Tag: 3D

MSI interest lies in RTX GPUs The company responded to a question about why Radeon GPUs are not available in stores. MSI has clarified its stance on graphics cards, stating to HardwareLuxx that it is now prioritizing GeForce RTX cards. This doesn't mean a complete halt in Radeon GPU production from the Taiwanese company, nor does it suggest a permanent change in company plans; however, it does shed light on the scarcity of MSI Radeon GPUs in retail outlets. When it comes to graphics cards, our focus at the moment is actually more on RTX cards. Nevertheless, the collaboration with...Keep on reading: MSI confirms focus on GeForce RTX GPUs, as MSI Radeon cards are disappearing from stores

Radeon RX 6600 LE AMD has a special RDNA2 based desktop variant for Lenovo.  In case you forgot, Lenovo introduced a mysterious Radeon GPU back in December last year. A card dubbed Radeon RX 6600 LE was incorrectly assumed to be the "Lenovo Edition." Turns out it is not limited to Lenovo at all. The Chinese company Onda has just launched a new model called RX 6600 LE AEGIS, and we finally learn more about this card. First of all, Onda confirmed that the card features the same GPU specs as the RX 6600. This means 1792 Stream Processors and...Keep on reading: Another Radeon RX 6600 LE graphics card has been released in China

RTX 4060 Ti in short supply According to Board Channels, the site that aggregates news and whispers from board partner sources, the supply of AD106-based GPUs has decreased significantly. Overall, the supply of RTX 40 GPUs is not as good as partners expect, but one model is experiencing even less supply than others. The RTX 4060 Ti, both 8GB and 16GB versions, is experiencing a substantial decrease in supply in the first two weeks of April. It is reported that the distribution of RTX 4060 Ti models has decreased to a few dozen - 50 pieces per shipment. Apparently, each...Keep on reading: Board partners report GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GPUs are experiencing supply issues

Minisforum launches first Mini-PC with Intel CPU, AMD version planned as well The company has entered a highly competitive market.  Today, Colorful is introducing the CMNH01-12450, based on the 12th Gen Core CPU series known as Alder Lake-H45, which may now be considered a bit dated. With this move, the company has entered a highly competitive market where many brands offer systems with Intel and AMD CPUs, often at attractive prices. It's worth noting that Colorful has not announced pricing for this system yet. The Mini-PC features the Core i7-12450H, an 8-core processor with 8 P-Cores and 4 Efficient Cores....Keep on reading: Colorful enters Mini-PC market, Core Ultra 5 125H and Ryzen 7 8845H systems in the works

Gigabyte promises "Superior Stability" with its Intel Baseline motherboard profile for Core i9 CPUs Similarly to ASUS, Gigabyte has released the Intel Baseline Profile setting within its BIOS for 13th and 14th Gen Core CPUs, all in an effort to offer more stability to these CPUs. As we reported, various motherboard makers were offering generous power settings within their BIOS, typically diverging from Intel's recommendations, and typically this was done automatically. As a result, many users on Intel 13th and 14th Gen Core CPUs, especially those using the 13900K and 14900K models, were experiencing stability issues, crashes, and out-of-video-memory messages...Keep on reading: Gigabyte Z790 “Intel Baseline” profile puts Core i9-13900KF (QS) CPU into Core i7 tier

New Game Support Manor Lords Expanded HYPR-Tune Support Nightingale SKULL AND BONES™ Expanded Vulkan Extensions Support VK_KHR_shader_maximal_reconvergence VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering_local_readKeep on reading: (Driver) AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 24.4.1

AMD Strix Point and Halo specs have been leaked According to HKEPC, a 144-page document featuring specifications of AMD Ryzen CPUs based on Strix Point and Strix Halo series has been leaked. The document confirms the specs of both products, neither of which has been released yet. AMD is yet to unveil the full specs of its next-gen APU series based on Zen5 architecture, so this leak certainly tells us a lot more. Starting with Strix Point (listed as STX), we have 12 Zen5 cores and 24 threads. The L2 cache is mentioned as 12MB total and L3 cache size...Keep on reading: AMD Ryzen 9050 “Strix Halo” specs leaked: 16 Zen5 cores and 40 RDNA3.5 CUs, LP5x-8000 memory and 32MB MALL cache

ThinkBook TGX features OCulink with full 64 Gbps bandwidth An alternative to slow Thunderbolt eGPUs.  This product was announced at CES, but it wasn't seen in action until now. The ThinkBook TGX is a GPU enclosure that uses a custom connection based on PCIe Gen4 specs. The connector is very much like OCulink, and unofficially, it is, in fact, OCulink. Officially, it is advertised as TGX and should work with Lenovo ThinkBook 14/16 laptops featuring Core Ultra CPUs. Modern GPU enclosures are commonly equipped with Thunderbolt 3 or 4 connections. Both technically offer the same bandwidth, which in this case...Keep on reading: Lenovo ThinkBook TGX GPU enclosure released in China at $200, features OCulink 64 Gbps connector

Affordable DisplayPort 2.0 monitor enables 4K 165Hz gaming, now available in China The world's first of this type.  4K 165Hz monitor with DP2.0 and HDMI 2.1, Source: SDC Recently in China, a company called SDC (Super Display Co) released a 1080p, 500 Hz gaming monitor. Priced at 2499 RMB (around $345), it has already received positive reviews. Additionally, SDC introduced another monitor, the SDC 27X1U, a 27-inch 4K 165Hz model. This monitor comes with several unique features for its price segment ($400-500), including support for DisplayPort 2.0. As previously mentioned, there has been a lack of gaming monitors with DP...Keep on reading: SDC launches 4K 165Hz Nano-IPS monitor with DisplayPort 2.0 at $415

Gaming Highlights: Intel® Game On Driver support on Intel® Arc™ A-series Graphics GPUs and Intel® Core™ Ultra with built-in Intel® Arc™ GPUs for: Manor LordsKeep on reading: (Driver) INTEL Arc Graphics 31.0.101.5445