NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Lite Hash Rate (LHR) has been fully unlocked

It finally happened, Lite Hash Rate GPUs have been unlocked

The developers of NiceHash confirm they have fully unlocked LHR GPUs through its newest QuickMiner software.

More than a year since LHR cards were first introduced, cryptomining software is now able to benefit from the full potential of NVIDIA RTX 30 LHR GPU. This has been today announced by NiceHash devs.

The LHR cards were meant to lower the performance of NVIDIA RTX 30 cards for Ethereum and other alternative cryptocoins mining with GPUs by up to 50%. Interestingly,

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AMD Radeon RX 6950XT features Navi 21 KXTX GPU, supports Hynix and Samsung 18Gbps memory

AMD Navi 21 KXTX

AMD RX 6950XT graphics card will ship with Navi 21 KXTX GPU, as revealed by the leaked BIOS.

Chiphell community was quick to find BIOSes in TechPowerUP database. Although they were already removed, they confirm high TGP ranges for RX 6950XT SKU, their power limits and what memory they support.

Two of the cards listed there were MSI RX 6950XT GAMING X TRIO and SAPPHIRE RX 6950XT NITRO+ Pure. Although

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Custom Radeon RX 6750XT and RX 6650XT graphics card pictured

AMD RDNA2 refresh coming in all flavors

We have some fresh pictures of the upcoming Radeon RX 6x50XT graphics cards from four companies.

So far, there is no sign that AMD board partners will be selling reference RX 6x50XT graphics cards. The information that we have suggests that AMD is focusing on partner designs, but reference cards will be sold through the AMD website.

Sapphire is preparing RX 6750XT NITRO and PULSE designs, both cards are based on existing 67

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series with Zen4 architecture rumored to feature up to 96 cores

Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 with 50% more cores

The first rumors about next-gen Threadripper emerge.

We have been reluctant to include Threadripper 7000 series into our speculated AMD Zen roadmap, simply because AMD never acknowledged it has an intention to continue releasing its HEDT series moving forward. However, the recent rumors from Moore’s Law is Dead suggest that Threadripper is not going anywhere.

What remains a mystery at this point is whether

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NVIDIA agrees to pay $5.5M fine after failing to disclose its 2018 crypto revenue

NVIDIA to pay 5.5M fine

The company has agreed to pay the penalty after failing to disclose its crypto revenue in 2018.

The company has not provided enough information to its shareholders, SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) confirmed today. NVIDIA will pay a 5.5M USD fine because the company did not disclose the impact of cryptocurrency on the company’s gaming sales.

During consecutive quarters in NVIDIA’s 2018 fiscal year, the company did not


Official Radeon RX 6x50XT series gaming performance leaks out, RX 6950XT is 4% faster than RX 6900XT

AMD Radeon RDNA2 Refresh performance leaked

Wccftech posted the full gaming performance information directly from AMD source.

These are gaming benchmarks for Radeon RX 6950XT, 6750XT and 6650XT graphics cards at 4K, 1440p and 1080p resolution respectively. AMD has provided this data to reviewers through its official guide. We have verified that the data posted by Wccftech is identical.

The site conveniently provided average performance numbers for each card after including all


More Radeon RX 6950XT cards leaked: ASRock OC Formula and MSI GAMING X TRIO with three 8-pin power connectors

Custom RX 6950XT cards are coming

ASRock RX 6950XT FORMULA OC

We now have a confirmation of the leak from Eurasian Economic Commission. The RX 6950XT OC Formula is indeed happening.

This is ASRock’s second Formula OC graphics thus far based on the updated Navi 21 GPU with higher clocks and more board power, but more importantly faster 18 Gbps GDDR6 memory. Unsurprisingly, this model is an identical copy of the RX 6900XT,

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Intel

Intel forgot to deliver updated Arc GPU driver by the end of April despite promising one

Intel Arc facing shortage of GPUs and drivers

It is more than a month since Intel ‘launched’ its Arc GPUs, but neither the GPUs nor the updated drivers are to be found.

On March 30th Intel promised to release an updated driver for its Arc GPUs. Here’s a reminder that Intel made a new branch for its Arc and Iris drivers, which is much older than the main branch with support for multiple generations of integrated graphics.

Intel was to release a new driver by the end of April

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SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6950XT TOXIC, NITRO+ and NITRO+ PURE pictured

Sapphire is preparing three RX 6950XT graphics cards

NITRO+ PURE is the newest design from Sapphire.

Sapphire RX 6950XT NITRO+ PURE, Source: VideoCardz

The company is set to launch an entirely new design called NITRO+ PURE. This is not a simple refresh of the original NITRO, but a completely new 3-slot thick cooling solution. It is kept in silver and black colors and comes with ARGB lighting around the fans and behind the logos on the side and back.

Similarly

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AMD Radeon RX 6950XT to cost $1099, RX 6750XT $549, RX 6650XT $399

AMD’s new Radeon flagship to retail at 1099 USD

We now have confirmed prices for the new Radeon cards.

According to our information, AMD has decided to increase the price of its flagship Navi 21 GPU to 1099 USD . For this price, one will find the latest Radeon RX 6950XT featuring higher power, memory bandwidth and performance.

AMD Radeon RX 6x50XT Pricing, Source: VideoCardz

AMD Radeon RX 6750XT will retail at