MarketBeat Week in Review – 02/03 - 02/07 Despite a Monday sell-off, stocks ended the week higher, and there's evidence that sector rotation is underway; next week's read of inflation may move markets. MarketBeat · Feb 8, 2025
Nvidia is investigating reports of crashes plaguing RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs, with possible driver issues maybe hitting RTX 4000 models too Lots of potential workarounds are floating about, including dropping your monitor’s refresh rate – but let’s hope Nvidia can push out a fix swiftly. TechRadar · Feb 8, 2025
I reviewed this entry-level mini PC and I love how stylish it looks on my desk Chuwi pitches the UBox as a decent all-rounder. In reality, it is a well-spec'd entry-level PC that will handle most office and everyday tasks. While some mid-level gaming and content creation are possible, the processor and graphics will start to struggle under load. TechRadar · Feb 8, 2025
RTX 5090D tested with nine-years-old Xeon CPU that cost $7 — it does surprisingly well in some games, if you enable MFG Nvidia's China-only RTX 5090D was benchmarked on a nine-years-old Xeon processor that only costs $7. It was able to stay at least reasonably close to modern-day CPUs in several games, thanks to DLSS3 frame generation and DLSS4 MFG. Tom’s Hardware · Feb 7, 2025
Threadripper 7000 is the most reliable CPU as per Puget Systems stats — Nvidia RTX Ada Generation GPUs have the lowest failure rates Puget Systems just released its list of most reliable PC parts in 2024. Tom’s Hardware · Feb 7, 2025
3 Reasons to Treat AMD's Drop as an Entry Opportunity Multiple bullish updates from analysts over the past 24 hours suggest Wall Street remains firmly behind AMD's growth story. MarketBeat · Feb 7, 2025
AMD asks what you want from RDNA 4. PC gamers reply: 'er, just make sure we can actually buy it, oh and don't worry about ray tracing' It's all about availability. Well, that and price. Oh, and performance. Maybe some better upscaling, too. You get the idea... PC Gamer · Feb 7, 2025
AMD's China-specific RX 7650 GRE slots in between RX 7600 and 7600 XT The long-rumored RX 7650 GRE is finally out exclusively in China, and it mostly seems like a slightly overclocked RX 7600 with a discount. Tom’s Hardware · Feb 7, 2025
AMD confirms Radeon 9070 GPUs will debut in March — what we know AMD held its earning calls recently and confirmed that the Radeon RX 9070 GPUs will launch in March. Tom’s Guide · Feb 6, 2025
Eight months into the brave new world of Windows on ARM, and this is the state of play for PC gaming outside of the x86 arena Qualcomm was serious in its gaming ambitions for the Snapdragon X Elite, so what does that look like half a year down the line? PC Gamer · Feb 6, 2025
Valve shoots down rumors of RDNA4-based Steam Console — it routinely tests new hardware that isn't put into its own devices Rumors of a new Steam Console using RDNA4 are greatly exaggerated, but there's clearly a future for Steam-branded hardware. Here's the rundown on what we know and expect from the eventual Steam Deck successor. Tom’s Hardware · Feb 6, 2025
Bill Gates laments Pat Gelsinger's failure to save Intel: 'I was hoping for his sake, for the country's sake that he would be successful' 'Seriously guys, drop it, we get it already': someone at Intel, probably. PC Gamer · Feb 6, 2025
This no-vidia gaming PC is a great example of how small design decisions can make it feel like you're building a PC on easy-mode All thanks to a roomy case, fan controller, and incredibly simple NVMe slots. PC Gamer · Feb 6, 2025
Ryzen 5 7400F uses thermal paste instead of solder, chip hits max temps at stock TDP AMD's new Ryzen 5 7400F uses normal thermal grease instead of STIM, which is shown to significantly impact thermals. Tom’s Hardware · Feb 6, 2025
PC Gamer · Feb 6, 2025 Where the AF are all the graphics cards?! It's not just the new RTX 50-series that's impossible to buy, finding any decent GPU in stock at the major US retailers right now is like staring into an abyss of nothing It's like the pandemic's back for another round of GPU misery.
GamesRadar · Feb 6, 2025 AMD Ryzen 7 8700G review: “There's some really decent performance to have here without spending extra money on a 3D V-Cache option." The AMD Ryzen 7 8700G doesn’t quite have the legendary status of its X3D cousins, but its single-core performance makes it capable of standing up to them.
Tom’s Guide · Feb 6, 2025 RTX 5090 GPU prices are officially out of control — now $1,400 over Nvidia's official asking price MSI and Asus official stores show that RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs are seeing a price hike, with graphics cards now selling for upwards of $3,400.
Tom’s Hardware · Feb 6, 2025 Intel data center CPU sales hit the lowest point in 13 years Cloud service providers increasingly prefer high core-count CPUs, thus reducing the number of processors and servers they deploy.
TechRadar · Feb 5, 2025 Want to rent a $300,000 AMD MI300A supercomputer for free for seven days? Gigabyte wants to hear from you ASAP Apply through Gigabyte Launchpad, where your project will be reviewed for innovation and commercial value.
Windows Central · Feb 5, 2025 Assassin's Creed Shadows PC system requirements: Does my computer meet minimum or recommended specs? Make sure your gaming PC can handle Assassin's Creed Shadows before the game launches.
TechRadar · Feb 5, 2025 AMD patches high severity security flaw affecting Zen chips The patch was released in mid-December but only made public now.
Laptop · Feb 5, 2025 “AI tasks will happen automatically and seamlessly”: Qualcomm’s Kedar Kondap believes AI is the future of computing “We expect AI will become ubiquitous as consumers and businesses continue upgrading to the latest PCs over the next decade,” Qualcomm's Kedar Kondap told Laptop Mag.
Tom’s Hardware · Feb 5, 2025 Nvidia DLSS4, MFG, and full ray tracing tested on RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 The time crunch for the launch of the RTX 5090 and 5080 cards meant we weren't able to fully investigate MFG, DLSS4, and full RT the way we'd like. We'll be updating those sections of the reviews, but here's the deeper dive into how the new technologies impact the gaming…
Tom’s Hardware · Feb 5, 2025 Hardware leaker claims RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti GPUs will use 8-pin power connectors A leaker claims Nvidia's RTX 5060-class GPUs will use the same power connectors as the 4060-class GPUs, despite requiring 100 watts more in the PSU department. Grains of salt sprinkled liberally, as the 4060 Ti Founders Edition used a 16-pin connector.
TechRadar · Feb 5, 2025 Bring it on Nvidia - AMD confirms new Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs will launch in early March, rivaling Team Green's rumored RTX 5060 Ti and 5060 launch The race is finally on between AMD and Nvidia, with the Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs set for launch in early March.