Nvidia postpones the Geforce RTX 3070 launch to October 29th
High demand to blame
Nvidia has postponed the launch of its Geforce RTX 3070 to October 29th due to higher than expected demand, as the company wants a healthy stock when it hits retail/e-tail shelves.
Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 Ti comes after RTX 3070
Internal roadmaps point to the end of October
Although Nvidia has only officially confirmed three SKUs in the RTX 30 series, it appears that the mid-range RTX 3060 Ti might be also coming by the end of next month, featuring GA104 GPU with 4864 CUDA cores and 8GB of GDDR6 memory.
Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 users reporting problems
Might extend to RTX 3090 as well
It appears that Geforce RTX 3080 might be facing a rough start and in addition to availability issues due to apparent high demand, the RTX 3080 users are facing random crashes and black screens. The issue appears to be specific to custom versions, and it might extend to RTX 3090 as it only hit the market yesterday.
HP Pavilion 14 launched with Intel Tiger Lake processors
With Nvidia GeForce MX450 GPU
HP has completely overhauled the Pavilion 14 with an 11th Gen Intel Core processor and an optional Nvidia GeForce MX450 GPU.
Gigabyte confirms RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB versions
Leaked product list shows possible Super cards
Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 with 20GB of VRAM and RTX 3070 with 16GB of VRAM have been confirmed in a recent leak from Gigabyte's Watch Dogs Legion codes redemption site.
Nvidia rolls out Geforce 456.38 WHQL graphics driver
Ampere gets support, SLI kicks the bucket
Nvidia has released its Geforce 456.38 WHQL Game Ready driver that adds support for Ampere-based RTX 3080 and upcoming RTX 3090 graphics cards, as well as kills SLI support. It also fixes some bugs and adds support for some upcoming games.
Nvidia acquisition of ARM is good for Nvidia
Analysis: Bad for everyone else
Nvidia will take over ARM, at least it has announced its intention and the market and the stock skyrocketed, demonstrating that this looks like it is an excellent move for Nvidia. Still, a semiconductor company taking over what used to be an independent API provider doesn't resonate well.
Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 FE is the new king of the hill
Review roundup: Reviews are out with nothing but praise
The review NDA for Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 Founders Edition has been finally lifted and reviews have gone online showing just how much raw performance is behind Nvidia's new $699 priced flagship graphics card.
Nvidia-ARM takeover a big win for Jensen Huang
Provided it's quarantined
Semiconductor analyst Malcolm Penn told Fudzilla today that if Nvidia plays its cards right with the ARM acquisition, people would be thinking in 10 years' time what a bargain the $40 billion buy was.
Nvidia pushes RTX 3080 review embargo to September 16th
RTX 3070 launching on October 15th
Nvidia has informed members of the press that the RTX 3080 embargo date has been pushed back to September 16th, and confirmed that the RTX 3070 will be officially launching on October 15th.