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The PC gaming ray tracing obsession began with the first RTX 20 graphics cards released on this day in 2018 — the GeForce RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti led the charge, but games were thin on the ground (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Mark Tyson | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card → | tags: nvidia turing, geforce rtx 2080, rtx 2080 ti

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AI developer vibe codes DLSS 5 onto Intel CPU's integrated graphics — Intel Arc 140T runs neural rendering in 360p at 10 frames per second (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-18 | by Zak Killian | get Intel Lunar Lake Core Ultra laptop Arc 140V → | tags: dlss 5, neural rendering, intel arc 140v

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Compiler-style optimization for drawing via Skia (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-17 | tags: skia, compiler optimization, graphics rendering

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Recreating Voodoo Graphics and a Late-1990s Gaming PC on an FPGA (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | by Retro Gaming | get Xilinx Kria KV260 Vision AI Starter Kit → | tags: voodoo graphics, fpga, 3dfx

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Microsoft rolls out emergency update for Windows 11's latest patch — recent update causes crashes on AMD graphics, Explorer hang-ups, and broken third-party integrations (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-15 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Logitech MX Master 3S wireless mouse → | tags: windows 11, amd graphics, microsoft

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Developer builds viral 3D source code visualizer that consumes 21GB of RAM — flies around 2.5 million lines of code at over 120 frames per second (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-15 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Logitech MX Master 3S → | tags: 3d source code, silicon graphics, file system navigator

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AMD's Radeon RX 9070 GRE graphics card returns to its lowest-ever price of $499 — rare deal places this current-generation 12GB GPU below its MSRP launch price (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-15 | by Stewart Bendle | get Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070 GRE GPU → | tags: amd, radeon rx 9070 gre, gddr6

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What is MSI mode on Windows PCs and does it speed up your GPU? (engadget.com)

2026-09-14 | by Luke James | get Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM → | tags: msi, pci 3.0, msi-x

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Redditor finds RTX 3070 graphics cards worth $5,000 in abandoned crypto mining rigs (techspot.com)

2026-09-14 | by Kishalaya Kundu | get NZXT Kraken Elite liquid CPU cooler → | tags: rtx 3070, crypto mining, zotac

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Thief designer says the graphics arms race should have stopped at Alan Wake... in 2010 (techspot.com)

2026-09-14 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: thief, alan wake, remedy

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Thief designer says the graphics arms race should have stopped at Alan Wake (techspot.com)

2026-09-14 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: thief, alan wake, photorealism

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Desktop graphics card shipments hit four-year high of 12.5 million despite increasing prices — Nvidia takes 90% share as gamers rush to beat looming price spikes (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-11 | by Anton Shilov | get MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card → | tags: nvidia, graphics cards, jon peddie research

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Apple says new A20 Pro chip can sustain twice the performance of the iPhone 16 Pro, deliver 40% faster graphics (techspot.com)

2026-09-10 | by Skye Jacobs | get Anker MagGo Qi2 magnetic wireless charger stand → | tags: a20 pro, iphone 18 pro, apple

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Arm's new Mali G2-Ultra NX GPU adds neural accelerators for sub-1-watt AI graphics on mobile (techspot.com)

2026-09-10 | by Bob O'Donnell | get Raspberry Pi 5 8GB → | tags: arm, mali g2-ultra nx, gpu

15.

Logo Programming (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-09 | get Learning Resources Botley 2.0 the Coding Robot → | tags: logo, turtle graphics, procedures

16.

Logo Programming Language (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-09 | get Learning Resources Botley 2.0 the Coding Robot → | tags: logo, turtle graphics, procedures

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Show HN: A browser IDE for m68000, Z80 assembly (and more), with graphics (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | get Z80 assembly language programming book → | tags: m68000, z80, assembly

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Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX GPU: desktop-class mobile gameplay with AI-native graphics (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | by Deyan Lazarov | get Backbone One mobile gaming controller → | tags: arm mali, g2-ultra nx, neural accelerators

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2027 Android Phones Could Boost Gaming Graphics and AI Tasks With Arm’s New Chip Tech (cnet.com)

2026-09-08 | by David Lumb | get Razer Kishi V2 Android game controller → | tags: arm, mali g2-ultra nx, mediatek dimensity 9500

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Phone gaming is getting a huge graphics boost (theverge.com)

2026-09-07 | by Sean Hollister | get Backbone One mobile gaming controller → | tags: arm, mali g2-ultra nx, xiaomi 18 fold

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First Xiaomi, then the world: why Arm might give phone gaming a huge graphics boost (theverge.com)

2026-09-07 | by Sean Hollister | get Razer Kishi V3 mobile controller → | tags: arm, xiaomi 18 fold, mali g2-ultra nx

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AMD reportedly prepping Ryzen 5 7500 (non-F) CPU with integrated graphics at double the price — Six-core Zen 4 chip rumored to share identical specs with its F-moniker cousin (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-05 | by Hassam Nasir | get AMD Ryzen 5 7600 processor → | tags: amd, ryzen 5 7500, ryzen 5 7500f

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Discrete graphics card sales hit four-year record despite soaring memory prices — AMD gains market share as notebook graphics carry the market (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-04 | by Anton Shilov | get AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card → | tags: jon peddie research, discrete gpu, amd

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Nvidia's investments grow to $99 billion as chip giant becomes major backer of AI companies (cnbc.com)

2026-09-04 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card → | tags: nvidia, ai companies, hugging face

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Paint.net 5.2 alpha now runs on Linux (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-02 | get Wacom Intuos drawing tablet → | tags: paint.net, linux, 5.2 alpha

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Poisson Disk Sampling (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-02 | by Justin Steinman | get Real-Time Rendering Fourth Edition book → | tags: poisson disk sampling, bradson's algorithm, computer graphics

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A standard RTX 5090 now costs $5,090, making Nvidia's flagship price painfully appropriate (techspot.com)

2026-09-01 | by Rob Thubron | get ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 5090 OC → | tags: nvidia, rtx 5090, asus rog

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Graphics Card Prices Are Rising Fast (Again), and GeForce Is Taking the Biggest Hit (techspot.com)

2026-08-31 | by Tim Schiesser | get ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5070 → | tags: geforce, gpu, graphics card

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Graphics Card Prices Are Rising Fast (Again), and GeForce Is Taking the Biggest Hit (techspot.com)

2026-08-31 | by Tim Schiesser | get ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5070 → | tags: nvidia, geforce, gpu pricing

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Matrox: Graphics for Professionals (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-30 | by Bradford Morgan White | get Matrox multi-display graphics card → | tags: matrox, video ram, altair