A single-slot, low-profile AMD Radeon RX 6300 graphics card is now available in China.

A single-slot, low-profile AMD Radeon RX 6300 graphics card is now available in China.

On Chinese peer-to-peer marketplaces, an odd AMD Radeon RX 6300 desktop graphics card that is exclusive to OEMs was discovered. The graphics card has two HDMI 2.1 connections for display outputs and is a real single-slot, half-height (low-profile) graphics card with active fan-based cooling. The card has a PCI-Express 4.0...

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A driver fix is being worked on for the 3% of AMD Radeon users who may experience unusually low 3DMark TimeSpy performance.

A driver fix is being worked on for the 3% of AMD Radeon users who may experience unusually low 3DMark TimeSpy performance.

According to UL Benchmarks, the creators of the 3DMark graphics test suite, about 3% of users with AMD Radeon graphics cards may encounter 3DMark TimeSpy performance that is below average. When a Google developer found that his RX 7900 XTX was performing less than expected in TimeSpy, he raised the...

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China-only 13th Gen “Dark SKUs” from Intel: Price Drops

China-only 13th Gen “Dark SKUs” from Intel: Price Drops

In an effort to better cater to the PC gaming market in China, Intel introduced a few 13th Gen Core SKUs there in February. Both the Core i5-13490F (6P+4E but with 24 MB L3 cache) and the Core i7-13790F (8P+8E but with 33 MB L3 cache) fit into this category....

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The RTX 4070 from NVIDIA is rumored to debut on April 13.

The RTX 4070 from NVIDIA is rumored to debut on April 13.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (non-Ti) is expected to ship in April, and as of right now, the predicted launch date is April 13th. The most recent information was leaked by well-known Twitter user hongxing2020, who has a solid track record and had accurate launch dates for the RTX 30...

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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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Adrenalin Edition 23.3.1 WHQL GPU drivers are released by AMD.

Adrenalin Edition 23.3.1 WHQL GPU drivers are released by AMD.

The most recent Adrenalin drivers for Radeon graphics cards have been released by AMD. The most recent Adrenalin 23.3.1 WHQL drivers include numerous upgrades and support for the video games Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty and Halo Infinite Ray Tracing Update. Support for these games dates back to RX 400. Most...

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Mixed Results After Adding 24GB DDR5 Modules on AMD Ryzen 7000 Platform—POSTs but Doesn’t Boot

Mixed Results After Adding 24GB DDR5 Modules on AMD Ryzen 7000 Platform—POSTs but Doesn’t Boot

The past month has seen the introduction of DDR5 memory modules with densities of 24 GB and 48 GB, resulting in capacities of 48 GB (2x 24 GB), 96 GB (2x 48 GB or 4x 24 GB), and even 192 GB (4x 48 GB). The only catch is that these...

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NVIDIA plans to eliminate its stock of GA104 cards by making GeForce RTX 3060 out of them.

NVIDIA plans to eliminate its stock of GA104 cards by making GeForce RTX 3060 out of them.

The GeForce RTX 3060 “Ampere” graphics card is currently being prepared by NVIDIA using the substantially larger “GA104” silicon. This SKU will contain 12 GB of faster 19 Gbps GDDR6X memory. This results in a staggering 456 GB/s of memory bandwidth across a 192-bit memory bus, exceeding the bandwidth of...

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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT now has a starting price of $800 in direct competition with RTX 4070 Ti.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT now has a starting price of $800 in direct competition with RTX 4070 Ti.

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT RDNA3 graphics card is now available for $800 on the US online store Newegg, with prices for the card on the down. The price of the custom-designed ASRock RX 7900 XT Phantom Gaming graphics card has been staying steady at $799.99 for about a...

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High CPU Usage Is Caused by a Problem in NVIDIA Game Ready Driver 531.18

High CPU Usage Is Caused by a Problem in NVIDIA Game Ready Driver 531.18

After closing a game, the CPU use of the NVIDIA Display Container process can increase by as much as 15%, according to a new problem that was included in last week’s update of NVIDIA’s Game Ready Driver. The bug was just acknowledged by NVIDIA and given the bug track ID...

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