Hardware

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AMD released the latest version of AMD Software Adrenalin drivers. Version 22.10.3 beta comes with optimization for “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II” (2022), and support for Radeon Boost with Variable Rate Shading in “Dying Light 2.” In addition, it fixes a launch-time game crash with “Elite Dangerous” on Radeon RX 6000-series GPUs; a persistent black screen when updating drivers or resetting graphics settings in Windows 11 version 22H2, and lower than normal performance with “Gotham Knights” on AMD processor-powered machines with GPUs such as the RX 6950 XT.

The Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.10.3 drivers are available online at the AMD driver download page.

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NVIDIA has released the latest version of its GeForce Game Ready drivers. Version 526.47 WHQL adds support for two new GPUs, namely the GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB, and the RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X, the two SKUs NVIDIA launched to improve its standing against the RX 6650 XT, RX 6600, and Arc 7-series. Among the game optimizations with this release are for “Sackboy: A Big Adventure,” “Victoria 3,” “WRC Generations,” and DLSS 3 frame-generation support in F1 22. Among the handful issues fixed with this release are game map corruption in “Cyberpunk 2077,” a crash and reboot issue noticed with the Dell XPS 9560; lower performance noticed in Minecraft Java Edition; the 165 Hz refresh-rate option not being available with Samsung Odyssey Ark monitors; GeForce Experience selecting the wrong display-head with Shadowplay; and certain online video artifacting noticed with NVIDIA Image Scaling enabled.

You can download the GeForce 526.47 WHQL drivers via GeForce.com.

NVIDIA has released its newest graphics card, the GeForce RTX 4090. We have assembled a number of reviews on the Founders Edition and cards from NVIDIA partners, posting the links below. Here is a bit of info from NVIDIA on this new monster graphics card:

Powered by the new ultra-efficient NVIDIA Ada Lovelace, 3rd generation RTX architecture, GeForce RTX 40 Series graphics cards are beyond fast, giving gamers and creators a quantum leap in performance, AI-powered graphics, more immersive gaming experiences, and the fastest content creation workflows.

Gaming performance in the latest titles rockets by up to 2X, and by harnessing DLSS 3 and new Ada innovations, developers can boost performance by up to 4X in fully ray-traced titles. In creative apps, GeForce RTX 40 Series graphics cards provide up to 2X the performance in 3D rendering, video export speed, and AI tools.

• HOT HARDWARE – (Founders Edition)
• PC PERSPECTIVE – (Founders Edition)
• TOM’S HARDWARE – (Founders Edition)
• TECHPOWERUP! – (ASUS GeForce RTX 4090 STRIX OC)
• TECHPOWERUP! – (MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim X)
• GURU3D – (Colorful GeForce iGame RTX 4090 Vulcan OC-V)
• GURU3D – (Gainward GeForce RTX 4090 Phantom GS)
• GURU3D – (MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X)
• TECHPOWERUP! – (Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming OC)
• TECHPOWERUP! – (Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC)
• TECHPOWERUP! – (Zotac GeForce RTX 4090 Amp Extreme Airo)

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NVIDIA just released the GeForce 522.25 WHQL Game Ready drivers. These are the first official drivers with support for the new GeForce RTX 4090 “Ada” graphics card, and the CUDA 11.8 compute language. The drivers also fix a handful of issues. Lower performance observed in “Teardown” when MSI Afterburner overlay is used; this has been fixed. Texture corruption noticed in “Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands” after extended gameplay, has been fixed. Unreal Engine 5.1 crashing when enabling path-tracing in some drivers has been fixed. Game optimizations were added for Gotham Knights, Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, and Dakar Desert Rally.

Besides RTX 4090, these drivers officially introduce support for DLSS 3, which works only on RTX 40-series (or later) GPUs, as it needs the Optical Flow Accelerator hardware component. Day-zero support is added for a number of titles, including A Plague Tale: Requiem, Justice, Loopmancer, F1 22, Bright Memory: Infinite, SUPER PEOPLE, Microsoft Flight Simulator, and Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered. NVIDIA is also said to have improved the performance of DirectX 12 applications across the board on RTX 30-series “Ampere” graphics cards.

You can download the GeForce 522.25 WHQL drivers via GeForce.com.

Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• Intel 13th Gen Core “Raptor Lake” Desktop Processors Launched
• Introducing the EVGA Z790 DARK and CLASSIFIED Motherboards
• NZXT Announces the N7 Z790 ATX Motherboards
• Reign Supreme with ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 and ROG Strix Z790 Series
• MSI Z790 motherboards and 13th Gen Intel Core Processors Have Landed
• GIGABYTE Unveils Z790 AORUS Motherboards
• Intel Arc A770 Launched at USD $329, Available from October 12
• Antec Presents the Vortex AIO Liquid CPU Cooler
• ASUS Launches ROG Crosshair and ROG Strix Motherboards Based on AMD X670E and X670
• GIGABYTE Unveils AMD X670 Motherboards with Advancements in PC Experiences
• MSI Launches AMD X670-series Chipset Motherboards
• CORSAIR Has Everything PC Builders Need for AMD Ryzen 7000
• Team Group Announces New T-FORCE DELTA RGB DDR5-7200 Memory
• EK Quantum Vector² FE RTX 4090 Water Block Hitting the Shelves Soon
• BIOSTAR Releases the X670E Valkyrie Motherboard

AMD is introducing their fastest Zen 4 processor for gamers. Today marks the end of the review embargo on the new 7000-series. The first official evaluations of the new Ryzen CPUs have arrived. Click on the links below for the latest on these new AMD processors.

• TOM’S HARDWARE - Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 5 7600X
• ETEKNIX - Ryzen 9 7900X
• TECHPOWERUP! - Ryzen 7 7700X
• TECHPOWERUP! - Ryzen 5 7600X
• TECHPOWERUP! - Ryzen 9 7900X
• TECHPOWERUP! - Ryzen 9 7950X
• GURU3D - Ryzen 7 7700X
• GURU3D - Ryzen 9 7950X
• WCCFTECH - Ryzen 9 7950X & Ryzen 7 7700X

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NVIDIA today released the latest version of GeForce Game Ready drivers. Version 517.48 WHQL comes with optimization for Overwatch 2. It also offers optimization for Microsoft Flight Simulator with DLSS support. A number of bugs are addressed with this release. To begin with, display brightness settings not being applied correctly on certain kinds of Lenovo notebooks in dGPU mode, has been fixed. The “NVIDIA GPU only” toggle not persisting on reboots on certain notebooks, has been fixed. The “reduce noise” option with ray tracing in Adobe Illustrator appears pixellated, which has been fixed.

Random crashes in DirectML.dll with Adobe Photoshop have been fixed. Performance issues with VRR monitors in Fusion 360 has been fixed. Shadow flickering with “Jurassic World Evolution 2″ has been fixed. Some UWP apps in Windows 11 exhibit lag with G-SYNC, which has been fixed. Language bugs with NVIDIA Control Panel has been fixed. External displays connected via USB-C or Thunderbolt dongles in Razer notebooks not correctly being detected, have been fixed. MS Flight Simulator exhibiting texture corruption after extended gameplay, has been fixed.

You can download the GeForce 517.48 WHQL drivers via GeForce.com.

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AMD today released the Adrenalin 22.9.2 drivers. These drivers add support for the Radeon Graphics iGPU of the new Ryzen 7000 desktop processors that go on sale today. Game optimization is added for “Grounded.” A handful of issues have been identified with the release. Radeon Super Resolution failing to trigger after changing resolution in games such as Nioh 2, has been identified. Improper rendering of Oculus dashboard menus with RX 6000-series graphics cards has been identified. GPU utilization being stuck at 100% in Performance Metrics after closing games in some cards such as the RX 570, has been identified. Display briefly showing corruption when switching between video and games in some GPUs such as the RX 6700 XT, has been identified. Vertical Refresh Sync being set to “off” globally causing stuttering or driver timeouts, has been identified. Dropped frames in video playback have been identified.

The Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.9.2 drivers are available online at the AMD driver download page.

Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• NVIDIA Introduces the GeForce RTX 40-Series Graphics Cards
• ASUS Launches GeForce RTX 40-series ROG Strix and TUF Gaming Graphics Cards
• ZOTAC Announces Next-Generation GeForce RTX 40-series Graphics Cards
• GALAX Introduces its GeForce RTX 40 Series Graphics Card Family
• INNO3D GeForce RTX 40-series is Here: RTX 4090 and RTX 4080
• COLORFUL Introduces Next-Generation GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 Graphics Cards
• PNY Introduces Next Evolution NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs
• MSI Unveils its First Custom NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series Graphics Cards
• Gainward Releases its RTX 40-series Graphics Cards
• Palit Announces GeForce RTX 40 GameRock and GamingPro Series
• Gigabyte Launches its Latest AORUS Graphics Cards Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series
• Kingston FURY Releases New Special Edition RGB DDR4 Memory
• Turtle Beach Unveils VelocityOne Rudder and Stand for Flight Sims

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AMD late Wednesday released the Adrenalin 22.9.1 beta drivers. These come with optimization for “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II” open beta, There’s only one issue fixed with this release, and that’s Enhanced Sync causing an intermittent black-screen to occur when playing games or videos using extended displays, and switching the Enhanced Sync feature on or off. Support appears to have been added for various new Radeon 600M-series iGPU models, which feature with the recently announced Ryzen 7020 and Athlon 7020 “Mendocino” entry-level processors. The upcoming Ryzen 7000 “Raphael” desktop processors are expected to feature a similar class of iGPU.

The Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.9.1 drivers are available online at the AMD driver download page.