Tag: Computing Components
As I predicted, Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti 8GB will incur a ‘motherboard tax’ – it suffers a significant performance loss using PCIe 4.0
Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GPU suffers up to 10% performance loss using PCIe 4.0 This comes after speculation that its PCIe 5.0 x8 specification and 8GB VRAM capacity would be a downside It means gamers will have to buy a PCIe 5.0 motherboard for better performance using the GPU…
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AMD’s Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB GPU reportedly set to take retail priority over 8GB counterpart – is this the beginning of the end for 8GB GPUs?
AMD is reportedly prioritizing the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB GPU for retailers It corroborates rumors that it may cancel or discontinue the 8GB GPU If it’s true, it could be a sign that Team Red won’t make 8GB GPUs going forward AMD‘s Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU is on…
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Here’s one of the strangest ways gamers are trying to buy an RTX 5090 or RTX 5080 – unsurprisingly, it’s not working
Japanese retailers are restricting Nvidia’s RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs to Japanese residents only It’s an attempt to stop tourists from buying the Blackwell GPUs It comes after a previous attempt to block tax-free purchases Besides overpriced third-party models, Nvidia‘s RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs are both difficult…
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Asus’ ROG Astral GPU sag ‘detector’ needs to be adopted by other GPU and motherboard manufacturers – even though it’s reportedly been removed
Asus GPU Tweak III software notifies ROG Astral GPU users of any potential GPU sag It’s possible thanks to a built-in gyroscope and accelerometer The feature appears to be unavailable in the latest version of the application Considering the multitude of Nvidia and AMD third-party GPUs that come with different…
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Nvidia’s RTX 5060 8GB GPU is rumored to launch at $299 – but history suggests it will cost more at retailers
Nvidia’s RTX 5060 is set to launch May 19 at $299 according to VideoCardz It will use 8GB of VRAM and is expected to be the lowest-tier RTX 5000 series GPU despite the RTX 5050 rumors Inflation could drastically affect the GPU’s potential success Nvidia is on the verge of…
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I’ve never seen so many bug fixes in an Nvidia GPU driver, as new release offers vital cures for black screen crashes, Windows 11 24H2 glitches and more
Nvidia’s new Game Ready Driver 576.02 has a mountain of bug fixes It cures many problems with games crashing, and black screen lock-ups with RTX 5000 models While past-gen Nvidia GPUs aren’t mentioned in the release notes, it appears they got some love here too Nvidia has released a new…
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