RTX 5060: The ABS Flux II Aqua gets a $300 discount, but its older DDR4 platform and faster RTX 5070 alternatives costing just $100 more make the deal difficult to recommend. With Black Friday approaching, Newegg is advertising a $300 discount on the ABS Flux II Aqua gaming PC. The desktop has dropped from $1,999.99 … Read more
PS5 Pro: Sony’s console has more CPU cores, but architectural differences and gaming workloads tell a more complicated performance story. Sony launched the PS5 Pro in 2024 at $699.99 with a familiar compromise: its graphics hardware improved substantially, but its CPU retained the Zen 2 architecture of the original PS5. The console now costs $899.99 … Read more
RTX 5080: ASUS and Gigabyte raise RTX 5080 distributor prices by $150 and $180 in China. Tightening GPU supplies and rising memory costs add pressure across the market. Wholesale traders in China are quoting as much as 15,000 yuan ($2,240) for NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5080 16GB, a sharp premium over its official 8,299 yuan launch … Read more
XPS 16 Dell’s first RTX Spark-powered XPS brings up to 128GB of unified memory and native CUDA support. However, its $3,800 starting price includes just 512GB of storage. Dell’s XPS 16 Creator Edition is expanding globally, bringing NVIDIA’s RTX Spark platform to customers in Canada, the UK, Europe, and Australia. The 16-inch laptop is the … Read more
DLSS Combining NVIDIA DLSS upscaling with AMD FSR Frame Generation delivers higher FPS in four of six RTX 4070 tests, but input latency and frame pacing complicate the results. NVIDIA’s DLSS Frame Generation is a major selling point of its RTX 40-series GPUs. However, new gaming benchmarks suggest that GeForce RTX 4070 owners can sometimes … Read more
RTX 5060: Hoengager’s marketplace PC has 32GB RAM, but an older platform and limited graphics memory weaken the deal. An RTX 50 series badge does not automatically make an older gaming desktop worth $1,430. Hoengager’s prebuilt, sold through Newegg Marketplace rather than by Newegg itself, pairs an RTX 5060 Ti 8GB with AMD’s Ryzen 7 … Read more
DLSS 5 The smaller neural model improves performance across RTX 50 graphics cards, but heavy FPS losses and visual problems remain. DLSS has traditionally promised higher frame rates. DLSS 5’s neural renderer works differently. Rather than simply upscaling an image or generating extra frames, it applies AI lighting and material effects after the game has … Read more
RTX 5060: Newegg’s coupon cuts $52, but an older motherboard and single-channel memory weaken the value of this Blackwell desktop. Finding an RTX 5060 gaming desktop near $1,000 takes more than checking the graphics card. LXZ’s Ryzen 7 5700X tower costs $1,089.99 on Newegg, and promo code GTWF469 knocks $52 off that list price, bringing … Read more
RTX 5090, Nvidia says its flagship GPU is still shipping. Store listings and steep markups tell buyers a different story. Micro Center has marked several GeForce RTX 5090 models as “Not Carried,” and Nvidia has removed the flagship from the model selector on its own Marketplace. Meanwhile, retail offers have pushed prices beyond $5,000 for … Read more
RTX 5090: A custom power board takes the load off Nvidia’s compact GPU socket, but fitting it requires permanent work on an expensive graphics card. The RTX 5090 launched at $1,999, yet its 575W power draw still travels through a compact connector that some PC builders distrust. The card uses the revised 12V-2×6 standard, introduced … Read more