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AMD has released its latest driver for Radeon RX gamers, and it's a big one for new releases, as it adds New Game Support for Forza Horizon 6 and 007 First Light. AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.5.2 is available now for all RDNA 2, RDNA 3, and RDNA 4 gamers, and is highly recommended for those planning on jumping into the latest Forza Horizon this weekend. However, with the Release Notes stating that Radeon RX 9000 Series gamers might experience intermittent crashes when playing Subnautica 2, if you're ditching the streets of Japan to head underwater this weekend, you might want to stick with AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.3.1.

Forza Horizon 6, which is set in Japan, is one of the first major PC games to launch with native FSR 4.1 support. The latest version of AMD's AI-powered Super Resolution technology improves image fidelity compared to the original FSR 4.0 release, giving Radeon RX 9000 Series gamers a 'free' performance boost. Although it's currently exclusive to RDNA 4 GPUs, AMD has finally confirmed that FSR 4.1 is coming to more Radeon GPUs in the coming months - with RDNA 3 gamers expected to get support in July.

In addition to new game support for these two titles, the latest Radeon driver also fixes a couple of crashing and corruption issues with Satisfactory and RoadCraft on Radeon RX 9000 Series cards. Here's a look at the full Release Notes, which also includes all outstanding Known Issues, including a bit more information on the Subnautica 2 problems.

In a surprise announcement, AMD Computing and Graphics SVP Jack Huynh said FSR 4.1 upscaling is coming to RDNA 3 and RDNA 2 GPUs. RDNA 3, which includes Radeon RX 7000-series graphics cards and integrated graphics on new handhelds like the MSI Claw A8, will receive support starting in July. RDNA 2 GPUs will follow at some point in 2027.

For context, when AMD announced FSR 4 early last year, it was tied exclusively to its newer Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs. Gamers have been vocal about bringing the technology to older hardware ever since, but it didn't seem likely to actually happen.

That was because FSR 4 launched exclusively on RDNA 4, due to hardware acceleration for the FP8 instruction set, which older AMD architectures lacked. After a year of behind-the-scenes work, AMD claims it has created an INT8 version of the technology without compromising quality or performance.

The global memory crisis is in full swing and showing no signs of letting up. DRAM prices are absolutely through the roof, and that is directly affecting consumer products such as RAM and graphics cards. Now, it looks like NVIDIA is planning to raise the price of the flagship RTX 5090 due to rising GDDR7 memory costs.

According to Chinese Board Channels, NVIDIA is reportedly preparing to increase prices for its GeForce RTX 5090 and China-exclusive RTX 5090D V2 GPUs. NVIDIA has informed its add-in board partners (AIBs) of a price increase for these two GPUs, citing rising GDDR7 VRAM costs. Per the report, NVIDIA has not specified a new retail price for these graphics cards, but this change will result in a $300 (nearly 2000 RMB) price increase for the AIBs.

NVIDIA provides a GPU kit to its board partners that includes the GPU die (GB202 in this case) and GDDR7 memory. The add-in board partners then build the rest of the board around this configuration, therefore avoiding supply chain delays. However, it now seems NVIDIA is planning to pass on its increased costs to board partners, which in turn will be passed on to consumers.

ASUS's ProArt series covers everything from motherboards and cases to displays, laptop systems, storage, and more. Designed and built to accelerate performance for creatives, artists, students, and professionals, another key element of ASUS's ProArt lineup is a uniform design language that's sleek, minimal, and stylish, with a greater focus on ergonomics and portability than on going all out.

Which brings us to the new ProArt GeForce RTX 5090 OC Edition, which is the company's most compact flagship GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics card to date. The 2.5-slot thickness and dual-fan pull-through cooling system are based on NVIDIA's impressive Founders Edition design, making this a rare compact SFF-Ready GeForce RTX 5090. And the stylish physical design, which includes a wood-patterned laminate trim, also houses impressive cooling.

Under the hood, you've got premium vapor-chamber cooling for the GPU, alongside liquid-metal cooling for the higher Boost Clock speed of 2512 MHz. This is paired with two large 115mm Axial-tech fans and a double-vented backplate that ASUS says is why the card can be up to 27% smaller than a graphics card with a single flow-through vent.

007 First Light is out on May 27, and it's a cinematic third-person action-stealth-adventure game from the studio behind the Hitman series, IO Interactive. Unlike previous notable 007 or James Bond games, this one isn't based on an existing film or portrayal of the iconic character; instead, it's a "reimagined origin story" where players step into the digital shoes of a young, up-and-coming Bond, James Bond.

With the PC version offering the best visuals and performance, with native support for DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution and DLSS Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, and a Path Tracing mode coming in Summer 2026 with DLSS Ray Reconstruction support, NVIDIA's latest GeForce bundle is giving away copies of the game.

The new 007 First Light GeForce RTX 50 Series bundle is offering a Steam copy of the game with eligible purchases of GeForce RTX 50 Series desktops or graphics cards, as well as laptops with select GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics. On the desktop side, the bundle covers everything from the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti to the flagship GeForce RTX 5090, while the laptop side covers everything from the GeForce RTX 5060 through to the RTX 5080 and the flagship RTX 5090.

GeForce Game Ready Driver 596.49 is here, and it's Game Ready for what is easily the biggest game release of the month, Forza Horizon 6. Despite leaks, the game's official launch is May 19, and on PC, the game is set to debut with stunning ray-traced visuals and support for NVIDIA's new DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution and Dynamic Frame Generation.

Running in 4K with Max Settings and ray-tracing, the full DLSS 4.5 suite of technologies delivers 200+ FPS performance at the demanding resolution on the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5080, and the flagship RTX 5090. With the latter pushing 300+ FPS. Dropping the resolution to 1440p and NVIDIA's internal DLSS 4.5 benchmarks show that the figure climbs to 260+ FPS for the top-tier GeForce RTX 50 Series cards.

Set in a visually impressive open-world Japan, Forza Horizon 6 is the highly anticipated follow-up to the Mexico-set Forza Horizon 5, and it's undoubtedly the biggest racing game release in years. In addition to Game Ready support for the latest Forza, the GeForce Game Ready Driver 596.49 also adds support for Directive 8020 and Subnautica 2.

If your graphics card was somehow struck by lightning, would you expect it to survive? Probably not, but this happened to an NVIDIA RTX 3070 (in an indirect way), and the GPU was somehow repaired to a usable state.

VideoCardz noticed this tale from repair expert Brother Zhang, who has performed miraculous repairs on graphics cards in the past.

At the start of the above YouTube video, you can see the PC in which the RTX 3070 was installed, in its post-lightning strike state, with the inside of the computer essentially a melted mess (including the figurine decorations therein).

According to a new leak and report over at VideoCardz, citing leaked documents and information from AMD, the company is planning to launch a new entry-level RDNA 4 graphics card, the Radeon RX 9050. According to the information, this would use the full Navi 44 GPU in the Radeon RX 9060 XT, with the main differences being VRAM capacity and lower clock speeds.

The specs for the Radeon RX 9050, which are still to be confirmed, list the GPU as featuring 8GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus at 18.0 Gbps. This would deliver memory bandwidth of 288 GB/s, matching the baseline Radeon RX 9060, while coming in lower than the Radeon RX 9060 XT's 320 GB/s.

As for the clock speeds, the 2,048 Stream Processors, which match the Radeon RX 9060 XT, feature a Game Clock of 1,920 MHz and a Boost Clock of 2,600 MHz. This is notably lower than the 3,130 MHz reference Boost Clock speed of the Radeon RX 9060 XT, by 530 MHz, or around 17%. The difference is larger when looking at the Game Clock speeds, suggesting that the Radeon RX 9050 would ship with a lower power draw than the 9060 XT 8GB's TDP rating of 150W.

According to a new report from retailers and insiders (via VideoCardz), PC gamers in China can now pick up an RDNA 4 gaming GPU like the Radeon RX 9060 XT or the Radeon RX 9070 XT for below MSRP, or at the suggested launch price in the region. This is in stark contrast to other global markets, like in the US, where MSRP pricing for current-gen Radeon RX 9000 and GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics cards is a distant memory.

Per US retailer Newegg, the current lowest-priced and discounted new Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU is ASRock's Challenger model, which is selling for $709.99, which is still notably higher than the $599 MSRP for the card. Right now in China, you can grab several Radeon RX 9070 XT models, including premium overclocked variants like ASRock's Taichi edition for around 4999 RMB, which is the flagship RDNA 4 GPU's original MSRP.

If you're wondering if this is a precursor to global prices for PC gaming GPUs dropping in the weeks or months ahead, this situation looks to be regional, or, best-case, a "wait and see." According to the report, the main reason for the price drop is weak demand for Radeon GPUs and a DIY PC market currently under inventory pressure.

Today, AMD unveiled its new Instinct MI350P GPU accelerator, targeted at AI workloads. The company is marketing the MI350P as a cost-effective, drop-in upgrade for companies that want to expand their AI infrastructure. The MI350P is a dual-slot PCIe GPU accelerator that can be easily installed in existing air-cooled servers without extensive reconfiguration.

The key marketing point is definitely its PCIe form factor and relatively affordable price. AMD, in its press release, is directly targeting enterprises that want to adopt AI without having to invest heavily in new infrastructure. The company is offering air-cooled systems with up to eight Instinct MI350P accelerator cards, designed for small and medium-sized AI deployments.

Under the hood, the Instinct MI350P has 128 compute units, equaling 8,192 stream processors, along with 512 Matrix cores. The GPU uses the CDNA 4 architecture built on TSMC's 3nm production process. The core is in a 4-XCD configuration, boosting to 2200 MHz. The single I/O die is based on TSMC's 6nm FinFET process, and the GPU also houses 128MB of LLC in the form of Infinity Cache.

Nearly four years after PCI-SIG announced PCIe 7.0, the consortium has now revealed it is moving towards its successor. PCI-SIG members have gained access to version 0.5 of the PCIe 8.0 standard, described as the first official draft. The release incorporates feedback from the earlier 0.3 draft published in September 2025, while the final PCIe 8.0 specification remains on track for release in 2028.

PCIe 8.0 represents a major leap over existing standards, offering eight times the transfer rate of PCIe 5.0, which remains the fastest PCIe standard available on consumer desktop platforms today. On paper, the new standard delivers a 256 GT/s data rate and 1 TB/s of raw bi-directional bandwidth via a 16-lane configuration. As with every new PCIe generation, PCI-SIG aims to double bandwidth every three years. Here is the breakdown across different lane configurations:

At x1, PCIe 8.0 effectively matches the bandwidth of PCIe 4.0 running at x16 or PCIe 5.0 at x8. At x2, it reaches the full PCIe 5.0 bandwidth, while x4 mode matches PCIe 6.0 capabilities. Hence, technically, PCIe Gen8 NVMe SSDs will be rated for sequential speeds of up to 120,000 MB/s.

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.5.1 is here for all Radeon gamers, and it's a big one for new game support, adding optimizations for five new PC games. This includes support for Capcom's recent sci-fi action-adventure hit Pragmata, which is shaping up to be another Resident Evil Requiem-like success for the company, critically and commercially.

The latest Radeon driver also adds support for the fantasy-based action-RPG Honor of Kings: World, the immersive FPS and highly anticipated sequel Industria 2, the critically acclaimed and vibrant Tides of Tomorrow, and the monster-taming action RPG Mongil: Star Dive. If you're playing or thinking about picking up any of these titles, be sure to grab the latest Radeon driver.

Outside of New Game Support, AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 26.5.1 also fixes a few key issues for Radeon RX 9000 Series gamers playing Resident Evil Requiem or God of War. The latest driver fixes stuttering issues in the former and visual corruption in the latter. Here's a look at the full Release Notes.

Ten years ago to the day, NVIDIA formally announced the GeForce GTX 10 Series, led by the iconic flagship GeForce GTX 1080. Interestingly, the launch of the GeForce GTX 1080 and the mid-range GeForce GTX 1070 marked the first NVIDIA GPUs to feature custom, premium Founders Edition models. The first FE cards debuted in 2016, with aluminum bodies and vapor-chamber cooling to support the new Pascal architecture built on the cutting-edge, for the time, TSMC 16nm process.

The Pascal and GeForce GTX 10 Series generations are widely considered among the most impressive in GeForce history, with pretty much every model in the lineup delivering a massive generational leap. Not only in performance, but with the adoption of next-gen GDDR5X memory for increased bandwidth, DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, GPU Boost 3.0, efficiency improvements, and several architectural changes to improve GPU stability, overclocking, and rendering technologies.

The flagship GeForce GTX 1080, which would be superseded by the legendary GeForce GTX 1080 Ti in 2017, arrived on May 27, 2016, with 9 TFLOPS of pure performance and 8GB of fast GDDR5X memory to kick-start the modern era of high-resolution, high frame-rate, PC gaming. Standout titles that showcased what the Pascal era brought to the table include id Software's DOOM reboot, commonly referred to as DOOM (2016), and CD Projekt Red's breakout RPG hit, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

AMD has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2026, and, naturally, Data Center revenue of $5.8 billion accounts for the bulk of the $10.3 billion in total revenue, driven by AMD EPYC processors and AMD Instinct GPU shipments. That said, Client and Gaming segment revenue was right up there with its $3.6 billion, representing a 23% year-over-year increase.

Breaking this down, AMD's Ryzen CPUs generated $2.9 billion in revenue for the Client segment, a solid 26% year-over-year increase, with the Gaming segment's 11% growth to $720 million "driven by solid demand for AMD Radeon GPUs." In fact, it sounds like Radeon GPUs carried the segment, as AMD notes lower semi-custom revenue for the quarter compared to last year, which covers consoles like the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

With Radeon driving Gaming growth for AMD, this is attributed to the well-received Radeon RX 9000 Series of desktop GPUs for PC gaming and local AI, as well as the company's commitment to expanding its neural rendering suite with the arrival of FSR 4.1 upscaling and Ray Regeneration 1.1 for enhancing ray-traced lighting detail.

Intel's long-awaited 'Big Battlemage' GPU finally got released this year, albeit in workstation form, with the new Intel Arc Pro B70 32GB graphics card. It's powered by the BMG-G31 silicon that was on track to power a potential Intel Arc B770 desktop PC gaming graphics card, which is no longer coming. As for what the gaming performance of this GPU might have looked like, we now have a more detailed look thanks to a new deep dive from Expreview.

The outlet tested the Intel Arc Pro B70's gaming performance at 1440p, with and without ray tracing, comparing it to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and Intel Arc B580 12GB cards, testing five games in each category. Looking at the overall results, the Intel Arc Pro B70's gaming performance falls short of beating the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB in both categories, with NVIDIA's GPU being around 5% faster on average when it comes to non-ray tracing or rasterized performance, and around 2% faster when it comes to ray-tracing performance.

That said, the two cards do trade blows, with the Intel Arc Pro B70 delivering faster performance in Cyberpunk 2077 in both scenarios, and faster ray-tracing performance on the Intel card in F1 25 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. Here's a closer look at the results.

The latest Steam Hardware and Software Survey results for April 2026 are in, and we've already gone through the changes in what graphics card models PC gamers are currently using. In addition to this. We've also noticed an interesting change in GPU VRAM capacity, with roughly half of PC gamers now playing on cards that feature more than 8GB of memory.

Now, before the whole memory crisis, which has led to GPU price increases and even some scarcity of cards with more than 8GB of memory, the debate over VRAM capacity has garnered significant attention. The reason is simple: as image fidelity in PC games has steadily increased, the memory requirements for playing with high-quality textures and cutting-edge effects like ray tracing have risen.

This is something that we mentioned in our reviews of the GeForce RTX 5060 8GB and GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB GPUs, where it became clear that performance at higher resolutions and higher in-game graphics settings was becoming bottlenecked by VRAM capacity. According to the latest Steam data from Valve, 49.95% of PC gamers on the platform now use GPUs with more than 8GB of VRAM.

We recently covered a rumor that NVIDIA might be bringing back the RTX 3060 12GB, and it looks like more changes are afoot in the graphics card business. The ongoing memory shortages have impacted every aspect of the PC hardware industry, and the GPU business is no exception. Now, it looks like ASUS is pivoting away from its RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards toward its bigger brother, the RTX 5080.

According to industry sources quoted by Channel Gate, ASUS is planning to reallocate its GPU supply, prioritizing the RTX 5080 over the RTX 5070 Ti, thereby limiting the supply of the latter. The move is apparently a consequence of the current market conditions, with the global DRAM shortage in full swing. While NVIDIA remains firm that the supply of all RTX 50-series GPUs is stable, it seems ASUS has its own plans.

The current timeline for implementing this strategy is Q2 2026, but that is, of course, subject to change. The report claims that ASUS will focus on selling only a few mainstream RTX 5070 Ti models, but that the focus will eventually shift to the RTX 5080. The mainstream models in question might refer to low-end or mid-range variants such as the Dual and PRIME, while the high-end ROG Strix models are likely to be limited in production.

The Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for April 2026 are in, and based on recent news, it looks like the GeForce RTX 3060 might remain one of, if not the most popular PC gaming GPUs, for the foreseeable future. According to the latest rumor, the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB graphics card is set to make a return this summer with 'new' retail models from ASUS, MSI, COLORFUL, and others.

Naturally, this is the direct result of the current data center boom taking up GPU and GDDR7 memory capacity, and with the GeForce RTX 3060 sharing a similar market share with the GeForce RTX 4060, the number two GPU in Valve's latest Steam Hardware Survey, this comeback could cement the RTX 3060's dominance in the PC gaming space for a while.

That said, NVIDIA's latest GeForce RTX 50 Series continues to grow in popularity, with both the GeForce RTX 5070 and the GeForce RTX 5060 accounted for in the Top 10. Elsewhere, AMD's latest Radeon RX 9000 Series is no longer 'missing in action,' so to speak, with the Radeon RX 9070 making the list.

We recently covered rumors that the RTX 3060 12GB was set to return to market shelves in June. Now, we have a bit more evidence to back up that rumor: Chinese Board Channels have confirmed that the 5-year-old NVIDIA GPU is indeed returning this summer. The timeline differs from what was previously leaked, but it seems the Ampere GPU will be on store shelves by July at the latest.

Per a new post from Chinese Board Channels, the RTX 3060 12GB supply will resume in June. This means that NVIDIA will start supplying the 3060 GPU to board partners in June, allowing them to enter mass production. The add-in board partners are then expected to deliver the finished RTX 3060 12GB cards around July.

Among the partners expected to receive allocations for this re-launch are ASUS, MSI, Colorful, and GALAX (recently incorporated into Palit). All these board partners already have existing designs for the RTX 3060, so it may be easier for them to just re-launch those designs instead of making new ones from the ground up. After all, cost-cutting seems to be the entire point of this re-launch.

Microsoft has released a preview of Shader Model 6.10 in the new AgilitySDK 1.720-preview build. The update brings several changes, including tweaks to shared shader memory management and ray tracing, but the headline addition is a new Matrix feature.

According to the developer blog, Shader Model 6.10 introduces a streamlined matrix algebra API through the linalg::Matrix class, exposing a full set of matrix operations across GPUs from AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA. Modern GPUs already include dedicated hardware for AI workloads, such as NVIDIA's Tensor cores, Intel's XMX units, and similar accelerators on AMD hardware. However, DirectX support for these capabilities has been limited until now.

With this update, developers can access those matrix units through a unified API, rather than relying on vendor-specific implementations. This allows neural rendering operations to be executed across multiple GPUs with a single programming effort, rather than as a proprietary feature that developers must implement separately for each graphics card family. Microsoft is essentially trying to make matrix math a standard part of the DirectX API, making neural rendering a core DirectX feature rather than something bolted on by individual GPU makers.