After months of rumours and speculation, Nvidia has now confirmed the RTX 2060 12GB. This new SKU includes extra CUDA cores and more memory compared to the original RTX 2060, which should bring a small bump in performance. With the rollout of the new GeForce 497.09 graphics driver, Nvidia confirmed …
Read More »Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti to feature Micron GDDR6X 21Gbps memory
Over the last few months, there has been an increasing number of rumours pointing to new Nvidia graphics cards in early 2022. One of these cards is apparently none other than the RTX 3090 Ti, which will reportedly feature new GDDR6X memory modules from Micron.
Read More »More evidence points to RTX 2060 revival
As the rumoured release date of the RTX 2060 12GB graphics card approaches, we're getting new leaks, detailing specifications. The latest leak unveils its TDP and a few more details about the GPU and the memory, suggesting that the new card is more than just a memory capacity upgrade. Considering …
Read More »Nvidia RTX 3050 desktop graphics cards reportedly coming in Q2 2022
We've been hearing that Nvidia has new RTX 30 series GPUs planned for early 2022 for quite some time. To date, the RTX 3060 remains the entry point to the RTX 30 series on desktop, with the RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti only releasing for laptops. That could change …
Read More »GeForce Now wraps up November updates with Ghostrunner and three other titles
Nvidia started off the month promising to add 17 games to GeForce Now over the course of November. The final update for this month arrives today, adding the final four games. First, now is a good time to remind everyone about the newly announced RTX 3080 tier for GeForce Now, …
Read More »GeForce Now is coming to LG Smart TVs
Nvidia has been working closely with LG for a little while now, having implemented G-Sync compatibility with the company's OLED TVs some time ago. Now, the partnership is extending to GeForce Now, making Nvidia's game streaming service available across a range of LG smart TVs. The GeForce Now app is …
Read More »The FTC has ‘expressed concerns’ over Nvidia’s Arm acquisition
It has been over a year since Nvidia first announced plans to acquire Arm in a $40 billion deal, but over the course of 2021, red flags have continued to be raised. Whether or not the deal should be allowed to go through is currently the subject of investigations around …
Read More »RX 6000 and RTX 30 GPUs are twice as expensive as they should be
We are a year on from the launch of AMD's RX 6000 series and Nvidia's RTX 30 series graphics cards. The on-going chip shortage has continued to keep stock low throughout 2021 and the latest pricing data shows that these graphics cards are still being sold for double the price over MSRP on average.
Read More »Nvidia is giving away Crysis Remastered with GeForce Now RTX 3080 memberships
Nvidia has been working to expand GeForce Now's library every week all year long and this week is no exception. This week, eight more titles are joining the service but that's not the only announcement this week – for a limited time, GeForce Now users can also claim a free …
Read More »The RTX 2060 might be making a comeback with 12GB of VRAM
Rumours of Nvidia releasing a new RTX 2060 SKU have been floating around for a while, but there is finally some hard evidence available. This week, listings for several Gigabyte RTX 2060 12GB graphics cards were spotted on the EEC database. The EEC listings were first spotted by Twitter user @momomo_us. …
Read More »UK regulators to conduct ‘in-depth’ investigation into Nvidia’s Arm acquisition
Back in April, the UK began looking into Nvidia's proposed $40 billion acquisition of ARM, a company based in the UK but currently owned by Japanese firm, SoftBank. After a preliminary investigation, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) concluded that the deal “could create problems“, and now, a larger …
Read More »Nvidia Image Scaling Analysis Versus FSR & DLSS
Nvidia has announced an image scaling feature that works in all games, with GPUs as old as Maxwell
Read More »Nvidia’s latest Omniverse tool creates AI avatars that can see and speak
Nvidia's Omniverse is full of interesting tools and applications for creators, designers, researchers and engineers. The latest addition to its toolset is Omniverse Avatar, a technology platform to create interactive AI avatars that see, speak, and interpret spoken intent, all rendered with ray-traced 3D graphics. Omniverse Avatar opens the door …
Read More »Bright Memory Infinite headlines November’s GeForce Now update
To cap off last month, Nvidia announced that soon it will be rolling out RTX 3080 memberships for GeForce Now, giving any subscriber access to their own 3080-powered gaming rig over the cloud. Now for November, 17 games have been announced as joining the library over the next few weeks. …
Read More »Battlefield 2042 will launch with ray-tracing, DLSS and Nvidia Reflex
For a while, it looked like Battlefield 2042 would be launching without any RTX features, but as it turns out, the game will indeed be featuring a suite of Nvidia technologies at release. Today, DICE and Nvidia announced that Battlefield 2042 will include ray-tracing, DLSS and Nvidia Reflex. In a …
Read More »EU Commission opens investigation into Nvidia’s $40 billion Arm acquisition
In recent months, a number of regulators have begun taking an interest in Nvidia's proposed $40 billion acquisition of Arm. The deal was announced in 2020 but has yet to be completed as the deal continues to go through regulatory checks. Recently, the UK's competition authority suggested the acquisition could …
Read More »GeForce Now works on Xbox again but Death Stranding is blocked
When Nvidia first launched the web version of GeForce Now, the service was accessible on Xbox consoles via the Edge browser. However, due to some contractual issues regarding PlayStation console exclusives, GeForce Now was eventually blocked on Xbox while Nvidia worked on a solution. As of this week, that ban …
Read More »Nvidia’s GeForce Now gets RTX 3080 upgrade, enabling 1440p/120FPS streaming
GeForce Now is about to get its biggest upgrade to date, bringing the power of the RTX 3080 graphics card to the cloud gaming platform. A new subscription tier is also being introduced alongside this hardware upgrade.
Read More »EK is launching EK-Pro GPU water blocks for the RTX A100 and RTX A6000
When we talk about custom water cooling a GPU, workstation graphics cards aren't the first ones to come to mind, but there are still some obvious benefits to doing so. Starting this month, those with an Nvidia RTX A6000 or A100 graphics card will be able to move over to …
Read More »GeForce Now adds Crysis Remastered trilogy and more this week
Last week, Nvidia announced that it will be bringing 23 games to GeForce Now over October, starting things off with Far Cry 6. This week, we've got another major set of games coming to the streaming library – the Crysis Remastered trilogy. There will be 23 games in total coming …
Read More »Nvidia’s new 496.13 graphics driver removes support for Kepler-based graphics cards
Nvidia recently launched the new 496.13 graphics driver, bringing some considerable changes. Besides introducing DLSS to 10 new titles, Nvidia's latest driver also brings optimisations for Back 4 Blood, Crysis Remastered, Baldur's Gate 3 and a few more games. However, it also comes with its downsides, as it won't support …
Read More »Nvidia’s DLSS is coming to ten more titles this month
Since launching DLSS with the first generation of RTX graphics cards, Nvidia has improved on its AI upscaling technology a ton. At this point, DLSS can now be found in 120 games, with ten more titles implementing the technology soon. Interestingly, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, one of the very …
Read More »RTX 3090 Ti rumours point to PCIe 5.0 power connector and early 2022 launch
Recent rumours have claimed that Nvidia is working on multiple new RTX 30 series graphics cards. Apparently, we're not only going to get Super series GPUs, but there may also be an RTX 3090 Ti on the way. According to reports, the RTX 3090 Ti may come with a new PCIe 5.0 connector, capable of delivering up to 600W of power.
Read More »Far Cry 6, Guardians of the Galaxy and more heading to GeForce Now this month
It's the first Thursday of October, which means it is time for another major GeForce Now library update. This month will see both Far Cry 6 and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy joining the cloud streaming library, alongside 21 other titles. There will be 23 games in total coming to …
Read More »Nvidia bundles Guardians of the Galaxy with RTX 30 systems
Nvidia is back with another game bundle. This time around, those buying select RTX 30-series powered desktops or laptops will get a free copy of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy with their purchase, so they can jump right in and see ray-tracing and DLSS in action. While typically we would …
Read More »ASUS RTX 3070 Noctua Edition launches this month
Following on from rumours and leaks, today, ASUS and Noctua made their collaboration official with the ASUS GeForce RTX 3070 Noctua Edition. This is the world's first graphics card to use Noctua fans and a tailored heatsink co-engineered by the cooling experts at Noctua. With the Noctua cooling solution, noise …
Read More »Nintendo patents DLSS-like feature for Switch
While Nintendo continues to deny that a Switch Pro exists, mounting evidence says otherwise. Following on from reports that multiple studios were in possession of ‘4K Switch' development kits, a new patent filed by Nintendo in 2020 confirms a long-running rumour regarding the Switch Pro. Nintendo filed a patent in …
Read More »Nvidia and EA partner up to bring games to GeForce Now
EA has been showing interest in cloud gaming over the last few years. The publisher already has a partnership with Xbox to bring certain titles to xCloud and today, Nvidia has announced that it has also partnered with EA to bring its games to GeForce Now, with the first batch …
Read More »Nvidia will unveil new AI technologies during at GTC
GTC returns in November and as usual, Nvidia will be holding a keynote, hosted by none other than CEO Jensen Huang, joined by multiple AI research and industry leaders, including Tim Sweeney from Epic Games. During this keynote, Nvidia plans to unveil new AI technologies, an increasingly big focus for …
Read More »Some Nvidia RTX 3060 graphics cards may feature a new GA104-based GPU
Since its release, Nvidia RTX 3060 graphics cards have always featured a GA106 GPU, but that might be changing soon. Some board partners have recently begun updating listings for RTX 3060 graphics cards, pointing to a switch over to a cut down GA104 GPU instead. Nvidia RTX 3060 cards usually …
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