There are a lot of people making extra money off of the chip shortage, and the low supply of high-end graphics cards in particular. Between low supply and high demand from cryptocurrency miners and PC gamers alike, it’s not unusual to see high-end cards like the RTX 3080 go for […]
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AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution: Games, GPUs and what you need to know
It’s finally here. As promised (and after months of teasers), AMD is unleashing FidelityFX Super Resolution upon the world on Tuesday, promising substantial frame rate boosts in PC games that support the image upscaling technology. AMD’s answer to Nvidia’s killer DLSS differs from the GeForce feature in some crucial ways, […]
Arm launches Cortex-X2 CPUs and Mali GPUs for phones and PCs
On Tuesday, Arm announced details of the first Cortex-X2 CPU and Mali-G710 GPU cores that will drive future Arm-based smartphones and PCs in 2022. In the latter category, Arm is already making fairly aggressive claims against Intel. Specifically, Arm claims that its new flagship “performance” core, the Cortex-X2, should be 40 […]
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 GPUs bring ray tracing and DLSS to laptops
Samsung’s loose lips whispered the truth: On Tuesday, Nvidia announced new GeForce RTX 3050 and 3050 Ti laptop GPUs designed to bring ray tracing, performance-boosting DLSS technology, and supercharged creative capabilities to the mobile masses. Nvidia timed the announcement to coincide with Intel’s reveal of its heavy-duty 11th-generation Core H-series […]
Nvidia’s new ‘Ampere Next’ GPUs won’t launch this year
Don’t expect a new generation of Nvidia graphics cards anytime soon. As part of his GTC 2021 keynote, CEO Jensen Huang revealed “Grace,” the company’s new Arm-based data center CPU—yes, Nvidia is making CPUs now!—and in a slide showing Nvidia’s revamped data center chip stack, the next-gen “Ampere Next” graphics […]
Nvidia GeForce RTX 30-series GPUs: 5 things PC gamers need to know
Nvidia revealed its long-awaited GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards on Tuesday, and frankly, they look ferocious. The company claims these GPUs represent Nvidia’s “greatest generational leap ever,” and on paper, the GeForce RTX 3070, GeForce RTX 3080, and GeForce RTX 3090 certainly look to live up to those claims. Our […]
Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics cards are now the first DirectX 12 Ultimate GPUs
Nvidia rolled out its latest Game Ready drivers for GeForce graphics cards on Tuesday. We don’t normally cover the hot-and-heavy world of graphics drivers releases (just keep them updated, okay?), but this one features a notable milestone: Game Ready driver 451.48 is fully DirectX 12 Ultimate compliant, meaning Nvidia’s GeForce […]
Acer overhauls Predator gaming laptops with 10th-gen CPUs, RTX Super GPUs, and ultra-fast displays
Earlier this year, Acer debuted Intel and Nvidia’s latest and greatest parts in the fearsome, yet portable Predator Triton 500—a $2,600 laptop loaded with just about everything you could ask for. Now those improvements are rolling out through Acer’s entire Predator gaming notebook lineup. At Tuesday’s next@acer event, the company […]
Nvidia levels up GeForce gaming laptops: RTX Super GPUs, Max-Q advancements, and price drops
After months of speculation and leaks, Nvidia’s long-awaited GeForce RTX 2070 Super and 2080 Super GPUs are coming to laptops, launching Thursday in unison with Intel’s “Comet Lake-H” 10th-gen Core processors for mobile gaming. That’s great! But believe it or not, it may be Nvidia’s least enticing announcement today. The […]
Nvidia’s GTC 2020 goes digital as rumors of next-gen ‘Ampere’ GeForce GPUs whirl
The dominoes continue to fall. Nvidia’s GTC 2020 conference will be “an online event due to growing concern over the coronavirus,” following the cancellation of Mobile World Conference, the Game Developers Conference, and others, the company announced Monday. The show will still go on, but only in virtual form—and despite […]