Monthly Archives: January, 2025

Double Flow Through, a new cooler design for the GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card that NVIDIA has described as being "revolutionary" and "unbelievable," measuring only 304 mm long x 137 mm high x 2-slot wide, will deliver much quieter cooling performance versus older or traditional designs that include two-slot dual axial and two-slot flow through designs at higher power draws, according to a new SPL chart that NVIDIA has shared as part of an official slide deck for its latest GPUs for gamers and creators.

The GeForce RTX 50 Series, a new generation of GPUs powered by the NVIDIA "Blackwell" RTX architecture that green team says will bring game-changing AI and neural rendering capabilities to gamers and creators, will deliver a 15% to 33% performance uplift over the Ada generation of GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs without the help of DLSS 4 and its new Multi Frame Generation technology, according to new estimates derived from first-party benchmarks that have been shared by NVIDIA.

With a new protagonist, enthralling campaign storyline and the all-new Propaganda Mode, this promises to be another thrilling entry in the Sniper Elite franchise.

Equipped with support up to 256GB of DDR5 memory, this motherboard allows you to multitask effortlessly—whether you're streaming media, editing home videos, or running multiple applications simultaneously.

An overseas reviewer has posted the first images of an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition and shared that reviews will go live on January 29. Additionally, it's been confirmed that the 12VHPWR power connector has been upgraded to a 12V-2x6 and includes a 3x 8-pin adapter enabling up to 450W of power delivery to the card.

The Radeon RX 9070 Series, a new generation of GPUs based on the RDNA 4 architecture that AMD has yet to fully unveil, will deliver 4,096 Shading Units, a boost clock of 2.97 GHz, and 16 GB of GDDR6 memory as part of a higher-ended XT model, according to specifications for the GPUs that have surfaced at Overclockers UK, a retailer that describes itself as the UK's leading online store for PC systems and components.

Frame Generation, an AI-powered feature that NVIDIA introduced in September 2022 as part of its suite of performance-enhancing DLSS 3 technologies, has been updated with a new AI model that can deliver faster performance despite requiring less VRAM usage, according to a new benchmark comparison that Jacob Freeman, a "GeForce Evangelist" at NVIDIA," shared on X this week.

Graphics Card High-Power (GC-HPWR), a finger connector that ASUS introduced as part of its BTF (Back-to-The-Future) ecosystem to power GPUs without the need for traditional cabling (e.g., 6/8-pin PCIe and 12VHPWR/12V-2×6 cables), will soon be available in an updated format that is capable of delivering up to 1,000 watts of power for next-gen graphics cards, according to new diagrams for the connector that have been shared online.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection, a compilation of first-person shooters that comprises every Halo game developed by Bungie, as well as 2012's Halo 4 from Halo Studios (formerly 343 Industries), is headed to the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2, according to the latest rumors shared by Nate the Hate, the same leaker who recently claimed that Nintendo would be revealing the successor to its best-selling hybrid video game console very, very soon.

As the second guest character in Street Fighter history, players have plenty of reasons to get excited for Mai’s unique moveset inspired by a variety of SNK classics with the modern touches of Street Fighter 6 mechanics.

Gaming monitors that leverage organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), the display technology best known for its ability to deliver extreme contrast ratios, wide viewing angles, and deep, true blacks, now comprise 22% of the gaming monitor market, according to new statements that LG shared at its pre-CES 2025 virtual briefing.

PGA TOUR 2K25 features several franchise advancements, including the addition of new EvoSwing mechanics with a whole host of new shot types, ball flights, roll physics, and visual improvements; the most immersive and customizable MyCAREER experience to date; a diverse suite of creation tools; and much more.