Graphics Cards

ASUS has its new ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 5090D V2 graphics card up for pre-order in China, with a price of 29,999 RMB (which works out to around $4300 USD).

The new ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 5090D V2 features a cut-down 24GB of GDDR7 memory on a 384-bit memory bus with the VRAM clocked at 28Gbps, with it being virtually identical to the full ROG Matrix RTX 5090 (which has 32GB GDDR7). It retains its full 21,760 CUDA cores and GPU boost clocks of up to 2760MHz in OC mode, with dual HDMI 2.1b outputs, and 3 x DisplayPort 2.1b ports.

ASUS has crafted its ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 5090D V2 graphics card with a dual 16-pin power connector design that works with its in-house BTF ecosystem, with ASUS stating it can use up to 800W of power when used with a BTF motherboard and 12V-2x6 power cable.

MSI's powerful new GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z graphics card will cost over $5000, with users in Taiwan needing to join a lottery just for their chance to buy the card in the end.

MSI announced a global giveaway of its new RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z graphics card a few weeks ago, after its monster unveiling at CES 2026 where we had a chance to scope the card out in the flesh (and it looks amazing, so does the unboxing experience alone).

The company has announced its lottery event for the chance to purchase a single MSI GeForce RTX 5090 32G LIGHTNING Z graphics card, where if you "win" the lottery, you'll have the chance to pay NT$165,000 which works out to around $5220 USD or so. This makes MSI's new monster GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z graphics card the most expensive RTX 5090 on the planet, excluding the made-from-real-gold ASUS ROG RTX 5090 Dhabab Edition GPUs.

NVIDIA has reportedly ripped up its plans to launch an upgraded GeForce RTX 50 SUPER series this year, as well as push back its original 2027 schedule for its next-gen RTX 60 "Rubin" GPU family... and it's because of the DRAM crisis, sigh.

In a new report from The Information, the outlet reports that NVIDIA has "no plans" to launch any new GPUs this year, and that it is slashing production of its RTX 50 series GPUs, which corroborates recent rumors that the RTX 50 series GPU could be EOL (end of life).

The outlet also says that NVIDIA has also delayed its next-gen GeForce RTX 60 series "Rubin" GPUs which were meant to launch in 2027, have "been delayed". Some were expecting NVIDIA to unveil new RTX 50 SUPER series graphics cards at CES 2026, but that has come and gone and no new GeForce RTX GPUs were unveiled.

Even though it looks like Intel's highly anticipated Arc B770 graphics card for PC gaming has effectively been canceled, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has confirmed that the company isn't backing out of the GPU market anytime soon. In fact, the company has hired a new Chief GPU Architect, and the segment is "very important" to Team Blue.

During the company's recent AI Summit, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan was asked the straightforward question, 'Does Intel build GPUs in the future?' The answer was also a simple 'Yes,' with Lip-Bu Tan adding that they've hired a new Chief GPU Architect.

"I'm very delighted he joined, and it took some persuasion," Lip-Bu Tan said. "I told him that it's not just CPUs, GPUs are also very important for different application workloads. And you have to really optimize." According to Reuters, the new GPU lead at Intel is former Qualcomm executive Eric Demmers, and the focus will be on data centers.

NVIDIA has said that it's now looking into problems with its GeForce GPUs caused by the most recent update for Windows 11.

Windows Latest reports that the January update for Windows 11 is visiting a bunch of glitches on gamers with NVIDIA graphics cards, which includes nasty instances of screen flickering, and being treated to black screen stalls before the desktop eventually appears on boot (or when games are loading).

There's also evidence of visual corruption in some games (Forza Horizon 5 being an example), and other reports point to stuttering in games, and frame rate drops to the tune of 10 to 20 FPS.

According to new information from the China-based Board Channels forums (via Videocardz), a regular source of gaming GPU news on supply and pricing, AMD is shifting its Radeon GPU focus toward 8GB graphics cards. For the company's new RDNA 4 generation, that's a single model, the mainstream Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB.

At the time of the Radeon RX 9060 XT's launch in 2025, the focus was on the 16GB model, with the 8GB cards primarily reserved for system integrators. This is why our review coverage only includes Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB models, which consistently outperformed NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5060 8GB GPU, especially for 1440p gaming.

This new report mirrors similar reporting on the GeForce RTX 50 Series, where unprecedented DRAM price increases are disrupting the PC gaming GPU market. Specifically, models with 16GB or more of VRAM.

Recent rumors indicate that Intel's next discrete GPU launch will be the workstation-focused Intel Arc Pro B70, which will reportedly ship with 32GB of VRAM sometime in Q1 2026. As a workstation card with a decent chunk of memory, the Intel Arc Pro B70 will undoubtedly be positioned as an affordable AI solution along the lines of the current Intel Arc Pro B60.

For those that need a refresher, the Arc Pro B60 shares the same GPU chip as the gaming-focused Intel Arc B580. Released at the tail end of 2024, the Intel Arc B580, with its second-generation Arc Battlemage architecture, 12GB of VRAM, a $250 price, and performance better than the GeForce RTX 4060, was something of a disruptor. Which is why many have been wanting to see an Intel Arc B770 follow-up, aka Big Battlemage.

The Intel Arc B770, built on the more powerful BMG-31 GPU with 32 Xe Cores and 16GB of VRAM, has been rumored to launch for a while, with the latest reports pointing to a potential Q1 2026 release. Well, it seems that's no longer happening: a new report indicates that the Intel Arc B770 PC gaming graphics card has been canceled due to the memory crisis and the AI boom.

The Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for January 2026 are in, and even though the memory crisis will most likely slow the adoption of GeForce RTX 50 and Radeon RX 9000 Series graphics cards as prices increase and stock becomes harder to find, NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 Series is shaping up to be one of the company's most popular to date.

Well, at least for now, as what we're seeing here could be a surge in GeForce RTX 50 Series cards based on the fact that during the final months of 2025, several models could be found close to or even slightly below MSRP. Case in point: the GeForce RTX 5070 is one of the best bang-for-your-buck 1440p PC gaming GPUs, and it's proving to be the most popular card in the GeForce RTX 50 Series lineup.

So much so that when looking at discrete GPUs for desktop and laptops, the GeForce RTX 5070 is currently the fifth most popular graphics card on Steam, sitting below the GeForce RTX 4060 (and its laptop variant), the GeForce RTX 3060, and the GeForce RTX 3050. And the GeForce RTX 5060 isn't far behind, as it's cracked the Top 10, sitting in the number nine spot for most popular GPU on Steam.

The memory crisis is causing havoc across the consumer hardware market, and for PC gaming graphics cards, that brief period when GPUs were sold at near-MSRP in late 2025 now feels like a distant memory. As we head into 2026, higher-end GeForce RTX 50 Series cards like the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 are seeing the most significant price increases.

Looking at the current U.S. retail market, most new GeForce RTX 5080 GPUs with 16GB of fast GDDR7 memory are priced 45% or more above the $999 MSRP. Things are worse for the flagship GeForce RTX 5090, with its 32GB of GDDR7 memory, which is now so scarce that models are priced at 75% or more above the $1999 MSRP.

Of course, as the AI boom has led us to this point, cards like the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090, even at inflated prices, are highly sought after by AI enthusiasts and AI companies alike. And in many regions, such as Europe, this leaves NVIDIA's Founders Edition models as the only way to get either of these GPUs at a reasonable price. The only problem? They're selling out in minutes.

NVIDIA ended official GeForce Game Ready Driver support for its Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architectures in October 2025, marking the end of an era (or two) for some of the most iconic PC gaming graphics cards of the 2010s. From the GeForce GTX 980 to the GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTX 1060, NVIDIA finally put these GPUs to rest after a decade of support, including game optimizations for new releases.

Announced several months before official support was set to end, NVIDIA did confirm that GPUs from these older architectures would "transition to receiving quarterly security updates for the next three years (through October 2028)."

And that's what we've got with the GeForce Security Update Driver 582.28, a new security update for Maxwell, Volta, and Pascal-series GeForce GPUs. Basically, you're looking at drivers that lack game-specific support but still receive the latest security updates. NVIDIA points to its NVIDIA GPU Display Drivers - January 2026 security bulletin for details on what has been addressed.

If the RTX 5070 isn't enough for you - and it isn't for many gamers, especially with that 12GB of VRAM - you're looking at a seriously pricey GPU above that tier.

NVIDIA's RTX 5070 Ti is getting seriously pricey, which would appear to back up the idea that this graphics card is now in scarce supply.

If you recall, there were even recent rumblings on the grapevine that the RTX 5070 Ti was effectively at the end of the line, with production having been halted - rumors NVIDIA quickly clarified weren't true.

The Intel Arc B580, with its second-generation Battlemage architecture and 12GB of VRAM, is an affordable mainstream GPU that can still be purchased for around $300 in the US. Although it's a notable increase over its original $249 MSRP, with performance that beats the GeForce RTX 4060 in most titles, it's a definite option given how the current memory crisis is affecting GeForce RTX and Radeon RX pricing.

And the Intel Arc B580 is set to get a feature next month that was previously exclusive to NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 Series in the desktop space. Speaking with Tom's Guide, Intel has confirmed that the Arc B580 is getting Xess 3 with Multi-Frame Generation support next month. Like with DLSS, Intel's frame generation is AI-powered, and Xess 3 with Multi-Frame Generation is already available and supported by Intel's new Panther Lake processors.

Like DLSS 4's Multi Frame Generation, the XeSS version leverages AI to create and insert up to three additional frames alongside the XeSS Super Resolution frame. In supported games, this can increase the overall performance (or smoothness) from 60 FPS to 200+ FPS.

NVIDIA's FrameView is a platform-agnostic application for monitoring and recording in-game performance, with metrics ranging from frame rates and frame times to system latency and even performance per watt. With support for GeForce RTX, Radeon RX, and Intel Arc graphics cards, it's a handy tool for monitoring, capturing, and analyzing PC gaming performance.

This week, NVIDIA released FrameView 1.7, a significant update to the app that adds several welcome features while fixing several bugs. One notable update is the addition of a Customizable Overlay, which lets you display all metrics for real-time monitoring or choose from various presets.

With control over font size and backgrounds to improve readability, the big thing here is having direct access to FrameView's extensive list of recorded statistics and data. NVIDIA also notes that the update improves High Frame Rate Support, with improved accuracy and calculation for game running at 800+ FPS.

The current memory crisis is driving up prices across a wide range of PC hardware, and with no signs of slowing, it could have a far-reaching impact on consumer-facing companies. ZOTAC GAMING is a brand well-known among PC gaming enthusiasts and is widely regarded as the manufacturer of some of the best GeForce RTX graphics cards.

As the prices of its various GPUs have increased, the company's Korean office has issued a statement to its online customers in the region, apologizing for canceling its cashback rewards program and raising prices one month after its first wave of GPU price increases. The post confirms that, in addition to memory supply constraints, the supply of GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics cards will be reduced in the coming months.

Translated by @harukaze5719 on social media, ZOTAC not only says that the "current situation is extremely serious," but things have gotten to the point where the "very survival of graphics card manufacturers and distributors" could be at stake.

Intel has released its latest graphics driver which provides support for XeSS 3 with Multi-Frame Generation, bringing its upscaling box of tricks up to speed with NVIDIA's equivalent tech in DLSS 4.

As VideoCardz spotted, this is the Arc Graphics driver version 32.0.101.8425/8362 which has just arrived. It also boasts support for the new Arc B390 and B370 integrated GPUs in Intel's Panther Lake mobile chips.

Multi-Frame Generation means that XeSS frame gen can now insert up to three additional artificial frames, meaning a 3:1 ratio of real and 'fake' frames to help speed up frame rates more dramatically. Of course, it's not quite as straightforward as that, but still, it's great to have MFG on board for Arc GPUs.

It's increasingly looking like Intel's long-rumored Intel Arc B770 16GB 'Big Battlemage' desktop GPU for PC gaming is set to arrive as a workstation and AI-focused product in Q1 2026 first. According to a new report from Videocardz, Intel plans to launch the Intel Arc Pro B70 and B65 workstation graphics cards in the coming months.

Both of these cards are powered by the BMG-G31 GPU, which was previously rumored to be tied to the Intel Arc B770, and both will reportedly ship with 32GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus for running local AI workloads. The Intel Arc Pro B70 includes the full BMG-G31 GPU chip with 32 Xe2 cores, while the Arc Pro B65 will be a cut-down model.

According to the report, Intel's partners apparently already have the BMG-G31 workstation GPUs for testing, with no sign of a gaming model. The current understanding is that the Intel Arc B770 16GB 'Big Battlemage' GPU for PC gaming is currently on hold due to the current memory crisis affecting consumer PC products.

AMD will keep its current RDNA 3.5 GPU architecture until at least 2029, with its next-gen RDNA 5 GPU cores reserved for high-end premium Halo-tier SoCs of the future like the Zen 6 + RDNA 5 combo Medusa Halo APU.

In a new post by leaker @Kepler_L2 on X, we're hearing that AMD is dividing its APU roadmap into two categories. The first will be products targeting lower end markets or markets that don't need good iGPU performance (i.e., office laptops, and also laptops using high-end dGPUs). These will continue to use RDNA 3.5 until 2029.

The second are "premium" integrated GPU products with RDNA 5, like AMD's next-gen Zen 6-based Medusa Halo APU that is expected to sport 48 CUs of RDNA 5-based GPU with RTX 5070 Ti levels of gaming performance inside of a power-sipping APU.

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.1.1 is here, and the latest Radeon graphics driver release is a fairly notable one to kick off the new year. It adds support for the company's new Ryzen AI 400 Series, announced at CES 2026, and introduces a new optional AI Bundle to deliver "next-level simplicity" for "local AI setup" with a one-click solution.

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition AI Bundle supports Radeon RX 7700-series desktop graphics cards or newer, as well as the company's Ryzen AI 300, AI 400, and AI MAX Series processors. In addition to the arrival of new AI software support, AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.1.1 also includes support for a pair of new games - Starsand Island and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - From the Ashes Edition.

Plus, there's a whole list of fixes for games like Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Enshrouded, Diablo 4, and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Here's a look at the Release Notes.

It just gets worse... NVIDIA has reportedly paused production on the RTX 5060, as it has reportedly "vastly overbooked AI sales" and has responded by pausing "almost all" GeForce RTX 50 series GPU production... until at least Q3 2026.

In a new video from Moore's Law is Dead, we're hearing some rather depressing -- but not that surprising -- news, that NVIDIA has just halted production of the RTX 5060, on top of the rest of the stack of its RTX 50 series chips. One of MLID's sources said that the RTX 5060 is "done for the next 6 months" and that because it has overbooked AI sales, it is pausing RTX 50 series GPU production until "at least" Q3 2026.

This source said that the RTX 5090, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, and RTX 5060 8GB will soon be "unobtanium" and that the RTX 5080, RTX 5070, and RTX 5060 Ti 8GB will trickle down into the market, with "incredibly low volume".

Intel's BMG-G31, which is the 'big gun' chip for Battlemage - often associated with rumors of an Arc B770 - is about to debut, we're told, but it'll be in a Pro graphics card, not a gaming model.

Well-known leaker Jaykihn let us know on X (as highlighted by VideoCardz) that Intel is going to launch a B70 Pro soon, and that this will be built on the G31 chip.

Jaykihn elaborated on this graphics card having 32GB of VRAM, and another leaker, Haze, chipped in to observe that we can expect a B65 Pro model to be launched as well.