Availability for the RTX 3000 cards is still up in the air, and AIB partners are jacking up prices whenever possible, yet Nvidia seems fine with releasing even more models that are designed to compete with AMD’s new RX 6000 cards. It is not like AMD is doing any better as far as availability is concerned, but […]
Category Archives: Hardware
The AMD Radeon RX 6700M series will have larger dies than the RX 5700 XT
It has been a few weeks since Patrick Schur published information about the mobile variants of the RX 6700 series, but the software engineer has offered yet more insights into the upcoming RDNA 2 cards. According to Schur, Navi 22 GPUs will have 18.31 x 18.27 mm dies, which equates to a size of 334.52 mm². As Wccftech points out, […]
NVIDIA sets expectations for more RTX 3060 cards as it publishes RTX 3060 Ti performance benchmarks
So, NVIDIA announced the RTX 3060 Ti yesterday, but a blog post by the company has also confirmed that more RTX 3060 cards are on the way. There have been rumours that NVIDIA plans to release an RTX 3060 and RTX 3060 mobile early next year, although the company is yet to state that this is the case. Nonetheless, […]
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 comes out swinging on Geekbench
A new Geekbench 5 entry shows that Vivo is working on a smartphone with the model number ‘V2056A’. According to the listing, the V2056A has a next-generation Qualcomm chipset. Based on previous leaks, it seems that the V2056A has a Snapdragon 888, which Qualcomm announced yesterday. There are now several listings on Geekbench with ‘lahaina’ […]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 launched with integrated X60 5G modem, better NPU, faster ISP, and more
Fans and enthusiasts have been waiting with bated breath for Qualcomm’s flagship SoC that will power most 2021 flagship smartphones. Standard naming conventions dictated that it would be called the Qualcomm Snapdragon 875. However, Qualcomm has somewhat of a surprise in store for us. The chipmaker has just announced that it will be called the Qualcomm […]
Leaked prices suggest that custom NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti will be absurdly expensive
The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti may be the cheapest RTX 30 series card, at least until it releases the RTX 3050 and RTX 3060, but custom cards will not reflect the price of the Founders Edition card. NVIDIA states that the Founders Edition will cost £369, €399 and US$399 when it launches tomorrow, making it significantly cheaper […]
ASRock unveils the first Radeon RX 6900 XT by a board partner
So, AMD has allowed its board partners to release Radeon RX 6900 XT cards, after all. There has been no official announcement from AMD on the matter, but the arrival of an RX 6900 XT by ASRock confirms that this is the case. ASRock’s card is nothing more than a reference design, though. The company […]
The AMD Radeon RX 6700 and RX 6700 XT tipped to launch with Navi 22 GPUs with 12 GB of GDDR6 VRAM
Rumours about the RX 6700 series have reared their head again. This time the rumour stems from Patrick Schur, a software engineer and active leaker on Twitter. Apparently, AMD has two SKUs planned, with the RX 6700 and RX 6700 XT set to join the RX 6800, RX 6800 XT and RX 6900 XT. Based on […]
UserBenchmark reveals one of Intel’s upcoming and 8-core Tiger Lake-H processors
Tiger Lake-H has reared its head on UserBenchmark. The follow-up to Comet Lake-H is yet to be unveiled, but Tiger Lake-H is expected to mark the move from 14 nm to 10 nm for Intel’s 45 W processors. The laptop on UserBenchmark has benchmarked as ‘Insyde TigerLake’, denoting that it is probably a prototype of sorts. […]
Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 & RX 6800 XT Nitro+ now up for pre-order
Sapphire Tech has quite a few video cards based on the Radeon RX 6800 and Radeon RX 6800 XT, with most of them going above and beyond the specs and design of the reference models introduced by AMD. Now, three such video cards can be pre-ordered from Finnish retailer Multitronic, all of them being overclocked […]