You may have heard by now that hackers have allegedly attacked Nvidia, but the culprits are still at large. According to a new report, the group “LAPSUS$” was behind the attack, and the group itself was targeted by a ransomware attack in retaliation. According to vx-underground, the South American hacking …
Read More »Nvidia is investigating a potential cyber attack on its internal systems
Cyber attacks are becoming more common, and it looks like not even big corporations like Nvidia can escape from them. Recent reports claim that the chip manufacturer may have been targeted by one such attack, but for now, the company is only calling it an “incident”. According to The Telegraph, …
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 »Early benchmarks show RTX 2050 outperforming GTX 1650 by 23%
Previously, Nvidia announced plans to release an RTX 2050 GPU for entry-level gaming laptops in early 2022. The first laptops sporting this GPU are expected to launch in the Spring, but it sems some reviewers in China have already got their hands on early RTX 2050 laptops, giving us a …
Read More »Nvidia to offer a 1-month GeForce Now RTX 3080 membership option
Nvidia launched the RTX 3080 tier on GeForce Now a few months ago. Unfortunately, unlike the priority tier, the RTX 3080 tier did not include a monthly subscription option, requiring that you sign up for six months at a time. That will change soon though, as leaks indicate that a …
Read More »Nvidia rolling out new RTX 3060 Ti with GA103 GPU
Following on from recent rumours around a new RTX 3060 Ti SKU, board partners have begun confirming the change. According to Zotac's website, the RTX 3060 Ti is now beginning to ship with a new die variant – the GA103-200 GPU. However, Zotac also appears to be the only board …
Read More »Nvidia’s flagship RTX 40 GPU may be incredibly power hungry
As we've come to expect, the next generation of Nvidia gaming graphics cards will be way more power-hungry than the RTX 30 series. The question that we keep asking ourselves is how much more? Well, according to a new rumour, it will be close to about 2x more in the …
Read More »New software reportedly removes the hash rate limiter on Nvidia RTX LHR GPUs
With graphics cards pricing coming down and the end of Ethereum mining on the horizon, many are expecting graphics cards to become affordable once again. Unfortunately, there may be a set back, as a new software can reportedly completely remove the mining hash rate limiter on Nvidia RTX LHR GPUs. …
Read More »Colorful launches X15 XS gaming laptops with Intel 12th Gen and RTX 3050 Ti
With new CPUs and GPUs coming from major manufacturers, we are seeing a lot of new laptops launching this month. One of those laptops is none other than the Colorful X15 XS gaming laptop, equipped with Intel 12th Gen processors and RTX 30 graphics. The Colorful X15 XS gaming laptop …
Read More »GeForce Now update brings Discord integration and eight more games
Nvidia has now announced this week's new game additions to the GeForce Now library. New titles aren't the only focus this week though, as the GeForce Now PC and Mac app has also received some new features, including Discord integration. The newest version of the GeForce Now app, version 2.0.38 …
Read More »AMD and Nvidia GPU prices continue to fall in Europe as availability improves
The final five months of 2021 saw continued GPU price increases across Europe. In January, the tides started to turn, with prices for both AMD and Nvidia GPUs beginning to drop, and that trend has continued into February.
Read More »Nvidia to update RTX 3050 graphics cards with more efficient GPU variant
Currently, the RTX 3050 graphics cards use a GA106 GPU, but we may get a new variant soon. A new report claims that Nvidia is planning to swap out the GA106 with the GA107 GPU soon – the same die used for RTX 3050 mobile graphics. Featuring 3840 CUDA cores, …
Read More »Dying Light 2 PC Performance Benchmark: 30+ GPUs Tested!
We check out PC performance in Dying Light 2, testing a massive range of GPUs
Read More »Valve and Nvidia team up to bring Portal to Nintendo Switch
Valve has worked on a few video game porting projects with Nvidia in the past, having previously brought Half-Life 2 to the Nvidia Shield. Now, Valve and Nvidia have teamed up once again – this time to bring the Portal games to Nintendo Switch. For those who don't know, the …
Read More »GeForce Now adds Sifu and nine other games this week
Last week, Nvidia announced plans to bring 30 games to GeForce Now over the course of February. The headliner last week was none other than Dying Light 2: Stay Human. This week, Nvidia is adding ten more titles to the library, with five of those being brand new releases, including …
Read More »Intel and Nvidia GPUs get massive performance gains in Adobe Premiere Pro 22.2
Adobe has recently released a promising new version of Premiere Pro. Aside from new features, version 22.2 of the popular video editor also brings some major performance improvements to 10-bit HEVC encoding on Intel and Nvidia GPUs. Thanks to the implementation of HEVC 10-bit 4:2:0 hardware encoding on Adobe Premiere …
Read More »Nvidia MX550 laptop GPU benchmarked
Nvidia hasn't forgotten the MX series of mobile GPUs. Late last year, the chip manufacturer announced it would launch two new MX500 GPUs, the MX550 and the MX570. Unfortunately, we still don't have any benchmark results of the latter, but the former has already been spotted on the PassMark database. …
Read More »Nvidia scraps plans to acquire Arm due to ‘regulatory challenges’
Nvidia has officially given up on its plan to acquire fellow chip maker Arm for a record-setting $40 billion. Arm parent company, SoftBank, announced that the deal has been scrapped this week following "significant regulatory challenges".
Read More »Nvidia launches new Studio drivers for RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080 Ti laptop launch
As announced at CES, this month will see the launch of the first RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080 Ti powered laptops. Just in time for launch, Nvidia is rolling out new Studio drivers with support for both new GPUs. Unlike Nvidia's GeForce drivers, Nvidia Studio drivers are released less …
Read More »Microsoft Flight Simulator to get DLSS in future update
We previously reported that Microsoft Flight Simulator had been updated to offer a DirectX12 version of the highly successful latest entry in the globe-trotting simulator. Thanks to that update, Nvidia’s impressive-yet-propretary DLSS is now coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator. The Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann sat alongside Sebastian …
Read More »Nvidia may not make the jump to MCM with flagship ‘Hopper’ GPU
We're still a while away from Nvidia releasing its next-gen GPUs, but rumours about the company's upcoming ‘Hopper' architecture have been floating around for a while. Previously, rumours claimed that the flagship GH100 GPU would use an MCM design – something that AMD is also working on for future GPUs. …
Read More »Blender 3.0 update brings significant performance boost to rendering on Intel and AMD systems
Last month, Blender received a major update, bringing the software up to version 3.0 and packing some major improvements. In recent weeks, we've noticed some big performance gains while rendering using both AMD and Intel processors, cutting rendering time down considerably. With Blender 3.0, the developers re-wrote GPU kernels and …
Read More »LG 2021 4K Smart TVs will be bundled with six months of GeForce Now
LG is partnering up with Nvidia to offer six months of GeForce Now Priority membership for anyone that buys a 2021 4K Smart TV. This promotion comes right after the streaming app exits the beta phase in many of the markets where LG operates. This promotion will only be available …
Read More »Nvidia RTX 3050 Review ft. Gigabyte and Palit
The RTX 3050 is here - surely it can't be as bad as the RX 6500 XT, right?
Read More »Nvidia reportedly planning to abandon Arm acquisition
Back in 2020, Nvidia set out on a mission to complete the largest deal in semiconductor history by acquiring ARM for $40 billion. While there have been regulatory hurdles in the way, Nvidia expressed confidence that the deal would be approved throughout 2021, but now as we enter 2022, that confidence has reportedly waned...
Read More »Graphics card prices are declining across Europe
Following on from five straight months of price increases, it seems that GPU prices are finally on the decline again across Europe. According to new data gathered, the average sale price for AMD and Nvidia GPUs has dipped over the course of January, although we are still far from getting …
Read More »Nvidia RTX 3050 performance revealed in 3DMark benchmark
With Nvidia releasing the RTX 3050 graphics card later this week, it was only expected that we would soon see the first 3DMark results being leaked. In our first look at performance, the RTX 3050 is drawing comparisons to the GTX 1660 Ti. The benchmark scores were shared by VideoCardz, …
Read More »Intel Arc Alchemist GPU shown matching RTX 3070 Ti in SiSoft Sandra
We all want to know exactly how well Intel's Arc Alchemist GPUs will perform, but right now the company is keeping its cards close to its chest. Still, rumours have suggested the Arc Alchemist SKU with 512 EUs will be roughly on par with the RTX 3070 Ti, and according to a leaked SiSoftware Sandra result, that appears to be accurate.
Read More »RTX 30-series Founders Edition cards just got more expensive
RTX 30 series graphics cards have seen their MSRP increased by at least €20 in Europe. In the UK, so far only the RTX 3070 Ti has seen an increase to its listed price. However, considering all other SKUs are now more expensive in Europe, we would not be surprised …
Read More »RTX 3070 Ti laptop GPU is on par with Titan RTX in Geekbench
Announced at CES 2022, the RTX 3070 Ti laptop GPU is yet to hit the market, but an early benchmark result gives us a glimpse of what sort of performance we can expect. According to a leaked Geekbench result, the laptop GPU should perform similarly to an Nvidia Titan RTX …
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