Video Cards & GPUs - Page 2

Intel has acknowledged the performance loss between specific GPU and CPU pairings that was discovered several months ago, with the company now confirming an investigation has begun.

The problem was highlighted by Hardware Unboxed back in January, when a video was published honing in on performance loss when Intel's Arc B580 was paired with older processors such as the Ryzen 200, and Intel's own Core 9th-gen processors. Since then, Intel has remained quiet on the issue, but a new statement from the company, in the form of a forum post, has acknowledged the problem and confirmed that an investigation into the matter is underway.

Intel wrote, "We are aware of reports of performance sensitivity in some games when paired with older generation processors," and that it's increasing its "platform coverage to include more configurations in our validation process." This statement seemingly reveals Intel was aware of the issue prior to this forum post, but chose not to acknowledge it publicly. As for a remedy for the situation, Intel will have to roll out driver updates to the hardware in the form of patches that have an unknown release date or even release window.

Alongside the launch of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, check out our full review of the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Ventus 2X 16GB here, NVIDIA has also released the latest GeForce Game Ready 576.02 WHQL driver. In addition to supporting the new RTX 5060 Ti, this driver update introduces a very long list of game and general bug fixes that will interest many PC gamers.

Since the debut of the GeForce RTX 50 Series earlier this year, with the flagship GeForce RTX 5090, there have been increasing reports of users encountering 'black screen' issues, forcing a complete system reboot alongside stuttering and performance issues when connecting up more than one display to their GPU. Not limited to the new generation of RTX Blackwell cards, the problems have also been reported by those with GeForce RTX 40 and RTX 30 Series GPUs.

It's gotten to the point where game developers have recommended players roll back to drivers from as far back as December 2024. The good news is that GeForce Game Ready 576.02 features the biggest list of fixes we've seen in an NVIDIA driver update in a long time, covering things like game crashes, stuttering, black screen issues, multi-display problems, and more.

Zotac has revealed an RTX 5060 graphics card that'll be perfect for small PCs, and as you might imagine it's a very compact effort.

So much so that it features just a single fan, hence the name which is the Zotac Gaming RTX 5060 Solo - the 'Solo' referring to the presence of just one fan.

The board is very short as a result, but not short on performance, Zotac promises in a press release (via VideoCardz), and it should fit nicely in a small-form factor PC case (with an ITX motherboard).

Alongside the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, NVIDIA has announced that the mainstream GeForce RTX 5060 will launch in May, starting from $299. With an MSRP of $299, NVIDIA is keeping the RTX 5070 price in line with the RTX 4060's launch price while also being cheaper than the RTX 2060 and RTX 3060 when they launched. In the current economic climate, this is impressive stuff; however, it remains to be seen how this translates to on-shelf pricing.

As for performance, the GeForce RTX 5060 is set to be a 1080p gaming powerhouse, delivering 100+ FPS in some of the most demanding titles. With max settings using DLSS Quality mode with Multi Frame Generation enabled, this translates to 114 FPS in Alan Wake 2, 130 FPS in Black Myth: Wukong, and even 130 FPS in the impressive Half-Life 2 RTX Remix demo.

NVIDIA notes that with Multi Frame Generation, the GeForce RTX 5060 can double the performance of the GeForce RTX 4060 while also lowering the latency. The following chart showcases the official GeForce RTX 5060 benchmark performance, with a couple of titles showcasing what to expect with Multi Frame Generation disabled.

NVIDIA has officially announced the GeForce RTX 5060 Series, with the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti launching on April 16. As the rumors have hinted, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti will arrive in two flavors - 8GB or 16GB of GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus that delivers roughly double the memory bandwidth of the RTX 4060 Ti. With prices starting from $379 and $429, these mainstream RTX Blackwell GPUs benefit from the new architecture and the arrival of DLSS 4.

NVIDIA has released a single performance chart for the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, which you can see above. The chart compares its performance to the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 3060 Ti for 1440p gaming. Yes, the chart includes Multi Frame Generation, exclusive to the RTX 50 Series. Delivering 2X the frame rate with lower latency, it can deliver massive improvements to performance in games like Alan Wake 2, Black Myth: Wukong, and Cyberpunk 2077.

The chart includes two games running with like-for-like settings - Delta Force and A Plague Tale: Requiem. It shows a 20% or so performance improvement for the RTX 5060 Ti compared to the RTX 4060 Ti, which is good to see and a similar performance jump when looking at the RTX 4070 compared to the new RTX 5070.

About a week ago, we reported on a new rumor that AMD was planning to launch a Radeon RX 9070 GRE GPU in the Asian market. The GPU would feature 12GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus with a cutdown version of the Navi 48 die found in the Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT. According to the initial report, AMD was already working with its partners to create cards for a third RDNA 4 GPU using the flagship Navi 48 die.

Well, thanks to GPU-Z's latest update, v2.65.0, which dropped over the weekend, the Radeon RX 9070 GRE is real and will soon hit shelves across Asia. GPU-Z GPU support typically arrives before a product launch or in line with a release. As the latest update also adds support for NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and other RTX Blackwell laptop GPUs out shortly, it seems that the Radeon RX 9070 GRE will arrive before the Radeon RX 9060 XT.

This brings up the question of why. With the Radeon RX 9060 XT set to compete with the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, recent specs and leaks suggest that the mainstream RDNA 4 GPU will feature half the GPU hardware as the Radeon RX 9070 XT. AMD may feel that the performance might not be there, and the Radeon RX 9070 GRE will be a better GeForce RTX 5060 Ti competitor.

Some new specs and hardware details surrounding AMD's Radeon RX 9060 XT have surfaced. This will be the company's answer to NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti. Like the RTX 5060 Ti, the more mainstream-focused RDNA 4 GPU is set to arrive in 8GB or 16GB flavors - however, with slower GDDR6 memory.

The latest piece of information arrives via Videocardz. Citing information from board partners, it outlines a few interesting things about the new Radeon RX 9060 XT. The reference spec includes a Game Clock of 2620 MHz and a Boost Clock of 3230 MHz. According to the report, OC models will push this to 3.3 GHz out of the box with a PSU requirement of 550W - which means some models might feature two 8-pin power connectors.

The updated specs also note that the GPU inside the Radeon RX 9060 XT, Navi 44, is essentially half the size of the GPU inside the Radeon RX 9070 XT - with 2048 Stream Processors compared to 4096 Stream Processors.

NVIDIA's RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards theoretically launch tomorrow (and go on sale the following day), and there's further buzz that they'll be priced more competitively than expected - but there are some big old catches here.

Moore's Law is Dead (MLID) brings us a new pricing and supply leak in his latest video, and it's very much good (well, kind of) and bad news.

The positive facet of this leak is that those rumors of a $379 MSRP for the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB and $429 for the 16GB flavor are seemingly true, at least according to one source at a major online retailer that MLID spoke to.

With increased power usage and a shift to a new power connector with the GeForce RTX 40 Series, one that has since been revised to 12V-2x6 for the GeForce RTX 50 Series, the arrival of RTX Blackwell has not been free from reports of melted power cables. The GeForce RTX 5090 is the most power-hungry gaming GPU to date, with a TGP of 600W traveling through a small cable.

Interestingly, the latest case of a melted or damaged power cable isn't related to the newest flagship or even the GeForce RTX 5080 but the 250W-rated GeForce RTX 5070. Based on various investigations and reports, this case looks different because one of the cables on the 12V-2x6 cable from an ATC 3.1 Seasonic 750W PSU has melted, not the connector.

Images and video of the aftermath, which includes a ZOTAC GAMING graphics card, were posted to X by @ere9w - where, upon closer inspection, the issue might be related to the connection on the GPU side.

It looks like we have an ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card experiencing "coil whine" with a Redditor reporting more "loud noises" on the expensive flagship GPU. Check it out:

In a new thread on Reddit, user "MutedMobile3977" said that his ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card was giving out a "coil whine" issue and that he figured the issue out after the GPU began making loud noises when under load. He looked closer, discovering that the TUF RTX 5090 card had a damaged capacitor, something that's rare on a high-end GPU.

Physical damage while the GPU itself is running is something that's not common, especially for a new card like the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090. The GPU itself is running without a problem apart from the loud noises and coil whine, and if a capacitor is at fault, we should've expected some issues with the GPU running... but that's not happening... so far, that is.