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Cyberpunk 2077 goes all-in on ray tracing and Nvidia's DLSS 2.0
Cyberpunk 2077 will have four different real-time ray tracing effects at launch, as well as Nvidia's impressive performane-boosting DLSS 2.0 technology.
Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics cards are now the first DirectX 12 Ultimate GPUs
Nvidia's Game Ready 451.48 drivers make GeForce RTX GPUs fully DirectX 12 Ultimate compliant, and unlock a new Windows GPU scheduling feature.
Apple updates 16-inch MacBook Pro graphics with AMD Radeon Pro 5600M GPU with integrated HBM2 memory
The new graphics option is 75 percent faster than the Radeon Pro 5500M with 4GB of GDDR6 memory.
Why now is a bad time to buy a high-end graphics card
They aren't announced yet, but high-end, next-gen graphics cards from AMD and Nvidia appear right around the corner. You don't want buyer's remorse on an $800 purchase.
For Pac-Man's 40th birthday, Nvidia uses AI to make new levels
Nvidia's GameGAN technology created fully functional Pac-Man levels after watching 50,000 matches. Nvidia hopes the tech will eventually help developers make games faster.
Adobe flips on GPU-accelerated encoding for Premiere Pro, and wow it's fast
Adobe's Premiere Pro finally supports hardware encoding support for Nvidia and AMD GPUs, letting your render H.264 and HEVC videos much faster than on the CPU alone.
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The best graphics cards for PC gaming: Nvidia's new Ampere GPUs aren't for gamers yet
These are the best graphics cards that PC gamers can buy today from Nvidia GeForce and AMD Radeon.
PCWorld's May Digital Magazine: Ryzen 4000 vs. Comet Lake H
Enjoy the best of PCWorld.com in a curated Digital Magazine for Android, iOS, and your web browser.
Nvidia releases 5 more free ray-traced Minecraft worlds
Minecraft is the surprising new standard-bearer for real-time ray tracing and Nvidia's DLSS 2.0 technology. Today Nvidia released 5 new worlds to showcase the luscious lighting effects.
Nvidia's bleeding-edge Ampere GPU architecture revealed: 5 things PC gamers need to know
Nvidia revealed its next-gen Ampere graphics architecture on Thursday in the form of the A100 data center GPU. PC gamers can glean a lot about future GeForce graphics cards from the announcement.
Ampere's coming: Nvidia CEO pulls 'world's largest graphics card' out of an oven before GTC keynote
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang pulled 'the world's largest graphics card' out of an oven in a YouTube teaser, mere days before the next-gen Ampere GPU architecture is expected to be revealed during the GTC 2020 digital keynote.
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Shop carefully: Some Radeon RX 5600 XT graphics cards are much faster than others
Thanks to a last-second VBIOS upgrade, some Radeon RX 5600 XT graphics cards are much faster than others. Here's what you need to know, and how to make sure yours is upgraded.
Transform your PC into a gaming machine with this $115 Radeon RX 570
Newegg is selling the RX 570 for about $25 cheaper than usual.
These can't-miss AMD Radeon RX 5700-series GPU deals come loaded with free games
Newegg is selling the Radeon RX 5700 and the RX 5700 XT at excellent prices today.
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Tested: Minecraft showcases the beauty of ray tracing—and Nvidia's DLSS 2.0
Ray-traced Minecraft is a glorious feast for your eyes, and a grueling test for your graphics card. Our impressions:
RTX On: Minecraft's gorgeous real-time ray tracing is coming this week
Real-time ray tracing is coming to Minecraft for Windows 10 this week if you have an Nvidia GeForce graphics card, and it's stunning. Here's what you need to know.
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DirectX 12 Ultimate unifies ray tracing, speed-boosting graphics tricks across PCs and Xbox
Microsoft's DirectX 12 Ultimate standardizes many innovative technologies introduced in Nvidia's GeForce RTX graphics cards, including ray tracing, mesh shaders, variable rate shading, and more.
