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US-based startup Bolt Graphics has just announced Zeus, a completely new GPU design for high-performance workloads including rendering, AI, HPC, and gaming.

The new Zeus GPU is orders of magnitude faster than any other GPU in key workloads, with 10x rendering performance, 6x in FP64 HPC workload performance, and an insane 300x in electromagnetic wave simulations.

In terms of specs, Bolt is bringing expandable memory to GPUs, where for the first time, users can increase their VRAM to 384GB per PCIe slot, with up to 2.25TB of VRAM (!!!) per 2U server. A rack of Zeus 2U servers can be configured with up to 180TB (!!!) of memory, 8x larger than legacy GPUs points out Bolt.

NVIDIA is preparing a new Blackwell-based workstation GPU called the RTX PRO 6000 X which features an insane, drool-worthy 96GB of GDDR7 memory and a 600W TBP.

In a new post on X by leaker @harukaze5719 who spotted an NBD shipping manifest listing of "RTX PRO 6000 X Blackwell" which were being sent to India for "testing purposes". Hopefully, that testing includes looking for missing ROPs, but anyway the RTX 6000 PRO X features the GB202-870 "Blackwell" GPU with 96GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit memory bus.

NVIDIA ships its new gaming-focused GeForce RTX 5090 with 32GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit memory bus, but 96GB of GDDR7 memory on the same wide memory bus is going to be bananas for AI workloads, content creation, and more with a gigantic 96GB pool of VRAM. The RTX 5090 ships with a 575W TBP, with the new RTX 6000 PRO X Blackwell GPU having 25W more power at 600W, which I'm sure is for the additional GDDR7 memory chips (it has 3x the GDDR7!)

AMD's new Radeon RX 9070 series "RDNA 4" graphics cards make up the top 9 out of 10 best-selling products on Amazon right now... quite possibly the best news that Team Radeon could hope for against juggernaut NVIDIA and its fleet of Blackwell-based GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs. You can check out the top 10 best-selling products on Amazon right here.

In a new post from AMD's senior director of consumer marketing, Sasa Marinkovic, on X we're learning that AMD Radeon RX 9070 series GPUs take up 9 out of the 10 spots in the best-selling products on Amazon right now. In a follow-up post on X, he shared another post that points to the fact that AMD Radeon has the top 13 spots on Amazon for the best-selling GPUs, with the post continuing: "never seen this. Insane. Hopefully a sign that competition is coming back to GPUs".

PC gamers can't find NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs and even if they do, they've got to have (major) worries of missing ROPs and needing to be weeks (or months) without their shiny new expensive GPU. A reply to @PCBuilderJason on X explains: "there is literally zero inventory of NVIDIA cards. It pretty well explains it. They shut off 40 series and put low effort into 50 series. Think I saw consumer GPU sales were 4% of their revenue. They give zero fucks" which sums it up well.

Leadtek is back with some new GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs that might not make it to the US market, but the new WinFast HURRICANE series cards are here, check them out:

Leadtek has introduced the new WinFast HURRICANE series with GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards. The flagship Leadtek GeForce RTX 5090 WinFast HURRICANE features a mega-thick over 4-slot cooling design that's also incredibly high (78mm).

Under that, the RTX 5080 WinFast HURRICANE features the same cooling design but it's slightly smaller (72.6mm) that should fall into a 3.5-slot design. The RTX 5090 WinFast HURRICANE features ARGB lighting on the side, while the RTX 5080 and RTX 5070 Ti WinFast HURRICANE features plain non-RGB designs.

NVIDIA is on the verge of revealing its next Blackwell models, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060, or that's the word from the rumor mill.

VideoCardz has tapped its sources to discover that NVIDIA has informed its graphics card making partners that it's planning to announce its RTX 5060 models next week.

As per the above post on X from another leaker, MEGAsizeGPU, the RTX 5060 range is going to be revealed in 10 days, which would seemingly suggest the beginning of the following week - but at any rate, a mid-March announcement is seemingly on the horizon.

The recent rumors of Radeon RX 9070 prices expected to increase above MSRPs after the launch batch has been exhausted aren't true, or at least according to Frank Azor, the Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions and Gaming Marketing at AMD.

Concerns regarding the prices for AMD's recently launched RX 9070 models sharply increasing following the first batch of cards being exhausted began to circle yesterday when a retailer revealed AMD applied a restriction on retailers increasing the price of cards. According to the Swedish retailer, this restriction was only for the launch cards, and the following shipments would not be priced at MSRP.

However, that rumor has now been put to bed by AMD, as Azor stated in a recent X post that AMD is working with supply chains to make sure the MSRP price tag continues following the launch batch of cards. Azor writes that MSRP pricing is being encouraged for the new graphics cards, which is great for gamers that were looking to get their hands on either the RX 9070 or RX 9070 XT at the advertised price.

It appears the stack of the Blackwell GPUs is growing larger as NVIDIA is reportedly preparing to launch an RTX 5050 graphics card that will be aimed at the entry-level of PC gaming.

The new RTX 5050 is rumored to sport 8GB of VRAM and rated at a TBP of 135W, according to a new report from WCCFTech, which broke the story. The publication writes the new card will be priced anywhere between $199 and $249, which puts it up against the Intel Arc B570/B580. Notably, the purported RTX 5050 will feature the same 8GB of VRAM as the RTX 5060, which is rumored to be announced within 10 days and launched sometime next month. The publication writes there isn't any news on the specific GPU NVIDIA is deciding to go with or the PCB.

As for release, WCCFTech writes that NVIDIA is planning on launching the RTX 5050 alongside the RTX 5060, with the possibility of it also coming in a non-Ti and Ti branding. Currently, there are three new rumored Blackwell GPUs in the works: the RTX 5060Ti, the RTX 5060, and now the RTX 5050. If the RTX 5060 is targeting the $299 mark and the RTX 5050 is real, we could see that card priced between $199 and $249, which means it will be aimed at the entry-level, leaving the mainstream to the RTX 5060 and RTX 5060Ti.

AMD has addressed the rumors that the only RX 9070 graphics cards we'll see at the MSRP (with entry-level boards, of course) were fleetingly offered at launch yesterday, and won't be witnessed again in the near future.

As you can see in the above post on X from AMD's Frank Azor, work is ongoing to restock RX 9070 models at retailers - going by the grapevine, we can expect a good deal more supply than NVIDIA is managing with RTX 5000 GPUs (admittedly, that's not difficult) - and at least some (entry-level) boards will come back in at MSRP.

Azor notes that: "MSRP pricing (excluding region specific tariffs and/or taxes) will continue to be encouraged beyond today."

By all accounts, AMD's RDNA 4 launch has been a success, from our review of the AORUS Radeon RX 9070 XT ELITE to reviews from other outlets, the reaction from the PC gaming community, and day one sales. AMD's new RDNA 4 architecture delivers a massive boost to ray-tracing performance. The new AI-powered FSR 4 (exclusive to the latest GPUs) finally offers a worthy DLSS competitor.

Like others, we found the Radeon RX 9070 XT's performance slightly below the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. The real kicker is that AMD's MSRP of $599 for the Radeon RX 9070 XT is significantly lower than NVIDIA's MSRP of $749 for the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. This aggressive pricing makes the Radeon RX 9070 XT the best 'bang for your buck' mid-range or enthusiast-level GPU release in a long time. That is, if you can find one for this price.

As we've seen with the GeForce RTX 50 Series, premium and overclocked Radeon RX 9070 XT cards are sold for significantly more than $599. The AORUS Radeon RX 9070 XT ELITE we reviewed carries a price tag of $759.99, a 27% increase over the MSRP. AMD supplied this model for review, and this pricing was not communicated to us before the launch. It gets worse, the XFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 9070XT OC carries a price tag of $849.99 - a whopping 42% increase over the MSRP.

The launch of NVIDIA's Blackwell GPUs have been one of the most tumultuous GPU launches in recent memory, between the missing hardware, black screen reports, questionable pricing versus performance, and now what was briefly an official product recall.

However, that statement has now been retracted. Here's what happened. UK publication Kitguru received a message from a reader who told the publication that a retailer they purchased an MSI RTX 5090 Suprim from wasn't able to furfil the order due to NVIDIA issuing an official recall on several RTX 5090 GPUs. The retailer stated to Ben, the reader, NVIDIA was recalling the cards it has in stock due to "various safety issues," and more specifically, "due to an increased fire hazard".

Kitguru launched an investigation into this matter and contacted the retailer Your Game Specialist's CEO, Jeroen Vukkink, based in the Netherlands. The retailer confirmed that Ben purchased an MSI RTX 5090 Suprim on January 30, 2025, for 3,399 Euros. Ben provided Kitguru with images of the money being taken from the bank account and the dates to go with it. As for the email chain with Your Game Specialist, while the screenshots could be faked Kitguru writes it received the original email from the retailer customer service representative Robbe that informed Ben of the recall.

AMD is reportedly cooking up a tweaked RDNA 4 card that AIB partners have teased is being called "Ultimate Navi 48" behind the scenes, and now we're hearing leaks about it just as Radeon RX 9070 series graphics cards are hitting shelves.

In a new video from leaker Moore's Law is Dead, a US retailer source of his said that he was told AIBs have been briefed on a potential "Ultimate Navi 48" SKU that could launch in Q2 2025 (in the next few months) that would be aimed solidly between NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5080 graphics cards.

We don't know what RDNA 4 GPU clock speeds to expect, whether we'll see more VRAM (24GB, 32GB), or whether it'll be a highly-tuned, pushed-to-its-limits Radeon RX 9000 series GPU. We could expect higher GPU clocks of somewhere between 3.2GHz and 3.4GHz, higher GDDR6 memory clocks, and a more unleashed TDP of higher than 340W for the "Ultimate Navi 48" SKU.

AMD's new Radeon RX 9070 series "RDNA 4" GPUs are here, with one major US retailer having 27 x the RTX 5070 launch supply of Radeon RX 9070 series GPUs ready to go.

In a new post from leaker Moore's Law is Dead who has spoken to numerous US retailer sources, the new Radeon RX 9070 XT has a rather healthy supply compared to NVIDIA's just-launched GeForce RTX 5070. One particular retailer said that compared to the RX 9070 XT, they have 8 x 5080, 10 x 5070 Ti, 14 x 5090, and 27 x 5070 launch supply.

This means if you add up the entire fleet of RTX 50 series GPU launch supply, AMD has beaten that with a combined factor of 3x for RDNA 4 cards. Not only that, but this source also said they were told that they should expect shipments of new RDNA 4 cards every week for months that's "equal to 5080 launch supply".

The graphics card war between stock and prices has now involved AMD with its newly released RX 9070 models quickly selling out of retailers and prices already jumping above MSRP.

If you were planning on getting a RX 9070 XT at the MSRP of $599.99 across the US, it will most likely be extremely difficult, and that also goes for the RX 9070, as Newegg has immediately sold out of stock, along with Best Boy, Micro Center, and Amazon. In what should have been a home run hit against NVIDIA, AMD is going to be experiencing the same blowback by consumers caused stock problems for its latest generation of graphics cards, and now reports indicate prices for AMD's 9070 models are expected to increase following the stock being exhausted for its first shipment of the new GPUs.

Swedish retail chain Inet.se explained the MSRP will only be applied to a limited number of cards, and these prices only apply to the first shipment of each model. Additionally, it will depend on the brand as well, with Inet writing, "For Sapphire and ASUS it will be just as usual, we have only received one shipment and you can buy it until it runs out, but with PowerColor it will be different. Our second shipment from PowerColor is already waiting, and we cannot offer it at MSRP prices."

It's official, we're off to the GPU races - again, following the RTX 5070 going on sale yesterday (or rather, pretty much being a no-show) - but this time it's AMD's RX 9070 models bursting out of the gate.

Unfortunately, for those of you hoping to get an RX 9070 XT today at the MSRP of $599.99 in the US, it seems that isn't going to happen. And the same is true for the RX 9070, sadly, although that did have more stock by all accounts (or perhaps the same level of stock, but less demand).

Newegg immediately sold out of the Sapphire Pulse, XFX Swift, and GIGABYTE Gaming models of the RX 9070 XT which were the boards listed at the MSRP by the retailer.

Corsair and its two pre-built gaming PC arms, Vengeance and Origin, are getting out and ahead of the controversial "missing ROPs" situation with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs.

The missing ROPs (Render Output Units / Raster Operation Pipelines) are physical components found in GPUs that can affect the overall performance of the graphics card, depending on the task/game. More technically, they are one of the final stages of the GPU pipeline before the data is sent to the monitor for viewing. What was discovered is that some RTX 40-series GPUs were shipping to customers with less than the advertised number of ROPs, which can translate to less performance.

While this is extremely bad for customers looking to buy an RTX 50-series GPU, as they will now have a random element to account for when purchasing, it's also bad for System Integrators (SI's), which are companies such as Origin PC, and Vengance, two subsidiaries of Corsair. These companies specialize in the integration of PC components and ship pre-built PCs to customers. Corsair responded to the missing ROPs situation by announcing it's getting out and ahead of the problem by implementing extra quality assurance testing for its products across Origin and Vengeance lines.

This is more opinion than news, but after reviewing close to 20 new GPUs so far in 2025, the new Sapphire's NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has stood out with one of the most impressive designs we've seen in a long time. When we reviewed Sapphire's NITRO+ Radeon RX 7800 XT we marveled at its "exceptional physical design and build quality," but the new Radeon RX 9070 XT variant is something else.

As a premium OC model with an out-of-the-box Boost Clock speed of 3060 MHz and an updated complete metal build with stunning RGB light strip, Sapphire has not only improved the GPU's look with a more modern minimal industrial aesthetic - it's created a flagship RDNA 4 PC gaming GPU with a hidden cable design.

As one of the few Radeon RX 9070 XT cards to ship with the new 12V-2x6 connector more commonly found on GeForce RTX cards, the connector is hidden on the back of the GPU. The 3 x 8-pin to 12V-2x6 adaptor sits underneath a magnetic metal backplate. The cable then threads through the rear of the GPU so it can sit behind your motherboard and connect to your PSU out of sight.

The Steam Hardware and Software Survey results for February 2025 are in, and it's a big month for changes. There seems to be a massive influx of new data from Chinese gamers, with the latest data showing 'Simplified Chinese' as the most popular language with 50%, and 'English' a very distant second with 24%. The following data could be region skewed (and corrected next month), but we'll still dig in.

Looking at the most popular GPUs among gamers, the Top 20 (which you can see below) consists of discrete GeForce RTX cards alongside integrated AMD Radeon and Intel Xe graphics. The most popular GPU is the GeForce RTX 4060, which has a massive 8.37% market share, followed by the GeForce RTX 3060, which has a 6.73% market share. The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, RTX 4070, and RTX 3070 round out the top five.

It is not unusual for the Steam Hardware and Software Survey results to be dominated by a sea of green, but February's data includes massive growth for GeForce. NVIDIA's total 83% market share for video cards is alarming, especially when all of Intel's 5.2% share comes from integrated graphics, with AMD's Radeon GPU share (minus integrated graphics) sitting at only 8%. This is, essentially, a monopoly.

The GPU market had an impressive 76.9 million units shipped in Q4 2024 according to JPR's latest data, with desktop GPU shipments declining, overall GPU shipments were up thanks to data center GPUs.

In a new report from Jon Peddie Research, we're learning that the overall GPU shipments for Q4 2024 increased by 4.4% over Q3 2024, and while the growth rate of GPU shipments looked good in 1H 2024, total GPU shipments have decreased 5.4% year-on-year. The 4.4% increase is thanks to data center GPU shipments, while laptop GPU shipments increased 1% year-over-year.

Various factors have led to the year-on-year GPU shipment declining by 0.9% including tariffs against multiple countries, but data center GPU shipments have increased around 13.8% quarter-over-quarter, which isn't a surprise to see in a world filled to the brim with AI hype everywhere.

Acer is launching 6 new custom Radeon RX 9070 series "RDNA 4" graphics cards with new entries in the BIFROST PREDATOR and NITRO series. Check them out:

Both of Acer's new custom RDNA 4-based Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 graphics cards feature a triple-fan design with a silver and black theme, with a 2.5-slot design. We should expect the higher-end overclocked RDNA 4 cards to feature 3 x 8-pin PCIe power connectors and up to 340W of power flowing into the custom Radeon RX 9070 XT.

Acer's new BIFROST PREDATOR model is exclusive to the flagship Radeon RX 9070 XT, and while this could change, the flagship RDNA 4 card has the highest GPU clocks out of the new models Acer has just revealed. The new BIFROST PREDATOR Radeon RX 9070 XT offers 2.97GHz GPU clocks out of the box for 304W power, and while overclocked, a slightly higher 3.1GHz GPU clock for 340W of power.

NVIDIA's previous-gen GeForce RTX 4090 has 24GB of GDDR6X memory, but it has been modded with 48GB recently, and now we're hearing we're going to see custom RTX 4090s with a whopping 96GB of GDDR6X... perfect for AI workloads.

In a new post on X by @eisneim who said they had received confirmation of a 96GB version of the GeForce RTX 4090, and that this modded card isn't in mass production but in the testing phase. Once it's passed the testing phase, it could be released onto the market as a cheaper alternative to workstation-class RTX series GPUs thanks to its huge 96GB of VRAM.

This isn't guaranteed just yet, but with Chinese companies modding the GeForce RTX 4090D from 24GB to 48GB, and the RTX 4080 from 16GB to 32GB, the idea of an RTX 4090 or RTX 4090D modded to 96GB would be a huge deal.