Tag: graphics

Without attaching additional power cables, how much can a PCIe x16 graphics card draw from the motherboard’s slot?

Choose your answer and the correct choice will be revealed. When attached to a motherboard's

By Mike Powers

Nvidia’s small GPU initiative will keep graphics cards large — but I’m glad it exists

Nvidia just gave the PC gaming industry a reason to shrink its biggest graphics cards

By Mike Powers

Graphics card and motherboard import tariffs pushed back another year

The big picture: The Office of the US Trade Representative has extended tariff exemptions on

By Mike Powers

The VoodooX 3Dfx project tries to revive the legend of early 3D graphics cards for PC

In brief: Oscar Barea, a 3Dfx enthusiast, is trying to make Voodoo cards reach a

By Mike Powers

Graphics card makers believe the RTX 5090 and 5080 will ship in Q4 2024

Rumor mill: Rumors have long pointed to a late 2024 or early 2025 launch for

By Mike Powers

Goodbye to Graphics: How GPUs Came to Dominate AI and Compute

Thirty years ago, CPUs and other specialized processors handled virtually all computation tasks. The graphics

By Mike Powers

New GDDR7 graphics memory standard finalized, promises double the bandwidth of GDDR6

In context: JEDEC is an independent trade organization overseeing the development of technology standards in

By Mike Powers

AMD RDNA4 graphics cards may only receive a minor bump in ray tracing performance

Rumor mill: Although the last few generations of AMD graphics cards have matched their Nvidia

By Mike Powers