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Previously, Nvidia announced plans to release an RTX 2050 GPU for entry-level gaming laptops in early 2022. The first laptops sporting this GPU are expected to launch in the Spring, but it sems some reviewers in China have already got their hands on early RTX 2050 laptops, giving us a …

Nvidia launched the RTX 3080 tier on GeForce Now a few months ago. Unfortunately, unlike the priority tier, the RTX 3080 tier did not include a monthly subscription option, requiring that you sign up for six months at a time. That will change soon though, as leaks indicate that a …

Following on from recent rumours around a new RTX 3060 Ti SKU, board partners have begun confirming the change. According to Zotac's website, the RTX 3060 Ti is now beginning to ship with a new die variant – the GA103-200 GPU. However, Zotac also appears to be the only board …

As we've come to expect, the next generation of Nvidia gaming graphics cards will be way more power-hungry than the RTX 30 series. The question that we keep asking ourselves is how much more? Well, according to a new rumour, it will be close to about 2x more in the …

With graphics cards pricing coming down and the end of Ethereum mining on the horizon, many are expecting graphics cards to become affordable once again. Unfortunately, there may be a set back, as a new software can reportedly completely remove the mining hash rate limiter on Nvidia RTX LHR GPUs.  …

With new CPUs and GPUs coming from major manufacturers, we are seeing a lot of new laptops launching this month. One of those laptops is none other than the Colorful X15 XS gaming laptop, equipped with Intel 12th Gen processors and RTX 30 graphics.  The Colorful X15 XS gaming laptop …

Nvidia has now announced this week's new game additions to the GeForce Now library. New titles aren't the only focus this week though, as the GeForce Now PC and Mac app has also received some new features, including Discord integration.  The newest version of the GeForce Now app, version 2.0.38 …

The final five months of 2021 saw continued GPU price increases across Europe. In January, the tides started to turn, with prices for both AMD and Nvidia GPUs beginning to drop, and that trend has continued into February.

Currently, the RTX 3050 graphics cards use a GA106 GPU, but we may get a new variant soon. A new report claims that Nvidia is planning to swap out the GA106 with the GA107 GPU soon – the same die used for RTX 3050 mobile graphics.  Featuring 3840 CUDA cores, …

We check out PC performance in Dying Light 2, testing a massive range of GPUs

Valve has worked on a few video game porting projects with Nvidia in the past, having previously brought Half-Life 2 to the Nvidia Shield. Now, Valve and Nvidia have teamed up once again – this time to bring the Portal games to Nintendo Switch.  For those who don't know, the …

Last week, Nvidia announced plans to bring 30 games to GeForce Now over the course of February. The headliner last week was none other than Dying Light 2: Stay Human. This week, Nvidia is adding ten more titles to the library, with five of those being brand new releases, including …

Adobe has recently released a promising new version of Premiere Pro. Aside from new features, version 22.2 of the popular video editor also brings some major performance improvements to 10-bit HEVC encoding on Intel and Nvidia GPUs.  Thanks to the implementation of HEVC 10-bit 4:2:0 hardware encoding on Adobe Premiere …

Nvidia hasn't forgotten the MX series of mobile GPUs. Late last year, the chip manufacturer announced it would launch two new MX500 GPUs, the MX550 and the MX570. Unfortunately, we still don't have any benchmark results of the latter, but the former has already been spotted on the PassMark database. …

Nvidia has officially given up on its plan to acquire fellow chip maker Arm for a record-setting $40 billion. Arm parent company, SoftBank, announced that the deal has been scrapped this week following "significant regulatory challenges". 

As announced at CES, this month will see the launch of the first RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080 Ti powered laptops. Just in time for launch, Nvidia is rolling out new Studio drivers with support for both new GPUs.  Unlike Nvidia's GeForce drivers, Nvidia Studio drivers are released less …

We previously reported that Microsoft Flight Simulator had been updated to offer a DirectX12 version of the highly successful latest entry in the globe-trotting simulator. Thanks to that update, Nvidia’s impressive-yet-propretary DLSS is now coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator. The Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann sat alongside Sebastian …

We're still a while away from Nvidia releasing its next-gen GPUs, but rumours about the company's upcoming ‘Hopper' architecture have been floating around for a while. Previously, rumours claimed that the flagship GH100 GPU would use an MCM design – something that AMD is also working on for future GPUs. …

Last month, Blender received a major update, bringing the software up to version 3.0 and packing some major improvements. In recent weeks, we've noticed some big performance gains while rendering using both AMD and Intel processors, cutting rendering time down considerably. With Blender 3.0, the developers re-wrote GPU kernels and …

LG is partnering up with Nvidia to offer six months of GeForce Now Priority membership for anyone that buys a 2021 4K Smart TV. This promotion comes right after the streaming app exits the beta phase in many of the markets where LG operates. This promotion will only be available …

The RTX 3050 is here - surely it can't be as bad as the RX 6500 XT, right?

Back in 2020, Nvidia set out on a mission to complete the largest deal in semiconductor history by acquiring ARM for $40 billion. While there have been regulatory hurdles in the way, Nvidia expressed confidence that the deal would be approved throughout 2021, but now as we enter 2022, that confidence has reportedly waned...

Following on from five straight months of price increases, it seems that GPU prices are finally on the decline again across Europe. According to new data gathered, the average sale price for AMD and Nvidia GPUs has dipped over the course of January, although we are still far from getting …

With Nvidia releasing the RTX 3050 graphics card later this week, it was only expected that we would soon see the first 3DMark results being leaked. In our first look at performance, the RTX 3050 is drawing comparisons to the GTX 1660 Ti. The benchmark scores were shared by VideoCardz, …

We all want to know exactly how well Intel's Arc Alchemist GPUs will perform, but right now the company is keeping its cards close to its chest. Still, rumours have suggested the Arc Alchemist SKU with 512 EUs will be roughly on par with the RTX 3070 Ti, and according to a leaked SiSoftware Sandra result, that appears to be accurate.

RTX 30 series graphics cards have seen their MSRP increased by at least €20 in Europe. In the UK, so far only the RTX 3070 Ti has seen an increase to its listed price. However, considering all other SKUs are now more expensive in Europe, we would not be surprised …

Announced at CES 2022, the RTX 3070 Ti laptop GPU is yet to hit the market, but an early benchmark result gives us a glimpse of what sort of performance we can expect. According to a leaked Geekbench result, the laptop GPU should perform similarly to an Nvidia Titan RTX …

The GPU market is in shambles and has been for some time. Graphics card prices are through the roof and 2021 saw an array of lacklustre launches from both AMD and Nvidia, who many accuse of cashing in on the crisis. Fortunately for Intel, however, such events have conspired in their favour as the company is now presented with a monumental opportunity to seize the discrete GPU market. They simply can't miss - can they?

Specs for the upcoming MSI RTX 3090 Ti Suprim X have been leaked, confirming some of the rumours we've been hearing about this new GPU. If you're thinking about getting one of these cards, you will want to make sure your power supply has at least a rated wattage of 1000W...

Up til now, Nvidia has been using a GA104 GPU variant to power the RTX 3060 Ti graphics card. That may soon change, however, as Nvidia's 511 Studio driver has introduced a new ID for RTX 3060 Ti SKUs, suggesting we might get a third variant of the mid-range graphics …