The new $99 CPU is noticeably faster than its smaller sibling from the Cezanne family in gaming workloads. First Ryzen 5 5500F Benchmarks Surface Online; Around 3-15% Faster Than Ryzen 5 5500 In Gaming Just two days ago, AMD revived its Ryzen 5000 family once again with a new addition. The new processor, called Ryzen 5 5500F, was launched in the Zen 3-based Ryzen 5000 family using the Vermeer silicon, bringing it closer to the Cezanne Ryzen 5 5500 chip. The new processor, however, brings a faster boost clock and PCIe Gen 4.0 support, unlike the Ryzen 5 5500, which […]

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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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Once again, a custom PC build beats the Steam Machine convincingly despite the rising costs. HUB Demonstrates How a $1050 DeskMeet X300-Based Custom PC Can Outperform Steam Machine for the Same Price Steam Machine itself isn't a bad product, but its high price makes it a poor value for gamers who are looking to maximize gaming performance on a budget. Since the disclosure of its official pricing, the device has been criticized and mocked, as users have come up with superior specifications for custom PC builds that can easily outperform this device. Since then, the price of components has witnessed […]

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Even though we see extremely expensive graphics cards at the stores, higher VRAM GPUs remain the best-selling units. AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Leads With Nearly 33% of Total GPU Share While RTX 5070 Remains the Best Selling NVIDIA GPU at Mindfactory Last Month The GPU sales are declining steadily, just like any other computer component that utilizes memory. Graphics cards are particularly affected components due to their high demand in the gaming community. Almost every SKU in the latest RTX 50 series and Radeon RX 9000 series has witnessed at least a 20% price jump in recent months, and […]

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The GPU apocalypse has officially started, as mid-range offerings are now approaching a $1000 price tag. NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB Crosses $800 on Newegg, Becoming as Expensive as RTX 5070 The NVIDIA RTX 50 series is quickly soaring in price as we see worsening DRAM availability. For months, we have been hearing reports about NVIDIA making new price adjustments as it is becoming difficult for GPU manufacturers to secure the memory supply at lower prices. Very recently, NVIDIA notified its board partners about a price hike for its GPU-memory bundle, which immediately resulted in significant price hikes for […]

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NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090D from GALAX (HOF OC LAB) has become the first Blackwell GPU to hit an overclock of 4 GHz. Team OGS Pushes NVIDIA's "GALAX HOF OC LAB" RTX 5090D To A Record 4 GHz Overclock It was going to happen sooner or later, but a year and a half after launch, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090D has been able to set the fastest clock speed ever recorded on a Blackwell GPU. Team OGS from Greece was able to post the spectacular overclock record at HWBOT. The session featured a GALAX GeForce RTX 5090D graphics card, not the […]

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The May 2026 Steam Hardware Survey reveals that Radeon RX 9070 XT and 9060 XT graphics cards have finally been registered in the database, nearly a year after their launch.

As spotted by Videocardz, the latest survey data shows that the RX 9070 XT has reached a 1.33% market share, while the RX 9060 XT has reached 0.72%. This marks the first appearance of RDNA 4 GPUs in the Steam Hardware Survey, which runs every month, although the exact number of Steam users polled is never really known. Nvidia alternatives currently hold higher positions on the charts, with the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti slightly ahead at 1.73%. GPUs like the RTX 5070 and RTX 5060 Ti also continue to report monthly adoption gains.

The survey data also show that eight-core CPUs emerged as the fastest-growing segment, while six- and ten-core processors both dipped slightly. Still in this segment, AMD continues to increase its share against its competition, currently sitting at 45%.

Concurrently, a volatile pricing market has driven a resurgence in 16GB RAM systems over 32GB configurations, while SSDs larger than 1TB shrank by 1.23% as buyers moved back to smaller drives. Lastly, OS data show Windows rebounding by 0.38% against recent Linux gains, bringing the total market share to 94% Windows, 4% Linux, and 2% macOS. Though the up-and-coming CachyOS distro doubled its share to 0.5%, sitting just behind SteamOS at 0.9%.

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A weird incident was just reported by a Redditor, detailing how his GPU got a different shroud instead of the GeForce one. GIGABYTE Mistakenly Swaps GeForce and Radeon Coolers on NVIDIA and AMD GPUs; Both Users Report Different Branding on Their Cards It's rare to see such incidents, but both reports confirm that GIGABYTE indeed made a mistake in the GPU assembly. A Reddit user u/atta4821 reported that he bought a GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5060 Ti from Canada Computers. Weirdly, something was unusual when he opened the box, as his GPU didn't look like an NVIDIA GPU. He reports that […]

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EmuDeck developer has made their own Steam Machine, resembling an Xbox Series S console & packs an AMD Ryzen CPU with an RX 9060 XT GPU. Steam Machine Capabilities In An Xbox Series S Design: EmuDeck's Playnix Console is Powered By Linux & Packs AMD Ryzen CPU, RX 9060 XT & 16 GB RAM EmuDeck, who are responsible for making emulation possible on SteamOS platforms such as the Steam Deck, couldn't wait for the Steam Machines to land and decided to make their own console called the Playnix. The Playnix console is very much a PC in a console shape. It […]

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It's disappointing to see where we are heading, but it appears that for PC hardware makers, nothing can save the current market except relaunching older hardware. The Relaunch of Ryzen 7 5800X3D and GeForce RTX 3060 is Close, but is it Really Something We Wanted? I think I got a little too excited for the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D when I heard it would relaunch soon, since I have been rocking the AM4 platform for years now. It has hardly been a year since it got discontinued, but AM4 has proved that a platform can last for nearly a decade […]

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Last year, it was easier to get a decently powerful budget gaming PC for under $1000. Thanks to the DRAM shortages, this is no longer possible. The worsening DRAM availability directly affected PC components, such as GPUs, making it more difficult than ever to build a PC. Plus, higher NAND costs drove SSD prices as well, making the situation worse than ever. We have been tracking the RAM and SSD prices for months, and these are still rising. So, it's unlikely that prices will return to the pre-RAMpocalypse era very soon. With so much demand for DDR5 memory, many gamers […]

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A new GPU overclocking world record has been set by AMD, using its budget Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU. Splave and AMD Collaborate to Break GPU Frequency World Record at AMD's Office; Overclock Radeon RX 9060 XT to 4.769 GHz There is only a single official 4.0+ GHz dGPU overclocking record ever registered, and that's by Splave on the GeForce RTX 4090. SkatterBencher also previously pushed the GPU frequency to 4.25 GHz, but it was on the integrated graphics on the Arrow Lake processor. These are the only two GPU OC world records to have ever crossed the 4.0 GHz […]

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