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Nvidia's next series of consumer graphics cards might launch as early as July 2022. Today, the Twitter tech tipster with an excellent track record, Kopite7kimi, informed his followers that Ada Lovelove will potentially come out in "Q3 early."Ada Lovelace is Nvidia's codename for the GPU architecture behind the next-generation GeForce series of consumer graphics cards, due later this year. Naturally, therefore, we must take the Kopite7kimi Tweet with a dose of salt, but if true, the indications are we will see Nvidia…

AMD's has released its new Fidelity FX Super Resolution 2.0 (FSR 2.0) upscaling technology, showing massive image quality improvements over FSR 1.0. Based on our testing, FSR 2.0's upscaling quality appears to be on par with Nvidia's latest DLSS 2.3 version. Even better, FSR 2.0 doesn't require any special machine learning hardware like Nvidia's tensor cores, meaning it will run on all of the best graphics cards and basically every GPU released in the past several years.A quick disclaimer: the above is based on our…

DRAM stands for dynamic random access memory and is a type of semiconductor memory seen in RAM and GPUs (aka graphics cards).DRAM memory works by storing bits of data in a capacitor inside an integrated circuit. It requires periodic refreshing (unlike SRAM) to keep data because its capacitors slowly release energy. DRAM is cheaper than SRAM and can store more data. However, DRAM-based components take longer to access data than SRAM-based ones and use more power.DRAM in RAM KitsSDRAM aka SDR SDRAM (synchronous dynamic RAM…

Cryptocurrencies big and small are having a rough time right now, with unprecedented drops and losses that may take a while to bounce back. Seeing as graphics card prices are often affected by the situation in the crypto market, can we expect to see an improvement in the state of the GPU shortage? ChesNot/GettyImages The crypto market is fairly volatile on the best of days, but the past week or so has been one of the hardest the cryptocurrency world has ever seen. After the high peaks of November 2021, the major…

AMD has officially unveiled its heavily leaked and rumoured Radeon RX 6x50 series GPUs, which are clocked slightly higher than their Radeon RX 6x00 counterparts but have corresponding higher TDP ratings. Performance should be slightly improved, allowing AMD to compete better with Nvidia and upcoming rival Intel. Demand for GPUs is rising as the market has slowly begun to normalise, following years of constrained supply and inflated prices caused due to cryptocurrency mining demand and the global semiconductor…

Star Citizen developers CIG (Cloud Imperium Games) have officially killed off support for Windows 7 and GPUs older than Nvidia's GTX 700 via its release of Alpha 3.17 which now requires DirectX 11.1 to operate. The API change was necessary as the massive game studio continues to transition Star Citizen to its new Gen12 rendering engine and eventually to the Vulkan API.Star Citizen has been in development for a very long time -- in fact, the 700 series just launched when CIG first introduced a playable part of the game…

Intel has provided more details on the release roadmap for its long-awaited discrete Arc GPUs in a new blog post. The company plans to use a staggered approach, which will prioritize system builders and OEMs in China when it comes to its desktop graphics cards. Meanwhile its laptop chips are currently exclusive to Samsung laptops in South Korea, but the hope is to expand to other manufacturers and markets soon. Intel says it’s working with other laptop manufacturers like Lenovo, Acer, HP, and Asus to get their laptops…

A new report reveals that Intel Arc Alchemist desktop graphics cards may be delayed yet again, perhaps even until late summer 2022. If the rumor proves to be true, this spells bad news for Intel, as both AMD and Nvidia are set to release next-gen GPUs around that time. A long road It’s been a long, winding, and rocky road for Intel Arc Alchemist GPUs in their desktop versions. Initially, we expected to see them launch in 2021, but they were first pushed back to the second quarter of 2022 and, eventually, to summer…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined Nvidia $5.5 million for allegedly failing to disclose the influence crypto mining had on its GPU sales during 2018. The agency said it settled charges against Nvidia “for inadequate disclosures concerning the impact of cryptomining on the company’s gaming business.” A cryptocurrency miner attached to a laptop Getty Images That said, although Team Green agreed to a cease-and-desist order and the fine itself, the SEC said the company is doing so “without…

The release of Intel's Arc Alchemist desktop graphics cards could be postponed, according to a new report published by Igor Wallossek on his Igor's Lab tech site. Multiple sources have contacted Wallossek, and all agree that these desktop GPUs will be late, but how late isn't clearly defined, with the release window now expected to fall between the beginning of July to the end of August.Intel's official position concerning the release of its Arc Alchemist desktop graphics cards is that they will start to roll out in Q2…