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AMD makes CPU and GPU comeback in latest Steam Hardware Survey — Red Team regains lost ground from Nvidia and Intel
AMD is showing significant gains in November’s latest Steam hardware survey: it’s up 4.7% in GPUs and 8.4% in CPUs. That’s all at the expense of Nvidia and Intel, which saw equally significant losses. However, this is more of a return to the status quo than AMD suddenly posting substantial gains. October’s Steam hardware survey […]
AMD RX 7000 GPU scams persist at Amazon, and it’s not just Sapphire — be sure to double-check the seller
The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is one of the best graphics cards on the market, so it’s perhaps unsurprising that scammers are preying on less-experienced consumers who are willing to shell out hundreds of dollars. If you’re in the market for a new Radeon RX 7000-series graphics card, pay extra attention to the seller, especially […]
AMD’s high-end gaming GPU sales surge in China following Nvidia RTX 4090 ban – shortages may extend into 2024
Following the U.S. export ban of the RTX 4090 and other Nvidia GPUs to China, Chinese consumers are looking for alternatives. Existing high-end RTX cards are being stripped down and repurposed into AI accelerators, and even AMD GPUs from suppliers like Dell are being restricted from sale to China, though that’s a Dell decision rather […]
Nvidia reportedly creating new RTX 4090 D ‘Dragon’ GPU to comply with US export regulations for China
Nvidia’s best graphics card for gaming, the RTX 4090 was recently struck with an export ban preventing the GPU from being sold to China. In response, Nvidia is reportedly developing a China-exclusive variant dubbed the RTX 4090 D (for “Dragon”) — that’s according to WCCFTech. The RTX 4090 D will supposedly feature lower performance and […]
Nvidia AI and HPC GPU sales reportedly approached half a million units in Q3 thanks to Meta, Facebook
Having earned $14.5 billion on datacenter hardware in the third quarter of fiscal 2024, Nvidia clearly sold a boatload of its H100 GPUs for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC). Omdia says that Nvidia sold nearly half a million A100 and H100 GPUs, and demand for these products is so high that the lead time of […]
Black Friday Tech Deals Live: Latest PC hardware, CPU, GPU, SSD, and laptop sales still available today
Refresh 2023-11-25T17:50:23.135Z The budget gaming champion Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU falls to $290 for Cyber Monday AMD’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D is now selling for $290 at Amazon for Cyber Monday, which is an incredible deal on this fantastic budget gaming chip. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D is the hands-down best upgrade for AM4 builders that are focused on […]
I’ve looked at all the GPU prices this Black Friday, and most of the ‘real’ deals are on Intel Arc graphics cards
If you’re looking for a great deal on a new graphics card for Black Friday, you’re not alone. Because who wouldn’t want a GPU upgrade at a discount? The problem is that determining which GPUs are true deals and which are simply slight discounts can be tricky. Lots of places list original MSRPs that are, […]