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Welcome to TechRadar’s GPU channel. Here, we’ve pulled together all the latest news, reviews, analysis, and more for all things GPUs and graphics cards. While most of our focus is going to be on desktop graphics, we also dive into mobile GPUs for laptops and professional-grade GPUs as well.

The GPU market has been shaken up in recent years, so it’s definitely kept us busy, whether it’s extensively testing to find the best graphics card on the market, or crunching the numbers to find the best cheap graphics card that matches great performance with an accessible price point.

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3 key reasons why gamers hate DLSS 5 — and why Nvidia may yet win them over

By Darren Allan published

Remember the launch of the very first take on DLSS? Remember when frame generation initially arrived? They weren't at all well-received, but Nvidia turned that around.

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An Nvidia RTX 4070 Super on a purple deskmat on a desk

Walmart drafts in Nvidia RTX 4000 GPUs to cover RTX 5000 supply woes

By Darren Allan published

Can't find (or afford) the Nvidia RTX 5000 GPU you want? Walmart is stocking more RTX 4000 models as alternatives.

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Intel GPU users, you might want to wait before you buy Crimson Desert

By Isaiah Williams last updated

Pearl Abyss' new Crimson Desert is unplayable on PCs using Intel Arc GPUs, as the platform is currently unsupported.

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An Intel Arc B580 on a table

Intel's new trick for Arc GPUs speeds up loading times for some games

By Darren Allan published

Intel's Precompiled Shaders feature allows for up to 3x speedier loading with Arc Battlemage GPUs and integrated graphics for Panther and Lunar Lake.

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Nvidia's CEO says gamers are 'completely wrong' about DLSS 5

By Darren Allan published

'This is very different than generative AI; it's content-control generative AI': Nvidia's CEO defends DLSS 5 in no uncertain terms.

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The GeForce RTX logo on the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090

Nvidia reveals DLSS 5 to improve graphics with AI — and the hate is strong

By Darren Allan published

Nvidia's reveal of DLSS 5 hasn't gone quite as planned, and that's putting it very mildly.

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Nvidia's new MFG is coming, but Intel's equivalent has a hardware advantage

By Isaiah Williams published

Opinion Nvidia's new MFG is coming, but I still think Intel's equivalent has a hardware advantage.

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A masculine hand holding an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 showing off the power connector

Micron reveals faster video RAM that we might see in Nvidia RTX 6000 GPUs

By Darren Allan published

'Rising size of game assets and AI models has outpaced GPU memory capacity, until now': Micron reveals faster new video RAM.

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A selection of Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards.

Nvidia looks set to make its GPU drivers better in Linux

By Darren Allan published

Job ad hints at Linux GPU driver improvements — which could be an exciting sign for the future of gaming.

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I turned my old GPU into a dedicated frame-gen card with this super-cheap app

By Christian Guyton published

Can't afford an RTX 5090? I can't either — but I've transformed my old GPU into a dedicated frame-gen card with this super-cheap app.

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