AMD has confirmed the prices of its newly introduced Ryzen 5 7500 "Zen 4" and Ryzen 5 5500F "Zen 3" chips. AMD Continues Its AM5/AM4 Desktop Expansion With Ryzen 5 7500 & Ryzen 5 5500F CPUs A few days ago, AMD unveiled its latest Ryzen Desktop CPUs for the AM4 and AM5 platforms. These include the Ryzen 5 7500 and the Ryzen 5 5500F, both aimed at the mainstream & budget segments. At launch, the pricing information wasn't available, but we have confirmed the SEP (Suggested E-tailer Price) with AMD. As per the information, the Ryzen 5 7500 will cost […]

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It's rare, but it may occur as we see a Redditor describe how his GPU suffered as a result of melted 8-pin connectors. Thermal Grizzly Wireview 8-pin Connectors Melted, Resulting in Freezing and Black Screens on Radeon RX 7900 XTX I don't know if I have ever read about burning and melting 8-pin PCIe connectors, since it's rare. However, it seems possible, as we see a Redditor complaining about his melted 8-pin connectors on the Thermal Grizzly WireView adapter. Redditor u/AwarenessHour9192 reports that his Radeon RX 7900 XTX was resulting in black screens and system freezes frequently. The problems persisted […]

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The OptiScaler developer team has prepared the DLL file to enable FSR 4.1.1b on older Radeon GPUs. Optiscaler Team Prepare FSR 4.1.1b For AMD RDNA 2 GPUs Ahead of Early 2027 FSR 4.1 Launch for the GPU Family While we wait for AMD to release its latest upscaler, INT8 FSR 4.1, for the Radeon RX 6000 RDNA 2-based GPUs, modders have already made it possible. Through Optiscaler, you can easily turn on FSR 4.1 on the Radeon RX 6000 unofficially, and all you need is the custom INT8 binary. However, the process can still be lengthy and a hassle for […]

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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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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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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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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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The Radeon RX 9070 GRE might not be the fastest gaming GPU for its price, but it surely is the fastest at $479. AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE Drops to Just $479 on Micro Center While Newegg Lists it at $499 You might be aware of the reports that both AMD and NVIDIA have already implemented their latest price hikes for the Radeon RX 9000 and GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards. This means the already expensive GPUs will now sell for even higher prices. Some GPUs have witnessed a nearly 40% price hike overnight, making them almost unaffordable. Such […]

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The team Red has started laying the groundwork for the RDNA 5 lineup on Linux by introducing initial support for DCN6. Early AMDGPU Patches Introduce Display Core Next 6, Tied to the Upcoming GFX13 Graphics Architecture AMD has taken one more step toward enabling support for its next-generation RDNA architecture on Linux. A new batch of AMDGPU patches has been submitted to the Linux Kernel mailing list and has begun laying the foundation for Display Core Next 6, aka DCN6, which is the display engine expected to power the RDNA 5 graphics chips. These patches are part of AMD's regular […]

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The new RDNA 4 GPU came out slower than expected, and it's not even able to compete with the entry-level NVIDIA RTX 50 GPU. Early AMD RX 9050 Benchmarks Reveal Significantly Slower Performance Versus RTX 5050 Across Various Applications The newest AMD RDNA 4 GPU has been tested by the Japanese outlet Hermita, and the results easily favor the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050. AMD recently released its cheapest and slowest RDNA 4 GPU, called Radeon RX 9050, in two flavors, and the publication tested the 8 GB variant to keep the comparison fair since the RTX 5050 also boasts 8 […]

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Not just the team green, but the team red is also ready to raise the GPU prices due to higher memory prices. AMD Delayed Its GPU Price Hike For A Month, But Doubling DRAM Costs Finally Forced Its Hand We already expected it, and as we can see, the new price hike is inevitable. As soon as NVIDIA raised the GDDR6 and GDDR7-kit prices, AMD has also decided to raise its memory kit prices. However, AMD didn't do it all of a sudden. In fact, it had already planned such a hike a month ago, but didn't implement it due […]

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AMD seems to be working on a new entry-level graphics card, the Radeon RX 9050, which will come in 8 GB and 4 GB flavors, for $279. AMD RDNA 4 Lineup Gets New Entry-Level Options With 8 GB & 4 GB Radeon RX 9050 GPUs, Official MSRP Set at $279 The AMD Radeon RX 9000 "RDNA 4" GPU lineup is getting more options, which will make the lineup a lot messier and confusing. AMD currently has two product series, the Radeon RX 9070 and the Radeon RX 9060. Each series has at least three options, with the RX 9070 consisting […]

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GPU prices in China have increased massively due to recent adjustments to GDDR6 and GDDR7 memory, affecting AMD & NVIDIA graphics cards. China Sees Big Surge In GPU Prices Overnight, Affecting Both AMD & NVIDIA Graphics Cards GPU makers such as NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel have been trying to absorb memory price increases for a while now, but they have gotten out of hand due to persistent shortages, which have raised the DRAM costs for GDDR6 and GDDR7 products 10-fold, resulting in a significant increase in graphics card prices. And it's not just memory prices; other components that go into […]

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AMD's latest Radeon drivers silently added Multi-Frame Generation (MFG 8x) modes along with other FSR overrides, as exposed in RadeonTuner. AMD Seems To Be Cooking FSR MFG 8x (Multi-Frame Generation) Tech, Surpassing NVIDIA's MFG 6x Mode AMD has been teasing FSR Multi-Frame Generation (MFG) support for its Radeon GPU in the latest drivers for a while. The last FSR Redstone update saw preliminary support added to the ADLX FidelityFX SDK. Although MFG is not available across any Radeon GPU yet, the listed feature will allow users to select a desired frame generation ratio for "optimal performance & visual quality". This was […]

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AMD has been winning in Germany for a long time, but NVIDIA is back with the most sales as of June 2026. NVIDIA Ships 8% More GPUs Through Mindfactory, Taking Back the Lead, But AMD RX 9070 XT and RX 9060 XT are Still the Most Popular GPUs NVIDIA is back at the top this month, and it's because of the RTX 50 series. While the RTX 50 and RX 9000 series debuted in the same time frame, the majority of buyers preferred RDNA 4 GPUs in Germany, especially if we talk about the popular retailer, Mindfactory. The trend can […]

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Users can officially install Windows OS on their Steam Machine. However, once they do, they can't use the SteamOS. Steam Machine Receives Windows Drivers, But Valve Doesn't Encourage Installing Windows on the Device Yet Steam Machine might one of the most interesting launches from Valve yet, but its hefty price tag has left the community divided. The majority sees $1000 price tag too high, but Valve considers it necessary due to the ongoing DRAM and SSD shortage. Nonetheless, Steam Machine is an interesting gaming console that runs on SteamOS by default, and it is pretty much the ideal choice for […]

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The GPU isn't that bad at all, and performs slightly slower than its competitor from the team Red. However, being capped at just 100W, it can't perform similar to a desktop variant. Reviewer Tests Desktop RTX 4080M GPU With Mobile GPU Core and Finds Slightly Lower Performance vs RX 9700 GRE in Games You may or may not be aware of such a graphics card, but it exists in the Chinese markets. This isn't the regular RTX 4080, but a variant that uses the RTX 4080 mobile chip. Yes, it's still a desktop graphics card that sells without a warranty […]

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For the first time ever, we got to see an engineering sample of the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which comes with just 16 GB VRAM. Redditor Shows Off Radeon RX 7900 XTX Prototype With Red PCB; Comes With 16 GB VRAM Instead of 24 GB A Redditor was extremely lucky to find a pre-production sample for the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX. This is a rare find, and as per the user u/Shav_tech, he found the prototype at the marketplace at a low price. This is the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, the flagship RDNA 3 GPU in the RX 7000 […]

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The open-source ZLUDA v6 library has introduced support for Nvidia's 32-bit PhysX CUDA ecosystem on non-Nvidia hardware, delivering a significant performance increase for AMD Radeon GPUs running legacy PhysX titles.

According to the project's latest blog post (via Wccftech), the update allows graphics cards without built-in PhysX functionality to process 32-bit PhysX effects natively. Testing ZLUDA v6 in Mafia II on an AMD Radeon platform showed a performance increase from 26.2FPS to 80.2FPS when using the library. This integration also restores complex visual effects, such as debris and flames, on unsupported hardware. Those who want to try it out can check the project's GitHub and the Quickstart guide.

The developer notes that the tool is currently experiencing a halt in commercial support, meaning future development will proceed at a slower pace as a weekend project. Current optimisation limits mean users may encounter glitches in fluid simulation and difficulty loading the software into Steam games. However, the roadmap shows developers aim to fine-tune Windows support, improve ROCm library error reporting, and deliver better machine learning capabilities alongside newly added texture support.

For those who weren't in the PC gaming space at the time, PhysX was Nvidia's old solution to bringing better physics to games, including more detailed debris, cloth, particles and more. Nowadays, PhysX has been largely replaced in new games by updated game engine tools, like Chaos in Unreal Engine, or the widely used Havok physics engine.

KitGuru says: Seeing community projects like ZLUDA breathe new life into legacy proprietary features on competing hardware is impressive, even if development is slowing down.