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Intel is seemingly preparing a huge Battlemage GPU reveal at Computex 2025 – and it's expected to be a higher-end offering
By Isaiah Williams published
It looks like the rumors of a new Intel Battlemage GPU may be true, as Team Blue has just teased that it may unveil a new Arc B770 GPU at Computex 2025.

Asus and other Nvidia partner GPUs have been listed on Best Buy - and the price tags might seem like a big joke
By Isaiah Williams published
Nvidia is preparing to launch the RTX 5060 on May 19, but leaked Best Buy listings have already exposed potential pricing for partner cards.

Nvidia’s gaming GPUs could still get pricier despite tariffs truce, new report claims – here’s why
By Darren Allan published
A gloomy cloud of potential price hikes still hovers over Nvidia’s GeForce GPUs despite Trump’s tariff deal.

One of AMD's Radeon RX 9060 XT partner GPUs has been leaked online - I just hope the $566 price tag for an 8GB graphics card in 2025 is a joke
By Isaiah Williams published
AMD is preparing to reveal the Radeon RX 9060 series at Computex 2025, but a new partner card listing suggests a potential high price for its 8GB GPU.

As Nvidia struggles with RTX 5060 Ti stock, AMD’s RX 9060 XT GPU could sweep in and score a mid-range win with plentiful supply
By Darren Allan published
AMD’s RX 9060 XT graphics card is rumored to have healthy stock levels when it launches, and that could be a serious problem for Nvidia.

Intel releases new patch for CPUs affected by instability issues – but wait, weren’t we done with this already?
By Darren Allan published
Did you forget about Intel’s CPU instability issues? Well don’t, because there’s a new patch that fixes further problems with 14th-gen and 13th-gen chips.

Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon X Series ads are wickedly funny, but are they fair to Intel?
By Lance Ulanoff published
A matter of perspective

Nvidia confirms on-sale date for RTX 5060 GPU, setting up a possible showdown with AMD’s rumored RX 9060 XT
By Darren Allan published
Nvidia confirms RTX 5060 arrives May 19, and with AMD’s RX 9060 XT rumored for mid-May, this should be a crucial lower-mid-range GPU showdown.

As I predicted, Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti 8GB will incur a 'motherboard tax' – it suffers a significant performance loss using PCIe 4.0
By Isaiah Williams published
Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti has already received a lot of backlash over the 8GB variant, and new performance results corroborate consumers' frustrations.
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