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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.

Intel has been slowly building out the Justice League of GPU marketing teams leading into its future graphics card launches, with yet another member of Team Red joining Team Blue.

I can exclusively report that Heather Lennon, who built the awesome AMD social and community strategy for the company over 10 years has now joined the ranks of Intel. Heather build up the Team Red community and won herself PR Week honors for Campaign of the Year, as well as Top 30 Under 30 from PR News in 2014.

Lennon secured a huge 40 awards for marketing and digital marketing for AMD before leading their North American marketing for AMD's own Best Buy account which handled both Radeon and Ryzen products for the company.