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Nvidia RTX 5060 GPU spotted in Acer gaming PC, suggesting rumors of imminent launch are correct – and that it’ll run with only 8GB of video RAM
Is 8GB enough? Some gamers would argue it isn’t, especially for future-proofing, but it’s increasingly seeming like this rumored spec is right.
Want to buy an RX 9070 or 9070 XT but fed up of the GPUs being out of stock? AMD promises that “more supply is coming ASAP”
AMD’s RX 9070 GPUs should be back in stock very soon, we’re told by an exec – though some gamers are still worried about pricing.
Shock, horror – I’m not going to argue with Microsoft’s latest bit of nagging in Windows 11, as this pop-up is justified
Windows 11 is getting yet another pop-up, but I’ll give this particular bit of nagging a pass as it could be useful.
RTX 5050 rumors detail full spec of desktop graphics card, suggesting Nvidia may use slower video RAM – but I wouldn’t panic yet
Some gamers are disappointed with the rumored spec of the RTX 5050, but even if it pans out like this, I wouldn’t dismiss the GPU so readily.
Windows 11 users get ready for more ‘recommendations’ from Microsoft – but I’m relieved to say these suggestions might actually be useful
Incoming new ‘recommendations’ for Windows 11 users look like a positive step forward, and thankfully there are no adverts here.
AMD might go for Nvidia’s jugular in Q2 with a faster RX 9070 ‘Extreme’ GPU that could leave the RTX 5070 Ti in the dust
If AMD has Nvidia on the ropes now, rumored RX 9070 XTX model that’s faster than the RTX 5070 Ti could be a knockout blow.
Don’t panic, gaming laptop buyers – Nvidia assures us that mobile RTX 5000 graphics cards won’t have the chip-level fault that hit desktop GPUs
The (rare) problem with missing rendering pipelines only applies to desktop graphics cards, not the laptop variety for RTX 5000.
Corsair tells us only one of its prebuilt PCs with an RTX 5000 GPU has suffered from chip-level fault, suggesting it’s as rare as Nvidia claimed
Corsair is guaranteeing prebuilt PCs with RTX 5000 cards aren’t affected by the hardware-level GPU fault, while backing up Nvidia’s assertion that it’s a rare glitch.
Last-minute AMD RX 9070 XT stock rumors are making me hopeful for a much better launch than Nvidia’s RTX 5000 GPUs – with just one snag
While the MSRP should hold fast with the first batch of GPUs sold, it could ‘jump’ after that initial (subsidized by AMD) quantity of graphics cards has been shifted.
