Acer Predator BiFrost Intel Arc A770 16GB OC Graphics Card Review
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Acer Predator BiFrost Intel Arc A770 16GB OC Graphics Card Review

The Intel Arc A750 and A770 GPUs officially launched in October 2022, with Acer and Asrock being the only third-party brands to launch their own models. At the time of writing, this BiFrost Arc A770 is priced at around £400, which is about the same price as the more affordable GeForce RTX 3060 Ti cards…

Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti vs RTX 3090 vs RTX 3080 Ti Specifications Revealed – New launch date
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Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti vs RTX 3090 vs RTX 3080 Ti Specifications Revealed – New launch date

I originally wrote this post at the start of January after the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti was teased at CES. The launch was then revealed as being the 27th of January, but this data came and went with no sign of the card. Then rumours suggested a February launch. Again, this came and went with…

What time does the Nvidia RTX 3050 launch in the UK, and where to buy it?
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What time does the Nvidia RTX 3050 launch in the UK, and where to buy it?

Pre-2020, the launch of a low-end GPU may not have drawn that much attention, but after two years of scarce stock, many buyers will be looking to pick up the new RTX 3050 so they can at least do some gaming. Reviews indicate similar performance to GTX 1660 Ti Reviews so far have been quite positive,…

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs RTX 3080 vs RTX 3090 Benchmarks – New leaks show the obvious, sitting in the middle of the two existing cards
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs RTX 3080 vs RTX 3090 Benchmarks – New leaks show the obvious, sitting in the middle of the two existing cards

Tomorrow, on the 31st of May, it is expected Nvidia will launch their latest Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards, the Ti variants of the RTX 3080 and RTX 3070. Update: NVIDIA has been announced that RTX 3080 Ti will cost 1199 USD, a 500 USD increase over RTX 3080 while offering 18% more…

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti & 3070 Ti set to launch on 31st of May – Making gamers even more bitter about GPU shortages
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti & 3070 Ti set to launch on 31st of May – Making gamers even more bitter about GPU shortages

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti has been rumoured for a while now. First, it was being launched, then it was cancelled, now it is definitely being launched. It feels like this is going to cause a huge backlash from the gamer community and at this point I don’t think Nvidia really gives a damn….

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs RTX 2080 Super Benchmarks Leak – More performance, under $400, launching 2nd of December. Good luck buying one.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs RTX 2080 Super Benchmarks Leak – More performance, under $400, launching 2nd of December. Good luck buying one.

We knew the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti would be launching before the end of the year and following the trend of the RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 it promises to be an absolute monster of a card compared to the generation prior. Source of many GPU leaks, VideoCardz, has got some early performance slide…

AMD Radeon RX 6800XT vs RTX 3080 Benchmarks Compared – AMD wins with 4K gaming benchmarks but behind on RTX based Port Royal
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AMD Radeon RX 6800XT vs RTX 3080 Benchmarks Compared – AMD wins with 4K gaming benchmarks but behind on RTX based Port Royal

[Originally posted on 26 October 2020] Updated on 29 October 2020 with official launch specification and pricing Another day, another set of leaked benchmarks, most recently it was the Nvidia RTX 3070, then before that, we got a hint at the potential specification of the new AMD cards, including the RX 6900 XT. AMD Radeon…

Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti Specifications Revealed: 8GB GDDR6, 17% fewer CUDA cores vs RTX 3070
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Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti Specifications Revealed: 8GB GDDR6, 17% fewer CUDA cores vs RTX 3070

The Nvidia RTX 3070 card becomes available this week on Thursday, 29th of October with a RRP of £469 for the Founder Edition. Following the insane demand of the RTX 3080 getting an AIB card for the same price is proving to be impossible. The cheapest option on Overlockers is the  INNO3D Twin X2 or…

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 falls just short vs RTX 2080 Ti in 3DMark Benchmarks (slightly)
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 falls just short vs RTX 2080 Ti in 3DMark Benchmarks (slightly)

During the launch of the Nvidia RTX 3000 graphics cards, it was revealed that the Nvidia RTX 3070 would offer a similar level of performance to the £1000+ RTX 2080 Ti, while the RTX 3080 would offer substantially more performance while costs around a 1/3 less than the last generation flagship. As ever, with review…

AMD RX 6900 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 – Navi 21 XT could have 2.33 GHz boost & 16 GB GDDR6 RAM but limited availability
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AMD RX 6900 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 – Navi 21 XT could have 2.33 GHz boost & 16 GB GDDR6 RAM but limited availability

Some good news and some bad news with the upcoming AMD GPU launch. I will get the bad out of the way first. The flagship RX 6900 XT is expected to be exclusive to AMD at launch and will be available in limited quantities. So if you are looking for RTX 3080 levels of performance…

AMD Radeon RX 6000 vs 5700XT vs RTX 3080 Benchmarks – AMD are gunning for Nvidia
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AMD Radeon RX 6000 vs 5700XT vs RTX 3080 Benchmarks – AMD are gunning for Nvidia

After announcing the first four Ryzen 5000-series CPUs, which now offer superior gaming performance vs Intel, AMD teased the new RX 6000-series with some benchmarks of its own. As always, coming from the company themselves, this will be some very selective benchmarks, but the benchmarks revealed that the new generation AMD GPU could offer close…

RTX 3080 PCIe 3.0 X470 &  PCIe 4.0  X570  performance differences between with 2700X & 3700X – Is there a bottleneck? Should you upgrade your motherboard and CPU?
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RTX 3080 PCIe 3.0 X470 & PCIe 4.0 X570 performance differences between with 2700X & 3700X – Is there a bottleneck? Should you upgrade your motherboard and CPU?

In my post benchmarking the Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Trinity on a X470 motherboard with Ryzen 7 2700X the results I saw were considerably lower than what most reviewers had posted. This was to be expected, with me using lower-spec hardware elsewhere. With the RTX 3080 being so powerful and PCIe 4.0 based, many…