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An overclocker has shunt-modded his GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card to unlock a much higher 1200W power limit, hitting the top 20 in 3DMark benchmarks, all with just air-cooling keeping the GPU cool.

Reddit user "u/thatavidreaderture" used his GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5090 AORUS MASTER ICE graphics card and its stock heatsink, as he thinks that it's more than enough to keep the thermal requirements of the GPU nice and cool -- most, if not all AIB coolers have more than enough thermal headroom.

He replaced the 2MOhm resistors with 1MOhm, which unlocked twice the power limit of the RTX 5090, which by default uses close to 600W at load, but shunt-modded, the GPU was reaching a much higher 1200W power limit. He also repasted the GPU and used the popular PTM 7950 and Upsiren UX Ultra thermal putty.

MSI's new GeForce RTX 5080 16G EXPERT graphics card is available now. As the successor to the impressive MSI GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER EXPERT from last year, it presents a unique take on the custom high-end GeForce RTX 50 Series GPU thanks to its FLOW FROZR 2 cooling system that incorporates a push-pull airflow configuration with one large fan on either side of the GPU.

If the design looks a little familiar, that's because it borrows the setup seen with NVIDIA's Founders Edition designs that it introduced with the GeForce RTX 30 and RTX 40 Series. As far as we know, MSI is the only major GeForce RTX partner to offer a model with this unique cooling solution, which makes the GeForce RTX 5080 16G EXPERT a notable release and one that stands out.

We've been eager to get our hands on it after getting to see it up close at Computex 2025, and with our full review coming soon, we thought we'd showcase the design while comparing it to MSI's EXPERT GPU we reviewed in 2024.

ASUS's ProArt line-up is all about offering high-performance in a sleek and stylish form for creators, professionals, and enthusiasts. This week, the company has unveiled new ProArt GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics cards sporting a compact, elegant design that incorporates wood panelling for looks and a USB Type-C display port for versatility and compatibility with a wide range of displays.

It's been a while since we've seen a GeForce RTX GPU that offers DisplayPort output over a USB Type-C connection, so right off the bat, this makes ASUS's new ProArt GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics cards a fantastic choice for those looking for this specific feature. Of course, this is in addition to getting access to NVIDIA's latest RTX Blackwell architecture for cutting-edge gaming performance and up to 1858 AI TOPS of power for intensive AI workloads.

The flagship ASUS ProArt GeForce RTX 5080 includes 16GB of fast GDDR7 memory for gaming in 4K with DLSS 4 enabled, and running more complex memory-intensive AI models. It also ships in a compact 2.5-slot design and form factor, which ASUS says makes it small enough to fit in compact PC cases. And the thinner design also means access to PCIe x16 expansion slots, which is essential for creators.

Bolt Graphics might not be a brand you've heard of, but it is coming to the GPU market with some surprising features that aren't on its competitors' hardware just yet, like expandable RAM and insane amounts of AI performance.

Bolt Graphics is currently cooking up their Zeus GPU for a 2027 release, with some interesting specifications shared by the company on X recently. Zeus will feature expandable memory with 32GB / 64GB / 128GB soldered + 2x/4x SO-DIMM slots for up to 384GB of memory.

The company claims "massive improvements" to path tracing performance, an ultra-fast 400GbE QSFP-DD port, with built-in high-performance RISC-V CPU cores that are capable of running Linux. All of this is also using the "good old" 8-pin PCIe power connector, which the company quips "is known to not melt". Bolt Graphics says that its Zeus GPU will be in developer kit form in 2026, with mass production planned for 2027.

With driver support and the official product page now live, AMD's new entry-level RDNA 4 GPU, the Radeon RX 9060, has launched. Although we don't have pricing and availability, it is expected that this new GPU will mostly be limited to budget prebuilt systems.

The Radeon RX 9060 non-XT features 28 Compute Units, down from 32 in the Radeon RX 9060 XT, with 8GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus with a memory bandwidth speed of up to 288 GB/sec. It's also the most efficient GPU in the company's RDNA 4 line-up with a power rating of 132W, a similar power draw to NVIDIA's entry-level GeForce RTX 5050.

However, as highlighted by the product page for the custom 2.5-slot ASUS Dual Radeon RX 9060 model, it seems that the Radeon RX 9060's OC capabilities are essentially non-existent. All that's on offer is a paltry 10 MHz (first spotted by VideoCardz), which won't make any noticeable difference to gaming performance.

AMD has released its latest financial report for the second quarter of 2025, with the company recording a record $7.7 billion in revenue. However, due to "inventory and related charges associated with US export control restrictions" for its Instinct data center AI GPUs, the company's operating income was in the red to the tune of $134 million.

However, it's all good news when looking at AMD's Client and Gaming Segment, which covers the company's lineup of Ryzen and Radeon products for consumers. With record CPU sales, "strong demand" for the company's new RDNA 4-powered Radeon RX 9000 Series GPUs, and increased demand for "console gaming products," revenue was up 69% year-over-year.

It's no secret that AMD's Ryzen range of processors is quickly becoming a go-to processor for all users, surpassing Intel in several markets. However, Q2 2025's Gaming revenue, which covers Radeon products as well as PlayStation and Xbox consoles, grew by a whopping 73% year-over-year.

AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 25.8.1 is here, and the latest driver and software for Radeon GPUs is a massive one. It not only adds support for new games like Mafia: The Old Country and WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers, but it also adds optimizations and support for this weekend's big Battlefield 6 Open Beta.

The latest driver also adds support for the entry-level Radeon RX 9060 non-XT GPU, which has quietly launched this week as a budget 1080p gaming card for new builds. AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 25.8.1 is also a must for all RDNA 4 owners as it officially brings FSR 4 support to new releases like Mafia: The Old Country and WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers, while finally bringing the AI-powered upscaling solution to CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077.

There are also a few fixes in this driver release, addressing issues such as 4K video stuttering in Chrome and random crashes in titles like Battlefield 2042 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard. The driver is available to download right now. Here are the full release notes.

At the Washington AI Summit, President Donald Trump commented on NVIDIA, saying that he wanted to break up the company when he heard about its market dominance.

The remarks from Trump were made in a joking manner at the AI Summit, with the President saying that he had never heard of NVIDIA before and then learned about the company and its leader, founder, and CEO, Jensen Huang. Trump stated that he was informed it would be difficult to "break up" NVIDIA. He also noted that if Huang were to run the company "incompetently," it would take 10 years for any competition to catch up to NVIDIA's current position. Whether that be true or not, those were the comments from the US government.

What is true is NVIDIA's absolute dominance in both the AI GPU market and the consumer GPU market, with the green team being the leader in both of those spaces by a far and away margin. While Trump was joking about breaking up NVIDIA, presumably under antitrust laws or the monopolization of a market that's anti-competitive, it's not totally impossible for that to happen. As Trump even says, NVIDIA holds 100%, which is a red flag for regulators.

AMD launched the mainstream Radeon RX 9060 XT on June 4, in 8GB and 16GB variants. Our review of the 16GB model praised its 1080p and 1440p gaming performance alongside RDNA 4's new FSR 4 technology and improved ray-tracing performance. Although overall performance is only slightly ahead of the GeForce RTX 5060, the Radeon RX 9060 XT is easily AMD's best mainstream Radeon GPU in years.

According to a new report over at Tom's Hardware, citing early access to a press release, AMD is planning to launch a cut-down Radeon RX 9060 non-XT GPU for entry-level 1080p gaming. The baseline Radeon RX 9060 won't be available as an off-the-shelf part; instead, it will be limited to "select system integrators" to be used in budget prebuilt gaming PCs.

Spec-wise, it's said that it will feature 28 Compute Units or CUs, compared to the Radeon RX 9060 XT's 32 CUs, which results in 22.43 TFLOPS of shader performance. This is roughly 12.5% less than the 9060 XT; however, this sort of figure isn't a direct translation to game performance.

AMD's next-generation RDNA 5 GPU architecture will reportedly have around 10% in IPC performance uplifts over RDNA 4, according to the latest leaks.

We've been hearing about AMD's next-gen RDNA 5-based flagship GPU which should end up being called the Radeon RX 10900 XT, which will reportedly have its RDNA 5 GPU fabbed on TSMC's 3nm process node, feature up to 32GB of GDDR7 and could even be a next-gen RTX 6090 killer.

In his latest video, leaker Moore's Law is Dead says we can expect around 5-10% more IPC uplift from RDNA 5 over RDNA 4 in rasterization, while ray tracing performance should be a little higher.

We got our first look at MSI's GeForce RTX 5080 16G EXPERT OC graphics card at Computex 2025, with the successor to the MSI GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER EXPERT from 2024 set to release sometime soon. What separates MSI's EXPERT design from other cards in its extensive GeForce RTX 50 Series lineup is that it employs a 'Push Pull Airflow' design similar to NVIDIA's Founders Edition models.

This means you've got a fan on either side of the GPU working together to cool the hardware, with one acting as intake and the other as exhaust. With new images and specs for the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G EXPERT OC appearing online over the weekend, via @wxnod on X, we've got more details on what to expect from MSI's new premium GeForce RTX 5080 - alongside the expected MSRP.

MSI's second-generation EXPERT design includes the company's FLOW FROZR 2 cooling system that consists of the 'Push Pull Airflow' design, STORMFORCE fans, aluminum die-casting, and a built-in advanced vapor chamber for the GPU and memory. It's also set to ship with a generous overclocked Boost Clock speed of up to 2730 MHz while maintaining the GeForce RTX 5080's TGP rating of 360W.

Intel's XeSS 2.1 joins AMD's FSR 3.1 as a platform-agnostic solution for Super Resolution and Frame Generation, available to all GeForce RTX and Radeon RX gamers as long as they've got at least a GeForce GTX 10 Series or Radeon RX 5000 Series card.

Intel's XeSS 2, which is the company's answer to NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR, has just been updated with the XeSS 2.1 SDK for game developers, adding support for both NVIDIA GeForce RTX and AMD Radeon RX graphics cards. Intel's XeSS 2.1 includes the AI-powered XeSS Super Resolution, XeSS Frame Generation, and Xe Low Latency technologies to enhance in-game performance and responsiveness.

Like the original XeSS, which included support for non-Intel Arc graphics cards, it's expected that image quality for upscaling and frame generation on NVIDIA and AMD GPUs will not be as good as what you'd get on a dedicated Intel GPU like the Intel Arc B580. This comes down to XeSS technologies being optimized and developed primarily for Intel architecture and AI hardware.

The Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for July 2025 are in, and when it comes to the GPUs, the story remains mostly the same: NVIDIA's GeForce graphics cards continue to dominate the desktop market. With this year seeing the arrival of the new GeForce RTX 50 Series from NVIDIA and the Radeon RX 9000 Series from AMD, the RTX 50 Series is quickly gaining momentum, while GPUs like the Radeon RX 9070 XT are still nowhere to be seen.

Looking at the new GeForce RTX 50 Series, the most popular model among PC gamers so far is the GeForce RTX 5070, followed by the GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 Ti. When you take away integrated graphics, the RTX 5070 has cracked the Top 20 most-used graphics cards among PC gamers. The GeForce RTX 5070 launched on March 4, 2025, so it's only taken the mid-range RTX Blackwell offering five months to achieve this milestone.

The top GPUs are still comprised of NVIDIA's various x60-class cards, with the GeForce RTX 3060 still holding the top spot, followed by the GeForce RTX 4060 and the RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 3060 Ti variants. NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti are slowly climbing up the rankings, but adoption looks to be slower than the GeForce RTX 5070.

GeForce Game Ready Driver 580.88 - WHQL is here, and in addition to adding day one support for Mafia: The Old Country, which is out on August 8, it fixes several bugs alongside adding 62 new G-SYNC Compatible gaming displays. Mafia: The Old Country, from Hangar 13 and 2K, is the latest entry in the long-running crime-saga series, with the action taking place in 1900s Sicily.

The Unreal-powered title will require a decently specced rig to run, with the minimum GPU for 1080p with upscaling listed as the GeForce RTX 2070. And that's the minimum, with the developers recommending PC players jump in with a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti or equivalent graphics card. On the plus side, GeForce gamers have access to DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, DLSS Frame Generation, DLSS Super Resolution, and NVIDIA Reflex to boost performance, fidelity, and responsiveness.

The latest driver also adds support for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's DLSS 4 update, which brings the technology to one of the most talked about and celebrated games of the year. Outside of game support, GeForce Game Ready Driver 580.88 also adds a whopping 62 new G-SYNC Compatible displays, which is a seal of approval that you're going to get a fantastic baseline Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) experience.

NVIDIA has announced that it's ending GeForce Game Ready Driver support for its Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architectures after a final driver release in October 2025. This includes popular GeForce GTX 10 Series graphics cards like the GTX 1060, 1070, and 1080. According to the latest Steam Hardware Survey results, around 6.5% of all PC gamers are still rocking a Pascal-powered GeForce GTX 10 Series GPU.

There are more GeForce GTX 10 Series GPUs than there are Radeon RX 7000 or RX 9000 Series cards. Although Game Ready Driver support is ending for these older NVIDIA GeForce architectures, which covers day one support and optimization for new games and fixes, NVIDIA will still be releasing security updates for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs for the next three years.

"GeForce GPUs based on Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architectures will transition to receiving quarterly security updates for the next three years (through October 2028)," NVIDIA writes. "Our support lifetime for these GPUs reaches up to 11 years, well beyond industry norms."

Australian YouTube creator TrashBench wanted to create a video showcasing that the eight-year-old GeForce GTX 1080 Ti still had some life left in it. The goal was to overclock the 1080 Ti (with a complete liquid cooling mod) to the point where it would outperform the current entry-level GeForce RTX 5050 GPU, which is built on the four-generation newer RTX Blackwell architecture.

Using the 3DMark Time Spy benchmark, tests were also conducted with Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Red Dead Redemption 2, Cyberpunk 2077, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider running in 1440p. The initial results indicate that the GeForce RTX 1080 Ti lags behind the RTX 5050 by approximately 5-15% in gaming performance. And this is without DLSS and RTX technologies like Frame Generation, which would further increase the 5050's lead.

It turns out that, after trying a few different GeForce RTX 1080 Ti GPUs, he was unable to see a significant performance difference, with only Shadow of the Tomb Raider running notably 6% faster. The initial plan didn't include overclocking the GeForce RTX 5050; however, once he applied an extreme OC, boosting the clock speed to 3.3 GHz, the RTX 5050 saw a massive 17% increase in performance.

With the popularity of white-colored components, cases, and cooling, it only makes sense to pair an all-white build with an all-white GPU. And with that, Palit is introducing new GeForce RTX 5060, RTX 5060 Ti, and RTX 5070 WHITE Series graphics cards, with all models listed as OC variants shipping with GPU Boost Clock speeds that are overclocked out of the box.

The line-up includes both GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB and 16GB models, with Palit noting that the 8GB variant is "well-suited for iCafes" and competitive title performance where the VRAM limitation won't be a bottleneck. All models feature compact dual-fan designs, except for the Palit GeForce RTX 5070 WHITE OC, which has three fans with the same two-slot thickness.

The Palit GeForce RTX 5070 WHITE OC is the flagship model of the line-up and is positioned as a 1440p 120FPS GPU for AAA ray-traced gaming thanks to DLSS 4 and the arrival of Multi Frame Generation. The mainstream GeForce RTX 5060 WHITE OC 8GB model is described as an entry-level 1080p gaming GPU and an "ideal entry" point for next-gen PC gaming.

ASUS has been celebrating 30 years in the graphics card business, and will be unveiling a new ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card at Gamescom 2025 on August 19.

The company has been teasing new product launches and a bunch of giveaways ahead of the event, with ASUS preparing to unveil a new graphics card teased as a "30th Anniversary Edition" release. The folks at VideoCardz looked into the page's source code on the ASUS website and found some placeholder data, commented out, with references to the ROG Astral RTX 5080 Hatsune Miku, but that card was unveiled just over a week ago now.

We were expecting to see a new RTX 5090 design from ASUS, but it looks like the company will be unveiling a new RTX 5080 design as the AI TOPS performance numbers match the 5080, and that the Hatsune Miku variant is probably just a temporary placeholder.

Inno3D has launched its new GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 iCHILL Frostbite Pro graphics cards, featuring a sleek single-slot design and pre-installed water block. Check them out below:

Inno3D partnered with Alphacool, which developed the single-slot water block for the new cards, with the big difference here being that the new RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 iCHILL Frostbite Pro graphics cards sport a single-slot display bracket, making this an actual, true single-slot graphics card solution.

Inno3D explains: "Today we're launching the INNO3D GeForce RTX 5090 & 5080 iCHILL Frostbite Pro! Both GPUs are equipped with full water block coverage, with reinforced carbon fiber backplate to ensure maximum thermal efficiency with minimal footprint in the latest NVIDIA Blackwell architecture. Making them perfect for compact, high-performance setups".

AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su attended the recent 'Winning the AI Race' summit, where she talked about how artificial intelligence and AI will be leveraged to design the company's next-generation graphics cards. With AMD moving to a unified architecture for both data center and consumer products, this presumably includes Radeon GPU hardware for the PC and console market.

However, it's worth noting that Lisa Su's remarks refer to GPU hardware and architecture designed with the help of AI, not GPUs designed solely by AI. This means that human engineers at AMD are still in charge. "We think about how AI will design future chips, and it will design pieces of it," Lisa Su said. "But there's still a creativity of bringing it all together that I think humans are still absolutely at the centre of."

"I don't necessarily see the AI designing our next-generation GPU," Lisa Su adds. "But I do see it helping us design the next-generation GPU much faster and more reliably." This isn't a new development, as NVIDIA has already stated that it uses AI to help speed up chip design, which appears to be what AMD is aiming for.