Tag: Computing Components
Gamers are already lining up to buy an Nvidia RTX 5090 – I just hope there’s enough stock of the GPU
Some gamers are queueing up ahead of RTX 5090’s launch The jury is out on whether these are scalpers or not Shortages for the RTX 5090 have been anticipated The hype for Nvidia’s upcoming flagship graphics card, the GeForce RTX 5090, continues as we get closer to the release date.…
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Sorry, AMD, Nvidia’s price tags for its RTX 5000 GPUs could win me over
One of my main complaints concerning Nvidia‘s RTX 4000-series of graphics isn’t, surprisingly enough, the massive wattage (though that is a legitimate concern) but the pricing. For the past couple of generations, Nvidia has been massively hiking up the cost of its cards, especially its best graphics cards like the…
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Buyer beware: Asus’ Q-Release Slim feature is reportedly damaging GPUs like the RTX 5090
Asus recently released its Q-Release Slim feature for GPUs Said feature is reportedly damaging GPUs There’s no current fix for this issue from Asus Asus’s Q-Release Slim was first revealed in August 2024 during Gamescom. It is an eject feature on 800-series AMD and Intel motherboards that makes removing graphics…
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AMD RX 9070 gets a rumored March 23 release date, but I’m not buying it (the date, that is, not the graphics card)
Pre-orders should go live for AMD’s RX 9070 GPUs on March 23, according to one US retailer There are a couple of reasons why this is likely wrong, though We’ve also seen more strangeness around the previously rumored January 23 launch for RDNA 4, as an ad campaign appears to…
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New Nvidia RTX 5080 benchmark rumor has got me worried that the GPU won’t be a major upgrade to the RTX 4080
Purported Nvidia RTX 5080 Geekbench results have been shared They suggest roughly a 20% gen-on-gen uplift compared to the RTX 4080 However, the RTX 5080 appears to come up short compared to the older RTX 4090 With the RTX 5090 now reviewed and fully evaluated – as an undoubtedly powerful…
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Where to buy Nvidia RTX 5090: launch day is today, and these are the retailers I’d check
Refresh 2025-01-30T10:09:10.344Z Now, given the sky-high price of the RTX 5090, any pre-built PC containing this GPU is going to be… not cheap, to say the least. In order to avoid immediate system bottlenecking, you’ll need a robust spec list: this 3XS Vengeance RTX model from Scan in the UK…
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