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Modded RTX 2080 Ti with 22GB VRAM crushes stock 11GB card in 2024 AAA games
Memory-modded 2080 Ti proves 11GB is tight for modern 4K
A memory-modded RTX 2080 Ti with 22GB VRAM ran Flight Simulator 2024 74% faster than the stock 11GB model at 4K, proving VRAM still throttles older high-end cards in modern titles.
Modern Warfare 4 on Switch 2 has severe input lag, testing confirms
Switch 2 version adds 80–120ms input delay vs. other platforms
IGN testing shows MW4 on Nintendo Switch 2 runs 80–120ms behind other platforms in input response, creating a measurable competitive disadvantage in multiplayer.
RTX 5080 disappears from NVIDIA's US store two weeks after 5090 vanished
NVIDIA's flagship Blackwell cards keep vanishing from its own store
NVIDIA's US Marketplace no longer lists the RTX 5080. The 5090 disappeared two weeks ago and hasn't returned despite NVIDIA denying it's discontinued.
Chinese factories are stripping RTX 5090s for AI server parts
Why you can't find a 5090: they're being stripped for AI chips
Leaked footage shows industrial operations dismantling thousands of RTX 5090s to harvest Blackwell chips for AI accelerators, bypassing US export controls.
GPU wholesale prices climbing again in China
Wholesale price hikes in China mean retail GPU prices are about to climb globally
Wholesale graphics card prices are rising in China's distribution channels, signaling more retail price pain ahead for GPU buyers worldwide.
AMD confirms FSR frame pacing fixes in the works, still silent on multi-frame gen
Frame pacing fix confirmed, but AMD dodges the multi-frame question
AMD acknowledged FSR frame pacing stutters and promised a fix, but didn't address the elephant in the room: whether FSR will ever match DLSS 4's multi-frame generation.
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB now costs the same as the RTX 5070
NVIDIA's mid-range GPU pricing collapses into a $70 sandwich
NVIDIA's mid-range GPU stack is collapsing. The RTX 5050, 5060, and 5060 Ti are separated by just $70, and the 5060 Ti 16GB is priced identically to the 5070.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 gets DLSS 4.5 at launch
Day-one DLSS 4.5 for RTX 50-series owners
NVIDIA's latest Game Ready Driver adds DLSS 4.5 support for MW4's October 23 launch, plus Cyberpunk 2077 gets the new upscaler.
DLSS 5 mod adds foveated rendering, nearly doubles frame rates on ultrawide monitors
Third-party mod uses foveated rendering to unlock DLSS 5 on extreme ultrawides
A community mod for NVIDIA's DLSS 5 cuts edge resolution to boost FPS by up to 90% on high-res ultrawides, making RTX 50-series cards viable at extreme aspect ratios.
Chinese tech companies order $35 billion worth of Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 GPUs
Workstation GPU orders could squeeze RTX 50-series gaming card supply
ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent placed orders for 3 million export-compliant RTX Pro 5500 workstation cards, but Nvidia can only fulfill 10% of the demand.
Xbox Game Pass reportedly getting à la carte plans
Pick-your-own pricing could cut costs or just fragment the current tiers into more expensive pieces
Microsoft is planning a major Game Pass overhaul that lets subscribers pick and choose features instead of bundling everything into tiers, according to Fortune.
AMD FSR 4.1 coming to Xbox Series X|S and ROG Ally handhelds
FSR 4.1 headed to Xbox consoles and ROG Ally, no timeline yet
AMD and Microsoft confirmed FSR 4.1 upscaling for Xbox consoles and ASUS ROG Ally handhelds. No release date or game list yet.