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Yesterday, Nvidia began rolling out a fairly major GeForce driver update, bringing a bunch of new gaming-oriented features and optimisations. One new feature wasn't mentioned though – this driver also adds beta support for GPU passthrough on GeForce GPUs. With this, users can utilise a physical GPU to run games on …

Earlier this week, we were wondering when Nvidia may update us on the status of ResizableBAR support for the full range of RTX 30 series graphics cards. It turns out, we didn't have to wait long, with today's GeForce driver update unlocking the feature, amongst other improvements for Nvidia Reflex and game optimisations. 

The first time Gigabyte submitted RTX 3080 Ti cards to EEC was in December 2020, back when the rumoured specifications of the SKU pointed to it featuring 20GB of VRAM. Since then, Nvidia has changed the specifications of the RTX 3080 Ti, leading Gigabyte to submit the cards once again …

Nvidia confirmed it would enable ResizableBAR support on all RTX 30 series graphics cards by late March. While we've yet to have an official update on availability, board partners are beginning to release their own vBIOS for custom RTX 30 series GPUs with ResizableBAR support enabled.  Unlike the AMD Radeon …

Finalwire has recently launched a new beta update for AIDA64 Extreme introducing support for multiple unannounced Nvidia RTX 30 series and AMD Radeon RX 6000 series SKUs.  As per the patch notes of AIDA64 Extreme 6.32.5659 Beta, this version added information on the RTX 3050 laptop GPU and the desktop …

With the alleged release date of the Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti coming closer, a new report suggests that this graphics card will come in two variants, giving customers the option of a cheaper 8GB SKU, or a more expensive 16GB version. 

As we learned earlier this year, Nvidia is no longer branding its laptop GPUs with the Max-Q or Max-P moniker, meaning laptop makers need to be a bit more specific about GPU specifications compared to past generations. Gigabyte is getting on-board early, revealing the GPU specifications for its full 2021 gaming laptop line-up. 

The last couple of weeks have been pretty big for GeForce Now. Two weeks ago, we saw GOG integration improved with support for all The Witcher games and last week, the service's subscription tier model was revamped. This week, we're back to regular weekly library updates, with 12 more games …

Nvidia seems to be getting ready to launch two new workstation graphics cards. As per Khronos Group's OpenCL conformant products page, Nvidia has submitted two unannounced Ampere SKUs to receive OpenCL 1.2 certification – the Quadro RTX A4000 and RTX A5000. As seen on this page spotted by @KOMACHI_ENSAKA, Nvidia added two graphics cards …

In recent weeks, we've seen reports that Nvidia is planning to launch the RTX 3080 Ti in April. Unfortunately, things may have already changed, as new sources claim that Nvidia internally delayed the release again. 

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 …

According to a couple of sources this week, Nvidia is planning on releasing a very high-end CMP HX series crypto-mining card. A flagship model featuring the GA100 GPU is apparently on the way, expected to provide a hash rate of up to 210 MH/s – double the mining performance of …

While many had hoped that the graphics card supply situation would improve over Q1 2021, it seems that things actually got worse. During a recent investor conference call, ASUS confirmed that it received less shipments of Nvidia GPUs in Q1 than it did in the previous quarter.

A couple of weeks ago, sources began claiming that we would see the RTX 3080 Ti in April. Now, new reports are backing that up and adding on details for an RTX 3070 Ti launch, which is allegedly taking place in May.  According to Videocardz's sources, the RTX 3080 Ti will ship …

Last year, Nvidia brought GeForce Now out of beta and launched a limited ‘Founder's Edition' subscription for the service, granting subscribers with access to RTX-powered servers. Now as GeForce Now enters its second year, Founder's Edition sign-ups are being closed and replaced with ‘Priority' memberships for new subscribers. As of …

It looks like retailers are beginning to receive stock for Nvidia's upcoming CMP 30HX mining graphics card, but early indications of pricing seem unrealistic. A Palit Nvidia CMP 30HX appeared at one retailer last night, with a hefty $700 price tag.  The Palit CMP 30HX listing appeared at Microless (via @momomo_us). …

Since Nvidia announced plans to limit crypto-mining performance on GeForce graphics cards, many have wondered if AMD might do something similar. We got our answer this week, with AMD stating it has no plans to limit any kind of work load with its graphics cards. 

While getting hold of an RTX 30 series graphics card is still very difficult six months after launch, finding an RTX GPU powered laptop is much easier. For anyone looking to buy an RTX laptop, Nvidia is sweetening the deal with a free copy of Outriders.  For a limited time, …

Earlier this week, we learned that crypto-miners have managed to bypass the RTX 3060's mining hash rate limiter. It turns out that bypassing the limit is now even easier, as Nvidia released a beta driver without mining protections in place.

Another big competitive online shooter is adding support for NVIDIA Reflex. Last month, we saw Nvidia's latency-reducing tech implemented in Rainbow Six Siege and this month, it will be coming to Blizzard's Overwatch. In the case of Overwatch, Nvidia Reflex seems to deliver its best in-game results to date. Running …

The GeForce RTX 3060 has been on the market for a few weeks now, complete with Nvidia's new anti-mining measures in place. As you may expect, groups have been working to crack Nvidia's anti-mining tech since the launch and now, it would seem that someone has successfully managed to crack …

Last month ahead of the RTX 3060 launch, Nvidia announced that it would be limiting mining performance in future GeForce graphics cards and releasing a new set of ‘CMP' cards for crypto miners instead. Now, the first images of an Nvidia CMP graphics card have leaked.  There are going to …

Back when Crysis Remastered was announced, we learned that the game would include full RTX support, including hardware accelerated ray-tracing and DLSS. It has taken quite some time, but DLSS 2.0 has now been implemented.  Today, Crytek began rolling out Patch 2.1 for Crysis Remastered, which includes the long-awaited implementation …

While the rumour mill originally led us to believe that the RTX 3080 Ti would launch as early as January 2021, the current GPU stock situation resulted in delays. Apparently, the RTX 3080Ti is indeed still on the way and the latest reports are pointing to an April 2021 launch …

This graphics card is barely longer than a PCIe slot - but can it cool an RTX 3060?

GeForce Now returned to its weekly library update schedule earlier this year, which means a new batch of games are being served up today. This time around, Nvidia is improving GOG support for GFN, paving the way for all The Witcher games to be streamed.  Nvidia has been working with …

This graphics card is the same size as MSI's RTX 3090 - so how does it perform?

MSI has added a couple of new RTX 3080 Gaming Trio graphics cards to its portfolio. No major aesthetic changes have been made, but the new design appears to be less bulky and some small tweaks have also been made to the backplate. Aside from that, one of these revisions …

Over the last few years, a class-action lawsuit has been brewing against Nvidia, claiming that the company misled investors over revenue growth in its gaming division. Now, that lawsuit has been dismissed.  The group of investors involved in the lawsuit alleged that Nvidia gave misleading statements about gaming revenue growth, …

According to Asus and Acer laptop listings, Nvidia might be getting ready to launch two new GPUs for laptops. The listings show that there will be an RTX 3050 and an RTX 3050Ti GPU option for some Asus and Acer laptops, while also giving some details of these unannounced GPUs. …