XBOX Series S gaming console leaked, might cost 299 USD

XBOX Series S for $299

XBOX Series S console has allegedly leaked on social media earlier today. This is a smaller variant of the upcoming Xbox lineup, featuring slightly lower specs for 1080p gaming. On the other hand, the Xbox Series X console focuses on 4K gaming.

The console is rumored to cost 299 USD, this price has been confirmed by Windows Central . Microsoft has not announced the pricing for the X variant yet, but it is expected to be within 4


NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 4K AotS benchmark leaks out

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 turning ashes into frames

A leak from the Ashes of the Singularity database featuring GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards has been discovered by @_rogame . The graphics card is possibly currently being tested by a reviewer.

The GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card features 8704 CUDA cores and 10GB of GDDR6X 320bit memory. It is expected to be faster than the RTX 2080 Ti graphics card.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3


AMD Ryzen 4000 “Vermeer” processors based on Zen3 might feature 10-core SKUs

Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .

AMD Ryzen 4000 “Zen3” series could feature 10-core SKUs

The Next-generation Ryzen series based on the Zen3 series might feature 10-core models, according to Yuri Bubliy (1usmus), the creator of the DRAM calculator for Ryzen and upcoming ClockTuner for Ryzen.

We reached out to Yuri for more information. According to him, the data is already present in AGESA 1.0.8.1,


EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 teased with 2.1 GHz OC boost clock

The upcoming 10496 CUDA core graphics card might run at 2.1 GHz clock.

EVGA teased with 2.1 GHz clock

The clock speeds for the 8nm Ampere GeForce RTX 30 series are not as high as many many enthusiasts have expected. Custom board makers are also very moderate with their factory-overclocking. Almost a week after launch, the fastest RTX 3090 model announced so far, features a 1755 MHz clock (and that’s after applying clock speeds

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VirtualLink USB Type-C connector is officially dead

VirtualLink website no longer works

VirtualLink was announced in 2018 as a new virtual reality headset connector standard by a consortium featuring AMD, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Oculus, Valve and HTC – the key players in the VR industry. The first products to feature the new connector were the NVIDIA Turing family (GeForce RTX 20 series).

The VL connector required NVIDIA to list higher TDP values for the card, as the connector was capable of delivering up to 27 watts of power to the headset itself. Soon

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080: 168% of RTX 2080 SUPER performance in CUDA and OpenCL benchmarks

The first post-announcement benchmark of the GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080: 168% of RTX 2080 performance

The GeForce RTX 3080 has been put through a number of CUDA and OpenCL tests with the Compubench benchmark suite.

The GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card has been tested using 456.16 drivers. The OpenCL info page reveals its a 10GB variant with 68 Compute Units (Streaming Multiprocessors

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GIGABYTE preparing AORUS W(B) and VISION RTX 30 series, ASUS to launch TURBO

The Eurasian Economic Commission website has new GeForce RTX 30 graphics card entries featuring ASUS and Gigabyte series. The list includes models that were not yet announced by both manufacturers.

ASUS preparing TURBO, KO and EK series

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NVIDIA details GeForce RTX 30 Ampere architecture

A more detailed look at the architecture has been provided by NVIDIA. The company released block diagrams, technology descriptions and detailed specifications.

NVIDIA details Ampere architecture

NVIDIA has confirmed the expected performance figures for its new Ampere models. These are official figures based on NVIDIA in-house benchmarks, likely to be taken with a grain of salt. However, they show what the company expects from the current stack and how should it be placed for future comparisons.

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AMD Radeon RX 6000 “Big Navi” teased in Fornite’s Easter Egg

AMD Radeon RX 6000 teased by Fortnite Easter Egg

AMD sponsored Fortnite Streamer MissGinaDarling discovered a new Easter Egg in a new Fortnite Map. A number of steps were needed to see the Easter Egg and at one point it requires a ‘6000’ code to be entered. At the end a message is being shown:

“SOMETHING BIG IS COMING TO THE AMD BATTLE ARENA!”

A reference to Big Navi GPU.

This is indirect confirmation from AMD that the next generation Radeon series is indeed called

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First water blocks for GeForce RTX 3090 and RTX 3080 are here

EK is the first manufacturer to announce its water blocks for the upcoming Ampere series.

EK-Quantum Vector for RTX 3090/3080

The company has confirmed the water block design for the GA102-based graphics cards from NVIDIA. The blocks are compatible with two SKUs: GeForce RTX 3090 and RTX 3080. Thus, EK inadvertently confirmed that both cards share the same board design.

The new blocks will not fit onto GeForce RTX 3070

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