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Asus has introduced a new flagship RTX 4090 graphics card that uses an all-in-one liquid cooling system combined with liquid metal thermal interface. Dubbed the ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090, Asus says that its advanced cooler combined with extremely efficient thermal interface will ensure the maximum boost clocks possible, with Asus taking clear aim of producing the fastest gaming graphics card on the market. Proper power delivery and efficient cooling are main ways to enable consistently high CPU and GPU performance these days, so when designing its ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090, the company used its own proprietary printed circuit board (PCB) with an advanced voltage regulating module (VRM). Meanwhile cooling is being provided by an all-in-one liquid cooling system that removes heat not only...
The MSI GE76 Raider Review: Tiger Lake Plus Ampere Equals Framerate
Let us pretend we are desktop people, thinking about building a new system. What would we look for? If we are after a gaming system, clearly we need a...
33 by Brett Howse on 9/8/2021Hot Chips 2021 Live Blog: DPU + IPUs (Arm, NVIDIA, Intel)
Welcome to Hot Chips! This is the annual conference all about the latest, greatest, and upcoming big silicon that gets us all excited. Stay tuned during Monday and Tuesday...
12 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 8/23/2021Zotac ZBOX MAGNUS ONE SFF Gaming PC Review: Desktop Comet Lake Charges Up with Ampere
Zotac has been a pioneer in bringing compact small form-factor (SFF) machines to the market right since the ION days. A few years back, they also got into the...
19 by Ganesh T S on 8/13/2021NVIDIA Announces RTX A2000 Video Card: Low Profile & Low Power for ProViz
As part of a suite of SIGGRAPH-related announcements, NVIDIA this morning is announcing a new addition to their RTX line of professional video cards, the RTX A2000. Following NVIDIA’s...
33 by Ryan Smith on 8/10/2021NVIDIA Unveils PCIe version of 80GB A100 Accelerator: Pushing PCIe to 300 Watts
As part of today’s burst of ISC 2021 trade show announcements, NVIDIA this morning is announcing that they’re bringing the 80GB version of their A100 accelerator to the PCIe...
16 by Ryan Smith on 6/28/2021NVIDIA Announces GeForce RTX 3080 Ti & 3070 Ti: Upgraded Ampere Cards Coming in June
The second major keynote of the day for Computex comes from NVIDIA, who has taken to the virtual showfloor to discuss new products for both gamers and the enterprise...
50 by Ryan Smith on 6/1/2021NVIDIA To Extend Ethereum Throttle to GeForce RTX 3080, 3070, & 3060 Ti “LHR” Cards
Continuing their ongoing efforts to limit the Ethereum mining performance of their GeForce video cards – and thus make them less enticing for miners – NVIDIA today has announced...
47 by Ryan Smith on 5/18/2021NVIDIA Launches GeForce RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti for Laptops
Coinciding with today’s launch of Intel’s Tiger Lake-H CPUs for high performance laptops, NVIDIA is also using the occasion to launch their latest lineup of laptop video cards, the...
30 by Ryan Smith on 5/11/2021NVIDIA Updates GeForce RTX 3060 Ethereum Throttle; Updated Drivers Required For Future 3060s
NVIDIA this morning has released a new driver set for their GeForce cards, version 466.27. And though it’s primarily for next week’s release of Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition...
90 by Ryan Smith on 4/29/2021NVIDIA Unveils Grace: A High-Performance Arm Server CPU For Use In Big AI Systems
Kicking off another busy Spring GPU Technology Conference for NVIDIA, this morning the graphics and accelerator designer is announcing that they are going to once again design their own...
119 by Ryan Smith on 4/12/2021The NVIDIA GTC 2021 Keynote Live Blog (Starts at 8:30am PT/15:30 UTC)
Join us at 8:30am PT for our coverage of NVIDIA’s annual GPU Technology Conference keynote address. The traditional kick-off to the show – be it physical or virtual &ndash...
30 by Ryan Smith on 4/12/2021NVIDIA Raises GeForce NOW Paid Subscription Plans to $10 Per Month, $100 Per Year
Just over a year ago, NVIDIA finally brought GeForce NOW, its PC game streaming service, out of beta. The commercial launch of the service saw the introduction of two...
20 by Ryan Smith on 3/18/2021NVIDIA Fumbles, Releases GeForce RTX 3060 Driver Without Anti-Mining Throttle
In an effort to partially mitigate the market chaos that has come from the cryptocurrency mining boom over the last 6 months, last month NVIDIA very publicly introduced a...
40 by Ryan Smith on 3/16/2021Launching Today: NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3060 - Aiming For Mainstream At $329
NVIDIA this morning is launching their previously announced GeForce RTX 3060. First unveiled back at CES 2021, the latest member of the GeForce RTX 30 series is continuing NVIDIA’s...
118 by Ryan Smith on 2/25/2021NVIDIA Closes Out Q4 & FY2021 With Another Round of Record Earnings
NVIDIA this afternoon closed the book on another record fiscal year, announcing their FY 2021 and Q4 2021 earnings results for the company. For the last quarter of their...
19 by Ryan Smith on 2/24/2021NVIDIA Nerfs Ethereum Hash Rate & Launches CMP Dedicated Mining Hardware
One of the critical points during this period of high demand for graphics cards is that a portion of them are being purchased by professional users looking to mine...
134 by Ryan Smith & Dr. Ian Cutress on 2/18/2021NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3060 Gets a Release Date: February 25th
NVIDIA this morning has sent over a quick note revealing the release date for their next GeForce desktop video card, the RTX 3060. The mainstream(ish) video card, previously revealed...
74 by Ryan Smith on 2/12/2021NVIDIA Launches Server Certification Program, Offering Direct Technical Support
While a good deal of NVIDIA’s success in servers over the last decade has of course come from their proficient GPUs, as a business NVIDIA these days is much...
10 by Ryan Smith on 1/26/2021Intel Announces Phantom Canyon: Tiger Lake and Turing Tango in 3rd Gen Enthusiast NUC
As part of its CES 2021 announcements, Intel officially unveiled a number of NUCs based on their Tiger Lake SoCs. The NUC11 Performance lineup was covered earlier. This piece...
33 by Ganesh T S on 1/20/2021NVIDIA Reveals GeForce RTX 3060: Launching Late February For $329
Alongside today’s CES-centric announcement of their new GeForce RTX 30 series parts for laptops, NVIDIA also offered an in-depth reveal of their next desktop graphics card, the GeForce RTX...
40 by Ryan Smith on 1/12/2021