Author: Adam Vágner

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Aero OC 16G Review: White Elegance

Extra tests, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

The Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 Ti AERO OC 16G targets gamers moving away from flashy RGB setups and pitch-black components, opting instead for an all-white aesthetic. Its elegant design and massive cooler take it clear that it’s built for demanding gamers who want more than just the best price-to-performance. Beyond its unconventional look, it also delivers slightly higher performance thanks to factory overclocking and excellent cooler. Read more “Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Aero OC 16G Review: White Elegance” »

MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G Vanguard SOC review

Extra tests, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

The new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti goes on sale as the most affordable GeForce model with the Blackwell architecture to date. We’re looking at one of the best-equipped versions—the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G Vanguard SOC, a top-tier model from MSI. It features an extremely powerful cooler with massive headroom and excellent performance but comes at a price comparable to the RTX 4080 Super from the previous generation. Read more “MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G Vanguard SOC review” »

Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming OC: Gigabyte’s Base Model

Extra tests, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming OC from Gigabyte is among the more affordable models which are rarely reviewed. Manufacturers lower production costs mainly by reducing the size of the heatsink. As a result, these cards don’t perform as well as premium high-end models in thermal and acoustic tests. However, their lower price makes them popular not only with individual buyers but also OEMs assembling prebuilt PCs. Read more “Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming OC: Gigabyte’s Base Model” »

Tweaking Asus ROG Astral RTX 5080: Cut the Noise and Power Draw

Extra tests, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

Last week, we took a look at the Asus ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition. It has a powerful cooler, but by default, the fan control pushes speeds high, and card is anything but quiet. So, I also measured how the card’s behavior changes when lowering fan speeds, how different power limit settings affect performance, and what the OC scanner does to the clock speed/voltage curve and how that impacts performance. Read more “Tweaking Asus ROG Astral RTX 5080: Cut the Noise and Power Draw” »

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 Gaming OC Review: The Sweet Spot

Extra tests, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

At first glance, the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 Gaming OC isn’t striking in terms of flashy design or vibrant lighting. It’s neither the cheapest nor the most expensive model. In a standard setup, the lighting is subtle, but the backlit fans stand out more when mounted vertically. The real advantage, though, is its oversized cooler and well-tuned fan control, allowing it to outperform even pricier competitors in terms of overall performance. Read more “Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 Gaming OC Review: The Sweet Spot” »

Asus ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 OC Ed.: Brutalism in PC

Extra tests, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

With the new generation of GeForce GPUs, Asus is introducing the new ROG Astral series. Positioned at the top of Asus’s lineup, it inherits high-end features from previous ROG Strix models, including a dual BIOS, system fan control, a robust design, factory overclocking, and a large, top-notch cooler. It doesn’t just come with three but a total of four fans. However, this premium package comes at a significant price. Read more “Asus ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 OC Ed.: Brutalism in PC” »

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 FE Review: More Performance, Same Price

Extra tests, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

The GeForce RTX 5080 series gaming graphics cards go on sale today, and simultaneously, we can now publish performance test results. The biggest improvement over the last generation is an interesting performance boost in the most demanding titles at 4K and support for new standards and technologies. The edge is especially gained in demanding ray tracing scenarios, and vice versa. Read more “Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 FE Review: More Performance, Same Price” »

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 FE review: Next-Level Gaming

Extra tests, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

Today ends the information embargo on tests of Nvidia’s top-tier GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card. It delivers extreme performance but at the cost of unprecedented power consumption and the highest price yet. Even so, it is expected to attract immense interest from gamers and professionals for its 32 GB of memory and exceptional application performance. Read more “Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 FE review: Next-Level Gaming” »

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 FE unboxing: Ultimate Design

Graphics, Preview | | Adam Vágner

Performance testing is still under an information embargo, but today we can unpack the box, look at its contents and introduce the card in detail. and take a closer look at the card in detail. The Founders Edition design is unlike anything we’ve seen before in graphics cards. The design and craftsmanship are precise, and when you look at the dimensions of its dual-slot cooler, it’s hard to believe it can cool the nearly 600W GeForce RTX 5090. Read more “Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 FE unboxing: Ultimate Design” »

GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 in detail

Graphics, News | | Adam Vágner

At CES in Las Vegas, Nvidia unveiled, along with other products, the new generation of graphics cards, the GeForce RTX 50 Series. In a nutshell, it can be described as pushing the performance and technology capabilities in all areas that Nvidia has been addressing with recent GeForce generations. It offers higher performance, generally better pricing than the last generation, and a host of new and improved technologies like DLSS 4 and Reflex 2. Read more “GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 in detail” »

Krita with Free AI Diffusion: When Photoshop Doesn’t Pay Off

Graphics, Guides, Software | | Adam Vágner

The rise of AI models for content generation has been meteoric. Practical scenarios for using AI in everyday work are emerging alongside sample applications. Highlights include online services or Photoshop’s AI tools for advanced photo editing. However, not everyone wants to pay a subscription fee. We’ll explore what the open-source graphics editor Krita lets users achieve with free local AI models and how to run them on a gaming graphics card. Read more “Krita with Free AI Diffusion: When Photoshop Doesn’t Pay Off” »

Intel Officially Announced the Arc B580 and B570 Battlemage

Graphics, News | | Adam Vágner

Yesterday, Intel officially unveiled two initial models of the new generation of Arc graphics cards. Their chips use an architecture codenamed Battlemage, and one of key advantages is expected to be a strong price-to-performance ratio in the lower mid-range segment. They offer significant improvements over the previous generation in nearly every aspect and introduce alternatives to most competing technologies Intel has lacked in previous lineup. Read more “Intel Officially Announced the Arc B580 and B570 Battlemage” »

PC Cooling Guide: Heating Up Ryzen 9 7950X in Cinebench

Cooling, Extra tests, PC cases | | Adam Vágner

Today, we’ll focus on what happens inside a case when a CPU is under heavy load. We’ll run a Cinebench 2024 rendering on a Ryzen R9 7950X cooled by a Noctua NH-D15 G2 air cooler with AM5 offset mounting bars and see how it affects the temperatures and how all the values change with different settings of the system fans’ performance across their entire operating speed range. Read more “PC Cooling Guide: Heating Up Ryzen 9 7950X in Cinebench” »

PC Cooling Guide: Experimenting with Fractal Design Meshify 2

Cooling, Extra tests, PC cases | | Adam Vágner

While building a PC, most people are satisfied when the computer works, performs as expected and remains reasonably quiet. Unless you’re one of those who care more about the journey than the destination, you probably haven’t spent much time tinkering with system cooling. That’s where we come in. We’ll test what makes sense to address and what doesn’t, and how it impacts computer’s performance and behavior. Read more “PC Cooling Guide: Experimenting with Fractal Design Meshify 2” »

Added Value of the Nvidia App: Quick Latency Insights via HUD

Analysis, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

Questions about when will Nvidia modernize the control panel for graphics cards have been around since a decade ago. They were only answered this year when Nvidia unveiled a beta version of the successor to the control panel and the GeForce experience. We take a look at one of the new features it offers – OSD, HUD, in short an overlay window that, alongside the usual monitoring values, can display real-time PC latencies. Read more “Added Value of the Nvidia App: Quick Latency Insights via HUD” »

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