How good is the RX 6700 XT when given the Sapphire Nitro+ treatment?

 Intel has revealed the first specifications of its Xe-HPC Ponte Vecchio GPU this week. Through the use of a multitude of technologies and Intel's “most advanced packaging”, the Ponte Vecchio GPU will feature over 100 billion transistors to offer more petaflops-scale AI computing performance. Powered by OneAPI, Intel's Xe-HPC Ponte Vecchio …

We've been hearing rumours about a possible Nintendo Switch Pro model for years now, but things appear to be picking up steam this year. A report earlier this week revealed some key features of the upcoming Switch Pro, which will reportedly support Nvidia's DLSS technology. Now according to another tech …

It looks like the next batch of Radeon GPUs are launching in one month's time...

Update (22/01/21): Earlier this week, Nvidia began changing some of the messaging around Max-Q, planning to drop the GPU differentiating moniker for the upcoming RTX 30 GPUs for laptops. Nvidia already got in touch with us once to explain this, stating that Max-Q has grown “beyond only GPU optimisations”. Now …

We've never seen a card quite like it - but is the beauty only skin deep?

There's no denying the last few months have been a disaster for GPU availability. New products from both AMD and Nvidia have proven very hard to come by, and prices have shot up as a result of the scarce supply. Nvidia EVP and CFO, Colette Kress, recently commented that supply is expected …

After getting our first look at MSI's latest gaming laptops last night, the company also unveiled a host of new PC components and peripherals. Chief among these are the new RTX 30-series Sea Hawk GPUs, while we also saw new monitors, coolers and more. Starting first with the Sea Hawk …

We go over our picks for the top 5 GPUs of 2020

Recent rumours have indicated that following Ampere, Nvidia’s next GPU architecture will be named Lovelace. Now, more details about the upcoming flagship AD102 GPU are starting to surface, with new rumours indicating some of the specifications.

The next generation of Nvidia RTX graphics cards are about to be ushered in, which means manufacturers are going to be looking at ways to shift any remaining RTX 20 series stock they have left. In MSI's case, it looks like the company will be repackaging some of its Turing …

A big area of focus for China in recent years has been growing the semiconductor industry, with a goal to be able to develop and manufacture CPUs and GPUs within the country without needing to rely on companies from other regions of the world. We've seen plenty of progress here …

Biostar is about to launch a couple of Radeon RX 5000 series graphics cards. Both the Biostar Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB and the Biostar Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB feature reference clock speeds and a custom cooling solution for improved GPU cooling. As per the packaging, these graphics cards belong to Biostar's …

Manli has announced a low-profile GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card, aimed at those who want to build small systems with a dedicated GPU. The key thing with this graphics card is undoubtedly its miniature size. Measuring just 172 x 121 x 41mm, this low-profile card from Manli should fit in almost …

It has been three weeks since Nvidia officially unveiled its next-gen GPU architecture, codenamed ‘Ampere'. The A100 GPU has been announced but we have yet to see what variants will be used in new GeForce graphics cards. That may be starting to change, with new images reportedly showing the RTX …

According to a study made by Jon Peddie Research (JPR), AMD has shipped 553 million GPUs since 2013, with discrete graphics cards accounting for 36% of this figure...

Rumours and leaks have been ramping up at a steady pace about the next-gen of desktop GPUs and APUs. Now it has been announced that Nvidia, Intel and AMD will holds talks at technological symposium Hot Chips, scheduled for August 16-18 this year. Hot Chips has been held in August …

Graphic processing units can be very fast when executing specific tasks. However, not every application can harness the power of the GPU, but this week Adobe has announced that it will enable GPU hardware acceleration in a new update, making video encoding on Adobe Premiere Pro up to five times faster. …

After a lengthy wait, Nvidia's next GPU architecture, Ampere, has been unveiled.

If you are in the need of a GPU upgrade, then there are some pretty good deals going on this week. Not only are there GeForce RTX 20 series and GTX 16 series graphics cards on sale, but there are also a couple of discounts on AMD's Radeon RX 5700 …

ASRock has launched a new graphics cards designed for small form factor systems this week, the Radeon RX 5500 XT Challenger ITX 8G is based on the current AMD 7nm RDNA architecture and offers a new entry-level card for systems with a small footprint. The Radeon RX 5500 XT series …

That's right - the GT 710 is back, and this model from ASUS is entirely passively cooled...

AMD, Intel, and Nvidia have all been busy with their new laptop products in the form of Ryzen 4000 APUs, 10th Gen Comet Lake-H CPUs, and RTX Super GPUs. Luke and Leo discuss the best bits and highlight their fondness for the ever evolving mobile computing space.

Back in January 2019, Nvidia announced that it would be updating its GPU drivers to support FreeSync displays under the new ‘G-Sync Compatible' initiative. This means that Nvidia GPU users can switch G-Sync on using any adaptive sync display, although there is a verification program in place to highlight the …

AMD has announced the new Radeon Pro W5500 GPU and the Radeon Pro W5500M GPU. Using both the RDNA architecture and 7nm process technology, the new Radeon Pro graphics card is designed to deliver the best performance, while keeping high levels of stability and energy efficiency.  Nowadays, designers and engineers …

Back at CES, Intel showed off its first Xe-based GPU in action, but not the one we were hoping for. We are still waiting to see Intel's first high-power discrete graphics card and thanks to a leak this week, we know a little bit more about one of the bigger …

Asus has given the ROG STRIX RTX 2080 Super a makeover with a new white version

KWB has an updated version of its full-cover water block for Asus Dual RTX 2080 and 2070 cards coming...

Matrox has announced today that it will collaborate with Nvidia to develop a new embedded GPU, purpose-built for high-density video walls. According to Matrox, the new embedded graphics will leverage Nvidia Quadro architecture to produce the best in class graphics cards for next-generation video walls. This new partnership between Matrox …

Although Nvidia Ampere GPUs seem to be around the corner, the company may use an older architecture on its next generation of MX GPUs. By reading into the latest Nvidia driver's code, it seems the next MX300 GPUs will be using Pascal architecture, the same architecture used on GeForce 10-series …