RTX Spark’s Driver Paves Way For Unofficial eGPU Support On Snapdragon X2 Elite Laptops, Bringing 200+ FPS In Competitive Shooters Like Overwatch, With the Right GPU

The Snapdragon X2 Elite might have doubled down on compute performance, but a multitude of tests show that its GPU continues to be one of the weakest links of the SoC. Fortunately, a user shows that the RTX Spark driver has introduced unofficial eGPU support through a USB4 connection, allowing you to experience competitive shooters like Overwatch at upwards of 200FPS.

Notebooks like the ASUS Zenbook A16 offer a solid configuration to help ARM laptop owners enjoy AAA and competitive titles without relying on the integrated graphics processor


User Saves $900 By Snagging RTX 5080 Gaming PC For Just $1,900 At Costco

Another lucky customer got his hands on an expensive high-end PC for several hundred dollars less.

Snagging a PC build for cheaper is an amazing feeling, particularly at a time when PC parts sell for all-time high prices. We have seen previously how some users were able to pick up powerful mid-range gaming PCs for nearly half the price , and this time it was u/Antrodemus who stumbled upon this amazing deal at Costco. Costco is one of those wonderful places where you will usually find amazing hardware

A product label shows 'MSI Aegis Gaming DT R9-9900X/32/2TB/5080 Aegis ZS2 B9NVV' with a price of '2300.00' after a rebate.
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AMD Radeon RX 9050 Falls 20-30% Behind The RTX 5050, A Card Already Slammed For Poor Value

The new RDNA 4 GPU came out slower than expected, and it's not even able to compete with the entry-level NVIDIA RTX 50 GPU.

The newest AMD RDNA 4 GPU has been tested by the Japanese outlet Hermita , and the results easily favor the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 . AMD recently released its cheapest and slowest RDNA 4 GPU, called Radeon RX 9050, in two flavors , and the publication tested the 8 GB variant to keep the comparison fair since the RTX 5

A bar chart titled 'ベンチマークテスト:FFXIV: 黄金のレガシー' shows the GeForce RTX 5050 outperforming the Radeon RX 9050 in all resolutions.
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition is Transformative, Yet The Real Upgrade Isn’t Visual

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is rightly considered as one of the most impressive Nintendo Switch games ever released, even with the technical limitations Monolith Soft had to contend with, which resulted in poor image quality , especially in handheld mode , and 30 FPS gameplay which often fell below the target in the most intense combat encounters making it ripe for a proper upgrade . With the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition , these issues are mostly addressed , and some significant quality-of-life improvements make this edition of the game a must


Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Wants 0.5 Billion Daily Players by 2030, Yet Xbox’s Own Numbers Show a Brutal Uphill Climb

Following Microsoft 's Q1 2026 financials, which reported yet another quarterly decline for the Xbox division and most importantly registered CEO Satya Nadella 's mandate that Xbox return to growth in the next fiscal year, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has once again posted a memo.

This time, she didn't make it public, but it leaked anyway via The Verge . It features four main tenets:

  • CORE: Strengthen our platform, led by console
  • CONTENT: Grow great games into global franchises
  • CREATION: Make Minecraft
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AMD Follows NVIDIA Into Price Hikes, Notifying Partners Of At Least 10% GPU-Memory Kit Increase

Not just the team green, but the team red is also ready to raise the GPU prices due to higher memory prices.

We already expected it, and as we can see, the new price hike is inevitable. As soon as NVIDIA raised the GDDR6 and GDDR7-kit prices , AMD has also decided to raise its memory kit prices. However, AMD didn't do it all of a sudden. In fact, it had already planned such a hike a month ago, but didn't implement

A screenshot from the ChannelGate Vision Hub dated July 31, 2026, shows the headline 'AMD has notified AIB brand manufacturers of a uniform price increase in August.'

GIGABYTE X870E and Ryzen 7 9800X3D Bundle Drops to $1,099 – Newegg Throws In a Free 240mm AIO

An amazing deal for PC builders that saves nearly 200 bucks, thanks to the bundle deal by Newegg.

Memory prices are rising continuously, and with another hike looming, it has become incredibly difficult to upgrade memory or build a PC from scratch. At the same time, some vendors are bundling several components together to provide a noticeable discount that makes it easier for users to build a PC from scratch.

There is one such amazing bundle deal currently being hosted on Newegg. The deal includes a motherboard paired with the

The combo deal includes a GIGABYTE X870E AORUS Elite WiFi7 motherboard, an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, and CORSAIR Vengeance RGB 32GB DDR5 memory.
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TECNO’s Latest Concept Smartphone Defies Manufacturing Physics And Limitations With A Completely Bezel-Less Screen Measuring 0mm

Manufacturing complexities and costs prevent smartphone makers from attempting to materialize a truly bezel-less form factor, but TECNO has presented the first concept to usher in this design with a prototype that will unravel your understanding of how such devices look and feel. It’s truly a marvel to behold, but will it ever enter mass production? Highly unlikely.

It’s one thing to shrink the bezels, but another to eliminate them entirely, and that’s what TECNO has accomplished with its newest concept. The company says

TECNO's latest bezel-less smartphone concept defies logic
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Square Enix’s Cautious Earnings Forecast Hides Final Fantasy VII Revelation’s True 2027 Launch Window, But FFXIV Link Gives It Away

After a long wait, Final Fantasy VII Revelation was officially revealed for PC , PlayStation 5 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S and Nintendo Switch 2 last month. Although the long showing did an excellent job teasing how the third entry in the series will perfect the formula introduced in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth , it did not provide a precise release date besides a generic Spring 2027 window , suggesting the game could release in the tail end of the season , such as late April or even May . However,


Sony Admits It Hears Angry PlayStation Fans on Disc Death, yet Goes Forward and Says the Decision Won’t Hurt Business

Today's Sony Q1 FY 2026 earnings call had one main focus for PlayStation gamers: how the company would respond to the vehement online backlash fans have shown against its decision to stop making discs from January 2028 .

Well, despite all the Change.org petitions and various social media campaigns, it doesn't seem like they are swaying one bit. Sony CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Lin Tao addressed the topics in the call, as reported by Kotaku , and despite acknowledging the

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