MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER: BIOS update now available

MSI hat nach weiteren Untersuchungen nicht nur ein BIOS für die betroffene RTX 4070 Ti Super Ventus 3X zur Verfügung gestellt, sondern in einem Aufwasch für alle bisher durch MSI gelaunchten Karten mit diesem Chip. Egal, ob man direkt betroffen ist oder nicht – MSI empfiehlt vorsichtshalber das BIOS-Update für alle nachfolgend aufgeführten [...]


MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super Ventus 3X 16 GB review – Desired upgrade with contemporary memory expansion and price pressure from AMD

Today sees the second round of the green Super League and NVIDIA officially launches the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super in the form of the so-called MSRP cards with the help of its board partners (AIC). However, with a starting price of 889 euros (799 USD) as the MSRP, it is miles above the street price of the RTX 4070 Ti Non-Super, which starts at [...]


NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super Founders Edition 12 GB Review – Half a performance class gain makes a big difference

Today it’s getting super again. NVIDIA is officially launching the GeForce RTX 4070 Super in the form of the so-called MSRP cards. With a starting price of USD 599 or an RRP of EUR 659, the new Super-Susi is not that far off the street price of the RTX 4070 Non-Super, which starts at just under EUR 600. Today’s test will have to prove [...]


Everything super or what? The Super Weeks start today on igor’sLAB

Today in the afternoon, they start again, the exciting Super weeks of NVIDIA, and of course, I will fully report on each of the appointments again. Therefore, 3:00 PM is the new 6:00 AM. But why “Super”? In the wonderful, sometimes confusing world of computer hardware, the word “Super” has taken on a graphical, completely [...]


NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER: Full 48MB L2 cache for improved performance

Last week, NVIDIA announced the release of the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER graphics card. The data sheet stated a 20% increase in core count compared to the RTX 4070, although the L2 cache was still stated as 36 MB. NVIDIA has now confirmed that the 36 MB figure was an error and has updated the product pages with the correct cache size of 48 MB, which [...]


Correctly limiting the power consumption of the GeForce RTX 4090: MSI Afterburner vs. 12VHPWR / 12V-2×6 adapter or both?

It is well known that you can use tools such as MSI Afterburner to increase or decrease the maximum power consumption of a graphics card (within the specifications). In addition, the 12V-2×6 connection (formerly 12VHPWR) also offers different power levels. But what are the differences between the two options and what happens if you use both [...]


CES News

CES: AMD announces the Radeon RX 7600XT. Double the memory, higher TDP and more clock speed than the RX 7600

The Radeon RX 7600 XT is presented as AMD’s upcoming entry-level GPU, which is likely to be more powerful than originally assumed. The market launch is planned for January 24, 2024. Although there were hints in advance of two variations of the RX 7600 XT, each with 10 or 12 GB of GDDR6 video memory, in the end a doubling to 16 GB turned out [...]


CES News

CES: MSI QD-OLED monitors: 49″, 34″, 32″, 27″ for every taste

In 2024, MSI is launching its new QD OLED gaming monitor family, which includes several models from the MPG & MAG series. Leaks have previously hinted at an imminent release of QD OLED gaming monitors from MSI. Now the company has decided to present its lineup before and then at CES 2024. In total, the family includes five new models, with [...]


AMD Ryzen 7 8700G: powerful APU with Zen 4 architecture and Radeon graphics

Yesterday the benchmark results of the AMD Ryzen 5 8600G were already leaked and now the latest benchmarks of the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G have been revealed. The AMD Ryzen 7 8700G will be the top of the line AM5 desktop APU within the Hawk Point family, offering the same combination of Zen 4 / RDNA 3 cores in a single monolithic package. The AMD Ryzen 7 [...]


AMD Navi 3X: “Cuarzo” code names hint at new RDNA 3 GPUs

It looks like AMD may be switching from using fish names for its products to using crystalline rock names. A shipping label recently posted by well-known hardware leaker Harukaze5179 suggests that AMD is using the new codename “Cuarzo” for its existing Navi 3X GPUs. According to reports, this label was found at the company’s [...]


The NVIDIA RTX 4xxx Super portfolio is complete: faster RAM, a little more clock speed and speculation about prices

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 SUPER GPUs are expected to use an extremely fast memory solution with pin speeds of 23 Gbps, as new specifications have been published that indicate exactly that. You can read the rest here, including the RTX 4090 Super, which will unfortunately remain a pipe dream for the time being. Last month, almost all the data on [...]


The “secret” behind NVIDIA’s sophisticated telemetry: the role of Buckets, Speedo and Continuous Virtual Binning (CVB)

I had already written a very similar article almost a year ago about the binning of the GeForce RTX 4070 and the difference between MSRP and OC cards. However, the theoretical part on the second page was somewhat neglected, very wrongly in my opinion. The launch of the super cards is coming up soon and the question is always being asked as to how [...]


MSI and Gigabyte give a first look at the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, 4070 Ti SUPER and 4070 SUPER Custom models (LEAK)

It is still unclear whether there will be a Founders Edition model for each of the three NVIDIA RTX 40 SUPER graphics cards. What can be confirmed, however, is that the board partners (AIC) are already working on developing their individual designs to be showcased on these GPUs. As expected, each AIC will offer a diverse selection of cards for [...]