Tag: Computing Components
Nvidia RTX 5080 leak gets some PC gamers worried that Team Green hasn’t learned from RTX 4080 fiasco
A fresh piece of speculation on Nvidia’s next-gen Blackwell GPUs has got some folks concerned about how the RTX 5080 might turn out – bringing back bad memories of the fumbled RTX 4080 launch (with that disappointing spec, and the whole faux pas with the canceled 12GB version). Kopite7kimi, a…
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Older Nvidia GPUs could get faster frame rates with this unofficial tweak – but we don’t recommend it
Nvidia GTX 16 and RTX 20 series GPUs can get a bit of a performance boost thanks to a new mod that brings the Resizable BAR (or ReBAR) feature to these graphics cards. A quick refresher: ReBAR first came to light at the turn of the decade as AMD’s Smart…
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Ray tracing could soon be coming to a CPU near you, thanks to one developer
Ray tracing is one of the most cutting-edge technologies in the PC gaming world, with its full potential remaining locked despite how much more powerful the best graphics cards have gotten. However, one developer seeks to test whether a processor can ray tracing in any capacity. So far the answer…
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The new Intel Arc graphics driver boosts gaming performance by up to 155%
Intel has released a new driver for its Intel Arc graphics cards, specifically the ‘Meteor Lake’ Intel Core Ultra mobile processors with built-in Arc graphics cards. The new driver update includes performance updates for cards like the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Ultra 5 125H, and Ultra 9 185H and…
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Microsoft teams up with Nvidia, AMD, and Intel to provide the ‘missing link’ that’ll boost upscaling for PC games
Microsoft has just announced DirectSR, a new application programming interface (API) designed in partnership with major GPU manufacturers that will allow game developers to enable “seamless integration of Super Resolution into a new generation of PC games.” Programmer Joshue Tucker notes in the official blog post that “DirectSR is the…
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 could be up to 70% faster than the 4090, but its best chips might be reserved for AI
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card has been the subject of plenty of rumors since at least last year, and the latest gives us two new surprising details on what we can expect from the possible next-gen graphics card. The RTX 5090 most likely will be based on the…
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