ASUS’ ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 5090 30th Anniversary Limited Edition ships with an 800 W power limit vBIOS, and modders have been trying to get that firmware running on other cards.
The catch is that the Matrix vBIOS does not flash cleanly onto ASUS’ own ROG Astral models, with the ASUS ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090 called out as a problem case. Reports
A new Board Channel report claims NVIDIA and add-in board partners have set a Q1 2026 supply mix that puts most volume into a small set of GeForce RTX 50 models. The report says the combined share for three SKUs is about 75%.
The backdrop is the same one we have been hearing for weeks. DRAM supply is tight and GDDR procurement costs are rising. Partners have already been linking availability issues
NVIDIA has published GeForce Security Update Driver 582.28 for older GeForce GPUs based on Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta. These GPUs no longer receive Game Ready Drivers, so this release is focused on security updates tied to NVIDIA’s January 2026 security bulletin.
NVIDIA previously said newer driver branches will handle current products with the usual Game Ready cadence. For Maxwell,
FFmpeg’s official X/Twitter social media account publicly poked AMD this week, saying FFmpeg developer was unhappy with “AI slop patches,” and pointed to a now-closed pull request on FFmpeg’s code server. The linked PR tried to add build support for AMD’s HIP SDK on Windows . In case you are not sure what HIP is, AMD HIP (Heterogeneous-computing Interface) SDK is a way to bring a subset of ROCm
“I’m here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I’m all outta gum”.
Duke Nukem 3D just hit the 30-year mark, and the game still feels like a time capsule from the era when PC shooters tried to be loud, funny, and messy in equal measure. The tone has aged in uneven ways, but the design ideas remain easy to spot. Worth adding that this summer the original
MAINGEAR has announced Retro98, a limited-run line of retro-styled desktop PCs built around SilverStone’s FLP02 “beige box” case, but configured with current-generation hardware. The lineup includes an option with AMD’s newly launched Ryzen 7 9850X3D and a top-end build that pairs a Ryzen 9 9950X3D with an RTX 5
RAZER has started beta testing Synapse Web , a browser-based way to tweak supported peripherals without installing Synapse on the PC. The idea is quick changes on shared systems, LAN setups, or locked-down machines where a full install is not practical.
Support is limited to three keyboards from the Huntsman V3 Pro family:
NVIDIA has released a native GeForce NOW desktop app for Linux in beta. Official support starts with Ubuntu 24.04 and SteamOS.
This matters because Microsoft’s PC Game Pass experience is built around the Xbox app for Windows PCs. Linux users do not get an official Xbox app client. GeForce NOW can still stream a supported subset of PC Game Pass titles after linking a Microsoft account, since the games run from NVIDIA’s cloud PCs.
GIGABYTE says it is expanding its work with AMD to push more “on-device AI” features across three product groups: gaming/creator laptops, X870E X3D motherboards, and OLED gaming monitors.
On the laptop side, GIGABYTE highlights two systems. The AORUS MASTER 16 uses the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D with 3D V-Cache , with GIGABYTE pointing to steadier frame rates in fast games and stronger creator performance. The company also
GEEEK has opened pre-orders for the EXO 1, an open-air mATX case built around an acrylic motherboard tray and a baseplate for mounting the rest of the hardware. The layout focuses on easy access and unobstructed airflow, with the usual open-frame downsides like more dust exposure and less noise isolation.
The EXO 1 measures 400 × 185 × 315 mm and weighs 2
