Starting out your AAA gaming journey from scratch, but don’t want to go through the hassle of ordering parts separately and assembling them one by one? What you need is a pre-built gaming PC, and what better way to spend $1,699.99 than by getting Andromeda Insights’ AMD Ultimate Budget build, which packs a Radeon RX 9070 XT, one of the best GPUs of this generation. Standard RAM and storage configurations make this gaming PC an excellent starting point  The powerful 4K-capable GPU is paired with a Ryzen 5 9600X CPU, which isn’t the most powerful, but you can always swap […]

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We’re not living 10 years in the past, where it was possible to get your hands on a GPU in the $600 and $700 range for AAA gaming. Fortunately, the RX 9070 XT continues to live in that era because the ASRock Challenger version is now available for only $699.99 on Amazon. Best of all, you can get RTX 5070 Ti-level performance while saving a ton of money in the process, making it one of the best GPU upgrades you’ll make in a long time. With its triple-fan cooler, the ASRock Challenger RX 9070 XT runs incredibly cool and quiet The […]

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Team Red has unveiled limited edition products for Valorant fans and eSports enthusiasts at BW2026. AMD Unveils VCTCN 2026 Collector's Edition, Including 9800X3D, RX 9070 XT, a Gaming Laptop and a Desktop PC at Bilibili World 2026 AMD has officially introduced a new collection of limited-edition gaming hardware at the Bilibili 2026 event, which is currently being held in Shanghai. The new hardware set is inspired by the Valorant Champions Tour China, aka VCTCN 2026. This was announced during the AMD Carnival Hour presentation at the event, where AMD collaborated with TJ Sports to reveal several game-themed hardware products for […]

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AMD presented new research at the I3D Symposium titled "PEPS: Positional Encoding Projected Sampling", introducing a new method for positional encoding that can improve neural texture compression. How Does Neural Texture Compression Work? Neural Texture Compression works by training what are known as INRs, or “Implicit Neural Representations,” to learn coordinate-to-signal functions. By projecting texture coordinates into a higher-dimensional embedding and feeding this information to a multi-layer perceptron, it's possible to represent and compress textures significantly. PEPS: Positional Encoding Projected Sampling PEPS introduces a new method to improve the efficiency of this process by changing how positional encoding is used. […]

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Intel will reportedly focus more on the previous-gen processors to fulfill the current demand in the PC market. Intel is Reportedly Restarting Supply of Last Four Generation of Processors as Motherboard Vendors Ramp Up DDR4 Platform Production Roughly a month ago, we reported that some vendors are now restarting the production of DDR4 platforms, i.e., DDR4-compatible motherboards. This is to ensure the market gets DDR4 motherboards in sufficient quantity, as expensive DDR5 memory has made it unfeasible to build DDR5 systems on a budget. More reports are surfacing confirming the same report, and Intel appears to have prepared accordingly. As […]

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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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What a ridiculous price for a machine that doesn't justify its official price tag, but I guess, there will be users who will buy them at nearly triple the price. Steam Machine Hits eBay As Scalpers Start Selling Their Reservations on the Platform for Over $2700 Scalping is probably the second most hated thing in the market, while high DDR5 prices remain at the top. Just recently, we saw how scalpers immediately bought the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10th Anniversary edition and started selling it for nearly 2X the price on eBay. This is how it goes after every successful […]

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NVIDIA might be the preferred company when it comes to desktop and laptop GPUs, but AMD hit it out of the park when it unveiled its Radeon RX 9070 XT, making it the best graphics card for those who want to experience increased raw rasterization performance over the RTX 5070 Ti. If you don’t want to wait for your AAA gaming experience to begin, Amazon’s Prime Day 2026 has discounted the ASUS Prime RX 9070 XT by 13 percent, with the new listing showing $699.99. When it comes to ‘price to performance’ GPUs, the RX 9070 XT checks all the […]

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A new Linux kernel patch for the NVGrace-GPU VFIO driver has revealed references to Nvidia's upcoming “Blackwell-Next” graphics architecture.

Spotted by Phoronix (via VideoCardz), this change adds a readiness check for the supposed new architecture via CXL (Compute Express Link) DVSEC-based (Designated Vendor Specific Extended Capability). Submitted as part of the VFIO subsystem work for the Linux 7.2 cycle, the update modifies how the driver determines if GPU memory is ready after a probe or reset.

The code links directly to the NVGrace-GPU driver, meaning these adjustments don't confirm a new consumer GPU generation. Rather, they seem to target enterprise hardware.

Nvidia officially announced Rubin as the successor of Blackwell back in 2025, which includes the Vera CPU and Rubin GPU. However, the company also announced Blackwell Ultra, leaving us uncertain about what Blackwell-Next actually refers to. In any case, it seems we won't have to wait much longer to clarify what's really coming after Blackwell.

KitGuru says: Do you think we will see Blackwell Next come to the consumer segment?

Steam Machine is here, but it comes at a really high price point, which makes these sub-$1000 PCs a far better value. Valve's Steam Machine Comes In At A Very High Price Tag, Making Pre-Built & DIY PCs A Better Option For Gamers Well, the Steam Machine is officially here. It is the latest hardware launch by Valve, a company all gamers know and love. The creators of the highly successful Steam Deck have now introduced a full-fledged PC that offers the convenience of a console thanks to its compact design. We talked about the specs and initial benchmarks a […]

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Intel's upcoming Refresh of the Raptor Lake will include a new family of HX SKUs, including 6+8, 8+12, and 8+16 variants. Raptor Lake Next HX Mobile Chips to Bring 14-24 Core Configuration; However, Intel is Expected to Remove the vPro Support Intel isn't just launching the Nova Lake before 2026 ends, but is also reportedly preparing for another launch, as we reportedly a few days ago. To fulfill the demands of the mainstream market, Intel is set to release Raptor Lake NEXT, which is expected to arrive in the early part of 2027 and should exist alongside the Nova Lake […]

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The Linux 7.2 Kernel Patches have seen the addition of a next-gen NVIDIA GPU architecture, cleverly listed as "Blackwell-Next". NVIDIA Ramps Up Support For Next-Gen GPU Architectures, Including Blackwell-Next, For Linux 7.2 NVIDIA's GPU architectures are not a mystery since the company has been outlining them in roadmaps for years now. We knew that Rubin was going to replace Blackwell years before its launch, and now we know that Feynman will replace Rubin. NVIDIA has only started volume production of Rubin, but internally, the company is prepping some big support for its next-generation architectures before they even ship. Phoronix spotted […]

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AMD has announced the acquisition of MEXT, a pioneer in AI-driven memory optimization technologies to help lower TCO. AMD & MEXT To Accelerate Memory Deployment Through Optimizations & Lower TCO For AI Data Centers As memory requirements continue to jump with Agentic AI adoption, major firms are looking towards key technological innovations that can not only optimize the usage of memory but also lower TCO in huge AI deployments. Today, AMD announced that it has acquired MEXT, and this marks a major step for them to accelerate memory deployments while addressing one major challenge: memory access. With MEXT, AMD aims […]

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Intel is reportedly developing a new line of Socket LGA1700 desktop processors codenamed “Raptor Lake Next”. These upcoming chips aim to provide an upgrade path for users still using DDR4 memory, filling a gap left by the DDR5-exclusive Core Ultra “Arrow Lake” generation.

The report from Jaykihn (corroborated by VideoCardz and Tom's Hardware) states that these processors will coexist with the 14th Gen desktop CPUs. They will supposedly hit shelves under the Core 200 banner as a rebrand of Raptor Lake. Production is scheduled for late January 2027, with qualification samples expected by the end of this year at the earliest.

According to the leaker, these new CPUs will be available for desktop (125W and 65W) and laptop platforms (HX). Moreover, they'll be based on the original Raptor Lake, meaning they won't include the features found in Raptor Lake Refresh (Fast Throttle, APO, Wi-Fi 7, etc.).

Several core configurations are reportedly planned for the rollout. The lineup includes a 125W 16-core desktop processor featuring 8 P-Cores and 8 E-Cores, with no mention of an 8+16 variant so far. Builders can also expect a 65W 20-core model packing 8 P-Cores and 12 E-Cores, alongside a mid-range 10-core option with 6 P-Cores and 4 E-Cores. A budget-friendly 4-core model consisting solely of 4 P-Cores rounds out the stack. None of these will work with newer LGA-1851 or LGA-1954 platforms.

KitGuru says: Keeping DDR4 alive seems to be the go-to solution to navigate this memory market.

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%.

KitGuru says: Are you currently running a GPU from AMD, Nvidia or Intel? 

Finally, the most popular AMD GPUs are visible in the Steam database after their launch nearly one year ago. May 2026 Steam Hardware Survey Reveals RX 9070 XT With 1.33% Share While RX 9060 XT Appears With 0.72% Share After Missing For a Whole Year From the time of the launch of RDNA 4 GPUs, most RX 9000 series GPUs never made it to the Steam Hardware Survey. Despite seeing some of the RDNA 4 GPUs dominate the charts on major retailers, they remained absent from the Steam database, while the GeForce RTX 50 series continued to climb up with […]

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Once again, AMD back at boasting about its CPU market share on one of the major retailers in US. AMD Says "15 out of 15" CPUs in the Best Selling Amazon Processors are AMD CPUs As Intel's Best Chips Continue to Decline in Rankings After having boasted about the CPU share reaching 45% on the Steam Hardware Survey, AMD is back again. AMD's Senior Director of Marketing has posted a tweet saying, "15 out of 15 incredible CPU lineup @AMD", while sharing a screenshot that shows all the top 15 best-selling CPUs on Amazon US are from AMD. It's nothing […]

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You will hardly find the GPU at a sub-$650 price tag, but these GPUs won't cost you a leg and an arm. GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC Drops to $649 on Amazon, Standing Firm Against RAMpolcalypse Price Surges The Radeon RX 9070 XT and other RDNA 4 GPUs have been selling for nearly 20% higher prices compared to the pre-RAMpocalypse era. NVIDIA RTX 50 series is in a similar state, but sometimes we see a drop in prices that seems unbelievable. After searching for some good GPU deals, we stumbled upon some Radeon RX 9070 XT listings, which […]

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DDR4 isn't going anywhere despite witnessing some temporary decline in popularity in some regions as we reported recently. DDR4 Memory and Motherboards Witness Significant Demand As DDR5 Memory Continues to Sell for 4-5 Times Higher In some regions, we see DDR4 platforms recording a decline in popularity, while most regions witness huge demand for DDR4 platforms. Soaring DDR5 and SSD prices have made it extremely difficult to build even an entry-level system for under $1000, and the rise in prices continues as we enter the second half of 2026. DDR4 memory is also quite expensive, but nothing compared to similar-capacity […]

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