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DLSS Multi Frame Generation mod hits RTX 40-series GPUs — tested and working
Unofficial mod unlocks RTX 50-series frame generation on 40-series GPUs — tested and working, with caveats
A new mod brings NVIDIA's RTX 50-series exclusive DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation to RTX 40-series cards. Tom's Hardware tested it — the tech works, though stability varies by game.
PlayStation cancels Kojima's Physint after Death Stranding underperforms
Sony tightens purse strings after Death Stranding revenue miss and Concord disaster
Sony reportedly pulled the plug on Hideo Kojima's espionage action game Physint, citing Death Stranding's revenue misses and Concord's flop as factors in tightening its studio budgets.
Valorant cheater banned after viral skin exploit video
Viral cheater exposes Vanguard blind spot, gets banned after Reddit outcry
A Valorant hacker using a modified 'Evil' Tung Tung Tung Sahur skin was banned after a video showing them wiping entire lobbies went viral, reigniting criticism of Riot's Vanguard anti-cheat.
Kojima's Physint moves from Sony to Xbox publishing
Xbox grabs Kojima's Metal Gear successor from Sony's hands
Microsoft scoops up Hideo Kojima's stealth-action project Physint, originally announced as a Sony partnership. Xbox now publishing both Physint and OD, plus future film/TV tie-ins.
Ubisoft kills its PC launcher for Steam releases, starting with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
One less launcher eating RAM, one less login screen between you and 60fps
Ubisoft is dropping Ubisoft Connect for Steam purchases. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown goes first — launch the game, play the game, no second launcher.
Modders cut DLSS 5 Neural Rendering cost by reordering the pipeline
Community fix cuts DLSS 5's performance penalty in half by reordering the render pipeline
A community fix called Neural Upstream reworks DLSS 5's render order to run neural rendering before upscaling, cutting the performance penalty by half in some tests.
Ryzen 9 9950X3D dies an hour after motherboard swap, ASUS board suspected
Second 9950X3D death on an ASUS board in months — memory presets under scrutiny
A Reddit user's 9950X3D died within an hour of moving it from an ASRock X670E to an ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero, throwing a "00" Q-Code after enabling a memory preset.
Flying to PAX West for an RTX 5090 is cheaper than buying one online
Scalper prices make convention hunting the budget play
Scalper prices for the RTX 5090 have hit absurd levels, making a cross-country flight to hunt down Nvidia's show floor evangelist a legitimate budget option.
DLSS 5 mod splits neural rendering across two GPUs, cuts performance hit
Dual-GPU DLSS mod cuts neural rendering overhead by up to 40%, but only if you have a spare card
A new DLSS 5 mod offloads neural rendering to a secondary GPU, dropping the filter's frame-time overhead by up to 40% in early tests.
Intel planning another 10% CPU price hike in October
Another margin-driven price bump as PC shipments contract
Intel is reportedly raising CPU prices by 10% in October, the latest in a year of staged increases aimed at margin recovery rather than volume.
Japanese retailer warns of another GPU price spike coming soon
DRAM shortages push GPU street prices higher — again
After a 41% median price jump on RTX 50-series cards since August, one Japanese retailer says prices are going up again in the next few weeks.
RTX 5080 prebuilt with 9800X3D drops $500 below April pricing
First major price drop on a high-end RTX 5080 prebuilt since spring tariff hikes
A prebuilt gaming PC with RTX 5080, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB DDR5, and 2TB SSD is now $500 cheaper than it was five months ago, bucking the tariff-driven price hikes hitting most hardware.