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AMD Falling Behind: Radeon dGPUs Absent from Steam's Top 20

As we entered November, Valve just finished processing data for October in its monthly update of Steam Hardware and Software Survey, showcasing trend changes in the largest gaming community. And according to October data, AMD's discrete GPUs are not exactly in the best place. In the top 20 most commonly used GPUs, not a single discrete SKU was based on AMD. All of them included NVIDIA as their primary GPU choice. However, there is some change to AMD's entries, as the Radeon RX 580, which used to be the most popular AMD GPU, just got bested by the Radeon RX 6600 as the most common choice for AMD gamers. The AMD Radeon RX 6600 now holds 0.98% of the GPU market.

NVIDIA's situation paints a different picture, as the top 20 spots are all occupied by NVIDIA-powered gamers. The GeForce RTX 3060 remains the most popular GPU at 7.46% of the GPU market, but the number two spot is now held by the GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU at 5.61%. This is an interesting change since this NVIDIA GPU was in third place, right behind the regular GeForce RTX 4060 for desktops. However, laptop gamers are in abundance, and they are showing their strength, placing the desktop GeForce RTX 4060 in third place, recording 5.25% usage.

Minisforum Unveils 790S7: Compact PC with RTX 4060 and 16-Core Ryzen 9 7940HX

Minisforum stands as a reputed brand in the ever-advancing segment of mini PCs. The brand's recently unveiled 790S7 joins its commendable lineup of high-performance SFF PCs with specifications that are impressive to say the least. At 7 liters, the 790S7 is not exactly 'tiny', but is substantially more compact than traditional tower PCs.

The system is powered by a 16-core Ryzen 9 7940HX 'Dragon Range' CPU at its heart, paired with up to 64 B of DDR5-5200 RAM and 4 terabytes of flash storage along with the titular RTX 4060 discrete GPU. Unlike most of the other compact PCs from the brand, the RTX 4060 GPU in the 790S7 is of the full-fledged desktop variant and not the slower 'Laptop' kind.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 "Blackwell" GPU Appears During Factory Boot-Up

We officially have the first look at NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090 "Blackwell" add-in board from what appears to be ZOTAC manufacturing facility. The leaked video shows a newly opened factory in Indonesia, which is recently opened-up to circumvent US export regulations. Published on Chiphell platform, the factory video shows NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 AIB design powering up, followed by cheering of factory workers. This signals that the alleged NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series scheduled for CES is near indeed, and AIB designs are also going to be available around that timeframe.

To confirm that the video is indeed showing GeForce RTX 5090, the video description, translated from Chinese, is as follows: "Due to the US's chip export control on China, graphics card chips with performance equal to or higher than 4090 are prohibited from being exported to mainland China. In order to avoid the impact of this move on the launch of RTX 5090, Bo Neng urgently built a factory in Batam, Indonesia. The video shows the debugging of the factory production line. The graphics card that lights up the monitor in the video is the NVIDIA RTX 5090 graphics card that will be launched soon." Although the video is quite blurry, we have to wait for the official launch or more leaks to see the GPU in its full glory.

YEYIAN GAMING Presents New Gaming PCs Powered by INTEL CORE ULTRA Series 2 Processors

YEYIAN GAMING, a leading innovator in high-performance gaming systems, today announced the launch of 12 new gaming PCs powered by the latest INTEL CORE ULTRA Series 2 Processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards, setting a new standard for gaming performance.

Frank Lee, Vice President of YEYIAN GAMING, expressed his enthusiasm for the partnership with INTEL, stating, "Our collaboration with INTEL has allowed us to create some of the most powerful gaming PCs on the market. By integrating the INTEL CORE ULTRA Series 2 Processors with the NVIDIA RTX 4080 Super, 4070 Ti Super, and 4070 Super graphics cards, we provide gamers with an unparalleled experience. These systems are designed for those who demand peak performance and future-proof technology."

NVIDIA DLSS Comes To THRONE AND LIBERTY, Until Dawn, Starship Troopers: Extermination and The Axis Unseen

More than 600 games and applications feature RTX technologies, and each week new games integrating NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex and advanced ray-traced effects are released or announced, delivering the definitive PC experience for GeForce RTX players. This week, THRONE AND LIBERTY and Until Dawn arrive with DLSS 3 and Reflex. Next week, Starship Troopers: Extermination also launches with DLSS 3 and Reflex. And later this month, DLSS 3 and Reflex launch in The Axis Unseen and MechWarrior 5: Clans.

THRONE AND LIBERTY Launches Globally Today With DLSS 3 & Reflex
NCSoft's THRONE AND LIBERTY is a free-to-play MMORPG that takes place in the vast open world of Solisium. You can scale expansive mountain ranges for new vantage points, scan open skies, traverse sprawling plains, and explore a land full of depth and opportunity. Adapt your fight to survive and thrive through strategic decisions in PvP, PvE, or both, as you encounter evolving battlefields impacted by weather, time of day, and other players. There is no single path to victory as you seek to defeat Kazar and claim the throne while keeping rival guilds at bay. From solo play to large-scale battles, THRONE AND LIBERTY provides a wide spectrum of content, along with guild content that seeks the unique enjoyment of playing together, exclusive to PC MMOs.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 Specifications Surface, Showing Larger SKU Segmentation

Thanks to the renowned NVIDIA hardware leaker kopite7Kimi on X, we are getting information about the final versions of NVIDIA's first upcoming wave of GeForce RTX 50 series "Blackwell" graphics cards. The two leaked GPUs are the GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, which now feature a more significant gap between xx80 and xx90 SKUs. For starters, we have the highest-end GeForce RTX 5090. NVIDIA has decided to use the GB202-300-A1 die and enabled 21,760 FP32 CUDA cores on this top-end model. Accompanying the massive 170 SM GPU configuration, the RTX 5090 has 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, with each GDDR7 die running at 28 Gbps. This translates to 1,568 GB/s memory bandwidth. All of this is confined to a 600 W TGP.

When it comes to the GeForce RTX 5080, NVIDIA has decided to further separate its xx80 and xx90 SKUs. The RTX 5080 has 10,752 FP32 CUDA cores paired with 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus. With GDDR7 running at 28 Gbps, the memory bandwidth is also halved at 784 GB/s. This SKU uses a GB203-400-A1 die, which is designed to run within a 400 W TGP power envelope. For reference, the RTX 4090 has 68% more CUDA cores than the RTX 4080. The rumored RTX 5090 has around 102% more CUDA cores than the rumored RTX 5080, which means that NVIDIA is separating its top SKUs even more. We are curious to see at what price point NVIDIA places its upcoming GPUs so that we can compare generational updates and the difference between xx80 and xx90 models and their widened gaps.

NVIDIA DLSS Comes to GreedFall II: The Dying World, The Casting of Frank Stone, Witchfire, and More Games

More than 600 games and applications feature RTX technologies, and each week new games integrating NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex and advanced ray-traced effects are released or announced, delivering the definitive PC experience for GeForce RTX players. Today, GreedFall II: The Dying World launches with support for DLSS Super Resolution, The Casting of Frank Stone and Witchfire are now available on Steam with DLSS 3 with Frame Generation support, and Satisfactory has exited Early Access with support for DLSS Super Resolution and DLAA.

Witchfire Now Available On Steam With Support For DLSS 3 & Reflex
The Astronauts' Witchfire is a dark fantasy first-person shooter from the creative leads behind Painkiller, Bulletstorm, and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. Desperate for a chance to triumph in the deadly war against witches, the Church calls on forbidden pagan magic to turn willing sinners into immortal witch hunters called preyers. Armed with powerful spells and fearsome firearms conjured by the best Vatican sorcerers, your mission is to find the infamous witch of the Black Sea, destroy the phantom army that protects her, and retrieve a mysterious artifact that can finally turn the tide of war.

Durabook Upgrades S14I Semi-rugged Laptop to Expand its AI-ready Product Line

Durabook, the global rugged mobile solutions brand owned by Twinhead International Corporation, today announced significant updates to its S14I semi-rugged laptop, expanding its product line supporting modern-day data-intensive tasks. With the performance of Intel Core Ultra processor, this AI-powered 14" semi-rugged laptop exceeds expectations by delivering a powerful, premium performance and exceptional user experience.

Durabook also produces the Z14I fully rugged laptop, the world's most durable and reliable fully rugged PC designed specifically to support demanding AI applications in the field. Twinhead's CEO, Fred Kao, said: "AI technology has emerged as an important tool to handle and maximise data and create new, more capable and powerful systems. Durabook aims to equip our mobile computing devices with optimum capability for professional users in the field. Our customers can exploit these advancements to their advantage and greatest benefit with laptop solutions delivering up to 100 TOPS with AI accelerator."

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 Reach Final Stages This Month, Chinese "D" Variant Arrives for Both SKUs

NVIDIA is on the brink of finalizing its next-generation "Blackwell" graphics cards, the GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080. Sources close to BenchLife indicate that NVIDIA is targeting September for the official design specification finalization of both models. This timeline hints at a possible unveiling at CES 2025, with a market release shortly after. The RTX 5090 is rumored to boast a staggering 550 W TGP, a significant 22% increase from its predecessor, the RTX 4090. Meanwhile, the RTX 5080 is expected to draw 350 W, a more modest 9.3% bump from the current RTX 4080. Interestingly, NVIDIA appears to be developing "D" variants for both cards, which are likely tailored for the Chinese market to comply with export regulations.

Regarding raw power, the RTX 5090 is speculated to feature 24,576 CUDA cores paired with 512-bit GDDR7 memory. The RTX 5080, while less mighty, is still expected to pack a punch with 10,752 CUDA cores and 256-bit GDDR7 memory. As NVIDIA prepares to launch these powerhouses, rumors suggest the RTX 4090D may be discontinued by December 2024, paving the way for its successor. We are curious to see how the power consumption is handled and if these cards are packed efficiently within the higher power envelope. Some rumors indicate that the RTX 5090 could reach 600 watts at its peak, while RTX 5080 reaches 400 watts. However, that is just a rumor for now. As always, until NVIDIA makes an official announcement, these details should be taken with a grain of salt.

Acer Announces New Gaming PCs, Including the Predator Orion 7000 Desktop and Nitro V Laptops

Acer today introduced several new Windows 11 gaming PCs, including the powerful Predator Orion 7000 desktop, which boasts high-performance features to elevate gameplay, the all-new Nitro V 14 gaming laptop rocking a unique pearl white chassis, and an upgraded Nitro V 16 gaming laptop.

The Predator Orion 7000 is a gaming monster delivering next-gen performance that will excite the most competitive gamers, including the latest processing technology powered by Intel next gen processors and up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 GPU (1321 AI TOPS). It also features the patented Predator CycloneX 360 system fan and a CPU liquid cooler to keep the device cool and battle-ready.

NVIDIA DLSS Comes to Supermoves, Spectre Divide, and Gori Cuddly Carnage

More than 600 games and applications feature RTX technologies, and each week new games integrating NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex and advanced ray-traced effects are released or announced, delivering the definitive PC experience for GeForce RTX players. Read on to learn about this week's new integrations of DLSS.

Supermoves Out Now, Featuring DLSS 3
Makea Games' Supermoves is a competitive parkour showdown for you and your friends. Soar through skylines in both first and third person. Grind on your feet across rails, trapeze on high wires, wall run, scramble, and pull off epic backflips and frontflips on trampolines. Go head to head in Bomb Tag, reach the finish line before the Rising Tide, or race up to 40 players in Royale. Make your own games and levels with the included tools. Check out the single-player Career Mode. And never stop running. If you're rocking a GeForce RTX GPU in your PC or laptop, ensure you enable DLSS Super Resolution and Frame Generation in Supermoves to accelerate frame rates, making your parkour adventures even better.

MSI Launches Next-Gen AI+ Gaming and Business and Productivity Laptops

MSI, a leading brand in gaming, content creation, and business & productivity laptops, proudly launched several next-gen AI+ gaming and business productivity laptops featuring the new Intel Core Ultra processor (Series 2) and AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series at IFA 2024. These laptops offer more AI computing power, making it the most robust platform for AI PC development, with more AI models, frameworks, and runtimes enable. Additionally, MSI officially launched the new Claw 8 AI+ Windows 11 gaming handheld device, powered by Intel Core Ultra processors (Series 2) and an 8-inch screen, providing a smoother and broader mobile gaming experience. MSI also announced the whole new Venture series laptops, redefining the combination of thin, light and powerful. Equipped with Intel Core Ultra processors (Series 2) and varieties of different size, from 14, 15.6, 16, to 17 inches.

"MSI not only brings the industry's most comprehensive AI+ PC lineup but also introduces multiple new laptops and handheld devices designed for gamers worldwide," said Eric Kuo, MSI's Executive Vice President and General Manager of NB Business Unit. "We welcome global guests to visit the MSI booth to experience next-gen AI computing and exciting gaming products."

Gainward Introduces New RTX 40 SUPER Python III Series Graphics Cards

Gainward is thrilled to announce the arrival of the Python III Series, a revolutionary new graphics card series boasting the mighty GeForce RTX 40 SUPER architecture in a remarkably SFF-ready design. The Python III shatters the stereotype that high-end graphics cards require bulky cases. This design packs the power of the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, RTX 4070 SUPER into a compact size, measuring just 294 x 116 x 49.5 mm. This makes Python III the perfect choice for gamers and creators who craft powerful Small Form Factor (SFF) PCs.

Building an SFF PC offers multiple benefits. It not only saves valuable space, but also enhances the overall aesthetic of your setup. The portability of SFF PCs allows you to take your gaming and creative endeavors on the go. Most importantly, you can enjoy all these benefits without compromising performance. The Python III series features a triple-fan cooling system specifically designed for optimal performance within the SFF form factor. This ensures your graphics card remains cool and delivers peak performance even during demanding tasks. With its unmatched performance in a remarkably SFF-ready form factor, the Python III empowers users to build the ultimate compact PC without sacrificing power.

Palit Introduces SFF-Ready GeForce RTX 40 SUPER Infinity 3 Series

Palit Microsystems Ltd, a leading graphics card manufacturer, is proud to announce the SFF-Ready GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, RTX 4070 SUPER Infinity 3 Series. This series combines high-end performance with a compact design that is perfect for SFF (Small Form Factor) builds.

A New Era of SFF Power: The Infinity 3 Series
SFF builds are gaining popularity for good reasons. They save space, reduce clutter, and offer more portability. The Palit Infinity 3 Series is designed with this goal in mind - to deliver the power of a high-end GPU within a form factor that fits into compact PC cases. The GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, RTX 4070 SUPER Infinity 3 lineup is SFF-Ready for compact builds.

NVIDIA's RTX 5060 "Blackwell" Laptop GPU Comes with 8 GB of GDDR7 Memory Running at 28 Gbps, 25 W Lower TGP

In a recent event hosted by Chinese laptop manufacturer Hasee, company's chairman Wu Haijun unveiled exciting details about NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 5060 "Blackwell" laptop GPU. Attending the event was industry insider Golden Pig Upgrade, who managed to catch some details of the card set to launch next year. The RTX 5060 is expected to be the first in the market to feature GDDR7 memory, a move that aligns with earlier leaks suggesting NVIDIA's entire Blackwell lineup would adopt this new standard. This upgrade is anticipated to deliver substantial boosts in bandwidth and possibly increased VRAM capacities in other SKUs. Perhaps most intriguing is the reported performance of the RTX 5060. Wu said this laptop SKU could offer performance comparable to the current RTX 4070 laptop GPU. It's said to exceed the RTX 4070 in ray tracing scenarios and match or come close to its rasterization performance.

This leap in capabilities is made even more impressive by the chip's reduced power consumption, with a maximum TGP of 115 W compared to the RTX 4060's 140 W. The reported power efficiency gains are not exclusive to RTX 5060. Wu suggests that the entire Blackwell lineup will see significant reductions in power draw, potentially lowering overall system power consumption by 40 to 50 watts in many Blackwell models. While specific technical details remain limited, it's believed the RTX 5060 will utilize the GB206 GPU die paired with 8 GB of GDDR7 memory, likely running at 28 Gbps in its initial iteration.

Minisforum Announces New G7 Ti Mini-PC With Core i9-14900HX and RTX 4070

Minisforum is thrilled to announce the launch of the new G7 Ti Mini-PC, a marvel of engineering designed specifically for professionals in AI development, video rendering, 3D design, and AI-driven creative fields. This ultra-compact yet extraordinarily powerful system is set to revolutionize the market, offering top-tier performance in a sleek, space-saving design.

Unleashing Power with Intel Core i9-14900HX
At the heart of the G7 Ti Mini-PC lies the Intel Core i9-14900HX processor, a dynamic powerhouse that brings desktop-caliber performance to a mini-PC format. With its advanced architecture, the i9-14900HX is optimized for high-speed computing tasks and multitasking, making it an ideal choice for professionals who demand efficiency and speed in their workflow.

NVIDIA Announces Star Wars Outlaws GeForce RTX 40 Series Bundle

Take on high-risk, high-reward missions as the galaxy's most wanted in Star Wars Outlaws and marvel at iconic ray-traced Star Wars locations, enhanced with NVIDIA DLSS 3.5's AI-powered graphics, using the power of the GeForce RTX 40 Series to deliver an unparalleled PC experience. And gain the upper hand in thrilling dogfights with The Empire thanks to NVIDIA Reflex and its unbeatable responsiveness. As the Galactic Empire relentlessly pursues the final defeat of the Rebel Alliance, the criminal underworld thrives. Fans will play as cunning scoundrel Kay Vess and her loyal companion Nix, as they attempt one of the greatest heists the Outer Rim has ever seen. Seeking the means to start a new life, players will join Kay and Nix as they fight, steal, and outwit their way through the galaxy's crime syndicates and join the galaxy's most wanted.

As part of our collaboration with Ubisoft, Massive Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games on Star Wars Outlaws, we're today introducing a new Star Wars Outlaws GeForce RTX 40 Series Bundle, available until September 19th. Buyers of eligible products from select retailers and etailers, including GeForce RTX 4090, 4080 SUPER, 4080, 4070 Ti SUPER, 4070 Ti, 4070 SUPER and 4070 graphics cards and desktop PCs, and laptops with a GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, or RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, will receive a digital copy of the Standard Edition (valued at $69.99) to play when released on August 30th.

NVIDIA DLSS Coming to More Games, Including Level Zero: Extraction and Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks

More than 500 games and applications feature RTX technologies, and each week new games integrating NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex and advanced ray-traced effects are released or announced, delivering the definitive PC experience for GeForce RTX players. Read on to learn about this week's new integrations of DLSS.

Level Zero: Extraction Launching Today With DLSS 3
Level Zero: Extraction is a new multiplayer extraction horror shooter from Doghowl Games and tinyBuild. The game blends the heart-pounding tension of asymmetric survival horrors with the high-stakes showdowns of extraction shooters to create a brand-new immersive multiplayer experience. Playing as an elite PMC mercenary, embark on dangerous raids to extract valuable loot and face off against other players and unpredictable PvE hazards. Or take on the role of a formidable alien monster and hunt the humans until no mortal is left standing. When Level Zero: Extraction launches later today, GeForce RTX gamers can accelerate frame rates with DLSS 3 and Frame Generation.

NVIDIA Announces Generative AI Models and NIM Microservices for OpenUSD Language, Geometry, Physics and Materials

NVIDIA today announced major advancements to Universal Scene Description, or OpenUSD, that will expand adoption of the universal 3D data interchange framework to robotics, industrial design and engineering, and accelerate developers' abilities to build highly accurate virtual worlds for the next evolution of AI.

Through new OpenUSD-based generative AI and NVIDIA-accelerated development frameworks built on the NVIDIA Omniverse platform, more industries can now develop applications for visualizing industrial design and engineering projects, and for simulating environments to build the next wave of physical AI and robots.

NVIDIA Plans RTX 3050 A with Ada Lovelace AD106 Silicon

NVIDIA may be working on a new RTX 3050 A laptop GPU using an AD106 (Ada Lovelace) die, moving away from the Ampere chips used in other RTX 30-series GPUs. While not officially announced, the GPU is included in NVIDIA's latest driver release and the PCI ID database as GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU. The AD106 die choice is notable, as it has more transistors and CUDA cores than the GA107 in current RTX 3050s and the AD107 in RTX 4050 laptops. The AD106, used in RTX 4060 Ti desktop and RTX 4070 laptop GPUs, boasts 22.9 billion transistors and 4,608 CUDA cores, compared to GA107's 8.7 billion transistors and 2,560 CUDA cores, and AD107's 18.9 billion transistors and 3,072 CUDA cores.

While this could potentially improve performance, it's likely that NVIDIA will use a cut-down version of the AD106 chip for the RTX 3050 A. The exact specifications and features, such as support for DLSS 3, remain unknown. The use of TSMC's 4N node in AD106, instead of Samsung's 8N node used in Ampere, could potentially improve power efficiency and battery life. The performance of the RTX 3050 A compared to existing RTX 3050 and RTX 4050 laptops remains to be seen, however, the RTX 3050 A will likely perform similarly to existing Ampere-based parts as NVIDIA tends to use similar names for comparable performance levels. It's unclear if NVIDIA will bring this GPU to market, but adding new SKUs late in a product's lifespan isn't unprecedented.

Gigabyte AI TOP Utility Reinventing Your Local AI Fine-tuning

GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and hardware solutions, released the GIGABYTE exclusive groundbreaking AI TOP Utility. With reinvented workflows, user-friendly interface, and real-time progress monitoring, AI TOP Utility provides a reinventing touch of local AI model training and fine-tuning. It features a variety of groundbreaking technologies that can be easily adapted by beginners or experts, for most common open-source LLMs, in anyplace even on your desk.

GIGABYTE AI TOP is the all-round solution for local AI Model Fine-tuning. Running local AI training and fine-tuning on sensitive data can relatively provide greater privacy and security with maximum flexibility and real-time adjustment. Collocating with GIGABYTE AI TOP hardware and AI TOP Utility, the common constraints of GPU VRAM insufficiency when trying to execute AI fine-tuning locally can be addressed. By GIGABYTE AI TOP series motherboard, PSU, and SSD, as well as GIGABYTE graphics cards lineup covering NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series, AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series, Radeon Pro W7900 and W7800 series, the size of open-source LLM fine-tuning can now reach up to 236B and more.

NVIDIA DLSS 3 and Reflex Available In Dungeonborne, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn and More Games

More than 500 games and applications feature RTX technologies, and each week new games integrating NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex and advanced ray-traced effects are released or announced, delivering the definitive PC experience for GeForce RTX players. This week, Dungeonborne and Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn will launch with day-one DLSS 3 and Reflex support. And gamers can sign up for the Marvel Rivals Closed Beta, which begins next week and features support for both DLSS 3 and Reflex. THRONE AND LIBERTY also has an Open Beta starting this week featuring DLSS 3 and Reflex, and Stormgate is coming soon with DLSS 3 and Reflex.

Stormgate Coming Soon With DLSS 3 & Reflex
Stormgate is the upcoming free-to-play real-time strategy game from the team at Frost Giant Studios, featuring developers who've worked on some of gaming's most popular RTS games, including Warcraft III and StarCraft II. In Stormgate, you'll explore an ever-evolving story through thrilling campaign missions where science fiction and fantasy collide. Alternatively, battle opponents around the world on the competitive 1v1 ladder, or team up with your friends to challenge the AI in the 3-player co-op modes. Developed in Unreal Engine 5, Stormgate sets itself apart from past RTS games with unmatched responsiveness and features rollback technology for smooth online play. Stormgate supports high-resolution HD visuals at 4K, with hundreds of units on-screen in epic, large-scale wars across a variety of maps and tilesets.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series "Blackwell" TDPs Leaked, All Powered by 16-Pin Connector

In the preparation season for NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 50 Series of GPUs, codenamed "Blackwell," one power supply manufacturer accidentally leaked the power configurations of all SKUs. Seasonic operates its power supply wattage calculator, allowing users to configure their systems online and get power supply recommendations. This means that the system often gets filled with CPU/GPU SKUs to accommodate the massive variety of components. This time we have the upcoming GeForce RTX 50 series, with RTX 5050 all the way up to the top RTX 5090 GPU. Starting with the GeForce RTX 5050, this SKU is expected to carry a 100 W TDP. Its bigger brother, the RTX 5060, bumps the TDP to 170 W, 55 W higher than the previous generation "Ada Lovelace" RTX 4060.

The GeForce RTX 5070, with a 220 W TDP, is in the middle of the stack, featuring a 20 W increase over the Ada generation. For higher-end SKUs, NVIDIA prepared the GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5090, with 350 W and 500 W TDP, respectively. This also represents a jump in TDP from Ada generation with an increase of 30 W for RTX 5080 and 50 W for RTX 5090. Interestingly, this time NVIDIA wants to unify the power connection system of the entire family with a 16-pin 12V-2x6 connector but with an updated PCIe 6.0 CEM specification. The increase in power requirements for the "Blackwell" generation across the SKUs is interesting, and we are eager to see if the performance gains are enough to balance efficiency.

2.1 Billion Pixels in Las Vegas Sphere are Powered by 150 NVIDIA RTX A6000 GPUs

The city of Las Vegas late last year added another attraction to its town: the Sphere. The Sphere is a 1.2 million pixel outdoor display venue famous for its massive size and inner 18,600-seat auditorium. The auditorium space is a feat of its own with features like a 16x16 resolution wraparound interior LED screen, speakers with beamforming and wave field synthesis technologies, and 4D physical effects. However, we have recently found out that NVIDIA GPUs power the Sphere. And not only a handful of them, as 150 NVIDIA RTX A6000 power the Sphere and its 1.2 million outside pixels spread on 54,000 m², as well as 16 of 16K inner displays with a total output of 2.1 billion pixels. Interestingly, the 150 NVIDIA RTX A6000 have a combined output cable number of 600 DisplayPort 1.4a ports.

With each card having 48 GB of memory, that equals to 7.2 TB of GDDR6 ECC memory in the total system. With the Sphere being a $2.3 billion project, it is expected to have an infotainment system capable of driving the massive venue. And it certainly delivers on that. Only a handful of cards powers most massive media projects, but this scale is something we see for the first time in non-AI processing systems. The only scale we are used to today is massive thousand-GPU clusters used for AI processing, so seeing a different and interesting application is refreshing.

ASUS Republic of Gamers Launches First ROG NUC

ASUS Republic of Gamers today announced the launch of the ROG NUC gaming PC. The first-ever ROG NUC PC is packed with cutting-edge technology and performance for AAA gaming and more.

Gaming, redefined
Featuring Intel Core Ultra 9 or Intel Core Ultra 7 processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 or 4060 discrete graphics, the ROG NUC PC is a compact powerhouse that delivers unmatched gaming experiences. The high-performance hybrid architecture of Intel Core Ultra processors provides gamers with the power needed to stream, edit, record and play without skipping a beat. The 2.5-liter chassis is designed for quick system access to make upgrades and cleaning easy. Plus, the compatible ROG Raikiri Pro controller can be used to deliver a console-like experience for gamers seeking uncompromised performance and flexibility in a compact form factor.
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