ASUS is preparing new products to celebrate ROG's 20th anniversary, and the new teaser just revealed its new product stack. ASUS Drops a Short Teaser Video for ROG 20th Anniversary, Showcasing Gold-Black Theme Components, Including a New ROG Astral BTF RTX 50 Series GPU It's not just the ROG 20th Anniversary Crosshair edition motherboard that ASUS unveiled to celebrate 20 years of ROG; the company is set to unveil more products at the Computex event. Computex 2026 will be held from June 2 to June 6, and ASUS is bringing a new lineup of products to the presentation it has […]

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Once again, we may see the RTX 5090 prices jumping even further as NVIDIA has reportedly hiked the GPU price due to VRAM shortages. GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5090 V2 Reportedly Seeing Another Price Hike Due to VRAM Procurement Costs NVIDIA is once again set to increase the prices of its flagship Blackwell GPUs worldwide. Due to the ongoing VRAM shortages and higher VRAM sourcing costs, the company is reportedly bringing another hike for its board partners. It's expected that the GPU prices will jump by another $300, as if the GPU wasn't selling for 2X its original price. […]

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This might be the first time NVIDIA is giving away a game with a 60-class card in the RTX 50 series. NVIDIA Bundles 007 First Light With GeForce RTX 50 Series; GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Also Included Along With Higher-End SKUs In around two weeks, the 007 First Light will be available on Steam, but users have the option to pre-order the game now. It's currently listed at $69, and being a popular triple-A title, the game is already attracting significant attention from gamers. This is why NVIDIA has collaborated with IO Interactive A/S to provide a free game code […]

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The Steam Hardware and Software Survey for April 2026 confirms that Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs now account for 10.8% of surveyed desktop systems. When including laptop variants, the Blackwell architecture's total market share reaches 13.41%. The data also marks the first appearance of the GeForce RTX 5050 and AMD’s RDNA 4-based Radeon RX 9070 in the primary GPU table.

According to Valve’s latest figures, the RTX 5070 is the most popular desktop entry in the series at 2.86%, followed by the RTX 5060 at 2.57%. Other desktop listings include the RTX 5060 Ti (1.81%), RTX 5070 Ti (1.62%), RTX 5080 (1.37%), and the flagship RTX 5090 (0.41%). The newly listed RTX 5050 holds a 0.16% share. On the AMD side, the Radeon RX 9070 debuted at 0.17%, while the RX 7800 XT remains the highest-ranked modern Radeon desktop card at 1.22%.

The survey also recorded the Apple M2 as a new entry in the video card category with a 1.77% share. Valve has not provided specific details regarding this addition, though it may reflect updates to Steam’s hardware detection or shifts in Mac user sampling.

VRAM distribution trends show a shift toward higher capacities. The 16GB category saw a 1.98-point increase, bringing its total to 23.51%. While the 8GB category remains the most common configuration at 26.76%, it declined by 0.76 points from the previous month.

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Thankfully, ASUS hasn't put a premium price on its new 12V-2x6 cable that will keep the RTX 50 series GPUs save from melting. ASUS Officially Launches the 12V-2x6 ROG Equalizer Cable at $50 to Protect Your 16-pin GPU Connector From Melting The ROG Equalizer, which got introduced two weeks ago has finally appeared on the official ASUS store. We all wanted to know its price since ASUS usually prices its premium components quite high. While a power cable can't be considered an actual "component", it's a crucial one, considering the fate of high-end RTX 50 series graphics cards will depend […]

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NVIDIA has just released its latest DLSS 4.5 SDK, which allows developers to integrate the latest tech, such as Dynamic Frame Gen & More, into their latest games. NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Dynamic Frame-Generation, Updated Ray Reconstruction, & Enhanced Upscaling Tech Is Now Available To Devs With The Latest Streamline SDK Release Today, NVIDIA is finally releasing the highly anticipated DLSS 4.5 Streamline SDK. With this release, devs have the ability to easily integrate all the DLSS 4.5 goodies that come with the 2nd Gen transformer AI models, such as enhanced upscaling, frame-gen, Ray Reconstruction, and dynamic frame-generation support to their […]

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The new Pro series PSUs will bring excellent reliability for modern PC builds, particularly for enthusiasts with high-end RTX 50 series GPUs. ASRock Launches Pro Series PSUs in 750W, 850W, and 1000W Capacities, Offering PCIe 5.1 and ATX 3.1 Compliance Popular hardware manufacturer, ASRock, has launched its latest power supply units in the new Pro series, featuring various capacities and fully modular design for PC builds. These units will bring all the modern features for better reliability and support for latest-gen hardware that makes running the system more reliable than ever. The PRO series offers power supply units in three […]

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With the new GPU sales strategy, we are seeing a sudden shift in popularity for some GPUs and the latest retailer data reveals the most popular cards. AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series Maintains its Dominance on Mindfactory, While NVIDIA RTX 5080 Leads NVIDIA's RTX 50 Lineup The latest GPU sales data for Mindfactory is out, revealing what has changed in the past few weeks. Keep in mind that this doesn't represent the exact global GPU popularity and is specific to Germany. With this retailer's sales data, we still get an idea of what users are buying the most these days. […]

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