Asus and Noctua teamed up a couple of years ago, launching Noctua-cooled versions of the RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 graphics cards. Now, both companies are teaming up once again, this time for the Asus RTX 4080 Noctua Edition.
Read More »Nvidia is bringing DLSS 3 to Unreal Engine 5.2 as developer adoption speeds up
GDC is set to kick off next week but Nvidia is making a few of its gaming-related announcements early. For starters, DLSS is coming to more games, DLSS 3 is getting Unreal Engine 5.2 integration and the next graphics card game bundle is now official.
Read More »A Discord bug is downclocking memory on Nvidia graphics cards
If you play games regularly, particularly multiplayer games, then chances are you have Discord installed. Unfortunately, a recent update to the app has introduced a bug that unintentionally harms Nvidia GPU performance. The bug seems to have an impact on memory clocks, reducing them by up to 200MHz on a …
Read More »Nvidia’s latest driver update preps for Dead Space, Forspoken and new DLSS 3 titles
We've got a couple of big game releases scheduled this week, including Square Enix's Forspoken and EA's highly anticipated Dead Space Remake. Ahead of those launches, Nvidia has rolled out a new Game Ready driver with day-one optimisations, in addition to expanded DLSS support for a few games. With today's …
Read More »GeForce Now Ultimate arrives with cloud streaming powered by RTX 4080s
Cloud gaming is still in its relative infancy, but the technology powering it has continued to improve over time leading to lower latency, improved visuals and more options overall. One of the primary services pushing this tech is Nvidia, with the company’s Geforce Now service seeing a major upgrade in …
Read More »Nvidia sees 51% Year-on-Year drop in gaming revenue
Nvidia's Q2 earnings report showed a substantial drop off in gaming revenue. Now three months later, the Q3 earnings report is in and revenue has declined further. Nvidia's Q3 earnings report covers up to the 30th of October, shortly after the RTX 4090 launched. The company ended the quarter with …
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 »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 »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 »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 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 »Zotac RTX 4090 leak reveals a triple-slot beast
It is looking extremely likely that the RTX 4090 will be launching this month. Numerous leaks have surfaced in the days following Nvidia's GeForce Special Event announcement, and now, we have our first look at an RTX 4090 in the flesh. A Baidu user has posted new images of a …
Read More »Nvidia announces ‘GeForce Beyond Special Broadcast’ at GTC 2022
In the early hours of this morning, Nvidia's GeForce social media accounts posted a cryptic 'Project Beyond' teaser trailer. Now the company has announced that CEO Jensen Huang will kick off his GTC 2022 keynote with a dedicated GeForce 'Special Broadcast', with the RTX 40-series likely to be unveiled for the first time...
Read More »KitGuru Games: Insomniac’s Spider-Man reaches new heights on PC
Back in 2018, Insomniac Games impressed us all with the release of Marvel's Spider-Man for PS4. Even then in its graphically limited, 30FPS form, the game was something special. Now, Sony has brought the game over to PC, unlocking higher graphical settings, ray-tracing, and unlocked frame rates, allowing us to get the smoothest, high-fidelity gameplay possible. In today's KitGuru Games, we're going to be looking at the PC version to see if it delivers where it counts.
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 warns of significant gaming revenue decline as RTX 30 sales slow down
It is no secret that the graphics card market has been a mess for the last couple of years, with a lack of stock and sky-high prices stopping many from being able to upgrade. Recently, we've finally started to see GPUs reaching MSRP prices, but sales have slowed, with Nvidia …
Read More »Latest Nvidia driver brings optimisations for Spider-Man Remastered, Madden 23 and more
We are just a few days away from Spider-Man Remastered finally hitting PC. The new version will support a number of PC features, including real-time ray tracing. With that in mind, Nvidia has rolled out a new Game Ready driver adding in optimisations for the game. Today, Nvidia released the …
Read More »Over 250 games now support Nvidia RTX features, 12 more titles will add DLSS this year
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.
Read More »Nvidia may replace GTX 1050 Ti with GTX 1630
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 …
Read More »Asus and Noctua team up again for RTX 3080 Noctua Edition
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 …
Read More »Nvidia’s latest Game Ready driver arrives with day-one support for Dune: Spice Wars
The driver team at Nvidia is constantly working on Game Ready drivers for upcoming releases. The latest update arrives today, adding day-one support for Dune: Spice Wars and several other titles, in addition to enabling new G-Sync Compatible displays. The GeForce driver version 512.59 is now rolling out, bringing day-one …
Read More »Nvidia refreshes deals with new price cuts on RTX 3080, RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 GPUs
For the past couple of years, PC gamers have had a particularly tough time due to GPU shortages and skyrocketing prices. There are signs that things will return to normal in the coming months, and Nvidia is looking to spur things along a bit. Nvidia has teamed up with a number of its partners in the UK to ensure stock of GPUs at reasonable prices...
Read More »God of War is coming to GeForce Now
Among the many video game streaming services, GeForce Now is one of the more consistent ones, seeing a respectable number of games being continually added to the service. A new tease by Nvidia has revealed that God of War is coming to GeForce Now. The 20th of April 2022 marks …
Read More »Nvidia cuts GPU prices amid UK stock surge
For the past couple of years, PC gamers have had a particularly tough time due to GPU shortages and skyrocketing prices. There are signs that things will return to normal in the coming months, and Nvidia is looking to spur things along a bit. Nvidia has teamed up with a …
Read More »GPU shipments rose by 30% last year despite on-going shortages
Given the continued lack of retail availability and astronomically high prices of graphics cards, it might be hard to believe that GPU shipments actually grew in 2021. Still, it appears this was indeed the case, with researchers finding that there was a 30% gain in the number of GPUs shipped …
Read More »Early retail listings suggest RTX 3090 Ti could cost over $4000
After a delay in January, Nvidia is reportedly set to launch the RTX 3090 Ti next week. Unfortunately for anyone thinking about splurging on Nvidia's improved flagship, pricing is looking to be incredibly steep, with early retail listings pushing the price up to around $4000 USD – for reference, the …
Read More »Nvidia may use its own “Infinity Cache” on RTX 40 series graphics cards
Following a recent cyberattack on Nvidia, there have been a lot of leaks, ranging from DLSS source code to upcoming GPU specs. As dataminers continue to dig, we're learning new information, with the latest findings pointing to Nvidia utilising its own ‘Infinity Cache'-like tech for RTX 40 series graphics cards. …
Read More »Nvidia RTX LHR mining ‘unlocker’ turned out to be malware
Just a few days ago, we learned about an upcoming piece of software claiming to be capable of completely unlocking the hash rate on Nvidia RTX 30 series graphics cards. As it turns out, the tool was nothing more than malware in disguise. The LHRUnlocker tool was made available through …
Read More »Nvidia launches GeForce RTX 3050 desktop graphics cards at CES 2022
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 …
Read More »Nvidia calls on gamers to test their FPS aim and system latency for a chance to win an RTX 3080 Ti
In recent years, Nvidia has been shining a spotlight on overall system latency and the benefits of using software and hardware to reduce latency to improve individual performance in games, particularly in first-person shooters. This week, Nvidia is launching the System Latency Challenge, which you can now take part in …
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