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NVIDIA today is quietly launching a new entry-level graphics card for the retail market, the GeForce RTX 3050 6GB. Based on a cut-down version of their budget Ampere-architecture GA107 GPU, the new card brings what was previously an OEM-only product to the retail market. Besides adding another part to NVIDIA's deep product stack, the launch of the RTX 3050 6GB also comes with another perk: lower power consumption thanks to this part targeting system installs where an external PCIe power connector would not be needed. NVIDIA's partners, in turn, have not wasted any time in taking advantage of this, and today Palit is releasing its first fanless KalmX board in years: the GeForce RTX 3050 KalmX 6GB. The GeForce RTX 3050 6GB is based on...
ZOTAC Announces VR GO Backpack PC with GeForce GTX 1070
ZOTAC this week has formally introduced its VR GO backpack PC designed for virtual reality enthusiasts. The system is equipped with NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1070 graphics, a quad-core CPU...
30 by Anton Shilov on 11/2/2016GIGABYTE BRIX Gaming UHD GB-BNi7HG4-950 mini-PC Review
The PC market has been subject to challenges over the last several years. However, gaming systems and small form-factor (SFF) PCs have weathered the storm particularly well. Many vendors...
53 by Ganesh T S on 10/28/2016Update: NVIDIA Releases 375.63 WHQL Driver update
Update 10/23: NVIDIA has yanked the 375.57 drivers this weekend and replaced them with a new build, 375.63. The updated driver set fixes an especially annoying bug with tiles...
12 by Daniel Williams on 10/22/2016NVIDIA Announces GeForce GTX 1050 Ti & GTX 1050: Entry-Level Cards Launching October 25th
After a break of a couple of months in their Pascal launch schedule, NVIDIA is back again to launch a new Pascal desktop product. Following their near-perfect top-down launch...
93 by Ryan Smith on 10/18/2016NVIDIA Releases 373.06 WHQL Game Ready Driver - Support for Mafia III, GoW 4 and Shadow Warrior 2
Not to miss out on the many releases this fall NVIDIA is working hard to keep our computers ready for the newest and upcoming games. In another iteration of...
10 by Daniel Williams on 10/7/2016NVIDIA Releases 372.90 WHQL Game Ready Driver
Not to be outdone by AMD, NVIDIA also has their own driver release this evening, with the release of driver version 372.90. Among the fixes in this latest drivers includes...
32 by Daniel Williams on 9/22/2016NVIDIA Announces Gears of War 4 Game Bundle for GTX 1080 and 1070
As we enter the AAA blockbuster season and leave the avalanche of GPU releases behind us, we are beginning to see the first game bundles approach. Those considering an...
10 by Daniel Williams on 9/21/2016Discrete Desktop GPU Market Trends Q2 2016: AMD Grabs Market Share, But NVIDIA Remains on Top
We're back once again with our periodic series looking at computer hardware market trends, this time taking a look at GPU sales for Q2 2016. Broadly speaking, unit sales...
72 by Anton Shilov on 9/13/2016Update: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Settlement Claims Website Now Open
Update 09/12: Bringing this back up, over the weekend the website to submit settlement claims went up. Owners of GTX 970s who purchased the card between its launch and...
105 by Ryan Smith on 9/12/2016NVIDIA Releases GeForce Experience 3.0 - New UI and Features
These past several years NVIDIA has made continued efforts to create a gaming ecosystem that rivals those found in the console market. The venue for these efforts has centered...
39 by Daniel Williams on 9/8/2016NVIDIA Releases 372.70 WHQL Game Ready Driver
It’s driver update time again. This time with a small list of fixes and a relatively large list of game ready titles. Though the list is a bit inflated...
2 by Daniel Williams on 8/31/2016Acer Predator 21 X: Notebook with Curved Display, Kaby Lake and GeForce GTX 1080 SLI
As part of the IFA event this week in Berlin, Acer is announcing its Predator 21 X, the industry’s first desktop replacement notebook with a curved display. The laptop...
29 by Anton Shilov on 8/31/2016Eurocom Sky E9E2 Laptop: Intel Core i7, Two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080/1070 GPUs in SLI, Optional 120 Hz Display Panel
Eurocom has released one of the world’s first laptops featuring two NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1080/1070 GPUs, along with one of Intel’s latest Core i7 CPUs for good measure. The...
80 by Anton Shilov on 8/26/2016NVIDIA Announces Paragon Game Bundle For GeForce Video Cards
As game releases ramp up and GPU manufacturers build market interest approaching the fall season, bundles seem to be popping up like daisies. The latest to join the fray...
31 by Daniel Williams on 8/24/2016NVIDIA Releases GeForce GTX 1060 3GB: GTX 1060, Yet Not
In a low-key press blast sent today, NVIDIA has announced that they are expanding the GeForce 10-Series of cards with another entry. Augmenting the current series of cards is...
124 by Ryan Smith on 8/18/2016NVIDIA Releases 372.54 WHQL Game Ready Driver
Yesterday NVIDIA unveiled the GeForce GTX 10 Series for notebooks. Following through they have sent out the new 372.54 driver update with support for the new notebooks and in...
4 by Daniel Williams on 8/16/2016NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 10-Series for Notebooks Unveiled, Launching Today
Although no two GPU launches are ever exactly alike, I think this year’s launch of the FinFET generation GPUs really drives that point home. Over the last 3 months...
46 by Ryan Smith & Brett Howse on 8/16/2016The GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition & ASUS Strix GTX 1060 Review
For the mainstream video card market, a traditional NVIDIA top-to-bottom launch is both exciting and trying. Exciting because you get a sneak peek at what’s coming down the pipe...
189 by Ryan Smith on 8/5/2016Updated: NVIDIA Announces “NVIDIA Titan X” Video Card: $1200, Available August 2nd
In 2014/2015, it took NVIDIA 6 months from the launch of the Maxwell 2 architecture to get GTX Titan X out the door. All things considered, that was a...
228 by Ryan Smith on 7/25/2016Cards Galore: A Quick Look At the Custom GeForce GTX 1060 Launch Lineup
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 is here to contend for mainstream space. Alongside the NVIDIA-only Founders Edition card, we will see a large number of cards released from other...
55 by Daniel Williams on 7/21/2016