How power-guzzling graphics cards affect the rest of your PC
When experiencing the excitement of a new GPU release, our mouths collectively water as the specs are revealed to us. Power draw numbers make us “Ooh” and “Aah” as it often means […]
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Now’s the time to hunt for a cheap graphics card
If you’ve been hunting for computer upgrades, it’s been a rough couple of years. After the one-two-three punch of a worldwide chip shortage, a boom in cryptocurrency mining, and a scourge of […]
This Asus ROG keycap is a tiny graphics card you can actually afford
Mechanical keyboard enthusiasts are known for going a bit wild with custom-made, “artisan” keycaps, ranging from full themed keysets like my Star Trek Galaxy Class set, to tiny pieces of fan art […]
Should you splurge on a hyper-fast graphics card? It depends
FOMO, or the “fear of missing out,” is a real thing for GPUs. Have you ever fired up your favorite game, and wondered how much better it could look—or how much smoother […]
Intel’s Arc GPU roadmap promises enthusiast graphics with ‘Battlemage’
Intel said Thursday that it expects to ship more than 4 million discrete Arc GPUs in 2022, launching Arc Alchemist chips for the notebook market this quarter, and desktop graphics cards beginning […]
What is a discrete graphics card anyway?
If you’re shopping around for a laptop or individual parts for your custom PC build, chances are you’ve come across technical terms like ‘discrete graphics’ and ‘integrated graphics.’ Sounds a bit confusing, […]
Chinese customs seize thousands of misidentified graphics cards
In business, success or failure is often found in the margins. So it’s easy to understand why someone might seek to widen them a bit, say, by labeling a $900 Radeon RX […]
Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is a $2,000 monster of a graphics card
It took quite a bit longer than anticipated, but an even more “BF” version of Nvidia’s “BFGPU” has finally arrived. On Tuesday, the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti finally stomped onto store shelves […]
Asus is dropping prices on graphics cards, starting April 1st
Could we be finally seeing some relief in graphics card prices? With an official Asus price cut en route, perhaps so. Asus said Monday in an emailed statement that it was planning […]
Here’s your first look at Intel’s Arc Limited Edition graphics card
Today’s reveal of Intel’s first discrete Arc GPUs was all about laptops, not desktop graphics cards. Those are scheduled to come sometime in the second quarter. But at the end of a […]
