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PCIe 5.0 connectivity has only just hit the market thanks to Intel's Alder Lake platforms. However, PCI-SIG, the consortium responsible for specifying the PCI connectivity standards, has already shared the official specifications of  the PCIe 6.0 interface. Three years have passed since PCI-SIG announced the PCIe 5.0 standard. Now, the …

Nvidia's upcomingGeForce Game Ready driver sure sounds promising. The new graphics driver will bring DLSS and Reflex support for God of War PC and Rainbow Six Extraction, optimisations and enhancements for Grit, The Anacrusis and Hitman III Year 2. The real highlights, however, are the advanced Freestyle filters and new DLDSR upscaling technology.

After months of speculation, rumours and leaks, the RTX 3080 12GB is finally official. Not thanks to a press release or announcement post though, Nvidia just quietly updated the product page for the existing RTX 3080 10GB, adding the 12GB model's new specs.

Do you remember the truckload of EVGA RTX 30 series cards stolen in California in October 2021? Some of those cards have now reportedly been found up for sale in a Vietnamese store. Ouch. As per Vietnamese Gaming Drama, users that bought RTX 30 series cards from an undisclosed Vietnamese …

Last week at CES 2022, AMD officially introduced its latest GPU, the RX 6500 XT. Announced with a $199 MSRP, the RX 6500 XT has been positioned as an ‘affordable' RDNA 2-based graphics card. Confirming what we all knew, however, ASUS has announced its own set of MSRPs for the …

We've heard a ton of rumours about Nvidia updating the RTX 3080 with 12GB VRAM, but so far nothing has ever been officially confirmed. That could change soon though, as rumours point to January 11th as the announcement date for this new(ish) graphics card...

Besides the entry-level RTX 3050, Nvidia also had announcements for high-end gamers and enthusiasts during its CES 2022 press conference. Alongside the long rumoured RTX 3090 Ti, Nvidia introduced the RTX 3080 Ti and 3070 Ti laptop GPUs. Nvidia hasn't yet specified the RTX 3090 Ti graphics card, but most …

Out of all CES 2022 keynotes, AMD seemed to have the most hardware-rich presentation, featuring new processors and GPUs for both desktops and laptops. Besides announcing a new Ryzen 3D V-cache processor, AMD also told us more about Zen4 and the AM5 socket, Zen3+ and Ryzen 6000 series mobile APUs …

Nvidia isn't the only one launching a new entry-level desktop graphics card today at CES. AMD has also announced the RX 6500 XT graphics card, coming in with a $199 MSRP versus the RTX 3050 at $249.  Of course, MSRP means little in the current market, with GPU shortages and …

For a few months now, we've been hearing rumours that the RTX 3050 will eventually make its way to desktop. Now today at CES 2022, Nvidia has made it official, announcing the RTX 3050 desktop graphics card, providing a new entry point for the RTX 30 series.  The RTX 3050 …

With Intel's CES 2022 keynote coming in just a few hours, we have new details to share with you about one of its upcoming desktop graphics cards. The specifications of the Arc A380 desktop graphics card have just leaked, alongside a new benchmark result giving us a good idea of …

CES 2022 is just around the corner, but Nvidia is already planning its next press conference. GTC 2022 has now been announced, kicking off on the 21st of March, during which we may see the first next-gen Nvidia GPU, based on the ‘Hopper' architecture.  While Nvidia's keynote at CES 2022 …

CES 2022 kicks off tomorrow, with Nvidia set to host its own keynote. During this presentation, it is expected that we'll see a new RTX 3090 Ti announced, and it seems that board partners will also be participating in the launch, with sources claiming details on an EVGA RTX 3090 …

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Nvidia decided to surprise everyone by announcing three new entry-level laptop GPUs ahead of CES 2022: the RTX 2050, MX570 and MX550. The first laptops featuring the new GPUs should roll out early next year. Starting with the RTX 2050, Nvidia's latest ray-tracing capable laptop GPU, packing a GA107 die …

As we get closer to the launch of Intel's first Arc Alchemist GPUs, more and more information is being datamined from the company's graphics drivers. In the files for Intel's latest driver, the names of five upcoming Arc GPUs were found, with two of those being desktop GPUs and the …

We've been hearing rumours about the RTX 3050 desktop graphics card for a little while now, although most have focused on a variant with 4GB of VRAM. As it turns out, Nvidia may have a second version of this card planned with 8GB of memory and more CUDA cores.  According …

In partnership with multiple custom PC builders, Nvidia is commemorating the release of The Matrix Resurrections by giving away three unique and water-cooled desktop systems and 5x custom RTX 3080 Ti Matrix-themed backplates. As the name implies, the Digital Storm Backup Operator was developed by Digital Storm itself and Stefan …

For a few months now, there have been consistent rumours claiming that we'll see new versions of the RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080 with more VRAM in January, there were even a few EEC listings to corroborate this. Now, the plan appears to have changed, with the launch being …

PowerColor listed many new graphics cards on the EEC database recently, from which most are RX 6500 XT and RX 6400 GPUs. However, the listing also shows an unknown SKU named BC-2235, which is claimed to be a mining card. The listing, found by @momomo_us, confirms that both the Radeon …

It seems that Nvidia will have new entry-level MX mobile GPUs in the near future and we can expect a pretty good generational performance bump. According to the first benchmark results for the supposed ‘MX550' GPU, it will be up to 36 percent faster than its predecessor. It will also …

We've been hearing a lot about the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT recently, with leaks revealing specifications and planned launch dates. Now, Lenovo appears to have confirmed some of these rumours, briefly listing the unannounced GPU and confirming some of its specifications, before correcting the error and removing the listing.  …

GPU prices are still far from returning to normal and it looks like soon we'll see another shift. According to a new report, some MSI RTX 30 series GPUs are about to get a bit cheaper, while some Sapphire RX 6000 GPUs are going to get a price increase. In …

Earlier this month, the RTX 2060 12GB launched, bringing back the Turing GPU to help alleviate the current GPU shortage. Unfortunately, supply has been almost non-existent, but Nvidia says the situation will improve later this month and in early 2022.  The Nvidia RTX 2060 12GB has been officially available since …

Recent reports have suggested that we may see a Radeon RX 6000 series refresh using the TSMC N6 node. According to reports, this won't impact desktop GPUs, and will instead focus on mobile GPUs, with a new series called ‘Radeon RX 6000S'.  As reported by VideoCardz, not all Radeon RX …

In recent months, there have been a ton of rumours around Nvidia's plans for early 2022, with sources claiming that we'll see several new RTX 30 series graphics cards. Now, we seem to have release dates for three of them, with the RTX 3050, RTX 3070 Ti 16GB, RTX 3090 …

Recent rumours have suggested that we are going to see refreshed versions of the RTX 3080 and RTX 3070 Ti with more VRAM in early 2022, and AMD is rumoured to be launching its entry-level RX 6000 GPUs in a similar timeframe. Now, signs are pointing towards this being true, …

Recently we learned that the rumoured RTX 2060 12GB GPU is real and now, here we are at launch day and AiBs are starting to confirm their custom versions of the graphics card. There is no Founders Edition for this GPU, meaning all cards on the market will be produced …

It seems we won't have to wait much longer to see AMD's entry-level graphics cards hit the shelves. According to reports this week, the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT will launch in mid-January, while the RX 6400 is set for March. The report comes from a Bilibili user (via El Chapuzas Informatico), …

The first quarter of 2022 is building up to be quite interesting for gamers on a tighter budget. Besides the new entry-level Radeon graphics cards, Nvidia is also reportedly launching the RTX 3050 for desktop during this same period, more specifically on January 27th. That's according to @hongxing2020, a new leaker …