Arc A380 from Intel is clocked up after a driver update

Arc A380 from Intel is clocked up after a driver update

Intel Graphics came up with a novel strategy to boost the performance of their budget Arc A380 graphics cards. Intel has provided the A380 with a free vendor overclock whereas other companies block BIOS updates and generally oppose overclocking. Intel has raised the GPU’s basic frequency with the newest Arc...

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This quarter, AMD confirms the release of new “enthusiast-class” Radeon 7000-series graphics cards.

This quarter, AMD confirms the release of new “enthusiast-class” Radeon 7000-series graphics cards.

AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su stated during the company’s financial results call for the second quarter of 2023 that new “enthusiast-class” gaming graphics cards will be released in the third quarter of 2023 (anytime before October). “In the second quarter, we introduced our entry-level RX 7600 cards for 1080p gaming,...

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VRR Enabled AMD Radeon RX 6000/7000 GPUs Reduce Idle Power Consumption by 81%

VRR Enabled AMD Radeon RX 6000/7000 GPUs Reduce Idle Power Consumption by 81%

People from ComputerBase have benchmarked AMD Radeon RX 6000 and RX 700 series GPUs based on RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 GPU architectures. These were power consumption benchmarks rather than typical performance measurements. Their most recent findings show that setting Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) helps reduce AMD Radeon cards’ idle...

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Image of a Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE: A Special China-Specific SKU

Image of a Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE: A Special China-Specific SKU

The Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE, a special China-specific product that isn’t just its own Sapphire custom-design but also a completely distinct SKU, is shown in some of the early images below. This would be one of the RX 7900 GRE’s first custom design implementations, which we originally learnt about...

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Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT GPUs May Launch in September, According to a Leak

Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT GPUs May Launch in September, According to a Leak

More leaks have come from sources in Asia as we approach closer to a potential late summer/early autumn availability window for mid-range AMD Radeon RX 7000-series gaming graphics cards. According to Benchlife, “in addition to Radeon RX 7900 GRE, AMD and its AIB partners are also preparing two Navi 32...

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Pricing for the Intel Arc A750 Drops to a New Low of $180

Pricing for the Intel Arc A750 Drops to a New Low of $180

A powerful DirectX 12 Ultimate-capable 1080p gaming graphics card, the Intel Arc A750 has consistently been demonstrated by its designers to be on par with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 in terms of performance, with each new driver release addressing performance issues unique to individual games. On Newegg, an ASRock...

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Benchmarks for the AMD Radeon RX 7700 and RX 7800 have been leaked.

Benchmarks for the AMD Radeon RX 7700 and RX 7800 have been leaked.

Hardware leaker All_The_Watts!! has made public a set of intriguing 3DMark Time Spy test results that are said to have been generated by pre-production Radeon RX 7700 and Radeon RX 7800 graphics cards (said to be based on Navi 32 GPU variations). The middle ground is notably underrepresented in the...

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AMD intends to release its Radeon RX 7800 and RX 7700 series in September.

AMD intends to release its Radeon RX 7800 and RX 7700 series in September.

With the RX 7800 series and RX 7700 series, AMD intends to bridge the gap between its entry-level Radeon RX 7600 and enthusiast-class RX 7900 XT. An announcement or teaser is anticipated at 2023 Gamescom, which is set for August. Up to four new graphics card SKUs could be revealed,...

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GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition with Updated Power Connector Now Available from NVIDIA

GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition with Updated Power Connector Now Available from NVIDIA

The GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition cards from NVIDIA are already being shipped with an upgraded 12VHPWR connector called 12V-2×6, as we revealed a few weeks ago. But as of today, NVIDIA is also offering the GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition with an upgraded 12V-2×6 connection for purchase. Thanks to...

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Release of AMD Software Adrenalin 23.7.1 WHQL

Release of AMD Software Adrenalin 23.7.1 WHQL

AMD released the Adrenalin 23.7.1 WHQL drivers late on Thursday. Since the previous 23.5.2 drivers, they have not been optimized for any new games, but they do add a number of new Vulkan API extensions and address a few bugs. In specifically, they include eight additional extensions spanning the Khronos...

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