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NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 SUPER GPUs are witnessing a price drop trend in Germany as some SKUs have started to retail below MSRP.

Cerebras Systems has unveiled its third generation wafer scale engine chip, the WSE-3, which offers 900,000 AI-optimized cores built to train up to 24 trillion parameters.

Minecraft is known for many qualities, but graphics are not typically among them. The incredibly flexible and dynamic building game chose a more simple yet pleasing art style to better serve its mechanics. That being said, while that blocky aesthetic will never go out of style, there are plenty of ways to improve the looks since it originally came out in 2011. Aside from graphics packs and shaders, the most impressive visual update you can add to Minecraft is ray tracing.

AMD's Ryzen 9 7950X CPU has become a popular mining option, earning more profits than the fastest GPUs, as the crypto craze once again picks up.

The Nintendo Switch 2 is rumored to support NVIDIA DLSS, and it seems like the upscaler will be used by most games, according to rumors circulating online.

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Stability AI has published a new blog post that offers an AI benchmark showdown between Intel Gaudi 2 & NVIDIA's H100 and A100 GPU accelerators. The benchmarks show that Intel's solutions offer great value and can be seen as a respected alternative for customers who are eyeing a fast & readily available solution compared to NVIDIA's offerings.

Nvidia has found itself on the receiving end of a class action lawsuit alleging copyright infringement by its artificial intelligence platform NeMo. The litigation poses an obstacle to Nvidia fully realizing its AI ambitions that have propelled its stock to unprecedented heights.

More rumors surrounding NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 "Blackwell" Gaming GPUs have been reported by Koptite7kimi such as GPU SKUs & memory configs.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 specs rumors are making the rounds, and next gen graphics cards could come armed with faster GDDR7 VRAM. The specific configuration will reportedly outpace current models with speeds reaching 28 Gbps, but leakers are seemingly struggling to commit to a specific bus width.

The unofficial NVStrapsReBar UEFI driver has enabled Resizable BAR support on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 & GTX 16 "Turing" GPUs.

During the live stream celebrating the franchise's tenth anniversary, Cygames revealed plenty of details on the 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 updates coming to the action RPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink. Patch 1.1 is slated to land next Thursday, March 14. It will add a free new quest called The Vision:

A recently conducted survey has revealed that a large chunk of AI professionals are looking to switch from NVIDIA to AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs.

India has finally decided to enter the AI race, as the nation plans to develop a "mega supercomputer" featuring 10,000 GPUs onboard.

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 "Blackwell" Gaming GPUs under the GB200 series are likely to retain the same memory bus configurations as Ada.

In January, NVIDIA unveiled that it would start offering GeForce Now day passes for gamers, and after a short wait, they're now available starting at $3.99 per day. Here's what you need to know.

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Nvidia has a new way for gamers to use its GeForce Now streaming service in the form of a Day Pass.

A new Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut early comparison video was shared online, highlighting the differences between the PC and PlayStation 5 releases.

There are loads of fantastic laptop deals out there right now, but not all of them will be able to meet the specific needs of gamers who want to play the best PC games. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of gaming laptop deals in the market so that you can enjoy savings on these machines. Brands like HP, Alienware, Acer, and Lenovo are all available in the offers that we’ve gathered below, so read on to find more details on these gaming laptops and determine which one you should buy. Hurry up though, as the discounts may not last long.

Dell-owned Alienware is one of the most trusted names in the industry when it comes to gaming equipment. From gaming laptops to gaming monitors, and from gaming headsets to gaming keyboards, you’re going to get amazing options from Alienware, but the latest features and fantastic performance don’t come cheap. Fortunately, you can take advantage of Alienware deals to enjoy some savings with your purchases, and we’ve gathered our favorite ones below, including gaming laptop deals and gaming PC deals. If something catches your eye, you should probably push through with the purchase immediately as the discounts will expire sooner than you think.

Nvidia's cloud gaming platform, GeForce NOW, has added Day Passes to its services. Nvidia GeForce NOW's existence is a mark of the current era of gaming, There appears to be an increasing amount of players who may want to test out options before investing in a dedicated gaming platform.

AMD has announced new Freesync technology tiers by updating its support plan for the next generation of gaming monitors.

Upcoming NVIDIA and AMD GPUs with GDDR7 memory could have 16 GB dies or greater, according to a reputable PC tech insider. If the specifications are true, the new GDDR7 NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards could offer incredible performance in demanding PC titles in the future.

The first generation of NVIDIA & AMD GPUs to utilize GDDR7 memory are most likely going to stick with 16 Gb dies for 2 GB VRAM capacities.

It's once again Thursday, so NVIDIA has news for GeForce NOW users. To begin with, the cloud service is adding the popular action RPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink, which was released last month by Cygames. Granblue Fantasy: Relink earned an 8 out of 10 score in Wccftech's review by Ule Lopez:

Horizon Forbidden West is coming to PC in the form of the Complete Edition on 21st March, where an entirely new audience of players can experience one of PlayStation's modern classics in even greater fidelity. Sony has released a trailer detailing some of the features, and some of Nixxes additions, which already has us considering a double dip.

Following NVIDIA's Chat with RTX launch, AMD is now offering users their very own localized & GPT-based LLM-powered AI chatbot which can run on Ryzen AI CPUs & Radeon 7000 GPUs.

Ghost of Tsushima, the open-world game released a couple of years back on PlayStation 4 developed by Sucker Punch, will launch on PC on May 16th, complete with some PC-exclusive features.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced a PC version of Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut.

Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut is the next first-party PlayStation game to come to PC, Sucker Punch Productions and Nixxes Software have confirmed. It launches on May 16.

Alan Wake 2's hefty system requirements shocked many PC gamers when they were announced last year. The requirements noted that you needed at least an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 or an AMD Radeon RX 6600 GPU to run the game at 1080p / 30 frames per second (FPS), with no support for older GPUs such as Nvidia's GTX 10-series. Roughly four months after its release, Remedy has released a new patch that lowers the minimum PC system requirements and allows older PC gaming rigs to run the game.

Sony and their in-house PC port specialists at Nixxes Software have confirmed the PC specs required for Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition, with a detailed breakdown for the absolute minimum, medium, high and very high graphical presets.

Though Nvidia has had the upper hand in the AI resolution upscaling technologies for years now, AMD may be looking to upgrade its own AI roster in the coming year. According to one of the company’s executives, AMD is now ready to lean more heavily towards AI-based technologies.

When it launched last October, Alan Wake 2 was noted as a superb follow-up to its cult Xbox 360 predecessor. Visually, it was something to behold. However, being quite a graphically demanding game meant people with older hardware were left out—until now.

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Sony and their in-house PC port specialists at Nixxes Software have confirmed the PC specs required for Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition, with a detailed breakdown for the absolute minimum, medium, high and very high graphical presets.

AMD's AI ambitions face a new barrier as the firm's China-compliant Instinct MI309 AI GPU may not receive approval from the US Commerce Secretary Department.

JEDEC has officially announced GDDR7 as the next-gen graphics memory standard, having both AMD & NVIDIA onboard.

Both AMD & NVIDIA managed to increase their AIB GPU shipments in Q4 2023, marking a good end of the year for the discrete segment.

Today, Nixxes Software and Guerrilla Games revealed the full PC system requirements for Horizon Forbidden West, which is scheduled to launch on March 21.

NVIDIA has finally ended the production of its GeForce GTX 16 series GPUs, the last of the "GTX" line of cards for the masses.

NVIDIA has banned the use of CUDA libraries on other platforms like AMD & Intel, as the firm adds a new warning with CUDA's EULA.

NVIDIA's qualification tests seem to be giving HBM manufacturers a hard time, as yield rates are significantly low compared to traditional memory products.

Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly decided to switch parties, now eying for Samsung Foundry as its primary AI chipmaker as it sees "uncertainty and volatility" at TSMC.

AMD might finally be leaning towards AI in its gaming devices, as one company executive touts that 2024 will be a "huge year" for the GPU and CPU maker.

AMD has teased the proposition of leveraging AI for its next-gen FSR "FidelityFX Super Resolution" technology.

You don’t need to spend thousands of dollars to get into PC gaming because there are gaming laptop deals like Best Buy’s offer for the Acer Nitro 5. The starter gaming laptop, which is already relatively affordable at its original price of $950, is currently even cheaper at just $700. You’ll be able to use the $250 in savings on video games and gaming accessories, but you’ll have to act fast if you want it because we’re not sure how much time is remaining before the bargain disappears, and once that happens, we don’t know when you’ll get another chance at it.

A new free AMD FSR 3.0 Frame Generation mod was released online for Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, the latest game developed by Don't Nod released last month on PC and consoles.

Ahead of launching, Alan Wake 2 made the news because it required graphics cards with hardware support for DirectX 12 Ultimate's Mesh Shaders feature. That left unsupported GPUs like NVIDIA's GTX 1000 series and AMD's RX 5000 Series in the dust.

Nvidia Corp.'s rise is captivating the stock market and driving the S&P 500 Index to new highs. But it also raises cautionary reminders of another investor darling that soared on dreams of a technological transformation, only to tumble back to earth when those hopes turned to disappointment. 

Gamers who are on the hunt for gaming PC deals should check out the iBuyPower TMA7N4601 gaming desktop, which is available from Walmart for a discounted price of $899. You can keep the savings of $401 on its original price of $1,300 to eventually buy better components for the machine, though it may be a while before you need to make any upgrades. You’re going to have to be quick if you’re interested in taking advantage of this bargain though, as we’re not sure how much time is remaining before the gaming desktop’s price goes back to normal.

NVIDIA's Blackwell AI GPU lineup will include two major accelerators, the B100 for 2024 and the B200 for 2025, as revealed by Dell.

It's been over six years since the early access launch of Deep Rock Galactic and nearly four years after version 1.0, and the cooperative first-person shooter game featuring space dwarves is still going strong.

The success of Valve’s Steam Deck has started a wave of like-minded PC gaming handheld devices including the Lenovo Legion Go and Asus ROG Ally. And it seems that Nvidia wants a piece of the proverbial pie, if this latest rumor is to be trusted.

The Nvidia GeForce Now library has expanded to encompass a handful of high-profile Activision Blizzard games, including Diablo 4 and multiple recent Call of Duty entries. These additions are just the tip of the streaming platform's late winter content iceberg, with GeForce NOW already confirming nearly two dozen new arrivals for March 2024.

A lot has been said about the level of performance expected out of the Nintendo Switch 2 console, but it seems like the console will have a hard time matching the Xbox Series S performance, according to a notable leaker.

Out of the blue, Novato-based game developer Toys for Bob announced it is going indie, splitting from Activision and Microsoft. The brief announcement message says this is a move to 'return to roots' and be a nimble studio once again.

While there are a lot of great laptop deals taking place, gamers will need to look at laptops that can suit their more specific needs when planning to take on some of the best PC games. But not to worry, there are a lot of great gaming laptop deals out there right now that can ensure some savings on a new gaming setup. Brands like HP, Alienware, Acer, and Lenovo are all turning up with discounted models this month, and we’ve taken the liberty of rounding up what we feel are the best gaming laptop deals currently available. Read onward for more details on how to save, and on which gaming laptop might suit your gaming needs best.

Today, NVIDIA announced that its GeForce NOW cloud gaming platform has been upgraded to support Battle.net PC games like Call of Duty, Diablo IV, Overwatch 2, and Hearthstone.

The Nintendo Switch 2 price is expected to be somewhere between $399 and $499, although, in theory, Nintendo could even go as low as $349.

Gamers who are planning to invest in a new gaming laptop should consider the Razer Blade 15. Its version with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics card and 32GB of RAM is on sale for $1,900 instead of $3,600, as it’s currently 48% off from Razer. The $1,700 in savings is among the largest that you can get from the gaming laptop deals that are available right now, and if you don’t want to miss your chance at it, you’re going to have to push through with your purchase of the gaming laptop immediately.

I wasn’t wrong when I said that the release of Nvidia’s RTX Remix toolkit would see retro games be given a bit of a spin shine. In this latest example, a modder has taken the original Unreal and injected it with some path tracing and other visual tweaks.

The Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance PC requirements were revealed today, and they are among the lowest we have seen in a very long time.

The PlayStation 5 Pro rumored AI upscaling feature will run on the console's GPU, as the APU powering the system has no neural processing units, according to a known leaker.

The PC GPU market has witnessed another positive quarter with shipments increasing by 6% in Q4 2023 to 76.2 million units, reports Jon Peddie Research.

NVIDIA is announcing today via newsletter that the free GeForce NOW tier will begin showing up to two minutes of 'video sponsorship messages' (ads, basically) before each free gaming session (which only lasts up to an hour) while in the queue. NVIDIA says the change will go live starting next Tuesday, March 5, and it reckons it'll eventually improve average wait times for GeForce NOW free users.

Free users of Nvidia’s GeForce Now will begin seeing ads on February 28. Nvidia’s subscription cloud gaming service launched in 2020 and is a good substitute or supplement for people who may not have the most powerful gaming rigs at home but still want to enjoy playing games with ultra settings. The GeForce Now catalog of games currently features nearly 2,000 titles ranging from indie to AAA and from a wide selection of genres.

The Lenovo Annual Sale is offering a $400 discount on the Lenovo Legion Tower 5 Gen 8, which has an estimated value of $1,270, so you’ll only have to pay $870 for this excellent starter gaming PC. We’re not sure how much time is remaining before the savings disappear or stocks get sold out though, so it’s highly recommended that you add the gaming desktop to your cart and check out immediately because tomorrow may already be too late.

We see a refresh of gaming laptop deals at the end of each month, which gives gamers a new set of options for the next device. With February coming to a close, this may be your last chance to take advantage of the offers that we’ve rounded up as we’re not sure if they’ll still be around when March rolls in. Whether you want a budget-friendly gaming laptop or you’re willing to make a significant investment, there’s something for you in the bargains below, and once you’re determined what to buy, it’s highly recommended that you proceed with the purchase immediately while the discount is still online.

Nvidia has made a change to its GeForce Now service a lot of users won’t like.

A new Unreal Tournament 99 RTX Remix path tracing mod is now available for download, masterfully overhauling the visuals of the classic first-person shooter.

A few hours ago, NVIDIA updated the RTX Remix toolkit with several quality-of-life features that had been requested by the modding community:

Microsoft seems to be the latest entrant in the race for upscaling solutions, with a Super Resolution technology reportedly in the works. While various implementations of the technology exist in the industry currently, some games opt for one instead of the other, making it available only for a subset of users. Microsoft could be on its way to providing a more standardized solution.

The latest generation of graphics cards has really caused a lot of controversy, especially with the RTX 40-series cards becoming so expensive and raising the general cost of GPUs across the board. That means even AMD cards are a bit pricey nowadays, especially if you go to the higher end, so if you’re aiming for a powerful gaming PC, you’re going to have to spend some extra cash. That said, we’ve done our best to go out there and find the best GPU deals on the market so that you can save a bit extra, especially if you want to get the best. That said, if you feel that the prices are too high or that putting your own PC together is too much work, be sure to check out these gaming PC deals.

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Helldivers 2 continues to sell well. The game had surpassed one million units sold just four days after its February 8 launch. Arrowhead Creative Director Johan Pilestedt has now confirmed it is around three million units just over two weeks after the release.

There are some gaming laptop deals that will give you a decent device for cheap, but if you’re looking at the other end of the spectrum, we’ve found an offer from Dell that you should consider. The Alienware m18 gaming laptop with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card, originally priced at $4,300, is down to $3,300 following a $1,000 discount. It’s still not what you’d call affordable, but that’s a lot of savings on your purchase that you can spend on video games and accessories. You need to be quick though, because its price may be back to normal as soon as tomorrow.

Dell has unveiled its latest workstation tower, the Precision 3680, which it says offers the world's fastest single-threaded performance using the Intel Core i9-14900K CPU.

Microsoft is cooking up a new tech for PC gamers called DirectSR (DirectX Super Resolution, apparently) which will be revealed at GDC 2024 next month.