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OS Osvaldo Doederlein

DLSS Strikes Again: Transformer v2

2026 was expected to be a very boring year for game-tech enthusiasts with no major hardware release, not even he usual mid-cycle “super”…

Jan 11, 2026 · 6 min read · 5 claps

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OS Osvaldo Doederlein

FG & Multi-FG: Does it Work?

In recent years Frame Generation has become a hot topic of debate among tech-gaming reviewers and enthusiasts. Now supported by all three…

Jan 06, 2026 · 15 min read · 0 claps #dlss4 #fsr4 #frame-generation

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Cinebench 2026

After a long wait, Cinebench supports 2025’s GPU generation: NVIDIA’s Blackwell and AMD’s RDNA4. Coming in the final week of 2025…

Dec 30, 2025 · 6 min read · 0 claps #cinebench #blackwell #rdna4

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New GPU, Old API: Retrobenchmarks

In this story I will test two GPUs: the RTX 5080 and the RX 9070 XT, but running “retro” benchmarks and games this time.

Nov 20, 2025 · 9 min read · 1 claps #directx-9 #benchmarking #gpu

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DOOM: Path Tracing and Bechmarks

DOOM: The Dark Ages finally brought together all my computer hobbies: rendering tech, benchmarking, and killing monsters. The game at…

Jul 03, 2025 · 10 min read · 1 claps #doom #gaming #benchmarking

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9070 XT and RTX 5080: Overclocking

This is Part IV of a series of reviews: Part I for the RTX 5080, Part I for the 9070 XT, combined Part II with Microbenchmarks, Part III…

May 16, 2025 · 6 min read · 0 claps #overclocking #9070-xt #rtx-5080

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GravityMark Revisited

One year and a half ago, and one GPU-generation ago, in Dec 2013 I published RDNA 3, GravityMark and Linux. TLDR: this new benchmark had…

May 13, 2025 · 8 min read · 0 claps #rdna4 #9070-xt #rtx-5080

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9070 XT and RTX 5080: Undervolting

This is Part III of a series of reviews: Part I for the RTX 5080, Part I for the 9070 XT, combined Part II with Microbenchmarks.

Apr 23, 2025 · 9 min read · 4 claps #geforce-rtx-5080 #9070-xt #benchmarking

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AI Hardware vs. AI Software

RDNA 4 is a big milestone for AMD’s efforts in AI on client: for gaming with FSR 4.0 and more coming later, but also for general AI…

Apr 18, 2025 · 8 min read · 14 claps #ai #amd-radeon #nvidia

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9070 XT and RTX 5080: Microbenchmarks

This replaces my previous post "RTX 5080: Microbenchmarks". I now have also a 9070 XT for testing, so I updated my charts with first-party…

Apr 13, 2025 · 10 min read · 9 claps #rtx-5080 #9070-xt #benchmarking

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RTX 5080: Games & DLSS

RTX 5080: DLSS

Apr 04, 2025 · 11 min read · 1 claps #dlss4 #blackwell-gpu #benchmarking

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3DMark’s Steel Nomad

The wait is finally over, UL released the new Steel Nomad benchmark on 2024–05–21: a date that will become a new holiday for PC…

May 28, 2024 · 11 min read · 1 claps #3dmark #steel-nomad #benchmarking

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The case for Synthetic GPU Gaming Benchmarks

There is a constant debate among PC hardware & gaming enthusiasts about the merits of GPU benchmarks and the reviewers that perform them…

Jan 11, 2023 · 6 min read · 0 claps #gpu #benchmarking #gaming