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Leo Says Ep. 61 – Nvidia wants to rule the world

Nvidia made a big splash when they announced their planned CPU named Grace at their recent virtual GTC event. We all know about Nvidia’s GPUs and we are sort-of aware of Bluefield which is described as a DPU. Now Nvidia also has plans for a CPU, so that means they have a Three Chip Strategy… Read more

Samsung Galaxy Book Odyssey is the first laptop to feature the RTX 3050 Ti GPU

João Silva 18 hours ago Featured Tech News, Laptop / Mobile Samsung Unpacked just took place this week and this time around, Samsung introduced a new gaming laptop – the Galaxy Book Odyssey. While we have seen listings and rumours about laptops equipped with an RTX 3050 Ti GPU, the Galaxy Book Odyssey is the… Read more

Revised RTX 30 series GPUs with mining limiter reportedly shipping next month

João Silva 19 hours ago Featured Tech News, Graphics Nvidia AIB partners have reportedly been informed about the GAxx2 GPUs with new anti-mining capabilities and Resizable BAR support enabled by default. Named LHR (Lite Hash Rate), the revised RTX 30 GPUs should start shipping in the middle of May. We’ve already shared that Nvidia was… Read more

Rumours point to RTX 3080 Ti announcement on 18th May

João Silva 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Graphics We might be just three weeks away from seeing the RTX 3080 Ti announced. The upcoming graphics card has been rumoured for a long time now and has reportedly been hit with multiple delays. However, sources now reckon we’ll finally see the GPU in action next… Read more

Your Odds of Winning Newegg Shuffle Are Just 0.001%

Home News (Image credit: Newegg) It’s no secret that buying components is a basically a bloodsport at this point. In an attempt to let real people, rather than bots and scalpers, buy components, retailer Newegg instituted the Newegg Shuffle to create a lottery for a chance to buy parts. What are your chances, though? Newegg… Read more

Nvidia has reinstated its RTX 3060 Ethereum cryptocurrency mining limit

Nvidia is trying again to limit the use of its RTX 3060 graphics cards for mining Ethereum, with a new update once again adding a hash limiter to the GPU, via VideoCardz.com. If that sounds familiar to you, that’s because it’s not the first time that Nvidia has tried to nerf mining performance on the… Read more

Nvidia’s Enhanced Anti-Mining GPU Limiter Debuts in Mid-May

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstck) Nvidia released its GeForce 466.24 driver today, wherein the chipmaker also confirmed the exact arrival date of its improved anti-mining limiter. Listed as one of the driver’s new features, the bullet point reads: “This driver updates the hash limiter for the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB and is required for product… Read more

Zotac Unveils GeForce RTX 3090 ArcticStorm: 16+4-Phase VRM & Water Block

Home News (Image credit: Zotac) Zotac has introduced its new GeForce RTX 3090 ArcticStorm graphics card that features an advanced 20-phase voltage regulating module (VRM) and comes equipped with a stylish waterblock with built-in addressable RGB LEDs. There is a catch about this board though: it is not factory overclocked. Image 1 of 6 (Image credit: Zotac)… Read more

AMD vs Nvidia: Which GPUs Are Best for Ray Tracing?

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The best graphics cards should let you play your favorite games with stunning visual effects, including life-like reflections and shadows. Sure, ray tracing may not radically improve the look of some games, but you should be the one to decide whether or not to enable it. Getting locked out… Read more

Samsung announces a cheaper entry-level Galaxy Book with no OLED

Samsung announced two entry-level Galaxy Book laptops at its Unpacked event: the Galaxy Book and the Galaxy Book Flex2 Alpha. The former will start at around $800 (according to Samsung, that price is subject to change) and will launch in the second half of 2021, whereas the Flex2 Alpha starts at $849 and is available… Read more

Samsung’s Galaxy Book Odyssey introduces Nvidia’s new RTX 3050 Ti

Samsung is announcing its new Galaxy Book Odyssey gaming laptop today, complete with Nvidia’s unannounced GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and 3050 graphics cards. The 15.6-inch (1080p) gaming laptop starts at $1,399 and will ship with Intel’s 11th Gen Core H i5 or i7 processors, up to 32GB of RAM, and up to 2TB of SSD… Read more

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050, 3050 Ti Appear in Samsung Galaxy Book Odyssey

Home News (Image credit: Samsung) Samsung will be among the first with a laptop featuring Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti, as announced during its Galaxy Unpacked event today. This further confirms additional graphics cards that Nvidia has yet to formally announce. The two are listed as Max-Q variants of the graphics cards… Read more

Nvidia’s Anti-Mining Ampere GPUs Are Allegedly En Route

Home News Ampere Graphics Cards (Image credit: Nvidia) VideoCardz has shared an update on Nvidia’s revised Ampere graphics cards with the improved anti-mining limiter. According to alleged information obtained from its sources, Nvidia will ship this new “Lite Hash Rate” series in the middle of May. That means some of the best graphics cards should… Read more

HyperX and MSI break DDR4 overclocking world record again with 7.2GHz speeds

Matthew Wilson 8 hours ago Featured Announcement, Memory Earlier this month, HyperX and MSI were able to set a new DDR4 memory overclocking world record, reaching speeds of 7156MHz. Now, just a few weeks later, this record has been broken, with MSI and HyperX hitting 7.2GHz speeds. HyperX is of course the gaming division of… Read more

eGPU Scaling Benchmark w/ Cooler Master EG200

Dominic Moass 11 hours ago Featured Tech Reviews, Graphics External GPU enclosures have been around for a few years now, most of them using Thunderbolt 3 which provides four PCIe 3.0 lanes. We’ve tested a few solutions over the years, including Razer’s Core X and the Sapphire GearBox, but today we’re taking a closer look… Read more