So far, NVIDIA’s H100 GPU has been the most energy-intensive chip for data centers since its launch, as it had a maximum rated power of 700 W. However, this situation will change with the introduction of the Instinct MI300X, which will have even higher power consumption s0ll. The AMD Instinct MI300X GPU is listed in the presentation [...]
Now it’s getting frosty! Sapphire unveils its new Sapphire Radeon RX 7700 XT Frostpunk 2 graphics card
Intel Falcon Shores: Powerhouse with 1500W – mandatory water cooling!
New design, new series, but almost everything the same: MSI presents its new GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Shadow 3X
NVIDIA prepares for hot “Blackwell” GPUs: Cooling for RTX 50 in test (250W to 600W)
Category - GPUs
I admit, it was tempting to test the current Radeon Pro W7800 as a gaming card, because AMD’s offerings between the already launched RX 7900 XT(X) and the RX 7600 are conspicuous by their noble absence on the market. At least the Radeon RX 7800XT has been ready for a long time, only that the chip is marketed as Radeon Pro W7800. Reason [...]
The latest GPU market share results for the first quarter of 2024 have been released by Jon Peddie Research. The data reveals a notable decline in shipments for NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel. According to the data, the overall UGP-AIB market declined -12.6% quarter-over-quarter and -38.2% year-over-year. Although the growing rate increased slightly by [...]
PowerColor’s new factory certainly has the charm of a somewhat unusual test environment, because the one production line installed so far looks more like a small series and test run area. So it’s more like the highly qualified Maggi cooking studio for graphics cards, only with PowerColor out of a can and colorful pixels instead of [...]
Today I would like to give you some more information about what has been delayed for a while, the reasons are well known. At NVIDIA’s headquarters in Taipei, I had the opportunity to check out a few delicacies outside the current mainstream. It’s always interesting to see something like that, so I’m willing to take a longer cab [...]
NVIDIA’s RTX 3070 GPU has been introduced in several variants, but the official memory configuration is limited to 8 GB GDDR6. Interestingly, it is possible to modify the card to support double the amount of memory expansion relatively easily. However, this requires custom modifications, as we have seen several times before. Recently, it was [...]
As is already known, AMD’s reference design (MBA – Made by AMD) has some problems regarding the connection of the power supply cables. It turned out that due to the design of the cooler cover, certain 6+2-pin cables cannot be fully inserted into the board. This problem only affects certain cables that have a small protrusion designed [...]
So, today we have part two of the graphics card festivals and this time it is AMD’s turn. Today’s question: What is small, cuddly and performs almost as well as a GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB? It is AMD’s latest Navi33 scion. The child is called Radeon RX 7600 8 GB, lands in Full HD almost exactly on the same performance point as the [...]
Of course, you can argue about the sense or nonsense of the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti as such, but the board manufacturers just have to go through with it now. MSI’s GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Gaming X Trio is a cooling hulk with a cooler that apparently weighs more than all memory modules of this series in one pile. So it’s not up to MSI, and [...]
The Palit GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Dual OC 8GB is the exact opposite of the heavyweight competitor from MSI. Palit has trimmed all superfluous pounds and offers full OC capabilities already at the MSRP. Whether and how one can live with that will have to be seen in a later individual test. The card is not faster or slower than the Founders Edition [...]
A problem shared is a problem halved? Not at all, because the unique launch marathon starts today, where NVIDIA and AMD want to steal each other’s thunder! And if all that wasn’t enough, only the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti as Founders Edition or MSRP card without OC is available today. And when AMD unpacks the Radeon RX 7600 tomorrow, the OC [...]
NVIDIA officially unveiled its mid-range RTX 40 graphics card lineup today, which consists of three different models, although it’s not a real launch with benchmarks and unboxing yet. Of particular note here, however, is the RTX 4060 Ti, which will launch in two variants with 8 GB for an MSRP of €439 and with 16 GB of video memory (VRAM) for [...]
I didn’t really want to believe it at first, but after receiving feedback in the double digits, I combined what was pleasant for the customer with what was interesting for me. I analyze and repair the card at my risk, so that the buyer gets a working card back in any case and I am at least smarter in the end. The 30 Kelvin delta between GPU [...]
The rumors surrounding AMD’s RX 7600 graphics card are piling up, and with the GPU reportedly less than two weeks away from launch, some retailer prices have now been spotted as well. According to a report from VideoCardz and citing sources from Cowcotland, a French tech website, custom models of the RX 7600 graphics cards are expected to [...]
There have been rumors about NVIDIA’s plans to officially unveil the GeForce RTX 4060 graphics cards in May for some time now. However, it was unclear exactly when until now. According to a trusted source referenced by VideoCardz, NVIDIA is now said to intend for board partners (AIC) to start selling the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB as early as [...]
With the Gainward RTX 1660 Super (Susi), I am once again rescuing a graphics card that I had already tested extensively almost four years ago and that has also been in almost daily use since then. This ranges as a career ladder from the office to the recording PC (OBS) and the gaming use in the PC of my youngest son. And at some point the card got [...]
In our own blog post “Experience maximum ray tracing performance with AMD FSR 2 and the new AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series graphics cards“, the red team presents the benefits that are expected to result from enabling FSR 2 in various ray tracing games. Thanks to its open structure and seamless integration with game engines, the list of FSR [...]
I have combined the download sections into one page and instead link to the older articles with the tutorials in the software table. The download as such is only available on this page in a summarised form. Preliminary note and introduction Since AMD massively restricted the use of the SoftPowerPlayTables and thus indirectly also the MorePowerTool [...]
Paulo Gomes, the YouTuber and graphics card modder, has once again demonstrated his skills by upgrading a graphics card, in this case the AMD Power Color Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon, with more video memory. He has increased the capacity of the card from the original 6GB to 12GB by installing faster 2GB 16Gbps memory chips. Compared to the recent [...]
So far, AMD has only unveiled two graphics cards based on RDNA 3 that are aimed at demanding enthusiasts with deeper pockets. Although it is obvious that AMD plans to add more models to its Radeon RX 7000 series, it remains unclear exactly which ones and when they will appear. However, a recently discovered AMD ROCm 5.6 pull request uncovered by a [...]