New Nvidia GTX 1060 GDDR5X could be slower than the original
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6GB of GDDR5X working on 8800MHz

It appears that Nvidia's response to AMD's upcoming R9 590, in the form of GTX 1060 with GDDR5X memory, might actually end up slower than some previous GTX 1060 graphics card on the market, due to a lower memory bandwidth.

Inno3D shows its custom Geforce RTX-series iChill cooler
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Dual- or triple-fan cooler and RGB galore

Inno3D has released renderings of its upcoming custom cooling solution for Nvidia Geforce RTX-series graphics cards, the new iChill X3 edition cooler which will not only be covered in RGB strips but also allow a certain level of customization as well.

Nvidia RTX 2070 goes for as low as $499.99/€519
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While Founders Edition sells for $599/€629

The least expensive Nvidia RTX 2070 has started selling all around the world and can be yours for as low as $499.99 in the US and €519 in Europe.

Gigabyte working on GTX 1060 with GDDR5X memory
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Possibly based on a cut-down GP104 GPU

It appears that Gigabyte could be working on a GTX 1060 graphics card that will be equipped with faster GDDR5X memory and a cut down GP104 GPU, and while other specifications are unknown, faster memory could give the GTX 1060 a fighting chance against the upcoming 12nm Polaris-based Radeon RX 590.

TechPowerUp solves the problem of Nvidia cheats
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Your high-end card might be worse than you think

TechPowerUp (https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/has) worked out a way to spot cheap Nvidia cards which have been dressed up to look more powerful.

Nvidia rolls out Geforce 416.16 WHQL graphics driver
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Brings support for Windows 10 October update and DXR

Nvidia has released its latest Geforce 416.16 WHQL graphics driver which brings support for Microsoft's latest Windows 10 October 2018 update with support for DirectX Raytracing (DXR).

Custom NVLink bridges show up
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 03 October 2018 01:00

Custom NVLink bridges show up


RGB LED is the theme

It was just a matter of time before Nvidia AIC partners started to announce their own custom NVLink bridges for Nvidia's RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 graphics cards, including ASUS, EVGA, and Gigabyte.

Nvidia Geforce RTX 2070 coming on October 17th
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Thursday, 27 September 2018 01:39

Nvidia Geforce RTX 2070 coming on October 17th


The least expensive Turing around

Nvidia has now confirmed that the Geforce RTX 2070 will be shipping on October 17th, with the price starting at $499.

Microsoft expands Nvidia GPU capabilities
Published in AI
Tuesday, 25 September 2018 11:05

Microsoft expands Nvidia GPU capabilities


Tweaked for AI and Cloud

At Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft announced an expansion of its NVIDIA GPU capabilities, offering for the first time a powerful addition to its lineup that features 8 Nvidia Tesla V100 Tensor core GPUs interconnected via Nvidia NVLink GPUs to use for compute-intensive AI projects.

Nvidia rolls out Geforce 411.63 WHQL driver
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Friday, 21 September 2018 16:13

Nvidia rolls out Geforce 411.63 WHQL driver


Game Ready and RTX Ready driver

Nvidia has released its newest Geforce 411.63 WHQL driver which is both the Game Ready driver for a couple of new games as well as an RTX Ready driver, bringing support for its latest RTX series graphics cards, which should be shipping to their first customers as of yesterday.