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AMD exec drops hints on RX 9070 pricing and some PC gamers are panicking – but this sounds like good news to me
An interview with an AMD exec tells us that a full RX 9070 launch event is coming, and that pricing will be in line with the excellent RX 7900 GRE.
Leaked Nvidia RTX 5090 laptop GPU benchmarks are weird - but there's no need to panic
Early benchmarks of Nvidia's RTX 5090 might be concerning, but there's no need to worry.
AMD blames Ryzen 9800X3D stock shortage on Intel’s ‘horrible’ Arrow Lake launch, rubbing salt in Team Blue’s CPU wounds
Can’t find a Ryzen 9800X3D CPU for your gaming PC? That’s Intel’s fault, AMD implies, for making Arrow Lake so bad.
Nvidia RTX 5080 benchmark suggests this will be a mighty laptop GPU, getting PC gamers excited about the RTX 5090 mobile
If this purported benchmark is on the money, we could be looking at some seriously peppy RTX 5000 mobile graphics cards.
AMD and Nvidia could be set for epic GPU showdown with RX 9070 and 9070 XT going on sale at the same time as the RTX 5080
AMD RX 9070 and 9070 XT graphics cards might be here sooner than you think – pre-orders could go live on January 23.
Nvidia RTX 5090: prices, specs, and everything else we know
Updated The Nvidia RTX 5090 finally got its official release during CES 2025, revealing its specs, pricing, and launch dates. Here's everything we know about the release date, specs, and more.
I’m suddenly really excited about Nvidia’s new RTX 5090 – but probably not for the reason you’re expecting
Nvidia’s new RTX 5090 is a lot smaller than the RTX 4090 – but that’s great news for PC builders like me.
Maybe AMD's Radeon RX 9070 series GPUs aren't midrange after all - early Black Ops 6 benchmark shows a 99fps average at 4K without even needing FSR
An early benchmark using the Radeon RX 9070 GPU in Black Ops 6, begs the question. Did AMD trick us with the suggested 'midrange' focus?
