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Steam Deck boots first PS5 games through SharpEmu, Astro’s Playroom ‘runs’ below 1 FPS

VideoCardz | Aug. 14, 2026, 3:04 p.m. | Original

The slow beginning of a new era

PlayStation 5 emulation has reached the Steam Deck, although calling the current result playable would be generous. Astro’s Playroom has been booted directly on Valve’s handheld using the experimental SharpEmu emulator. It’s not even a full game yet as emulator teams are still working on that.

The demonstration comes from user Ihc160 and was shared by BrutalSam, who regularly shares SharpEmu progress. The video shows the game running locally under SteamOS rather than through Remote Play or cloud

GEEKOM M16 review finds nearly 30% CPU uplift after replacing thermal paste

VideoCardz | Aug. 14, 2026, 1:32 p.m. | Original

GEEKOM makes the same mistake with poor quality thermal paste

I found KitGuru’s review interesting because they discovered that the GEEKOM M16’s factory thermal paste was poor enough that simply replacing it improved CPU performance by almost 30%. What’s more, the same issue also affected the company’s smaller laptop launched a few months earlier.

The laptop uses a Core Ultra 9 185H configured with a 45W power limit. At stock settings, the M16 scored around 6

iiyama launches its first OLED gaming monitor, 1440p 280Hz Tandem WOLED for €450

VideoCardz | Aug. 14, 2026, 12:27 p.m. | Original

iiyama Titan Falcon brings 280Hz Tandem WOLED to G-Master series

iiyama’s first OLED gaming monitor is now reaching retailers. The G-Master GOB2701QSC-B1 Titan Falcon uses a 27-inch fourth-generation META 3.0 WOLED panel with a 2560 × 1440 resolution and 280 Hz refresh rate. iiyama officially introduced the model in late June as the company’s first OLED monitor.

The panel uses LG Display’

Dell launches 43-inch 4K conference monitor with 8MP Sony STARVIS camera for $1,150

VideoCardz | Aug. 14, 2026, 11:25 a.m. | Original

Dell Pro P 43 4K monitor now available worldwide for $1,149.99

Dell has launched the Pro P 43 4K Huddle Conferencing Monitor, model P4326QEB. Despite reports placing the launch on August 11, Dell says worldwide availability began on August 6. The monitor is now listed for $1,149.99 in the US and €1,147.16 through Dell Germany.

The P4326

Intel XPU Manager 2.1 improves Arc Pro GPU monitoring on Linux and Windows

VideoCardz | Aug. 14, 2026, 10:33 a.m. | Original

Intel XPU Manager 2.1 adds P2P topology view for Arc Pro GPUs

Intel has released XPU Manager 2.1, the latest version of its open-source GPU monitoring and management software. T he tool is primarily intended for Intel Arc Pro graphics and provides telemetry, configuration and device information through the XPU-SMI command-line interface. In that sense, it’s pretty similar to NVIDIA-SMI tool.

The main feature in version 2.1 is the new p2p command . It

GIGABYTE launches AORUS GeForce RTX 5060 ARI 8G with anime-themed white design

VideoCardz | Aug. 14, 2026, 9:44 a.m. | Original

GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5060 ARI matches ELITE’s 2722 MHz clock

GIGABYTE is expanding its AORUS ARI series to graphics cards with the AORUS GeForce RTX 5060 ARI 8G . The new model uses a white cooler with yellow and orange accents, while ARI character artwork covers most of the backplate. GIGABYTE lists the card under model number GV-N5060AORUS ARI-8GD .

The card appears to be based directly on the existing AORUS GeForce RTX 506

Intel Razor Lake-AX reportedly uses Nova Lake CPU cores, won’t be unlocked for overclocking

VideoCardz | Aug. 14, 2026, 8:32 a.m. | Original

Intel Razor Lake-AX reportedly won’t support unlocked CPU overclocking

Intel’s rumored Razor Lake-AX processor will reportedly not be unlocked for overclocking. The latest information comes from leaker Jaykihn, who also shared new details about the CPU architecture used by the large APU.

According to the leaker, Razor Lake-AX uses Nova Lake CPU architecture. When asked whether the processor uses Coyote Cove P-Cores and Arctic Wolf E-Cores or the newer Griffin Cove and Golden Eagle

NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX discovered inside Russian S-71M cruise missile

VideoCardz | Aug. 14, 2026, 7:45 a.m. | Original

Russian S-71M missile found using NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX computer

Ukraine’s military intelligence says it has identified an NVIDIA Jetson Orin board inside Russia’s new S-71 “Monochrome” air-launched cruise missile. The module was recovered during analysis of Russian weapons used against Ukraine. The recovered NVIDIA processor carries the marking TE980M-A1, which corresponds to the Tegra T234 platform used by the Jetson Orin NX 16GB .

Jetson Orin NX is a

AORUS RTX 5090 INFINITY costs an absurd €6,194 in Europe

VideoCardz | Aug. 14, 2026, 6:56 a.m. | Original

GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 INFINITY costs 166% of NVIDIA MSRP

GIGABYTE’s new AORUS INFINITY series has now reached the company’s European store, and the pricing goes well beyond what we found in the US. With Germany selected, the AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 INFINITY 32G is listed at €6,194.84 including VAT .

This is the same triple-fan INFINITY model that GIGABYTE introduced before the RTX 5070, RTX 50

Googlebook development reveals Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 models

VideoCardz | Aug. 14, 2026, 5:18 a.m. | Original

Googlebook laptops expand to Snapdragon X Plus and X Elite processors

Google is developing more Arm-based Googlebook laptops using Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors. New Chromium development activity has revealed three additional boards called Annite, Pic and Meru, expanding the Snapdragon-powered “Bluey” family to at least five known designs.

The Bluey platform is not limited to one Snapdragon processor. According to code examined by GbookHub, the standard Bluey configuration uses the Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100. A separate BlueyH configuration

The slow beginning of a new era

GEEKOM makes the same mistake with poor quality thermal paste

iiyama Titan Falcon brings 280Hz Tandem WOLED to G-Master series

Dell Pro P 43 4K monitor now available worldwide for $1,149.99

Intel XPU Manager 2.1 adds P2P topology view for Arc Pro GPUs

GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5060 ARI matches ELITE’s 2722 MHz clock

Intel Razor Lake-AX reportedly won’t support unlocked CPU overclocking

Russian S-71M missile found using NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX computer

GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 INFINITY costs 166% of NVIDIA MSRP

Googlebook laptops expand to Snapdragon X Plus and X Elite processors

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