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RTX 4090 Owner Tries His Hand At “Rage-Baiting,” Says DLSS “Looks Blurry” While Claiming The RX 9070 XT Is The Superior Option When Enabling Path Tracing
The RTX 5090 overshadowing the RTX 4090 doesn’t diminish the latter’s graphics and AI capabilities, and whoever is running the GPU in their systems should consider themselves extraordinarily lucky during the ongoing DRAM shortage. However, one user who owns NVIDIA’s previous-generation graphics...
Taiwanese Retailer Won’t Sell The RTX 5090 Alone, Forcing Buyers Into An $7,481 Eight-Motherboard Bundle
It can be difficult to purchase an RTX 5090 as a standalone product in some regions, which is why some retailers are now bundling these high-end GPUs with more products. RTX 5090 Goes On Sale With Several Motherboards at Taiwanese Retailer; Bundles Include Motherboards, AMD GPUs, CPUs, and Even...
ZOTAC’s U.S. RMA Team Sent Over An RTX 5090 Upgrade To A Customer At No Extra Charge After He Shipped His RTX 4090 For Warranty Claim Four Times
One RTX 4090 owner should consider himself lucky that he chose ZOTAC because never once did the U.S. RMA team refuse an accommodation to entertain a warranty claim. In fact, this person is now the proud owner of an RTX 5090 after the older flagship GPU was sent for RMA four times. Looking at this...
It is genuinely cheaper for me to fly to QuakeCon and buy a RTX 5090 at the Nvidia booth than pick up the GPU absolutely anywhere else
Welcome to hell.
RTX 5090 Owner Built An Open-Source Tool That Shuts Down PC If It Detects The 12VHPWR Cable Drawing Too Much Power, But It Can Only Work On Specific GPUs
It’s well-documented that when an RTX 5090 is running at full tilt, it can end up melting the 12VHPWR connector due to its wattage-guzzling attributes. As powerful as it might be to deliver record-high framerates, this is one major trade-off that gamers have to watch out for. Fearing that the same...
Gears of War: E-Day Runs With Over 60FPS at 4K/Ultra on an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 With DLSS 4.5 Quality
The Early Access for the Gears of War: E-Day Open Beta begins tomorrow. However, some players already got access to it. Thanks to that, we now have the first performance numbers for the NVIDIA RTX 5090. So, let’s take a closer look. Gears of War: E-Day will have a built-in benchmark tool. This is...
ASUS Asks $5090 For RTX 5090 After Cancelling User’s Order Who Already Paid $4607
ASUS reportedly did not honor the purchase and cancelled the RTX 5090 order by a user who paid nearly $4600. Redditor ASUS RTX 5090 Order Placed on NVIDIA's Marketplace Reportedly Gets Cancelled, Followed by a Price Hike by the Vendor It's not just frustrating; it's also malpractice by one of the...
"This feels like a Spider-Man meme" - RTX 5090 buyer beats Asus' price hike via Nvidia's website, but no one wants to honor the order
Nvidia has allegedly cancelled an RTX 5090 order due to Asus price hikes, as the GPU pricing should have already been changed.
ASUS’ ROG Equalizer Shows 87.5% Reduction In Total Voltage Drop For The RTX 5090; Better Stability And Decreased Burnout Chances Than Default 12VHPWR Cables
The increased number of 12VHPWR cables melting due to excessive heat prompted ASUS to introduce its ROG Equalizer. However, even though earlier tests have shown that it performs worse than a standard 12VHPWR cable, not to mention one incident where the ROG Equalizer ended up melting, one RTX 5090...
The Alienware RTX 5090 Gaming PC Drops to $4,780, Nearly the Same Price as Buying the GPU By Itself
An RTX 5090 graphics card nowadays goes for at least $4,500 new and $4,000 used.
Beast of Reincarnation Runs With 90-110FPS at Native 4K/Max Settings on an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Fictions has just released Beast of Reincarnation, the new action RPG from the developers of the latest Pokemon games, GAME FREAKS. The game uses Unreal Engine 5.4.4.0 and supports Ray Tracing. And, since I did not get a review code, I’ve decided to test it on my main PC gaming system and report my...
A GPU Memory Upgrade Service Breathes New Life Into Your Graphics Card To Run High Texture AAA Games Or Better Quality LLMs, Without Running Into Software Issues
The higher video memory options for consumer GPUs are only available with products like NVIDIA’s RTX 5090, but one service provider is offering VRAM upgrades for those who don’t wish to make another upgrade and don’t know where to begin to get more life out of their graphics card. By increasing the...
Save Over $2,000 Off Lenovo's Flagship Legion Tower 7 RTX 5090 Gaming PC with 64GB of DDR5 Memory
You better hurry because it's almost sold out.
Can Halo: Campaign Evolved Run With 60FPS at Native 4K on an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090?
Microsoft has just released Halo: Campaign Evolved in Early Access. As such, I’ve decided to test the game on my main gaming PC system. So, can an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 with an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D run this new UE5 game at 60FPS at Native 4K/Ultra? Let’s find out. For these initial benchmarks, I …...
Save $1,500 Off an Alienware Area-51 Ryzen X3D Gaming PC With RTX 5090 GPU and 64GB of RAM
Dell is offering a steep discount on its most powerful desktop computer. The Alienware Area-51 AMD Ryzen X3D edition gaming PC equipped with a GeForce RTX 5090 GPU and 64GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM has dropped to $5,399.99 shipped after a $1,500 instant discount. No, it's still not even remotely...
Save $1,500 Off an Alienware Area-51 Ryzen X3D Gaming PC With RTX 5090 GPU and 64GB of RAM
Still expensive, but a competitive price point in today's market for an extremely powerful gaming PC.
ZOTAC RTX 5090 Dies In Cloud Of Smoke After 5 Minutes, But The 16-Pin Connector Was Untouched
Another one bites the dust, but this one didn't die due to the common 16-pin connector burning out. Redditor Reports Unexpected Loud Pop and Crackling on His RTX 5090, Followed by Smoke Caused by a Short Circuit The NVIDIA RTX 5090 is one of the biggest victims of damage in the whole RTX 50 series...
Dell Outlet Has Restocked Alienware Area-51 RTX 5090 Gaming PCs With 64GB of RAM and 4TB SSD
Comes with the same warranty as buying brand new.
ROG Astral RTX 5090 Edition 20 Turns Out To Be The Most Expensive RTX 5090 From ASUS At $5,499
The RTX 5090 Edition 20 turned out to be incredibly expensive, as expected. However, it's not over $7,000 as we previously assumed. ASUS Lists ROG Astral RTX 5090 Edition 20 for $5,499 on Official Store, Making it More Expensive Than Matrix Platinum and BTF Edition A few days ago, we saw the ROG...
Intel’s Arc Pro B70 Beats NVIDIA’s RTX 5090D In DeepSeek R1 AI LLM, Despite Costing A Quarter As Much, Offers Over 2000 Tokens/s
Intel's Arc Pro B70 GPU delivers strong performance in DeepSeek R1, beating the RTX 5090D & RTX 4090D in AI LLMs. Intel Arc Pro B70 32 GB Tested In Quad-GPU Configuration Against The NVIDIA 5090D & RTX 4090D, Offers Superb AI Capabilities In DeepSeek R1 LLM Graphics card manufacturer Gunnir has...
The Alienware 18 Area-51 RTX 5090 Gaming Laptop With 64GB of RAM Drops to $3,000 at Dell Outlet
Alienware's biggest and most powerful ultra high-end gaming laptop.
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 Edition 20 Listed At EU Retailer At A Whopping $7,435
This is one of the most expensive GeForce RTX 5090s we have ever gotten, and of course, it's from ASUS. ASUS Lists its ROG Astral RTX 5090 Edition 20 At LDLC for $7,435, Reminding That ROG Matrix Edition isn't the Most Expensive RTX 5090 ASUS never fails to surprise us, particularly when it comes...
Team OGS breaks 4GHz barrier with Galax RTX 5090D HOF
Team OGS has submitted a new HWBOT entry showcasing a Galax GeForce RTX 5090D HOF OC Lab Edition running at 4002MHz. This represents the first validated 4GHz core frequency milestone for an Nvidia Blackwell graphics card under extreme overclocking conditions. Validation (via Wccftech) was achieved...
Save $2,500 Off an Alienware Area-51 Gaming PC With GeForce RTX 5090 GPU, 64GB of RAM, and a 4TB SSD
Warning: it's still expensive
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