Category: gpu
Dear tech industry, we don’t need to follow behind gaming with terrible product trade-in values
Recently a story made headlines concerning a potential seller finding out just how bad Microcenter’s trade-in value is for a Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card. The retailer only offered $700 for a card that’s currently priced at nearly $2000 on its own online store, less than half its original…
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Fans are recreating tech history by building their own vintage 3dfx Voodoo graphics card
At one point in history, a 3dfx-powered graphics card was nearly synonymous with consumer-accessible 3D acceleration thanks to tons of old Voodoo cards back in the 90s outfitted with 3dfx hardware. And now, two enthusiasts are building their own custom version of a classic Voodoo graphics card. Twitter / X…
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Faulty RTX 4090 connectors are still burning out – and one ‘smart’ solution has created even more problems
Remember the RTX 4090 cable-melting fiasco? Way back in November 2022, following the launch of Nvidia’s mighty new flagship RTX 4090 graphics card, there were scattered reports of the GPU’s power connector overheating and melting, effectively rendering the $1,599 component unusable. Now, almost a year and a half later, it…
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Nvidia’s RTX 5080 and 5090 GPUs might arrive later in 2024 — and it’s honestly way too soon
Nvidia’s next generation of graphics cards, reportedly known as Nvidia Blackwell, has been the subject of plenty of rumors since at least 2023. The most recent one seems to confirm that the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 will be launching in Q4 2024, according to Twitter leaker Kopite7kimi and reported…
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Intel powers up XeSS upscaling to deliver faster frame rates for Arc GPUs – up to 30% quicker – and better image quality
Intel has unleashed a new version of its XeSS upscaling tech that rivals Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR for speeding up frame rates in PC games. Intel XeSS 1.3 is fresh on the scene, although note that it’s still in preview testing right now, with Team Blue claiming some decent…
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Intel Battlemage leak gives us hope that maybe there’ll be a more powerful 2nd-gen Arc GPU after all
Intel’s Battlemage graphics cards have been something of a worry of late, what with the lack of leaks around these next-gen GPUs, but we’ve just been treated to another piece of spillage on the 2nd-gen products (following hot on the heels of a leak a few days ago). This comes…
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