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NVIDIA will talk about its next generation mainstream GPU at Hot Chips 30 in August 2018

It appears that NVIDIA will be talking about its next generation mainstream GPU in August at the Hot Chips 30 symposium. According to its schedule, NVIDIA’s Stuart Oberman will talk about the company’s next-generation mainstream GPU, hinting towards a possible Q3 release. Continue reading NVIDIA will talk about its next generation mainstream GPU at Hot Chips 30 in August 2018

AMD discrete GPU market share increases to its highest point in the past three years

A few days ago, we reported – based on Jon Peddie Research’s quarterly discrete video card sales report for Q4 2017 – that PC gaming remains the primary driver for GPU sales. However, it appears that we missed an interesting detail about AMD’s market share. According to the report, AMD has managed to increase its market share to its highest point in the past three years. Continue reading AMD discrete GPU market share increases to its highest point in the past three years

NVIDIA claims that GPU prices will continue increasing through Q3 2018

Things are not looking good for everyone wishing to build a new gaming PC. As we all know, the prices for all modern graphics cards have sky-rocketed over the past few months. And according to NVIDIA, this situation will not be resolved soon as the prices will continue increasing through Q3 2018. Continue reading NVIDIA claims that GPU prices will continue increasing through Q3 2018

AMD will reveal more details about its upcoming next-generation Ryzen CPUs at GDC 2018

GDC 2018 will begin this March and it appears that AMD will reveal more details about its upcoming next-generation Ryzen CPUs. According to the GDC 2018 schedule, AMD will host a session about optimising games for the Ryzen series of CPUs, something that may interest developers and gamers. Continue reading AMD will reveal more details about its upcoming next-generation Ryzen CPUs at GDC 2018

AMD quietly downgrades Radeon RX 560 GPUs, selling models with fewer stream processors & compute units

It appears that AMD has quietly downgrade some AMD Radeon RX 560 graphics cards. According to reports, the red team is now selling models that have fewer stream processors than those originally advertised. As such, those interested in these graphics cards should pay extra attention to the specs of the models they are about to buy. Continue reading AMD quietly downgrades Radeon RX 560 GPUs, selling models with fewer stream processors & compute units

Intel’s roadmap leaked, will not release any 10nm or Ice Lake CPUs in 2018, Cascade Lake-X coming in Q4 2018

It appears that Intel’s roadmap has been leaked online. According to this leak, Intel will not launch any new architecture for the mainstream desktop in 2018. As such, gamers should not expect a new 10nm or an Ice Lake CPU in 2018. Continue reading Intel’s roadmap leaked, will not release any 10nm or Ice Lake CPUs in 2018, Cascade Lake-X coming in Q4 2018

NVIDIA increases GPU market share in Q3 2017, PC gaming segment was once again the bright spot

Jon Peddie Research shared its latest data for Q3 2017. According to the report, NVIDIA has increased its GPU market share in this latest quarter. On the other hand, AMD saw a small (0.2%) decrease and Intel saw 3% decrease. Continue reading NVIDIA increases GPU market share in Q3 2017, PC gaming segment was once again the bright spot

Intel hires AMD’s Raja Koduri, will develop high-end discrete graphics cards

Intel today announced the appointment of Raja Koduri as Intel chief architect, senior vice president of the newly formed Core and Visual Computing Group, and general manager of a new initiative to drive edge computing solutions. In this position, Koduri will expand Intel’s leading position in integrated graphics for the PC market with high-end discrete graphics solutions for a broad range of computing segments. Continue reading Intel hires AMD’s Raja Koduri, will develop high-end discrete graphics cards

Intel Core i7-8700K – First Gaming Benchmarks Leaked Online

It appears that the first third-party gaming benchmarks have been leaked online. While Intel has not lifted yet the embargo for the third-party benchmarks, Expreview has hit the ‘Publish’ button sooner than anticipated. Expreview has taked its article down, however the benchmarks have already been leaked and can be found below. Continue reading Intel Core i7-8700K – First Gaming Benchmarks Leaked Online