AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.4.1 Released (Updated: v21.5.1)
Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:22:31 +0000

AMD has published a new graphics driver for all Radeon graphics cards on Windows 10 and Windows 7/8. Adrenalin 21.4.1 brings the following changes and fixes: Support For AMD Link &#8211; A brand-new...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/LzTgyuD61RQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 NVIDIA RTX Tech Demo: The Attic (Ray Tracing, Unreal Engine)
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 18:16:29 +0000

&#160; NVIDIA has published few days ago a tech-demo (735MB) that shows the ray tracing in action through Unreal Engine 4. Today, NVIDIA released RTX Technology Showcase – an interactive demo built...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/WH5zD7SWee8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 Intel Graphics Driver 27.20.100.9466 Released (Vulkan 1.2.170)
Sat, 17 Apr 2021 15:35:52 +0000

&#160; A new graphics driver has been published by Intel for its GPUs (Intel 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Gen processors) on Windows 10. This new driver (version 27.20.100.9466) brings the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/sTO2AxacziY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 (GTC 2021) New NVIDIA RTX GPUs for Professionals (RTX A5000, RTX A4000, RTX A3000, RTX A2000)
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:58:11 +0000

In an AI-powered keynote (with a touch of HairWorks too), NVIDIA&#8217;s CEO announced yesterday in his anti-covid19 kitchen the new GPUs for professional needs. These new GPUs based on Ampere...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/xKngU3Iz8jg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 (Testbed) Intel Core i5-11600K, ASUS TUF Z590-Plus and be quiet! Shadow Rock 3
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 19:03:16 +0000

Article index: 1 &#8211; The CPU: Intel Core i5-11600K 2 – The Motherboard: ASUS TUF Z590-Plus 3 – The CPU Cooler: be quiet! Shadow Rock 3 4 – Mounting the components 5 – First Boot 6 – CPU...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/4s7G26e52po" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 (Unboxing) ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 OC 24GB
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 17:39:10 +0000

Here is a quick unboxing of ASUS&#8217; ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 OC 24G, a gaming graphics card based on the Ampere GA102 GPU. Because of the miners and a touch of covid, most RTX 30 graphics cards...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/zuuUs1g9BUU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 (Unboxing) ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3080 OC 10GB
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 17:06:09 +0000

Here is a quick unboxing of ASUS&#8217; TUF GeForce RTX 3080 OC 10G, a gaming graphics card based on the Ampere GA102 GPU. Most of the RTX 30 are incredibly hard to find, and unboxing a RTX 3080 is...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/bzBKlFX-nIk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 (Unboxing) KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 17:03:24 +0000

Here is a quick unboxing of KFA2&#8217;s GeForce GT 1030 2G, an entry level graphics card based on the Pascal GP108 GPU. This is not a new GPU, (it has been launched in 2017) but the GT 1030 is still...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/TKK8rbsSGEI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 (Demoscene) Revision 2021
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:08:59 +0000

Like last year, the Revision 2021 demoparty (April 2nd to 5th 2021) has been a livestream-only event due to the Covid-19 pandemic. All results of the different competitions are available HERE and...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/FmWUZ9IBUmE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 NVIDIA GeForce 465.89 Graphics Driver Released (Vulkan 1.2.168, OpenCL 3.0, Resizable BAR) – UPDATE: v466.27
Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:12:55 +0000

&#160; NVIDIA has released a new driver belonging to the R465 family (from version 460.xx to 469.xx). The GeForce 465 family supports the following GPU architectures: Ampere, Turing, Volta, Pascal,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/wkqLmzzxVgs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 (Tested) Ryzen 7 5800X Cooling: Wraith Stealth and Dark Rock 4
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:32:50 +0000

&#160; I upgraded my testbed from Intel Core i7-8700K to AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. And I must say, the Ryzen 7 5800X brings a nice boost in performance. With its 8 cores / 16 threads, it shows around +60%...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/KTdvgAInth8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 AMD Radeon Adrenalin 2020 Edition 21.3.1 Graphics Drivers Released (Vulkan 1.2.170) – Updated: v21.3.2
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:06:53 +0000

&#160; AMD has published a new graphics driver (with beta status) for all Radeon graphics cards for Windows 10 and Windows 7/8. Adrenalin 21.3.1 brings the following changes and fixes: Support For...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/8qwvdEQzqpw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 11th Gen Intel Core Desktop Processors (Rocket Lake-S) Launched (i9-11900K, i7-11700K, i5-11600K, i5-11500 and i5-11400)
Tue, 16 Mar 2021 18:18:53 +0000

&#160; Intel has unveiled the new 11th Gen Intel Core S-series desktop processors (code-named Rocket Lake-S) that deliver increased performance and speeds (+19% IPC &#8211;instructions per cycle)....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/8nYSn8GD86M" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 YAFFplayer 0.5.0 released for Windows and Linux (Updated: 0.5.2)
Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:44:25 +0000

YAFFplayer is a simple video player based on FFmpeg and made with GeeXLab. The post YAFFplayer 0.5.0 released for Windows and Linux (Updated: 0.5.2) first appeared on Geeks3D.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/vf3omOpkeuk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Announced (Navi 22 Silicon)
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:09:57 +0000

&#160; AMD has announced yesterday the Radeon RX 6700 XT, a gaming graphics card based on the new Navi 22 GPU (still RDNA 2 architecture (7 nm) like RX 6800 / RX 6900). The RX 6700 XT features 40...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/zrqOwdSXP5Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 Intel Graphics Driver 27.20.100.9316 Released (Vulkan 1.2.167)
Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:49:38 +0000

&#160; A new graphics driver has been published by Intel for its GPUs (Intel 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Gen processors) on Windows 10. This new driver (version 27.20.100.9316) brings the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/FC-DppsKoMg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 Vulkan Ray Tracing Tested on GeForce RTX 20/30, Radeon RX 6000 and even on GeForce GTX!
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:36:52 +0000

Downloads Vulkan Ray Tracing Demo (win64) (11MB) Vulkan Ray Tracing Demo (linux64) (21MB) Forum thread (EN) &#160; Want to play with ray tracing? Here is a Vulkan ray tracing demo made with GeeXLab...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/PAVlKJBzMXQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 NVIDIA CMP HX (Cryptocurrency Mining GPU) and GeForce Anti-Mining Feature
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:22:12 +0000

&#160; In order to prevent that all gaming GPUs end up in the hands of miners, NVIDIA will release a dedicated GPU for miners: the NVIDIA CMP HX (CMP = Cryptocurrency Mining Processor). This MPU...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/iCLq5KmRYLg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 YAFFplayer 0.4.3 released for Windows and Linux (updated: v0.4.4)
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:23:06 +0000

Downloads YAFFplayer for Windows 64-bit YAFFplayer for Linux 64-bit Forum thread (EN) &#160; A new version of YAFFplayer is ready for Windows 64-bit and Linux 64-bit. YAFFplayer is a simple video...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/6HEoTmKiSQw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

 3DMark Mesh Shader Test (DX12 Ultimate)
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:52:24 +0000

&#160; Last week, UL Benchmarks has added a new graphics test to 3DMark focused on Mesh Shaders. I talked about mesh shaders in this article: Quick Introduction to Mesh Shaders (OpenGL and Vulkan)....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGeeksOf3d/~4/w71YjxyO7vE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>