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AMD has just confirmed that its new Navi GPU will be coming in Q3 2019 on the exciting new 7nm node, and will sit alongside the Radeon VII at the higher-end of the scale.

The company confirms that we'll also see the 3rd-gen Ryzen 3000-series CPUs on the new Zen 2 architecture also on 7nm, as well as the next-gen EPYC 'Rome' CPUs on 7nm with the huge 64C/128T of power. The current-gen Vega-based Radeon Instinct MI60 stays on the roster and is available now with over 1TB/sec of memory bandwidth thanks to its HBM2 memory.

AMD explains: "In gaming, we successfully returned to the high-end market with the launch of our Radeon VII GPU in February 2019 and we are on track to introduce our next-generation "Navi" GPUs for the mainstream market later this year".

AMD is reporting getting ready to release a new low-end Radeon RX 600 series of graphics cards with two SKUs leaked in drivers that point to a Radeon RX 640 and Radeon RX 630.

These two cards would be based on the current Polaris GPU architecture and would be a refresh of a refresh of a refresh as the RX 480 was refreshed with the RX 580, which was refreshed by the RX 590 and now the RX 600 series. What should we expect is new here? Nothing really, as it'll most likely be something for OEMs to put into their lower-end PCs and not something that would constitute an entire new family of cards just as Radeon Navi is about to drop.

The purported new Radeon RX 640 and RX 630 were spotted in the INF file of AMD's Adrenalin 19.4.3 drivers, with the RX 640 sporting the same device ID as the Radeon RX 550X. We should see the Radeon RX 600 series live on with Polaris GPUs while Navi will power new Radeon RX 3000 series products as per the previous rumors.

When the first Turing GPUs were being made NVIDIA split the silicon into two camps: higher-quality Turing A-dies for higher-end custom overclocked GeForce RTX 2080 and RTX 2070 cards, while non-overclocked more stock cards had the non-A die silicon.

Tom's Hardware Germany boss Igor Wallossek reports that NVIDIA will stop making the non-A die silicon, and from here on out only produce A-dies of the Turing TU104-410 (RTX 2080) and TU106-410 (RTX 2070). This means that from here on out NVIDIA will only supply AIBs with the higher-quality A-die silicon meaning we could see a new wave of RTX 2070 and RTX 2080s with higher OC ceilings.

We should at least see an across the board increase in base and boost GPU clock speeds on the next wave of RTX 2070 and RTX 2080s that could lead the higher-end custom cards to have access to higher GPU clocks with a few tweaks to the voltage limits NVIDIA has in place. If they untightened those a bit NVID IA could have higher-end RTX 2070 and 2080s that better compete with what AMD has coming around the corner with rumored Radeon RX 3080 XT rumored for $339, a far cry from the starting price of $599 for the GeForce RTX 2070.

Hot on the heels of the purported Radeon RX 3090 XT flagship Navi graphics card rumors, were some specs on the Navi 10-based graphics cards that we WILL see launched at E3 2019.

AMD is reportedly getting the Radeon RX 3080 XT ready for E3 2019 with its Navi 10 GPU on the 7nm node, with what should be 8GB of GDDR6 memory. The Navi 10 GPU will, according to the new leaks, feature 56 compute units from the Navi 10 GPU on a 190W TDP and provide performance close to NVIDIA's Turing-based GeForce RTX 2070. All of this will reportedly launch for $330 which would be a game changer.

NVIDIA sells its GeForce RTX 2070 graphics card for $599 which would mean if the rumors are true and the purported Radeon RX 3080 XT does indeed sell for $330 and has the performance of the RTX 2070, NVIDIA wouldn't be in trouble but it will have to react with massive price drops.

The latest rumor on AMD's next-gen Navi GPU architecture comes in the form of some purported specs and card names, as well as performance numbers and preliminary pricing. Everything from here should be taken with a large handful, not just a pinch, of salt.

According to my exclusive sources AMD will be detailing the new Navi-based Radeon graphics cards at E3 2019 which takes place just over a week after Computex 2019 where AMD will also unveil its new Zen 2-based Ryzen 3000 series CPUs. The new rumor on Navi is the aforementioned specs, pricing, performance and TDP of some of the cards.

We will reportedly be looking at a flagship Radeon RX 3090 XT signifying that AMD will continue its 3000-series products from its upcoming Ryzen 3000 series into Radeon RX 3000 series cards. AMD's purported Radeon RX 3090 XT will be based on the Navi 20 GPU and won't be here until 2020, meaning it will be fighting an uphill battle against what NVIDIA already has on the market in the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti that will still beat it let alone the 7nm refresh and new Ampere GPU architecture that are both around the corner.

Valve is the first cap off the VR rank to use the next-gen VirtualLink connector that on its new Valve Index headset, the first VR headset with VirtualLink support since the VirtualLink standard was announced in June 2018.

The new Valve Index VR headset costs $499 on its own or $999 in the kit, but it won't include a VirtualLink USB-C cable in the box, that'll cost you $40 and come in the form of a USB dongle. VirtualLink isn't on most graphics cards but NVIDIA has it on their latest GeForce RTX 2070, 2080, and 2080 Ti cards and I'm hoping that Navi will roll out with it when Navi GPUs are detailed at E3 2019.

This is why Valve wouldn't have included the VirtualLink USB dongle in the box as it would bump the cost up of every single Valve Index headset, when not every Valve Index owner will even have VirtualLink connectivity on their graphics cards. Future graphics cards and gaming laptops should have VirtualLink connectors, but that's something we'll see over the next 12-18 months.

Intel has announced that its upcoming Xe GPU architecture will have hardware support for ray tracing, which instantly brings them up to where NVIDIA is right now with the Turing GPU architecture powering the GeForce RTX series of graphics cards.

Remember that Intel won't be jumping into the graphics card game and going after gamers on its first round, with Intel licking their lips at the prospects of the data center market and the release of Xe-based graphics cards. We're looking at Intel competing with the likes of the Quadro and Tesla range of NVIDIA cards in the high-performance computing (HPC) market, AI and data center, and then gaming will get the trickle down effects of Xe in gaming-focused graphics cards.

Intel announced the news of hardware accelerated ray tracing support at FMX, with the company explaining:

AMD is celebrating turning 50 with new Gold Editon CPUs and GPUs in the form of the Ryzen 7 2700X Gold Edition and Radeon VII Gold Edition, but AIB partners like SAPPHIRE are getting into the 50th anniversary celebrations.

SAPPHIRE's new Radeon RX 590 Nitro+ Radeon rolls out with the same dual 95mm dual ball bearing fans, with the same cooling as the non-50th anniversary edition RX 590 Nitro+ from SAPPHIRE. We're looking at the same GPU boost of 1560MHz, 8GB of GDDR5 clocked at 8.4Gbps, and 5 display outputs (2 x DP, 2 x HDMI, and 1 x DVI).

You get the same two free games that the AMD 50 deal will give you, but then remember that Navi-based Radeon graphics cards aren't too far away with a Q3 2019 launch confirmed by AMD and my exclusive sources saying the big Navi launch will take place at E3 2019 this year.

AMD has confirmed that it will be launching its next-gen Navi GPU architecture in Q3 2019, with the news coming directly from the company and its recent earnings call. My exclusive industry sources told me Navi will launch at E3 2019, with the press to be invited in the coming weeks leading up to Computex 2019.

Navi will be made on the new 7nm node, the second GPU on the 7nm node after AMD's recent Vega 20 launch inside of the consumer-focused Radeon VII and the professional/data center-focused Radeon Instinct accelerators. We don't know much about what makes Navi tick, but we do know from our exclusive story that Sony worked hand-in-hand with the RTG engineers on the Navi architecture for its next-gen PlayStation 5 console.

Just recently Sony confirmed it will be indeed using a custom Zen 2-based CPU and custom Navi GPU-based design inside of its upcoming PS5 console, and we can presume Microsoft will be using the new 7nm-based tech inside of its next-gen Xbox, too. Rumor has it the PS5 will be priced at just $399, too.

AMD turns 50 this year so the company is celebrating with the announcement of its 50th anniversary commemorative hardware with the slick new Radeon VII graphics card and Ryzen 7 2700X processor.

The new Radeon VII 50th Anniversary Edition graphics card looks awesomely mean with a totally red shroud versus the silver-themed shroud on the normal Radeon VII graphics card. The all-red look is great on the Radeon VII, and feels more Team Red than most releases in the last decade from the team that is now Radeon Technologies Group. The Radeon VII 50th Anniversary Edition is identical to the normal Radeon VII under the hood, with no GPU or HBM2 clock speed changes.

On the CPU side of the 50th anniverary hardware we have the Ryzen 7 2700X 50th Anniversary Edition processor that sports a laser engraved signature by Dr. Lisa Su, the President and CEO of AMD. The signature is engraved onto the IHS so you wouldn't want to install a cooler onto it, and would more than likely buy it as a collector's piece.

NVIDIA pushed out a new driver in its recent GeForce 430.39 drivers but there were a few issues that saw people reporting that higher than normal GPU usage by the NVDisplay.Container.exe that only starte with the 430.39 display driver.

There are a few other issues that have been squashed with the Hotfix release, with Shadow of the Tomb Raider freezing when launched on SLI systems now fixed, and a few other things. The full list includes:

You can download the new GeForce Hotfix Driver v430.53 here.

AMD is expected to unveil its next generation Navi GPU architecture at Computex 2019 next month, with a full unveiling according to my sources at E3 2019. But now, we have our first look at the PCB.

A new post on Baidu shows off a purported Navi PCB that has provisions for GDDR6 memory, with either 8GB or 16GB of the faster VRAM. If the first wave of Navi GPUs arrive with a 256-bit memory bus and 12-14Gbps clocks on the GDDR6, we should expect between 384-448GB/sec of memory bandwidth.

This level of performance with the improvements under the hood courtesy of the Navi GPU architecture, we can expect what I've reported on before - - GeForce RTX 2080 levels of performance. It'll make Vega irrelevant (which is mostly was anyway) and allow AMD to once again compete in the high-end market (discounting Radeon VII which was never built as a consumer graphics card).

AMD is turning 50 this year and in order to celebrate it will be reportedly releasing new special edition products with both the Radeon VII graphics card and Ryzen 7 2700X processor both receiving 50th anniversary special edition releases.

A few glimpses of the Ryzen 7 2700X special edition CPU have been spotted in the last few days, but the 50th anniversary Radeon VII hasn't been seen until now. We should expect an April 29 announcement and release, but I'm sure that the numbers made available will be extremely low. It'll be a great collectors product for the future, and it isn't the last of AMD's massive launches this year.

AMD is ramping into the next generation Zen 2 CPU architecture on the new 7nm node with a plethora of new processors in its Ryzen, Threadripper and EPYC families of CPUs. On top of that we'll have the associated X570 chipset released with its PCIe 4.0 connectivity, and who can forget about Navi? The new Navi GPU architecture will also be unveiled and released into a next-gen Radeon graphics card, something that will be unveiled at E3 2019 just days after Computex 2019.

NVIDIA has released new GeForce 430.39 drivers that have just dropped, ready for the just-released GeForce GTX 1650 in various graphics card and gaming laptop forms.

The new GeForce 430.39 drivers don't just boast support for the new TU117-based graphics cards but also provide optimizations for Mortal Kombat 11 which was just released, as well as optimizations for Anthem and Strange Brigade. The new drivers also see NVIDIA adding support for 7 new G-Sync compatible monitors, and support for the new Windows 10 May 2019 update, which includes Variable Rate Shading.

Get the new drivers right here, with NVIDIA reducing the usual 500MB+ file size down to 356MB for the GeForce 430.39 drivers.

NVIDIA has just announced its latest Turing-based GeForce GTX 16 series graphics card with the new GeForce GTX 1650, which is based on the TU117 GPU and starts from just $149. The new GTX 1650 joins the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and GTX 1660 graphics cards in the non-RTX series Turing-based GeForce line up.

The new GeForce GTX 1650 launches today and while I do have a sample in-hand, for the first time that I can remember (if not, ever) the drivers were not pre-supplied to reviewers and go live today, April 23. The new TU117-based GeForce GTX 1650 offers everything from the Turing Shader innovations, including improved performance and power efficiency, and so much more.

NVIDIA is aiming the GeForce GTX 1650 at 1080p gamers with 2x the performance of the GTX 950 and 70% more performance than the GTX 1050 at 1920x1080. Best of all, the new GTX 1650 is able to do this at just 75W meaning it doesn't use an external PCIe power connector, which should really change things for small form factor gaming PCs.

It was barely 48 hours ago that I exclusively reported that AMD would be unveiling its next-gen Navi GPU architecture at E3 2019 but now we know one thing is for sure: Navi supports ray tracing.

The news is coming directly from PlayStation architect Mark Cerny, who confirmed during an interview with Wired that the PlayStation 5 will have a custom Radeon Navi GPU inside and it will have support for ray tracing. The ray tracing side of the PS5 wouldn't just be limited to graphics either, as Sony will be doing other things with it.

Cerny said that ray tracing goes "beyond graphic implications" say Wired, with Cerny adding: "If you wanted to run tests to see if the player can hear certain audio sources or if the enemies can hear the players' footsteps, ray tracing is useful for that. It's all the same thing as taking a ray through the environment".

We are all expecting AMD to be announcing all things 7nm during Computex 2019 in the last week of May, but what I've been told my exclusive sources is that AMD might touch on its next-gen Navi GPU at Computex 2019 but will instead do a full announcement at E3 2019.

E3 2019 takes place a few weeks after Computex does, with E3 2019 taking place between June 12-14 in LA. AMD launched Radeon RX Vega graphics cards in LA back in 2017 alongside the first-gen Ryzen Threadripper, but unlike Vega... Navi will be a muhc better GPU architecture and from what I'm hearing about performance it'll also be surprising.

E3 2019 is the perfect time to launch t he most exciting card in Radeon history in years, as it's a total gaming-centric event. All eyes can be on Radeon, as Navi will also be powering the two next-gen consoles in the future Xbox and PlayStation 5 families.

The day is here: NVIDIA has released its new driver, something it promised at GDC 2019, that ushers in non-RTX series graphics cards to enjoy real-time ray tracing features.

NVIDIA's new GeForce Game Ready 425.31 WHQL drivers (unfortunately skipping over the 420.00 series drivers I was hoping the company would capitalize on) provide support for Microsoft's DXR real-time ray tracing API.

Senior VP of Content and Technology at NVIDIA, Tony Tamasi, explains it all so well in the video above with a great graph that shows that while the GTX 1080 Ti is a powerful card, when it comes to doing RTX abilities the Turing architecture and its powerful RT cores kick some serious ass.

If you've got $1900 burning a hole in your pocket, then look no further than EVGA's new GeForce RTX 2080 Ti KINGPIN - one of the most exquisite graphics cards ever created.

EVGA has finally launched the much lauded new KINGPIN-approved and heavily custom RTX 2080 Ti graphics card with a custom PCB that allows for a socket-busting 520W of power. It still houses the same TU102 GPU with 4352 CUDA cores, 11GB of GDDR6 at 14Gbps, with its GPU clocked at 1770MHz boost.

The biggest part of the new EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti KINGPIN is definitely the 12-layer deep PCB that was constructed with the help of overclocker 'TiN'. We're looking at a beast of a PCB that is able to handle up to 520W from its 3 x 8-pin PCIe power connectors.

AMD will be fighting the good fight in a few months with Navi, and while NVIDIA has a bunch of graphics cards between its GeForce RTX and GeForce GTX series graphics cards, it'll have to have something to battle Navi.

Well, that new card could be the purported GeForce RTX 2070 Ti which WCCFTech picked up just now from the userbench database and in their words "has RTX 2070 Ti written all over it". The most interesting part of this purported new card is that it has 7.5GB of VRAM, falling in between the RTX 2060 with 6GB and RTX 2070 with 8GB of VRAM.

I don't think we'll see NVIDIA release a new graphics card with 7.5GB of RAM, especially after the 3.5GB VRAM issue it faced a few years ago and the backlash that ensued.