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AMD Adrenalin 26.10.1 drivers bring FSR 4.1 to RX 6000 cards
Four-year-old RDNA 2 cards get the latest upscaler
AMD's new WHQL drivers add FSR Upscaling 4.1 support to RX 6000 series GPUs and several Ryzen AI APUs, four years after the RDNA 2 cards shipped.
Amazon shipped a fake Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 with an Intel CPU glued inside
Sealed retail box, Intel CPU inside—Amazon's return fraud problem hits flagship AMD chips
A Reddit user bought two sealed Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 chips from Amazon. One was real. The other had an Intel CPU hiding underneath a fake heat spreader.
DLSS 5's faster neural model pulled from NBA 2K27, modders report up to 90% frame gains
Modders pulled NVIDIA's faster DLSS 5 model from NBA 2K27; early tests show up to 90% frame gains in older games.
Modders extracted NVIDIA's new DLSS 5 model from NBA 2K27 and injected it into older games using RenoDX and OptiScaler. Early tests show frame rate gains as high as 90% over the previous model.
DLSS 5 modded into unsupported games runs 90% faster than leaked builds
Official DLSS 5 blows away leaked builds modders tested months ago
Official DLSS 5 delivers up to 90% better performance than leaked versions when modders force it into unsupported games. NVIDIA says the new neural renderer uses 20% less VRAM and processes workloads up to 2x faster.
New tools let you run custom VBIOS on RTX GPUs without flashing the chip
Software VBIOS loading opens up RTX tuning without the flash-brick risk
Developer Panchovix released three tools that let RTX 30/40/50-series owners tweak power limits and voltages by loading a modified VBIOS in software, no flash write required.
Fan mod brings DLSS 4.5 and multi-frame generation to AMD Radeon GPUs
Community mod unlocks NVIDIA-exclusive upscaling and frame gen for Radeon owners
A community project now lets Radeon owners run NVIDIA's DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, and up to 4x Frame Generation on AMD hardware.
Nvidia RTX Spark laptops hit retail, starting at $2,599
New ultra-thin gaming tier ships with RTX 5060 mobile, but 16GB RAM and 8GB VRAM keep the entry models tight
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra and other RTX Spark gaming laptops are now available, starting at $2,599 with RTX 5060-class mobile GPUs.
Modder's quad 8-pin adapter aims to fix RTX 5090 meltdown risk
A warranty-voiding workaround for the RTX 5090's melting 16-pin connector
A custom power mod replaces the RTX 5090's 16-pin connector with four legacy 8-pin cables, claiming to eliminate melting risk—but voids your warranty.
NVIDIA says RTX 5090 isn't discontinued, just very tight on stock
Supply crunch confirmed, but the card's not dead
NVIDIA's Jeff Fisher shut down rumors that the RTX 5090 is being killed off, but confirmed allocation is heavily constrained as demand outstrips GB202 chip supply.
Modern Warfare 4 hits 90% positive on Steam, best CoD reception in a decade
Best Steam reception for a CoD in nearly ten years
MW4's campaign early access is sitting at 90% positive on Steam with over 1,800 reviews—the best CoD launch reception since Black Ops III in 2015.
NVIDIA RTX Spark laptops ship today with unified memory and local AI
Unified memory and local AI in a laptop — but discrete GPUs still rule for pure FPS
NVIDIA's RTX Spark laptops are available now from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft, and MSI, packing up to 128GB unified memory and 1 petaflop FP4 AI performance in a single chip.
NVIDIA marketplace drops RTX 5090 listings entirely
Fastest consumer GPU vanishes from official store after less than a year
NVIDIA's official store no longer lists the RTX 5090 in any region, fueling reports the card is being phased out in favor of the 96GB RTX PRO 6000.