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Seasonic's website features a helpful wattage calculator to check how much power you'll need for a given system. This type of tool usually lists available components, but users recently spotted a few unreleased GPUs listed on the calculator, including three RX 7000 series cards.  As first spotted by SkyJuice (via VideoCardz), …

Intel's A730M laptop GPU should begin appearing in consumer laptops soon. Some units have begun going out to testers recently, resulting in new benchmark leaks. Unfortunately, the scores indicate that this particular offering may not match up well against the RTX 3060.  If Intel's targets for the Arc flagship GPUs …

So far, we've heard quite a bit about the RTX 4090, RTX 4080 and RTX 4070 graphics cards in rumours and leaks, but very few have mentioned the RTX 4060. That is starting to change now, with one leaker claiming it will be more power-hungry than an RTX 3070.  According …

AMD hasn't introduced a Radeon RX 6700 SKU, but it seems Sapphire has one up its sleeve. Using what seems to be the RX 6700M laptop GPU, Sapphire adapted the GPU for desktop graphics cards. One of these RX 6700 cards will belong to the Sapphire Pulse series, while the …

As June approaches, graphics cards are becoming cheaper by the week. Since the last price analysis shared, Nvidia graphics card prices have been reduced by six percentage points, and AMD graphics card prices have decreased by five percentage points compared to the previous month.  The latest 3DCenter European GPU market analysis …

We're still waiting for Nvidia to confirm its next-gen RTX GPUs, which are expected to arrive before the end of this year. According to the latest rumours, we should see the first RTX 40 series graphics cards in August, with the RTX 4090 coming first, followed by the RTX 4080 …

Previous reports claimed Nvidia would announce and release the new entry-level GTX 1630 this month, but that's no longer the case. A new report states the launch has been pushed to June 15th, so it seems we'll have to wait a little longer to see if the rumours are true. …

The MSI Suprim card series will be receiving a new addition to the line-up. In partnership with Ubisoft, MSI will launch an Assassin's Creed Valhalla-themed RTX 3080 Suprim X graphics card. If you know the MSI Suprim graphics cards, the Assassin's Creed Valhalla special edition GPU won't surprise you. The …

 Today we are back with another high-end system build, this time featuring a very special new graphics card. AMD launched the flagship Radeon RX 6950 XT just a few weeks ago and it will be the centrepiece of this build. But this is not just any RX 6950 XT, this one is seriously Toxic...

Although the DisplayPort 2.0 was created in 2016, there are still no products using the standard. However, that may change soon, as AMD is apparently working on implementing support for the standard on the upcoming Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards. As spotted by @Kepler_L2 (via VideoCardz), someone has recently …

Nvidia began making its big push for real-time ray-tracing in games back in 2018, with the launch of the first RTX series graphics cards. Over time, we've seen RTX features like ray-tracing acceleration and DLSS adopted by developers throughout the industry. Four years on, over 250 games now support RTX features. 

This week, EK and XFX have announced a new partnership, which will see both companies combining their expertise to launch the water-cooled XFX Speedster Zero Radeon RX 6900 XT RGB EKWB graphics card. If you happen to be in the market for an RX 6900 XT, then it is also …

Last night during Nvidia's Computex 2022 keynote, the company had a few major announcements to make. On the gaming side, we've already seen the world's first 500Hz monitor with G-Sync and Reflex technology. On the hardware side, Nvidia primarily focused on data centre and accelerators, including a new liquid-cooled A100 …

During Computex 2022, ASUS ROG launched the world's first 500Hz G-Sync gaming monitor, promising blazing fast frame rates and quicker response times...

Nvidia's Computex keynote is coming up soon and it looks like one of the upcoming announcements has leaked ahead of time. A new leak has shown a new version of Nvidia's flagship A100 GPU, this time with liquid cooling.  A source speaking with VideoCardz shared what appears to be the main …

This week, rumours of a new Nvidia GeForce graphics card began doing the rounds, claiming that a GTX 1630 would be launching soon. We didn't have much more information at the time, but just one day later, we have news on specifications and release date.  According to VideoCardz, the Nvidia …

You might have seen some news about AMD’s May 2022 Preview driver, promising up to 17% better performance in certain DirectX 11 titles. As someone who spends a lot of time benchmarking different game engines and APIs, this certainly piqued my interest... so today we are benchmarking fourteen DX11 games to see how the new driver performs, pitting the RX 6800 XT against the RTX 3080...

This week, reports claim that Nvidia has a new GeForce GTX series graphics card on the way. Years on from the initial launch of the GTX 16 series, Nvidia might be planning to introduce a new SKU, the GTX 1630.  According to VideoCardz, the new GPU would replace the GTX …

Three months before the launch of the RTX 30 series, leaked photos have us an early look at the heatsink used for the reference RTX 3090 FE cards. History is apparently repeating itself with the RTX 40 series, as the first alleged pictures of the RTX 4090 Ti have been …

Late last year, ASUS and Noctua teamed up, slapping a beefy Noctua air cooler on an RTX 3070 graphics card. Now in 2022, the two companies are teaming up again, this time for a Noctua Edition RTX 3080 graphics card. The Asus GeForce RTX 3080 Noctua Edition uses a massive …

We're almost two years removed from the launch of the RTX 30 series of graphics cards, which means a new generation of GPUs from Nvidia is just on the horizon. The RTX 40 series may even be arriving sooner than expected, according to new reports.   According to known leaker, kopite7kimi, …

Intel has recently released a Beta DCH driver for its existing Arc Alchemist GPUs. However, after analysing the code, users found references to unannounced graphics cards, including what seems to be the Arc desktop line-up and workstation GPUs for laptops and desktops. A screenshot showing the list of cards supporting the …

Computex is coming up in just a couple of weeks and it looks like Nvidia will be playing a big role in this year's event. This week, Nvidia announced its Computex 2022 keynote, during which, the company will reveal "the latest products and technologies for gamers and creators". 

With the Radeon RX 6×50 XT series launch, AMD has also released its latest Preview Driver, bringing new optimisations and features, including performance improvements for games using the DX11 API. So far, the improvement seems promising, with some significant performance gains in certain titles.  Although DX12 is slowly becoming the …

After months of rumours, today AMD has officially announced its RX 6000 series refresh, consisting of three new RDNA 2 graphics cards – the RX 6950 XT, the RX 6750 XT and the RX 6650 XT. As you would expect, a flurry of custom-cooled solutions from AMD's board partners are …

AMD's RX 6X50 refresh is here, but what performance gains are on offer?

Laptops powered by intel's upcoming Arc A370M GPU will be launching soon. We've already seen a few benchmark leaks, but now, the first reviewer has had the chance to test the system, showcasing the entry-level gaming GPU up against the RTX 3050.  Review samples of laptops using Arc mobile GPUs …

Each month this year we've seen GPU prices slowly decline and availability has also started to increase. At this point, prices have dropped by another 5% over the last few weeks across both AMD and Nvidia's respective line-ups. 

Mining software developers have been trying to unlock the LHR GPUs since launch. Up to now, nobody had been able to fully unlock the LHR protections in place, but that has now changed with NiceHash.  The NiceHash developers have been continuously trying to unlock the LHR cards. Nine months ago, …

So far, Intel has promised to launch the first Arc Alchemist series desktop graphics cards this summer. According to new reports though, the launch might be coming a bit sooner than expected. This week, sources claim that the A750 and A580 GPUs will be revealed later this month, followed by …