GALAX is not ceasing operations, Palit confirms after recent reports

Palit Group has issued an official statement clarifying the status of GALAX after recent reports claimed the brand was ending or leaving the graphics card market. According to Palit, those claims are unfounded.

The company says GALAX is not ceasing operations. Palit also says the brand remains committed to development, production and support of its hardware. Its product roadmap will continue as planned.

KFA2 and GALAX here to stay

This clarification follows a notice posted by GALAX Brazil , which said

GIGABYTE celebrates 40th anniversary

GIGABYTE Technology was established on April 30, 1986, which means the company turns 40 this week. The Taiwanese hardware maker started with motherboards and later expanded into graphics cards, laptops, mini PCs, monitors, power supplies, and enterprise systems.

Gigabyte has already teased its new high-end GPU called RTX 5090 Infinity. This model is a one-of-a-kind enthusiast card based on Founder Edition PCB. Gigabyte has not yet launched

AIDA64 v8.30 adds Intel Nova Lake and AMD Zen 6 APU detection

FinalWire has released AIDA64 v8.30, adding a new FPS monitoring module and updated hardware detection for upcoming CPU and GPU platforms.

AIDA64 FPS monitor

The main change is AIDA FPS, a new module for AIDA64 Extreme. It captures real-time FPS data from DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 games on Windows 10 and Windows 11. FinalWire says the feature can display FPS

GALAX, known for its HOF series, moves under direct Palit control

I guess this is the begining of the end of another large GPU brand. GALAX is no longer operating under its previous structure. A notice shown to GALAX customers states that Palit has taken over control and operation of the GALAX brand, with all activities and commitments now handled through Palit’s official channels.

Palit customer letter says the change started on April 1, 2026. Palit says it decided to reorganize and consolidate its brands due to

Framework is one of the first laptop makers to confirm RTX 5070 12GB option, but price raises eyebrows

Framework RTX 5070 12GB module costs $1,199, 72% more than 8GB version

Literally yesterday, we covered a strange dispute between Framework and Dell, with Framework claiming that Dell is poaching influencers it had already worked with. We also mentioned that both companies have one thing in common: premium pricing. The RTX 5070 12

Corsair’s new 12V-2×6 GPU cable costs half of ASUS ROG Equalizer price and works with 3rd party power supplies

Corsair has launched ThermalProtect, a PCIe 5.1 600W 12V-2×6 GPU power cable with built-in over-temperature protection. The cable is designed to monitor temperature near the GPU power connector and shut the graphics card down if unsafe temperatures are detected.

The sensor hardware is integrated inside a cable comb placed 30 mm from the

SAPPHIRE launches Radeon RX 9070 XT PhantomLink Series with cable-free GPU power

Apparently, Sapphire thinks their new Radeon cards are worth $989.

SAPPHIRE has officially launched its NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT PhantomLink Series, bringing its cable-free GPU power design to retail. The standard Radeon RX 9070 XT PhantomLink Edition is priced at $989, while the Polar Edition is priced at $999. The cards were already on sale in China,

GPD BOX is a 0.926-liter Panther Lake mini PC with eGPU support

The 0.926-liter system will be offered with Core Ultra X7 358H or Core Ultra 7 356H processors

GPD has detailed the BOX, a new mini PC based on Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors. The system uses Intel Panther Lake chips and comes in a 0.926-liter chassis with a built-in 160W GaN power supply.

The

Valve releases Proton 11.0 Beta 2 with EA App lockup fix

Valve has released Proton 11.0 Beta 2, a smaller update to its upcoming Steam Play compatibility layer for Linux and SteamOS.

The update brings Xalia 0.4.9, which fixes lockups when interacting with the EA App. Valve also fixed a Proton 11 regression where They Are Billions could show low FPS during the intro cinematic.

VKD3D-Proton was also updated to the current proton-202604