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Where to buy Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti: I'm expecting stock here first - but you'll need to be fast
Live updates on stock from our Computing team so you can know your best bet on where to buy an RTX 5070 Ti.
Where to buy Nvidia RTX 5080: most places are sold out, but there's still hope!
Upgrade your PC with Nvidia's latest GPU - here are the best places to find the RTX 5080 in stock.
Latest Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti GPU rumor suggests good news and bad when it comes to price
Hoping Nvidia might drop RTX 5060 Ti pricing compared to RTX 4060 Ti GPUs? You can forget that, but the good news is that a price hike isn’t rumored, either.
Amazon adds new benefit to Prime subscription that gives members a better chance of buying an Nvidia RTX 5000 or AMD RX 9070 GPU
Desperate to buy a reasonably priced Nvidia Blackwell or AMD RDNA 4 GPU? You’ll get better odds if you’re a Prime member.
Lenovo accidentally leaks Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti and 5060 models in a desktop PC, suggesting these GPUs are close to release
Lenovo desktop PC has been spotted with RTX 5060 models, suggesting Nvidia might get these GPUs out ahead of AMD’s RX 9060 rivals.
AMD responds to reports of 9800X3D CPU issues
Updated More than 100 reports of dead Ryzen 7 9800X3D chips have spurred concerns, but it's not clear what the culprit is.
New tests cast a disappointing light on Nvidia’s RTX 5090 laptop GPU, suggesting that at today’s prices, RTX 5080 notebooks are a far better buy
On the hunt for a high-end gaming laptop? Nvidia’s RTX 5080 mobile GPU appears to be surprisingly close to the RTX 5090’s performance.
I've had it with the current GPU market - and the prices for AMD Radeon partner cards on Best Buy are why
The GPU market seems to be getting worse every day with inflated prices, and it doesn't look like it'll stop anytime soon.
