Intel expected to unveil faster Battlemage GPUs by the holiday season
Hoping to avoid the mistakes from the Arc Alchemist launch
The Best GPU for Every Price Point
When it comes to GPUs and graphics cards, we go in full depth. Year after year, we test dozens of GPUs from Nvidia, AMD, and now Intel, to determine which are worth your money and which are dead on arrival.
Intel's frame capture tool PresentMon hits 2.0 milestone
A much improved version of Intel PresentMon is now available, enhancing its frame rate monitoring capabilities and showing key metrics using histogram plots, alongside various fixes and optimizations.
Intel XeSS 1.3 improves performance with new presets, intros DLAA alternative
The render scale for each preset has changed, and new ones have appeared
GPU Shootouts of This Generation and Pricing Update: Nvidia RTX 4000, AMD Radeon 7000 & Intel Arc
Not much has changed in the gaming GPU market as of late, so this month we're looking at current prices and discussing the best graphics cards you can buy.
Nvidia and AMD Price Cut Battle, Great GPUs Discontinued - GPU Pricing Update
For the return of our monthly GPU pricing updates, we took a short break to review the newcomers and see where everything settled. We're in store for a bumper episode as there's much to discuss.
New Intel Arc "Game On" driver improves DirectX 11 performance up to 268%
Intel GPUs are getting better at running older games, with a bit of software magic
Intel Arc drivers add optimizations for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Intel has released a new Arc graphics driver with dedicated support for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Additionally, it adds support for 14th-gen Intel Core S/HX-Series processors.
GPU Pricing Update, Year in Review: Price Trends Charted
Welcome to our last GPU pricing update of the year. We'll discuss upcoming GPUs, price trends for the last 12 months, and recommendations about buying a graphics card now or if it's better to wait.
Intel confirms plans to release Battlemage GPUs in 2024
First official confirmation after months of leaks
Meteor Lake integrated graphics performance is 50 to 100% faster than Raptor Lake's, according to Intel
XeSS upscaling widens the generational improvement
Intel's latest Arc drivers boosts FPS in 9 games
Up to 31% average FPS increase in Dying Light 2 -- FPS boosts in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Dishonored 2 and Battlefield V
Black Friday GPU Buying Guide: November GPU Pricing Update
For this month's GPU pricing update, we have Nvidia's upcoming GeForce 40 Super rumors, current-gen GPU pricing, and what sort of deals you should be looking out for during Black Friday.
New Intel Arc driver increases game performance up to 750%
Intel's latest driver for Arc and Iris Xe graphics chips offers important performance gains for games such as Halo: Master Chief Collection (750%), Yakuza 0 (154%), World War Z (113%), among many others.
Are GPU Prices Going Up Now? October GPU Pricing Update
Welcome to our monthly GPU pricing update. There's bits of news to go through, a few odd GPU launches, and some unfortunate price hikes. There's also some positive GPU price adjustments to discuss.
Intel Arc A580 Review: A new $180 GPU
The Arc A580 is Intel's latest budget graphics card. Essentially, you get all modern features such as AV1 encoding, XeSS support, and ray tracing, at a more affordable price point, and that's cool.
October 2023 Intel Arc drivers deliver another massive performance boost for top DirectX 11 games
Performance gains range between seven and 119 percent
Nvidia could be prepping a new entry-level RTX 3050 with just 6GB of VRAM
A slower RTX 3050 with a lower price-tag
Nvidia Responds So AMD Can't Win: September GPU Pricing Update
Welcome back to our monthly GPU pricing update. So, the GPU market still kind of sucks, but there's a silver lining with new launches and some price adjustments improving things a little this month.
Starfield was Bethesda's biggest ever game launch with six million players
Meanwhile, Intel Arc performance issues persist
Intel releases emergency Arc beta driver to fix Starfield performance
Intel has released new Arc beta graphics drivers that enhance the stability and performance of Starfield. The update significantly reduces loading times and prevents crashes during gameplay.
GPU Prices Drop Even Further, Sort Of - New Radeons Incoming
It's time for our monthly GPU pricing update. Although there's been no major releases to shake things up, new AMD Radeons are coming soon, meanwhile there's been some price movement across new and old-gen GPUs.
Intel Arc drivers keep on improving DX11 performance, new CPU and GPU bundle gets you Assassin's Creed Mirage and Nightingale
Also: Intel releases overhauled benchmark tool
Flash Sales Is the Way: GPU July Pricing Update
It's time for our monthly GPU pricing update, a series which we were hoping wouldn't still be relevant in the middle of 2023. Yet, here we are. What's been interesting most recently are flash sales for new and older graphics cards.
Intel wants to optimize real-time path tracing so even integrated GPUs can handle it
Results could be good news for Intel's iGPUs and Arc dedicated GPUs