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Nvidia confirms Blackwell Ultra and Vera Rubin GPUs are on track for 2025 and 2026 — post-Rubin GPUs…
A design flaw delayed Nvidia's rollout of Blackwell GPUs for data centers last year, prompting the company to redesign the silicon and packaging. However, this did not affect Nvidia's work on mid-cycle refresh…
RTX 4090M eGPU hits pre-sale for $1,260 — $1,000 cheaper than Asus’s RTX 5090 mobile eGPU
Chinese Mini PC specialist Morefine is the latest such firm to jump on the portable eGPU bandwagon. We've seen many similar lumpen devices from brands like Ayaneo, Minisforum, One-Netbook, Aoostar, and others.…
Imagination reveals new power-efficient DXTP GPU for laptops and mobile devices
Imagination Technology has announced its newest GPU IP, Imagination DXTP. With 20% improved power efficiency over its predecessor DXT, Imagination brings two new RISC-V GPU models to the power-constrained market to…
RTX 5070 Ti manufacturing defect cuts performance by up to 10% — 88 ROPs vs 96 ROPs (design)
As Nvidia confirmed yesterday, a handful of RTX 50 GPUs have been affected by a manufacturing defect resulting in fewer ROPs than specified. The impacted GPUs, per Nvidia, include the RTX 5090 and the RTX 5070 Ti;…
Technician warns against copper modding GPUs, fixes RTX 3080 with component damage
Repair technician "northwestrepair" on YouTube reveals the dangers of using copper memory cooling mods on GPUs. In a RTX 3080 repair video, the technician shows the damage done by a user who modded his founder's…
Some RTX 5090s are shipping with missing ROP units, leading to less gaming performance: Updated
Update:A new report from hardware sleuth MEGAsizeGPU, who frequently gets the inside scoop from board partners, alleges Nvidia has supplied AIBs with defective GB202 chips, suggesting the issue is a hardware defect…
Nvidia confirms it is investigating RTX 50-series BSOD and black screen troubles, no timeline for a…
Crashes and instability issues relating to RTX 50-series GPUs continue to rage on, and Nvidia still doesn't have a fix ready for the public. Manuel provided an update on the Nvidia forums, noting that the RTX 50…
Nvidia brings back scalper-beating Verified Priority Access program for RTX 50 Founders Edition GPUs
Nvidia this week launched its Verified Priority Access for the GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition and GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition add-in-boards allowing a limited number of verified U.S. customers to purchase…
Melting RTX cables solution proposed — embed over temperature and current protection on each wire
Nvidia’s RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs are facing serious melting connector cables issues, a repeat of the incidents involving RTX 4090 GPUs which the company has previously claimed has already been addressed.…
RTX 5080 is allegedly only 17% faster than RTX 5070 Ti, according to 3DMark benchmarks
3DMark benchmarks featuring the upcoming RTX 5070 Ti have cropped up ahead of the GPU's review embargo, giving us a sneak peek at the GPU's potential gaming performance. Videocardz retrieved a set of RTX 5070 Ti…