ChatGPT will need over 30,000 Nvidia GPUs to go commercial
OpenAI will need 30,000 top-end Nvidia GPUs to power a commercial version of its ChatGPT language model, according to an analysis by TrendForce.
The market research firm explained that the generative AI that made ChatGPT and other...
Razer starts selling RTX 40-powered Blade 16 and 18 laptops
Razer's latest line of Blade gaming laptops — the Blade 16 and Blade 18 — go on sale today, Wednesday, 8 February 2023, with prices starting from $2,700 (R47,350, excl. VAT).
However, Engadget reported that prospective buyers would...
AMD and Nvidia under-shipping graphics cards to keep prices high
AMD and Nvidia have been under-shipping graphics cards in the past few months, keeping prices from plummeting amid weakened demand due to rising inflation and a significant dip in cryptocurrency mining.
PC Gamer reports that AMD...
Amazon and Nvidia lead tech share rally
The market is regaining its appetite for risk after a bitter 2022 as traders increasingly snap up some of last year’s biggest losers, particularly beaten down tech stocks.
Amazon.com Inc. and Nvidia Corp. are among the biggest contributors to the Nasdaq...
Google and Nvidia join Sony's opposition to Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal
Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Nvidia Corp. have expressed concerns to the Federal Trade Commission about Microsoft Corp.’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc., adding fuel to the government’s case against the $69...
Best bang-for-buck gaming laptops in South Africa
South Africans looking for a portable gaming machine will find a plethora of capable laptop models on the market.
The early days of gaming laptops taking heavy flak for their lacklustre performance compared to desktop gaming PCs are well behind us.
Galax claims record 40% overclock of RTX 4080
Graphics card board partner Galax has claimed a new overclocking record for Nvidia's powerful GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card.
In a post on Twitter on Tuesday, the company said its overclocking team managed to push the clock speed of a Galax RTX...
Nvidia retiring four cheap graphics cards — Report
Nvidia is phasing out some of its last-remaining Turing graphics cards, which are among the company's best-value GPUs when it comes to price-to-performance.
That is according to rumours on China's Bobantang tech forums, which were picked up by...
AWS launches new Graviton chip in challenge to AMD, Intel, and Nvidia
Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud-computing unit is rolling out new chips designed to power the highest-end of computing, supporting tasks such as weather forecasting and gene sequencing.
Amazon Web Services, the largest provider of...
Goodbye long game loading times — Microsoft launches DirectStorage 1.1
Microsoft has launched the next iteration of its DirectStorage technology on Windows 11, aiming to make game load times even faster.
Because game assets — like characters, objects, environments, and even colours — can...
Rain launching Nvidia GeForce Now — first cloud gaming platform in South Africa
Rain has signed a partnership agreement with Nvidia to bring its high-performance cloud gaming platform — GeForce Now — to South Africa.
The South African GeForce Now service will be hosted locally in Rain's data...
Nvidia wants melted 4090 GPUs returned for analysis
Some partner-manufactured GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards have a flaw causing the 16-pin power adapter to melt, and Nvidia is calling for all affected cards to be returned for analysis.
According to an Igor's Lab post, Nvidia sent a briefing...
GeForce RTX 4090 power connectors melting — Reports
At least two owners of Nvidia's powerful new GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card have reported their power adapters and connectors have melted during operation, Tom's Hardware reports.
The users posted about their experience on Reddit, with one...
Nvidia could launch a GeForce RTX 4090 laptop GPU — report
Hardware specifications posted by reputable industry leaker Harukaze5719 suggest that Nvidia could launch a GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile graphics processing unit (GPU), Tom's Hardware reports.
The hardware leaker shared the Ada Lovelace...
Most popular graphics cards in South Africa
Nvidia has dominated AMD in South African graphics card sales in 2022, while gamers have increasingly looked towards more affordable models amid a tough economic climate.
MyBroadband recently asked the country's biggest retailers operating in the...
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...
South African retailers start selling Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 cards — prices up to R49,999
South African gamers hoping to buy Nvidia's new top-of-the-range graphics card will have to put down between R37,999 and R49,999 for the GPU.
Several well-known online PC hardware retailers now have the...
Overclocked RTX 4090 hits highest-ever GPU clock speed
Overclockers on TecLab OC’s team in Brazil achieved a record-breaking graphics processing unit (GPU) clock speed of 3.45GHz using Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4090 GPU, Video Cardz reports.
However, performance degraded at such high speeds...
Most popular gaming graphics cards revealed
Steam has released its hardware and software survey for September 2022, revealing that Nvidia's RTX 3060 is now the most prevalent graphics card used by PC gamers.
Steam is the world's most popular PC game distribution platform, with around 120...
Intel shows how Arc A750 and Arc A770 cards beat RTX 3060 on price-to-performance
Intel has claimed that its upcoming Intel Arc 750 and Arc 770 graphics cards beat Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3060 on a price-to-performance basis.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger confirmed pricing for the company's new...