AMD limited CPU and GPU sales in the second half of 2022 to prevent unsold inventory.

AMD limited CPU and GPU sales in the second half of 2022 to prevent unsold inventory.

In the midst of a severe decline in the PC market, AMD informed investors during its Q4-2022 earnings conference call that it “undershipped” chips in the second half of 2022 to maintain pricing (margins) high and save itself from unsold inventories. AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su told investors, “We undershipped...

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The game Cyberpunk 2077 now supports NVIDIA DLSS 3.

The game Cyberpunk 2077 now supports NVIDIA DLSS 3.

Cyberpunk 2077 received a significant update from CDProjekt Red today that includes support for the NVIDIA DLSS 3 performance improvement. In order to generate nearly every alternate frame entirely using AI and without using the main graphics rendering pipeline, DLSS 3 makes use of the Optical Flow Accelerator component of...

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NVIDIA RTX TITAN/RTX 4090 Ti (Ada) See the 4-slot Cinder Block in the image.

NVIDIA RTX TITAN/RTX 4090 Ti (Ada) See the 4-slot Cinder Block in the image.

Here is the first image purportedly representing an impending NVIDIA flagship or “halo” device that will sit above the GeForce RTX 4090. The GeForce RTX 4090 Ti and the NVIDIA RTX TITAN are two different possible brand names for this item (Ada). NVIDIA has ample of leeway to create a...

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When used with AMD Radeon RX 400 and RX 500 “Polaris” GPUs, Forspoken is ineffective.

When used with AMD Radeon RX 400 and RX 500 “Polaris” GPUs, Forspoken is ineffective.

Users on Reddit claim that AMD Radeon RX 400 series and RX 500 series graphics cards based on the “Polaris” graphics architecture are inexplicably unable to run “Forspoken.” The architecture cannot support all of the DirectX 12 feature-level 12 1 API requirements for the game. It’s interesting to note that...

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Release of Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.4090 Beta

Release of Intel Arc GPU Graphics Drivers 101.4090 Beta

The most recent version of Intel Graphics’ Arc GPU Graphics Drivers was released today. For “Forspoken,” version 101.4090 beta includes launch-day optimization. With this update, the company also solved a couple of problems. A Plague Tale: Requiem application freeze problem for Arc “Alchemist” discrete GPUs has been resolved. Additionally, “Need...

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Third consecutive exclusive driver from AMD Software Adrenalin 23.1.2 for the RX 7900 Series; no new driver for the RX 6950 XT since 48 days

Third consecutive exclusive driver from AMD Software Adrenalin 23.1.2 for the RX 7900 Series; no new driver for the RX 6950 XT since 48 days

The third consecutive driver of its kind, AMD today released the Adrenalin 23.1.2 drivers exclusively for the Radeon RX 7900 series. Since December 8, 2022 (48 days ago), no updated driver has been released for older GPUs, including the RX 6000 series and the 7-month-old RX 6950 XT. As a...

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Release of NVIDIA GeForce 528.24 Game Ready Drivers

Release of NVIDIA GeForce 528.24 Game Ready Drivers

The most recent version of NVIDIA’s GeForce Game Ready drivers was released today. DLSS 3 support optimization for “Hitman 3,” “Marvel’s Midnight Suns,” and “Deliver us Mars” is introduced in version 528.24 WHQL. For “Forspoken” and the 2023 remake of “Dead Space,” the drivers include day-zero optimization. With this update,...

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Surfaces for Intel Arc A380 MXM Cards Have 50-75 W Power Limits

Surfaces for Intel Arc A380 MXM Cards Have 50-75 W Power Limits

A desktop Intel Arc “Alchemist” A380 GPU was installed by a Chinese OEM on an MXM board for mobile workstations and notebooks. This is a desktop A380 that has been modified into an MXM 3.1 type-A board that supports PCIe Gen 4 x8 and is not the mobile A380M. Three...

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16GB Arc A770 Photon Graphics Card from GUNNIR with Triple Fan Cooler

16GB Arc A770 Photon Graphics Card from GUNNIR with Triple Fan Cooler

The Arc A770 Photon graphics card from Chinese Intel Arc board partner GUNNIR has a 16 GB version with specifications that are somewhat similar to those of Intel’s A770 16 GB Limited Edition. Only 8 GB of memory is included in specially made A770s like the ASRock Phantom Gaming model....

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The 3 GHz barrier is broken by AMD RX 7900 XTX OC, but only in non-gaming workloads.

The 3 GHz barrier is broken by AMD RX 7900 XTX OC, but only in non-gaming workloads.

According to a ComputerBase.de article comparing the overclocking experiences of the RX 7000-series RDNA3 and NVIDIA RTX 40-series “Ada” architectures, AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 XTX RDNA3 graphics card does surpass the 3 GHz engine frequency barrier, but not in gaming use-cases. It was discovered that the RX 7900 XTX could...

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