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NVIDIA Reveals RTX 4070 GPU & Announces RTX Remix Update

The new RTX 4070 GPU improves performance for gaming and content creation, while a new RTX Remix component breathes life into classic DirectX games.

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3 years ago

April 13, 2023

Nour Nasir

NVIDIA

Today, NVIDIA announced the release of a new graphics card in their 40 series lineup, the GeForce RTX 4070. With prices starting at AED 2,579, the RTX 4070 is the cheapest Ada Lovelace-based desktop GPU available, offering gamers and content creators the latest NVIDIA technologies and improved all-round performance.

The GeForce RTX 4070 is a perfect GPU for 1440p gaming and packs RTX acceleration, AI tools, and ray tracing into its compact frame.

As well as boasting 1.7x faster speeds than the previous generation RTX 3070Ti, the card should reduce gaming power consumption by 23% and benefit from all of the features of the NVIDIA RTX platform, including:

NVIDIA DLSS 3
NVIDIA Reflex
NVIDIA Game Ready Drivers
RTX Video Super Resolution

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GeForce RTX 4070 graphics cards will be available from April 13th in Founders Edition spec, in addition to in-house models from ASUS, Gainward, Colorful, INNO3D, GALAX, KFA2, GIGABYTE, MSI, Palit, PNY, and ZOTAC.

Until May 8th, 2023, gamers purchasing eligible GeForce RTX 40 series cards will also receive an Overwatch 2 Ultimate Battle Pass and an additional 1,000 Overwatch 2 coins worth $40.

Remastered Classic DirectX Games With NVIDIA Remix Runtime

NVIDIA also announced the availability of a new open-source component of their RTX Remix modding platform. The upgrade will enable enthusiasts to remaster classic PC games by capturing a game scene and “replacing assets at playback while injecting RTX technology, such as path tracing, DLSS 3, and Reflex”.

In a recent press release, NVIDIA stated that “Counter-Strike 2 will join a growing list of games that benefit from NVIDIA Reflex, including top titles such as Apex Legends, Call of Duty: Warzone 2, Destiny 2, Escape from Tarkov, Fortnite, Overwatch 2, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege and Valorant”.

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Nano Banana 2 Arrives In MENA For Google Gemini Users

Google brings its latest image model to Gemini and Search, adding 4K output and tighter text control for regional users.

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2 months ago

February 27, 2026

Nour Nasir

Google

Google has opened access to Nano Banana 2 across the Middle East and North Africa, pushing its newest image model into everyday tools rather than keeping it inside the exclusive (and expensive) Pro tier.

The rollout spans the Google Gemini desktop and mobile apps, and extends to Google Search through Lens and AI Mode. Developers can also test it in preview via AI Studio and the Gemini API.

Nano Banana 2 runs on Gemini Flash, Google’s fast inference layer. The focus is speed, but also control. Users can export visuals from 512px up to 4K, adjusting aspect ratios for everything from vertical social posts to widescreen displays.

The model maintains character likeness across up to five figures and preserves fidelity for as many as 14 objects within a single workflow. This enables visual continuity across scenes, iterations, or edits — supporting projects like short films, storyboards, and multi-scene narratives. Text rendering has also been improved, delivering legible typography in mockups and greeting cards, with built-in translation and localization directly within images.

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Under the hood, the system taps Gemini’s broader knowledge base and pulls in real-time information and imagery from web search to render specific subjects more accurately. Lighting and fine detail have been upgraded, without slowing output.

By embedding the model inside Gemini and Search, Google is normalizing advanced image generation for a mass audience. In MENA, where startups and marketing teams are leaning heavily on AI to scale content across languages and borders, that shift lands at a practical moment.

The move also folds creative tooling deeper into search itself, so that image generation is no longer a separate workflow. It now sits right next to the query box.