We put AMD's flagship GPU through its paces and find how it compares to the RTX 4080
Read More »KitGuru Advent Calendar 2022 Day 5 – Win an RTX 3060 graphics card with Cyberpower! (closed)
For day 5 on the KitGuru Advent Calendar, we have another graphics card to give away! Many have struggled to secure a GPU upgrade over the last couple of years, so we're teaming up with Cyberpower to make the process easier for one lucky winner.
Read More »Nvidia AD104 GPU is half the size of AD102 according to leaked picture
The AD104 GPU is expected to power the rumoured RTX 4070 Ti graphics card, with a launch planned for some time in the coming months. Thanks to the cancelled RTX 4080 12GB, we already have a good idea of what to expect from this GPU on the specs front, but …
Read More »Bykski unveils massive 360×360 external cooler for GPUs and CPUs
Bykski has caught our radar this week after announcing an enormous 360×360 cooler that you can pair with your CPU or GPU. Due to its size, this isn't something you'd be able to mount inside a typical PC case, so it is designed as an external cooler. Measuring 488x419x138mm (LxHxW), …
Read More »Phanteks launches Glacier G40 liquid cooling block for Asus RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 GPUs
The RTX 4090 has arrived and it is truly a beastly card. We've seen many incredibly chunky air-cooled models so far, which means many looking at this GPU may be considering liquid cooling. Phanteks has those people covered with a new set of GPU water blocks. This week, Phanteks is …
Read More »Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition Review
Intel Arc GPUs are here! We check out the $289 A750 Limited Edition
Read More »Intel launches Arc A770 graphics card starting at $329
After months of apparent delays, Intel is finally launching its top-end Arc A770 graphics card in October. The new GPU will launch on October 12th and targets RTX 3060-beating performance. Intel finally showed off the Arc A770 GPU shortly after unveiling the new 13th Gen Core “Raptor Lake” CPUs. The …
Read More »Kingpin graphics cards may continue without EVGA
It has been one week since EVGA announced that it is ending its partnership with Nvidia and will be exiting the GPU market. As many enthusiasts will know, EVGA would previously work with overclocker ‘Kingpin' to release ultra high-performance graphics cards. Now, with EVGA pulling out of GPUs, Kingpin seems …
Read More »EVGA ends partnership with Nvidia
For many years, EVGA has been one of Nvidia’s biggest and most popular board partners. However, over the years, it seems the relationship between the two companies has soured, to the point where EVGA is abandoning the GPU market completely. In an interview this week with Gamers Nexus, EVGA CEO, …
Read More »Zotac RTX 4090 leak reveals a triple-slot beast
It is looking extremely likely that the RTX 4090 will be launching this month. Numerous leaks have surfaced in the days following Nvidia's GeForce Special Event announcement, and now, we have our first look at an RTX 4090 in the flesh. A Baidu user has posted new images of a …
Read More »Win a Gigabyte RX 6900 XT Gaming OC graphics card! (closed)
Entries close TONIGHT so don't miss out on your chance to win this RX 6900 XT graphics card!
Read More »Ethereum Merge set for September, will make GPU crypto mining obsolete
Crypto-mining, and more specifically, Ethereum mining, has been the source of plenty of controversy in recent years, in part due to the colossal amount of energy mining farms use up, and in part due to the fact that the mining craze drove up the prices of graphics cards to astronomical …
Read More »Nvidia to announce next-gen GPUs at GTC in September
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, …
Read More »The ASRock Intel Arc A380 ITX graphics card will cost $140
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 …
Read More »Intel showcases Arc A750 GPU performance in five games
A few weeks ago, Intel posted a video showing the first Arc Alchemist A750 graphics card benchmarks. For reasons unknown to us, that video has since been privatised and a new video has been posted in its place. In the new video, we see different gameplay footage compared to the …
Read More »Win an Inno3D RTX 3080 Ti iChill X4 graphics card this weekend (closed)
Are you in need of a graphics card upgrade? This weekend, we are giving away an RTX 3080 Ti graphics card - there are just 24 hours left to enter so don’t miss out!
Read More »PCI Express 7.0 will reach 128 GT/s speeds
PCIe 5.0 connectivity has only just hit the market, but PCI-SIG, the consortium responsible for specifying PCI connectivity standards, is already teasing PCIe 7.0. In a press release this week, PCI-SIG revealed plans for PCIe 7.0 to be as much as eight times faster than PCIe 5.0. Today, PCI-SIG announced …
Read More »Intel has some odd system requirements for installing an Arc Alchemist graphics card
With Intel Arc Alchemist desktop graphics cards already available in select regions, Intel has decided to publish a quick start guide for the upcoming GPUs. In this guide, Intel lists the system requirements for these graphics cards, including compatible processors, necessary features of the motherboard and OS prerequisites. Starting with …
Read More »Nvidia restocks RTX 3080 and RTX 3060 Ti at MSRP as GPU prices continue to drop
While Nvidia's RTX 30 series cards have been popular, supply chain constraints, price inflation and a booming crypto market meant that many gamers have been unable to get one. Things are starting to turn around though, as RTX 3080 and RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition cards have just been re-stocked at MSRP in the UK, and second-hand GPUs on eBay have also come down in price considerably, putting the days of a £1500 RTX 3080 behind us for good (hopefully).
Read More »AMD reveals new Radeon GPU roadmap and details next-gen RDNA 3 architecture
This year at its annual Financial Analyst Day, AMD had some particularly major updates to share. During the event, AMD updated its Radeon roadmap and revealed new details on the upcoming RDNA 3 GPU architecture, and teased RDNA 4 for 2024.
Read More »Nvidia fined $5.5 million for hiding GPU sales to crypto miners
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined Nvidia $5.5 million USD over claims that the company hid how many of its gaming graphics cards were sold to cryptocurrency miners. The SEC says that Nvidia misled investors by reporting revenue as "gaming" revenue, when in fact that money was coming from crypto-related sales.
Read More »New rumours claim RDNA 3 GPUs will have up to 12,288 Streaming Processors
Early rumours about RDNA 3 GPUs were quite ambitious, claiming the new GPUs would feature up to as many as 15,360 streaming processors. Since then, development has progressed and new information has come to light. With that in mind, a number of leakers have begun revising their previous claims with …
Read More »GPU prices continue to drop in April
The GPU market is continuing to recover from inflated prices. For another consecutive month, AMD and Nvidia GPU prices have dropped in Europe, with the average Radeon RX 6000 GPU now selling at 12% above MSRP, while the average Nvidia RTX 30 GPU has dropped to 19% above MSRP. Since …
Read More »GPU shipments rose by 30% last year despite on-going shortages
Given the continued lack of retail availability and astronomically high prices of graphics cards, it might be hard to believe that GPU shipments actually grew in 2021. Still, it appears this was indeed the case, with researchers finding that there was a 30% gain in the number of GPUs shipped …
Read More »Interview: Robert Hallock on Why AMD’s Efficiency Wins
We got the chance to speak to AMD's Director of Technical Marketing on a variety of topics relating to the recently launched Ryzen 6000 Mobile Series of processors. Robert Hallock discusses the advantages for AMD's high-performance core design versus Intel's hybrid architecture, power efficiency, and there's discussion on the advantages brought about by RDNA 2 graphics...
Read More »AMD reportedly launching RX 6950XT and two other refreshed GPUs in May
For a couple of months now, there have been rumours claiming that AMD will be launching new, refreshed RX 6000 series graphics cards in Q2 2022. Now thanks to new leaks, we know to expect three refreshed graphics cards in May. Initial rumours pointed to an April launch for the …
Read More »Intel teases Arc ‘Limited Edition’ desktop graphics card coming this summer
Today, Intel officially unveiled the Arc A-Series of GPUs for laptops, promising Arc 3-powered laptops imminently, followed by Arc 5 and Arc 7-equipped laptops this Summer. Over the summer, Intel will also be rolling out the first Arc graphics cards for desktop PCs. Alongside the mobile GPU launch, Intel has …
Read More »Intel launches Arc A-series graphics for laptops
Today, Intel is officially launching its first Arc Alchemist graphics products, starting with the Arc 3, Arc 5 and Arc 7 series of GPUs for laptops. These are the first discrete GPUs from Intel's Arc A-series, which will expand to desktops and workstations later in the year. With this first …
Read More »Intel Arc Alchemist mobile GPU leak reveals Arc 3, Arc 5 and Arc 7 specs
As the debut of the Arc Alchemist GPU approaches, a leaked table showing the specifications of Intel Arc Alchemist mobile gaming GPUs has appeared online. In this table, you can see the specifications of five different SKUs, as well as the release period for each of them. According to the …
Read More »Nvidia officially announces Hopper architecture and H100 GPU
Today at GTC, Nvidia officially unveiled its new GPU architecture, Hopper. The first Hopper GPU will be none other than the H100, based on a custom TSMC 4nm node, packing 80 billion transistors, up to 80GB of HBM3 memory and up to 700W TDP. During the keynote, Nvidia promised huge …
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