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Will spiralling RAM costs mean the PS5 could end up a better buy than a Steam Machine next year?

RAM price hikes are now worryingly hefty at retailersSome RAM kits are double or closer to triple the cost they were just a couple of months agoThis could have a knock-on effect on the Steam Machine, but rumor has it Sony has played it smart by building up RAM supply for its consoleThere’s a new…

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DDR4 RAM is getting more expensive as DDR5 memory pricing falls

DDR4 RAM is getting more expensiveAI is partly driving that increase in pricing, but it’s also a natural processPrice increases are likely to continueThe PC components market has taken something of a twist as slower last-gen DDR4 memory is now a good deal more expensive than cutting-edge DDR5 RAM – or at least that’s broadly…

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Nvidia has never been more dominant with GPUs – should AMD give up and go home now?

Nvidia has a 94% share of the desktop GPU market according to JPRThat leaves AMD with just 6%, and Intel with next-to-nothingAMD’s problems could be wrapped up in a lack of supply for RDNA 4 GPUs and therefore prices that are over the MSRP, by some way in certain casesNvidia has achieved an even greater…

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MSI’s future Nvidia GPUs will get a feature to make them faster

The MSI Afterburner tool is getting a feature to overclock RTX 5000 GPUs in new waysIt’ll allow for memory voltage and auxiliary voltage to be pushed up, which isn’t currently possibleWhile it’s only for MSI GPUs to begin with, other card makers will hopefully follow suitThe developer of a popular utility for overclocking graphics cards…

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Nvidia’s consumer CPU sighted with integrated GPU packing same core count as RTX 5070

Nvidia’s N1X chip has been spotted in a Geekbench resultThe specs show the integrated GPU has 6,144 CUDA coresThat equals the RTX 5070 for pure core count, but there’s much more to factor in when it comes to performanceRemember Nvidia’s rumored CPU that caused quite a buzz on the grapevine last year? We’ve apparently now…

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AMD is throwing more unwanted 8GB GPUs at consumers – it’s announced the Radeon RX 9060 GPU

AMD has announced the Radeon RX 9060 GPU for pre-built gaming PCsIt will use 8GB of VRAM similar to its 9060 XT counterpartIt seems as though Team Red isn’t giving up on 8GB GPUsThe GPU market has seen a handful of additions recently, mostly from Nvidia and AMD with the RTX 5000 series and Radeon…

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Leak has me believing that AMD might finally do the right thing and bring FSR 4 to RX 7000 GPUs

AMD has accidentally leaked the source code for FSR 4Clues within that code suggest it could be working to bring FSR 4 to older Radeon GPUsIt’s feasible this could happen, and it seems AMD is certainly trying to make it workIt seems AMD has accidentally released the full source code for FSR 4, and clues…

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Some AMD Ryzen CPUs are still burning out

AMD’s Ryzen CPU burnouts have been an issue for some timeTeam Red has now clarified that this is a problem because some motherboards don’t run with AMD’s recommended valuesInstead they push too hard with power and voltage – and burnouts are still reported on a daily basisAMD has officially commented on the chip-destroying burnouts that…

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Leaker believes ‘there’s a surprise’ with rumored new take on Nvidia’s RTX 5090 GPU – but if that’s a cheaper price, there’ll be a sting in the tail

Nvidia could have a new spin on its RTX 5090 graphics cardThis is rumored to be a new version of the RTX 5090 D for ChinaA leaker says it’ll pack a ‘surprise’, but the truth could be more mundaneNvidia is rumored to be planning a new variant on its Blackwell flagship graphics card, potentially an…

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Nvidia GPU scams are rampant right now – here’s how to stay safe

Reports of various Nvidia GPU scams keep surfacing, and scammers find new ways to trick shoppersSome buyers claim to have received old GPUs or a bag of rice instead of the card they expected to getShopping and selling second-hand is riddled with tricky situations, too — my friend got scammed out of $1,900It’s definitely not…

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