AMD is reportedly developing an entry-level RDNA 4 GPU with 8GB of VRAM — RX 9050 rumored to debut with 2048 cores, more than RX 9060

AMD is allegedly planning to launch an RX 9050 SKU to compete with the RTX 5050, featuring more cores than the OEM-exclusive RX 9060.
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$200 ‘socketed’ Nvidia AI GPU for servers hacked into a PCIe card with custom PCB and 3D-printed cooling — modded Tesla V100 SMX data center GPU runs AI LLMs and is more efficient than many modern midrange offerings in AI inference

Turns out, Nvidia’s older Turing-era V100 AI GPU is still pretty capable today, even with just 16GB of VRAM. A YouTuber got his hands on the SMX variant for just $100, converted it to a PCIe x16 interface for another $100 …

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Testing Nvidia’s RTX Mega Geometry tech — VRAM-reducing tech a leap forward for path-traced rendering

We took Nvidia’s RTX Mega Geometry technology through a series of tests in Alan Wake 2 and the RTX Bonsai Diorama Demo to see how this tech reduces VRAM consumption and eliminates visual artifacts, thus helping pave the wa…

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AMD announces MI350P PCIe AI accelerator card with 144GB of HBM3E — roughly 40% faster in FP16 and FP8 theoretical compute compared to Nvidia’s H200 NVL competitor

AMD launches a new MI350P PCIe AI-accelerator card with half the cores and memory of its flagship Instinct MI355X GPU. The new card provides customers with a drop-in upgrade solution for existing air-cooled servers.
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Intel’s Arc Pro B70 workstation GPU with 32GB of VRAM gets tested in games — Roughly twice as fast as Arc B580 on average, beats RTX 5060 Ti in some titles

In a new review for the Arc Pro B70, the workstation GPU performs rather well across five games tested at 1440p resolution. On average, it loses to the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB in traditional raster but beats it in ray tracing. Ov…

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Retailer selling broken RTX 5090 GPUs for as low as $1,760 — GPUs were damaged during transport, but include all components on the PCB

A French retailer is willing to sell you defective RTX 5090s for half of what they cost new, on the condition that you’ll be able to repair or recycle them. You can either get a random 5090 variant, depending on stock, for…

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We tested supercharging the RTX 5090 in PhysX games using an RTX 5060 as a secondary GPU — SLI may be dead, but how much can dual GPUs boost performance in classic PhysX titles?

We’re testing the impact of using a dedicated secondary RTX 5060 GPU to boost the performance of an RTX 5090 in a few classic Batman Arkham titles that support 32-bit PhysX.
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Framework’s new RTX 5070 12GB graphics module costs a whopping $1,199 — 72% more expensive than $699 8GB version, says pricing is beyond its control

Framework has just launched a new graphics module featuring the RTX 5070 mobile 12GB, and it costs a cool $1,200, representing a 72% raise in pricing over the 8GB variant, that’s $699. Both GPUs are identical apart from th…

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Palit Group says Galax GPU brand will continue to operate following restructure — Galax management centralized under Palit Group in ‘pre-planned’ shakeup

Galax has moved under the direct control of Palit, owned by the Palit Group, but the brand itself isn’t going anywhere. Official statements from both companies clarify that Galax will continue to design, produce, and relea…

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Chinese GPU maker Lisuan Tech becomes only the fourth GPU maker ever to earn Microsoft WHQL certification — LX 7G100 GPU joins Nvidia, AMD, and Intel as it crosses the WHQL driver finish line, first Chinese firm to earn certification

Lisuan Tech has secured Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification for its 6nm graphics cards, making it only the fourth company to ever do so.
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