AMD Radeon RX 6000 series to support games with Microsoft DXR and Vulkan ray tracing APIs

AMD to support all ray tracing titles that do not feature proprietary APIs

As promised, AMD is slowly uncovering the details on its ray tracing implementation on Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards. Today a short statement from AMD was published by AdoredTV , where the manufacturer confirmed it will support ray tracing in all games that do not come with proprietary APIs (such as NVIDIA DirectX RTX or NVIDIA Vulkan RTX).

AMD will support all ray tracing titles using industry-based standards, including the Microsoft DXR API and the

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Intel

Intel Rocket Lake and Alder Lake CPUs pictured

A photo of an alleged Rocket Lake-S CPU has emerged.

Intel Core i9-11900K?

An alleged photo of Intel’s upcoming mainstream desktop processor codenamed Rocket Lake has been posted on Wing Tseung on Facebook . The CPU will feature the same socket as the current Comet Lake-S series (LGA1200). The 11th Gen Core processors, which Intel officially confirmed last week will launch next year, most likely in the first quarter.

Intel Rocket Lake

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ASRock announces Radeon RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT graphics cards

ASRock finally unveils its Radeon RX 6800 series

ASRock got us worried because the manufacturer did not release its Navi 21-based graphics cards since the last week. The manufacturer is relatively new to the graphics cards space, so it wouldn’t hurt to confirm they are also planning to make next-generation Radeon models.

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(PR) GIGABYTE announces AORUS XTREME WaterForce GeForce RTX 30 series

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GIGABYTE Announces AORUS XTREME GeForce RTX™ 30 Series WATERFORCE graphics card

World’s 1st water block graphics card with built-in leak detection

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Cinebench scores leak ahead of launch

A LinusTechTips member Jumper118 has today posted the Cinebnech scores of AMD yet unreleased Ryzen 5 5600X CPU.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X’s Cinebench scores have been leaked

The Ryzen 5 5600X scores 609 points in Cinebench R20 single-core benchmark, according to the screenshots posted by Jumper118. The user also tested Cinebench R20, R15, and R11.5.

AMD Ryzen 5 56

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UL launches 3DMark DirectX Ray Tracing feature test

UL launches 3DMark DirectX Ray Tracing test

Just two weeks ahead of AMD Radeon RX 6000 series launch, 3DMark announces a new benchmark that will support DirectX Ray Tracing. In UL’s own words, the monopoly in GPU ray tracing is over.

The new benchmark is a feature test. It will compare both AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards in terms of pure ray tracing performance. The DirectX Ray Tracing test is a free update to those who already purchase 3DMark software. It can be downloaded from

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NVIDIA allegedly postpones the launch of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti to December 2nd

Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .

NVIDIA has allegedly changed the launch date of its GeForce RTX 3060 ti graphics card.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti to launch on November 17th?

NVIDIA GA104 GPU, Source: Inno3D

According to Expreview , NVIDIA has allegedly postponed the launch of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti graphics card to December 2nd. This is contrary to previous reports that the model would launch on November 17th

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GALAX teases GeForce RTX 30 HOF series with a massive screen

GALAX Hall of Fame gets a huge screen

The upcoming GeForce RTX 30 Hall of Fame (HOF) has been showcased by GALAX in a very interesting way. The manufacturer now hosts a VirtulShow, which is exactly what the name suggests, a virtual expo that you can see and visit by yourself in your browser .

There Galax shows off its prototype of the GeForce RTX 30 HOF series. We have already seen this design earlier, but the details were unknown at the time. The screen actually does display full color

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MSI GeForce RTX 3080 SUPRIM X pictured

The MSI premium graphics card series pictured for the first time

We have already reported that MSI is developing a new series called SUPRIM. There has been some delay in launch, as these cards were originally supposed to be available last month. It took a bit more time than expected, but the graphics cards are ready and they should become available soon.

The SUPRIM are premium series that will be offered at a higher price than GAMING X series, our sources believe. The white packaging also indicates MSI is aiming at a bit


Intel

Intel Lunar Lake, Jupiter Sound and DG3 spotted in GPU drivers

A Redditor stblr who discovered the full specs of AMD Navi 21 GPU in the macOS driver, has now shared further details on Intel’s next-generation graphics and consumer processor series.

Intel DG3

Just yesterday Intel announced its DG1 GPU. The processor is used by a discrete mobile graphics card called Iris Xe MAX. This is an entry-level GPU with a performance comparable to GeForce MX450, a multimedia oriented solution.

Intel is already developing its Xe-HPG architecture, which is targeted