EU Graphics Card Prices Fall by 25% in March By Mark Tyson published 28 March 22 Average GPU pricing now sits at 25% above MSRP.
Nvidia Showcases Incredible Instant NeRF 2D to 3D Photo AI Processing By Mark Tyson published 25 March 22 NeRF is short for a technology called Neural Radiance Fields. Nvidia AI uses this tech to reconstruct a 3D scene from a handful of 2D images in tens of milliseconds.
China's Fenghua No.1 GPU Gains Certification as RTX 3060 Rival By Mark Tyson published 25 March 22 Described as a 4K-class chip, this GPU is claimed to match the GeForce RTX 3060 by some metrics.
Nvidia Streamline Aims to Simplify Developer Support for All Upscaling Algorithms By Mark Tyson published 24 March 22 "Making multiple technologies easier for developers to integrate, Streamline benefits gamers with more technologies in more games," reckons Nvidia.
Intel Details XeSS Quality Mode With GDC Demos By Mark Tyson published 24 March 22 The new AI upscaling tech from Intel gets fleshed out by Intel's devs and third party game devs. Some quality and performance indicators have been shared.
Imagination Releases Source Code for 1990s PowerVR PC GPUs By Mark Tyson published 24 March 22 The PCX1 and PCX2 GPUs this code is relevant to were 3D only. Thus these cards needed to be installed alongside another graphics card, which would take care of 2D duties.
Nvidia GPU Upgraders Are Paying $300 More Than Previous Gen Cards By Mark Tyson published 23 March 22 Despite the boasts, Nvidia's shares have has a lack luster week. Perhaps investors predict and fear another crypto boom to bust cycle will cause a GPU glut in 2022.
Nvidia Ada Lovelace GPUs Appear in HWiNFO Release Notes By Mark Tyson published 22 March 22 The HWiNFO release notes mention upcoming Ada GeForce RTX 40-destined GPUs, and also reference Hopper GPUs, and perhaps even Nvidia Blackwell GPUs.
Noctua Confirms Further Asus Graphics Card Collaboration By Mark Tyson published 22 March 22 Could the next Asus x Noctua graphics card be an AMD Radeon? We also ponder the likelihood it might be a next-gen RTX 40 or RX 7000 series GPU.
Yeston Launches Sakura Hitomi RX 6500 XT GPU By Mark Tyson published 21 March 22 If previous Yeston Sakura Hitomi GPUs were over budget, collectors and fans can now seek out this beautifully customized AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT to satisfy their cravings.
Acer Swift X 16 With Intel Arc A370M May Arrive Earlier Than Expected By Mark Tyson published 21 March 22 One of the Acer Swift X 16 models Proshop is advertising is a slightly cheaper Core i5 version, with half the storage (512GB). However, the Euro pricing of these laptops is quite high.
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Selling at 35% Below MSRP in Germany By Mark Tyson published 20 March 22 The rapid price decline for of this little RDNA2 GPU for desktops is something of a special case, but also a sign of things to come for the wider market.
$38k RTX 3070 Ti Russian Warehouse Theft Foiled By Mark Tyson published 18 March 22 The thieves were recorded on camera stealing $38,000 of RTX 3070 Ti, but were apprehended thanks to an honest pawn shop owner.
Intel Arc A-Series GPUs to Launch on March 30 By Mark Tyson published 15 March 22 Intel's Lisa Pearce revealed the date in a community blog post. She also shared some quite clear performance indications, as well as some info on Project Endgame.
Acer Swift X 16 Laptop With Intel Arc GPU Costs $1249, Arrives in June By Mark Tyson published 14 March 22 Acer's Swift X laptops move from AMD to Intel CPUs in 2022, but the most interesting change is the Intel Arc GPU in the 16 inch model. Will they be worth the $250 price hike?
Nvidia Preps Mysterious GA102F GPU By Anton Shilov published 11 March 22 Nvidia appears to have a new GA102F chip in the pipeline. Is it a re-spin for higher yields and lower power, something for datacenters, or perhaps a special crypto-focused (or anti-crypto) design?
Ukraine Vice PM Asks Asus to Shutter Russia Business By Mark Tyson published 11 March 22 Mykhailo Fedorov's previous requests seem to have spurred tech giants such as Intel, Microsoft, and Apple to act with greater haste.
AMD to Present 'Next-Gen Image Upscaling Tech': FSR Upgrade? By Anton Shilov published 11 March 22 AMD will give a presentation on its "next-generation image upscaling technology" at this year's Game Developers' Conference. Sounds like an upgraded version of FSR is in the works.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Remains Top Dog in Steam Hardware Survey By Mark Tyson published 8 March 22 The midrange Pascal GPU clawed back some market share
AMD Might Refresh the Radeon RX 6000 Lineup in Late April By Anton Shilov published 8 March 22 AMD's Radeon RX 6950 XT, Radeon RX 6750 XT, and Radeon RX 6650 XT reportedly incoming.