Inno3D GeForce RTX 3080 iCHILL X3

Inno3D sent over their radically-unique GeForce RTX 3080 iCHILL X3 graphics card for review, which I quickly ripped out of the box and had it in my test bed in minutes. It’s one of the most unique looking RTX 3080s so far, with great performance.

We have one of the better custom GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards here, with one of the coolest-styled aesthetics that I’ve seen. If you can get your hands-on the Inno3D GeForce RTX 3080 iCHILL X3 graphics cards, you won’t be disappointed with it at all.

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ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 OC Edition

With all of the news of the cap issue on GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards, ASUS has your back (and the back of your card) as the company is used to the world of high-end power-hungry graphics cards. ASUS doesn’t skimp on its ROG Strix family of cards, which is one of the first super high-end custom RTX 3080s through my lab (apart from MSI’s custom RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO).

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NVIDIA Jetson Nano: $99 CUDA-X AI

NVIDIA CUDA-X is a collection of over 40 acceleration libraries that enable modern computing applications to benefit from NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated computing platform. JetPack SDK™ is built on CUDA-X and is a complete AI software stack with accelerated libraries for deep learning, computer vision, computer graphics and multimedia processing that supports the entire Jetson family.

Key features of Jetson Nano include:

  • GPU: 128-core NVIDIA Maxwell™ architecture-based GPU
  • CPU: Quad-core ARM® A57
  • Video: 4K @ 30 fps (H.264/H.265) / 4K @ 60 fps (H.264/H.265) encode and decode
  • Camera: MIPI CSI-2 DPHY lanes, 12x (Module) and 1x (Developer Kit)
  • Memory: 4 GB 64-bit LPDDR4; 25.6 gigabytes/second
  • Connectivity: Gigabit Ethernet
  • OS Support: Linux for Tegra®
  • Module Size: 70mm x 45mm
  • Developer Kit Size: 100mm x 80mm

NVIDIA RTX A6000 Announced @ GTC

NVIDIA introduced a flagship GPU for creators — the NVIDIA RTX A6000, announced the Omniverse 3D simulation and collaboration platform open beta, and released new NVIDIA Broadcast Engine software development kits for developers of streaming applications.

The RTX A6000 GPU, built on the new NVIDIA Ampere architecture, allows creators to complete complex creative tasks, such as video editing in 8K HDR in real-time and animating extra-large 3D models. With 48GB, it offers the largest memory available in a single GPU and is expandable to 96GB using NVLink to connect two GPUs.

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RTX 3080 and 3090 Shortages – Until 2021

Another day, another NVIDIA shortage…

“I believe that demand will outstrip all of our supply through the year,” Huang said, “Remember, we’re also going into the double-whammy. The double-whammy is the holiday season. Even before the holiday season, we were doing incredibly well, and then you add on top of it the ‘Ampere factor,’ and then you add on top of that the ‘Ampere holiday factor,’ and we’re going to have a really really big Q4 season.”

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ASUS GeForce RTX 3090 TUF Gaming OC

Every board partner building RTX 30-series cards has multiple versions of each model in its arsenal. Asus is certainly no different and populates the monster GPUs with TUF Gaming (OC) and ROG Strix versions. We took a close look at the RTX 3080 TUF Gaming OC in a previous review, which is handy as the RTX 3090 TUF Gaming OC is on the testbench today.

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ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3080 Trinity

In this review, we benchmark the GeForce RTX 3080 from ZOTAC, a very lovely customized yet reference clocked product. It attempts to offer close to reference performance, good acoustics as well as a friendly design. All priced rationally as well, we hope as the initial stock ran out faster then I can spell my name.

Read more @ Guru3D

Windows Central’s Best Motherboards for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

While NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3070 GPU works just fine with PCIe 3.0 slots, it’s best to grab a motherboard with a PCIe 4.0 slot to make the most of its graphical prowess. We’ve rounded up the best motherboards with PCIe 4.0 slots for both AMD and Intel processors.

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9/29/20 Tech News: be quiet! 1500W PSU & More

The Dark Power series of PSU are their enthusiast’s grade high-performance models with normally very high wattage and amperage ratings. These units have some features specific to XOC or extreme enthusiasts, which help it be more flexible and apt for the usage.

be quiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500W Titanium @ TweakTown


One of the things that I didn’t really expect when testing both the Celsius+ Prisma S24 and S28 models by Fractal Design was the significantly lesser noise levels compared to the S36 (roughly 8.5dBA less for the S24 and 7.5dBA less for the S28) which are also what makes them far more ideal for people who do care about this. Cooling efficiency on the other hand was much closer than expected with the S28 probably delivering the best price/performance ratio of the three (of course the lack of protective plates for the fins still has me puzzled).

Fractal Design Celsius+ S24 & S28 Prisma Pre-Filled CPU Water Cooling Systems @ NikKTech


First introduced at CES 2019, Corsair’s Capellix LEDs have found their way into a few products since then, most notably their Dominator Platinum RGB memory kits. Now we have our hands on the latest Corsair product to feature these RGB LEDs, the iCUE H150i Elite Capellix Liquid CPU Cooler.

Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX @ ThinkComputers
Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX @ Bit-Tech


The P550B is part of the P series power supplies that are a new line of power supplies offered by Gigabyte to meet the demands of the user that doesn’t require extreme amounts of wattage. The P series line offers a 450, 550 and a 650 watt. 

GIGABYTE P550B 550W PSU @ FunkyKit


In the spotlight today is the ASUS TUF RTX 3080 OC, a graphics card featuring the very latest GA-102 ampere GPU. The team at ASUS has applied a factory OC , nudging up the frequency of the GPU Boost Clock by 100MHz. This TUF model also arrives with the renowned Max Contact thermal solution and a triple helping of axial-tech cooling fans.

ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 3080 OC @ Vortez