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RTX 5090 now costs $5,000 minimum as Blackwell scalping spirals
Nvidia's flagship is now a scalper's paradise; street pricing has tripled MSRP
Nvidia's flagship RTX 5090 has hit $5,000+ street pricing, triple its $1,999 MSRP, as Blackwell supply crunch drags into month nine.
DLSS 5 drops September 3 in NBA 2K27, RTX 50-series only
RTX 50-series exclusive, RTX 40 left behind
Nvidia's DLSS 5 launches with NBA 2K27 on September 3. RTX 50-series GPUs get first access; older cards stay on DLSS 4.
NVIDIA blocks RTX 5000 power limit tweaks in driver 616.56
Latest NVIDIA driver locks down power limit tweaks on RTX 5000-series GPUs
NVIDIA's latest driver killed third-party power limit control on RTX 5090 and other 50-series cards, blocking overclocking tools that previously unlocked extra headroom.
GTA 6 main story runs 80 hours, says Rockstar co-studio head
Main story runs 80 hours — more than double GTA 5, longer than Red Dead 2
Rob Nelson from Rockstar North told The New York Times his playthrough took 80 hours — nearly triple GTA 5's runtime and longer than Red Dead 2.
DLSS 5 modded to run on RTX 4000 cards via CUDA patch
Community mod bypasses Nvidia's hardware lock for DLSS 5 on older RTX cards
Community modders patched DLSS 5's incompatible CUDA instructions to run on RTX 40-series cards, sidestepping Nvidia's official hardware lock.
DLSS 5 leaks early via NBA 2K27, modders already testing it
NBA 2K27 accidentally shipped the .dll file; modders are testing Neural Rendering ahead of launch
Nvidia's DLSS 5 leaked through an NBA 2K27 early access .dll file. Modders are now testing Neural Rendering in games before the official launch.
DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction rolls out with image quality improvements
New AI denoiser cleans up ray tracing without costing frames
Nvidia's DLSS 4.5 update adds a new Ray Reconstruction model that cleans up ray-traced reflections and shadows without touching frame rate.
AOC's 31.5-inch 5K G-SYNC Pulsar monitor arrives for RTX 5090 owners
First 5K panel with G-SYNC Pulsar, built for RTX 5090-tier hardware
AOC's AGON AGP327KG is the first 5K display to support G-SYNC Pulsar, pairing 5120×2880 resolution with NVIDIA's motion-clarity tech for high-end gaming rigs.
Gears of War: E-Day launches with RTX Mega Geometry on PC
First UE5 game with NVIDIA's new geometry pipeline — RTX cards get hardware mesh shading for dense scenes
The Coalition's Gears prequel ships April 2025 with RTX Mega Geometry and DLSS 4.5, making it one of the first UE5 games to support NVIDIA's new geometry pipeline.
007 First Light gets path tracing and DLSS 4.5 on September 15
Path tracing mode arrives with DLSS 4.5 for RTX 50-series owners
IO Interactive's 007 First Light is adding a path-tracing mode and native DLSS 4.5 support to PC on September 15, 2024. The update promises a major visual lift for RTX 50-series owners.
The Witcher IV launches in 2028 for PC, PS5, Xbox Series
Three-year runway gives you budget for a proper GPU upgrade cycle
CD Projekt Red confirmed The Witcher IV ships in 2028 across PC and current-gen consoles. Three years out—time to plan your GPU upgrade.
Gigabyte's 32-inch AORUS ELITE FO32U24G hits 1,500 nits with tandem WOLED
First tandem WOLED gaming monitor pushes OLED brightness into miniLED territory
Gigabyte's upcoming 4K gaming monitor uses tandem WOLED for HDR brightness that actually competes with miniLED, plus dual-mode refresh rate switching.