Graphics Cards - Page 87

Earlier this year, Intel delivered a significant driver release for its Intel Arc graphics cards, where, alongside a price drop, the mainstream Intel Arc A750 became a true competitor to NVIDIA's popular GeForce RTX 3060. This February driver release focused on DirectX 9 and some of the most popular games that use this aging API, like League of Legends, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and CS:GO.

The update brought a massive 43% performance improvement (on average) to some of the most popular DX9 games still being played in 2023. And even though Intel has released 30 new driver updates for the Intel Arc range since the GPUs first appeared late last year, with most major PC game releases getting day-one driver support, today we've got another milestone driver release - this time focusing on DirectX 11 performance.

And it's another big bump to overall performance on the Intel Arc A750 - with an average 19% improvement to 1080p performance across some of the most popular DirectX 11 titles played today. Apex Legends sees an impressive 17% improvement in performance, with titles like GTA V and Overwatch 2 seeing the most significant gains with 27% and 33%, respectively.

NVIDIA's RTX 5090, or whatever the next-gen flagship GPU ends up being called, might not be as much of a leap forward as previously thought.

This is one of the latest bits of chatter to come via the YouTube rumor mill, specifically leaker Moore's Law is Dead who is forthcoming with a lot of material on future GPUs and CPUs.

In this case, Moore's Law is Dead was talking about the subject of whether NVIDIA will cancel its high-end GPUs (following suit with AMD, which at this point is heavily rumored to be pushing aside top-end RDNA 4 offerings, seemingly to focus on RDNA 5 and making that better).

Intel's Battlemage GPUs, which should debut next year, might be beefier graphics cards than the rumor mill has led us to believe.

If you recall, some speculation on the GPU grapevine has led us to believe that Intel is reining in its ambitions with the firm's second-gen graphics cards. We've even heard some talk in recent times that Team Blue may only produce budget GPUs with Battlemage (the equivalent of the A300 series for Alchemist).

Fresh info from the rumor mill, as provided by well-known hardware leaker Harukaze5719 on X (formerly Twitter), suggests otherwise - or at least that Battlemage might be peppier than expected.

After months of rumors, leaks, and potential performance benchmarks, we're just waiting for the upcoming AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT graphics card to be official. One of the most notable in recent weeks was AMD Radeon partner PowerColor inadvertently posting the full product page for its Radeon RX 7800 XT Red Devil graphics card (which was then quickly taken down).

With AMD also planning to launch a Radeon RX 7700 XT, these two GPUs will effectively 'fill the gap' between the RDNA 3 desktop line-up that includes the mainstream Radeon RX 7600 and the high-end enthusiast Radeon RX 7900 XT and XTX. And it looks like we can put a timeline on when we can expect to hear all about the Radeon RX 7800 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT - at Gamescom 2023 in Germany.

As the biggest global gaming event of the calendar year, AMD's presence will focus on the company's upcoming Radeon products. Scott Herkelman, Senior Vice President & General Manager Graphics Business Unit at AMD, has taken to X/Twitter to confirm that the Radeon team will be on hand to showcase the company's "next major product announcements."

Intel has just released a new driver for its Arc graphics cards, and took the opportunity to have a quick dig at NVIDIA's mid-range GPUs in terms of Team Blue working out much better value for money.

VideoCardz spotted the driver release which is version 31.0.101.4644 for Intel Arc and Iris, and it brings in official support for Arc Alchemist graphics cards with two new games: Madden NFL 24 and Wayfinder.

As well as support for Madden, though, Intel fired some flak at NVIDIA by producing a slide to accompany the driver release which shows a performance per dollar comparison between the Arc A750 GPU and NVIDIA's RTX 3060.

AMD has apparently canceled its plans to release high-end models in its upcoming RDNA 4 range scheduled to launch sometime in 2024, which would mean no generational successor to the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT and Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Many factors potentially led to the cancellation, from architectural complexity and issues to delays and the softer market for high-end enthusiast GPUs for PC gaming in 2023.

Today we've got some fresh info on what was being dubbed 'Navi 4C,' a high-end GPU in the RDNA 4 line-up that will most likely be shelved as AMD moves away from high-end GPUs for its next generation. This new 'Navi 4C' leak from the YouTube channel Moore's Law is Dead (MLID) showcases a genuinely fascinating, if incomplete, design of a GPU that goes all-in on the whole chiplet design.

The shift to chiplet was first seen with Navi 31 and the Radeon RX 7900 Series, but what we see with 'Navi 4C' takes the idea to a whole new level with AIDs (Active Interposer Dies), MID (Multimedia and I/O die) and SEDs (Shader Engine Dies) all working as one - plus, the same separate memory controllers as seen on Navi 31.

MSI's Ventus range of graphics cards represents the company's entry-level or MSRP models and, over the years, have become some of the most popular GPUs in the world - especially in the mid-range market. With the arrival of the GeForce RTX 4060 and GeForce RTX 4070 in 2023, we've gone hands-on with the MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ventus 2X and MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ventus 3X and reviewed both.

Featuring lightweight two-slot designs and excellent cooling for NVIDIA's power-efficient mid-range GeForce RTX 40 Series line-up, it now looks like MSI is prepping to launch brand-new MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ventus 2X WHITE 8G OC and MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ventus 2X WHITE 12G OC models.

White as a GPU color scheme has grown massively in popularity, to the point where it now seems like there are just as many White graphics card releases as those released in classic Black. Having MSI add new White revisions for its popular Ventus series is great news as these cards are super popular - and outside modifications to the underlying cooling and the addition of new generation architecture and hardware from NVIDIA, the Ventus line-up hasn't changed much over the years.

RADV is Mesa's unofficial open-source Radeon Vulkan driver for Linux that adds ray-tracing support for older RDNA 2-based Radeon GPUs like the Radeon RX 6800 XT. Games like Hitman III, Quake II RTX, Control, Resident Evil Village, and Metro Exodus: Extended Edition are all supported using the Vulkan-based driver, and the RADV Ray-Tracing driver just got a massive boost to performance.

According to a new report at Phoronix, adding "support for batch acceleration structure builds within the Mesa RADV driver" has led to a massive boost to RT performance in games "that don't do any build command batching of their own." One such game is Hitman III, where Friedrich Vock noted that the updated driver triples the in-game ray-tracing performance.

A massive increase to be sure, though it's worth noting that RDNA 2 and cards like the Radeon RX 6800 XT are not known for delivering when it comes to pure RT performance in games that push several different effects at the same time like ray-traced reflections, ambient occlusion, global illumination, and shadows.

Cable management and keeping your PCs neat and tidy have evolved in recent years. From using cable ties to keeping a sea of wires in check, we're now at the point where the fewer calves you see, the better it is for a rig's overall aesthetics. In the age of liquid cooling and RGB lighting, aesthetics is king - and it's one of the reasons we're now seeing a shift to GPU and motherboard designs created to hide or even remove visible cables entirely.

INNO3D's innovative approach is one that we've covered multiple times here at TweakTown, and what makes it great is that it doesn't require additional specialized hardware like a specific case or motherboard.

And today, we've got confirmation that the company's Stealth Cable Management system is making its debut with the INNO3D GeForce RTX 4070 Twin X2 OC White Edition graphics card.

AMD might have plans to bring its Navi 31 chip - the top-end offering for RDNA 3 - to gaming laptops, if a new rumor is right.

As Wccftech noticed, this comes from Golden Pig Upgrade, a regular leaker over at Bilibili (add plenty of salt here), who reckons that AMD is going this route with Navi 31, albeit the cut-down version.

As you may have seen recently, AMD has a new spin on Navi 31 which is trimmed down compared to the original chip. This is the variant that resides inside the Radeon RX 7900 GRE (a freshly revealed graphics card).

Showing up as expected, right after their announcement, on the Siggraph 2023 expo floor, AMD is publically showing their latest professional graphics cards including one which features an innovative single-slot design.

The AMD Radeon Pro 7600 graphics cards are designed with budget-conscious professionals in mind while providing advanced features and performance. The launch of the AMD Radeon Pro W7600 not only showcases AMD's dedication to the professional graphics space but also highlights the company's commitment to making cutting-edge technology accessible to a wider range of creative experts.

Powered with dedicated GDDR6 memory, AMD Infinity Cache, AV1 Encode/Decode, hardware-accelerated ray tracing, and advanced shading techniques, the cards provide enhanced visuals, accurate reflections, and an improved visual experience for entry-level professionals. The W7600 graphics cards leverage AI-powered enhancements to optimize tasks such as denoising, content creation, and basic image adjustments, streamlining the workflow for entry-level users.

AMD's long-awaited third incarnation of its frame rate boosting tech is almost here, and could even debut in September - if we're lucky.

That's according to Moore's Law is Dead (MLID), who shares this info in the latest YouTube clip the leaker has uploaded which is mostly about discussing RDNA 4 and RDNA 5 graphics cards, and where AMD is going with those.

At any rate, we're told that FSR 3 is now almost ready, and the NVIDIA DLSS 3 rival is set to launch in Q4 - although it might just sneak out in September.

AMD will never make high-end GPUs again? There's been some panic and chatter on the grapevine recently that Team Red could be abandoning top-end graphics cards for good, but this isn't the case.

Even though that may be true for RDNA 4, as recently rumored - but there are nuances in that speculation, too.

Moore's Law is Dead (MLID), a well-known YouTube leaker, has been setting the record straight regarding the recent rumors about the top-of-the-tree Radeon graphics cards.

With AMD partnered with Bethesda for the upcoming release of Starfield on PC, where in addition to the game launching with optimizations for Radeon and Ryzen hardware - there's also going to be a limited edition run of special Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics cards and Ryzen 7 7800X3D processors.

Apart from specialized packaging, there's very little visual customization to a CPU, whereas the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX - Starfield Limited Edition Graphics Card looks stunning. Sporting the white and primary color accents, it presents a new look for AMD's stylish and sturdy reference design - with several nods to Bethesda's sci-fi RPG.

The downside is that AMD and Bethesda only create a limited run of these stylish GPUs and CPUs - as in 500. As a limited production, expect these to be given away through competition and other promotions, as they won't be hitting retail. The Starfield Radeon and Ryzen combo was announced at QuakeCon 2023, so be sure to follow AMD and Bethesda's social channels to find out how you can go into the running to pick one up.

With the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti available in two flavors, 8GB and 16GB of VRAM, a lot of coverage around the latter's SKU launch has pointed to there not being much difference in in-game performance. This makes sense for titles where additional VRAM isn't a big issue because both RTX 4060 Ti models share the same Ada Lovelace GPU and architecture - the only difference being memory capacity.

A new deep dive by YouTube tech reviewer Daniel Owen offers a closer look at the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB to showcase relative performance in some of the latest memory-hungry titles. Kicking things off with Ratchet & Clank: Rift apart, we see a pretty sizable difference between the two RTX 4060 Ti models.

With the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB version delivering 44 fps at 1080p using Very High RT settings, the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB delivers 59 fps - a 34% improvement. This applies to the 1% lows too, so in this specific example, the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB gives you a generational improvement in performance. Bumping up the resolution to 1440p and the performance bump increases to a massive 43%.

At SIGGRAPH 2023, NVIDIA announced that a suite of powerful new NVIDIA RTX workstations are coming from global manufacturers like BOXX, Dell Technologies, HP, and Lenovo. Featuring NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation GPUs, NVIDIA AI Enterprise, and NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise software, the company also announced that it was expanding its workstation GPU line-up with three new models.

With the current demand for all things AI and real-time graphics, it's a move that makes a lot of sense - and similar to the desktop gaming space in that there are now multiple NVIDIA RTX workstation GPUs to suit users' needs. The three models are the NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation Graphics Card, the NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation Graphics Card, and the single-slot NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Graphics Card.

NVIDIA describes the new NVIDIA RTX 4000 as "the most powerful single-slot GPU for professionals," with Single-Precision Performance of 26.7 TFLOPS, RT Core Performance of 61.8 TFLOPS, Tensor Performance of 427.6 TFLOPS, and 20GB of graphics memory. And with that, you've got a 1.7X increase in rendering performance compared to the NVIDIA RTX A4000, alongside a 1.2X increase in generative AI performance.

AMD is all set to unveil its new mid-range and enthusiast RDNA 3 GPUs later this month, with the Radeon RX 7800 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT set to fill the gap between the mainstream Radeon RX 7600 and the flagship Radeon RX 7900 Series. Sources indicate that the reveal is expected at the upcoming Gamescom event in Germany, with the launch soon after that.

Although AMD has yet to confirm these GPUs' existence officially, we're now at the stage where product info and specs are popping up online. Last week PowerColor inadvertently posted the full product page for its newPowerColor Radeon RX 7800 XT Red Devil graphics card, and today we've got info on new Radeon RX 7800 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT models coming from ASRock.

Not a leak per se, but a filing (via @momomo_us) for new products that confirm that the Radeon RX 7800 XT will indeed feature 16GB of VRAM while confirming that the Radeon RX 7700 XT will feature 12GB of VRAM. With the Radeon RX 7700 XT set to feature a cutdown 'Navi 32' GPU, 12GB of GDDR6 memory implies it will have a 192-bit memory bus.

The latest Intel Graphics Drivers for Arc and other Intel products include a new telemetry and data collection 'feature' called the Compute Improvement Program enabled by default. You can probably guess the community response to this revelation (first spotted by TechPowerUp).

It's not just about collecting information about hardware configurations and system specs in your PC but also about devices across your local network, including Smart TVs and even the categories of websites you visit. Like all data collection, it sounds nefarious while raising questions like "Why would you need to know that?" however, this sort of telemetry has been a part of NVIDIA and AMD driver installations for quite some time.

Intel, like AMD, offers the option to opt out of its new Compute Improvement Program during installation, something not available for GeForce GPUs. That said, listing the component as the 'Compute Improvement Program' doesn't fully explain that it's all about data collection.

The new Colorful iGame RTX 4060 Ti Mini is the sort of release we love seeing, taking a power-efficient GPU like NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and shrinking it down to the basics. With a length of only 199.5mm and a single fan attached to the cooler, it more than lives up to the Mini naming while sporting a look that's a mix of white with brushed metal.

We reported on the announcement of the Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 4060 Ti MINI OC a few weeks ago; per a new report at Videocardz.com citing Colorful's product page (which no longer looks to be live), we've got word that the company is planning to release a 16GB variant sporting a darker brushed metal look alongside the white color scheme.

This would make it one of the world's smallest GPUs with 16GB of VRAM, with a small 5W bump in TDP to 165W from 160W and an expanded VRM design to 6+2. Elsewhere this is the same GPU, with the same RTX 4060 Ti AD106 chipset with 4352 CUDA Cores and GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus.

A Zotac GeForce RTX 4080 briefly dropped to a price of $999 before going straight out of stock, we're told - showing that there is demand for high-end current-gen GPUs.

The crux of the matter is that these graphics cards have to be priced right to shift, and that's something which hasn't happened with Lovelace (or RDNA 3) cards until more recently.

VideoCardz reports that Wccftech picked up on a deal whereby B&H Photo offered a Zotac GeForce RTX 4080 at $999 - which is $200 less than the recommended price of $1,199 in the US - but that the GPU sold out very quickly at this level.