Unofficial DLSS 5 Test Enhances Deus Ex: Human Revolution Through PS3 Emulation

Adam Jensen from Deus Ex: Human Revolution, illustrating the game's visual style and an unofficial DLSS 5 emulation experiment.

DLSS 5 An experiment with RPCS3 improves character detail and lighting, but says little about performance during actual play. XDA Developers writer Samarveer Singh had to abandon the native PC version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution before he could try NVIDIA’s DLSS 5. The 2013 Director’s Cut struggled on his Windows 11 system, so he … Read more

Nvidia Denies Discontinuing RTX 5090 as Board Partner Reports Blocked Chip Orders

RTX 5090 Supply Chain On Hold-resized

RTX 5090 Fresh supply chain reports raise questions about RTX 5090 availability as manufacturers face component restrictions and cooling suppliers forecast weaker demand for 2027. Nvidia insists the GeForce RTX 5090 remains in production. However, an unnamed graphics card manufacturer says Nvidia has stopped accepting new orders, including backorders, for the GB202 chips and 32 … Read more

PS5 Pro Versus Ryzen 5 5600X: Why GPU Bottlenecks Mislead PC Builders

Sony PlayStation 5 Pro console beside an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X processor in a gaming hardware comparison.

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

Chinese Wholesale Prices for NVIDIA RTX 5080 Jump $300 Toward $2,240 Mark

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card illustrating rising wholesale GPU prices in China.

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

Dell Expands RTX Spark XPS 16 Sales Globally as High Pricing Draws Criticism

Dell XPS 16 Creator Edition laptop with NVIDIA RTX Spark processor and 16-inch OLED display.

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

Mixing NVIDIA DLSS With AMD Frame Generation Beats Native DLSS in Four PC Games

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card featured in a comparison of DLSS upscaling and AMD FSR Frame Generation.

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

Newegg’s $1,430 RTX 5060 Ti Desktop Deal Carries 8GB VRAM and AM4 Tradeoffs

Black Hoengager gaming desktop featuring RGB cooling fans, an RTX 5060 Ti 8GB graphics card and an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X processor.

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 Neweg​​g itself, pairs an RTX 5060 Ti 8GB with AMD’s Ryzen 7 … Read more

NVIDIA’s October DLSS 5 Update Speeds Up AI Rendering but Still Slashes Frame Rates

ar chart comparing 185 FPS without DLSS 5, 53 FPS with the original model, and 78 FPS after the October update on an RTX 5080 at 4K.

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

LXZ RTX 5060 Gaming PC Drops to $1,038, but A520 Limits Its Potential

The LXZ gaming desktop pairs NVIDIA's RTX 5060 with an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and A520 motherboard. Newegg lists a discounted price of $1,037.99 with a promotional code.

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