We all know about winning the Silicon lottery, and how lucky would it be for anyone to get a higher binned quality chip straight out of the box. Every hardware chip is different. Imperfections during fabrication cause each chip to have different limits in terms of clock speed, performance, and thermals. Continue reading Higher quality “binned” RTX 3080 & RTX 3090 SKUs may be rare to find, not all chips are made equal
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Nvidia RTX 30 series Founders Edition GPUs pictured close-up & pricing of some custom models
Nvidia recently announced its Ampere lineup of Flagship GPUs, the RTX 3090, 3080 and 3070. The RTX 3080 Founders Edition/FE model will launch on 17th of September for $699 USD. The RTX 3090 FE card on the other hand will launch on the 24th of September for $1499 USD, and lastly the GeForce RTX 3070 is planned for launch in October for a price of $499 USD. Continue reading Nvidia RTX 30 series Founders Edition GPUs pictured close-up & pricing of some custom models
First leaked NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ampere GPUs gaming benchmarks
It appears that the Chinese Bilibili channel @TecLab has just leaked some alleged benchmark results of the GeForce RTX 3080 GPU. There are both synthetic and gaming benchmark scores, but we will only focus on the gaming part of this leak. The original link has been taken down, but you can watch the video over here. Continue reading First leaked NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ampere GPUs gaming benchmarks
Rumor: NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3060 SUPER/Ti Ampere GPU could feature 4864 CUDA cores
Nvidia recently announced its Ampere lineup of Flagship GPUs, the RTX 3090, 3080 and 3070, but we might be getting even faster variants soon. The company did not announce any plans to release the X60 SKU, the mainstream RTX 3060 card, though we have been hearing rumors that Nvidia might release two variants, having the GA106 and GA104 GPU core/board. Continue reading Rumor: NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3060 SUPER/Ti Ampere GPU could feature 4864 CUDA cores
CORSAIR teases a new direct-connect custom 12-Pin PCIe Power Connector Cable for Ampere RTX 30 series GPUs
It is no surprise that the Ampere lineup of cards have a higher power delivery requirement than previous gen of Nvidia GPUs, and the green team has also changed the power connector requirement for the Founders Edition cards. NVIDIA recently teased the RTX 30 series Ampere Gaming cards, and the company also confirmed a 12-pin power connector for the Founders Edition SKUs. Continue reading CORSAIR teases a new direct-connect custom 12-Pin PCIe Power Connector Cable for Ampere RTX 30 series GPUs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 GPU only uses 14Gbps GDDR6 Memory, 16Gbps reserved for future SKUs
Nvidia recently announced its Ampere lineup of Flagship GPUs, the RTX 3090, 3080 and 3070. And while there were some specs highlighted, there was chatter before on the web that Nvidia might use 16Gbps GDDR6 memory for the RTX 3070 GPU. But that doesn’t appear to be the case. Continue reading NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 GPU only uses 14Gbps GDDR6 Memory, 16Gbps reserved for future SKUs
NVIDIA Marbles at Night is the most impressive real-time Ray Tracing tech demo
During its September 1st Ampere event, NVIDIA showcased a new real-time ray tracing tech demo, Marbles at Night. This tech demo was running on a single RTX3090 at 1440p and with 30fps. And, as you will see, this is what future PC video-game graphics will look like. Continue reading NVIDIA Marbles at Night is the most impressive real-time Ray Tracing tech demo
NVIDIA claims that the RTX3080 can deliver 60-100fps in 4K/Max settings and with RTX in some games
Just few hours ago, NVIDIA showcased the RTX 3080 GPU being faster by 55-70% as compared to the RTX 2080Ti in Doom Eternal, which was running in Ultra Nightmare settings, and the RTX 3080 easily outperformed the RTX 2080 Ti by a fair margin. Continue reading NVIDIA claims that the RTX3080 can deliver 60-100fps in 4K/Max settings and with RTX in some games
NVIDIA shares more details on GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs; RTXIO, PCIe 4.0, HDMI 2.1 & more
NVIDIA recently shed some more light on some of the features regarding its GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards during a Q&A session held over at the official NVIDIA subreddit . Continue reading NVIDIA shares more details on GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs; RTXIO, PCIe 4.0, HDMI 2.1 & more
NVIDIA officially announces and details DLSS 2.1, brings ultra performance mode for 8K gaming
A few days ago, DLSS 2.1 appeared in Wolfenstein: Youngblood’s Steam database. And during a recent Reddit AMA, NVIDIA has officially revealed this new version of DLSS. Yes, DLSS 2.1 is real, and here are its official details, straight from NVIDIA. Continue reading NVIDIA officially announces and details DLSS 2.1, brings ultra performance mode for 8K gaming