Posted on September 27, 2022 2:10 PM by Rob Williams
For those who’ve been anticipating the full launch of Intel’s first-gen Arc desktop graphics cards, company CEO Pat Gelsinger had some good news to share at the ongoing Intel Innovation 2022 conference, held in San Jose. With what might be a testament to just how badly Intel wants this full launch to…..
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Posted on September 26, 2022 9:00 AM by Rob Williams
Today is the day you get to learn a lot more about the performance factor of AMD’s latest-gen Ryzen CPUs, part of the Zen 4 family. If the schedule goes off without a hitch, you should be able to order one of the new chips tomorrow, along with the accompanying motherboards –…..
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Posted on September 20, 2022 2:30 PM by Rob Williams
During his GTC keynote today, NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang had lots to reveal about the company’s upcoming graphics architecture, and all of what we’ve heard sounds great. The rumor mill has suggested that this new architecture would be dubbed either Ada or Lovelace, and Jensen put an end to the guessing: it’s “Ada…..
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Posted on September 20, 2022 10:55 AM by Rob Williams
In a surprise announcement with timing we’re sure is a huge coincidence considering NVIDIA is today going to reveal more about its future GPUs, AMD’s revealed that its RDNA3-based Radeon GPUs are set to launch on November 3. That’s less than 45 days away, and with NVIDIA likely to release its first…..
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Posted on September 16, 2022 5:02 PM by Rob Williams
We expected this Friday to be pretty tame, but it’s anything but. In a new bombshell report by Gamers Nexus, it’s revealed that EVGA is withdrawing its NVIDIA partnership, and will thus stop producing and selling graphics cards after the current generation. Other vendors might have sold more graphics cards than EVGA…..
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Posted on September 9, 2022 9:00 AM by Rob Williams
This week, Qualcomm has announced its latest generation Snapdragon 4 and 6 series, both representing “Gen 1” badging – just as the current-gen Snapdragon 7 and 8 do. Compared to their previous generation equivalents, both the 4 and 6 series sees production on a new fabrication process. The 6 series moves from…..
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Posted on September 8, 2022 10:00 AM by Rob Williams
We’re not quite sure when NVIDIA is planning to launch its next-gen GeForce series, but it feels safe to assume it’s going to be rather soon – as in, in the months ahead. Or, it could be even sooner than we expect, given that the company has just posted a teaser on…..
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Posted on September 8, 2022 9:00 AM by Rob Williams
Right on schedule, the latest long-term support release of Blender has landed. Version 3.3 becomes the third such LTS release to launch, guaranteeing continued bug fix support until the next LTS becomes available. The previous LTS release, 2.93, continues to have support until next summer. The next LTS release will likely represent…..
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Posted on August 27, 2022 3:17 PM by Rob Williams
As we covered last week, Intel has just launched its first desktop-bound Arc GPU, A380, in North America, with Newegg selling cards on both its American and Canadian storefronts. Perhaps not-so-surprisingly, the initial units that were made available disappeared fast, so both Newegg websites currently show the card on backorder. Something we’ve…..
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Posted on August 25, 2022 5:36 PM by Rob Williams
Corsair has just launched a new gaming monitor, and hoo boy, is it a beauty. Catering to those who love ultrawide aspect ratios and a large display, Corsair’s new Xeneon Flex (45WQHD240) comes in at 45 inches, which is a huge increase in size compared to most monitors shipping with 3440×1440 resolution…..
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Posted on August 23, 2022 2:30 PM by Rob Williams
Considering what the graphics card market looked like even earlier this year, it’s really hard to believe that we’re now seeing some SKUs dip below their stated SRP. This isn’t the case just in North America, but all around the world. To help us get caught up on things, we decided to…..
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Posted on August 22, 2022 7:55 PM by Rob Williams
We wrote last week of the expectation that Intel’s first desktop-bound Arc GPU, A380, would soon launch in the USA – as in, really soon. Well, fast-forward to the present, and it does appear that availability is happening this week, with Newegg showing an ETA of August 23. The $139.99 USD price…..
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Posted on August 22, 2022 4:46 PM by Rob Williams
For its price-point, it’s hard to beat Meta’s Quest 2 for a VR experience that’s both affordable and satisfying. This editor owns one, and knows many others who own one, too. Since its original launch, it seems that most people are happy with what their Quest 2 delivers, although if there’s one…..
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Posted on August 18, 2022 7:30 AM by Rob Williams
The wait for the launch of Intel’s Arc desktop graphics cards in North America has been long, but thankfully, it appears that it’s soon to be over. An eagle-eyed redditor spotted a new listing at Newegg of ASRock’s Challenger Arc A380, with an expected release date of August 22 in the USA.…..
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Posted on August 10, 2022 5:15 PM by Rob Williams
It’s a little hard to believe that it’s already been an entire year since VEGAS Pro 19 released, but here we are, witnessing the launch of VEGAS Pro 20. There doesn’t seem to be a press release (yet) that breaks down full changes, but the official “What’s New?” page lists a number…..
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Posted on August 10, 2022 4:10 PM by Rob Williams
At the ongoing SIGGRAPH conference in Vancouver, NVIDIA’s had a lot to talk about – and even released a new Studio driver to help usher it all in. You won’t see NVIDIA attend a graphics-focused conference and not bring up Omniverse, so no surprise, we’ve learned of a whack of updates from…..
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Posted on August 9, 2022 4:36 PM by Rob Williams
We may still be waiting on Intel’s gaming-bound Arc desktop GPUs to arrive on these shores, but the company’s made it clear that it plans to thoroughly cover the entire market before long – from home to enterprise. At SIGGRAPH, the company has just unveiled Arc GPUs that focus on another avenue:…..
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Posted on July 18, 2022 4:55 PM by Rob Williams
Over the past week, Intel has seemed to ramp up its Arc graphics marketing efforts, with some company employees posting teasers on social media, and others paying visits to select media outlets – including our friends at Gamers Nexus. Given this, it seems that Arc’s launch is going to be happening soon,…..
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Posted on July 18, 2022 3:57 PM by Rob Williams
We’ve talked a fair bit about NVIDIA’s Broadcast utility in the past, but perhaps not enough considering just how crucial the tool has become to some Techgage staffers, either for work or play. For those not familiar with Broadcast, or need a refresher, it’s an AI-powered solution that offers a number of…..
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Posted on June 15, 2022 6:00 PM by Rob Williams
With its new Radeon PRO 22.Q2 driver, which we wrote about yesterday, AMD introduced much-anticipated support of Maxon’s Redshift rendering engine. Until Radeon support greeted Apple computers a couple of years ago, Redshift had been exclusive to NVIDIA’s CUDA API. With this move, we get our first taste of non-NVIDIA GPU action…..
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Posted on June 15, 2022 2:30 PM by Rob Williams
NVIDIA has just released its latest “Game Ready” GeForce driver, versioned 516.40, adding support for a handful of RTX-powered games, as well as a bunch more for use with GeForce Experience’s optimized settings. NVIDIA uses this opportunity to remind the world that there are now over 250 games and applications which utilize…..
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Posted on June 14, 2022 11:15 PM by Rob Williams
When Intel launched its first Arc discrete GPUs in late March, the company’s entire focus was on notebooks, and the Arc 3-series in particular. In the time since then, availability of equipped notebooks hasn’t seemed to improve much (or at all) on these shores, but the story is a bit different for…..
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Posted on June 14, 2022 4:43 PM by Rob Williams
As we covered a couple of months ago, a major shift has happened in the Maxon Redshift world: AMD support was being added. With the release of the Radeon Enterprise 22.Q2 driver today, that support has officially landed, and honestly, we couldn’t be more excited about it. Redshift is a fantastic renderer,…..
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Posted on May 23, 2022 4:50 PM by Rob Williams
For as long as it’s existed, Corsair has wanted to cater to gamers in every way possible, whether it’s by offering quality mice and keyboards, or even liquid cooling and power. In recent years, we’ve seen the company acquire some others that perfectly fit into the gamer ecosystem, including SCUF for gamepads,…..
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Posted on May 23, 2022 3:45 PM by Rob Williams
While there are far fewer people attending in person this year, Computex has officially kicked off, and it’s already led to some intriguing announcements. So far, it seems to be AMD that’s hit the ground running the fastest, and perhaps even the hardest. The company’s major focus this year is on notebooks,…..
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