Hacker News with Generative AI: Graphics Cards

Vramfs: Vram Based Filesystem for Linux (github.com/Overv)
Unused RAM is wasted RAM, so why not put some of that VRAM in your graphics card to work?
RDNA 4's “Out-of-Order” Memory Accesses (chipsandcheese.com)
AMD's RDNA 4 brings a variety of memory subsystem enhancements. Among those, one slide stood out because it dealt with out-of-order memory accesses. According to the slide, RDNA 4 allows requests from different shaders to be satisfied out-of-order, and adds new out-of-order queues for memory requests.
Looking Ahead at Intel's Xe3 GPU Architecture (chipsandcheese.com)
Intel’s foray into high performance graphics has enjoyed impressive progress over the past few years, and the company is not letting up on the gas.
Nvidia's RTX Pro 6000 has 96GB of VRAM and 600W of power (theverge.com)
Nvidia is announcing its RTX Pro Blackwell series of GPUs today, designed to meet the needs of professional designers, developers, data scientists, and creatives.
Raytracing on Intel's Arc B580 (chipsandcheese.com)
Intel’s discrete GPU strategy has emphasized add-on features ever since Alchemist launched. Right from the start, Intel invested heavily in dedicated matrix multiplication units, raytracing accelerators, and hardware video codecs. Battlemage continues that trend. Raytracing deserves attention because raytraced effects are gaining prominence on an increasing number of titles.
Llama.cpp AI Performance with the GeForce RTX 5090 Review (phoronix.com)
In beginning the NVIDIA Blackwell Linux testing with the GeForce RTX 5090 compute performance, besides all the CUDA/OpenCL/OptiX benchmarks delivered last week a number of readers asked about AI performance and in particular the Llama.cpp performance with the RTX 5090 flagship graphics card.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT review: RDNA 4 fixes a lot of AMD's problems (arstechnica.com)
AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT are its first cards based on the RDNA 4 GPU architecture.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 Series Linux GPU Compute Performance (phoronix.com)
In addition to the Radeon RX 9070 series Linux gaming/graphics benchmarks with today's embargo lift, I've also spent some time working on some GPU compute benchmarks for these first RDNA4 graphics cards.
UEFI-Only Support for AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series Graphics and Later (amd.com)
This article provides information about UEFI requirements for AMD graphics cards based on the AMD RDNA™ 4 Architecture and later.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 Series Technical Deep Dive (techpowerup.com)
The next generation of AMD Radeon is here! The company today formally announced its Radeon RX 9070 series of performance-segment graphics cards, powered by the new RDNA 4 graphics architecture.
AMD RDNA 4 – AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series Graphics Cards (amd.com)
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today unveiled the highly-anticipated AMD RDNA™ 4 graphics architecture with the launch of the AMD Radeon™ RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 graphics cards as a part of the Radeon™ RX 9000 Series.
Nvidia confirms 'rare' RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti manufacturing issue (theverge.com)
It’s true: Nvidia has just confirmed it shipped some RTX 5090, RTX 5090D, and even some RTX 5070 Ti graphics chips that were missing render units, as TechPowerUp originally reported — and that you’ll be able to get a replacement if your card was affected.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Spotted with Missing ROPs, Nvidia Confirms the Issue (techpowerup.com)
TechPowerUp has discovered that there are NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 graphics cards in retail circulation that come with too few render units, which lowers performance.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Linux GPU Compute Benchmarks (phoronix.com)
While there have been a lot of GeForce RTX 5090 Windows gaming benchmarks since the review embargo lift yesterday, for those more fascinated by this high-end Blackwell desktop graphics card for its GPU compute potential on Linux, this article is for you.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Through GeForce RTX 5080/5090 GPU Compute Performance (phoronix.com)
Complementing the recent Linux GPU benchmarks of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 and GeForce RTX 5090 looking at both the Linux / Steam Play gaming performance as well as GPU compute and other areas, in today's testing is a wide multi-generation look seeing how the NVIDIA GeForce performance has evolved going back to the GeForce GTX 980 Maxwell GPUs up through the newest GeForce RTX 5080/5090 graphics cards.
12VHPWR on RTX5090 is Concerning [video] (youtube.com)
Intel's Battlemage Architecture (chipsandcheese.com)
Intel’s Alchemist architecture gave the company a foot in the door to the high performance graphics segment. The Arc A770 proved to be a competent first effort, able to run many games with credible performance. Now, Intel is passing the torch to a new graphics architecture, named Battlemage.
RTX 5090 cable overheats to 150 degrees Celsius (tomshardware.com)
Nvidia's RTX 5090 power connectors are melting (theverge.com)
Ah shit, here we go again. Two owners of Nvidia’s new RTX 5090 Founders Edition GPUs have reported melted power connectors and damage to their PSUs.
First credible report of RTX 5090 FE with melted connector appears (tomshardware.com)
Nvidia RTX Blackwell GPU Architecture [pdf] (nvidia.com)
Snowden slams Nvidia RTX 5080 as 'a monopolistic crime against the consumer' (pcgamer.com)
GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 sell out almost instantly (pcworld.com)
No points for guessing this one in advance. The morning of the official retail launch for Nvidia’s next-gen GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards, they’re almost impossible to actually order at online stores in the United States just an hour after the sales began.
ROCm Device Support Wishlist (github.com/ROCm)
We would like to hear from the community what other cards you would like to see ROCm support for. Currently compatibility matrix for Linux is at https://rocm.docs.amd.com/projects/install-on-linux/en/latest/reference/system-requirements.html and Windows is at https://rocm.docs.amd.com/projects/install-on-windows/en/latest/reference/system-requirements.html.
Intel Arc B570 Graphics Performance on Linux Review (phoronix.com)
Last month when Intel formally introduced Battlemage graphics their initial products in the B-Series were the B570 and B580 graphics cards.
Asus launches first Thunderbolt 5 eGPU with RTX 5090 (theverge.com)
This smoky black translucent box isn’t a gaming PC — instead, it might be the most powerful single-cable portable docking station ever conceived.
Nvidia Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 Series Opens New World of AI Computer Graphics (nvidia.com)
CES—NVIDIA today unveiled the most advanced consumer GPUs for gamers, creators and developers — the GeForce RTX™ 50 Series Desktop and Laptop GPUs.
Nvidia announces next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs (theverge.com)
Nvidia is officially announcing its RTX 50-series GPUs today.
Intel Arc B580 with two M.2 slots, Maxsun offers storage expansion for SSDs (tomshardware.com)
"Nvidia is so far ahead that all the 4090s are nerfed to half speed" (twitter.com)