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The RTX 3050 launched back in January 2022 at a $249.99 MSRP. (Image source: MSI, Unsplash, edited)

Entry-level RTX 5050 desktop GPU specs leak online with bigger bus and higher TDP vs RTX 4050

Expected to cost below $300, the GeForce RTX 5050 could be the entry-level card in the RTX 50 lineup. Specs of the GPU have now leaked online, giving us a look at the board's CUDA core count, bus width, VRAM capacity, and TDP.

Fawad Murtaza, 10 Mar 2025 08:58

RX 9070 XT vs RTX 5070 Ti sales (Image source: Gigabyte, MSI)

RX 9070 XT price low enough for impressive sales, as the AMD GPU tops Nvidia in rankings

AMD's launch of the RX 9070 has exceeded expectations. With ample supply, the RDNA 4 GPU leads its Nvidia 50-series opposition in sales leaderboards. The lack of models priced at MSRP hasn't deflated enthusiastic buyers.

Adam Corsetti, 09 Mar 2025 01:17

Bolt Graphics "Zeus" GPU comes with some unique features (Image Source: Bolt Graphics)

Zeus GPU from Bolt Graphics claims 10 times the performance of an RTX 5090 and comes with upgradable RAM

Startup Bolt Graphics claims its new Zeus GPU will outperform an RTX 5090 by a factor of 10, and comes with features that would make a consumer card turn it its grave. With a specification this crazy, you'd be forgiven for thinkin...

David Devey, 08 Mar 2025 22:01

AMD is giving away five of its newest Radeon graphics cards (image source: Notebookcheck)

Five Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards up for grabs via AMD's limited-time giveaway

Gamers in the United States and Canada can win up to five Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards by participating in AMD's latest giveaway. Two of those will be signed by AMD's CEO Dr Lisa Su.

Anil Ganti, 08 Mar 2025 14:22

The winners of the AMD vs Nvidia GPU contest for 2025 will likely be the retailers. (Image source: AMD/Nvidia - edited)

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs RTX 5070: Buying choice for gamers confirmed by RDNA 4 PassMark visit

Both the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 have appeared in PassMark’s G3D Mark chart for high-end video cards. The new RDNA 4-based cards boast of having 16 GB of VRAM and support FSR 4 upscaling. The benchmark performance...

Daniel R Deakin, 08 Mar 2025 09:15

AMD's Frank Azor dashes RX 9070 MSRP rug-pull rumours as retail stock suffers after launch

Rumours of the death of MSRP have been greatly exaggerated. AMD has finally spoken out about alleged MSRP increases following the massively popular launch of the RX 9070 series GPUs.

Julian van der Merwe, 07 Mar 2025 21:25

The RTX 5050 might launch as Nvidia's budget GPU like the RTX 3050 pictured here (image source: MSI)

RTX 5050 desktop GPU price and tentative release date revealed by new leak

A new leak says Nvidia plans to launch the RTX 5050 for desktop soon. There's a chance it could launch as the RTX 5050 Ti. Regardless of what it is called, it will come with 8 GB of VRAM and a TBP of 135 Watts.

Anil Ganti, 07 Mar 2025 18:39

Nvidia may complement the RTX 5070 with cheaper options later this month. (Image source: Nvidia - edited)

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 rumoured to launch for $299 as dates for RTX 5060 Ti also emerge

The launch of the GeForce RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti cards could be right around the corner. Not only that, but the GeForce RTX 5060 could be 45% cheaper than the GeForce RTX 5070.

Alex Alderson, 07 Mar 2025 17:09

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G SUPRIM (Image source: MSI)

MSI squashes Nvidia RTX 5090 recall rumors over fire hazard concerns

Buyers who have invested thousands of dollars into an RTX 5090 can keep gaming with their high-powered GPUs. MSI has cleared up rumors of a potential recall originating from a Dutch retailer. Still, reports of burned power connect...

Adam Corsetti, 07 Mar 2025 16:36

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50 series laptop models might get delayed (image source: Nvidia)

GeForce RTX 50 laptop models said to be missing ROPs like desktop counterparts

A new report from Heise.de says Nvidia's laptop SKUs have also been reported to be missing ROPs (Render Output Units). This could result in a delayed launch because OEMs and Nvidia now need to conduct additional checks.

Anil Ganti, 06 Mar 2025 19:51

XFX Mercury RX 9070 XT OC Magnetic Air Edition (Image source: Best Buy)

Best Buy lists most RX 9070 XT GPUs at well above MSRP with price hikes possible

Taking aim at Nvidia, the RX 9070 XT is one of the best values of any recently released GPU. Sadly, some buyers are finding the lack of options at its $599 MSRP disappointing. Also, RDNA 4 cards may see price increases after retai...

Adam Corsetti, 06 Mar 2025 17:31

Tariffs on Mexico could lead to a decline in physical game disc production, analysts have warned. (Image source: eBay)

Trump administration tariffs may lead to decline in physical game disc production and increased game costs

Game publishers could completely stop making physical game discs owing to the 25% tariff on Mexico. Analysts warn that pricing for even the digital versions could increase, along with prices for hardware.

Vineet Washington, 05 Mar 2025 21:04

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has a factory boost clock of up to 2,970 MHz. (Image source: Gigabyte, Unsplash, edited)

RX 9070 XT to put the RTX 5070 to shame with up to ten times more launch supply per new leak

The RTX 5070 is set to grace store shelves today March 5th while the RX 9070/XT releases a day later. When AMD's RDNA 4 offerings are available to purchase, the GPUs are expected to have tons more supply than the RTX 5070 accordin...

Fawad Murtaza, 05 Mar 2025 12:06

The Radeon RX 9060 XT has been spotted online (image source: generated with Leonardo.ai)

Radeon RX 9060 XT spotted online in two memory configurations

A new leak tells us AMD plans to sell two variants of the Radeon RX 9060 XT. One version will have the same VRAM as the RX 9070 XT/non-XT, and the other will be stuck at 8 GB.

Anil Ganti, 05 Mar 2025 04:38

There may be more Radeon RX 9070 XT cards available at launch than the entire Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series. (Image source: AMD - edited)

Huge AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT stock levels rumoured for Thursday's launch

Two leading sources in the world of graphics cards have offered insights into the state of the Radeon RX 9070 XT and the stock levels AMD has provided retailers. Reportedly, for the Radeon RX 9070 XT to sell out on launch day, AMD...

Alex Alderson, 04 Mar 2025 19:46

Nvidia has reportedly informed reviewers that the RTX 5070 Founders Edition cards will not be available on launch day. (Image source: Nvidia)

Nvidia confirms GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition will not be available at launch

Those looking to buy the RTX 5070 Founders Edition cards will have to wait till later this month as Nvidia has informed reviewers about a delay, just before the reviews drop. This delay will reportedly affect global markets.

Vineet Washington, 04 Mar 2025 18:21

The latest Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs are only optimized for UEFI systems. (Image source: AMD)

Radeon RX 9000 GPUs officially support UEFI systems only, AMD says

Older systems will have a hard time getting the most out of the Radeon RX 9000 GPUs. Only UEFI-based systems can get the full feature and performance benefit of the latest GPUs.

Vineet Washington, 04 Mar 2025 17:47

AMD RX 9070 ToyShop tech demo (Image source: AMD YouTube)

Lackluster RX 9070 series path tracing demo suggests large gap with RTX 50-series GPUs

A recently released AMD tech demo shows advancements with the RX 9070 series. Unfortunately, the improved path tracing effects didn't wow all gamers. Viewers have pointed out more ghosting and artifacts than seen with the Nvidia R...

Adam Corsetti, 04 Mar 2025 01:49

MSI RTX 5070 Ti 16G Shadow 3X (Image source: MSI)

MSI raising RTX 5070 Ti prices as RX 9070 XT release date approaches

RTX 5080 buyers are experiencing déjà vu, as RTX 5070 Ti prices on store sites are already higher than on its release date. After revisions, most MSI cards cost significantly more than the $749.99 MSRP. So far, the arrival of the ...

Adam Corsetti, 03 Mar 2025 17:15

A Swedish retailer has confirmed it is not getting any RTX 5070 stock for launch day. (Image source: Nvidia)

Major Swedish retailer confirms lack of GeForce RTX 5070 stock at launch

It’s no surprise that the GeForce RTX 50-series were released without proper stock to fulfill the demand, and now, the RTX 5070 seems to be suffering the same fate. AMD, on the other hand, may be doing a lot better with its Radeon...

Vineet Washington, 03 Mar 2025 15:49

It's worth keeping an eye on the GeForce RTX 5090 in 64-bit applications. (Image source: Nvidia - edited)

Juggernaut RTX 5090-based system crushes GPU Compute benchmark even before support patch is released

GPU Compute test results of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 on PassMark could improve as the site has released a patch that should solve the problems that the Blackwell card had previously faced. Even before the patch, one beefed-up R...

Daniel R Deakin, 03 Mar 2025 09:06

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 has an MSRP of $999. (Image source: Notebookcheck)

Imperfect RTX 5080 with missing ROPs shows measurable gaming performance loss in latest testing

The RTX 5080 with eight fewer ROPs becomes noticeably slower in some games according to a new analysis. The difference in performance between a perfect RTX 5080 with full ROPs and a faulty unit is shown to be as much as 10+%.

Fawad Murtaza, 02 Mar 2025 17:41

AMD's next-gen laptop chips could be stuck with a last-gen GPU (image source: AMD)

AMD Ryzen AI 400 Medusa Point laptop chips rumoured to stick with an RDNA 3-based GPU

A new leak from Weibo says AMD has no plans to upgrade the GPU on its upcoming Medusa Point series of laptop chips. While their desktop counterparts (Medusa Ridge) will get an upgraded RDNA 5 iGPU, the Ryzen AI 400 SKUs have to ma...

Anil Ganti, 02 Mar 2025 15:08

The RX 9060 XT will get FSR 4 like other RDNA 4 cards. (Image source: Asus, Unsplash, edited)

RX 9060 XT release date and performance: RTX 4060 Ti-beating GPU could be here in less than two months

With the launch of the RX 9070 and the RX 9070 XT out of the way, all eyes are now set on the affordable RX 9060 and the RX 9060 XT GPUs. Release date and performance Information regarding the RX 9060 XT has now surfaced online.

Fawad Murtaza, 01 Mar 2025 20:45

Asus Prime GeForce RTX 5070 (Image source: Best Buy)

More retailers price RTX 5070 GPUs at $549.99 before March 5th release date

Scalpers are drooling over the prospect of flipping the RTX 5070. Even so, gamers can target many different models priced at $549.99. With the RTX 5070 release date approaching, more U.S. retailers are listing the GPUs.

Adam Corsetti, 01 Mar 2025 20:11

AMD Radeon RX 9060 gets launch window confirmed

AMD confirms mid-range RDNA 4 RX 9060 GPU coming sooner than expected

AMD today finally revealed the pricing and full details of the RX 9070 series GPUs, but at the end of the RDNA4 presentation, the company confirmed that the next GPU release will be the entry-level Radeon RX 9060 series, although ...

Julian van der Merwe, 28 Feb 2025 21:00

CyberPowerPC currently offers gaming PCs with the latest RTX 50 boards. (Image source: Nvidia, Unsplash, edited)

CyberPowerPC to protect customers from Nvidia's mistake by ensuring RTX 50 GPUs with full ROPs in gaming PCs

CyberPowerPC, a system integrator, has presented its customers a guarantee against faulty RTX 50 GPUs with missing ROPs. It was discovered recently that a small number of RTX 50 cards, including the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 507...

Fawad Murtaza, 28 Feb 2025 19:41

AMD FSR 4 makes use of RDNA 4's FP8 prowess for upscaling and frame generation. (Image Source: AMD)

AMD talks FSR 4, Hypr-RX, and new Adrenalin software, FSR 4 uses proprietary model and is limited to RDNA 4 cards for now

AMD is introducing a new and improved FSR 4 alongside today's RDNA 4 announcements. FSR 4 will be an RDNA 4-exclusive feature for now as it uses a complete ML-based pipeline leveraging the FP8 capabilities of the new compute units...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 28 Feb 2025 16:54

Premium features for sub-$1,000 (image Source: Acer)

Deal | Certified-refurbished Acer Predator Triton 14 with i7-13700H, RTX 4070 and Mini LED display drops under $1,000

This 2023 model packs premium features like the 14-inch Mini LED 2560 x 1600 125 - 250 Hz display with ~100% DCI-P3 color gamut, a Thunderbolt 4 port, micro SD card reader and fingerprint reader. Apart from the i7-13700H and the R...

Bogdan Solca, 28 Feb 2025 15:02

AMD RDNA 4 is built to cater to high-end gaming, ray tracing, and ML workloads. (Image Source: AMD)

AMD RDNA 4 architecture deep dive: A 64-CU monolithic design with all-round improvements to compute, media encode-decode, ray tracing, and AI

AMD dwelt on several key aspects of RDNA 4 that will officially launch today. Featuring in the new Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 GPUs, RDNA 4 enables next generation gaming and content creation experiences with support for new ray...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 28 Feb 2025 14:00

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 RDNA 4 GPUs get a full performance reveal. (Image Source: AMD)

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070: 4K capable cards at 1440p prices with significant performance gains over RTX 3090 and RX 6900 XT

AMD's latest GPUs — the Radeon RX 9070 XT and the RX 9070 — bring RDNA 4 goodness with improved ray tracing and ML capabilities and will be available from AMD's AiB partners from March 6. The new cards aim to offer a superior 4K g...

Vaidyanathan Subramaniam, 28 Feb 2025 14:00

The Data Center segment generated $115.2 billion in revenues in 2024 for Team Green. In the image - Nvidia headquarters. (Image source: Nvidia)

Nvidia breaks records: Revenues doubled in 2024 with Blackwell the chief reason

During 2024, the company reported revenues of $130.5 billion, increasing 114% from the previous fiscal year. Higher demand for AI capabilities and specifically the Blackwell GPU supported the results.

Daniela Morales Soler, 28 Feb 2025 12:24

Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT powered pre-built PCs have been listed on Newegg. (Image source: @Olrak29_ via X)

AMD Radeon RX 9070 series powered pre-built gaming PCs now showing up at online retailers

The first pre-built gaming PCs featuring the Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT GPUs have started showing up online with a starting price of $1750. For now, there are only a few options but more can be expected around the official rele...

Vineet Washington, 27 Feb 2025 17:21

XMG NEO 16 2025 lineup targeted at gamers and content creators (Image Source: XMG)

XMG starts pre-selling NEO 16 2025 laptops with up to an RTX 5090 GPU and Intel Arrow Lake / AMD Ryzen 9000X3D APUs

Initially announced only with Intel Arrow Lake mobile processors, the NEO 16 2025 laptops are now launching with additional AMD Ryzen 9000/X3D APU options. The E25 (Intel) and A25 (AMD) variants are available for pre-sale with RTX...

Bogdan Solca, 27 Feb 2025 15:00

It's possible the GeForce RTX 5090D was overclocked for the PassMark benchmark run. (Image source: Nvidia/PassMark - edited)

Overpowered GeForce RTX 5090D takes huge lead over RTX 4090 in benchmark chart and doubles DirectX 12 test result

An Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090D graphics card has appeared on PassMark and delivered an incredible result despite having to overcome a couple of potential challenges. The RTX 5090D topped the high-end video card chart by an impressive...

Daniel R Deakin, 27 Feb 2025 12:27

First Radeon 840M OpenCL benchmark shows promising results (Image source: AMD - edited)

RDNA 3.5 AMD Radeon 840M surpasses Radeon 740M in early OpenCL benchmark

The affordable AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 has made its debut in Geekbench, and with that, the first OpenCL benchmark score of the Radeon 840M is here. Per the test, the iGPU can beat the Radeon 740M.

Abid Ahsan Shanto, 27 Feb 2025 08:17

Nvidia RTX 50 series black screen issue (Image source: Nvidia, Asus)

Nvidia driver update for GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs will address black screen issue

Black screens have turned the thrill of finding an RTX 5080 or RTX 5090 in stock into frustration. The issue appears without warning when gaming or even enabling/disabling displays. RTX 50-series owners are hoping a new Nvidia dri...

Adam Corsetti, 26 Feb 2025 16:37

The RTX 5060 Ti is said to launch in two flavours (image source: Nvidia)

RTX 5060 Ti specs and launch window revealed by new leak

A new leak confirms the RTX 5060 Ti will come in two configurations: one with 8 GB GDDR7 VRAM and the second one with 16 GB. Both have the same TBP, which is slightly higher than their Ada Lovelace counterparts.

Anil Ganti, 26 Feb 2025 12:59

The GeForce RTX 5070 adopts the same-sized 12 GB VRAM buffer as its predecessor. (Image source: MSI, Unsplash, edited)

Abysmal RTX 5070 launch stock appears on horizon as latest leak points to possible supply shortage

The RTX 5070 is reportedly set to suffer the same dismal fate as its bigger brothers at launch with low supply. Based on the information from a major online retailer shared by Moore's Law Is Dead, the RTX 5070 will likely be hard ...

Fawad Murtaza, 26 Feb 2025 11:27

The RTX 5090 will feature in laptops like the Razer Blade 16 and Razer Blade 18. (Image source: Nvidia - edited)

GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop becomes best mobile GPU on PassMark despite GPU Compute obstacle

The first Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU sample has landed on PassMark and delivered a healthy, but unfortunately compromised, benchmark result. The RTX 5090 Laptop managed to become the best-performing mobile GPU on the site,...

Daniel R Deakin, 26 Feb 2025 07:12

Despite a benchmark problem being solved there could be new issues coming for the RTX 50 series. (Image source: Nvidia - edited)

Strange GeForce RTX 50-series benchmark issues solved but new problem for gamers arises

The performance issues that the GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 seemed to have on the PassMark benchmark website have apparently been solved, with future visits by the new Blackwell cards potentially offering better results. However...

Daniel R Deakin, 26 Feb 2025 00:17

Monster Hunter Wilds is free with an eligible AMD Ryzen CPU, Radeon GPU, and laptops for a limited time. (Image source: AMD)

Monster Hunter Wilds free with purchase of select AMD CPUs and GPUs

AMD’s promotional game bundle brings the $70 Monster Hunter Wilds Standard Edition with a purchase of an eligible Ryzen CPU or Radeon GPU, as well as Ryzen AI 9 300, Ryzen 7000HX, 7000HX3D, Ryzen 8000, and Ryzen AI Max series lapt...

Vineet Washington, 25 Feb 2025 20:18

Gigabyte RX 9070 XT graphics card (Image source: Gigabyte, AMD)

RX 9070 XT price will undercut the RTX 5070 Ti, according to AMD press materials

New information from AMD suggests competitive pricing for the RDNA 4 GPUs. With the Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti scarce, the RX 9070 XT may cost less with capable 4K performance. The speculation will soon end with an official announcement o...

Adam Corsetti, 25 Feb 2025 17:19

Zhaoxin processors successfully deploy DeepSeek-R1 AI models locally. Pictured: A KH-4000/32 and a KX-7000/8 processor offered by Zhaoxin. (Image source: Zhaoxin)

Zhaoxin deploys DeepSeek-R1 models across entire CPU lineup, from desktops to servers

Chinese CPU maker Zhaoxin has successfully deployed DeepSeek-R1 Distill AI models across its entire hardware lineup—from desktop PCs to high-performance servers.

Nathan Ali, 25 Feb 2025 11:34

A fully functioning RTX 5080 features a total of 112 Render Output Units (ROPs). (Image source: Notebookcheck, Pixabay, edited)

Bad news for RTX 5080 owners as GPU officially joins unfortunate RTX 50 quartet with missing ROPs

It is now official: RTX 5080 is also plagued by the issue of fewer-than-advertised ROPs, making it the fourth RTX 50 GPU to be affected by the issue. Gamers who have, unfortunately, ended up with faulty RTX 5080 GPUs will have to ...

Fawad Murtaza, 25 Feb 2025 11:34

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT on overclock result screen

AMD RX 9070 XT leak suggests impressive overclocking potential with only 25 W TGP increase

An overclocked AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT was apparently able to manage a sizeable overclock over its alleged 2,970 MHz boost clock, all with a mere 25 W increase in power draw. While this is impressive on its own, it may be an indicat...

Julian van der Merwe, 25 Feb 2025 07:57

AMD PowerColor RX 9070 XT to launch with AFMF 2.1

AMD confirms Fluid Motion Frames 2.1 in the works to challenge Nvidia Smooth Motion: Better image quality, no new hardware requirements

Recent reports indicate that AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2.1 (AFMF 2.1) is in development. The updated frame generation tech is aimed at improving the quality of generated frames and will be available for older hardware as well as the...

Julian van der Merwe, 24 Feb 2025 20:20