The biggest laptop trends from CES 2019
Bringing a preview of all the trends expected across all tech industries throughout the year, CES 2019 offered surprises and news from some of the biggest names in laptop makers. Here are the major themes in laptops at this year's show, from OLED screens to Nvidia power.
Where are they now? A look back at last year’s Top Tech of CES winners
What happened to the 14 prize-winning products we singled out as the coolest things we saw at last year's CES 2018? Join us as we take a look at what the past 12 months has meant for each one. Spoilers: They're still as awesome as they were on the day that we first met them.
MSI revamps gaming laptops with face-melting Nvidia RTX 20-series GPUs
MSI is a brand associated with some of the best in gaming laptops and hardware, and at CES 2019, it is proving that true once more. For the new year, MSI is introducing the new GS75 Stealth laptop with the latest Nvidia GeForce RTX 20-series GPUs, and a new PS63 Modern Prestige laptop aimed at content creators.
Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs: Everything you need to know
Nvidia's new GeForce RTX 20-series represent a major advancement in graphics technology. It introduces real-time ray tracing, huge improvements to A.I. and deep learning and new and cooler designs for Nvidia's own reference Founders Edition cards. But it does all come at a price. Here's everything you need to know.
Everything Nvidia announced at CES, including mobile RTX, the RTX 2060, and more
As part of its focus on gamers at CES this year, Nvidia showcased a number of technologies that will help improve performance of your games. The company announced the new RTX 2060 graphics card for desktop, an initiative to improve A-Sync displays, and new RTX mobile graphics for laptops.
Nvidia launches the RTX 2060, lowering the price of ray tracing to $349
Amid intense speculation, Nvidia announced the RTX 2060, the cheapest and least powerful of the company's new line of RTX graphics cards. Still boasting performance improvements and real-time ray tracing, the $349 card will probably be the one most gamers buy.
Here’s how to watch the Nvidia CES 2019 press conference
The graphics card company Nvidia is slated to host its CES 2019 press conference on Sunday, January 6. Recently, Nvidia has developed other products besides its well-known graphics cards. This year’s CES announcement is expected to reveal new innovations from the company. Here’s how to watch it.
A new Lenovo listing all but confirms the Nvidia GTX 1160
Ahead of CES 2019, there has been plenty of speculation behind what new mobile GPUs Nvidia could be offering to consumers in the new year. With the newest leak, courtesy of a Lenovo support page listing, the GeForce GTX 1160 graphics card has now been all but confirmed.
Esports boot camp means battling stress, sweat, and homesickness for gaming glory
We spend time with Renegades, one of the world’s top CS:GO teams, as they prepare for their post-season run, and look at how CS:GO has professionalized over the years, going from grass roots gaming clans to professional team sports organizations.
New leak reveals alleged specs for GeForce RTX 2050, entry-level GTX 1150 cards
Ahead of CES 2019 in Las Vegas, the graphics card rumors just keep on coming. In news that will make fans of Nvidia's gaming processors giddy, some alleged specifications for the GeForce RTX 2050 graphics card, and the rumored entry-level GTX 1150 card have been revealed by a Twitter leaker.
New filings hint at production of Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 variations
Previously leaked benchmarks indicated that the RTX 2060 gaming chipsets could be heading to laptops, but there is now more to the story. New government filings at the Eurasian Economic Commission are showing up to forty variations of the GeForce RTX 2060, further hinting that a release could be coming.
Richly rendered ‘Asteroids’ demo showcases power of Nvidia’s RTX graphics
In a new Asteroids demo, Nvidia showed how the Turing architecture on the company's RTX graphics cards can be used to perform mesh shading to reveal rich details while reducing congestion on the CPU and GPU. When used in combination with task shaders, developers can leverage RTX cards to render rich scenes.
Nvidia’s 11 series of midrange gaming cards may debut next month
Nvidia may have an 11 series as well as its RTX-series of graphics cards. A new rumor suggests that the 1160 Ti could debut in early 2019 and offer a more affordable, ray tracing-free graphics card solution that will act as the entry-level portion of Nvidia's latest Turing architecture.
Nvidia says you can supercharge GeForce Now game streaming with these routers
Gamers looking to jump into the world of Nivida's GeForce game streaming service may want to pay attention to a new list of routers officially recommended by the company. With a promise to bring new QoS settings to the scene, Nvidia hopes to decrease your latency and improve your overall experience.
Leaked HP laptop listing reveals entry-level Nvidia MX250 GPU
Nvidia may have entry-level RTX graphics for mobile platforms available at CES 2019, if a leaked listing for an HP laptop is anything to go by. The laptop will reportedly come with a powerful Intel CPU, up to 32GB of memory, and an MX250 — the sequel GPU to Nvidia's popular entry-level option, the MX150.
Nvidia’s Jetson AGX Xavier module is designed to give robots better brains
Though it's not geared for consumers, you'll likely soon reap the benefits of Nvidia's Jetson AGX Xavier module. The system-on-a-chip is designed to give autonomous robots better performance, and Nvidia hopes it will be used inside every autonomous machine from delivery drones to medical imaging systems.
Leak reveals that Nvidia’s RTX 2060 gaming chipsets will be headed to laptops
The latest leaks of Nvidia's upcoming RTX 2060 have given performance benchmarks and further detail about the future chipset and its capabilities on the latest Turing architecture, while a RTX 2060 Max-Q variant has also been discovered for thin and light gaming machines.
Nvidia Titan RTX: Everything you need to know
Nvidia's Turing-generation of RTX graphics cards is the most capable collection of GPUs ever made, but the Titan RTX goes one better. It has higher clock speeds, more memory, extra cores, and needs more power too. It's not really designed with gaming in mind, but it should do a good job at it anyway.
‘Battlefield V’ ray tracing tested: Can a patch save RTX?
‘Battlefield V’ is the first game to use Nvidia’s ray tracing support, now available with the RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti graphics cards. The feature can, in an ideal scenario, make the game look better, but the performance hit may not be worth it. Our in-depth ‘Battlefield V’ DXR ray tracing tests measure the quality gained and performance lost.
Laptops with Nvidia’s RTX graphics are rumored to arrive at CES 2019
If you want the ray tracing capabilities for gaming that's supported on Nvidia's desktop RTX cards in a mobile form factor, you should keep your eyes out in January. It's now rumored that Nvidia may use CES to launch a new mobile-centric RTX card and laptops with mobile RTX graphics could ship in February.
Nvidia’s new A.I. creates entire virtual cities by watching dash cam videos
Creating virtual versions of real cities for video games takes thousands of hours. Technology unveiled by Nvidia could make it much easier, however. Its new machine learning tech can generate a convincing virtual city simply by showing it car dashcam videos. Here's how.
The Zotac RTX 2080 graphics card is now $100 off at $699
The Zotac GTX 2080 AMP edition graphics card is available now for just $699 via a $100-off coupon. It's a great deal for one of the best graphics cards in the world that will support years of high-end gaming. If you have a 4K monitor handy, it can deliver great frame rates at that setting.
AMD plans ray tracing cards, looks to compete with Nvidia’s premium GPUs in 2019
AMD may soon have an answer to Nvidia's high-end GeForce RTX series. CEO Lisa Su hinted that AMD will have a premium graphics option to take on its rival, suggesting the reason AMD had left Nvidia unchallenged so far in the space is because it was waiting for the ecosystem to fully support ray tracing.
Dice, Nvidia promise ‘Battlefield V’ ray tracing performance boost via updates
Nvidia and Dice have released driver and game updates for Battlefield V which massively optimizes the ray tracing component of the new game. We're told that these improvements can lead to as much as a 50-percent increase in frames per second in scenes which offer a lot of real-time reflections.
Nvidia’s Titan RTX is the first full Turing GPU with 24GB of memory
The Nvidia RTX Titan is here and although it's not a card that most gamers will ever get inside their systems, it does have some mouth-watering specifications. It's effectively a fully unlocked 2080 Ti, with a few more CUDA cores, higher boost clocks, and more than double the memory for a whole lot more power.
Nvidia researchers use artificial intelligence to upgrade your game’s graphics
Artificial intelligence can be used to improve an existing game's graphics by adding more texture, lighting, and details to existing scenes. By using machine learning to study existing videos, researchers discovered that they could use A.I. to render realistic scenes in real-time, allowing old games to be remastered.
Crypto hangover could take blame for Nvidia’s potential GeForce RTX 2060 delay
One possible reason why Nvidia has not announced a shipping date for its GeForce RTX 2060 GPU could be due to the cryptocurrency mining bubble burst. The company blamed oversupply of existing GTX 1060 cards from what it calls the crypto hangover, and it will likely need to clear out existing cards.
Nvidia admits its 2080 Ti cards have a problem, but isn’t saying what it is
Nvidia has admitted that it missed the problems with some of its 2080 Ti Founders Edition cards during the quality assurance part of the manufacturing process. It hasn't detailed what the problem is, but has acknowledged that it is more widespread than it initially suggested.
Nvidia’s flagship RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards are failing. Or are they?
Owners of Nvidia's RTX 2080 Ti have been complaining about crashes, blue screens, artifacts, and repeated RMA issues for weeks now, but investigations aren't turning up anything too definitive with what's going on. It does appear, however, that the cards causing the most problems are Founders Editions.
Bosch, Daimler team up to deploy autonomous Mercedes-Benz S-Classes in San Jose
In 1986, when Bosch and Daimler joined an autonomous car research project, the technology seemed overly futuristic. The two partners now see the light at the end of the tunnel, and they're teaming up to make a production self-driving car by the early 2020s. They'll test the tech through a pilot program in California.
Nvidia’s ‘binning’ practice could mean the best RTX 2070s are third-party cards
Nvidia is binning the GPUs found at the core of its RTX 2070 graphics cards, giving the best to third parties for higher clocks and better overclocking potential. To separate out the chips Nvidia is giving the binned ones a unique designation, so anyone with a 2070 can find out which one they have.
Want a GTX 1080 Ti? Buy one now before the stock runs out
Stock of Nvidia's last-generation flagship graphics card, the GTX 1080 Ti, is reportedly running low following a halt in its production. Interest in the GPU has been high following the launch of the costly and not-much-better RTX Turing GPUs, but buyers may be stuck with second-hand cards soon.
Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards are dying in alarming numbers
Hundreds of disgruntled early adopters of Nvidia's RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards are reporting failures, crashes, BSOD issues, and overheating GPUs, leading to returns and replacements, sometimes multiple times. This raises concerns over the failure rate and quality control of Nvidia's new Turing GPUs.
‘Final Fantasy XV’ dev claims Nvidia’s new card greatly improves performance
Nvidia's RTX-graphics-powered DLSS technology could make a dramatic improvement on not only the visuals but the frame rate in the PC version of Square Enix's Final Fantasy XV. The technical director claimed in an interview that the developer may implement ray tracing in the game in the future too.