Video Cards & GPUs News - Page 7

Samsung has been showing off its next-generation GDDR7 memory at NVIDIA's GTC 2024 event, showing off 28Gbps and 32Gbps at the show.

The new picture of Samsung's next-gen GDDR7 memory comes from HardwareLuxx, which spotted the GDDR7 memory at GTC 2024. NVIDIA unveiled its next-gen Blackwell GPUs at GTC 2024, but they were using ultra-fast HBM3E memory, while GDDR7 will be baked into the next-gen Blackwell-based GeForce RTX 50 series that will debut later this year.

Samsung says that its new GDDR7 memory has 20% better power efficiency at just 1.1V -- compared to the industry standard 1.2V -- much lower than the power-hungry 1.35V that GDDR6X memory modules consume.

AMD's RX 7900 XTX graphics card has dropped back down to $899 for one model, the lowest price seen in a while (although not the cheapest price ever, by any means).

VideoCardz noticed that the MSI Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XTX currently has a discount of $150 at Newegg, with the flagship at $899 as mentioned. Going by the reviews, this is a well-made board that runs cool and quiet, which is always a bonus.

So, is it worth forking out for the RX 7900 XTX at this price compared to what NVIDIA has to offer in this price bracket?

Following the unveiling of NVIDIA's B100 (Blackwell GPU for heavyweight lifting and AI usage) some fresh chatter on the rumor mill is causing concern regarding the incoming RTX 5090.

Kopite7kimi sparked off these worries on X (formerly Twitter), as well as another respected hardware leaker on the platform, Kepler, as you can see in the above and below tweets.

With performance gains of 50% or 60%, or even 70% being floated previously for the RTX 5090 (using GB202), those estimates have been called into question. As Kopite7kimi makes clear, GB202 will use the same process as GB100, based not on 4nm, but on 4NP, a custom performance-oriented spin on 4N (an upgraded 5nm process).

NVIDIA's next-gen graphics cards are hotly anticipated, of course, and we've just heard a bit more about how these Blackwell GPUs might be shaping up when they're ready for later this year (or one model is, hopefully).

These nuggets of info are from AGF, coming on top of other recently imparted speculation on how the RTX 5090 might be a killer of a flagship GPU for the next generation from NVIDIA.

As you can see in the above post on X (formerly Twitter), the leaker asserts that they have confirmation that GDDR7 will be used for the three top-tier Blackwell gaming dies. (Of course that's very different to actual confirmation from NVIDIA, but it's a mark of confidence - at least in theory).

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB is currently end-of-life, with the recent launch of the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16GB effectively replacing the GPU at the same $799 MSRP. With a notable increase to 4K gaming performance and 33% more VRAM capacity, the remaining non-SUPER GeForce RTX 4070 Ti stock is being sold at a discount, getting rid of the old to make way for the new.

This is great news for PC gamers as the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is still a very powerful GPU that excels at 1440p gaming - with one of the best RTX 4070 Ti deals going around at the moment being for the MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB GDDR6X Ventus 2X OC edition in White. Amazon and Newegg are currently listing this GPU for $699.99 USD, with Newegg offering an additional $20 off with a promo code.

This represents a 14.6% discount compared to the original $819 USD price for this GPU and an additional 8% discount compared to its price cut as soon as the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER hit the scene.

Acer has announced two new AMD Radeon GPUs joining its line-up, based on the recent global launch of the Radeon RX 7900 GRE. The Acer Predator BiFrost Radeon RX 7900 GRE OC graphics card and the Acer Nitro AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE OC graphics card feature an out-of-the-box 2395 MHz Boost Clock, a notable increase over the AMD's 2245 MHz reference spec.

The Acer Predator BiFrost Radeon RX 7900 GRE OC is the premium model, thanks to its three FrostBlade 3.0 fans, vapor chamber cooling, and dedicated software for tweaking and customizing GPU settings. The Acer Nitro AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE OC is no slouch, with its dual axial fans and robust cooling - however, both GPUs look triple-slot in size.

Although Acer hasn't announced pricing or provided a full breakdown of specs in its product listing, we're assuming these two new Radeon GPUs will feature the same overall cooling and physical make-up as Acer's Radeon RX 7800 XT 'Predator' and 'Nitro' models - as the Radeon RX 7900 GRE features a similar 260W power rating.

NVIDIA's Blackwell graphics cards of the GeForce variety are on target for later this year, and are set to offer the "biggest ever" generational performance lift from Team Green, if a new rumor is to be believed.

This comes from AGF on X (formerly Twitter), a leaker who has been quiet for some time, but has just appeared back on the scene.

In a fresh tweet (highlighted by RedGamingTech over on YouTube), AGF claims the gen-on-gen performance boost will be the largest stride forward NVIDIA has ever taken - at least in the contemporary era of GPUs, we assume - mainly because Blackwell was initially designed to go up against a monster RDNA 4 MCM flagship graphics card.

Sycom has announced two new GPUs for its 'Silent Master' range: the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER. Like previous releases in the series, the Japanese company has partnered with Noctua to deliver its whisper-quiet GPU cooling, powered by Noctua's flagship NF-A12x25 PWM fans.

Throw in a custom fan cover and steel frame from Japanese company Nagao Manufacturing Co., Ltd, generous heat sinks with copper pipes, and a metal backplate, and you've got near-silent performance even when under load. Sycom claims 31.4 dB noise levels for the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER when idle and 42.1 dB under load - a full 12 dB quieter than the competition.

Plus, the use of Noctua fans also keeps temperatures down - with Sycom saying you can expect the GPU to run with temperatures around 5 degrees cooler than the competition. And you're looking at two fans instead of the traditional three for a high-end GPU. However, there is a catch - a big one. Literally.

NVIDIA kicked off 2024 with the release of its GeForce RTX 40 SUPER Series refresh, which included three GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, and the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER. With improved performance and, in some cases, new pricing (the RTX 4080 SUPER got a sizable price cut), it reshuffled the GeForce RTX 40 Series line-up with more choices.

This has led to increased competition, with AMD lowering the price of some of its RDNA Radeon RX 7000 Series GPUs in recent months (like the Radeon RX 7900 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT) and even introducing a new model - the Radeon RX 7900 GRE - in the competitive $500 to $600 USD price range. Fluctuating GPU pricing is not unusual in the current climate, nor is it seeing things stabilizing and sticking closer to MSRP.

However, in one market - Germany - the entire GeForce RTX 40 SUPER Series is currently being sold for less than the MSRP. This information comes from ComputerBase (via Videocardz), which reports that cards like the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER are available in the country for prices well below MSRP.

Competition in the GPU space is good news for PC gamers because it leads to innovation and better value. However, outside of entry-level and mainstream performance, NVIDIA and GeForce dominate the discrete offerings, followed by AMD and Radeon.

So even though it was humorous that the Chinese-developed Moore Threads MTT S80 got destroyed by the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti when we checked in on its performance last year - it would have been excellent to have seen it reach the heights its hardware and specs point to. 16GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, MUSA architecture delivering 14.4 TFLOPS of raw performance.

Well, it looks like we can add another knockout blow to the Moore Threads MTT S80, as German publication Computerbase has posted some new benchmark results that show the Ryzen 7 8700G with its integrated Radeon 780M graphics outperforming the MTT S80 by up to 90%.