AMD Quietly Preps Radeon RX 9050 With 2048 Shaders, But Cripples It With 8 GB VRAM And Slower Clocks

AMD is reportedly readying a new RDNA 4 GPU, and it's the slowest one yet. However, the specifications reveal the same shader count as the RX 9060 XT.

The current AMD RDNA 4 lineup has a few SKUs, but AMD appears to be quietly expanding the Radeon RX 9000 series. Up until now, we have only had the Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9060 series, bringing a total of five models, including the Radeon RX 90


ASUS Resurrects Its Legendary 2006 ROG Crosshair Copper Heatsink For a 20th Anniversary Motherboard

ASUS teased a new 20th anniversary edition on its social media handles, taking us back to the 2000 era with the iconic copper heatsink.

The launch of the 2006 ROG Crosshair motherboard was the beginning of ASUS's enthusiast-grade ROG sub-brand, which has expanded to various hardware and peripheral categories. Interestingly, ASUS isn't just expanding its ROG lineup by introducing newer components, but also releasing hardware that bring resemblance to the iconic ROG hardware launched in the 20


Stellar Blade 2 is “Progressing Smoothly,” Says Shift Up, More Details on SB2 and Project Spirits “Within the Year”

After Stellar Blade was one of the most popular and successful action games in 2024, it was hardly a surprise when developer Shift Up confirmed that it was working on a sequel less than a year after the first game's release. While there's a lot we still don't know about what is just known as Stellar Blade 2 for now, we do know it'll be out on multiple platforms , and as of today, according to Shift Up we know that development is " progressing

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Loongson Targets Intel 12th Gen and Radeon RX 550 Performance With 3B6600 CPUs and 9A1000 GPUs Launching Next Year

Loongson's latest 3B6600 CPU & 9A1000 GPU won't arrive until next year, and feature performance on par with years-old hardware.

We have long been covering Loongson, and the company has come a long way. The chipmaker has been launching brand new chips for the domestic Chinese markets in the PC and Server space. These products, while only able to match several years older hardware from the competition, and while this may sound a bit underwhelming, it


Another Chinese DRAM Maker Breaks Into DDR5 Memory, Mass Producing 64GB RDIMMs as Samsung and SK Hynix Run Dry

Chinese DRAM makers have sped up their memory production capabilities, with another company now mass-producing DDR5 RDIMMs for servers.

As the AI supercycle continues , memory requirements have swelled to unparalleled proportions. Demand is rising in all regions, including China, where several data centers are coming online at an accelerated pace.

In all of this, Chinese DRAM manufacturers are boosting their production capacities rapidly. We have seen how CXMT and YMTC have been involved in an Epic expansion plan , aiming to double their wafer output by spending billions


The Witcher 3 Gets Unofficial DLSS 4.5 Multi Frame Gen Mod, Tripling Frame Rates a Decade After Launch

A few days ago, modder PureDark an upscaler that implements NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation into The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt .

CD Projekt RED 's game did not launch with NVIDIA DLSS, though of course, that's because its May 2015 debut far predates the advent of DLSS, which was first released in February 2019 . However, it was updated with NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution, Frame Generation , Reflex , and ray traced global illumination, ambient occlusion,

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Microsoft Drops The Hammer On Forza Horizon 6 Leakers With Hardware Bans Lasting Nearly 8,000 Years

Forza Horizon 6 is launching next week on PC and Xbox Series X|S , but a massive failure in Steamworks publishing leaked a fully playable build of the game without DRM . With the latest entry in the series being one of the biggest titles published by Xbox this year, the publisher is dealing with the situation in the harshest way possible, hitting users playing the leaked build with what essentially is a lifetime hardware ban .

As widely reported in on the series' , early players are being suspended for "cheating/unallowed


Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate Could Finally Get Revealed This Month, 5 Years After Its Announcement

Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate has been known to be in the works since the series' 35th anniversary in May 2021, but very little is known about the next main entry in the long-running JRPG series other than the fact that it will be powered by Unreal Engine 5 . Since the game's reveal, we saw the release of four remakes , but series creator Yuji Horii recently teased that the game will be back in the spotlight starting later this month .

Speaking during


Steam Machine Buyers Will Face a Queue System For Its 4 Models, as Valve Moves to Prevent Scalper Markups Early

Following the disappointing launch of the Steam Controller , which saw units sell out almost immediately , only to end up in the hands of scalpers, Valve introduced a reservation queue to prevent a repeat of the situation. As spotted in the same Steam update that introduced the system for the new controller, a similar safeguard will be in place for both the Steam Machine and the Steam Frame .

Users analyzing the system via have discovered code for four Steam Machine packages and two Steam Frame packages alongside the Steam Controller and Steam Deck entries.


Gears of War: E-Day Lands Between Halo and Fable as WWE Sponsorship Hints at September Slot in Xbox’s Calendar

We might have a probable launch month for Gears of War: E-Day , The Coalition 's new installment in the third-person shooter series.

The rumor comes not from an insider but from an unlikely source: a sponsorship. During WWE Backlash on Saturday, May 9, it was announced that Gears of War: E-Day is the official presenting sponsor of AAA Triplemania 2026 , the premier Lucha Libre event happening on September 11 and 13 in Mexico City .

The thing is,

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