards, and an Arc Pro A30M GPU for laptops.