Last week, the specs for the Radeon RX 9060 XT leaked – a card that will likely be AMD’s main competition for Nvidia’s freshly launched GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 and is expected to go on sale in early June. But in the meantime, AMD may release another graphics card – the Radeon RX 9070 GRE, which could fill the gap just below the RX 9070. And the specs for this card have now also been leaked. Read more “Navi 48 XL: AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE specs revealed”
Nvidia yesterday introduced the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti in 16GB and 8GB versions, along with the more affordable 8GB GeForce RTX 5060. Today the embargo lifts, and here’s our first review of the RTX 5060 Ti—the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Gaming OC 16GB. This 180W card is fairly efficient and only needs a dual-fan cooler to deliver excellent thermals and acoustics. The price, however, is less appealing due to the current market situation. Read more “MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Gaming OC 16GB Review: Small but Mighty”
Ray tracing graphics, alongside upscaling and similar “more FPS” tricks, has been the main trend in games in recent years. Although ray tracing is commonly associated with Nvidia’s RTX marketing brand, it’s actually built on the DirectX API: DirectX Ray Tracing, or DXR, which launched before GeForce RTX. This technology is now getting a major upgrade to version DXR 1.2, which will bring new capabilities as well as better performance. Read more “DXR 1.2: New tech for better ray tracing graphics performance”
When the Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT launched, AMD confirmed Radeon RX 9060 XT coming in the second quarter. That card is expected to use the Navi 44 chip with just 128-bit bus and 2048 shaders, leaving a large gap between it and the Radeon RX 9070. Lack of a 192-bit card also means no graphics that could offer an affordable option thanks to 12GB VRAM. It seems there’s a new SKU coming to fill this gap – the Radeon RX 9070 GRE. Read more “AMD planning RX 9070 GRE: Cheaper RDNA 4 with 12GB VRAM?”
The GeForce RTX 5080 Suprim SOC features a vapor chamber cooler just as massive as the one found on the 600W RTX 5090 Suprim SOC. With this extra cooling capacity, the fans on the more efficient RTX 5080 can run at lower speeds, resulting in excellent thermals and minimal noise. However, this high-end cooling solution also drives up the price—you’re paying a premium for one of the best factory-overclocked RTX 5080 cards available. Read more “MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Suprim SOC Review: Top of the Line”
Graphics cards from the latest generation are still pricey, but more affordable models have become easier to find in stores. The Radeon RX 9070 Gaming OC is one of the more reasonably priced options. It uses the same cooling and board layout as the more powerful Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC, but thanks to lower power consumption, it runs cooler and quieter—making it a more compelling choice for many users. Read more “Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 Gaming OC 16G Review: Better Pick”
The GeForce RTX 5090 is NVIDIA’s most powerful GPU for gamers – and for demanding users. It maintains a significant lead over all other gaming cards, but its power-hungry nature comes with a cost. Dissipating nearly 600 watts of heat is a real challenge for engineers. Yet MSI’s premium GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim SOC handles it brilliantly: in Silent mode, it runs quieter than many air-cooled cards delivering half the performance. Read more “MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim SOC Review: 600W with Ease”
Nvidia recently talked new features for GeForce graphics cards – primarily the RTX Remix modding platform leaving beta and first games using Nvidia ACE. The company has another announcement: Neural Shaders, one of the architectural innovations in Blackwell GPUs, will be coming to DirectX. Microsoft is adding a Cooperative Vectors function to this API, which GeForce RTX 5000 series will support precisely through their Neural Shaders. Read more “Cooperative Vectors in DirectX to use Blackwell Neural Shaders”
A major drawback of the exceptionally powerful GeForce RTX 5090 is the high power demands of its large GB202 chip. Even when equipped with a premium air cooler, the card still requires robust system cooling to handle its nearly 600W heat output. However, AiO liquid cooling models can offer even better thermal performance, thanks to their larger radiators with three 120mm fans, which expel hot air directly outside the case. Read more “Asus Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 OC Ed. Review: Extreme AiO”
The Pure AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT by Sapphire is a slightly higher-clocked variant of the base Pulse AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT. It features the same cooling system, differing only in the color scheme and the design of the shroud and backplate. In terms of performance and operating characteristics, both models are nearly identical. The most noticeable difference between the two is the Sapphire logo on the side of the card, backlit by ARGB LEDs. Read more “Sapphire Pure AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT: Great Even in White”
With the Radeon RX 9000 series, AMD launched updated gaming upscaling technology. FSR4 uses artificial intelligence for the upscaling step for the first time, which should improve image quality. However, there’s the usual problem of not all games supporting these technologies. Now, a surprisingly capable solution has emerged—the OptiScaler tool, which can “force” the new FSR into a large group of games that don’t natively support it. Read more “OptiScaler: Unlock FSR4, XeSS, or framegen in unsupported games”
So far, Nvidia has only announced GeForce RTX 5000 series cards priced from 549 to 1999 USD (officially). Cheaper models like the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 are expected to join the lineup soon. But this time, an even more affordable card is reportedly on the way, potentially bringing something new to the low end, where Nvidia currently has just the relatively weak GeForce RTX 3050 based on the four-year-old Ampere architecture. Read more “Finally new budget GPUs: Nvidia is working on GeForce RTX 5050”
The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT delivers better price-to-performance than competing GeForce cards and 4 GB more memory than the RTX 5070. The Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16G is the more affordable of Gigabyte’s two RX 9070 XT models. While it doesn’t match premium variants in overall performance, it offers more capable power delivery, a higher power limit for factory overclocking, and greater overclocking headroom than base models. Read more “Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC: Gigabyte’s affordable choice”
While the more powerful GeForce RTX 50 models face no direct competition, AMD has positioned two strong contenders against the RTX 5070—the Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT. Both offer slightly better value and more memory. Your choice depends on whether you need a graphics card purely for gaming or also for professional applications, and how reliant you are on Nvidia’s broader, more polished ecosystem with proprietary technologies. Read more “Asus TUF GeForce RTX 5070 12GB OC Ed.: Perfectionism”
AMD set the price of the more affordable Radeon RX 9070 as a direct competitor to GeForce RTX 5070. Compared to Nvidia’s card, it offers better raw performance and 16 GB of memory instead of 12 GB. For dedicated gamers, AMD’s Radeon is the more attractive option. However, there’s one compelling reason to avoid the RX 9070 from AMD—the slightly more expensive but significantly more powerful Radeon RX 9070 XT. Read more “Sapphire Pure AMD Radeon RX 9070: Better than RTX 5070, but…”
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