#gaming_gpu

This is about the same level as the Radeon 780M Intel Meteor Lake processors can take away the title of the most powerful iGPU in the segment from the Ryzen 7000. We heard this from various sources, and now we can try to confirm or refute it, based on the first tests. [caption id="attachment_82740" align="aligncenter" width="780"] GTX 1650 Ti[/caption] The Core Ultra 7 155H processor containing the top-end iGpU with 8 Xe cores has been tested on Geekbench. This is far from the best GPU test, but it's worth remembering that the graphics core in Meteor Lake is based on the same architecture as the current Arc Alchemist graphics cards. And these are opportunities for a more interesting comparison. Not even close to the GTX 1650 Ti yet. [caption id="attachment_82741" align="aligncenter" width="780"] GTX 1650 Ti[/caption] So, the new CPU scores 27,249 points in the OpenCL test. It is most correct to compare with Intel Arc, and here we can note that the mobile Arc A350M scores 26,580 points, that is, almost the same. If we try to find any comparisons of the participants we are interested in, it turns out that the Radeon 780M is approximately at the same level. Yes, specifically in OpenCL it is much faster, but in games it is about the same as the Arc A350M. So, it's not even clear yet whether the Meteor Lake iGPU will be able to beat the Radeon 780M, let alone beat the GTX 1650 Ti and get closer to the 35W RTX 3050 Laptop, as some leaks have claimed. However, full-fledged tests will put everything in its place.

But the situation is not yet completely clear The other day, the Remedy studio published the system requirements for the game Alan Wake 2, which turned out to be quite high, and even the minimum ones included DLSS or FSR activation. However, it turned out that the presence of Radeon RX 6600 or GeForce RTX 2060 video cards in the minimum requirements is not just an indicator of some level of performance. The bottom line is that the game may not run at all on older adapters.  [caption id="attachment_73068" align="alignnone" width="780"] GeForce GTX 1080 Ti[/caption] So the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti can be thrown away? One of the project developers stated that the game was created using Mesh Shaders, which are simply not supported by video cards older than the Radeon RX 6000 and GeForce RTX 20. That is, the conditional RX 5700 XT, which is close in performance to the RX 6600 XT, perhaps will not be able to handle the game properly. It's the same story with the GTX 10, and even more so with even older adapters.  Interestingly, even the developers are not sure that the game will not work properly on old video cards, which is strange. However, after some time the specified message was deleted, and the same studio employee wrote that she was persuading her colleagues to make an official statement explaining the situation. 

And not only to China It turned out that not only the H800 and A800 accelerators, which China needs for development in the field of artificial intelligence, were subject to new US sanctions. Regular RTX 4090 is now also banned for the Chinese. [caption id="attachment_71132" align="aligncenter" width="780"] GeForce RTX 4090[/caption] The US even banned deliveries to China of the GeForce RTX 4090 More precisely, the list includes the following Nvidia models: A100, A800, H100, H800, L40, L40S, and RTX 4090. Considering that the new rules are based on performance and TFLOPS per square meter. mm, probably the RTX 4090 is simply too powerful and therefore falls into the same category as specialized solutions. It is also worth noting that it is not only China that will no longer be able to obtain such adapters. The ban also applies to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. If they stop supplying gaming RTX 4090 to China, these cards will probably skyrocket in price in this country.

And not only to China It turned out that not only the H800 and A800 accelerators, which China needs for development in the field of artificial intelligence, were subject to new US sanctions. Regular RTX 4090 is now also banned for the Chinese. [caption id="attachment_71132" align="aligncenter" width="780"] GeForce RTX 4090[/caption] The US even banned deliveries to China of the GeForce RTX 4090 More precisely, the list includes the following Nvidia models: A100, A800, H100, H800, L40, L40S, and RTX 4090. Considering that the new rules are based on performance and TFLOPS per square meter. mm, probably the RTX 4090 is simply too powerful and therefore falls into the same category as specialized solutions. It is also worth noting that it is not only China that will no longer be able to obtain such adapters. The ban also applies to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. If they stop supplying gaming RTX 4090 to China, these cards will probably skyrocket in price in this country.

And not only to China It turned out that not only the H800 and A800 accelerators, which China needs for development in the field of artificial intelligence, were subject to new US sanctions. Regular RTX 4090 is now also banned for the Chinese. [caption id="attachment_71122" align="aligncenter" width="780"] GeForce RTX 4090[/caption] The US even banned deliveries to China of the GeForce RTX 4090 More precisely, the list includes the following Nvidia models: A100, A800, H100, H800, L40, L40S, and RTX 4090. Considering that the new rules are based on performance and TFLOPS per square meter. mm, probably the RTX 4090 is simply too powerful and therefore falls into the same category as specialized solutions. It is also worth noting that it is not only China that will no longer be able to obtain such adapters. The ban also applies to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. If they stop supplying gaming RTX 4090 to China, these cards will probably skyrocket in price in this country.

The new product shoots even better video DxOMark authors got to the base iPhone 15 and 15 Plus to evaluate their cameras. Of course, they rated them absolutely equally, so we’ll talk about the result of the iPhone 15, including the Plus version. [caption id="attachment_68037" align="aligncenter" width="780"] iPhone 14 Pro Max's[/caption] So, the new Apple product received 145 points, which puts it in 12th place in the overall ranking. In fact, if we do not count separately the devices with the same number of points, then we are talking about ninth place, which is very good for the basic iPhone. The base iPhone 15's camera competes well with the iPhone 14 Pro Max's camera. For comparison, the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, despite the presence of a “telephoto”, have only 1 point more! And the best result now, let us remind you, is the Huawei P60 Pro with its 156 points. It can also be noted that the iPhone 14 received 133 points a year ago, so the improvement is noticeable. If we look at the result in more detail, it is worth noting the record 80 points for background blur. And the worst indicator of the new product is expected for its zoom capabilities.

The version with Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12GB is slightly more expensive than the version with RTX 4060 Just a few hours ago we talked about the Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12GB video card, and now MSI has presented ready-made PCs with this adapter. [caption id="attachment_68032" align="aligncenter" width="780"] GeForce RTX 4060[/caption] They are presented so far only in China, where they cost 700 or 890 dollars, depending on the CPU. More precisely, these are the prices with the Radeon RX 6750 GRE, although you can also choose a configuration with a different 3D card. Another competitor for the GeForce RTX 4060, but not the most modern. In terms of price, the version with Radeon RX 6750 GRE is almost identical to the version with RTX 4060 and cheaper than the version with Radeon RX 6750 XT. That is the performance of the Radeon RX 6750 GRE is at least slightly lower than that of the Radeon RX 6750 XT. That is, approximately the same as the Radeon RX 6700 XT. If you look at the latest tests, you can see that the Radeon RX 6700 XT is about 10% faster than the RTX 4060 in Full HD and up to 15% in 4K. So, if all the assumptions above are correct, a PC with MSI's Radeon RX 6750 GRE will be slightly better off than one with an RTX 4060, but that's without taking into account support for the latest DLSS and ray-traced performance. Unfortunately, we still don't know the specifications of the Radeon RX 6750 GRE, although available MSI data suggests that there will be minimal differences between the Radeon RX 6700 XT and RX 6750 XT.

But in several games the drawdown is noticeable The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB video card is the most powerful among current generation adapters with eight PCIe 4.0 interface lines. The authors of Hardware Unboxed decided to check whether this limitation affects performance if the card is installed in a motherboard with a PCIe 3.0 slot. In this case, the throughput will be identical to that of PCIe 4.0 x4. [caption id="attachment_64699" align="aligncenter" width="780"] GeForce RTX 4060 Ti[/caption] As you can see, even at the level of performance that the RTX 4060 Ti provides, the bandwidth limitation affects performance. In general, not much, but in some games it is quite noticeable. What happens if you install a GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB video card in an old PC with PCIe 3.0? On average, the difference between PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 4.0 in Full HD is 4%, in 1440p it is only 2%, and in 4K it is only 1%. But in individual games, everything is very different. Even in 4K in Far Cry 6 the difference can reach 12%, and in Full HD in CS: GO it leaves an impressive 28%. https://youtu.be/XfkJVio8gXo Thus, it turns out that owners of older platforms with PCIe 3.0 in general may not worry about a drop in performance when buying an RTX 4060 Ti, but still, technically there is a drop at this level.