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Black Friday graphics card deals are still live, and I'll be bringing you all the latest and best offers you can still get as we head into the weekend.
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The rumor mill seems increasingly sure that the RTX 5090 will muscle onto the graphics card scene at CES 2025.
Intel Battlemage GPUs could hit shelves on December 12 – but price rumors are worrying some PC gamers
Battlemage graphics cards might be revealed on December 3 and on sale the following week.
The best M.2 SSD 2024: the fastest M.2 solid state drive for work and gaming
If you want the fastest possible data access speeds, then you'll need an M.2 SSD. These are the best M.2 SSDs for every budget and motherboard configuration
Intel Battlemage GPU spotted in benchmark – chill out, PC gamers, there’s no need to panic over that leaked B580 core count
Intel will have to ensure that the B580’s spec makes sense, and pricing will count for a lot, too.
Is Intel about to turn Arrow Lake CPUs around? Leak suggests ‘big changes’ are coming for Core Ultra 200 chips
Rumored changes could pep up Intel’s ailing Core Ultra 200 range – but we’ve got a feeling AMD won’t be overly worried (yet).
Nvidia RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs again rumored for CES – but suggestion the RTX 5080 could be positioned as a ‘professional’ GPU might worry PC gamers
Are we looking at close to 20% to 25% price hikes for the top two Nvidia Blackwell graphics cards?
