Graphics Cards - Page 185

The big buzzword with graphics cards and gaming right now is definitely ray tracing, but it has been (mostly) exclusive to NVIDIA graphics cards... but it looks like Team Red might be joining Team Green (and even Team Blue) with ray tracing support sooner rather than later.

The latest rumor is that AMD's new Navi GPUs will receive a new driver update that will add ray tracing support for Radeon RX 5000 series graphics cards (Radeon RX 5500 series and the flagship Radeon RX 5700 series) which has been spotted in AMD's latest Radeon drivers that support Gears 5.

AMD doesn't have full hardware ray tracing on its current first-gen Navi GPUs, but the second-gen Navi GPUs coming in 2020 as well as the custom Navi GPU that the company is making for Microsoft's next-gen Xbox Scarlett console and Sony's next-gen PlayStation 5 console will have proper ray tracing support, and they'll both handle ray tracing differently.

Intel is coming back into the graphics card game in a really, really big way in 2020 and while most people think it's going to be a hit-the-ball-out-of-the-park performance wise... the first-gen product was never, ever going to be that good.

Intel Xe will debut in 2020 in mid-range form for its first iteration, offering esports-level performance with 1080p 60FPS being a great starting point for the company.

The new news is coming from the Intel Developer Conference (IDC) in Tokyo, where benchmarks were released discussing the 10th-gen Intel Ice Lake mobility CPUs with their new Gen 11 'Iris Plus' GPUs compared to the previous-gen UHD 620 graphics.

MSI has just launched the world's first 7nm gaming laptop, something that was achieved when AMD announced their new Radeon RX 5500 series graphics yesterday. Meet the new MSI Alpha 15 gaming laptop.

MSI's new Alpha 15 gaming laptop packs AMD's new Radeon RX 5500M with 4GB of GDDR6, and is teamed with the Ryzen 7 3750H processor -- both of which are made on the 7nm process. MSI provides two options with screens: a 15.6-inch 1080p 144Hz IPS-based panel with FreeSync tech, or a 15.6-inch 120Hz IPS panel with FreeSync.

Inside, the Alpha 15 gaming notebook is cooled by a 7-heat pipe Cooler Boost 5 thermal outfit, compatible with AMD's own SmartShift technology. This technology cools both the CPU and GPU simultaneously, which should see for low temps while under gaming loads.

AMD has released its new Radeon Adrenalin Edition 19.10.1 drivers, and with it comes support for the freshly-announced Radeon RX 5500 series graphics cards.

The new Radeon RX 5500 series of graphics cards includes three different SKUs: Radeon RX 5500 XT, Radeon RX 5500, and Radeon RX 5500M. All of these are supported in the new Radeon 19.10.1 drivers, as well as issues being fixed for Borderlands 3, 75Hz monitor owners with Radeon RX 5700 series graphics, and more.

You can grab the new Radeon 19.10.1 drivers right here.

AMD has just made its new Radeon RX 5500 XT and Radeon RX 5500 graphics cards official, with three SKUs in the RX 5500 family of graphics card including some mobile options.

The new Radeon RX 5500 series will be offering Radeon RX 480 levels of performance from AMD, while competing against NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1650 graphics card. The Radeon RX 5500 series will usher in the very first mid-range graphics cards using next-gen GDDR6 memory, a big upgrade over the GDDR5 used on mid-range graphics cards right now.

We will see AMD using a 128-bit memory bus on the GDDR6 memory, with the Radeon RX 5500 XT coming with 8GB of GDDR6 memory while the RX 5500 has 4GB of GDDR6 memory. Both cards are on a 128-bit memory bus, with both the RX 5500 XT and RX 5500 offering 224GB/sec of memory bandwidth.

NVIDIA is reportedly preparing its new GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER graphics card, with Igor at Igor's Lab with a scoop on the GTX 1660 SUPER's clock speed.

Igor reports that the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER will have its GPU clocked at 1785MHz and that it will beat the unreleased, and unannounced AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT graphics card. The purported GTX 1660 SUPER will fall just under the purported RX 5600 XT, too.

The current GeForce GTX 1660 has 8GB of GDDR5 memory at 8Gbps, while the higher-end GTX 1660 Ti has 6GB of GDDR6 at 12Gbps. The new GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER will reportedly have 6GB of GDDR6 memory at a higher 14Gbps, and a GPU boost clock that is closer to the GTX 1660 Ti, too.

All the way back in April 2018, I reported that NVIDIA would launch its next-gen Turing GPU architecture (which it then did months later) and that the GPU architecture to succeed Turing would be Ampere.

Then in January 2019, I wrote that NVIDIA would be using Samsung's new 7nm process for its next-gen Ampere GPU that would arrive in 2020. New reports are surfacing that corroborate my articles, with Igor from Igor's Lab (picked up by Wccftech) that a new EEC certification was spotted by DigiTimes and teases Ampere-powered GeForce graphics cards.

There's nothing new here about its release, but we should expect a big upgrade in performance with Ampere on the 7nm node (over the 14nm node used on Turing). NVIDIA will be fighting AMD's second-gen Navi GPU architecture in the second half of 2020, something that will enable proper 4K 60FPS gaming -- and I'm sure, feature ray tracing of some kind.

AMD is expected to launch some faster Navi-based graphics cards in the near future, with sources of WCCFTech saying that a new Navi 12-based Radeon RX 5800 series is on the way.

We might not see AMD officially launch the new Navi 12-powered parts as the Radeon RX 5800 series with WCCFTech noting that "we shall call it the Radeon RX 5800 series" as it is a "higher-end offering" than the Radeon RX 5700 series. But what can we expect from Navi 12, and the purported RX 5800 series exactly?

Navi 12 should have between 30-50% more stream processors than Navi, with Navi 10 capped at 2560 stream processors on the RX 5700 XT. It should have 8GB of GDDR6 at higher clock speeds, just like the card it will reportedly be directly competing against -- NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, which has its GDDR6 clocked up to 15.5Gbps (up from 14Gbps on the regular RTX 2070 and all RX 5700 series cards).

AMD must be enjoying all of these custom Navi graphics cards in the wild, with some truly great custom Radeon RX 5700 series cards on the market now from the likes of MSI, SAPPHIRE, ASRock, XFX, ASUS, and especially PowerColor.

PowerColor is now teasing what should be the very best Radeon RX 5700 XT with its new custom "Liquid Devil" which if you guessed from the name, should be a water-cooled Navi. In the image below you can see an EK logo on the card, so it seems PowerColor is using a high-end EK WaterBlocks cooler on the new RX 5700 XT Liquid Devil.

EK's cooling solution on the PowerColor RX 5700 XT Liquid Devil will connect into an existing watercooling loop, so this is for enthusiasts only I'm afraid. We should expect the lower temperatures on any custom RX 5700 XT card, and another few percent performance but don't expect this to be 10-15% faster because it's watercooled.

NVIDIA has just announced its new RTX Broadcast Engine, a new gaming-focused feature that taps the Tensor Cores available on Turing GPUs inside of the GeForce RTX series of graphics cards.

RTX BRoadcast Engine will be capable of live filters, greenscreening, and other game-focused features for Twitch streamers. NVIDIA is doing some impressive stuff here as it can fully remove the background from your stream with RTX Greenscreen, replacing whatever is behind you with gameplay, or something else entirely.

NVIDIA explains in a press release: "The RTX Greenscreen AI model understands which part of an image is human and which is background, so gamers get the benefits of a greenscreen without needing to buy one".

It looks like the rumors of the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER are beginning to take fuller form, with ASUS HQ sources of VideoCardz saying that the GTX 1660 SUPER is coming very soon.

ASUS is preparing at least 3 different models of the GTX 1660 SUPER in its DUAL EVO, Phoenix, and TUF3 series of cards. We should expect the same TU116-400 GPU that powers the GTX 1660 Ti, but it will ahve its GDDR6 clocked higher.

We're expecting the same 6GB of GDDR6 on the upcoming GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER but it'll have its bandwidth boosted up to 14Gbps, up from the 12Gbps gear on the regular GTX 1660 Ti.

It looks like AMD is preparing a new mid-range Navi release with the purporeted Radeon RX 5300 XT graphics card popping its head up into the rumor mill.

The news of a mid-range Navi graphics card isn't new, but the Radeon RX 5300 XT name is -- right now we're only seeing details for an OEM variant of the RX 5300 XT. The new RX 5300 XT will be based on the Navi GPU architecture, feature 4GB of GDDR5 memory and replace the current RX 550.

AMD's new Radeon RX 5300 XT was listed in multiple HP desktops including the Pavilion line of products, with the HP Desktop M01-F0017ng rocking the AMD Ryzen 5 3500G processor and discrete Radeon RX 5300 XT graphics card with 4GB of GDDR5 memory.

GALAX is doing things a little different with its new GeForce RTX 2060 Super Star graphics card -- offering a fully customizable shroud.

The company will be offering what seems to be a see-through cooling shroud with printable graphics underneath, meaning you can really create-your-own graphics card. You're limited to the GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, so if it's a success we could see the company continue and expand it out to the RTX 2070 SUPER and RTX 2080 SUPER graphics cards.

Alternatively, if it takes off in any way I'm sure we'll see GALAX's competitors offer something similar. I think there is definitely a market for customization in graphics cards it'll just take the right company and the right way of handling it.

NVIDIA continues its huge winning streak of offering the hottest games on the planet with its GeForce RTX series graphics cards, with games like Remedy's kick-ass Control and Wolfenstein: Young Blood.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is now added to that list with NVIDIA and Activision announcing the new GeForce RTX Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Bundle, where anyone who purchases an eligible GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 2080 SUPER, 2080, 2070 SUPER, 2070, 2060 SUPER or 2060 GPU-equipped graphics card, laptop or desktop will receive a copy of the game.

Given that the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is the "one of the most anticipated first-person shooters in history" according to NVIDIA (and I tend to agree, it looks awesome and RTX is going to make it pop) -- this is a great deal. It means anyone buying an RTX-enabled card, laptop, or PC will receive one of the best-looking and most-fun games of the year.

AMD is preparing its next-gen RDNA 2 architecture for a slew of new graphics cards next year, with the company using the newer 7nm+ node with new cards launching in 2H 2020.

We know to expect these cards to feature ray tracing support, as well as an industry source of mine telling me they'll be much higher-end cards than the RDNA-based RX 5700 series.

This move will see AMD on equal footing with NVIDIA's current GeForce RTX series in the RTX 2080 SUPER and flagship RTX 2080 Ti, but what about NVIDIA's next-gen Ampere GPUs expected in 2020? AMD will need RDNA 2 to be something quite special if it doesn't want to be an entire generation behind of NVIDIA's next-gen flagship.

ASRock has just launched its first-ever Taichi X series graphics card in the new Radeon RX 5700 XT Taichi X 8G OC+, the latest and greatest flagship custom Navi graphics card from ASRock. Check it out:

It's a stunning card, with ASRock walking that line between elegance and quality with the Taichi family of motherboards and graphics cards. The new RX 5700 XT Taichi X OC+ comes in as a 2.5-slot card with a triple-fan cooler and gorgeous ARGB lighting.

ASRock's new Radeon RX 5700 XT Taichi X 8G OC+will boost up to 2025-2040MHz making it one of the fastest custom RX 5700 XT graphics cards, with its base clocks sitting at 1810-1885MHz and game clocks at 1935-2000MHz.

NVIDIA has just released its latest GeForce Game Ready drivers that include support and optimizations for huge new releases like Gears 5 and Borderlands 3, as well as the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare PC open beta.

The new GeForce 463.30 WHQL drivers are optimized for day-1 experiences in Gears 5 and Borderlands 3, but there are also other big games in The Surge 2, FIFA 20, and Code Vein all optimized in the new drivers. NVIDIA has also included support for 6 new G-SYNC Compatible displays, with the new displays including:

As for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare PC open beta, that kicks off on September 19 and runs until the morning of September 23. There are more details on that here. NVIDIA promises that the full release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will have ray tracing, NVIDIA Adaptive Shading, and other NVIDIA technologies baked-in.

I've been expecting the flagship next-gen Xbox to be a beefier console than the PlayStation 5, but according to the latest on Xbox Scarlett it'll do one better -- it'll have dedicated ray tracing cores.

The news is coming directly from an interview between Gears 5 developer The Coalition, and GameSpot which interviewed technical art director Colin Penty about what's next for the Gears franchise. He talked about exciting new hardware the team will get to play with, especially the grunt under the hood of Scarlett.

Penty said: "We don't have anything to announce right now in terms of Gears with the new hardware--but I'm definitely super excited about what the new hardware could do. Having dedicated ray tracing cores is huge".

NVIDIA is preparing two more GeForce GTX 16 series graphics cards according to the new rumors: first, the GTX 1650 Ti and now the new rumored GTX 1660 SUPER.

According to a new rumor from MyDrivers, NVIDIA is preparing the new GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER that would use the TU116-300, the same GPU found in the GTX 1660. We're looking at 1408 CUDA cores, 80 TMUs, and 48 ROPs - and what should turn out to be 6GB of GDDR6 memory.

The current price being thrown around for the GTX 1660 SUPER is $249, making it $20 cheaper than the GTX 1660. We should expect NVIDIA's new mid-range GTX 1660 SUPER to battle the Navi 14-based Radeon RX 5600 series in the coming months leading into the holiday season.

It was just over a week ago the first rumors of the GeForce GTX 1650 Ti, something that would be based on the TU117 GPU (the same GPU that powers the GTX 1650 Ti) except the full TU117 this time versus the slightly cut down chip in the GTX 1650.

NVIDIA's purported GeForce GTX 1650 Ti would launch in October, and would feature up to 1024 CUDA cores (up from teh 896 in the GTX 1650 and 4GB of GDDR5 memory.

We should expect the TU117 to feature up to 1024 CUDA cores joined by 64 texture units, and 32 ROPs while the TU117 has unannounced clocks. As a reminder, the GTX 1650 had its TU117 at 1485MHz base GPU clock and 1665MHz boost GPU clock. We should expect the same 75W TDP, too.