Author: Jan Olšan

Intel at CES: Atom Jasper Lake, Tiger Lake-H35 and Core i9-11900K

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Intel is likely at the point where it got out of the worst of the “never-ending 14nm process” period now: the company has unveiled three families of 10nm mobile processors at CES 2021, some clocked up to 5 GHz. And in addition to this, Rocket Lake processors for desktop. Those are still 14nm products (the last ones), but they finally bring a new – and potentially very good – architecture. All these CPUs will be released in Q1 2021. Read more “Intel at CES: Atom Jasper Lake, Tiger Lake-H35 and Core i9-11900K” »

Radeon RX 6700 & RX 6700 XT launch expected at end of March

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Last autumn, the long-awaited new generation of graphics cards arrived, but at the start Nvidia and AMD have only released the more expensive SKUs. Now, in the winter and spring months of 2021, cheaper cards are finally supposed to arrive too. It seems that new cards belonging to the Radeon RX 6000 hierarchy should appear in about two and a half months, and both will build on the Navi 22 chip. Read more “Radeon RX 6700 & RX 6700 XT launch expected at end of March” »

AGESA 1.1.9.0 update coming to Ryzen: AMD lists the new features

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

If you’re running an AMD Ryzen processor, you’re probably familiar with updating the so-called AGESA code, which is built into (and updated with) the motherboard’s BIOS. This can improve performance on newly released AMD processors and also fix various bugs. Such an update is now being prepared for the new Ryzen 5000 with AM4 architecture: AGESA 1.1.9.0 should bring several improvements, including in stability. Read more “AGESA 1.1.9.0 update coming to Ryzen: AMD lists the new features” »

Mobile GeForce RTX 3000 to arrive on Jan 12. Specs revealed

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

So far, Nvidia has only released the GeForce RTX 3000 graphics cards for desktop. But this year, it should soon come to laptops, which will bring the performance of the new generation of 8nm Ampere chips into mobile. According to leaks, GeForce RTX 3060, RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 mobile GPUs should be released soon, and we already have their specifications including the number of shaders and clocks. Read more “Mobile GeForce RTX 3000 to arrive on Jan 12. Specs revealed” »

Next-gen Nvidia GeForce GPU is Lovelace on 5 nm. Up to 144 SMs?

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

A year ago, even before Nvidia’s announcement of Ampere, it was leaked that the followup to the current generation is likely called Hopper. But it looks like there may have been a change of plan. According to current leaks, Nvidia is readjusting GPU roadmaps and instead of Hopper chips, the next generation could be called Lovelace. These GPUs are said to already be 5nm and the increase in performance could be very large. Read more “Next-gen Nvidia GeForce GPU is Lovelace on 5 nm. Up to 144 SMs?” »

A peek at Intel Rocket Lake processors: SKUs and leaked specs

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

The March 2011 release of Rocket Lake processors, the 11th generation Intel Core for desktop is closing in. But leaks have already painted a good picture of their specifications: we have an overview of Rocket Lake SKUs from Core i5-11400F to octa-core i7-11700K and i9-11900K chips, even with parameters and clock speeds. Rocket Lake cores have 18% higher IPC, so single-threaded performance should be significantly improved. Read more “A peek at Intel Rocket Lake processors: SKUs and leaked specs” »

Z590 motherboards for Intel Rocket Lake to be released in January

Motherboards, News | | Jan Olšan

In Q1 2021, Intel is expected to release Rocket Lake, the new 11th generation of  desktop processors, still using 14nm manufacturing process, but with a new architecture, PCIe 4.0 and probably much higher single-threaded and gaming performance. According to rumors, the CPU launch should be in March, but it looks like the platform with new motherboards, such as B560, Z590, etc. could be released sooner, as early as a few days from now. Read more “Z590 motherboards for Intel Rocket Lake to be released in January” »

ASRock supports Zen 3 on X370/B350/A320 chipset motherboards

Motherboards, News | | Jan Olšan

Ryzen 5000 only worked on X570, B550 and A520 chipsets initially, and 400-series chipsets are only now receiving support. Even these were not planned to get it at first, so support on even older 300-series chipsets seemed impossible for a long time. But here’s the good news: in the end, such an upgrade may work. It seems ASRock released BIOS updates for their X370, B350 and A320 motherboards that add support for the new Zen 3 processors. Read more “ASRock supports Zen 3 on X370/B350/A320 chipset motherboards” »

Intel Core i9-11900K leaked. 8-core Rocket Lake @3.5–5.0+ GHz

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Next year in March, Intel will release the 11th generation Core processors for desktop. These sister chips to 10nm Tiger Lake in notebooks, although using 14nm silicon, will have the same new core architecture and features like PCIe 4.0. We now have leaks that show what to expect from Core i9-11900K, the highest model of the Rocket Lake CPU. This should be the SKU that will be of most interest to gamers. Read more “Intel Core i9-11900K leaked. 8-core Rocket Lake @3.5–5.0+ GHz” »

Asus has Wi-Fi 6 routers compatible with PlayStation 5

News, Routers | | Jan Olšan

Next-gen consoles coming this week might be the biggest leap in recent times and attract record interest. As for other gaming, the Internet will likely be much more important with these consoles (e.g. games will be distributed mostly through downloads). As this will make the connection more and more important, Asus has now come up with a range of Wi-Fi 6 routers that aim to be a perfectly fit for the Sony PlayStation 5. Read more “Asus has Wi-Fi 6 routers compatible with PlayStation 5” »

Nvidia cooking new Ampere card with 7424 shaders, 10 GB GDDR6X

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

This week, attention is focused on the unveiling of AMD Radeon RX 6000 graphics, which took place this Wednesday. But Nvidia is already preparing an answer to that. The company reportedly plans to offer another GeForce RTX 3000 model, which will be based on the most powerful Ampere chip, the GA102 GPU. The resulting card should have performance (and price) between the RTX 3080 and RTX 3070 while retaining 10GB of GDDR6X memory. Read more “Nvidia cooking new Ampere card with 7424 shaders, 10 GB GDDR6X” »

Ampere deep dive: what’s new in GeForce RTX 3000 architecture

Graphics, Technology | | Jan Olšan

In terms of hardware, September was a green month with the release of the new generation of Nvidia GPUs, GeForce RTX 3000. They are based on the new Ampere architecture. In this article we are going to discuss what’s new compared to Turing: the new SM architecture doubling the number of shaders, the manufacturing process and the characteristics of the two chips that have been unveiled so far. Read more “Ampere deep dive: what’s new in GeForce RTX 3000 architecture” »

Cheaper Zen 3 in early 2021: AMD to launch Ryzen 5 5600 at $220

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

The Ryzen 5000 processors announced last week give AMD a shot at becoming the performance king fully overtaking Intel this generation, however they brought unwelcome news, too. Particularly the price: the cheapest Zen 3 based Ryzen 5 5600X with just six cores will cost $299, a long stretch from Zen 2 based Ryzen 5 3600. But it seems this might improve soonish as AMD is reportedly readying cheaper hexa-core Ryzen 5 5600. Read more “Cheaper Zen 3 in early 2021: AMD to launch Ryzen 5 5600 at $220” »

Some RTX 3080 cards reported unstable. Driver fix lowers boost

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

It looks like the release of Nvidia GeForce RTX 3000 “Ampere” will not be amongst those GPU launches that were free of initial issues at the start. Last week, first owners of GeForce RTX 3080 cards began to report instability of the cards allegedly associated with the GPU Boost. The problems might be due to the capacitors used, but Nvidia also solves them by updating the drivers which could probably affect performance. Read more “Some RTX 3080 cards reported unstable. Driver fix lowers boost” »

ClockTuner for Ryzen auto-tunes performance and power draw

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Overclocking and tweaking performance on Ryzen is not an easy thing because, compared to the automatic boost, it cannot often squeeze too much extra and silicon does not have large reserves. But if you are not satisfied with a “stock” processor, you will now be able to use automated OC. The new ClockTuner tool will allow you to automatically undervolt Ryzen 3000 CPUs or automatically overclock them, separately for both CCX blocks. Read more “ClockTuner for Ryzen auto-tunes performance and power draw” »

1 … 17 18 19 20 21