MSI launches four GeForce RTX 5060 graphics cards with GB205 GPU

MSI’s new RTX 5060 V1 cards replace GB206 with GB205

MSI has added four GeForce RTX 5060 V1 graphics cards to its global product website. The lineup includes GAMING, GAMING OC, VENTUS 2X and VENTUS 2X OC versions.

All four cards retain the standard RTX 5060 configuration with 3,840 CUDA cores and 8GB of GDDR7 memory. The memory runs at 28 Gbps through a 128

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NVIDIA launches Blackwell-based Jetson Thor T3000 and T2000 for robots

NVIDIA Jetson T3000 brings Blackwell AI compute to smaller robots

NVIDIA has announced two smaller Jetson Thor computers for robots, industrial machines and other edge AI systems. The Jetson T3000 and T2000 are scheduled to become available in the first quarter of 2027.

The T3000 uses an NVIDIA Blackwell GPU and an eight-core Arm Neoverse processor. It offers 865 FP4 TFLOPS of AI performance, 32GB of LPDDR5X

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Valve reverses Steam Deck LCD battery phaseout, iFixit restock due next week

Valve confirms iFixit will continue selling Steam Deck LCD batteries

Valve has confirmed that replacement batteries for the original Steam Deck LCD will continue to be sold through iFixit. New stock is expected to become available as early as next week.

The confirmation follows reports that Valve was ending production of replacement batteries and screens for the LCD model. iFixit staff had reportedly been informed that both components were being phased out.

Valve connects iFixit with a new supplier

Valve spokesperson Kaci Aitchison Boyle told The Verge that iFixit will receive the same OEM battery parts

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Lisuan LX 7G100 retail graphics card launches in China 18% below Founders Edition

Standard LX 7G100 replaces the signed edition

The standard model keeps 12GB of GDDR6 memory and launches through JD.com after two limited Founders Edition batches.

Lisuan Technology will begin selling the retail version of its LX 7G100 graphics card on July 17. The card is listed at 2,688 yuan, equivalent to around $397 or €348 before taxes and import costs.

The retail model costs 611 yuan less than the 3

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ASUS launches 27-inch and 32-inch Tandem RGB OLED monitors with 4K 240Hz and FHD 480Hz

ASUS launches its first Tandem RGB OLED gaming monitors with DisplayPort 2.1

ASUS has announced the availability of its ROG Swift OLED PG27UCWM and PG32UCWM gaming monitors. Both models use 4K Tandem RGB OLED panels and support refresh rates of up to 240 Hz at their native resolution.

The PG27UCWM has a 26.5-inch panel, while the PG32UCWM uses a 31.5-inch display. Both monitors also support a Dual Mode that

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Steam Machine benchmarked with Windows 11, performance stays close to SteamOS

Steam Machine Windows 11 benchmarks show small gains at 4K

Valve’s Steam Machine can now run Windows 11 with working graphics, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support. The company recently published the required drivers for its compact gaming PC.

ETA PRIME installed Windows 11 on a unit upgraded from 16GB to 64GB of DDR5-5600 memory. Windows identifies the custom six-core Zen 4 processor as the AMD 1772, while the 8GB graphics processor appears

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Sony’s PlayStation exclusive Astro Bot reaches an early boot stage on PC through SharpEmu

PS5 emulator SharpEmu boots Astro Bot on PC, but the game is not playable

PS5 PC emulation speed running after Sony’s decision to end physical media.

Sony’s Astro Bot has reportedly been booted on PC using SharpEmu, an experimental PlayStation 5 emulator. A screenshot shared by TechDroider credits Discord user RSantila with testing the game through the emulator.

The footage confirms that SharpEmu can begin loading the game. However, it does not show Astro Bot gameplay, stable rendering or a functioning menu. The original claim

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HWiNFO adds RTX 50 hotspot temperature reporting, RTSS can display it too

HWiNFO and HWMonitor now report RTX 50 hotspot temperatures

RTSS dev explains how to enable it as well.

HWiNFO has added hotspot temperature reporting for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 graphics cards. The update follows HWMonitor 1.65 , which recently became the first widely used monitoring tool to expose these readings on the Blackwell gaming series.

This means RTX 50 owners now have two third-party tools capable of displaying hotspot data that NVIDIA does not provide through its standard monitoring interface. However, HWiNFO developers found two possible temperature

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ASUS confirms standalone OLED Xbox Ally X20 is coming

ASUS confirms OLED Ally X20 will not require AR glasses bundle

ASUS surprised everyone by announcing its new OLED handheld only with AR glasses few people wanted. The company has now figured out that the Ally makes more sense on its own. Good on them.

ASUS has confirmed that its new OLED Xbox Ally X20 will be sold separately. The handheld was previously expected to launch only as part of a bundle with the company’s AR glasses.

ASUS spokesperson Anthony Spence confirmed the standalone model in a statement to

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Valve begins sunsetting Steam Deck LCD replacement parts

Valve ends OEM Steam Deck LCD battery supply after four years

Valve has started reducing the supply of official replacement parts for the original Steam Deck LCD. The change comes just over four years after the handheld launched in February 2022.

A Steam Deck owner contacted iFixit after noticing that the official LCD battery was no longer available. According to the support response, iFixit was unlikely to receive more OEM batteries from Valve.

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