Nvidia GPU Subwarp Interleaving Boosts Ray Tracing by up to 20% By Mark Tyson published 25 January 22 Probing the inherent problems of ray tracing on today's GPUs, researchers aim to tackle two major design limitations caused by warp divergence and scheduler stalls.
Meta is Building New Supercomputer With 16,000 Nvidia A100 GPUs By Aaron Klotz published 24 January 22 Meta (Facebook), is currently building out a new supercomputer called the AI Research SuperCluster. Meta believes RSC will be the fastest supercomputer in the world once completed.
GPU Prices Drop Along With Crypto By Aaron Klotz published 24 January 22 Thanks to imploding cryptocurrency prices for Bitcoin and Ethereum, GPU prices are starting to drop. Even with 10% or larger dips on some cards, however, prices remain extremely inflated.
Japanese AIBs Revive AMD's Radeon RX 550 for $155 By Mark Tyson published 23 January 22 The "Expert-Oriented" Radeon RX 550 single-slot and low-profile graphics card sells for an equivalent of $155 in Japan. Retailers say there is "sufficient demand for low profile" GPUs.
GeForce RTX 3050 Pricing Skyrockets Ahead of Release By Aaron Klotz published 23 January 22 Two retailers are preselling Nvidia's "budget" friendly GeForce RTX 3050 8GB for two to three times over MSRP.
GeForce RTX 3050 Defeats Radeon RX 6500 XT In Leaked Benchmarks By Mark Tyson published 22 January 22 The new GeForce RTX 3050 looks like it is a very close competitor to the GTX 1660 Ti, but its architecture, DLSS-ability and 8GB VRAM will boost its longevity.
Nvidia Officially Increases European Prices on RTX 30-Series GPUs By Paul Alcorn published 21 January 22 Nvidia explained its recent price hikes in the EU as being tied to fluctuations in the exchange rate.
Intel's Flagship GPU Arc Alchemist Trades Blows With 3070 Ti in Alleged Benchmarks By Anton Shilov published 21 January 22 Intel's Xe-HPG GPU with 512 EUs may be not as fast as top-of-the-range models, but it shines in compute .
EVGA GeForce RTX 30 Bundles Now in Stock for Weary Gamers By Brandon Hill published 20 January 22 Antonline's bundles are pricey, but they may represent a better value than eBay scalpers.
The RX 6500 XT Is the Rarest Card You Can Buy From Scalpers By Aaron Klotz published 20 January 22 AMD's RX 6500 XT is one of the rarest cards you can find scalped on eBay, which is a testament to its incredibly low availability at launch.
AMD Confirms RX 6500 XT GPU Was Designed for Ryzen 6000 Laptops By Anton Shilov published 20 January 22 AMD explains why it cut down its Radeon RX 6500 XT/RX 6400 GPUs so severely.
AMD RX 6500 XT PCIe 3.0 vs. 4.0 Tested By Jarred Walton published 19 January 22 We tested the Radeon RX 6500 XT on both a PCIe 3.0 and 4.0 interface. Exceeding the 4GB VRAM on a lower PCIe 3.0 platform can drop performance by as much as 40% in our testing.
Intel Media Driver 22.1.1 Adds Support for Intel Arc Alchemist GPUs By Mark Tyson published 19 January 22 As well as supporting Intel's highly anticipated Arc Alchemist GPU family and the ADL-N ULV processor GPUs, users will benefit from greater stability and performance.
Radeon RX 6500 XT Is Nearly Impossible to Find on Launch Day By Aaron Klotz published 19 January 22 AMD's Radeon RX 6500 XT goes on sale today, but it's nearly impossible to find from online and local retailers. Only a couple of stores have the RX 6500 XT in stock on launch day.
AMD Deletes, Republishes Old Blog Post Deriding 4GB GPUs By Mark Tyson published 19 January 22 4GB was bad back in June 2020
AMD Announces Radeon Pro W6400 Workstation Graphics Card By Aaron Klotz published 19 January 22 AMD has announced an all-new RDNA2 entry-level graphics card aimed at the workstation market featuring very low power consumption.
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Review: The Return of the 'Budget' GPU By Jarred Walton published 19 January 22 AMD's Radeon RX 6500 XT comes with a theoretical price point of $199 and includes all the RDNA2 architectural goodness, but AMD may have gone a bit too far cutting features and specs.
Nvidia Driver Unlocks Performance Boosting GPU System Processor By Aaron Klotz published 18 January 22 Nvidia unlocks the functionality of a new co-processor known as GSP that's been in hiding since the Turing generation with the latest Nvidia drivers, in an effort to reduce CPU load.
We Finally Have Our First GeForce GT 1010 GPU Benchmark By Aaron Klotz published 18 January 22 95% slower than a GeForce RTX 3070
AMD, Intel and Nvidia CPU and GPU Pricing Expected to Increase in 2022 By Aaron Klotz published 18 January 22 According to DigiTimes, 2022 could be another terrible year for the PC industry as CPU and GPU pricing will continue to increase thanks to high fabrication costs from TSMC and other factors.
