NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards are being disassembled in special Chinese factories and reassembled as AI-friendly GPUs.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards are being disassembled in special Chinese factories and reassembled as AI-friendly GPUs.

A number of major semiconductor companies, such as NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel, have been severely harmed by the new U.S. government limits on AI hardware exports to China, which prevent them from offering high-performance AI processors for sale in China. Because of their powerful computing power, NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4090...

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There are shortages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 in Japan.

There are shortages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 in Japan.

A PC USER investigative journalist went to Tokyo’s Akihabara Electric Town district where they spoke to shop clerks working at various retail stores in order to conduct an in-person survey of PC hardware buying trends in the areas of graphics cards, DDR5 memory, and gaming keyboards. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX...

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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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Upgraded GPU for NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090: AD102-301

Upgraded GPU for NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4090: AD102-301

A new RTX 4090 Founders Edition has been sighted featuring an updated AD102-301 GPU. There have already been speculations that NVIDIA plans to deliver new GPU variations to several of its RTX 40 series graphics cards, specifically the RTX 4070 and the RTX 4080. According to earlier rumors, a new...

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Need for Speed Unbound issues with the RTX 4090 can only be resolved with a VBIOS update.

Need for Speed Unbound issues with the RTX 4090 can only be resolved with a VBIOS update.

A problem with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 “Ada” graphics card was discovered by Need for Speed Unbound (NFS Unbound), the newest installment of the well-known and genre-defining race sim from EA, which was released today. This issue cannot be resolved by simply updating the game or the drivers. Never...

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With undervolting and nearly halving its power limit, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 only loses 8% performance.

With undervolting and nearly halving its power limit, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 only loses 8% performance.

According to an undervolting adventure review by Korean tech journal Quasar Zone, the enormous NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 “Ada” graphics card has the potential to be a very efficient high-end graphics card with a daily-use undervolt and with its power-limit reduced. The reviewer reduced software-level power-limits when testing the RTX...

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Leaked Benchmarks Show that NVIDIA RTX 4080 Outperforms RTX 3090 Ti Despite Being 20–30% Slower than RTX 4090.

Leaked Benchmarks Show that NVIDIA RTX 4080 Outperforms RTX 3090 Ti Despite Being 20–30% Slower than RTX 4090.

As the leaky taps in the Asian tech forumscape know no bounds, benchmarks of NVIDIA’s upcoming GeForce RTX 4080 (formerly known as the RTX 4080 16 GB) are already available. On the ChipHell forums, someone with access to an RTX 4080 sample and drivers put it through a series of...

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Most Expensive Custom RTX 4080 MicroCenter Pricing Leak: RTX 4090 MSRP is Just $50 Away

Most Expensive Custom RTX 4080 MicroCenter Pricing Leak: RTX 4090 MSRP is Just $50 Away

A pricing leak of custom-design NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 cards on well-known PC components supplier MicroCenter indicates that the most costly model will cost $1,550, which is just $50 less than the $1,600 baseline MSRP of the far faster RTX 4090. The most intriguing conclusion to be drawn from this...

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The RTX 4090 cards with burned power connectors should be collected and sent to HQ, according to NVIDIA.

The RTX 4090 cards with burned power connectors should be collected and sent to HQ, according to NVIDIA.

In response to complaints that the power connector on its new GeForce RTX 4090 “Ada” graphics cards is faulty and may cause a fire, NVIDIA has released a statement. All retail graphics cards with burned power connectors are to be collected by the company’s add-in card (AIC) partners, businesses that...

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NVIDIA RTX 4090 Scalped Unavailable, Company Tests “Verified Priority Access” Buying Program

NVIDIA RTX 4090 Scalped Unavailable, Company Tests “Verified Priority Access” Buying Program

It’s barely been a day, and the $1600-2000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 “Ada” graphics card is now unavailable in driving US retailers like Newegg. Either the stock was barely large enough to last a day, or the scourge of scalping is back to get graphics card purchasers. NVIDIA is trying...

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