AMD is giving Nvidia a run for its money in South Africa
South African PC hardware retailers have observed significant upswings in the popularity of AMD graphics cards in recent months.
However, Nvidia still holds the crown as the most popular manufacturer of top-end graphics cards. AMD's...
Nvidia slashing 2GB of memory from RTX 3050 — Report
Nvidia plans to replace its widely-panned RTX 3050 budget graphics card with an even weaker version that reduces its RAM by 2GB, Tom's Hardware reports.
The publication spotted a leak on the Chinese forum Board Channels, which revealed...
Nvidia announces Grace Hopper Superchip to assert its AI dominance
Nvidia Corp. announced an updated AI processor that gives a jolt to the chip’s capacity and speed, seeking to cement the company’s dominance in a burgeoning market.
The Grace Hopper Superchip, a combination graphics chip and...
Nvidia scrapping launch of 12GB RTX 4080 — because everybody knows it's an RTX 4070 in disguise
Nvidia has scrapped a plan to launch a less powerful 12GB version of its RTX 4080 graphics card.
Agreeing with what tech reviewers and critics have been saying in the past three weeks since the...
Crypto miners pressure wash rigs before selling cards online
A series of videos recently posted to Twitter claim to show Vietnamese crypto miners using pressure-washing hoses to clean Nvidia RTX graphics cards in their mining rigs.
Twitter user I_Leak_VN posted three clips showing how water...
Nvidia misses revenue estimates by $1 billion
Nvidia Corp.’s quarterly revenue missed its projections by more than $1 billion, surprising investors and piling on more evidence that demand for electronic components is drying up quickly after a two-year boom.
Fiscal second-quarter revenue was...
Intel Arc Alchemist graphics cards delayed — Report
A new leak from technology insider Enthusiastic Citizen states that Intel’s upcoming range of desktop graphics cards is likely getting delayed again, reports Wccftech.
According to the report, Intel is postponing its Arc Alchemist GPU launch...
New Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 expected
Nvidia is expected to unveil an updated GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card on Tuesday, according to a report from Wccftech.
The publication has claimed that information from its sources indicate the new card will be announced at 06:00 Pacific Time — 16:00 in...
AMD versus Nvidia — 2021 graphics card face-off
2021 was not a good year for the graphics card market, with a global shortage and only a few new cards launched.
Nvidia and AMD released their latest flagship graphics cards in 2020, working this year to combat the global shortage by releasing...
Good signs for graphics card shortage
An analysis by independent German tech site ComputerBase has revealed early signs that the graphics card shortage is easing.
The publication recently assessed the availability of new Nvidia and AMD graphics cards from online retailers in Europe, and found...
AMD announces new laptop GPUs, and it's going to be good
AMD has announced a new line-up of laptop graphics cards which it claims outperforms Nvidia's RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 laptop GPUs, at a more affordable price.
Speaking at the company's keynote address at Computex on Monday, AMD vice...
Nvidia having a strong 2021 despite chip shortages
Nvidia Corp., the largest U.S. chipmaker by market value, gave a bullish forecast on demand for chips used in gaming PCs, data centers and cryptocurrency mining.
Revenue in the current quarter will be about $6.3 billion, plus or minus 2%, the...
As you know, there is a huge shortage of GPUs right now, and this is not helped by the crypto boom and inflated prices, either.
I came across a website that sells an RTX 3060ti (very close in performance to the RTX 3070) for R12 700, here...
Nvidia cuts crypto mining power of new RTX 30 graphics cards
Nvidia has announced that it will now limit mining on almost all of its new graphics cards, including the RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 cards that will begin shipping at the end of May.
This is in reaction to the worldwide GPU...
Why South Africans are angry about graphics card prices
The launch prices of graphics cards in South Africa have increased rapidly in recent years, while salaries have stagnated or declined relative to inflation.
Comparing the prices of new graphics cards to the average take-home pay in South...
Has anyone ordered any computer parts from Senetic? I've seen 3 posts on Hello Peter, 2 good, one bad. I guess it's an alternative to Wootware and Evetech, and they seem to be up to 20% cheaper across quite a few of their items. Items are shipped from Poland and do carry manufacturer...
The best GPUs for South African PC gamers
2019 has seen a great selection of new graphics cards enter the market, offering powerful performance for gamers and other power users.
For those buying a new graphics card, it is important to understand which provides the best performance within your...
Intel prepares for new graphics cards with driver updates
Intel recently released new updates for its Linux graphics driver to prepare the system for its upcoming discrete graphics cards, Phoronix reported.
The updates reportedly introduce memory region support to Linux graphics driver, which...