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NVIDIA quietly launches the entry-level GeForce RTX 3050 6GB with a TGP of just 70W

Kosta Andreadis | Feb 5, 2024 9:31 PM CST

The GeForce RTX 3050 6GB refresh and relaunch is real, with NVIDIA's new entry-level graphics card making some pretty major cuts that extend beyond lowering the VRAM capacity of the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB to 6GB.

NVIDIA quietly launches the entry-level GeForce RTX 3050 6GB with a TGP of just 70W

One of the biggest changes with this relaunch and refresh for the new GeForce RTX 3050 is lowering the power rating from 130W to 70W. This means the new GeForce RTX 3050 6GB ships without a power connector and is entirely powered by the motherboard and PCI Express slot - which is great for home theater PCs or SFF builds.

And with a lower price point of around $169 compared to the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB's $240 or so, you might think this is an easy win-win. However, lowering the power rating to 70W means significant cuts all around, with a sizeable impact on performance - making it around 20% slower, according to reports.

Continue reading: NVIDIA quietly launches the entry-level GeForce RTX 3050 6GB with a TGP of just 70W (full post)

MSI's new RTX 4090 SUPRIM X 'Ruan Mei' Edition has a sweet green and gold style cooler

Anthony Garreffa | Feb 5, 2024 4:59 PM CST

MSI is cooking up something that looks a little different than the traditional graphics card you'd see with its new special edition RTX 4090 SUPRIM X "Ruan Mei" Edition graphics card. Check it out:

MSI's new RTX 4090 SUPRIM X 'Ruan Mei' Edition has a sweet green and gold style cooler

MSI's new custom RTX 4090 SUPRIM X "Ruan Mei" Edition graphics card is based on the character Ruan Mei from the game Honkai: Star Rail. The full name is found on the poster that's bundled in the box, but the resolution of the photo makes it impossible to see.

The photos of the new card were posted by "hongxing2020" on X, which is based on MSI's delicious RTX 4090 SUPRIM X design (which I love). This is the newest SUPRIM design, and not the CLASSIC one, just to be clear. The beautiful green and gold shroud design looks unique here, while the backplate made me fall in love with the work MSI put into its new RTX 4090 SUPRIM X "Ruan Mei" Edition graphics card.

Continue reading: MSI's new RTX 4090 SUPRIM X 'Ruan Mei' Edition has a sweet green and gold style cooler (full post)

Want all your PC games to be HDR? NVIDIA GPUs could get a better option than Windows Auto HDR

Darren Allan | Feb 5, 2024 1:45 PM CST

It looks like NVIDIA may have a feature in the pipeline which is like Windows 11's Auto HDR, in that it turns SDR games into HDR - but is a better take on the idea (hopefully).

Want all your PC games to be HDR? NVIDIA GPUs could get a better option than Windows Auto HDR

This would be for RTX graphics cards, and it'll theoretically build on top of the recently introduced capability to upgrade SDR videos to HDR, called RTX Video HDR. Just like that feature, it would use the RTX graphics card's Tensor cores to realize the HDR conversion (or rather, approximation).

As noticed by 'Emoose' (hat tip to VideoCardz), NVIDIA's version 551.23 graphics driver, which added RTX Video HDR, has some 'TrueHDR' profile settings that can be implemented for non-HDR games.

Continue reading: Want all your PC games to be HDR? NVIDIA GPUs could get a better option than Windows Auto HDR (full post)

Why are NVIDIA RTX 4090 prices so high? China reportedly still can't get enough of the GPU

Darren Allan | Feb 5, 2024 11:03 AM CST

NVIDIA's RTX 4090 remains a highly sought after graphics card in China, even though Team Green has deployed an alternative 4090 D model.

Why are NVIDIA RTX 4090 prices so high? China reportedly still can't get enough of the GPU

The RTX 4090 D is only marginally slower than the full-fat RTX 4090 which is now banned in China - NVIDIA has previously said the difference in performance is only 5% or thereabouts - yet still the original Lovelace flagship remains popular on the black market.

Wccftech reports that various Asian countries are seeing a huge spike in sales for the RTX 4090, and that includes Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam, because the buyers are selling them on to the Chinese market.

Continue reading: Why are NVIDIA RTX 4090 prices so high? China reportedly still can't get enough of the GPU (full post)

NVIDIA's new RTX 4080 SUPER Founder Edition PCB has less power phases than RTX 4080 FE

Anthony Garreffa | Feb 4, 2024 10:35 PM CST

NVIDIA's latest GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER graphics card is out and in the wild, but now we're looking at what changes the company has made to its in-house RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition graphics card.

NVIDIA's new RTX 4080 SUPER Founder Edition PCB has less power phases than RTX 4080 FE

Inside the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition, it looks like the company has reduced power phases from 13 on the RTX 4080 Founders Edition (the non-SUPER version) to just 11 on the new RTX 4080 SUPER FE. In contrast, memory phases have been reduced from 3 to 2, respectively. There's also one phase missing near the power connector.

Geekerwan thinks that the PCB design change means that NVIDIA could lower the power consumption of its new GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition during gaming. The RTX 4080 SUPER FE features a TDP of 320W, but the card uses around 246W in gaming loads, which is something NVIDIA points out on its own website, as you can see in the photo above.

Continue reading: NVIDIA's new RTX 4080 SUPER Founder Edition PCB has less power phases than RTX 4080 FE (full post)

NVIDIA RTX 4080 Super GPU rumored to be selling decently - better than the 4070 Ti Super anyway

Darren Allan | Feb 1, 2024 2:10 PM CST

NVIDIA's RTX 4080 Super GPU seems to be selling relatively decently, going by launch day figures relayed by a YouTube leaker - which admittedly should be taken with a great deal of caution (we'll discuss that more later).

NVIDIA RTX 4080 Super GPU rumored to be selling decently - better than the 4070 Ti Super anyway

The details on initial sales for the RTX 4080 Super were provided by Moore's Law is Dead (MLID) who has previously furnished us with leaks regarding the strength of both of the other RTX Super refreshes which preceded this one.

One source at a major US retailer says that the RTX 4080 Super sold out quickly, but that was partly because they didn't have all that much launch stock. A second retailer (again a big one, this time outside of the US) indicates a big rush of initial sales, but then things slacked off (so at least this outlet had more stock).

Continue reading: NVIDIA RTX 4080 Super GPU rumored to be selling decently - better than the 4070 Ti Super anyway (full post)

NVIDIA's new GeForce 551.31 drivers add support for new GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

Anthony Garreffa | Jan 31, 2024 6:39 PM CST

NVIDIA has released its new GeForce Game Ready 551.31 WHQL drivers, supporting the new GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER graphics card. You can download the new drivers right here (633MB download).

NVIDIA's new GeForce 551.31 drivers add support for new GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

The new GeForce Game Ready 551.31 drivers support the new RTX 4080 SUPER, as well as the latest games released with NVIDIA DLSS 3 technology, including Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, with further support added for new DLSS-supported games with Enshrouded, TEKKEN 8, and Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, which supports DLSS Super Resolution.

The new drivers also add support for the just-released RTX Video HDR feature, as well as support for the "Auto" setting for RTX Video Super Resolution, and finally support for NVIDIA Ultra Low Latency Mode with DirectX 12-based games. You can download the new NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 551.31 WHQL drivers right here (633MB download).

Continue reading: NVIDIA's new GeForce 551.31 drivers add support for new GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER (full post)

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition Unboxing... Dark and Powerful

Kosta Andreadis | Jan 31, 2024 8:00 AM CST

The GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition arrives as the third entry in NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 sUPER Series GPU refresh and the second to receive a Founders Edition model after the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER. Like that variant, this new SUPER model features a matte black finish that is stunning in person, shifting away from the bronze and chrome look of non-SUPER Founders cards.

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition Unboxing... Dark and Powerful

Usually, we kick off our review coverage with a deep dive into the Founders Edition, using it as the baseline for comparison to other GPU models. Unfortunately, due to a delay in arriving at TweakTown HQ (aka my office, which is currently overflowing with GPUs), we haven't been able to fully test it out - because we only have it for a couple of days.

In the meantime, be sure to check out our reviews for the INNO3D GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER X3 16GB (which is an MSRP model) and the new beautiful MSI GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16G EXPERT (a premium model that draws a lot of inspiration from the Founders Edition design). And ahead of our full Founders Edition review, check out these snaps of the card.

Continue reading: GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Founders Edition Unboxing... Dark and Powerful (full post)

ASUS announces quad-slot GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER with a massive Noctua cooler

Anthony Garreffa | Jan 30, 2024 10:35 PM CST

ASUS has just announced its new GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Noctua Edition graphics card, and it is really a big boy graphics card... check it out:

ASUS announces quad-slot GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER with a massive Noctua cooler

This isn't ASUS' first rodeo when it comes to GeForce RTX series Noctua Edition graphics cards, with its beefy new GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Noctua Edition featuring a huge Noctua heatsink and dual 120mm Noctua NF-A12x25 PWN fans. There's a vapor chamber cooler and heatsink, with ASUS increasing the frame to house the two Noctua fans.

The current ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 Noctua Edition graphics card is one of the wildest-looking, most noise-efficient designs on the market, but it requires three fans. The new GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Noctua Edition uses just two fans in comparison, cutting an entire fan from the card... so it should be even quieter.

Continue reading: ASUS announces quad-slot GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER with a massive Noctua cooler (full post)

Intel's next-next-gen Celestial and Druid GPU rumor: no discrete GPU, will be GPU Tile on APUs

Anthony Garreffa | Jan 30, 2024 8:10 PM CST

Intel's next-gen Battlemage GPU architecture launches this year, but after that, its next-next-gen Celestial and Druid GPUs could be GPU Tiles on future APUs from Intel, according to the latest rumors.

Intel's next-next-gen Celestial and Druid GPU rumor: no discrete GPU, will be GPU Tile on APUs

In his latest video, Tom from Moore's Law is Dead reports from his sources that both Celestial and Druid have a single tile configuration and are listed (internally at Intel) as alternative flagships for their GPU architectures. This could suggest that Intel is "considering fully canceling" its discrete graphics cards and has already reportedly started the groundwork for Arc to only consist of GPU Tiles after Battlemage.

So, what does this mean for Intel's range of Arc GPUs? Well, Arc Alchemist is already on the market and hasn't been doing too badly... but it doesn't come close to competing with AMD's flock of Radeon GPUs or NVIDIA's fleet of GeForce RTX series GPUs. It's next-gen Battlemage GPU will be better, but it will still only compete with what's on the market now from both AMD and NVIDIA... but won't come close to next-gen GPU offerings.

Continue reading: Intel's next-next-gen Celestial and Druid GPU rumor: no discrete GPU, will be GPU Tile on APUs (full post)