Intel’s 8th-gen line of Core processors includes chips based on the company’s “Kaby Lake Refresh” and “Coffee Lake” architecture, and we’re expecting upcoming “Cannon Lake” chips to be branded as 8th-gen chips as well. But rumor has it that Intel is on track to launch its first “Ice Lake” processors later this year, and they’ll […]
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Imagination’s latest PowerVR GPU can drive up to six 4K displays
Imagination Technologies says its new PowerVR Series 8XT GT8540 GPU is ready for licensing. It’s a four-cluster GPU designed for use in high-end mobile devices and automotive applications including heads-up displays and infotainment systems. According to Imagination, the new GPU can crank out graphics at 60 frames per second to six 4K displays at the […]
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Lenovo Thunderbolt 3 Graphics Dock with NVIDIA GTX 1050 graphics coming soon for $399
Lenovo is the latest company to launch an external graphics dock that lets you add a desktop-class graphics card to your laptop or PC just by plugging it into a Thunderbolt 3 port. But the new Lenovo Thunderbolt 3 Graphics Dock is a bit more svelte than most of the products in this category that […]
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NVIDIA’s $3000 Titan V GPU is aimed at AI and scientific simulation, probably overkill for gaming
4 Comments on NVIDIA’s $3000 Titan V GPU is aimed at AI and scientific simulation, probably overkill for gamingNVIDIA has unveiled the most powerful GPU ever designed to be used in a desktop computer. The NVIDIA Titan V offers up 9 times the performance of the company’s previous-gen Titan XP. It’s based on NVIDIA’s new Volta architecture, which the company says is twice as energy efficient as its previous-gen Pascal architecture. And the […]
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Intel hires AMD’s former GPU chief to focus on discrete graphics
This week Intel announced that it would soon launch a new line of chips that combine an Intel CPU with AMD graphics. But that could just be the beginning of the company’s new approach to graphics. Intel has been improving its integrated graphics technology for years, and you can now hook up multiple 4K displays […]
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper pre-orders begin for $799 and up ($549 model coming in August)
Comments Off on AMD Ryzen Threadripper pre-orders begin for $799 and up ($549 model coming in August)As promised AMD’s first “Threadripper” chips are now available for pre-order. As the name suggests, these are high-end, multi-core/multi-thread processors designed for desktop computers. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X is a 12-core/24-thread chip that sells for $799, while the $999 Threadripper 1950X is a 16-core/32-thread processor. Both are up for pre-order now and should begin […]
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Windows Task Manager is finally getting a GPU tab
The Windows Task Manager lets you keep an eye on CPU, memory, and disk usage as well as your computer’s Ethernet, WiFi, and Bluetooth performance and stats. But one feature that’s been notably absent from the performance tab is the graphics processor. That will change soon though. Microsoft’s latest Windows Insider Preview build adds a […]
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AMD unveils Vega: next-gen graphics architecture
AMD’s new Ryzen CPUs are coming this year. But the company is also getting ready to launch the biggest update to its GPU architecture in half a decade. The new AMD Vega graphics architecture brings higher throughput, support for higher clock speeds, and a new way of handling RAM that will basically give AMD’s new […]
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NVIDIA launches VR-ready GeForce graphics for laptops
NVIDIA’s latest graphics chips for laptops are designed to offer better performance, lower power consumption, and support for virtual reality, even on notebooks that weigh as little as 4 pounds. For the first time, NVIDIA is also dropping the M (for mobile) from the names of its new cards. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, GTX 1070, […]
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 brings desktop-class graphics to (big) laptops
Want the power of a desktop gaming PC and the portability of a laptop? While NVIDIA and AMD have been offering discrete graphics chips for notebooks for years, up until now they’ve generally been less powerful than desktop graphics cards. Now NVIDIA is changing things: the company’s most powerful laptop graphics solution to date is identical […]
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What to expect from Intel Skylake graphics
Intel’s 6th-generation Core processors are 14nm chips that don’t offer much better CPU performance than the 5th-gen “Broadwell” processors they replace. But Intel is promising up to 50 percent better graphics performance. The new “Skylake” chips feature Intel Gen9 integrated graphics which not only offer more graphics compute performance, but consume less power while doing it. […]
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AMD’s Project Quantum mini PC packs serious graphics
AMD has developed a platform for small form-factor desktop computers with high-performance AMD Radeon graphics. This week the company unveiled a new mini-PC design called Project Quantum, and it packs the chip maker’s upcoming dual-GPU Radeon R9 Fury X graphics card. In other words, Project Quantum should be able to handle 4K video at 60 frames […]