Graphics Cards

The long-rumored and leaked Intel Arc B770 desktop graphics cards were on our list of potential announcements and reveals at CES 2026. It was also on our list for Computex last year, and after leaked shipping manifests and its "BMG-G31" GPU appearing in various software updates in recent months, it was finally looking like Big Battlemage's time was near. But it was another no show.

With some outlets asking Intel about the Intel Arc B770 GPU, which would be the more powerful mid-range 16GB variant to the current Intel Arc B580, the company's representatives essentially said that they weren't commenting on any unreleased products. At CES 2026, Team Blue's big focus was the debut of its new Panther Lake mobile chips, which include next-gen integrated Arc graphics.

Even so, it's been made public that a pre-release Intel driver package for an HP 'Panther Lake' Core Ultra Series 3 laptop included firmware files for the "BMG-G31" GPU (via Reddit), aka the Intel Arc B770. This points to the GPU being real and consumer-facing, but with no CES announcement, one has to wonder whether the Intel Arc B770 GPU is still coming.

With the Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for December 2025 available, we can take a look at the current state of the discrete GPU market for PC gaming as we head into 2026. Of course, Steam is only a single source, but Valve's PC gaming platform is far and away the place most PC gaming takes place.

Interestingly, Valve has had to amend the data for December 2025 due to a discrepancy, which means that AMD's RDNA 4 lineup briefly appeared on the list for the first time, with the Radeon RX 9070 appearing toward the bottom of the list before it was removed and placed back into the 'Other' category. So it seems that we're still waiting, more or less, to see RDNA 4 GPUs make the cut.

Without a Radeon RX 9000 Series GPU on the list, the December 2025 data shows that NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 Series launch has been a resounding success. Specifically, the GeForce RTX 5070, which has cracked the Top 10, making it one of the most popular discrete PC gaming GPUs.

If you want a new benchmark to bring your expensive GeForce RTX 5090 to its knees, then check out Radiance, a new Raymarching benchmark that even at 1080p, the RTX 5090 can only spit out 2-3FPS.

The new Radiance benchmark was built by former Tom's Hardware and Thresh's FiringSquad writer, Alan Dong, with Radiance using the DX12 API and analyzing FP32 compute performance from your GPU by running a "raymarched" version of breakout. You can download Radiance: A Raymarching Benchmark right here.

The benchmark solely relies on raymarched geometry, with no texture maps, no shortcuts, no pre-baked illumination, this is all pure mathematics that your GPU needs to crunch. There are a few resolutions to choose from: 480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, and 4K with varying levels of debris count: no debris, 80 debris, 160 debris, 320 debris, and finally, 640 debris.

NVIDIA's next-gen RTX 6000 graphics cards could be out in the second half of 2027 according to a new rumor.

This comes from Kopite7kimi on X, one of the more reliable hardware leakers with GPUs, as flagged by Notebookcheck.net (via TechRadar), who posted a very brief theorized release date: 2027H2.

So, we could see the RTX 6090 muscling onto the discrete GPU market in a year and a half, or a bit longer, which isn't that far away now.

ASUS's ProArt line of PC hardware covers a full range of products, with the minimal and stylish design aimed at the creator and AI developer markets, while still delivering the performance you get from the company's gaming brands. At CES 2026, ASUS introduced the new ASUS ProArt GeForce RTX 5090 OC Edition, and it's surprisingly compact and sleek for a flagship GPU.

At the flagship model in NVIDIA's GeForce RTX lineup, you've got the RTX 5090's impressive specs: 32GB of fast GDDR7 memory, 21,2760 CUDA Cores, with 3352 TOPS of AI performance. With its 2.5-slot design with dual fans, the ASUS ProArt GeForce RTX 5090 is the company's most compact GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card, and it's all due to the cooling design.

Inspired by NVIDIA's groundbreaking GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition (which uses a similar custom PCB), the ASUS ProArt GeForce RTX 5090 sports dual 115mm fans with a double-vented backplate that includes "flow-through zones" to keep airflow moving.

At CES 2026, PNY announced a new lineup of GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics cards with the new dual-slot Slim trio. The compact design is designed for SFF (Small Form Factor) builds, and there are three variants covering the GeForce RTX 5070, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5080.

Seeing the GeForce RTX 5080 included here is impressive, as there are very few dual-slot RTX 5080 cards available outside NVIDIA's Founders Edition. In fact, these new GPUs from PNY adopt the dual-flow-through fan design seen in the Founders Edition cards.

Both the PNY GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB Slim and PNY GeForce RTX 5080 16GB Slim models feature dual 120mm fans, with the slightly smaller PNY GeForce RTX 5070 Slim featuring dual 100mm fans.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Taichi was one of the fastest flagship RDNA 4 GPUs from 2025. Check out our full review, with ASRock's premium graphics card also being one of the few Radeon RX 9070 XT releases to adopt the new 12V-2x6 pin power connector.

At CES 2026, ASRock showcased a new but familiar GPU, the ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Taichi White 16GB OC. Per the naming, this presents ASRock's premium, stylish design in an all-white shroud with a white PCB. For those looking to put together a white rig, the ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Taichi White is a looker.

And it's a well-built triple-slot card with a metal backplate and a reinforced metal frame. In addition to RGB lighting across the card, the major design update, outside of the color change, is the inclusion of a small display on the side. ASRock calls it the LED Information Center, a color display focused on real-time system information or various animations.

NVIDIA will reportedly be using the Rubin GR20x GPU family for its next-generation GeForce RTX 60 series graphics cards, releasing in the second half of 2027, says new rumors.

In the middle of the nightmare DRAM crisis, we saw NVIDIA reportedly postpone its announcement of its GeForce RTX 50 SUPER series graphics cards, which are now expected to be shelved until the DRAM market starts looking healthier (which it won't).

On top of all of that, leaker @kopite7kimi said on X that "GR20x is for gaming" and that is something that could surprise everyone. Rubin was meant to be for AI only, but NVIDIA released its Rubin CPX earlier this year and it looked similar to GB202 (the GPU powering the RTX 5090).

With the arrival of RDNA and the Radeon RX 9000 Series of graphics cards, one of the standout features was FSR 4 (now called FSR Upscaling (ML)), an AI-based Super Resolution solution that helped level the playing field with NVIDIA DLSS.

The only drawback is that FSR 4 and the new FSR Redstone suite of AI technologies are exclusive to the RDNA 4 lineup of desktop Radeon graphics. With AMD's presence and dominance in portable PC gaming, thanks to handhelds like the Steam Deck and ROG Xbox Ally X, an AI upscaling solution like FSR would be a game-changer for image fidelity and performance.

Even when it comes to the newly announced Ryzen AI 400 Series of processors, which feature integrated Radeon graphics powerful enough to game with, because that's RDNA 3.5 and not RDNA 4, there's no FSR 4 AI upscaling. At CES 2026, we spoke to David McAfee, the Vice President and General Manager of Ryzen CPUs and Radeon graphics at AMD, to ask whether FSR Upscaling (ML) would be coming to mobile hardware and to previous-generation Radeon GPUs.

At CES 2026, we sat down with David McAfee, the Vice President and General Manager of Ryzen CPUs and Radeon graphics at AMD, to discuss a range of topics, including the current DRAM crisis affecting Radeon GPUs. Specifically, with rumors of price increases and potential models and SKUs being put on hold.

With DRAM prices making it increasingly unaffordable to buy PC components like memory, the same constraints also apply to the GPU market, since all graphics cards include VRAM. In the case of the flagship RDNA 4 GPU, the Radeon RX 9070 XT, it includes 16GB of GDDR6 memory as standard across all models.

"There's been very thorough coverage surrounding the complexity and strains in the DRAM market," David McAfee explains. "As we look at it, we've got very long-term deep partnerships with all of the DRAM manufacturers to make sure that our needs are met in terms of DRAM supply for our [Radeon] GPUs, to make sure that we're building what gamers need."

At CES 2026, GIGABYTE unveiled a new custom GeForce RTX 5090 design from its team, dubbed the Infinity. The stylish, impressively compact design (a triple-slot RTX 5090 is rare) features a dual-flow-through cooling design similar to NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition.

The AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 Infinity is cooled by its unique WINDFORCE HYPERBURST Cooling System, which includes two Hawk Fans that pull air through the GPU, a direct-touch vapor chamber, superconducting heat pipes, composite metal grease, and a hidden third fan. Yes, the AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 Infinity includes a smaller fan at the center of the GPU, beneath the mesh panel, and it's barely visible.

At 33mm wide, this fan is known as the 'Overdrive' fan, designed to boost cooling and airflow for those looking to overclock the GPU or during those hardware-intensive 4K gaming sessions. As it features a dual-flow-through cooling design, it's presumed that the AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 Infinity uses a PCB layout similar to NVIDIA's Founders Edition.

CES 2026 is here and kicking off the week-long tech-announcement madness is NVIDIA and its unveiling of a selection of new technologies, and one standout on the list is DLSS 4.5, specifically its introduction of 6x multiframe generation.

NVIDIA confirmed via its online press conference that more features are coming with the release of DLSS 4.5, and some will be exclusive to NVIDIA hardware running Blackwell architecture, or in other words, exclusive to the RTX 5000-series GPUs. NVIDIA explains DLSS 4.5 being able to offer 6x multiframe generation (MFG) performance can be attributed to the second generation transformer model, which has increased the quality of the input frames, and therefore the generated frames.

Additionally, this improvement in MFG capabilities has been possible by several improvements to the way frame pacing works within the model, and the general image quality within the model itself. Together these improvements make 6x MFG, and NVIDIA stated that with it enabled it provides the smoothest path tracing-enabled gaming experience.

NVIDIA has just announced DLSS 4.5, and within this update comes a bunch more tools to improve PC gaming performance, depending on your available hardware.

NVIDIA has announced at CES 2026 the deployment of DLSS 4.5, and how it has managed to increase multi-frame generation (MFG) up to 6x, enabling the possibility of reaching 4K at 240Hz with Path Tracing enabled. To achieve 6x MFG NVIDIA made several improvements to how the model interprets input frames, resulting in the quality of the generated frames improving.

Additionally, NVIDIA explained via a press briefing the introduction of Dynamic Multi Frame generation, which NVIDIA described as working similarly to an automatic transmission. When enabled the technology will detect when a graphically intensive scene is occurring and automatically increase frame generation to compensate for the reduction in FPS. NVIDIA said that by enabling this players will be able to experience a "continuous refresh rate." With Dynamic MFG enabled fewer generated frames will occur as the workload on the system reduces.

After a year of rumors and even a small teaser a year ago, MSI has finally brought back its flagship LIGHTNING series of graphics cards at CES 2026 with the new GeForce RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z. It's an absolute beast, with cutting-edge liquid cooling, a default 800W OC mode, and an Extreme 1000W mode for those wanting the absolute fastest gaming GPU on the planet.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z will be limited to 1300 units when it launches next month, and it will introduce several world-first features. Powered by two 16-pin PCIe connectors, the new GeForce RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z is also the world's first GPU to include a full copper, full cover cold plate covering all components, which is one of the reasons why it's the world's first GPU to reach 1000W.

A liquid-cooled GPU, the main unit includes a vibrant 8-inch display (the GPU will ship with a complete kit for vertical mounting), another world's first, and a rigid carbon fiber backplate. As an all-in-one liquid-cooled GPU, it also sports a next-gen pump that increases liquid flow by an impressive 71% and pressure by up to 45% when compared to MSI's GeForce RTX 5090 SUPRIM LIQUID card.

AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards will be more expensive in coming weeks, with AIB partners being prepared for price increases because of the price surges on DRAM, where we're told to expect more expensive graphics cards in January and February 2026, just weeks from now.

In a new report on Board Channels, we're being told that major price increases will occur in the New Year, as it lines up with quarter timing and contract pricing. NVIDIA's Q4 2025 is between November and January, while AMD's Q4 2025 takes place between October and December.

Under previous supply agreements, memory procurement prices were reportedly fixed through 2025, leaving AIB pricing at sane levels during Q4 2025. However, starting with 2026 those fixed term contracts come to an end, with pressure placed on memory pricing -- GDDR6 for AMD, GDDR7 for NVIDIA -- in GPU costs.

AMD's next-gen RDNA 5 GPU family is back in the headlines, with fresh rumors that we'll see RDNA 5 sometime in mid-2027... close to the release of Sony's next-gen PlayStation 6 and Microsoft's next-gen Xbox consoles.

In fresh rumors that AMD would have its next-gen RDNA 5 GPUs fabbed at Samsung Foundry, known leaker "Kepler_L2" said that RDNA 5 is being fabbed by TSMC on its N3P process node, and will release in mid-2027 in a series of new posts on X.

AMD has its current-gen RDNA 4 GPUs fabbed at TSMC on its N5 (5nm) process node, but RDNA 5 on the new N3P process node will enjoy up to 18% higher speeds, a large 36% decrease in power consumption, and a 24% reduction in area. This is without all the tinkering that AMD is doing under the hood of RDNA 5, with some new technologies including "Universal Compression", "Neural Arrays", and "Radiance Cores".

NVIDIA could possibly discontinue the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB variant over GDDR7 memory prices, keeping the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB on the market, and pushing gamers up to the RTX 5070 instead of using the precious 16GB of GDDR7 memory on the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB model.

In a new post on the Board Channels, we're hearing that NVIDIA could put a production pause on the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB which could eventually lead to the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB being discontinued completely. This is because of a massive increase in GDDR7 memory chip prices, leading NVIDIA to change its strategy on the mid-range Blackwell GPUs.

The RTX 5060 Ti is available in both 16GB and 8GB variants, with NVIDIA to cull the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB variant over higher costs, keeping supply flowing of the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB variant instead. NVIDIA would then push gamers up to the RTX 5070 which comes in both 16GB and 12GB variants, keeping the GDDR7 memory chips from the possibly discontinued RTX 5060 Ti 16GB for its higher-end RTX 5070 graphics cards.

This week we've got a new NVIDIA TITAN Ada prototype GPU reveal, after a new model appeared in China, in a cleaner condition than the recent teardown treatment overclocker "der8auer" performed. Check it out

The sample that der8auer had in his hands wasn't a one-off GPU, as there is now another NVIDIA TITAN Ada prototype GPU in the wild, with the two retail-style boards and coolers in the wild. Both of them look more like finished graphics cards rather than prototype lab-bound hardware.

The GPUs have been praised for their mechanical details and regular driver behavior, which is something you don't normally see from engineering samples that have exposed test boards and debug switches, but in a parallel universe I'm sure these 900W GPU beasts exist, and I want one.

The new NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 72GB Blackwell GPU, which the company says is now available, offers a memory-focused configuration that will sit alongside the existing NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell GPU with 48GB of VRAM. The new variant is targeted at AI developers, scientists, and creatives who require hardware for "modern, memory-hungry workflows."

With generative AI and the rise of complex, multimodal agentic AI, NVIDIA notes that today's large language models (LLMs) and AI agents are growing in both complexity and size - necessitating the release of a beefier NVIDIA Blackwell GPU. With 72GB of ultrafast GDDR7 memory, 50% more than the current 48GB model, and a memory bandwidth of 1,344 GB/s, you're looking at 2,142 TOPS of AI performance.

Naturally, having access to 72GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit interface will allow AI developers to train, run, and tweak models locally. This adds an extra layer of privacy and reduces latency compared to a cloud-based solution.

With the product page now live, AMD has quietly launched a brand-new variant of its mainstream RDNA 4 GPU, the Radeon RX 9060 XT. The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP graphics card is a low-power variant that lowers the TDP to 140W, 20W lower than the standard Radeon RX 9060 XT.

The Radeon RX 9060 XT LP is a 16GB model, so it includes 16GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit interface with a total memory bandwidth of 320 GB/s - the same as the current 160W model. The GPU configuration is also identical with 32 RDNA 4 Compute Units and Ray Accelerators, plus 64 AI Accelerators. It also sports the same Stream Processor count of 2048 with 64 ROPs and 128 Texture Units.

The Radeon RX 9060 XT LP also features DisplayPort .1a and HDMI 2.1b connectivity with hardware-accelerated H264, H265, and AV1 video encoding and decoding. The only thing missing from AMD's product listing is the Boost Clock speed of the new Radeon RX 9060 XT LP variant, so this might be where the difference lies.