GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super by Asus: 9 cards, 3 different designs

Covering the graphics cards coming out now as the GeForce RTX 4000 “Super” refresh, we’ve looked at a card directly by Nvidia, an MSI card, and we’ll look at Gigabyte one soon. We’ll miss on Asus as the third major manufacturer, so instead we’ll take a look at the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super versions that this brand will be offering. There’s quite a lot of them, including some using the BTF backside board power supply instead of a 16pin. Read more “GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super by Asus: 9 cards, 3 different designs” »

MSI officially about RTX 4070 Ti Super 16G Ventus 3X faults

MSI has released a statement saying that the RTX 4070 Ti Ventus 3X graphics cards did indeed come out with an untweaked BIOS that prevents this graphics card from achieving its maximum performance. However, there seems to be a fix already that could solve everything. Still… let’s revisit this topic and try to sort through the possible technical reasons that cause the significant fluctuation in the performance of the cheapest three-fan MSI RTX 4070 Ti Super. Read more “MSI officially about RTX 4070 Ti Super 16G Ventus 3X faults” »

Axagon Riddle (1/2024). Can you guess what’s in the photo?

Can you tell from the detail photo what hardware it is? Years ago you were very good at it, now it might be a bit more complicated, we’ll make it even harder. But we know you’re inquisitive and you like a challenge. The most successful solvers will again be rewarded with the chance to choose any Axagon products. This will already be relatively easy given the wide portfolio of practical ones. Read more “Axagon Riddle (1/2024). Can you guess what’s in the photo?” »

RTX Video Super Resolution alternative: FSR for YouTube and VLC

Last year Nvidia came out with RTX Video Super Resolution, a video upscaling and postprocessing technology for usage in web browsers and later also in VLC Media Player. It looks like something similar will be available also for AMD GPUs, but while Nvidia’s approach is the equivalent of DLSS 1.0 applied to video content, Radeon’s upscaling will probably be based on FSR 1.0, so it could be usable by other vendor GPUs, like FSR. Read more “RTX Video Super Resolution alternative: FSR for YouTube and VLC” »

Return to FDB – the main new feature of the Arctic P12 Max White

Arctic has released a new, white version of the P12 Max fan. However, it is not only a choice between light (P12 Max White) and dark (P12 Max Black), but also between different types of bearings, fluid dynamic and ball ones. In any case, it is once again a 120 mm fan that will be taking the top ranks in comparison tests with its performance characteristics. It has all the prerequisites to do so. Read more “Return to FDB – the main new feature of the Arctic P12 Max White” »

Ryzen 9000 with Zen 5 cores is in production. Launch in 3 months?

AMD still hasn’t officially said anything about when Zen 5 processors might hit the market. But it looks like it could be surprisingly soon. Usually, if something is supposed to come out “in 2024”, it’s more likely to come out towards the end of it, but according to rumors, the Ryzen 9000 desktop processors (as Zen 5 might be called) could come out in just a few months at an early date, similar to the release of Ryzen 2000. Read more “Ryzen 9000 with Zen 5 cores is in production. Launch in 3 months?” »

Fluid Motion Frames now also for Radeon iGPUs, leaves preview

Last year AMD released FSR 3 frame generation, of which a simplified version that doesn’t use game vector data is also usable globally on the GPU driver level as the AMD Fluid Motion Frames feature. It can be used in all sorts of games that lack their own FSR 3 (or Nvidia’s DLSS 3) support. This technology will soon make its way from beta to standard drivers, and it now even works on integrated GPUs, including gaming handhelds. Read more “Fluid Motion Frames now also for Radeon iGPUs, leaves preview” »

65W and 35W Intel Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs are available now

Hardly a surprise as news of these CPUs was leaked long ago, but Intel has now launched the main part of its new generation of desktop processors during CES 2024 – the 14th-gen Core CPUs with 65W and 35W (nominal) TDP, i.e. regular models with a locked multiplier. Until now, only the 125W K models for enthusiasts have been on the market, but there’s finally more affordable models out, as well as the low-power T-labeled options. Read more “65W and 35W Intel Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs are available now” »

DeepCool at CES 24: Panoramic case and dark liquid coolers

DeepCool has introduced a heavily glass-clad case with an atypical system fan layout (with an emphasis on negative pressure) and affordable liquid coolers. These will be attractive for users who do not like lighted elements and for whom the highest possible cooling efficiency or the most attractive price/performance ratio is paramount. DeepCool’s new liquid CPU coolers have the prerequisites to score points in this respect. Read more “DeepCool at CES 24: Panoramic case and dark liquid coolers” »

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 Super GPUs: Boost in price/performance

The GeForce RTX 4000 GPUs run their second year on the market. And like the previous two generations, they’ll get a shake-up for this second year with new models. Nvidia has once again turned to the label used during the Turing generation and will release three new gaming cards this month: the GeForce RTX 4070 Super, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super and GeForce RTX 4080 Super. And they should improve the bang-for-buck ratio by quite a bit. Read more “Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 Super GPUs: Boost in price/performance” »

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 Super cards: Full specs are known

35W versions of Intel’s Raptor Lake processors weren’t the only thing about which we got leaked information over the holidays. We now also know the complete specs of the refresh SKUs of Nvidia’s Ada Lovelace gaming GPUs, the GeForce RTX 4080 Super, RTX 4070 Super and RTX 4070 Ti Super graphics cards. It looks like they could improve the price-performance ratio quite nicely, assuming Nvidia doesn’t make them too expensive, that is. Read more “Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 Super cards: Full specs are known” »

AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is real, launching this month

When AMD released the Radeon RX 7600 as the cheapest RDNA 3 model, it was the only card without the “XT” designation. It uses fully enabled Navi 33 die configuration thoughs, so it invited the interpretation that a Radeon RX 7600 XT might not even exist. But as it turns out, such graphics card is indeed coming to market. There is also talk of other additions to the Radeon RX 7000 series, but it’s a muddier story with those. Read more “AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is real, launching this month” »

A few fans are missing to 70. What will the future bring?

It went by so quickly. Only recently we painted 2023 as the “year of the fan.” In the end, it didn’t work out as expected, but you don’t have to worry that we’ll slack off on that front, quite the opposite. Fan testing is a key topic for HWCooling, we just need to plan all things more sensibly (realistically, so that they can be done). But no excuses. The big goals, which drive us forward, remain for 2024. Read more “A few fans are missing to 70. What will the future bring?” »

New AMD 700 series AM5 chipsets may be coming in Q3 2024

Posts on the Chinese Board Channels forum used to share various information from hardware manufacturer circles, now shed light on future events that await us in the coming year in the desktop market. This concerns both the arrival of a new desktop platform and chiplet processors from Intel, but also AMD. Much less is known about plans for the AM5 platform, so this is an interesting insight if these rumours are confirmed. Read more “New AMD 700 series AM5 chipsets may be coming in Q3 2024” »

256GB RAM: 64GB DDR5 modules coming, motherboards are ready

Early this year DDR5 memory modules got capacity boost when 24GB and 48GB modules hit the market. These were based on 24Gb chips. However, it looks like another leap is coming and 64GB modules could soon be on the market, allowing up to 256GB of RAM to be installed into regular desktop PCs, or 128GB for laptops or Mini-ITX boards. Board manufacturers are already gearing up support, hopefully this time there won’t be compatibility issues. Read more “256GB RAM: 64GB DDR5 modules coming, motherboards are ready” »