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AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Review

Introduction The Radeon RX 6700 XT is the new kid on the block from AMD, and arguably its most important RX 6000 series graphics card launched to date as it’s the most affordable (on paper) and targets the heart of the performance segment. The card is designed for high refresh-rate 1440p gaming and capable of… Read more

ASUS Radeon RX 6700 XT STRIX OC Review

Introduction We have with us the ASUS ROG STRIX Radeon RX 6700 XT O12G, the company’s top custom-design RX 6700 XT graphics card. AMD today launched the RX 6700 XT along with the new Navi 22 silicon, to take the fight to NVIDIA’s sub-$500 performance segment, including popular SKUs such as the GeForce RTX 3060… Read more

MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming X Review

Introduction We have with us the MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming X, a premium custom-design graphics card based on the new RX 6700 XT AMD is debuting today. With this, AMD is taking the fight to NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and RTX 3070, heating things up in the sub-$500 market segment. With the… Read more

Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 XT Nitro+ Review

Introduction Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 XT Nitro+ is the company’s most premium take on AMD’s new RX 6700 XT graphics card that’s debuting today. Positioned bang in the middle of the performance segment, with a starting price under $500, the RX 6700 XT launches AMD’s second, smaller silicon based on the RDNA2 architecture, and brings… Read more

XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT Merc 319 Black Review

Introduction XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT Speedster Merc 319 is the company’s premium custom-design Radeon RX 6700 XT card debuting today. With this, AMD intends to dominate the performance segment, taking the fight to popular NVIDIA Ampere SKUs such as the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and even RTX 3070. The card is targeted at serious… Read more

PowerColor RX 6700 XT Red Devil Review

Introduction PowerColor announced its top custom design AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card, the RX 6700 XT Red Devil. After surprising everyone with competitive graphics cards in the enthusiast segment with the RX 6800 series and the flagship RX 6900 XT, AMD is turning its attention to the segment that earns NVIDIA the most… Read more

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT review: Nvidia wins this round

Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Unless AMD actually sells them for $479, of course AMD and Nvidia are pretending they live in a fantasy world, one where you can buy a state-of-the-art graphics card for under $700. Heck, a fantasy world where you can buy a new AMD GPU at all — though… Read more

Nvidia Cops to Uncapping Crypto Performance on RTX 3060

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Nvidia’s now taken full culpability for accidentally removing its own RTX 3060 anti-mining lock, according to a statement the company made to The Verge earlier today. This follows a recent RTX 3060 beta driver release that seemed to inadvertently unlock the card’s full crypto mining potential, despite claims that multiple… Read more

Nvidia’s RTX 3050 Pops Up in Unreleased Tiger Lake-H Laptop

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) The ever-insightful benchmark database detective @TUM_APISAK has just shared Geekbench 5 results for a Samsung laptop powered by unreleased hardware from both Intel and Nvidia. The mysterious laptop in question is called the 760XDA, and it comes equipped with a Core i5-11400H processor and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 mobile… Read more

Asus ROG Strix G15 2021 review: A gaming laptop masterclass

(Pocket-lint) – For 2021 it seems like Asus is going after competitive gamers with the 2021 versions of the ROG Strix G15 and G17. The G15 is now not only more compact than the previous model, but also boasts Nvidia’s RTX 3000 series graphics cards. Something that’s notoriously hard to get hold of in the desktop… Read more

Nvidia Hacks Its Own GeForce RTX 3060 Anti-Mining Lock (Updated)

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Early reports are piling up that cryptominers have deciphered Nvidia’s anti-mining algorithm on the GeForce RTX 3060. Theoretically, it’s one of the best graphics cards, if you could find one for anything close to the official $329 MSRP. The Ampere graphics card was also supposed to be less attractive to… Read more

MSI MPG Artymis 343CQR Review: Extreme 1000R Curve for Maximum Realism

Our Verdict Tightly curved monitors like the MSI MPG Artymis 343CQR can really enhance gameplay, especially in first-person environments. With class-leading contrast, accurate out-of-box color and superb HDR, the 343CQR should be on everyone’s curved screen short list. For High contrast Accurate out-of-box color Solid gaming performance 1000R curve Against Slightly light gamma Blur reduction… Read more

System76 Launches Thelio Mira: Premium Linux-Based Desktops with AMD Ryzen 5000

Home News (Image credit: System76) Leading workstation vendors offer Linux-based machines with the latest hardware inside, but those PCs are expensive and are not exactly home-friendly due to their expansive design. Meanwhile, buying a boutique desktop PC with Linux is somewhat tricky. Fortunately for Linux users, there are companies like System76, which just launched its… Read more

Intel’s Raja Koduri Teases Xe HPG GPU Development Board

Home News (Image credit: Raja Koduri/Twitter) A star engineer, Raja Koduri is one of the Intel executives who tends to reveal development progress of upcoming products via social media. A couple of months ago, he announced that the first GPU based on Intel’s Intel’s Xe HPG architecture had powered on, and this week, he seemingly… Read more

GPU Pricing Index: Tracking eBay Sadness

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Our GPU pricing index tracks all the best graphics cards and pretty much everything else in our GPU benchmarks hierarchy. Yes, they’re still sold out at retail, which means the fastest way to buy one is to pay extreme pricing on eBay. Sadly, after a drop in Ethereum mining… Read more