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Although the market for those running more than two graphics cards in SLI was always rather small, there's still likely to be a few people disappointed that native support for three and four card set ups will not be supported by the Nvidia 10 series GPUs. Of course when performance …

Micron has announced that it has begun the mass production of its faster and more power efficient GDDR5X video memory chips, which will feature on upcoming graphics cards this year, including the recently announced GTX 1080 from Nvidia. This follows on from reports at the end of March, showing the …

Just a few days after Nvidia's official unveiling of the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 Pascal-based graphics cards, reports surrounding AMD's plans for the year have begun to surface. According to the most recent reports, AMD is apparently planning a major press conference for the end of May, at which …

KitGuru had an invite to the Nvidia Editors Day Event last week, and the guys in green brought some of the ID software development team over to showcase Doom (2016). We managed to get a front row seat as Doom (2016) was running on a massive $100,000+ LED wall via …

Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia launched GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 today in Austin, Texas. The venue, Emo's club, was packed with Press, analysts and an army of Nvidia fanboys (and girls) who had won entry to the event. It was heaving. The two new Pascal cards were announced with …

Nvidia has officially confirmed that it will be holding a “special event” this Friday the 6th of May, coinciding with reports that it would be officially unveiling two new Pascal graphics cards this week. While previous reports indicated that this event may be for press only, it turns out that …

While EA will be using this Friday to hold the public announcement of Battlefield 5, Nvidia will be holding a more secretive event. Last week, we heard that Nvidia was reportedly planning an ‘Editor's Day' for this week, at which the company would show off its GTX 980 and GTX …

The legal battle between Samsung and Nvidia over GPU patents appears to have come to an end as the two companies managed to reach a settlement agreement just a few hours before the final court hearing was set to proceed. This process began back in September 2014, when Nvidia filed …

Over the last few weeks, we have been hearing a lot about the impending launch of the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 Pascal graphics cards from Nvidia. However, we haven't heard much about GPUs coming later down the line, until today, as a new report has revealed some potential information …

Hitman was one of the first Triple A titles to launch with DirectX 12 right off the bat but unfortunately, it hasn't been an easy road. I already faced some issues with the DirectX 12 version of Hitman while putting together our Performance Analysis last month but now, it seems …

The rumour mill has been doing quite a bit of over time these last few weeks when it comes to Nvidia's upcoming Pascal graphics cards. The latest bit of news to hit the web suggests that the new GTX 1000-series graphics cards will be shown off next week at an …

We have been hearing about AMD's Radeon Pro Duo for a while now but today, the company is finally bringing it to the market, featuring 16 teraflops of compute performance and LiquidVR technology to help developers looking to dive in to creating virtual reality content. Virtual Reality demands a lot …

Right now, rumour is pointing towards AMD finally launching its dual-Fury graphics card, the AMD Radeon Pro, later this week and now that looks even more likely as some benchmark results for the card have leaked on to the web this evening. As we reported last week, at least one …

Despite a few supply issues, the past two weeks have seen the commercial launch of two high-end virtual reality headsets from Oculus VR and HTC/Valve, so understandably there's a lot of buzz about the topic. Part of that buzz is whether you have a system that is capable of powering …

Following on from all of the rumours pointing towards a swiftly approaching launch for Nvidia's new Pascal graphics cards, a new image has appeared online. This time, we get to have a good look at the GP104 die, specifically, the GP104-200, which is a cut down version of then GP104-400. …

While AMD officially announced the Radeon Pro Duo several weeks ago at this point, boasting three times the power of a Titan Black, the company has yet to announce a release date for its dual-fury graphics card. However, one retailer may have jumped the gun, as a listing for the …

AMD has updated its roadmap for Radeon graphics card launches over the next two years, revealing some interesting bits of information. For starters, Polaris is still on track to launch this year, but we apparently won't be seeing HBM2 feature on an AMD GPU until the Vega architecture releases in …

A couple of weeks back, we got out first look at what could be the new cooler design for Nvidia's upcoming series of Pascal graphics cards. At the time, the image was of a ‘work in progress' model but now a snap of the final product appears to have found …

There has been a lot of talk surrounding Nvidia and the launch of the upcoming Pascal graphics cards over the last few weeks. We have seen supposed leaked images of the cooling shroud, we have heard about a potential reveal at Computex and now, word on the street is that …

While AMD initially announced its dual-fiji graphics card way back alongside the Fury last year, it has taken quite some time to get it out of the door. AMD revealed the finished Radeon Pro Duo about a month ago now, boasting three times the power of a Titan Black and …

There has been a lot of talk surrounding Pascal recently, Nvidia even announced the specifications for its ‘Big Pascal' GP100 GPU and while we have yet to see Nvidia's upcoming GTX 1000-series cards, that could change soon as we may end up seeing the GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 appear …

The rumour mill has been spinning this week and today, it churned out some information on AMD's next series of graphics cards. Apparently, we may see AMD launch the Radeon R9 490 and R9 490x at the end of June this year, following on from a preview at Computex, which …

Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference (GTC) kicked off today and the company's opening keynote brought several announcements. Amongst all of the talk of VR and development tools, Nvidia also spoke a bit about the specifications for its GP100 graphics chip, otherwise known as ‘Big Pascal'. This could be the chip that we …

As much as it's a fun job, being a reviewer isn't easy. It involves dedication, integrity and a deep technical knowledge that is gradually built upon year on year. But sometimes you guys think you can do a better job, so we're going to give you the chance to prove …

It has been a long time since anyone asked, “can it run Crysis?” but there is no doubt that the recommended specifications for high-end Oculus Rift and HTC Vive virtual reality are expensive. An i5-4590 and a R9 290 or GTX 970 are priced at a level that only a …

The GPU Technology Conference kicks off next week and there are plenty of rumours surrounding what Nvidia might be bringing to the table. At the moment, there are rumours floating around suggesting that we may see the GTX 1080 in action and now, a week before the conference, images of …

It looks like developers are wasting absolutely no time in upgrading to DirectX 12 as Microsoft has revealed that its new graphics API has the fastest adoption rate of any DirectX version. DirectX 12 is the latest graphics API from Microsoft and it has strong ties to Windows 10, which …

Right now, AMD is working on a new flagship graphics card currently believed to either be codenamed Greenland or Vega 10. This new GPU will be taking over from the Fury at some point so any news surrounding it is quite exciting and this last week, we learned some interesting …

Over the last few months, we have been hearing more and more about GDDR5X memory, which is set to take over from GDDR5 on some next generation graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD, while HBM2 will be reserved for higher end cards. Now today, Micron has begun sampling its GDDR5X …

The Oculus Rift officially launched today with the first pre-orderers finally receiving their units so, in order to ensure that buyers are getting the best experience they can on their gaming rigs, Nvidia and AMD have both released new driver updates today aimed to optimize the day one experience for …