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The first Nvidia 500 series graphics driver has been released, and as previously announced, this is the first driver to drop support for Kepler-based GPUs, although a workaround might be possible. The real big news here is that this driver also seems to introduce early support for next-gen GPUs.  The …

Back in July, following the launch of the New World beta, there were multiple reports of EVGA RTX 3090 graphics cards dying after a short time running the game. Amazon did what it could to reduce the issue, while EVGA began investigating and sending replacements to those affected. Now, the investigation …

Antivirus software can detect malware in almost any part of your system, but one place where it can't is in the GPU memory. There's at least one GPU rootkit capable of hiding malware in the GPU memory, but mentions of a new tool have now emerged, and it seems it …

An alleged AMD slide posted online shows that the company might be working on a new flagship RX 6000 series GPU, the Radeon RX 6900 XTX. As per the slide, this GPU will feature higher core and memory clock speeds.  The slide leaked by @CyberCatPunk suggests the memory of this …

From May until late July, there was evidence that graphics card prices were slowly starting to drop closer to MSRP level, giving hope that we may see normalised pricing by the end of the year. Unfortunately, the price trend has started to reverse, with GPU pricing now slowly but steadily …

While there has been evidence to suggest that graphics card stock and pricing has improved in recent months, it looks like we're heading towards another dip in availability. According to reports this week, supply of RTX 3060 and RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards will decrease in September.  According to ITHome …

The AMD GPU Linux driver was updated with 17 new PCI IDs for RDNA 2 graphics. It's not clear what these PCI IDs refer to, but combining this news with other rumours, a GPU refresh seems be a possibility. At this point, adding new SKUs to the Radeon RX 6000/6000M …

We're still fresh off the launch of the RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti, but it seems Nvidia might not be done with the RTX 30 series just yet. This week, reports indicate that an RTX 3090 Super is on the way, and it may come with a TDP over 400W. 

During Architecture Day 2021, Intel introduced its own super-sampling technology named XeSS. Although the company has revealed some details about this technology during its presentation, additional information has now been shared in an interview with Intel Principal Engineer Karthik Vaidyanathan. During an extensive interview with Wccftech, Karthik revealed new details …

Overclocking has always been a major subject in the PC enthusiast community. Most of us use third-party applications for that purpose, but AMD, for example, has already implemented overclocking features in its Adrenalin software. As it seems, Intel will follow that example, integrating overclocking tools for the upcoming Arc GPUs …

Intel's Architecture Day 2021 was recently hosted by Raja Koduri and delivered a huge amount of news about both CPUs and GPUs. Here, Leo goes through the announcements and gives his reaction...

We're still several years away from seeing the RDNA 4 graphics architecture in the flesh, but the first rumours about its specifications have already started to emerge. As it seems, AMD's upcoming architecture will use an MCM design based on two different process nodes. According to Twitter leaker, Greymon55, the …

It looks like Battlefield 2042 will be the next game to be bundled with RTX 30 series graphics cards. That's according to Inno3D, who will include the game with RTX 3090, 3080 Ti, 3080, 3070 Ti, or 3070 graphics cards, as well as pre-built systems featuring one of these GPUs. …

Throughout 2021, we've been seeing most graphics cards sold significantly above their MSRP due to on-going supply constraints. Prices have been improving, suggesting that the stock is increasing. However, according to Nvidia's CEO, we will still be dealing with GPU shortages throughout 2022 as well.  Jensen shared his expectations about …

KitGuru was recently invited to preview Intel's 2021 Architecture Day where we got to hear more on the future of Intel's Arc high-performance discrete GPUs, including the confirmation that these will be manufactured on TSMC's N6 node. Intel's DLSS competitor, Xe Super Sampling (XeSS) was also demonstrated publicly for the first time...

We're still some ways off from AMD launching the Radeon RX 7000 series, but the rumour mill is continuing to churn out early information. Apparently, the RX 7000 series won't just include Navi 3x GPUs, as there may be some Navi 2x GPUs refreshed on a 6nm node to bulk …

The DisplayPort 2.0 standard was announced in 2019, and like other technologies, development has been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, two years later, we're seeing the first signs of products featuring the new display connection technology, specifically the upcoming AMD RDNA 3 GPUs. As spotted by Phoronix, the AMD …

Following on from the RX 6600 XT launch earlier this month, AMD's driver team has been working on improvements. The latest Adrenalin Software driver makes several improvements to efficiency, particularly when it comes to 4K video playback on sites like YouTube.  ComputerBase took the time to test power consumption across …

We've been waiting a long time for Intel to unveil its plans for high-performance discrete graphics cards. Now, the puzzle is finally starting to come together with the announcing of Intel Arc - which will be the brand for Intel's flagship graphics cards and associated software/services. 

When Nvidia launched the RTX 30 LHR series cards, its objective was to keep miners away from them, with gamers being the target audience for these cards. However, the developers behind NBMiner have managed to partially unlock the mining performance for these GPUs, offering up to 70% of the maximum …

We've seen a number of graphics card makers launching bespoke cards aimed at crypto mining rather than gaming. It looks like Sapphire is currently making a new card for this market, a dual-GPU version of the Radeon RX 570.  The card has been spotted by @Zed_Wang (via VideoCardz) on the saraba1st forums. As per …

For months, PC hardware enthusiasts have struggled to find graphics cards in stock at MSRP prices, but there may still be hope for our UK readers. This week, KitGuru learned that Asus has set up a promotion, which will see TUF series RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti graphics …

The recently released AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is aimed at gamers looking for a mid-range GPU, but according to some tests, it might also be very good for miners. As it seems, out-of-the-box mining performance isn't mind-blowing, but once we consider power consumption, it becomes the most efficient GPU for ETH mining on the market.

We put Sapphire's RX 6600 XT Pulse to the test and see how it compares to the Gigabyte Gaming OC Pro

Following on from rumours last week, Nvidia officially announced the RTX A2000 graphics card today. The new workstation GPU is much smaller than the rest of the line-up, allowing it to fit in almost any system with a dedicated graphics card slot.

With the Back 4 Blood open beta set to kick off and RTX-supported title, Naraka: Bladepoint launching this week, it is time for a new GeForce driver update. The new driver is available today and aside from day-one optimisations for new titles, this driver also adds support for seven new …

AMD's RX 6600 XT is aimed squarely at 1080p gamers, but is it better than the RTX 3060?

Has AMD hit the spot? The 32GB Frame buffer certainly seems promising ...

FormulaMod has designed a new AIO GPU water cooling kit that is compatible with nearly any RTX 3080/3090 card on the market. Instead of being locked to a single water block, the new FormuladMod Granzon GPU AIO kit can be paired with any Bykski TC block. The FormulaMod Granzon GPU AIO …

Back in April, Nvidia announced its new line-up of workstation GPUs for laptops, starting with the RTX A2000. No desktop version of this GPU was announced at the time, but new leaks suggest that a desktop variant will be coming soon.  VideoCardz has obtained a photo showing the upcoming RTX …