Earlier this month, HardwareUnboxed reported some interesting findings about NVIDIA’s GPUs. According to HUB, NVIDIA’s GPUs have major driver overhead in CPU-intense games under the DirectX 12 API. And today, HUB tested more games in order to showcase these issues. Continue reading NVIDIA has major driver overhead issues on older CPUs in DX12 games
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MSI will reportedly increase the prices for its GPUs due to the ongoing GPU shortage
It appears that 2021 will be a pretty difficult year to acquire new graphics cards at reasonable prices. Last month, several industry analysts claimed that GPU stock is going to suffer through until 2022. And yesterday, DigiTimes reported that MSI plans to increase the prices for its GPUs. Continue reading MSI will reportedly increase the prices for its GPUs due to the ongoing GPU shortage
Rumor: AMD Navi 23 GPU to feature 2048 Stream Processors and 8GB GDDR6 VRAM, might launch this April
On March 3rd, AMD officially announced its latest RDNA2 graphics card, the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT. This new GPU released on March 18th with an official MSRP of $479. AMD also lifted the review embargo for the RX 6700XT and first third-party gaming benchmarks appeared online. Continue reading Rumor: AMD Navi 23 GPU to feature 2048 Stream Processors and 8GB GDDR6 VRAM, might launch this April
AMD Radeon Software 21.3.1 driver improves Radeon Boost & Radeon Anti-Lag
AMD has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 21.3.1 driver improves Radeon Boost and Radeon Anti-Lag, and introduces a new built-in tool for Performance Tuning. Continue reading AMD Radeon Software 21.3.1 driver improves Radeon Boost & Radeon Anti-Lag
AMD provides an update on its FidelityFX Super Resolution tech, will launch later this year
We have already heard rumors that AMD is expected to launch its answer to NVIDIA’s Deep Learning Super Sampling technology, dubbed as FidelityFX Super Resolution, sometime later this year. Now in a recent “Full Nerd” PCWorld podcast, AMD’s VP & General Manager Graphics Business Unit Scott Herkelman assured that AMD’s Super Resolution technology is planned to launch this year. Continue reading AMD provides an update on its FidelityFX Super Resolution tech, will launch later this year
First third-party benchmarks for AMD Radeon RX 6700XT, slower than the RTX3070
AMD has lifted the review embargo for the AMD Radeon RX 6700XT and the first third-party gaming benchmarks have appeared online. According to multiple sources, this new GPU is slower than the RTX3070 in most PC games, though there are a few exceptions here and there. Continue reading First third-party benchmarks for AMD Radeon RX 6700XT, slower than the RTX3070
GPU-Z software update adds support for AMD Radeon RX 6700/RX 6600XT/RX 6600 GPUs
As you may already know GPU-Z software is the most popular graphics subsystem information and monitoring utility. TechPowerUp website recently released a new updated version 2.38.0 of this GPU monitoring utility which adds support for the Resizable BAR feature. Continue reading GPU-Z software update adds support for AMD Radeon RX 6700/RX 6600XT/RX 6600 GPUs
AMD’s unannounced Ryzen 3 5300G Zen 3 APU spotted on EBay, shows decent 1080p gaming performance
AMD plans to release its next-gen APUs by this year, most probably in the first half of 2021. The Ryzen 5000 series “Cezanne APU” lineup will be a direct successor to Renoir. These are based on the ZEN 3 microarchitecture fabbed on the 7nm process node. Continue reading AMD’s unannounced Ryzen 3 5300G Zen 3 APU spotted on EBay, shows decent 1080p gaming performance
First leaked gaming and ray tracing benchmarks for AMD’s RX 6700XT [UPDATE]
On March 3rd, AMD officially announced its latest RDNA2 graphics card, the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT. According to the red team, this new GPU will release on March 18th, will have a $479 MSRP, and will be available from both AMD and AIBs. Continue reading First leaked gaming and ray tracing benchmarks for AMD’s RX 6700XT [UPDATE]
Rumor: AMD “Nashira Point” XTX, XT and XL consumer gaming NAVI GPU codenames leaked
A well-known industry leaker Roland Quandt of WinFuture has recently shared some codenames of AMD’s Nashira Point GPU lineup on Twitter. Though, this is not the first time we are hearing this NAVI GPU codename, since back in January, Nashira Point A0 entry appeared in a filing on USB-IF implementers forum website as well. Continue reading Rumor: AMD “Nashira Point” XTX, XT and XL consumer gaming NAVI GPU codenames leaked