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NVIDIA Has RTX 50 SUPER Cards Ready, But Won't Release Them Yet
NVIDIA's board partners have completed RTX 50 SUPER graphics cards, but they are sitting in warehouses. Volatile GDDR7 memory costs make deciding on launch MSRPs impossible.
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X3D Is $279 With A Promo Code. Bundles Start At $449.
AMD's new R7 7700X3D just dropped. Use promo code PKC337 to get this gaming chip for $279, or grab a platform starter bundle matching motherboard + RAM for only $449.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Anniversary Edition Drops Below $300 With Free Cooler
Newegg is bundling the Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition with a free MSI 240mm AIO cooler. At $349 with a $70 cooler included, it's effectively $279.
HWMonitor 1.65 Just Brought Back RTX 50 Hotspot Temperatures
NVIDIA blocked hotspot temperature readings on RTX 50 cards. CPUID, the company behind HWMonitor, just added them back officially. You can finally see why your GPU is really overheating.
Samsung's PCIe 5.0 SSD Costs The Same As PCIe 4.0 Now. Buy The Faster One.
Samsung's 9100 PRO Gen 5 dropped to $249 for 1TB — the same as the older 990 PRO. At the same price you get twice the sequential read speed. There's no reason to buy the slower drive anymore.
NVIDIA Hid GPU Hotspot Temperature On RTX 50. That Was A Mistake.
NVIDIA blocked software access to hotspot temperature readings on RTX 50 cards. A Brazilian repair channel unlocked the sensor data and found every card had thermal contact issues causing throttling — invisible behind normal-looking average temperatures.
RX 9070 GRE Just Dropped Below $500. That's Actually Good News.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 GRE is now $499 on Newegg — $50 below its $549 MSRP. The first time it's sold under launch price, and it reveals exactly why the GPU market is broken.
NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti SUPER: Specs, Performance, Price, And Release Date
NVIDIA's upcoming RTX 5070 Ti SUPER bumps VRAM to 24GB and TDP to 350W while keeping the same GPU cores. Here's everything we know — and why it keeps getting delayed.
DDR5 is Too Expensive thanks to AI, the PC Industry is Bringing Back DDR4
DDR5 shortages driven by AI demand are forcing the PC industry back to DDR4. Motherboards, mini PCs, laptops, and even Meta datacenters are reverting to older memory.
NVIDIA Takes Back Germany's GPU Market. But AMD's Cheapest Card Still Outsells Everything.
NVIDIA reclaimed the top spot in Germany by unit count in June 2026, but AMD's RX 9070 XT outsold every single NVIDIA card on its own. Here's what the Mindfactory data actually tells us.
AMD Is Raising GPU Prices. Graphics Card Makers Will Pass It On To You.
AMD is bumping what it charges board partners like Sapphire, Asus, and XFX by around 10 percent starting July due to soaring VRAM costs. You will feel it at retail by fall.
Steam Machine Red Line of Death: The Modern Red Ring of Death
A Steam Machine died 20 minutes after turning it on, showing a vertical red line on screen. Learn why this soldered GPU failure is drawing comparisons to Xbox's infamous RROD.
Steam Machine Reservations Are Already On eBay For $2,700
Scalpers are flipping Steam Machine pre-orders on eBay for up to $2,900 - double Valve's official price. We break down the math and why buying from a scalper is never worth it.
Samsung, SK Hynix, And Micron Are Being Sued For Fixing RAM Prices
Three companies control the world's memory supply. Now Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron face a California class-action antitrust lawsuit for allegedly colluding to inflate DRAM prices.
GTA 6 Costs $80. The Ultimate Edition Is $100.
Rockstar just broke the $70 ceiling that's held since 2020. Grand Theft Auto 6 launches November 19th for $79.99 on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
Why Valve Can't Negotiate With RAM Makers (And Why That Costs You $1,000)
Valve revealed a damning reality about how the companies that control the world's memory supply operate. Monthly take-it-or-leave-it offers with zero negotiation room.
Steam Machine Performance: Lower Than Expected, Pricing: Higher Than Expected
Valve's Steam Machine launches at $1,049 for the base 512GB model-significantly more than originally planned. Component shortages driven by AI datacentre demand pushed RAM and storage prices up, and Valve's paying for it.
Leaked Steam Machine Benchmark Looks Genuine
A Geekbench 6 listing for "Valve Fremont" hints at a six-core AMD Zen 4 CPU, RDNA 3 GPU, and 8GB VRAM-suggesting Steam Machine is closer to launch than expected.
Nvidia RTX 50 SUPER Leak: Massive VRAM Upgrades Rumored for Q4 2026/2027
Rumors suggest Nvidia is preparing a mid-generation refresh for the RTX 50 series with significant VRAM increases using 3GB GDDR7 modules.
Should you upgrade from RTX 20, 30, 40 cards to RTX 50?
A deep dive into DLSS 4.5 support for older NVIDIA GPUs. Learn why RTX 20, 30, and 40 series cards can still benefit from the latest AI models.