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Just for Fun: We Tested MSI's "RTX 5090 Ti" You Probably Can't Buy (techspot.com)

2026-03-24 | get MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Ti → | tags: msi, rtx 5090 ti, rtx 5090 lightning z

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Get an entire RTX 5090 Alienware gaming PC for just 17% more than the GPU's standalone cost — 9800X3D beast with 32GB DDR5 and 1TB SSD drops below $4,450 at Dell, saving you a massive $1,200 (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-24 | by Ben Stockton | tags: alienware, rtx 5090, gpu

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PowerVR GPUs gain DirectX support as Imagination eyes PC market comeback (techspot.com)

2026-03-24 | get PowerVR GPU Graphics Card → | tags: powervr, directx, imagination

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Imagination Tech working on mainstream PC gaming with ‘ambitious graphics card and SoC design companies’ — shows off progress with DirectX 11 workloads (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-23 | by Mark Tyson | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: powervr, directx, imaginations technologies

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Transforming Data Science With NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-03-23 | by Pny Technologies | get NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 → | tags: nvidia, rtx pro 6000, blackwell

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A month with Lenovo's premium ThinkPad made me rethink what a work laptop should be (zdnet.com)

2026-03-23 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon → | tags: lenovo, thinkpad, thinkpad p1

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Mad lad stores and loads Doom from within DNS — TXT record type abused to store game data (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-23 | by Bruno Ferreira | get DNS TXT Record Storage Kit → | tags: dns, doom, txt records

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RTX 5060 in a house fire suffers melted shroud and fans, but survives with PCB intact — scorched GPU just needed a cleanup and a new cooler for full restoration (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-23 | by Hassam Nasir | get GPU Cleaning Kit → | tags: rtx 4060, asus, house fire

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Grab the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT for $799.99 — comes bundled with 1000W PSU and free copy of Crimson Desert (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-22 | by Kunal Khullar | get Sapphire Nitro Radeon RX 9070 XT → | tags: sapphire nitro+ radeon rx 9070 xt, amd rdna 4, crimson desert

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Xbox Series X transformed into a gaming PC with 3D printed components, low-profile RTX 5060, and NUC 12 Extreme (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-21 | by Aaron Klotz | tags: xbox series x, intel nuc 12 extreme, gigabyte rtx 5060

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YouTuber transforms Xbox Series X into a gaming PC with 3D printed components, low-profile RTX 5060, and NUC 12 Extreme (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-21 | by Aaron Klotz | get Xbox Series X Mod Kit → | tags: xbox series x, gigabyte rtx 5060, intel nuc 12 extreme

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Lucky shopper snags gaming PC for just $1,000 — iBuyPower prebuilt running on 9800X3D and RTX 5070 discounted by $900 (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-21 | by Kunal Khullar | get iBuyPower Gaming PC → | tags: ibuypower, ryzen 7 9800x3d, rtx 5070

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New Fortnite 'Rivalry' includes chance to win RTX 5080 — top five players will be awarded GPU hardware in Chapter 7 Season 2 competition (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-20 | by Hassam Nasir | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 → | tags: fortnite, nvidia, chapter 7

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Save $130 on this Asus ROG Strix G16 gaming laptop — RTX 5060 gaming with easy upgradability for less than $1,300 (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-20 | by Stewart Bendle | get Asus ROG Strix G16 Laptop → | tags: asus rog strix g16, nvidia geforce rtx 5060, intel core i7 14650hx

15.

Seller gets scammed as eBay customer returns $4,000 RTX 5090 with missing GPU core and memory modules — fully working Zotac stripped of most valuable components and sent back (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-20 | by Kunal Khullar | get RTX 5090 GPU Repair Kit → | tags: nvidia, rtx 5090, zotac

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Save big on gaming laptops, Switch 2 consoles, and more during Best Buy's Tech Fest sale (zdnet.com)

2026-03-19 | by Taylor Clemons | get Gaming Laptop Cooling Pad → | tags: best buy, switch 2, wd black sn850p

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Walmart flooded with RTX 40-series GPUs as 50-series remains out of reach for most gamers — retailer slashes up to $480 off last-gen GPUs to offer sensible prices (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-19 | by Zhiye Liu | get EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti → | tags: nvidia, geforce rtx 40-series, walmart

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Apple Vision Pro gains smoother gameplay with Nvidia’s top GeForce Now streaming plan (9to5mac.com)

2026-03-19 | by Zac Hall | get Nvidia GeForce Now Subscription → | tags: apple vision pro, nvidia geforce now, rtx 5080

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Save $350 on the cheapest RTX 5070 Ti laptop with an OLED display — Acer's excellent Predator Helios Neo 16S AI with 32GB of RAM is just $1,549 right now (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-19 | by Hassam Nasir | get Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S → | tags: rtx 5070 ti, predator helios neo 16s ai, oled display

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Save $800 on this powerhouse Alienware 4K gaming PC with an RTX 5080 and 64GB DDR5 RAM — epic pre-built also includes a huge 4TB SSD and a 24-core Intel CPU for high-end performance (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-19 | by Ben Stockton | get Alienware Aurora R15 → | tags: alienware, rtx 5080, intel core ultra 9 285k

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Intel's new feature can improve game loading times by up to 3x — Precompiled Shader Delivery comes to Arc Xe2 and Xe3 GPUs following DirectX SDK release (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-19 | by Hassam Nasir | get Intel Arc Shader Cache → | tags: intel, arc xe2, directx sdk

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Nvidia BlueField-4 STX adds a context memory layer to storage to close the agentic AI throughput gap (venturebeat.com)

2026-03-16 | get Nvidia BlueField-4 STX → | tags: nvidia, bluefield-4, vera cpu

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NVIDIA claims DLSS 5 will deliver 'photoreal' image quality with AI this fall (engadget.com)

2026-03-16 | get NVIDIA DLSS 3.0 Gaming Card → | tags: nvidia, dlss 5, rtx 5090

24.

My Journey to a reliable and enjoyable locally hosted voice assistant (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-16 | get Mycroft Mark II → | tags: homeassistant, llama.cpp, google nest

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My Journey to a reliable and enjoyable locally hosted voice assistant (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-16 | get Mycroft Mark II → | tags: homeassistant, llama.cpp, google nest

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Chinese GPU vendor Zephyr has cancelled its single-fan RTX 4070 Ti Super due to VRAM price hikes — memory shortage is forcing a pivot to an SFF RTX 4070 Super instead (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-16 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: zephyr, nvidia, rtx 4070 ti

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Flabbergasted GPU repair wizard highlights dangers of liquid metal after leak kills entire RTX 5070 Ti — user-applied TIM spread to every crevice of the PCB, physically cracking and shorting out the core (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-16 | by Hassam Nasir | get Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Liquid Metal → | tags: rtx 5070 ti, liquid metal, asus tuf

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MSI plans 30% gaming product price hike as memory and GPU shortages bite — 'This year is the most severe year since the company was founded' (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-16 | by Luke James | get MSI Gaming Laptop → | tags: msi, nvidia gpu, drams

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Trump's DOJ is not falling for Sam Bankman-Fried's MAGA makeover on X (arstechnica.com)

2026-03-12 | get FTX → | tags: ftx, trump, maga

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RTX 5090 gets 12% gaming boost in Ubuntu 26.04, thanks to optimizations with Gnome 50 — latest popular distro update brings significant performance uplift for Nvidia's top GPU (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-12 | by Aaron Klotz | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 → | tags: nvidia, ubuntu 26.04, rtx 5090