Tag: gpu

MSI says its RTX 5090s won’t ship until February 6, after Nvidia warns on stock levels – and I’m starting to worry that buying a next-gen GPU will be a seriously uphill struggle

MSI’s US store will only have RTX 5090s on pre-order come launch day While the flagship GPU can be bought on January 30, it won’t ship until February 6 This is happening against a backdrop of broader worries about stock levels, which Nvidia has also just warned on MSI’s RTX…

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Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti GPU could have a February 20 launch to beat AMD’s RX 9070 to the shelves – but what about the RTX 5070?

Nvidia’s RTX 5070 Ti is supposedly going on sale on February 20 This is purportedly info gleaned directly from Nvidia by a tech site That date does align with some past rumors, making it seem more likely Nvidia’s RTX 5070 Ti could be out on February 20, or that’s the…

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Gamers are already lining up to buy an Nvidia RTX 5090 – I just hope there’s enough stock of the GPU

Some gamers are queueing up ahead of RTX 5090’s launch The jury is out on whether these are scalpers or not Shortages for the RTX 5090 have been anticipated The hype for Nvidia’s upcoming flagship graphics card, the GeForce RTX 5090, continues as we get closer to the release date.…

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Sorry, AMD, Nvidia’s price tags for its RTX 5000 GPUs could win me over

One of my main complaints concerning Nvidia‘s RTX 4000-series of graphics isn’t, surprisingly enough, the massive wattage (though that is a legitimate concern) but the pricing. For the past couple of generations, Nvidia has been massively hiking up the cost of its cards, especially its best graphics cards like the…

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Buyer beware: Asus’ Q-Release Slim feature is reportedly damaging GPUs like the RTX 5090

Asus recently released its Q-Release Slim feature for GPUs Said feature is reportedly damaging GPUs There’s no current fix for this issue from Asus Asus’s Q-Release Slim was first revealed in August 2024 during Gamescom. It is an eject feature on 800-series AMD and Intel motherboards that makes removing graphics…

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AMD RX 9070 gets a rumored March 23 release date, but I’m not buying it (the date, that is, not the graphics card)

Pre-orders should go live for AMD’s RX 9070 GPUs on March 23, according to one US retailer There are a couple of reasons why this is likely wrong, though We’ve also seen more strangeness around the previously rumored January 23 launch for RDNA 4, as an ad campaign appears to…

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