GPD with two Strix Halo gaming handhelds

The Win 5 hasn’t made much of a good impression on users.

Two times the charm. Following the launch of Win 5, GPD’s first gaming handheld powered by AMD Strix Halo APU, the company is already planning more systems using the same chip. It is a much more powerful APU with up to 16 Zen 5 cores and, more importantly, 40 RDNA 3.5 Compute Units for graphics.

For Win 5, GPD had to make some changes

NVIDIA is said to be limiting RTX 5060 Ti 8GB supply as 16GB model becomes the ‘standard’ configuration

NVIDIA finally realizing 16GB is more desired by gamers.

A report from Board Channels, claims that NVIDIA has instructed board partners to limit supply of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB model, while keeping the 16GB version widely available. The information suggests this is not due to production issues, but a controlled strategy tied to current demand.

According to the

Reddit user repaints RTX 5090 Founders Edition in matte white, but forgets to reconnect the LED

Why are we not seeing many customized RTX 50 cards? There is already a wide selection of models, so most users can find something that fits their needs. Some are also worried about voiding the warranty. However, not all mods require disassembling the card. You can change the look with stickers or removable coatings such as Plasti Dip. As long as the fans are not modified, this should not affect operation

NorthridgeFix says it may be hard to repair RTX 5090 Founders Edition, because there are no spare parts

In a new video, NorthridgeFix documents a teardown and repair attempt of an RTX 5090 Founders Edition and advises owners not to open or modify the card. The case involved two RTX 5090s that arrived for service after water-block installations. To be honest, I’m not sure why anyone purchases the Founders Edition for watercooling, here we are. One board-partner

Akasa Kepler case supports up to Core Ultra 9 285T CPU

Akasa has announced Kepler, a 2U rack-mountable fanless chassis for Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX systems. The case targets Intel LGA1851 and LGA1700 platforms and supports processors up to 35W TDP, including Core 12th/13th/14th Gen and Core Ultra T-series .

Kepler integrates a passive CPU cooler using dual copper heatpipes and external aluminium fins, transferring

NVIDIA Reflex 2 still absent from games, while modder publishes its own Frame Warp test for free

Apparently it works on RTX 20+ GPUs.

One of the features announced alongside the GeForce RTX 50 series was DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation and Reflex 2. The latter never shipped enabled in a real game, despite traces and tech demos shown in The Finals. It is hard to judge the technology when there has been no public demo for 10 months.

Meanwhile, Modder PureDark has now released a free demo

FusionXSpark announced, yet another custom DGX Spark

Quite interesting how many partners NVIDIA has for this launch.

The NVIDIA N1-Series, also known as the GB10 Blackwell SuperChip, did not get consumer, gaming-focused variants. Perhaps it never will, although that was the expectation for a long time. What we did get are several mini-workstations built around NVIDIA’s DGX Spark board from multiple companies.

Apparently the list of eight companies that already announced their systems wasn’t complete, and NVIDIA

OCCT can make your card ‘sing’

Coil whine is possibly the most annoying thing to discover on a newly installed graphics card. It means a buzzing sound that appears from time to time, depending on what is running on the GPU. Sometimes the issue affects only certain games that push very high framerates. Sometimes it is worse and occurs in most scenarios. Graphics card manufacturers rarely treat this as a defect, so if you discover the problem outside the return window, you may be left with a buzzing GPU.

OCCT

Halo: Campaign Evolved brings rebuilt CE campaign to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC in 2026

Halo Studios is remaking the original Halo: Combat Evolved campaign for current platforms. The project is called Halo: Campaign Evolved . Every mission is rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5 with new cinematics, refreshed audio, and updated controls, while the structure and pacing of Bungie’s 2001 release stay the same. It arrives in 2026 on Xbox Series X/S,