Steam Deck is the unquestionable leader in terms of pricing.
Valve has lowered the price of its base Steam Deck gaming handheld by 20% . The discount applies only to the LCD model still on sale, the 256GB version. The OLED models, which many consider the better option thanks to a larger battery and improved display, are not included in this promotion.
The Steam Deck LCD 256GB, normally priced at $399.99,
First sign of better times?
One of our readers told us that Walmart is now selling NVIDIA’s flagship GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card at its official MSRP of $1999. Seeing the Blackwell-based model available at list price is rare, despite the card having launched back in January.
Just last week, 3DCenter’s pricing update showed that the RTX 5090 was still
Minimal but important changes?
MaxSun has released a new custom GeForce RTX 5070 model under its iCraft lineup. The new card, branded as the iCraft OC12G Aiga Plus, introduces a refreshed design with upgraded cooling and lighting features.
The card adopts MaxSun’s Flow Design language and debuts a new Starlight Texture Coating created with photolithography techniques, giving the surface a shimmering look that shifts with different light angles (I think Yeston
The card is confirmed for China.
PowerColor is preparing to launch its new GPU series called Reva. The series was already revealed at Computex, but we can now confirm that the Radeon RX 9070 XT design is close to release.
The card introduces a new black-and-white design with a translucent section on top that will be LED illuminated. Unlike the Red Devil and Hellhound Spectral series, it does not feature a white PCB, even though the Computex prototype did. The
Gamers are experimenting with AMD’s leaked FSR 4 files to run the upscaler on older Radeon RX 6000 (RDNA2) graphics cards. Early reports confirm that while image quality improves compared to FSR 3, the tradeoff comes with a measurable performance hit.
On forums such as Chiphell and Reddit communities, users documented FSR 4 running on GPUs like the Radeon RX 6800 XT and RX 6600. The feature
Raptor, Alder, Tiger and Rocket Lake with their own drivers branch.
We have been notified by our readers that Intel has new drivers listed on its official website. While not yet confirmed, it appears that the company has split its Arc & Iris drivers into two branches. The new branch is specifically for 11th Gen to 14th Gen Core series CPUs, while the Arc & Iris branch will almost certainly carry only Arc graphics.
The current official Arc
The company says the 5060 Ti model has been released.
Gigabyte has announced and apparently launched the AORUS RTX 5060 Ti AI BOX, a new external GPU designed for ultrabooks and compact systems. The company calls this a “launch,” though the product is not yet available to buy and the official product page has not been updated since its introduction earlier this year.
The AI BOX is equipped with the GeForce RTX 506
Switching from hybrid metal thermal paste to pure liquid metal drops temperature by 5°C
Der8auer is analyzing Gigabyte’s claims after users noticed that their AORUS Master cards don’t actually use liquid metal. The official information never promised liquid metal for the Master series, only for Waterforce, but this created a good opportunity to check what is under the cooler.
Der8auer, who runs Thermal Grizzly, used lab equipment to identify the ingredients of Gigabyte’s “Metal
MediaTek has introduced the Dimensity 9500, a third-generation “All Big Core” mobile SoC for upcoming 5G smartphones. The chip pairs one ultra core at up to 4.21 GHz with three premium cores and four performance cores, and supports four-lane UFS 4.1 storage.
MediaTek claims up to 32% higher single-core and 17% higher multi-core performance versus the previous generation. Peak CPU
It hasn’t even been a year since AMD launched its RDNA4 desktop GPUs, but there’s been a definite slowdown in updates from board partners when it comes to custom variants. Most of the newer cards are being announced for the Chinese market, and while some may eventually reach other regions (such as Sapphire or Yeston models), Vastarmor is not one of those brands.
