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Intel Arc Q3'23 DX11 Drivers Update
Intel's Latest Drivers Boost DirectX 11 Performance by 19% on Average

By Jarred Walton Published

Gains are limited to a "whitelist" of titles for now.

GPUs
ASRock Challenger Arc A750 GPU
ASRock Challenger Arc A750 GPU Drops to $179 at Newegg

By Ash Hill Published

Today at Newegg, users can find the ASRock Challenger Arc A750 graphics card for its lowest price to date—just $179 down from $199.

GPUs
Windows Update Restored project
'Windows Update Restored' Site Provides Updates for Classic Windows Versions

By Mark Tyson Published

A project dubbed Windows Update Restored aims to provide online update services for abandoned versions of the OS. Windows 95, 98 (and SE), and NT 4.0 updates are now ready.

Windows
GeForce RTX 4060
RTX 4060 Leaked 3DMark Tests Show 23 Percent Uplift Over RTX 3060 12GB

By Mark Tyson Published

GeForce RTX 4060 appears to be about 23% faster than the RTX 3060 12GB and 48% faster than the RTX 3060 8GB.

GPUs
Moore Threads
Moore Threads MTT S80 GPU Escapes China, Gets Benchmarked

By Mark Tyson Published

The Moore Threads MTT S80 GPU has been through some extensive testing by a Japanese tech site in games that we are familiar with. It's... not good.

GPUs
Apple M2 Ultra Mac Pro
Apple M2 Ultra GPU Outpaces RTX 4070 Ti in Early Compute Benchmarks

By Mark Tyson Published

In early compute benchmarks, Apple's M2 Ultra chip appears to perform somewhere between an RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080 in Geekbench 6 and GFXBench testing.

GPUs
Robot AI thinking about something
OpenAI Whisper Audio Transcription Benchmarked on 18 GPUs: Up to 3,000 WPM

By Jarred Walton Published

We tested it on everything from an RTX 4090 to an Intel Arc A380.

Artificial Intelligence
HDDs
DirectStorage 1.2 Adds Buffered IO Mode to Speed HDD Performance

By Mark Tyson Published

Microsoft DirectStorage 1.2 can help speed HDD systems with a new buffered mode, as well as delivering general performance improvements and implementing bug fixes.

HDDs
Smart Access Memory (SAM)
DirectX 12 Update Allows CPU and GPU to Access VRAM Simultaneously

By Aaron Klotz Published

Microsoft has announced a new DirectX12 feature that allows the CPU to directly access video memory. Potentially reducing CPU utilization and system memory consumption in games.

Virtual Reality
AMD
AMD to Detail New FidelityFX Tech at GDC

By Anton Shilov Published

AMD to unveil next-generation eye candy FidelityFX technologies at GDC.

GPUs
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