It's an incredible graphics card, but it's got a price that is sky-high
Read More »Nvidia has quietly revised RTX 40 pricing in the UK and EU
The RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 graphics cards have been out for a little while now but both graphics cards are already seeing price drops in the UK and Europe. After a few weeks on the market, Nvidia has revised its MSRP pricing in certain regions, bringing the Founders Edition …
Read More »Palit RTX 4080 GameRock OC Review
We check out Palit's GameRock OC RTX 4080 - perhaps the most impressive model we've seen so far
Read More »Inno3D RTX 4080 iChill X3 Review
This RTX 4080 doesn't use a vapour chamber - we find out if that's good or bad
Read More »Nvidia has already sold around 160,000 RTX 40 series graphics cards
Despite their MSRPs, the RTX 40 series graphics cards are selling relatively well. Currently, sales for the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 combined sit at around 160,000 units according to the latest analytics. Given that the RTX 4080 only just became available, fewer units have been sold, so there are …
Read More »MSI kicks off sales season with early Black Friday deals and an RTX 4080 giveaway
Black Friday is just around the corner, but you can get some deals early if you shop around. MSI already has some early Black Friday deals live, focusing on gaming monitors and a few components. Better yet, MSI is also running an RTX 4080 giveaway. MSI's Early Black Friday deals …
Read More »The RTX 4080 has arrived – custom cards range from £1300 to £1650
Following on from launch-day reviews yesterday, today the RTX 4080 graphics card officially becomes available to the public. The first retail listings have gone live and so far, the UK pricing situation is an interesting one, with custom cards starting at close to £1300, with the higher-end models going for £1650.
Read More »Gigabyte RTX 4080 Gaming OC Review
Our first RTX 4080 AIB review is in - we check out the Gigabyte Gaming OC
Read More »Nvidia RTX 4080 Founders Edition Review
Is the RTX 4080 really as bad value as it looks? We find out in our launch day review
Read More »RTX 4080 gaming benchmarks put it 19% ahead of the RTX 3090 Ti
The RTX 4080 launches this week and just ahead of reviews, a new batch of gaming benchmarks have leaked onto the web. Originating from a China, we now have benchmark results for a wide range of titles, including the likes of Borderlands 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Forza Horizon 5 and more. …
Read More »Newer Nvidia drivers bring significant gaming performance boost to RTX 30 GPUs
A few weeks ago, Nvidia released a graphics driver that significantly improved DX12 gaming performance for RTX 30 series graphics cards. While preparing for upcoming reviews, we've been re-benchmarking on the latest drivers, and it brings to light an important note for upcoming RTX 4080 reviews. When reading reviews for …
Read More »RTX 4080 overclocking and gaming benchmarks emerge
The RTX 4080 is less than a week away from launch and sure enough, we are starting to see more benchmark leaks. Despite the considerable spec difference between the 4080 and 4090, some early gaming benchmarks show that the performance gap between the two GPUs might not be as large as anticipated in certain titles.
Read More »First Nvidia RTX 4080 benchmark scores arrive
We're just a week away from Nvidia launching the RTX 4080, and thanks to early samples floating around, we now have our first 3rd-party benchmark results to look at, including Geekbench and 3DMark scores, giving us a better view of how it compares to the RTX 4090 and previous-gen graphics …
Read More »Gigabyte introduces multiple RTX 4080 graphics cards
With the RTX 4080 coming in just a few days, Gigabyte has announced its range of graphics cards. The lineup will be divided into three segments: the Aorus Xtreme Waterforce series for those looking for water-cooled solutions, the high-end Aorus Master series for best-in-class air cooling, and the Gaming, Eagle …
Read More »New details about AMD Radeon RX 7900 series GPUs emerge
Last week AMD officially unveiled its RDNA 3 GPU architecture and the first graphics cards to utilise it – the RX 7900XTX and the RX 7900XT. While we got a good amount of information last week, there is still more for AMD to share, as shown by new reports. In …
Read More »UK retailers begin listing RTX 4080 graphics cards starting at £1,289
We're still over two weeks away from the release of the RTX 4080 graphics cards, but some UK retailers have begun listing the new graphics card, giving us an early look at pricing. As things currently stand, it looks like the cheapest RTX 4080 graphics card will hit the market at £1,289.
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 »Nvidia RTX 4080 (16GB) 3DMark Fire Strike benchmark results may have leaked
We're still a little ways off from seeing the RTX 4080 in the flesh, but it seems some people have managed to get their hands on this GPU a little early. This week, new 3DMark benchmark results were posted, purportedly revealing the first results for Nvidia's 16GB RTX 4080. While …
Read More »Seasonic is giving free 12VHPWR cables to Prime and Focus PSU customers
Recently, Seasonic introduced its new ATX 3.0, PCIe 5.0-ready Vertex series power supplies, offering 12VHPWR out of the box to instantly prepare you for the next generation of graphics cards. You aren't out of luck if you have an older power supply unit though, as you can also get a …
Read More »Silverstone launches first ATX 3.0 Platinum Power Supply
Recently, Nvidia announced the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 graphics cards, complete with a new power connector designed for new ATX 3.0 PSUs. These power supplies are still quite rare, but SilverStone appears to have one of the very first available. Earlier this month, SilverStone unveiled the HELA 850R power …
Read More »Board partners reveal custom-cooled RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 graphics cards
Last night, Nvidia officially announced the first RTX 40 series GPUs - the RTX 4090 and a 16GB and 12GB version of the RTX 4080. Like most GPU launches, these announcements are accompanied by a range of custom-cooled cards being announced by board partners. Here, we round-up the custom cards announced so far.
Read More »Over 35 games and apps already support DLSS 3
Last night alongside the new RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 graphics cards, Nvidia also announced DLSS 3, the next big evolution of its AI-driven, performance-enhancing technology. Continuing on from the success of DLSS 2.0, it seems that DLSS 3 already has quite a bit of industry support, with over 35 …
Read More »Nvidia’s RTX Remix tool enables modders to create their own ‘remasters’ with ease
Today's Nvidia stream didn't just deliver the announcements for RTX 4090 and RTX 4080. We also saw a number of other announcements for Nvidia Omniverse, a software stack featuring AI and ray-tracing tools that can be used to generate new content. Nvidia used these tools to create the newly announced …
Read More »Nvidia is releasing an RTX remaster of Valve’s Portal
Nvidia's in-house Lightspeed Studios has worked with several game developers in recent years to bring RTX features to various titles. During that time, this team has also created its own fully ray-traced remasters of games like Quake II and Minecraft. Today, alongside the RTX 40 launch, Nvidia announced Portal RTX. …
Read More »Nvidia launches RTX 4090 for £1679, RTX 4080 starts at £949
Today during a GeForce Special Event stream, Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang, officially announced the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 graphics cards. Powered by the new Ada Lovelace architecture, featuring 3rd Gen RT Cores, 4th Gen Tensor Cores, and plenty of new optimisations to enable next-generation performance.
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 »Nvidia reportedly planning 16GB and 12GB versions for RTX 4080
It looks like Nvidia has changed the RTX 40 series line-up once again. The board SKU we thought to be the RTX 4070/Ti has reportedly been renamed to RTX 4080 12GB. Moreover, the maximum TGP and clock speeds of the RTX 4090 and 4080 GPUs have leaked. The leaker kopite7kimi …
Read More »The RTX 4080 may have both 16GB and 12GB variants at launch
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 …
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 »Nvidia RTX 4080 tipped to use 23Gbps GDDR6X memory
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 …
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