Even the workarounds are failing to protect the 16-pin connectors from melting, as we see a user complaining about ASRock's high-end Taichi PSU. User Reports Melted 16-pin Connector on ASRock Taichi TC1650T PSU Despite Using a 16-pin Connector Cable With NTC Sensor "Truly Space Age Engineering from ASRock", says the Reddit user u/ScientiEtRatio91 after witnessing a 16-pin connector failure with a setup that was powered by ASRock's latest high-end PSU. The Redditor describes the incident that caused the connector to melt on the PSU side, even though the PSU and connector cable feature temperature monitoring. If you remember, it has […]

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The company says the new feature can detect an abnormal GPU sag, notifying you through the app. Manli Celebrates 30th Anniversary by Launching "Unlimited Power" RTX 50 Series With Built-in G-Sensor to Detect GPU Sag NVIDIA's board partner Manli has announced a new family in its arsenal. It's called UF, or Unlimited Firepower (Unltd Firepwr), which introduces a stack of RTX 50 series GPUs. The company already has several GPU families such as Nebula, Polar Fox, Gallardo, and Stellar. The new UF family expands Manli's catalog with newer RTX 50 series GPUs, but it appears that the company has announced […]

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A nice and easy way to reduce power consumption while DLSS 5 NR is enabled on RTX hardware without impacting performance. It could be particularly useful for flagship RTX GPU users who are constantly worried about their power connectors overheating or melting. RTX 4090 With Slight Undervolting Sustains Similar Gaming Performance With DLSS 5 Neural Rendering Enabled While Reducing Power Consumption By Up To 11% The latest NVIDIA DLSS 5 Neural Rendering doesn't just come with a huge performance hit, but it also causes your GPU to pull more power. We have witnessed this in various gaming benchmarks, where both […]

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A new update has dropped, suggesting significant price hikes for the NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPUs. Major NVIDIA AIBs Set to Increase RTX 50 Series Prices as "Insufficient" Supply Forces Vendors to Cut Down Supply This Month Starting this month, we published two reports from ChannelGate, highlighting the new price hikes NVIDIA's board partners have implemented. This includes major and popular brands like ASUS and GALAX, as well as included MSI, GIGABYTE, and Inno3D, all of which have increased the prices for most GeForce RTX 50 series models. Now we have another update, which suggests that some higher-end GPUs might […]

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The growth is there even though GPUs have become unaffordable by large, but this could change in the coming months. Mindfactory August Data Shows 29.5% Increase in GPU Sales Month Over Month; Radeon RX 9070 XT Remains the Most Popular GPU for Months If you thought the soaring prices would result in a significant reduction in GPU sales, then think again. Recently, Jon Peddie Research published a report highlighting a good 10.4% increase in GPU shipments quarter over quarter. Even though year-over-year shipments grew by just 1.1%, shipments have shown good growth compared to the previous quarters this year. As […]

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This particular GPU remains the smallest RTX 3060, featuring no power connector as it relies fully on the PCIe x16 slot. Newegg Lists SRhonyra RTX 3060 Low Profile GPU for $495; Features Two Display Connectors, Blower-Style Cooler, and No Power Connector We recently saw a unique GeForce RTX 3060 GPU in a Bilibili video that had no power connectors to power it. This was a single-slot card made by a Chinese manufacturer that relies fully on the PCIe x16 slot and boasts a low-profile design that suits ultra-compact PCs that have space constraints. Looks like the card is ready to […]

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As we said two days ago, more vendors have announced new price hikes for their latest-generation of GPUs. Multiple NVIDIA and AMD Board Partners Announce New Price Hike for the RTX 50 and RX 9000 Series After ASUS and Galax Implement New Hikes It should be no surprise to see GPU vendors implementing a new price hike for their current-generation of GPUs. We saw it coming when ASUS and Galax announced new price hikes for the GeForce RTX 50 series. This marks a second increase since August when almost every major vendor announced new price hikes for their GPUs. Today, […]

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This might be the 3rd or the 4th price hike this year, if we recall correctly, and three SKUs will be affected. NVIDIA Board Partners Implement New Price Hikes as Memory Becomes More Expensive; RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070 are the New Affected GPUs Starting this month, we have new price adjustments from a few NVIDIA board partners. The report from Channel Gate suggests that two of NVIDIA's board partners have decided to raise the prices of some of the GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs. This might be the 3rd or 4th time we are hearing about […]

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NVIDIA DLSS 5 is finally here, bringing lifelike visuals in games through the power of 3D-Guided Neural Rendering. NVIDIA DLSS 5 Is Not Changing Geometry, Not Changing Anything; It's Uplifting Existing Games Through 3D-Guided Neural Rendering Which Fully Honors Artistic Intent At GTC 2026, NVIDIA unveiled DLSS 5, its next major update to the DLSS technology suite. The first DLSS 5 off vs DLSS 5 on comparisons showed a day-and-night difference in visuals, massively uplifting the quality of existing assets through Neural Rendering, so much so that people thought that the tech was changing the base model itself. The main […]

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The latest DLSS technology reportedly works even on older RTX GPUs, but the performance regression is too large to enable a smooth gameplay. DLSS 5 Neural Rendering Now Works With GeForce RTX 30 Series, But At A Huge Performance Cost Multiple users have confirmed that the upcoming DLSS 5 Neural Rendering can run even on older RTX GPUs such as the GeForce RTX 30 series Ampere cards. We recently saw how modders got their hands on the leaked DLL file to enable the technology in games before the official release. Very soon, some modders enabled DLSS 5 even on the […]

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AMD has announced its latest game bundle, which packs a free copy of Onimusha: Way of the Sword with its Radeon 9000 & Ryzen 9000 products. AMD's Latest Game Bundle Has Arrived, Packs A Copy of Onimusha: Way of The Sword With Latest Radeon & Ryzen Products Gamescom 2026 is going on, and we are seeing the announcement of the latest game bundles. NVIDIA announced Control Resonant for its RTX 50 GPUs, and AMD is announcing Onimusha: The Way of the Sword for its Ryzen and Radeon products. A copy of the game, worth $70 US in value, will be […]

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NVIDIA is officially launching its latest DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction technology that integrates the 2nd Gen transformer model to boost visuals. DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction Improves Upon The Previous Version, Bringing Enhanced Visuals To NVIDIA GeForce RTX Gamers At Computex 2026, NVIDIA introduced its DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction technology, which builds upon the various DLSS 4.5 enhancements such as the 2nd Gen Transformer-based SR, or Super Resolution, MFG (Multi Frame-Generation) modes up to 6x, and a continued expansion of DLSS-supported games. Today, NVIDIA is bringing the same 2nd Gen Transformer-based models to its Ray Reconstruction technology, which was first introduced […]

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NVIDIA's Vera Rubin platform offers disruptive token throughput at a much lower cost than Blackwell, showcasing its Agentic AI prowess. NVIDIA Software Stack Optimizations Continue To Propel Blackwell, But Vera Rubin Sits In A Whole Different League For Agentic AI Use Cases The latest on-silicon agentic AI performance results were measured by NVIDIA using real-world agentic coding trajectories. The benchmark used was SemiAnalysis AgentX, which evaluates AI infrastructure such as Vera Rubin in agentic-coding inference workloads across various models such as Kimi K3, MiniMax M3, GLM5.3, Qwen3.5, and DeepSeek V4 Pro. The following table explains the key metrics of AgentX: […]

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Intel has given the rundown on its next-gen AI inference accelerator, Crescent Island, which packs 32 Xe3 cores and 480 GB of LPDDR5X memory. Intel To Enter Agentic AI Accelerator Space With Xe3P-Powered Crescent Island GPUs, Offering Low-Cost & Low Power Through LP5X Memory & 350W TDPs The Intel Crescent Island GPU is based on the brand-new Xe3P architecture, which is the same graphics architecture that was teased by the company during its Panther Lake and Xe3 deep dives. The new silicon features of Crescent Island include: Software innovations for Crescent Island include: The new GPU architecture will be a […]

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The latest version of mVolt has exposed hidden Blackwell controls, allowing overclockers to push their GPUs beyond their default limits. New mVolt+ v0.36 Controls Allow Enthusiasts to Push RTX 5080 to 680W and RTX 5090 to 700W Without Shunt Modding At the default limits, the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 were already melting, but now a tool called mVolt+ is pushing those GPUs beyond the default TDPs. With TDPs going beyond the default limits, we don't know if the GPUs will operate safely for a longer period, but this is exactly what the enthusiasts were looking for. The latest mVolt+ […]

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The company has just prepared a dedicated page for its slowest RDNA 4 discrete GPU, revealing all of its specifications. AMD Radeon RX 9050 4 GB Page Confirms New Memory Configuration, Featuring a Reduced Memory Bus Width and Bandwidth AMD has finally prepared the product page for one of its newest RDNA 4 GPUs. The company recently introduced its weakest RDNA 4 RX 9000 graphics card called Radeon RX 9050, which launched in two flavors. The first one is the RX 9050 with 8 GB of memory, and the other one is the Radeon RX 9050 4 GB. While both […]

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The Hydra tuning utility has received a major update, bringing unlocked VRAM OC and power limits to NVIDIA's RTX 50 GPUs. Now You Can Get More Performance Out of Your NVIDIA RTX 50 GPUs With The Hydra OC Tool Yuri Bubliy, aka 1usmus, has released the latest update of his pet project, HYDRA, which is one of the most widely used overclocking and tuning utilities. The tool offers a lot of advanced features & the latest update brings some big additions for NVIDIA RTX 50 GPU owners. These new Hydra capabilities include: Unlocked VRAM Overclocking & Power Limit Control for […]

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NVIDIA's flagship Blackwell GPU, the RTX PRO 6000, is now listed at $16,000 US, the highest price since its launch. Continued Memory Shortages Lead To Doubling In Price of NVIDIA's 96 GB RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU Memory shortages and the resultant price increases are giving no relief to PC segments, whether on the gaming or professional side of the spectrum. Just two months ago, the RTX PRO 6000 was selling for over $13,000 US, and now, it has reached a new high of $16,000. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell is a specialized variant, designed for prosumers, and has […]

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AMD has officially raised the MSRP/SEP prices of its Radeon RX 9000 GPUs in Q3 2026, with the RX 9070 XT now costing more than $1000 on average. AMD Couldn't Escape the Memory Shortages-Related Prices Bump, Raises Radeon RX 9000 GPUs By Up To 20% With All Models Affected Retailers and Distributors in China had warned us of an imminent price hike, & when we initially reported the increases, the harshest price increases were seen for NVIDIA GPUs. AMD Radeon graphics cards also saw a price bump, but it wasn't as significant as their competitor. Now, a few weeks later, […]

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