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Nvidia RTX 50-series demand drops in Germany — cheapest models of all but RTX 5090 priced at MSRP or lower

Demand for Nvidia's RTX 50-series appears to be dropping as cheapest models appear to be priced at or below MSRP. The only exception is the 5090, which is still in high demand.

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Latest Nvidia drivers boost synthetics by 6-8% on RTX 50 GPUs — Users still report stability woes

Latest Nvidia drivers boost synthetics by 6-8% on RTX 50 GPUs — Users still report stability woes

Nvidia's 576.02 drivers are said to increase (synthetic) performance by up to 8%, but user reports suggest stability issues still persist.

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Retailer clarifies RTX 5090 'B-stock' listing with missing ROPs was a system error

Retailer clarifies RTX 5090 'B-stock' listing with missing ROPs was a system error

The above-MSRP "B-stock" RTX 5090 with missing ROPs that popped up on Alternate's web store a few days back was accidental and due to a system error.

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RTX 5070 Ti manufacturing defect cuts performance by up to 10% — 88 ROPs vs 96 ROPs (design)

Defective RTX 5070 Ti with eight missing ROPs sees an up-to 10% drop in performance, depending on the scenario.

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Samsung HBM roadmap shows Google could become Nvidia's fiercest competitor in AI by 2026, but I wonder what's happening to Microsoft

Samsung’s HBM roadmap shows Nvidia is the top buyer of high-bandwidth memory, followed by Google and Amazon.

An Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 with 96GB of GDDR7 memory? No, this is almost certainly the RTX 6000 Blackwell

All signs point to it being the RTX 6000 Blackwell.

Have RTX 5090 and 5080 stock rumors spooked PC gamers? Nvidia GeForce Now is facing high demand, with many plans now unavailable

Nvidia’s GeForce Now is creaking under the weight of the gamers using the service, with the majority of its plans now unavailable.

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Ryzen 7 9800X3D is selling like hotcakes at major German retailer — Mindfactory sold 8,700 CPUs in a single day

Ryzen 7 9800X3D is selling like hotcakes at major German retailer — Mindfactory sold 8,700 CPUs in a single day

ComputerBase reports that the ryzen 7 9800X3D can now be purchased more readily overseas at a higher asking price.

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It's the end of an era: Crucial starts calling time on its popular SATA SSD, the MX500

It's the end of an era: Crucial starts calling time on its popular SATA SSD, the MX500

Was it a good SSD? No. It was the best.

AMD 'leaving billions of dollars on the table' thanks to laptop AI chip supply issues

AMD 'leaving billions of dollars on the table' thanks to laptop AI chip supply issues

AMD laptop chips have been in short supply "for a decade".

AMD’s laptop OEMs decry poor support, chip supply, and communication — OEM complains the company has "left billions of US dollars lying around" due to poor execution: Reports

AMD’s laptop OEMs decry poor support, chip supply, and communication — OEM complains the company has "left billions of US dollars lying around" due to poor execution: Reports

Analysts and media contend that AMD is losing the confidence of laptop OEMs because of its focus on AI and data center GPUs.

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Noctua eliminates 'Rattlegate' on the NH-D15 G2 — CPU cooler no longer makes rattling noises during operation

Noctua eliminates 'Rattlegate' on the NH-D15 G2 — CPU cooler no longer makes rattling noises during operation

Noctua has finally resolved the rattling issues plaguing its new flagship NH-D15 G2 air cooler. This defect is no longer present in new production units, and current owners will be offered a full fix for defective units currently in operation.

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Construction of $106B SK hynix Mega Fab Site Moving Along, But At Slower Pace

Construction of $106B SK hynix Mega Fab Site Moving Along, But At Slower Pace

When a major industry slowdown occurs, big companies tend to slowdown their mid-term and long-term capacity related investments. This is exactly what happened to SK hynix's Yongin Semiconductor Cluster, a major project announced in April 2021 and valued at $106 billion. While development of the site has been largely completed,…

Meta's insatiable appetite for Nvidia AI chips could add up to $7 billion worth of H100 GPUs by the end of the year

Meta's insatiable appetite for Nvidia AI chips could add up to $7 billion worth of H100 GPUs by the end of the year

Meta bought a huge number of H100s last year. It's going to buy even more in 2024.

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Thinking of buying an SSD? Drives could soon get a lot pricier, so don’t hang around

Fresh rumbling on the rumor mill makes us even more fearful of big price hikes for SSDs.

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AMD CacheWarp Vulnerability Afflicts Previous Gen EPYC Server CPUs, Patch Issued

CacheWarp is the latest security hole in AMD chips, and it's present in first, second, and third generation EPYC processors. AMD has only issued a patch for its third gen Milan CPUs.

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DirectStorage Bug Drops Frame Rates in Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

A new report has confirmed that GeForce GPUs are suffering from a performance bug, where deleting the game's DirectStorage files improves game performance on Nvidia RTX GPUs.

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AMD RDNA 2, RDNA 3 GPU Idle Power Draw Reduced By Enabling VRR

German publication Computerbase discovered that enabling Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) helps lower idle power consumption on AMD's RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 graphics cards.

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Video of Possible Sony Project Q Provides Evidence That It Runs Android

A newly leaked Sony Project Q video with telltale UI features demonstrated suggests that the upcoming handheld will be Android based.

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Other PCIe 5.0 SSDs Are Also Crashing Instead of Throttling

Computerbase reports that the Seagate FireCuda 540, Gigabyte Aorus Gen5 10000, and Adata Legend 970 suffer from crashing instead of thermal throttling.

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Crucial's PCIe 5.0 SSD Throttles to HDD Speeds Without Cooler, but Avoids Thermal Shutdown

Latest tests show that Crucial’s T700 PCIe 5.0 SSD throttles, as it’s supposed, to when temperatures get out of hand.

Finally, proof your choice of gaming chair can affect the performance of your PC

"Welcome to 2023 - Your Ikea chair is incompatible with your screen."

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