Graphics Cards - Page 49

We all know that Kingpin made some of the best custom GPUs on the planet, but the overclocking champ is bowing out of the custom GeForce RTX 50 GPU... which is sad, but he's not gone forever.

In a new video, Vince "Kingpin" Lucido explained that he has no plans to release a custom GeForce RTX 50 series GPU and that the reason lies in contractural issues. Kingpin did tease that we could expect a custom graphics card touched with his overclocking help in the future, and that maybe it won't be Team Green... teasing "maybe it'll be another color".

Vince explained: "there's no my card this generation. It can't come for Gen 5. It's impossible. There are just too many issues over here, and it would creat a lot of problems if I jumped on board so quickly. Still, I can't really say much about that. Well, because it has to do with my previous contractural stuff. I love graphics cards. I love making graphics cards, and for sure, I don't think that's going to die. But I think that's going to die. But I think we'll have to wait -- still have to wait for another generation. And who knows? Maybe it won't be Team Green; maybe it'll be another color".

Yet another rumor has emerged that NVIDIA's Blackwell GeForce GPUs won't have a healthy level of stock when they're launched, and this one focuses on the RTX 5090, underlining other speculation that the next-gen flagship will be vanishingly thin on the ground.

We heard this from gaming PC builder PowerGPU after the company shared its thoughts on X, as you can see in the above post.

This is a warning, no less, that the "RTX 5090 will be the worst when it comes to availability" which we presume refers to Blackwell availability (as opposed to the worst ever all-time GPU for low stock levels).

NVIDIA's RTX 5090 GPU has seen a few purported benchmarks aired at this point - hardly surprising as the reviews are almost here, if the grapevine is to be believed - and we've caught another, but this time it's a gaming-related effort.

Not an in-game benchmark, sadly, but nonetheless it's interesting to see a 3DMark result for the Blackwell flagship, albeit with all the usual caveats attached to any such rumors.

This comes from VideoCardz which has obtained 3DMark data from a few reviewers. We're told that the uplift for the RTX 5090 compared to the RTX 4090 is 33% in Time Spy, 36% in Fire Strike, and 46% in the other tests (Port Royal, Speed Way, and the newest effort, Steel Nomad - creeping over 50% in the latter).

GAINWARD's new custom GeForce RTX 5090D FROST graphics card has been teased, ready for the Chinese market with gimped AI and crypto-mining performance. Check it out:

The new GAINWARD GeForce RTX 5090D FROST graphics card was picked up by VideoCardz after being shared on the Bilibili forums, with a new design that seems to be inspired by snowflakes (and it looks cool, too). We have a triple-slot cooling design with a triple-fan thermal solution, with snowflake patterns on the front shroud and a gorgeous backplate.

The company didn't detail the specifications of the card, but we should expect the new RTX 5090D FROST to feature the GB202 GPU (the same as the RTX 5090 non-D) with 21,760 CUDA cores, and 32GB of super-fast GDDRR7 memory. We should expect it to feature a 575W TDP with a single 16-pin power connector.

AMD has confirmed the release date or window for its first RDNA 4 desktop gaming GPUs. AMD's David McAfee, who helps head up the company's Ryzen and Radeon groups, has taken to social media to confirm that the Radeon 9000 Series will go on sale in March 2025.

The Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 combo, announced earlier this month at CES 2025, is expected to kick off the launch. However, the timing is causing many within the PC gaming community to express frustration with what is being viewed as a delay. Launching in March means AMD's GPUs will arrive after NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti combo - RDNA 4's main competition.

AMD's new RDNA 4 architecture includes advanced AI hardware for the new FSR 4 Super Resolution and Frame Generation, improved ray-tracing performance, enhanced creator media encoding capabilities, and optimizations to RDNA's Compute Units. No official benchmarks are available; however, quite a few companies have already showcased their upcoming Radeon RX 9070 XT cards.

With more power comes greater size. That has been the case for desktop graphics cards, where high-end gaming GPUs have become exponentially more powerful and evolved into triple-slot, triple-fan, fin-stacked beasts. NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090, the flagship RTX Blackwell GPU, is on track to become the world's most powerful gaming GPU when it launches on January 30. And ours recently arrived.

Although we can't discuss performance, we can say that it's an engineering marvel that NVIDIA has released an SFF-Ready two-dual flagship GPU with a power rating of 575W. The Founders Edition model sports a brand-new double flow-through thermal design, which is possible thanks to NVIDIA's smaller custom PCB. This means both fans blow directly onto the heat pipes and fins, and in practice, this makes it one of the quietest GPUs out there, according to NVIDIA.

We'll discuss the design in our review, but there are three separate PCBs, 30-phase power delivery circuitry, and some incredibly dense circuitry. The thermal design change also means redesigning NVIDIA's Founders Edition GPU look, and without a doubt, the GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is one of the best-looking cards we've ever seen.

NVIDIA's next-generation GeForce RTX 50 series "Blackwell" GPUs are nearly here, but it looks like it'll be an impossible mission to get that juicy new ultra-enthusiast GeForce RTX 5090.

In his latest video, Tom from Moore's Law is Dead discusses some of the things he's heard from his sources regarding stock levels of the new GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards. He talked with US distributors, staffers at NVIDIA, and AIBs about the issue.

MLID was told by a US distributor that they would be getting around 20 of the new GeForce RTX 5080 graphics cards, but "ZERO" of the ultra-enthusiast RTX 5090. This source compared the RTX 50 series launch in 2025 against the RTX 40 series launch in 2022 saying "for comparison, we got a couple hundred RTX 4080s in 2022, oh and we don't expect to get any 5090 supply until late Q1 or Q2"... ugh.

AMD's next-gen Radeon RX 9070 XT could be priced at $599, acting as a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti killer for $150 less... heating up the PC gaming scene like crazy to start 2025 with an RDNA 4 bang.

In his latest video, Tom from Moore's Law is Dead says that he believes AMD could have $599 pricing on the flagship Radeon RX 9070 XT, which would make the RDNA 4 card an "RTX 5070 Ti" killer for $150 less. It will have similar performance to the RTX 5070 Ti, use around 300W of power, have 16GB of GDDR6 memory, hugely improved ray tracing (RT) performance, and new FSR 4 support.

NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti starts at $749, which makes it a bigger ($150) pill to swallow over the RX 9070 XT... that is, if AMD prices it at $599. Yes, AMD could make its new Radeon RX 9000 series graphics cards cheaper than NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 series, but GeForce RTX gamers can enjoy superior AI upscaling technology with DLSS 4, and more.

AMD's next-gen Radeon RX 9070 series "RDNA 4" graphics cards are nearly here, but it seems like the launch will be "bumpy" due to price pressure being applied by NVIDIA.

In a new post by PC Games Hardware moderator "pokerclock" AMD has already started distributing new Radeon RX 9070 series GPUs to retailers, which is why we're seeing leaks of the new RDNA 4 cards over the last few days. In a new rumor, the weird launch of the new Radeon RX 9070 series GPUs might be deeper... financial arguments with retailers and AMD.

Pokerclock said: "since then, the Radeon RX 9070 and the Radeon RX 9070 XT have been appearing online, but no announcement has been made so far. PCGH moderator Pokerlock has now provided a possible reason for this: in a new user news article, he reports -- with reference to information from hardware retailers -- about problems with the launch price".

MANLI has unveiled its new GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs with a bunch of interesting new RTX 50 series GPUs starting with the premium Gallardo series, luxury Stellar series, two-dimensional Polar Fox series, and the value-focused Nebula series. Check them out:

The company has its new flagship GeForce RTX 50 Gallardo RACING series graphics card with a unique "Drag Reduction System" for cooling, enhancing air flow for better heat dissipation. There's ARGB lighting on the RTX 50 Gallardo RACING series GPU, with smart voice control, letting owners tweak lighting modes easily.

Gallardo Series: Powerful and Creative: The new Gallardo Series is inspired by racing cars, provide the ultimate performance to the user. Equipped with a unique Drag Reduction System (DRS) for cooling to enhance air flow for better heat dissipation. Moreover, our Gallardo includes multiple ARGB lighting control system, also features smart voice lighting control, allowing users to switch lighting modes easily.

ASRock's fleet of custom Radeon RX 9070 series "RDNA 4" graphics cards have been spotted: with custom models of the new Taichi, Steel Legend, and Challenger cards teased. Check them out:

We've seen a couple of ASUS Radeon RX 9070 series GPU leaks, and now it's time for ASRock with the new flagship Taichi Radeon RX 9070 series cards rolling out with an upgraded triple-fan cooler, huge heatsink, and triple-slot design. ASRock's new Taichi RX 9070 XT features a newer 12V-2x6 power connector, but it won't be common on RX 9070 series cards.

The newer 12V-2x6 power connector is good for up to 600W of power, and with around 300W of TDP from the flagship Radeon RX 9070 XT, there should be plenty of room to move for some manual overclocking on the ASRock Taichi Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card.

NVIDIA's RTX 5090 has been the subject of another (apparent) leaked benchmark, and this time we've caught wind of the flagship graphics card's Blender performance.

At least if these results pan out, and as VideoCardz observes, the likelihood is that a couple of reviewers have been running the RTX 5090 through its paces, and they've done so without realizing that being connected to the internet allows the Blender scores to be recorded online (either that, or they forgot about the need to take their PC offline).

Yes, the next-gen Blackwell flagship is now in the hands of hardware critics, ahead of reviews emerging next week, in theory, but here we've got an early glimpse of Blender performance for both the RTX 5090 and also an RTX 5090D in Asia (the successor to the 4090D in that region, of course).

NVIDIA has reportedly placed restrictions on which retailers across the world will have supply of the new GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards... with supply to remain TIGHT at launch, and I'm sure many weeks post-launch.

In some new reports from PC Games Hardware forums moderator "Pockerlock", we might not see Amazon even get any of the first shipments of NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards. Even a giant like Amazon might not just miss out on the first wave of Blackwell cards, but also miss out on the second and even third wave of RTX 50 cards.

NVIDIA's new ultra-enthusiast flagship GeForce RTX 5090 with its 32GB of ultra-fast GDDR7 memory is going to be a harder card to find than the RTX 5080 16GB, with its $1999+ pricing and scarcity as the bleeding edge GPU on the market, will make it a hard purchase for the first few weeks at the very least. We'll probably see stable RTX 5090 + RTX 5080 supply in the coming months, as see just how crazy the demand is for the latest RTX 50 series GPUs.

AMD's upcoming flagship RDNA 4-based Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card has some juicy leaked benchmarks, teasing gaming performance against NVIDIA's now previous-gen GeForce RTX 4080.

In a new video from leaker Moore's Law is Dead, we're greeted with benchmarks for Navi 48 XTX (64 CUs) and Navi 48 XT (56CUs) against the RTX 5080 in multiple benchmarks including Watch Dogs Legion, Far Cry 6, Forza Horizon 6, Hitman, F1 23, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Borderlands 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Cyberpunk 2077.

In all of these gaming benchmarks, AMD's new Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card either beats the GeForce RTX 4080, or equals it, or loses by just a few FPS... some great results out of RDNA 4, if AMD can price the RX 9070 XT competitively enough against NVIDIA. Also remember that AMD's new Radeon RX 9070 XT uses just over 300W of power, while the RTX 4080 has a slightly higher TDP of 320W.

AMD's next-gen flagship Radeon RX 9070 XT could cost just $599, while the RX 9070 could cost $499, according to the latest leaks.

In his latest video, Tom from Moore's Law is Dead suggests some competitive pricing from AMD for its new Radeon RX 9000 series "RDNA 4" graphics cards. The flagship Radeon RX 9070 XT priced at $599 would be a killer deal, coming in at $150 cheaper NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 5070 Ti at $749, while the RX 9070 non-XT would be priced at $499, making it $50 cheaper than the RTX 5070 at $549.

Yes, AMD could make its new Radeon RX 9000 series graphics cards cheaper than NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 series, but GeForce RTX gamers can enjoy superior AI upscaling technology with DLSS 4, and more. AMD has some wicked improvements in ray tracing (RT) performance for its new RDNA 4-based Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs, with huge uplifts in RT performance over RDNA 3-based Radeon RX 7000 series cards.

The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card has been unboxed by a Ukrainian retailer, showing off the flagship RDNA 4 card in the flesh. Check it out:

In a now-removed unboxing video of the card on Artline's Instagram, the world's first ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card took place. We've got the saved pictures courtesy of VideoCardz, with the only thing missing from the video being a close-up of the back of the retail packaging.

We've got a fairly slick-looking card that features a new logo design, shows that its an OC model (factory overclocking) with 16GB of GDDR6 memory. The backplate looks fantastic in my opinion -- mean, that TUF Gaming look but evolved -- with 3 x 8-pin PCIe power connectors required for the ASUS TUF Gaming RX 9070 XT graphics card.

ASUS has teased that its new TUF Gaming and PRIME custom Radeon RX 9070 series "RDNA 4" GPUs will be launching soon... like real soon: January 23 or 24.

The official ASUS Turkey account posted to X saying: "new players are getting ready to enter the field... play games with high graphics in the new year! More information on the all-new ASUS TUF Gaming and Prime AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and 9070 series graphics cards coming soon!"

In a new post from VideoCardz, the outlet reports that a Greek retailer has the ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 (non-XT) graphics card available starting January 23. Things are finally -- after the RDNA 4 disaster non-show at CES 2025 -- for RDNA 4, with performance leaks of both rasterization and ray tracing getting us excited.

NVIDIA is planning to spend half a billion dollars on a new supercomputer facility for research and development purposes. The new facility will be powered by the company's latest Blackwell AI GPUs.

According to reports, the new facility measures approximately 10,000 square meters and is located in Mevo Carmel Science and Industry Park near the city of Yokne'am. The new facility will be filled with thousands of liquid-cooled Blackwell GPUs, along with BlueField-3 SuperNIC, Spectrum-X800, and Quantum-X800 switches. As for the purpose of the facility, reports indicate NVIDIA employees will use it to conduct research and development on datacenter technologies that will likely increase efficiency and performance.

NVIDIA didn't reveal the total number of GPUs, but what we do know is the facility will be home to enough Blackwell GPUs that it will rival Israel's "Israel-1" supercomputer, which consists of 2,048 H100 AI GPUs. For those that don't know, NVIDIA touts Blackwell's performance as 2.5x the floating-point performance of Hopper, the previous generation of AI GPUs. Moreover, Blackwell will provide 5x performance when dropping down to 4-bit precision. Construction for this new facility has already begun, with reports indicating it will be complete sometime in the first half of 2025 and operations to start during the same period.

AMD's next-gen Radeon RX 9070 XT shouldn't be much further from being detailed, with new gaming performance leaks arriving to tease what to expect from RDNA 4.

In a new video from leaker Moore's Law is Dead, we're getting a look at the flagship RDNA 4-based Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card being benched against the RX 9070 XT, and the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT graphics cards based on the RDNA 3 GPU architecture, as well the RX 7900 XT.

The benchmarks include Black Myth: Wukong (RT on High, 1080p upscale to 4K), Hitman 3 (High settings), F1 23 (High settings), Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Ultra settings), and finally, Cyberpunk 2077 (RT + Ultra settings). You can see that the new RX 9070 XT either falls just short of the RX 7900 XTX, equals it, or just beats it (we're talking about 1FPS more).

NVIDIA's RTX 5090 has been spotted in some benchmarks that give us an idea of its performance outside of DLSS 4 (and Multi Frame Generation) boosts.

The catch is that these aren't gaming benchmarks with DLSS 4 turned off, but rather, Geekbench Vulkan and OpenCL runs.

So no, these are far from ideal as a way of gauging the Blackwell flagship's performance, but, assuming the scores are accurate, they do give us a flavor of the raw generational uplift we're looking at here compared to the RTX 4090.