With MoreClockTool 2.0 (MCT2), one of the best-known tuning applications for AMD graphics cards is entering a new round. Basically, nothing has remained the same. Both the frontend and the backend have been completely redeveloped; not a single byte has been left over from the first version. The new version is no longer just a little helper, but a [...]
With the current beta driver 101.6972, Intel has once again demonstrated that graphics development is more like a relay race with stumbling blocks than a sprint on the ideal line. The new version does bring a few targeted optimizations, but instead of enthusiasm, the feeling remains that they are trying, and not even unsuccessfully. To be found at [...]
Anyone who thought that NVIDIA would continue to cuddle up in its wedding bed with ARM while secretly displacing AMD GPUs must have missed the clattering in the RISC-V workshop. Because what has been quietly announced here is nothing less than a seismic tremor in the foundations of the AI infrastructure: CUDA is now running on RISC-V processors [...]
Yes, they still exist – the good news for Linux gamers with AMD graphics cards. While Windows users continue to fight their way through the driver jungle of adrenaline madness, some real heavyweights of the open source scene are working in the background on an update that is not just cosmetic, but brings tangible technology: The new RADV [...]
The cat is out of the bag – NVIDIA is bringing a function called “Smooth Motion” to the RTX 40 series with the latest preview driver v590.26. What AMD users already know as “AFMF” (Fluid Motion Frames) is now being served up by NVIDIA with typical green labeling: more frames without the graphics card actually [...]
Some software updates slip unobtrusively through the ether like a BIOS patch on a Monday morning. Others, on the other hand, are Trojan horses that reveal an entire processor generation with a simple changelog. This is what happened with AIDA64 Extreme 7.700.7500 – for the first time, the tool explicitly lists AMD’s upcoming Zen 6 [...]
From CNN to Transformer – NVIDIA is radically revamping its Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS). What sounds like a buzzword massacre turns out to be a serious technological leap on closer inspection. A commentary between technical fascination and strategic foresight. Old school out, new class in – why CNNs are now obsolete What do [...]
Sometimes you have to make a choice: Security or performance. Canonical and Intel have apparently now made this choice – against overcautious security dogmatism and in favor of a few percentage points more graphics performance. And who can blame them? If you spend years chasing a ghost that never materialized, at some point it’s okay [...]
When system control software for RGB light shows on Windows computers mutates into a security risk at kernel level, then the digital goat has finally become the gardener. This is exactly what is currently happening at ASUS with its universally pre-installed bloatware “Armoury Crate” – a tool that claims more rights than many [...]
With the new Adrenalin Edition 25.6.1 driver package, AMD is back in the race on the software side and is setting the course for the newly released Radeon RX 9060 XT. The list of FSR-4-compatible games has also been significantly expanded – a small comeback in the shadow of NVIDIA’s DLSS empire. RX 9060 XT: The little brother gets its [...]
With the latest graphics driver update, Intel is delivering a moderate but not insignificant performance increase for its integrated Arc GPUs of the 140V and 130V series, which are based on the Xe2 architecture (codenamed “Battlemage”). Without any major announcements, but with clear benchmarks, the chip manufacturer has now documented [...]
Once again there is a quiet rumble in the underground of AGESA versions – this time with the version number 1.2.0.3C, a patch that does not deal with performance gimmicks or RAM compatibility, but with something much more serious: a security vulnerability in the microcode signature check. The whole thing was not discovered internally at AMD [...]
There was a lot of noise in the user forums, plagued by black screens, game crashes and drivers that behaved like bad-tempered interns in the data center. The RTX-50 series, actually positioned as the spearhead of the Ada Next wave, not only got the silicon under the hood right from the start, but also an unsightly hodgepodge of unstable drivers [...]
Ray tracing. For most people, this has so far meant pretty reflections in puddles, soft shadows, blinding rays of sunlight – and a GPU fan that spontaneously switches to runway mode. But now it’s getting thick – this time for the ears. The developer Vercidium, previously more at home in the niche market, is focusing on a concept [...]
Update from 12.04.2025 The MCT is now also compatible with RDNA4 (download see below). A different SDK was used in today’s update to avoid incompatibilities with the latest Microsoft update -ADLX 1.4 support -RDNA4 bugfixes -ImageSharpening Sharpen Desktop feature Preliminary note and introduction Since AMD massively restricted the use of [...]
With version 7.65 of its system analysis tool AIDA64, FinalWire has once again rolled out an update that will make fans of future hardware sit up and take notice. While the average user is probably still clicking around with some “refresh” from the Raptor Lake box or running a GPU from the Ampere ramp, AIDA64 is gearing up for [...]
A sober look at a software solution for gamers who want more – but without driver voodoo and GPU brand pressure, please. Because you know the problem: older games only run in windowed mode or scale so muddily on modern monitors that you think the image has been filtered through Vaseline. On the other hand, there are modern blockbusters that [...]
While NVIDIA officially supports its RTX-50 GPUs with the 572.XX driver series, the company appears to be causing growing dissatisfaction among owners of older Ampere and Ada-Lovelace cards. Several developer studios are publicly warning against using the latest driver versions for the RTX-30 and RTX-40 series. The reasons are tangible: [...]
While NVIDIA is outwardly focusing on the RTX-50 series, complaints about the current GeForce Game Ready driver version 572.XX are piling up in the background. Owners of the RTX-40 graphics cards in particular have been reporting serious problems for weeks. These range from sporadic black screens and complete system crashes to permanently [...]
Microsoft presented a comprehensive update to its DirectX toolchain at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2025. The focus: DirectX Raytracing 1.2 (DXR 1.2), Shader Model 6.9 with “Cooperative Vectors”, as well as neural rendering technologies, which are to be implemented on a broad hardware basis in collaboration with NVIDIA, AMD and [...]
