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Nvidia's Jensen Huang calls releasing older GPUs featuring the latest AI tech a "good idea"
There were rumors this week that Nvidia is set to restart production of the RTX 3060, which launched in 2021 and was discontinued in 2024. With AI data centers gobbling up all the DRAM, GPU prices are climbing: there are reports that the RTX 5090 could reach $5,000.
AMD unveils Ryzen AI 400 "Gorgon Point" and Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" processors
The new Ryzen AI Max+ “Strix Halo” chips include the Ryzen AI Max+ 392 and Ryzen AI Max+ 388. Both feature boost speeds up to 5GHz, XDNA 2 NPUs that offer 50 TOPS of AI compute, and RDNA 3.5 GPUs with 60 TOPS of peak performance. The only difference between…
007 First Light has modest system requirements – if you have 32GB of RAM
To reach 60fps in 1080p, IO recommends an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, or any Intel Arc GPU with at least 12GB of VRAM. Meanwhile, an Nvidia GTX 1660, RX 5700, or Intel GPU with at least 8GB can achieve 30fps. IO’s mention of the…
DLSS 4.5 improved visuals come at a 20%+ performance cost on RTX 3000 and RTX 2000 series
Nvidia announced the DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution model with its second-generation transformer architecture this week. The company did admit that the latest version will be more demanding, but support for accelerated FP8 processing in the RTX 4000 and RTX 5000 GPUs’ tensor cores should lighten the load. However, it made…
Wi-Fi 8 is already peeking out at CES 2026, even though it won't be finished until 2028
Unlike past upgrades focused primarily on headline-grabbing speed boosts, Wi-Fi 8 is aimed at improving connection stability, power efficiency, and consistency across devices. It retains Wi-Fi 7’s already high data speeds but seeks to refine how devices communicate with each other, maintain performance across distance, and handle intensive streaming or…
Steam revenue hit a record $1.6 billion in December as Arc Raiders led the way
December is always a good month for Steam. The annual winter sale is a huge earner, and many gamers wake up on Christmas Day to find Steam voucher cards among their presents.
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