Confirmed: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti launches after RTX 3070

A mid-range card with 8GB memory.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

The first mid-range Ampere card to launch this year is GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, likely to be the first SKU in these series. We now have two sources confirming that the next graphics card in the Ampere GeForce RTX 30 series is RTX 3060 Ti. There is currently no confirmation on RTX 3060 non-Ti launch date. The non-Ti model is expected to

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GAINWARD launches GeForce RTX 30 Phantom series

Gainward finally unveils the Phantom series.

Gainward goes steampunk

The GeForce RTX 3090 and RTX 3080 Phantom series were finally launched on Gainward’s website. The Ampere-based models feature a brand new stealthy design for the series.

Gainward unveiled four models in total, including GS (Golden Sample) SKUs featuring the best clock speeds and also the highest TDP. All four cards feature the same cooler design, but they do have different PCBs. The RTX 3090 cards are equipped with

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Manufacturers respond to GeForce RTX 3080/3090 crash to desktop issues

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080/3090 graphics cards face Crash To Desktop (CTD) problems

The ongoing problems with GeForce RTX 30 series launch are reaching new grounds. From a very limited stock, sponsored videos ahead of independent reviews to actual hardware issues with the very few cards that were already delivered – this launch will definitely not going to be positively remembered.

We recently reported on a problem that had arisen in the last few days and it seems that we have only touched upon an issue that


(PR) Alphacool announces Eisblock Aurora water blocks for first custom GeForce RTX 3090/3080 models

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Today, Alphacool presents several new coolers that are ready to pre-order for Geforce RTX 3080 and 3090 cards. Delivery will begin at the end of October. These include coolers for the Asus Strix and TUF series and coolers for the MSI Gaming X Trio series. The new coolers cover all important components like voltage converter, graphics memory and of course the GPU. Also any other important areas that tend to get hot are also cooled via liquid. To ensure the best

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Intel

Intel Alder Lake-S appears in Intel PSU Test Plan Tables

It appears that @momomo_us found 11th Gen Core series and Alder Lake-S series, in previously unknown documents describing power supply voltage recommendations.

Intel Alder Lake-S with more strict PSU voltage requirements

Power Supply Unit Test Plans are basically blueprints for the motherboard and power supply manufacturers to prepare for the upcoming Intel Core series. The documents directly mention the 11th Gen Core series, which in this context means Rocket Lake-S (desktop processor series) and Alder Lake-S (interestingly not

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AMD Sienna Cichlid confirmed as Navi 21, Navy Flounder is Navi 22

AMD Navi 21 is Sienna Cichlid

The speculation is over, Sienna Cichlid is indeed Navi 21 and Navy Flounder is Navi 22. This is all confirmed by AMD through ROCm Developer Tools source code. Whether these codenames refer to the specific products (such as Radeon Pro), we don’t know yet. We do at least know for sure that these codenames are used internally by AMD open-source software developers in regard to Navi 2X series of GPUs.

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EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 KINGPIN reaches 2.58 GHz clock

Vince Lucido breaks 3DMark Port Royal world record

Vince “K|NGP|N” Lucido now holds the world record in 3DMark Port Royal with 16673 graphics points . This score was achieved with a fully-custom design by EVGA based on GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card, a card called – RTX 3090 KINGPIN.

The professional overclocked was able to reach 2580 MHz core clock at 1069 mV with memory at 10750 MHz

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NVIDIA Quadro RTX ‘Ampere’ 6000 to feature a new 8-pin power connector?

A new video from Moore’s Law Is Dead shows a new power connector for the next-generation Quadro series.

NVIDIA Quadro RTX (A)6000 with a new power connector?

New information on the next-generation Quadro has been published on Moore’s Law is Dead YouTube channel. The photographs reveal a new industrial design for the professional line of graphics cards from NVIDIA.

The Quadro RTX (A)6000 is rumored to feature a full GA102 GPU with 1

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 European pricing revealed

GeForce RTX 3070 to cost 520-680 EUR in Europe

According to Overclocking.com , the pricing of the RTX 3070 model is expected to be within 520 to 680 EUR. The prices actually come from a Spanish retailer ‘PC Components’ who listed the cards three weeks in advance.

The cheapest custom RTX 3070 cards should retail at 519.90 EUR (with Spanish 21% VAT). According to the


NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Graphics Cards Review Roundup

NVIDIA launches GeForce RTX 3090

It is September 24th and NVIDIA officially launches its flagship model based on Ampere architecture – GeForce RTX 3090. The card features 10496 CUDA cores, 24GB of GDDR6X memory, and TDP at 350W. NVIDIA has put a 1,499 USD price tag on this model, which is more than double of what the RTX 3080 officially costs (699 USD).

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