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NVIDIA is preparing a new GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card for 2024, which will feature the Ampere GPU architecture and 6GB of GDDR6 memory. The current GeForce RTX 3050 features 8GB of GDDR6, while the new card will have cut-down specs including 6GB of VRAM.

The current GeForce RTX 3050 was launched in January 2022, over 18 months ago now, but Wccftech is reporting that an updated GeForce RTX 3050 is on the way with the previous-gen Ampere GPU architecture and 6GB GDDR6 memory. It is a bit strange, given that NVIDIA hasn't launched the GeForce RTX 4050 graphics card, and there's nothing new about that to report... so we're moving on the GeForce RTX 3050, it seems.

NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card will sport the GA107-325-Kx GPU which is based on the PG173 SKU 16 PCB board, but we don't know the CUDA core count. Wccftech is reporting, however, that we'll expect lower GPU clocks of somewhere around 1470MHz, which is another part of the cut-down side of things: the new RTX 3050 will have GPU clocks that are 17% lower than the previous RTX 3050 graphics card.

AMD will be unveiling its flagship laptop GPU in the coming weeks, with the Radeon RX 7900M mobility GPU getting some leaked details that should excite mobile gamers who want a Team Red laptop GPU solution.

AMD already has a couple of mobile RDNA 3-based GPU solutions on the market right now, with the Radeon RX 7700 and Radeon RX 7600 series graphics chips based on the Navi 33 ASIC. These mobile GPUs are for entry-level and mainstream laptops right now for 1080p and even some light 1440p gaming, but soon there'll be a high-performance Radeon RX 7900M mobile GPU that will power upcoming future high-end Radeon GPU-powered gaming laptops.

The upcoming Radeon RX 7900M mobile GPU will be based on the high-end RDNA 3 ASIC -- Navi 31 in particular -- with 5nm GCDs and 6nm MCDs. The upcoming enthusiast-class mobile GPU will feature a cut-down Navi 31 die, so don't go expecting Radeon RX 7900 XTX desktop graphics performance inside of a gaming laptop.

NVIDIA has just formally announced its annual GTC (GPU Technology Conference) 2024 event for next year, with GTC 2024 returning on March 18-21, 2024. What should we expect? Read on, dear readers, read on.

We traditionally see NVIDIA unveil new GPU architectures at GTC, with the next-gen Blackwell GPU architecture expected to be unveiled during the event. NVIDIA has told the world to mark their calendars for March 18-21, when the company will return to the San Jose Convention Center, teasing to stay tuned for more details on in-person and virtual programs that will be coming soon.

NVIDIA is expected to unveil a bunch of products at GTC 2024, including the NVIDIA L4/L40, NVIDIA H100 NVL, NVIDIA's Grace Hopper CPU, cuLitho software library for computational lithography, Isaac Sim platform (a remote global team collaboration system), and the NVIDIA AI foundations -- a suite of cloud services for generative AI and Large Language (LL) models.

Intel Graphics Driver 31.0.101.4885 for Intel Arc A-Series Graphics is here, and it's a big one; it not only adds day one support for Assassin's Creed Mirage and Forza Motorsport on PC but fixes some issues with EA Sports FC 24 (the new re-branded FIFA) and Starfield. According to the full driver release notes, there are still outstanding issues regarding Bethesda's latest RPG, like Dynamic Resolution Scaling, but it's great to see progress nonetheless.

Plus, there's a massive list of DirectX 11 games getting a performance boost compared to older Intel drivers, including Payday 3, Final Fantasy XIV Online, Tom Raider, Rainbow Six Siege, and a bunch of older Call of Duty games. With Intel improving DX11 performance on its Arc Graphics cards per game, it's great to see the team continuing to add to the list like this.

And there are some substantial improvements, with Deus Ex: Human Revolution (DX11) getting up to a 119% uplift at 1080p with High settings on an Intel Arc graphics card and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare getting up to 90% improved performance at 1080p.

NVIDIA's powerhouse GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card is the only choice for enthusiast gamers who are chasing frames, pushing 4K 120FPS in even the hardest-to-run games on the market... but it seems globally supply is running quite low, at least according to some Japanese retailers.

It seems interest in NVIDIA's second most powerful Ada Lovelace GPU -- the GeForce RTX 4080 -- isn't too strong, as people are just thirsty for the GeForce RTX 4090. According to a staffer at The PC Workshop Akihabara Store in Japan, the demand for the GeForce RTX 4090 has been "constant" but it is becoming "a bit difficult to get in stock".

Another staffer added that the models priced in the 250,000 yen range "are still on backorder" and that the showcase for the GeForce RTX 4090 in their store "does indeed have noticeable gaps". Another Japanese retailer said that the intentionally low stock of the RTX 4080 is due to an "overlap" and that people are instead opting for the GeForce RTX 4080. More gamers are opting for the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti if they seek high-end performance, while ultra-high-end performance chasers are still jumping into the warm embrace of the GeForce RTX 4090. The staffer added, "Therefore, we deliberately limit our stock".

NVIDIA's RTX 4090 is selling well in Japan, a report tells us, but the RTX 4080 is a very different story.

According to the report from Japanese tech site ITMedia (via VideoCardz), which talked to a number of retailers, there is considerable demand for the Lovelace flagship GPU.

Another retailer observed that it didn't stock many RTX 4080 graphics cards, because these simply aren't popular. Apparently, buyers looking for good high-end performance are plumping for the RTX 4070 Ti, but if they want more, they're leaping to the RTX 4090.

The Steam Hardware Survey and Software results are in for September 2023, and according to the latest round of data from Valve, the desktop GeForce RTX 3060 is the most popular GPU out there in the PC gaming landscape.

This marks the first time the mainstream GeForce RTX 30 Series GPU has hit the top spot, taking the lead over the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 1650. In recent months, the mainstream Ampere GPU has seen sizable discounts thanks to the arrival of the new GeForce RTX 4070, which carries a similar MSRP.

The Top 20 GPUs are pretty much all NVIDIA GeForce RTX products outside of integrated Radeon and Intel graphics filling out the list. This includes mainstream cards like the aging GeForce RTX 1060, the GeForce RTX 2060, and more premium and high-end offerings like the GeForce RTX 3070 and GeForce RTX 3080. In fact, according to the latest data, NVIDIA now has more GPU market share, with AMD and Intel losing ground.

AMD has released a special AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition Preview Driver for AMD Fluid Motion Frames, bringing the frame generation and FPS boost technology to all DirectX 11 and 12 games via a single button click at the driver level. In addition, AMD has highlighted 20 titles as being optimized for the one-click HYPR-RX Fluid Motion Frames boost.

This exciting feature allows Radeon RX 7000 Series GPU owners to take advantage of AMD technologies without needing game-specific integration - including the new Anti-Lag+ feature to reduce system latency. AMD notes that for the best results, base performance is recommended to be a "minimum fps of 55 FPS for 1080p displays, and 70 FPS for 1440p or above displays."

Driver-level Fluid Motion Frames differs from FSR 3, as that's a more customized and optimized version with Super Resolution and AMD's new Fluid Motion Frames getting official integration in two games (so far): Forspoken and Immortals of Aveum. In these titles, Fluid Motion Frames can be enabled on Radeon RX 6000, RX 7000, GeForce RTX 20, 30, and 40 Series GPUs.

Today, we've got some new info on NVIDIA's new 'Blackwell' GB202 GPU that will power the upcoming GeForce RTX 50 Series - and serve as the basis for the GeForce RTX 5090 much like the AD102 GPU served as the basis of the GeForce RTX 4090.

The specs come via reliable leaker and insider Kopite7kimi, who confirms that GB202 will sport a make-up of 12 GPCs and 8 TPCs that results in 192 SMs or Streaming Multiprocessors. For most PC gamers, this is technical jargon that won't make a lot of sense. Still, if we assume that the SM structure is similar to what we've seen with the Ada Lovelace generation, then GB202 - the fully unlocked GeForce RTX 50 Series GPU - will feature a whopping 24,576 CUDA Cores.

This represents a 33% increase over the AD102 Ada Lovelace GPU, and switching to TSMC's 3nm process should also lead to a more efficient GPU.

AMD's FSR 3, which includes the company's brand-new 'Fluid Motion Frames' technology, is Team Red's long-awaited answer to NVIDIA's DLSS 3 and Frame Generation. Like the company's FSR 2 Super Resolution technology, it won't require or use specialized AI hardware to work and instead will be open to all GPUs.

That said, as FSR 3 relies on (at least from our understanding) the new and impressive Anti-Lag+ technology exclusive to the Radeon RX 7000 series of RDNA 3 graphics cards, it might work best on the latest Radeon GPUs. However, we won't have long to find out, as AMD's Frank Azor took to Twitter/X to confirm that the first two FSR 3-enabled games will go live tomorrow.

Square Enix's Forspoken and the EA Original Immortals of Aveum from Ascendant Studios. As part of the technology's reveal at Gamescom, AMD showed Forspoken running on the new Radeon RX 7800 XT, where the 36 fps 4K Ultra-High RT jumped up to 122 fps with FSR 3 Performance mode.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Denny's CEO Kelli Valade got together at the chain's Silicon Valley restaurant to unveil a new plaque that went up over the booth where Huang and NVIDIA co-founders Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem came up with the idea to revolutionize 3D graphics in the PC space. And usher in the first GeForce products.

The plaque dedicates the booth to NVIDIA, calling it "the booth that launched a $1 trillion company." And with that, Denny's has announced a Trillion-Dollar Incubator Contest to celebrate the occasion, offering $25,000 in seed money "for the next $1 trillion idea." You can find more details over at: dennys.com/trilliondollarincubator.

No doubt, this would put a lot of pressure on you to do something productive if you sit down at this particular booth and order some bacon, eggs, and pancakes before noticing the plaque.

MSI's Ventus range of GeForce RTX graphics cards is one of the company's most popular among consumers as they adhere closely to the MSRP pricing set by NVIDIA. Being more affordable is only one part of the picture; the Ventus range also offers excellent cooling and thermal performance - often comparable to higher-end models and variants.

Today, we've got word that MSI has quietly updated some of its GeForce RTX 40 Series Ventus graphics cards with new 'E' models - apparently part of a new Ventus Essential series. They look identical to previous Ventus models, but sources say they might feature enhancements or revisions to the overall build quality and components used.

Changing the make-up or revising products over their lifecycle is not uncommon, and it's something we've seen MSI do in the past - and by the sounds of things, these new Ventus E variants are not cheaper or otherwise inferior models. However, there is one big change to the display output configuration on the MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E models.

Recently, we reported that PCI-SIG was set to replace the 16-pin 12VHPWR power connector with a new 12V-2x6 power connector as part of the revised ATX 3.1 standard. The new 12V-2x6 power connector is backward compatible with the 12VHPWR connector, so it's more of a revision than a complete redesign and one that will help alleviate issues relating to overheating.

It's no secret that the move to the ATX 3.0 12VHPWR standard for the GeForce RTX 40 Series resulted in some serious issues for a small group of customers - cables melting and GPUs needing to be replaced. Ultimately, the problem was related to cables not being seated properly, leading to extreme heat.

The good news is that the new 12V-2x6 power connector is being used with new GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs being sold and is supported on the latest power supplies. And now, with some fresh data from Linewell - a company that supplies cables to brands like ASUS - it looks like the new connector works extremely well, even when deliberately not seated properly.

Scott Herkelman, AMD's Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Graphics Business unit and the face of the Radeon brand, is leaving the company after seven years.

"After seven years at AMD and launching three increasingly competitive generations of RDNA graphics architectures, I have decided to leave AMD at the end of this year," Scott writes in a heartfelt statement posted online. His departure in a few months should give AMD enough time to find a replacement.

If AMD is looking, the company's site lists Jack Huynh as the current head of the Graphics Business Unit, which includes Radeon products. It's no secret that in the competitive GPU market, Radeon has always been the underdog, which continues to be the case with the latest RDNA 3-powered Radeon RX 7000 Series.

MSI's new 'Limited Series' products will see the company stealth drop a limited quantity of custom hardware that will only be produced once and made available for a limited time. With only 6,000 units produced, the first drop is the new GeForce RTX 4060 Gaming X NV Edition, sporting a stylish green design with RGB accents.

MSI notes that the green colorway on this custom Gaming X graphics card represents the company's "enduring partnership" with NVIDIA and is a testament to their "friendship and collaboration through the years."

It's not simply a green GeForce RTX 4060, as the aesthetic also means that the limited edition GPU sports Eco packaging that is 100% paper-based and plastic-free. Per MSI's announcement, the MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Gaming X NV Edition is available at select retailers across Europe, with the United States and Asia to follow.

With the arrival of DLSS 3.5 and the new AI-powered Ray Reconstruction technology delivering some truly game-changing results in Cyberpunk 2077's Update 2.0 and Phantom Liberty expansion, we're now at a point where AI tech and DLSS can deliver image quality that is noticeably superior to native rendering.

As bold a statement as that is, it's about the AI-powered Ray Reconstruction in Cyberpunk 2077 with the full ray-tracing RT Overdrive Mode enabled. DLSS 3.5 delivers a far less noisy image, improving reflection quality, crisper detail in shadows and ambient occlusion, and better RT lighting effects. Per my in-depth, hands-on, it's incredible stuff.

As part of a fascinating roundtable discussion hosted by Digital Foundry, Bryan Catanzaro, Vice President of Applied Deep Learning Research at NVIDIA, is already thinking about the future of DLSS - and how a hypothetical DLSS 10 is going to be a complete "neural rendering system that interfaces with a game engine."

Cyberpunk 2077's game-changing Update 2.0 is here. With the new expansion Phantom Liberty dropping next week, NVIDIA's latest GeForce Game Ready 537.42 WHQL driver adds full support for all of the new Night City 2.0 action - plus the arrival of DLSS 3.5.

For a closer look at DLSS 3.5 in Cyberpunk 2077, which takes the already beautiful ray-traced visuals in the game to the next level, be sure to check out our in-depth look with images and video.

"A true game changer, and [it applies] to ray-traced effects as the more you play, the more you begin to pick up on," I wrote. "In 4K on a GeForce RTX 4090, with performance sitting at well over 60 fps for my entire playtime, the only way to describe DLSS 3.5 in Cyberpunk 2077 is that it feels like that first time you went from 1080p to 1440p or 1440p to 4K - it's all just crisper, smoother, more realistic, and ultimately more immersive. Plus, the game runs faster with DLSS 3.5 enabled."

The best visuals in the world and the most technically advanced graphics mean very little if the game isn't great - it always begins and ends with gameplay. After spending several hours with Cyberpunk 2077's Update 2.0 and the new Phantom Liberty expansion, it's safe to say that the massive amount of changes, the new story, and the new district of Dogtown to explore delivers on that initial hype surrounding the game back in 2020.

From the revamped combat, skills, and policing system to a Night City that feels alive with things to see and do, Cyberpunk 2077 is a revelation three years later. On top of this, the new RT Overdrive mode brings full path-traced lighting to the game, and the brand new DLSS 3.5 AI-powered 'Ray Reconstruction' takes the ray-traced visuals to a whole new level.

With or without DLSS 3.5, Cyberpunk 2077 is still one of the best-looking and most technically advanced games you can play on PC, assuming you've got a powerful enough GPU from the GeForce RTX 30 or 40 Series. With Ray Reconstruction, let's just say it's the beginning of a bright, neon-lit future.

Cable management is a big part of building your own PC and sits alongside choosing the right components, case, power supply, and even system fans. No matter how great a build could potentially look, with a white GPU here and an RGB-lit AIO CPU cooler over there, all of that goes out of the window if you see cables everywhere.

Cable management has been a key part of chassis design for several years now, and when you're dealing with so many cables running to and from a motherboard and power supply, keeping all of that out of sight adds more to the overall aesthetic than you'd think. This is why the recent rise in getting rid of cables sticking out of a graphics card is great news.

There are a number of solutions on the table, but the INNO3D's GeForce RTX 4070 Twin X2 OC White 'Stealth' Edition offers a simple, elegant, and beautiful solution because it's compatible with most cases and builds. The popular GPU from the GeForce RTX 40 Series is the first to feature the company's Stealth Cable Management, and after going hands-on, we feel like Solid Snake or Splinter Cell's Sam Fisher - we don't want to break cover.

They call it a flagship for a reason, something that sits on top of a lineup as the most premium edition or version. And with the launch of ASUS's most powerful GPU to date, the ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 all-in-one with liquid metal cooling and a 360mm radiator, you're looking at a world-record-setting GPU setting a new record. For price.

With the GeForce RTX 4090 carrying an MSRP of USD 1,599, the ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 is currently being sold for almost double that, USD 3,199. An eyewatering figure that makes this more of a luxury item than a GPU you'd consider while browning a storefront. It's the most expensive GeForce RTX 4090 model available but also the most powerful.

Sporting the highest out-of-the-box GPU boost clock of any GeForce RTX 4090 GPU, an impressive 2670 MHz (which is a 6% increase over NVIDIA's reference specs), it also sees a power-limited increase to 600W to support overclocking. Plus, it's the first ASUS GPU to sport T1000-like liquid metal.