Video Cards & GPUs - Page 14

AMD's new RDNA 4-based Navi 48 GPU inside of the flagship Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card has 53.9 billion transistors, meaning it has more transistors than NVIDIA's new GB203 GPU inside of the GeForce RTX 5080.

In a new post on Tieba Baidu, we're learning that AMD's new Navi 48 GPU should be 350mm2, which is smaller than the 390mm2 in previous leaks. AMD recently confirmed its new RDNA 4-based Navi 48 GPU has 53.9 billion transitors in a press briefing earlier this week.

If the new Baidu figures are correct, we're looking at AMD's new RDNA 4-based Navi 48 GPU being smaller than both NVIDIA's previous-gen Ada Lovelace-based AD103 GPU, and its new Blackwell-based GB203 GPU that is inside of the new GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card.

ASUS's new flagship ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 has caught fire with smoke billowing out of it, leaving burn marks on both the GPU and motherboard of a Redditor. Check it out:

In a post on Reddit, user "Impossible-Weight485" was browsing the internet when his PC shut down all of the sudden. After restarting his system, the graphics card caught fire and smoke started coming out of it. Not a good thing to see for one of the most expensive graphics cards on the planet.

The Redditor explained: "I was playing PC games this afternoon, and when I was done with the games, my PC suddenly shut down while I was browsing websites. When I restarted the PC, the GPU caught fire, and smoke started coming out. When I took out the GPU, I saw burn marks on both the GPU and the motherboard".

ASUS's in-house overclocking team has pushed NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards to new limits: overclocking the GB202 GPU to a record 3.5GHz, and the 32GB of GDDR7 to 34Gbps, breaking multiple OC world records in the process.

SAFEDISK is ASUS's in-house OC secret weapon, overclocking a custom ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card under LN2 cooling and various tweaks. The GB202 GPU was pushed to an impressive 3480MHz while the 32GB of GDDR7 memory was pushed up to 34Gbps on its wide 512-bit memory bus.

The overclocker used AMD's Zen 5-based Ryzen 9 9950X processor with 16 cores and 32 threads of processing power, 48GB of DDR5-8000 memory from G.SKILL (dual 24GB DIMMs) and an ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E APEX motherboard. It will be interesting to see these results re-run with AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, too.

AMD's RX 9070 XT graphics card has seemingly been spotted in more leaked benchmarks and this time the claim is that this is going to be a seriously fast piece of hardware.

As you can see in the above post from Tomasz Gawroński (a regular contributor of leaks on X), these are apparently FurMark results for the RX 9070 XT.

That's a little muddied by the fact that the benchmarks (for 4K resolution) in question are attributed to a 'Radeon RX 7800 XT' card, but as Gawroński points out, the GPU carries the same PCI-ID as that previously attached to the RX 9070 in the likes of Geekbench leaks. So, it appears someone is trying to fudge things and cover up the identity of the RDNA 4 GPU.

GeForce Game Ready Driver 572.47 is here, weighing 844.62MB for Windows 10 and 11. It supports the new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, which is out now. For a breakdown of the latest GPU's performance, check out our full, in-depth reviews of the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X and the INNO3D GeForce RTX 5070 Ti X3 - two MSRP models that should be available for close to $749 USD.

And we say "should" because there's been a lot of discussion and reports lately showing that MSRP for the GeForce RTX 50 Series doesn't mean much when models are being sold with concerning price hikes. Setting aside the 'GPU pricing in 2025 controversy' for a moment, the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is an impressive release as it offers a decent performance uplift over the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti to deliver 4K gaming performance on par with the GeForce RTX 4080 and RTX 4080 SUPER.

GeForce Game Ready Driver 572.47 (download it here) offers more than new GPU support. It also optimizes Marvel Rivals' official DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation update, which arrived with the game's latest patch.

NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is here, and it looks like launch supply is worse than we thought... far worse.

In a new video from leaker Moore's Law is Dead, we're hearing that some US retailers have less than 10 (!!!) of the new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards for its launch supply. This one particular source told MLID that "this is 'better' than the 5090, but otherwise the second-lowest volume GPU launch I've seen in my life time. Oh, and we are told that we'll get a lot more supply in March, but I'll have to see it to believe it".

Another US retailer source told MLID that they can confirm they'll have a little over a few hundred RTX 5070 Ti cards for the launch company-wide. The stock situation doesn't look good at all, but it gives AMD a huge chance right now... deliver the new RDNA 4-based Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 graphics cards on time, with plenty of stock, and keep closer to MSRP than NVIDIA.

NVIDIA has put its priority access scheme back into action - an initiative brought in with RTX 4000 GPUs - in an effort to defeat scalpers, and give genuine buyers of the RTX 5090 and 5080 a fair crack at securing a GPU.

NVIDIA explains that with the 'Verified Priority Access' program will give a "limited number of verified GeForce gamers & creators in the United States the opportunity to purchase one GeForce RTX 5090 or RTX 5080 Founders Edition graphics card from the NVIDIA Marketplace."

So, the catches are that this is US-only (so far), and that you only get a chance to buy a Founders Edition (not any third-party boards, if you'd prefer a more heavyweight top-end option).

ASUS has just confirmed that its new ROG XG external graphics card solution will launch on February 25, just days from now, and will work with up to NVIDIA's new flagship GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU along with blazing-fast Thunderbolt 5 connectivity.

Thunderbolt 5 drives bandwidth up to 80Gbps (bi-directional) on the ASUS ROG XG 2025 external GPU, and as it stands, is the only external GPU product on the market with Thunderbolt 5. ASUS makes its new ROG XG with either NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU or the flagship RTX 5090 Laptop GPU.

Inside, ASUS is using an upgraded cooling solution that packs a vapor chamber and dust filter, with the company noting that it features 54% more surface cooling area, and it's quieter (by 3dB) than its predecessor (the XG Mobile 4090).

We've had a glimpse of the spec of AMD's RX 9070 vanilla GPU and its clock speeds thanks to an early Amazon product listing.

The graphics card in question is the XFX Radeon RX 9070 Swift, as noticed on Amazon by leaker @momomo_us (see the above post on X, located via VideoCardz).

XFX's Swift Gaming Edition is listed with a base clock of 1440MHz, a game clock of 2210MHz, along with a boost clock of 2700MHz.

The release of NVIDIA's RTX 5070 Ti is almost upon us, and for those who were hoping against hope that the GPU might not be low on stock with the initial launch - well, we don't have good news here.

The latest rumors on how healthy supply might be - or indeed won't be - were picked up by VideoCardz, including the post you see above on X.

That's a claim from Winterherz that they've spoken to Alternate, a large retailer in Germany (viewed as second only to MindFactory by some), and the outlet suggests that the stock level of the RTX 5070 Ti will be around the same as that seen with the RTX 5080 and 5090.

NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards don't come out until February 20 (reviews are due tomorrow), but someone on Reddit has already posted a picture of their shiny new GPU they've just bought from a retailer.

Take this with a little salt, but as you can see from the above post (which was highlighted by VideoCardz), the Redditor (Qwertz012) presents photographic evidence of the ASUS Prime RTX 5070 Ti in question.

It seems that a smaller retailer (in Hungary, from what we can tell) has gone ahead and sold the GPU early. Apparently the Redditor just called up the shop and they had one in stock, and were happy to just send it out (presumably this was a couple of days ago, too, given shipping time).

Intel's next-generation Celestial discrete GPUs are rumored to feature the new Xe3P architecture, and will reportedly be fabbed using Intel Foundry instead of TSMC according to the latest reports.

In some new leaks, we're learning that Intel's next-gen Celestial discrete GPUs will be using an enhanced Xe3P architecture with huge performance improvements, produced in-house by Intel Foundry Services (IFS). On a post on X, leaker @OneRaichu said: "different from Panther Lake, Celestial dGPU looks like (it) will maybe be based on Xe3P instead of Xe3. I estimate it will (be) based on Intel's process instead of outside".

The "P" in Xe3P should stand for Performance, so we should expect the new Xe3P-based Celestial discrete GPUs to offer bigger performance improvements over the newer Battlemage GPU architecture while showing off the semiconductor prowess of Intel Foundry. It also could be the end of Intel using TSMC to make it discrete GPUs, which is an interesting turn of events.

NVIDIA's incoming RTX 5070 Ti graphics card might turn out to be a smidge over 15% faster than its predecessor, or that's what some purported benchmark leaks are now suggesting.

VideoCardz grabbed the scoop with this one, airing figures from an unnamed reviewer for the RTX 5070 Ti which pitted the inbound GPU against the RTX 4070 Ti - with the RTX 5080 included alongside both of these models for an illuminating current-gen perspective.

The benchmarks themselves are drawn from 3DMark, and as ever, we'd be foolish to put as much stock in synthetic tests as opposed to real-world gaming benchmarks, which is where the true story of a GPU is told.

PC gamers on a tighter budget have just had their hopes raised that NVIDIA might produce a truly affordable Blackwell graphics card in the form of an RTX 5050 desktop GPU.

This stems from a filing with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) by Zotac, which encompasses the existing Blackwell GPUs, and soon to be released RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 models, along with RTX 5060 Ti and 5060 (still unofficial, but heavily rumored for a release in the near future - supposedly in April, or that's the latest guesstimate).

The real eye-opener here was the mention of an RTX 5050, though, which hasn't even been rumored (not on the desktop - there has been speculation about the GPU in laptop form numerous times).

AMD's big RDNA 4 and Radeon RX 9070 XT reveal is next week on February 28. This event will formally unveil the new architecture, its improvements over RDNA 3, pricing, performance, and more. With the Radeon RX 9070 XT's direct competitor set to be NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti ($749), many are hoping that if performance is on par with NVIDIA's RTX 5070 Ti, then AMD has a real chance to make an impact with a lower price point.

However, with listings of Radeon RX 9070 XT models like the premium XFX Radeon RX 9070 XT OC listed for $849 on Amazon - which could be a placeholder - there's word that OC models pushing clock speeds of 3+ GHz could see performance get closer to the GeForce RTX 5080 than its RTX 5070 Ti competition. This would mean that if AMD kept the Radeon RX 8800 XT naming for the flagship RDNA 4 GPU, it would have made more sense.

Interestingly, since AMD's RDNA 4 was a no-show at CES 2025, where we got to see models from various partners up close, there have also been several reports of cards already being at retailers. With that, someone in Slovakia put up a GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 XT GAMING OC model for sale last week for the equivalent of $1600 USD.

The release of the RTX 50-series GPUs has been described as a "paper launch," as it's been almost impossible for hungry gamers to get their hands on the new graphics cards. But why are the latest GPUs so elusive?

It should be noted that we will likely never learn the official reason why the RTX 50-series GPUs (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090/5080) have such a low stock. However, there are tidbits of information that paint a reasonably clear picture of the current situation. I believe there are two big factors contributing to the global shortages of these GPUs, and they are earthquakes destroying TSMC wafers, and the Chinese New Year. Here's what I've pieced together.

It was reported at the end of January that Taiwan experienced a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that resulted in TSMC employees having to evacuate and pause operations for a few days. Reports around that time indicated TSMC's Fab 14, an older facility that is less earthquake-prone than the company's newer facilities, was hit pretty hard, with around half of the equipment in the fab being affected and reportedly more than 30,000 wafers from Fab 14A and 14B rendered unusable. Notably, Fab 14 produces 4nm and 5nm chips, and NVIDIA's Blackwell GPUs are 4nm.

AMD has been rumored to be cooking up a new Radeon RX 9070 XTX graphics card with 32GB of VRAM, and now Consumer and Gaming Marketing boss Frank Azor has weighed in on X:

In a new post on X, Azor confirmed the news (sarcastically) saying that the Radeon RX 9070 XTX is actually called the Radeon RX 90700.05XTXT Max and it doesn't have 32GB of VRAM, but rather 320GB of VRAM. Not only that, but the card requires 1.21 gigawatts of PSU to run it, using new 96-pin power connectors.

Azor was asked if the new Radeon RX 90700.05XTXT Max will beat NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 at 600W, to which Azor replied: "only in raster". But it was a post asking "no Max+ at the end? Fail much" to which Azor replied: "Always a Marketing Disaster" (Always a Marketing Disaster = AMD).

AMD is rumored to be cooking up a new Radeon RX 9070 XTX graphics card -- that additional X is significant -- with rumors swirling that the RX 9070 XTX would feature double the VRAM: 32GB of GDDR6 memory ready for AI workloads.

In recent rumors, we've been hearing about the new Radeon RX 9070 XTX with 32GB of GDDR6 memory would NOT be a new professional-focused card, but rather a gaming GPU that would have double the VRAM and aimed at AI professionals (and priced for them, too). AMD has been quick to deny the reports of the new RDNA 4 card with 32GB VRAM, too.

Normally, we see XTX releases featuring higher GPU clocks, higher memory clocks and more... but the purported Radeon RX 9070 XTX might just be simply double the VRAM (9070 XT = 16GB GDDR6, with 9070 XTX = 32GB GDDR6). We might not see any other hardware improvements, as AMD is using the full Navi 48 GPU die on the Radeon RX 9070 XT as it is.

XFX's upcoming custom Radeon RX 9070 XT Mercury OC graphics card has appeared, with a new listing on Amazon teasing a $849 price and March 6 release date.

In a new post by leaker @momomo_us on X, we have the XFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Magnetic Air Edition graphics card with a release date of March 6, 2025, and a price of $849.99. This looks like a premium RDNA 4 card with a boost GPU clock of 3.1GHz and the expected 16GB of GDDR6 memory.

The $849 pricing is a bit high for most people's liking, considering NVIDIA is about to unleash its new GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card starting at $749... meaning AMD will have an uphill battle trying to sell the Radeon RX 9070 XT for $849. We could be looking at Canadian pricing here as well, so keep that in mind... meaning the RX 9070 XT could fall into the $599-$649 price range, lining up with the exciting leaks that flagship RDNA 4 could start at $599.

NVIDIA's new ultra-enthusiast GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card has had some immense demand, but stock hasn't been great worldwide... and it seems that is about to change, and it will have scalpers "cry so hard".

In a new post on X by leaker MEGAsizeGPU, we're learning that NVIDIA has purchased "shit loads" of TSMC yields for B200, but "now the market doesn't want that much B200, and RTX 40 is retired... the only solution is to make as much RTX 50 as possible to cover the unused yield of B200".

This was in a reply to a previous tweet from the leaker who said: "the supply of RTX 5090 will be stupidly high soon. Scalpers will cry so hard".