Tag: 3D

Intel's Granite shows 'Rapid' growth The LGA-7529 socket that has been leaked earlier this week is measured to be significantly bigger than current Xeon CPU. Intel LGA-7529 socket, Source: Yuuki_AnS According to SkyJuice60 (Angstronomics) and YuuKi_AnS photos, the new socket called 7529 not only will offer 61% more pins than current LGA-4677 platform for Sapphire/Emerald Rapids, but it will also be significantly larger. The package die area is estimated to be 105x70.5 mm, which means an increase of 70% compared to current Xeon series. Next generation Xeon platform codenamed "Birch Stream-AP" is expected to support two products, namely Granite Rapids and...Keep on reading: Intel Granite Rapids CPUs could be 1.7x bigger than Sapphire Rapids

Intel Xe2 HPG & LPG In an exclusive interview with HardwareLuxx, Intel confirmed its Xe architecture will be split between discrete and integrated solutions. Intel Fellow, Tom Petersen, confirmed Intel Xe architecture will feature LPG and HPG variants. The decision to split the architecture came with time as the company realized that its IP has to be differentiated and optimized for these two vastly different segments. This will be a further segmentation of Intel's graphics portfolio enabling similar feature sets among different products. Intel has already been shipping HPC (data-center), LP (low-power) and HPG (gaming) under an umbrella of Xe...Keep on reading: Intel confirms upcoming Xe2-LPG architecture for integrated graphics

AMD has been undershipping GPUs/CPUs while keeping prices high AMD has been playing a supply and demand game. This might be why Radeon and Ryzen prices have been relatively high in late 2022. AMD CEO admitted during the latest earning call with investors and analysts that the company has been restraining chip supply for two consecutive quarters. Furthermore, the company will continue to undership in Q1 to a 'lesser extent': We do believe the first quarter is the bottom for our PC market -- for our PC business, and we'll see some growth in the second quarter and then a...Keep on reading: AMD admits to be undershipping CPUs and GPUs

NVIDIA's new RTX 6000 has been tested in 3DMark Reddit has a thread featuring NVIDIA's recently launched RTX 6000 ADA graphics card. This is thus far the most powerful variant of AD102 GPU on the market. The RTX 6000 ADA is not a gaming card, though. NVIDIA has a separate line of workstation models designed specifically for that purpose. For this reason, this card actually has significantly lower TDP (300W) compared to RTX 4090 (450W). NVIDIA RTX 6000 ADA, Source: Healthy-Blood-54 Redditor claims that the card runs 85°C with fans at around 70%, it is not louder than RTX A6000...Keep on reading: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada has been tested in 3DMark

First AMD Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs to launch on February 28th AMD has confirmed the launch date and pricing for its Ryzen 7000X3D series.  AMD Ryzen 7000X3D Pricing, Source: AMD The company reveals that its flagship 16-core Ryzen 9 7950X3D will cost just as much as the 'original' Ryzen 9 7950X 16-core Zen4 at launch, which is $699. This processor will launch alongside Ryzen 9 7900X3D, which is a 12-core version on February 28th. AMD has priced this model at $599, which is $50 more than what 7900X was at launch. These Ryzen 9 X3D CPUs are to be followed by...Keep on reading: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D launches February 28th, costs $699

Intel says Game On, Arc A750 GPU is now cheaper Intel announced a price cut on their mid-range GPU to tackle GeForce RTX 3060. GPU maker reduces the price of A750 GPU to $249 in the US, which is $30 cheaper than at launch. The price reduction is to be applied worldwide, but Intel is not sharing pricing for other regions. Intel has disclosed the improvements of its new '4086' driver (although the latest driver is 4091). It is said to deliver 10% to 77% higher performance with Arc A750 GPU. The new driver also improves frame times significantly compared...Keep on reading: Intel drops the price of Arc A750 GPU to just $249, new driver gets performance improvements

AMD A620 motherboard specs Initial specs for AMD's budget AM5 motherboard series have been leaked. Hardware leaker "chi11eddog" who had shared confidential AMD/MSI information before, claims to have specs of the A620 chipset. This is an entry-level chipset with AMD AM5 socket for the latest Ryzen 7000 CPU series. According to the specs, the B620 will not support PCI Express Gen5. This is a downgrade compared to B650 series, which offers optional Gen5 in their Extreme variant and Gen4 support by default. Similarly to B650, 28 CPU PCIe lanes will be available, but only Gen4 support is guaranteed. Furthermore, the...Keep on reading: AMD A620 motherboards lack PCIe Gen5 support but can overclock RAM

Intel Arc Control no longer just an overlay app As expected, Intel is launching its new drivers with updated Arc Control. Intel Arc Control in "Standalone Desktop Mode", Source: VideoCardz The rumors were true, Intel will now be offering two displaying options for its Arc Control software. The overlay mode can now be disabled and changed to standalone desktop mode, meaning that the application will be displayed just as any other Windows software. Intel has not completely removed the overlay option, instead users can now choose between overlay and desktop modes, or alternatively both. Should this option be chosen, the...Keep on reading: Intel Arc Control GPU software gets ‘Standalone Desktop Mode’

Launch driver for 13th Generation Intel® Core™ Mobile Processors with Intel® Iris® Xe and UHD Graphics (Codename Raptor Lake-P). Intel® Arc™ Control now supports a standalone desktop modeKeep on reading: (Driver) INTEL Arc & Iris Graphics Driver 31.0.101.4091

DigiTimes: Intel planning price cuts for Alder Lake CPUs Intel had quietly increased the retail price of their 12th Gen Core series at the beginning of this month. This increase was often unnoticeable because the pricing has not really changed at retailers. The price change only affected the 12th Gen Core series, with no updates for 13th Gen series. It is now reported that Intel will lower the price of select 12th Gen Core CPUs by up to 20%. This was stated by DigiTimes, who expect price updates for Alder Lake based chips, including the flagship Core i9 series. What...Keep on reading: Intel expected to cut 12th Gen Core i9 processor pricing by up to 20%