Video Cards & GPUs
All the latest graphics cards and GPU news, with everything related to Intel Arc, NVIDIA GeForce, AMD Radeon & plenty more.
NVIDIA wants to stoke RTX 4000 GPU sales with free copy of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
NVIDIA has revealed a fresh incentive to buy an RTX 4000 graphics card, which is a free copy of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
As ever, this free game comes with qualifying Lovelace GPUs, and that's not just desktop RTX 4000 models, but also laptops with one of the mobile flavors of the current-gen range.
What are those qualifying GPU models? They are as follows: NVIDIA RTX 4090, 4080 Super, 4080, 4070 Ti Super, 4070 Ti, 4070 Super, and 4070 desktop cards. With laptops, they are: NVIDIA RTX 4090, 4080, and 4070 mobile GPUs.
NVIDIA's new GPU driver brings support for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and fixes nasty Corsair iCUE bug
NVIDIA has released a new graphics driver that comes with support for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, and it also packs the fix for a bug that has been plaguing those with Corsair peripherals.
The GeForce Game Ready Driver version 566.14 brings in support for the mentioned games, which are also getting DLSS 3 Frame Generation - good news for your frame rates (those with RTX 4000 graphics cards, of course).
The driver is the first to be released following the debut of the official NVIDIA App, which just exited from its beta test, pushing GeForce Experience into obscurity (for those who used it, anyway). You can use that official app to grab the new v566.14 driver, of course.
NVIDIA App has officially launched, an essential tool for GeForce RTX users
The NVIDIA App launched into Beta earlier this year, incorporating all the top features from GeForce Experience, the NVIDIA Control Panel, and new RTX-powered tools and AI features. It is a one-stop shop for all things GeForce RTX, serving as the latest place to update drivers, optimize games, change display settings, or install and access RTX apps like GeForce NOW, NVIDIA Broadcast, ChatRTX, and more.
After several updates that have improved the app's performance and added new and highly requested features, NVIDIA is ready to announce that the NVIDIA App is officially released and no longer in beta. So, if you've been holding out on jumping from GeForce Experience, now's the time.
From the enhanced overlay and game recording features to the excellent tools for optimizing game performance to the fast and responsive performance of the app itself - it's a must-install for the millions of GeForce RTX owners out there.
AMD's next-gen Radeon RX 8000 series Mobile 'RDNA 4' GPUs: 16GB, 12GB, 8GB chips up to 175W TGP
AMD's next-gen Radeon RX 8000 series "RDNA 4" mobile GPU details have leaked: 4 SKUs, 16GB, 12GB, 8GB variants with up to 175W TGPs coming to gaming laptops in 2025.
In a new post by leaker Golden Pig Upgrade, we're being told that the mobile RDNA 4 GPU offerings will arrive in two Navi 4X GPU camps: Navi 48 and Navi 44. We can expect two Navi 48-based SKUs which should materialize into a Navi 48 GPU with 16GB GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit memory bus, and a Navi 48 SKU with 12GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit memory bus.
Under that, we're to expect two Navi 44-based mobile RDNA 4 GPUs, both with 8GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit memory bus. The bigger difference between the Navi 44 mobile GPUs is that the "P25M-P6" variant will have a 75-150W TGP, while the "P25M-P4" variant will have a 50-130W TGP range. These new mobile RDNA 4 GPUs will launch in 2025, 2025 inside of new gaming laptops.
NVIDIA trademarks future-gen GeForce RTX 6090 SUPER graphics card, RTX 5090 SUPER teased
NVIDIA hasn't even made its next-gen GeForce RTX 50 series "Blackwell" GPUs official yet, but the company is full-steam ahead trademarking future-gen GeForce RTX 60 series GPUs including new flagship cards like the GeForce RTX 6090 SUPER, RTX 6090 Ti, and RTX 6090 graphics cards.
In a new submittion of new RTX series GPUs to the Eurasian Economic Commission (ECC) regulatory body, NVIDIA is preparing itself for a wave of cards including the GeForce RTX 6090 SUPER, RTX 6090 Ti, and RTX 6090 as well as the RTX 5090 SUPER, RTX 5090 Ti, and RTX 5090. This is at the top end of each series, but there are filings for the RTX 6080 SUPER, RTX 6080 Ti, and so on.
We shouldn't expect all of these GPUs to come out, but NVIDIA has to prepare ahead of time as AMD is cooking behind the scenes with its next-gen RDNA 5 GPU architecture (the one after RDNA 4 which launches in 2025). We should expect NVIDIA to dub its future-gen GeForce RTX 60 series "Rubin" after the Rubin R100 AI GPU (with next-gen HBM4 memory) launches in 2025.
Intel will announce its next-gen Battlamage desktop GPUs early to avoid the CES 2025 rush
We're on the cusp of a new GPU generation for PC gaming, and all signs are pointing to CES 2025 in Las Vegas in January as the place where we will see everything for the first time. NVIDIA is prepping to debut its GeForce RTX 50 Series, powered by the new Blackwell architecture, led by the GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070.
AMD is set to announce its new line-up of RDNA 4-powered cards with what we assume will be the mid-range Radeon RX 8800 XT and Radeon RX 8700 XT combo. CES 2025 is also where many assumed Intel would debut its second generation of desktop Arc graphics cards with new mainstream Battlemage 'Xe2' products.
It's no secret that Intel's first Arc GPUs had a rocky launch regarding driver stability and performance and have failed to capture any meaningful market share from NVIDIA or AMD. A new leak suggests that Intel is prepping for a Battlemage debut in December, ahead of CES 2025.
MSI does Black Friday early for GPUs: NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti Super is $120 off with a free game
MSI is getting in on the action with discounted NVIDIA RTX 4000 GPUs - as Lovelace prepares to be succeeded by new Blackwell graphics cards - and there's a tasty offer on an RTX 4070 Ti Super.
MSI's RTX 4070 Ti Super Expert model is now on sale direct from the company at $729.99, which represents a chunky discount. This GPU normally retails at $849.99 from the MSI store, so you're getting $120 off.
As you might expect, there's limited stock, but there is still inventory available at the time of writing.
NVIDIA to unveil its next-gen GeForce RTX 50 'Blackwell' GPUs 'soon' says leaker
NVIDIA's next-generation GeForce RTX 50 series "Blackwell" gaming GPUs aren't far away, with a reputable leaker saying "we will meet GeForce or Blackwell soon" on X just hours ago. Check it out:
The post is coming from leaker "kopite7kimi" with a simple "We will meet GeForce of Blackwell soon" which goes against previous rumors that NVIDIA would be introducing its new GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs at CES 2025 in January. We had heard not too long ago that NVIDIA was reportedly preparing the GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 reveals at CES 2025 with releases staggered through January, February, and March 2025.
NVIDIA has hosted pretty large events for each new generation of GeForce graphics cards, so a big reveal at CES 2025 while a million-and-one other things are being announced, means that Team Green won't be the star of the show.
NVIDIA confirms eight high-risk vulnerabilities in GeForce drivers, urges everyone updates
NVIDIA currently controls over 85% of the global GPU market, and its controlling share of the gaming GPU market is hovering around 90%. That is hundreds of millions of NVIDIA GPUs globally, and now the company has confirmed it has identified at least eight "high-risk" security vulnerabilities within its GeForce GPU drivers.
While GeForce typically means gaming GPUs specifically, that isn't the case here as professional and workstation GPUs have also been listed as victims of the vulnerabilities. NVIDIA has taken to its Security Bulletin to outline each of the vulnerabilities, their risk, level on the severity scale, and the fix. According to the website, the flaws were within NVIDIA's GPU Display Driver and the NVIDIA vGPU Software.
NVIDIA writes each of the vulnerabilities could enable a hacker to execute code, escalate administrative privileges, information harvesting, data tampering, and a complete denial of service. Notably, each of the vulnerabilities were graded on a severity scale from 0 to 10. The lowest score out of the eight that was ranked was 7.1, and the highest was 8.2, indicating these vulnerabilities weren't small issues within NVIDIA's GPU drivers as internally they were graded quite high.
Top 34 GPUs among PC gamers are all GeForce, NVIDIA is competing against itself
The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey Results for October 2024 are in, and when it comes to the GPUs PC gamers are using, it's a sea of green. According to Valve, NVIDIA's GeForce graphics cards have a 77.37% share of the PC gaming market, and the top 34 discrete GPUs (covering mobile and desktop graphics cards) are all GeForce products.
The most popular desktop Radeon option, the Radeon RX 6600, appears in the number 35 spot ahead of the Radeon RX 580. Both cards are at least a few generations old, and even though that covers most of the list - the most popular gaming GPU is still the GeForce RTX 3060 - it paints an increasingly bleak picture of the current state of Radeon.
On the plus side, AMD finally has two RDNA 3 options in the list - the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT - which both appear toward the bottom. On the flip side, NVIDIA's latest GeForce RTX 40 Series has five entries in the Top 20, showcasing that the Ada Lovelace generation has been another success for NVIDIA.