AMD introduces its next mainstream card based on RDNA 2
The RX 6600 is targeted at the 1080P gaming.
Hail to the DIY’er
Today’s PC industry got its start with Microcomputers that were being built in garages all over the world.
Nvidia rounds out the high-end segment of its 3000 series
The 3070 TI is a solid performer for the high-end segment
Supply shortages and mining batter the AIB market
Quarter-to-quarter graphics add-in board shipments decreased by -3.9% and decreased -6.5% year-to-year
GPU shipments soar once more in Q4
The PC GPU market shipments increased by 20.5% sequentially from last quarter and increased by 29.1% year-to-year
New coin rush?
When AMD and Nvidia introduced their new AIBs in Q4 2020, they sold out immediately. No one anticipated the demand and attributed it to bots. Gamers complained that once again, they got left out. The suspicion was crypto-miners were the cause of the shortage. We think there is some truth, and proof in that suspicion. The waves of Cryptocurrency mining … Read more
Covid-19 and games drive AIB market to new highs
AMD gains in market share
Nvidia’s RTX 3060 Ti —a terrific value for gamers
The RTX 3060 Ti debuted at $399, and Nvidia claimed it to be 40% faster on average than its predecessor, the GeForce RTX 2060 Super. The RTX 3060 Ti Founder’s Edition is a tremendous addition to the GeForce RTX 30 Series, but we couldn’t match Nvidia’s performance claims in all cases. We came close in game-only FPS tests—35%. The new … Read more
Nvidia’s RTX 3060 Ti —a terrific value for gamers
Lots of performance and not too expensive
2020’s GPU Compute add-in boards
FLOPS, TOPS, and pops compute accelerators
2020’s GPU Compute add-in boards
FLOPS, TOPS, and pops compute accelerators
GeForce Now—game anywhere on any device?
(Source: Bradley Hook, Pixels) Nvidia introduced its virtual client concept called Grid in 2008. The idea was to employ powerful GPU-based AIBs in an internet server (the cloud) and stream pixels over the internet to a local client machine that probably lacked the graphics power to run the desired application. Then in 2013, Nvidia extended its Arm-based shield platform … Read more