EVGA says it was bad soldering that killed RTX 3090 cards during Amazon’s New World gameplay

EVGA RTX 3090 cards that were died during Amazon’s New World gameplay had bad soldering

It took 6 weeks for EVGA to finally find the cause of the dead RTX 3090 cards.

No, it wasn’t a fan controller that caused RTX 3090 cards to suddenly die when playing New World. After a few weeks of investigation and thoroughly testing two dozens of RTX 3090 cards that were returned by customers, EVGA says they found the root cause behind the problem


Sapphire, PowerColor and XFX send large shipment of Radeon graphics cards to cryptomining hardware retailer

Sapphire and PowerColor Radeon RX 6000 cards spotted at mining retailer

Cryptominers Bahrain is boasting about a new shipment of graphics to their warehouse.

Sapphire and PowerColor Radeon cards at CryptoMining Hardware Retailer, Source: Cryptominers.bh

The company located in Bahrain and Dubai has revealed it received a fresh shipment of PowerColor, Sapphire, and XFX graphics cards, none of which will be used for gaming. The retailer specializes in building cryptominig rigs and cryptofarms. They also offer ASICs for cryptomining, but the GPU mining rigs are where

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AMD Instinct MI200 with MCM Aldebaran GPU might feature 110 Compute Units

AMD Instinct MI200 with 110 Compute Units?

ROCm update might have revealed the configuration of the MI200 accelerator.

Coelacanth’s Dream spotted a Github commit indicating a possible configuration of the upcoming AMD accelerator based on the Aldebaran processor. This GPU is to feature CDNA2 architecture and it is believed to carry an internal codename of GFX90A, indicating it is a derivative of GFX 9th Family (Vega) architecture.

The code lists GFX906_60 which

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Hackers found a new way to store viruses in GPU memory

Malicious code hidden in VRAM, undetectable by antiviruses

A new cyberhack featuring graphics card memory.

According to Bleeping Computer , cybercriminals have found a new way to hide malware in graphics cards memory. This method of utilizing graphics card memory instead of system memory is undetectable by the antivirus software, the original advertisement on hacking forums claims.

The malware uses graphics memory allocation space, from where the code is executed. The technology uses OpenCL 2.0 API on Windows operating system, no other systems are supported by the malicious code.


(Driver) NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 471.96 WHQL

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(PR) Microsoft Windows 11 launches on October 5

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Windows 11 available on October 5

Today, we are thrilled to announce Windows 11 will start to become available on October 5, 2021. On this day, the free upgrade to Windows 11 will begin rolling out to eligible Windows 10 PCs and PCs that come pre-loaded with Windows 11 will start to become available for purchase. A new Windows experience, Windows 11 is designed to bring you closer to what you love.

As the PC continues to play


Polish retailer cancels 10 month old RTX 3070 order, offers RTX 3060 in return

X-Kom takes advantage of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 LHR launch, offers lower SKU for outstanding non-LHR orders

An extreme example of a retailer taking advantage of the market situation.

Over the past year, we received hundreds of emails from customers who have had trouble with their graphics card orders. The issues mentioned in those emails include problems with availability, extremely inflated pricing, or issues with the orders themselves. While we can’t help with most of these cases, we can and will write about retailers taking

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Alleged Radeon RX 6900 XTX shows up on leaked slide, but it is probably not real

Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTX

AMD is allegedly planning a third variant of its Radeon RX 6900 graphics card, a new slide posted by CyberCatPunk seems to suggest.

A photograph of a screen (literally) mentioning Radeon RX 6900 XTX has been shared by the Twitter user with no history of similar leaks in the past. While the slide could be real, it may also be outdated.

AMD had made a decision to launch

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NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards are again becoming more expensive

GPU pricing is again on the rise

Quick market analysis in Germany shows that graphics card pricing has been renounced.

3DCenter has released their latest graphics card market report based on the most popular German retailers’ pricing. According to the latest report, after a month of stagnation prices are on the rise again, shattering consumers’ expectations to buy graphics cards at suggested retail prices.

Back in May, the GPU prices have seen a massive decrease sparking enthusiasm and hope among GPU enthusiasts and gamers who were struggling to find reasonably priced


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ASRock and NZXT Intel Z690, H670, B660 and H610 motherboards listed

ASRock preparing a plethora of Intel 600 series motherboards

We received a list of upcoming ASRock motherboards.

The list offers a confirmation on upcoming chipset names, such as the flagship Z690 platform for high performance and overclocking, a feature-rich mid-range series such as H670 or B660 chipsets, and entry-level models based on the H610 chipset.

ASRock will be rolling out a large number of Z690 Phantom Gaming motherboards, including Gaming 4