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The GPU benchmarks hierarchy 2025
By Jarred Walton last updated
We've run hundreds of GPU benchmarks on Nvidia, AMD, and Intel graphics cards and ranked them in our comprehensive hierarchy, with over 80 GPUs tested.

Best 4K Gaming Monitors for PC 2025: 144Hz, Curved and More
By Christian Eberle, Brandon Hill last updated
These are the best 4K gaming monitors available in 2025, including 144Hz, curved and HDR options.

Basemark Breaking Limit benchmark tests ray traced gaming performance across diverse platforms
By Christopher Harper published
Basemark through GPUScore introduces a cross-platform ray tracing benchmark, Breaking Limit.

New Microsoft tech aims to boost ray-tracing performance in VRAM-constrained scenarios
By Aaron Klotz published
Microsoft has published a performance-optimizing patent for ray-tracing, that is designed to reduce the memory footprint of workloads via an RT level of detail system.

Ray tracing can run without a GPU, if you like slideshows — Quake II RTX demoed at 1 FPS with CPU-based ray-tracing
By Mark Tyson published
A Mesa 3D Graphics Library developer has implemented support for CPU-based ray-tracing in Vulkan. In early testing of the driver in Quake II RTX only 1FPS performance was achieved, but it's a start.

Nvidia Reveals DLSS 3.5: AI-Powered Ray Reconstruction
By Jarred Walton published
Available on all RTX graphics cards

UL Releases 3DMark Solar Bay for Cross-Platform Ray Tracing Comparisons
By Mark Tyson published
The new 3DMark Solar Bay benchmark is a cross-platform series of tests assessing ray tracing performance, and is now available for Windows and Android users.

RTX 4060 Ti 16GB Roughly 40% Faster Than 8GB at Higher Resolutions
By Aaron Klotz published
A YouTuber recently tested the 16GB and 8GB versions of the RTX 4060 Ti and found the 16GB version to be significantly faster in some games, especially at 4K resolution.
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