RTX

RTX 3090 Modded to Work via a Ryzen Laptop’s M.2 Slot

Home News (Image credit: PC Watch) If you wanted to connect your laptop to a desktop GPU, generally, you have to use a Thunderbolt 3-based graphics dock of some kind. However, a mod from Kosin (a China offshoot of Lenovo) has demonstrated that there is another way. Kosin shared a video where one of its… Read more

RTX 3080 Mining Rig in a BMW’s Trunk Meant ‘Just to Annoy Gamers’

Home News (Image credit: Simon Byrne) Big-time miner Simon Byrne went the extra mile and made a portable RTX 3080 mining rig that is capable of going 0-60mph in under 4.5 seconds. The vehicle Byrne used is the BMW i8, and in the trunk is a small RTX 3080 farm with six GPUs. Simon uses… Read more

Aorus Adds Quad Slot GeForce RTX 3090 Master To the Family

Home News (Image credit: Gigabyte) If you thought Gigabyte was done making new RTX 3090 SKUs, you’d be wrong, Gigabyte has just released a new RTX 3090 model to the family, the Aorus Master: a huge quadruple slot card with a beefy triple-fan heatsink. Specs-wise you get the RTX 3090 GPU we all know, GA102… Read more

Gigabyte Aorus RGB Memory DDR4-3600 C18 2x8GB Review: Unexpected Strong Performer

Our Verdict Gigabyte’s Aorus RGB Memory DDR4-3600 C18 is a very nice memory kit that’s thwarted by a high price tag and limited availability. For Excellent performance Faster than the similarly-specced competition Against Too expensive Little room for overclocking Lighting requires proprietary software In today’s world, computer hardware vendors have to venture into new markets… Read more

Some RTX 3060 Cards Could Cost More Than RTX 3060 Tis

Home News GeForce RTX 3060 (Image credit: Nvidia) The GeForce RTX 3060 (codename Ampere) will launch next month at $329. However, early retailer pricing suggests that third-party GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card will likely cost a lot more than Nvidia’s MSRP – maybe even as much as the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. CCL Computers (via… Read more

NZXT Creates RTX 3080-Powered Sneakers

Home News (Image credit: Instagram) This isn’t something you see every day: Artifact Studios has made a sneaker that has all the bells and whistles of a full-grown gaming PC equipped with an RTX 3080 Founders Edition and paired with NZXT components. If you’re a fan of high-end sneakers and PC hardware, this is a… Read more

Hitman 3 Benchmarks and Performance

Home News (Image credit: IO Interactive) Hitman 3 just launched, and IO Interactive’s latest stealth assassination sandbox game has garnered high ratings from many publications — PC Gamer gives it a 90, for example. But what sort of hardware do you need to run the game properly? We’ve grabbed a copy from the Epic Games… Read more

GeForce RTX 3000 for notebooks: Max-Q disappears, but in reality it's still there

There is a little confusion about which versions of GeForce RTX GPUs are 1859, including standard and Max-Q, which will debut in new gaming notebooks. Let’s try to understand what is the approach taken now by NVIDIA of Paolo Corsini published 22 January 2021 , at 12: 01 in the Video Cards channel Max-Q NVIDIA… Read more

Passmark: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX dominates Intel competition in benchmarks

AMD recently introduced one of its new top models of the mobile Ryzen series, the Ryzen 9 5900 HX before. The first benchmark results are now available. And they can all be seen, both in single-core use and when using all cores, the Ryzen 9 lands 5900 HX ahead of the Intel competition and takes… Read more

RTX 2070 with 16 GB of memory? There are those who have tried the 'do it yourself'

A Russian youtuber tried to double the VRAM of the RTX 2070, taking it from 8 to 16 GB. By removing the 1 GB Micron chips and soldering 2 GB Samsung memory, he managed to create an unprecedented solution that worked (or almost). by Manolo De Agostini published 22 January 2021 , at 10: 21… Read more

AMD released new Radeon Software 20.1.1 drivers for its graphics cards and APUs

AMD’s new drivers bring official support for the Quake II RTX and Hitman 3, the latter of which promises to improve performance at its best 10%. AMD has released new drivers for its graphics cards and APUs. Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 21 1.1 drivers are available for Windows 7 and 10 operating systems and… Read more

PC modding: sneaker with integrated GeForce RTX 3080

Hardwareluxx and case modding belong together like the beach and the sea. At our annual modding contest, for 10 years, there have been extraordinary creations that astonish even our editors. We have already seen topics such as “Gold Rush” or complex modifications that are more reminiscent of a work of art than a computer. Even… Read more

AMD Updates Adrenalin Drivers for Hitman 3

Home News (Image credit: Hitman 3) AMD has launched a new graphics driver to support the new AAA title, Hitman 3, in all its glory. Adrenaline Driver 21.1.1, according to AMD, can add up to 10% more performance on Hitman 3 at 4K ultra settings with a Radeon RX 6800 XT, compared to previous driver… Read more

YouTuber Upgrades RTX 2070 to 16GB of VRAM

Home News (Image credit: YouTube) Wouldn’t it be cool to upgrade your graphics card with more VRAM? While the average person might not do it, YouTuber VIK-on published a video showcasing his journey to upgrading a Palit-branded GeForce RTX 2070 from 8GB of Micron GDDR6 to 16GB of Samsung GDDR6 memory. VIK-on first got the… Read more

Colorful Launches Largest and Fastest RTX 3060 Ti: Three Slots, Three Fans, 240W

Home News (Image credit: Colorful) Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is hardly the most power-hungry high-end graphics card ever introduced, yet manufacturers of add-in-boards equip such products with rather sophisticated cooling systems in a bid to maximize their overclocking potential and, to some degree, make them ‘look’ faster. Colorful seems to have outperformed its rivals… Read more