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1.

Control Resonant PC performance tested: 28 GPUs take us back to the Oldest House and a warped Manhattan cityscape (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-18 | by Jeffrey Kampman | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super graphics card → | tags: control resonant, dlss 4.5, ray reconstruction

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Modder gets Nvidia's DLSS 5 working in a web browser using WebGPU — 147MB browser port runs on non-Nvidia GPUs and macOS but takes two seconds per render (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-18 | by Shane Downing | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card → | tags: nvidia dlss 5, webgpu, cloudflare workers

3.

Save $300 on this 4K gaming PC with a 9800X3D and RTX 5070 Ti, now $2,599 — powerhouse ABS Stratos II rig ships with 32GB DDR5 and a 2TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-18 | by Ben Stockton | get ABS Stratos II Ruby gaming PC RTX 5070 Ti → | tags: abs stratos ii, ryzen 7 9800x3d, rtx 5070 ti

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Gears of War: E-Day's final PC specs target 4K at 60 FPS with an RTX 5070 Ti, but upscaling is required at all levels (techspot.com)

2026-09-18 | by Rob Thubron | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card → | tags: gears of war e-day, the coalition, rtx 5070 ti

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eGPUs do work, but they come with some notable limitations (engadget.com)

2026-09-17 | by Luke James | get Razer Core X Thunderbolt 3 eGPU enclosure → | tags: egpu, thunderbolt 4, rtx 4090

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Microsoft will reveal what's next for Windows and Surface next month, Nvidia RTX Spark included (techspot.com)

2026-09-17 | by Skye Jacobs | get NVIDIA RTX laptop AI computing → | tags: windows, surface, nvidia rtx spark

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Nvidia and AMD's next gaming GPUs could be delayed until 2028, because AI pays better (techspot.com)

2026-09-16 | by Kishalaya Kundu | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super graphics card → | tags: nvidia rtx 60 series, amd rdna 5, radeon 10000 series

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Developer vibe codes a tool to let Nvidia RTX 50-series laptop owners crank up their power limits — can juice RTX 5090 mobile GPU to 225W (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Zak Killian | get laptop cooling pad gaming laptop → | tags: nvpwrcontrol, rtx 5090 mobile, nvidia rtx 50-series

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Developer vibe codes a tool to let NVIDIA RTX 50-series laptop owners crank up their power limits — can juice RTX 5090 mobile GPU to 225W (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Zak Killian | get Cooler Master NotePal X3 gaming laptop cooling pad → | tags: nvpwrcontrol, rtx 5090 mobile, nvidia rtx 50-series

10.

Pick up a giant 18-inch RTX 5080-powered Asus gaming laptop from Best Buy and save $600 — the ROG Strix G18 also comes with 32GB of memory and a 2TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Stewart Bendle | get Asus ROG Strix G18 RTX 5080 gaming laptop → | tags: asus rog strix g18, rtx 5080, best buy deal

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Nvidia reportedly denies RTX 5090 warranty over faded serial number — $6,500 GPU blemish not an isolated incident, according to customers (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Zhiye Liu | get GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card → | tags: nvidia, rtx 5090, warranty claims

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Save $270 on this solid 1080p gaming PC with an RTX 5060 from MSI, now under $1,430 — Codex R2 rig packs 32GB DDR5 RAM, a 2TB SSD, and a 10-core Intel CPU (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Ben Stockton | get MSI Codex R2 RTX 5060 gaming PC → | tags: msi codex r2, rtx 5060, ddr5 ram

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Nvidia rejected an RMA over a fading serial number, and other RTX 5090 owners say they've seen it too (techspot.com)

2026-09-16 | by Skye Jacobs | get NVIDIA RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics card → | tags: nvidia, rtx 5090, rma

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Nvidia rejects RTX 5090 warranty claim because the card's serial number faded (techspot.com)

2026-09-16 | by Skye Jacobs | get GPU support bracket anti-sag graphics card → | tags: nvidia, rtx 5090, warranty claim

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Microsoft will hold a Windows and Surface event on October 7 (engadget.com)

2026-09-15 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: microsoft, nvidia rtx spark, surface laptop ultra

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Microsoft announces Windows and Surface event for October 7th (theverge.com)

2026-09-15 | by Tom Warren | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: windows event, surface laptop ultra, satya nadella

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Asus' ludicrous $10,850 20th-anniversary bundle is now the cheapest way to buy an RTX 5090 — Nvidia's flagship GPU stock is so limited that this bundle with a 3000W PSU, X870E board, and open-frame case is actually cheaper than some scalper listings (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-15 | by Ben Stockton | get Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090 graphics card → | tags: rtx 5090, asus rog, rog astral

18.

Asus' ludicrous 20th anniversary bundle is now the cheapest way to buy an RTX 5090 — Nvidia's flagship GPU stock is so limited that this $10,850 bundle with a 3000W PSU, X870E board, and open-frame case is actually cheaper than some scalper listings (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-15 | by Ben Stockton | get ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 → | tags: rtx 5090, asus rog, nvidia

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Grab a $560 saving on this 1440p-ready gaming PC with a 9800X3D and RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, now $1,859 — all-white CyberPowerPC desktop ships with one of AMD's best X3D chips, along with 32GB DDR5 and a 2TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-15 | by Ben Stockton | get Razer Kishi V2 Mobile Game Controller → | tags: cyberpowerpc, amd 9800x3d, rtx 5060 ti

20.

Perplexity’s local AI agent comes to Windows, but only for RTX GPUs with at least 24GB of VRAM — Portable Computer brings AI for multistep tasks to compatible PCs (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-15 | by Shane Downing | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: perplexity, nvidia, rtx

21.

Unlucky PC user finds AMD's cheaper 8-pin GPU connectors can melt, too (techspot.com)

2026-09-15 | by Daniel Sims | get Cable Matters 8-Pin PCIe Power Cable → | tags: amd, radeon rx 7900 xtx, nvidia

22.

Nvidia's RTX 5090 vanishes from online retail in the US — third-party sellers now demand as much as $9,500 for Nvidia's fastest GPU (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-14 | by Jake Roach | tags: nvidia, rtx 5090, newegg

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Gaming takes a backseat as Nvidia overhauls the RTX 5090 for maximum AI margins — RTX Pro 5500 delivers 2.6X VRAM at matching specs (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-14 | by Zhiye Liu | get Samsung T7 Shield Portable SSD → | tags: nvidia, rtx 5090, gddr7

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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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Dumpster diver builds home lab Proxmox server from weekly landfill runs for SSDs, HDDs, GPUs, and even RAM — weekly e-waste raids net multi-drive Proxmox server and Asus ROG laptop (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-14 | by Mark Tyson | get ASUS ROG Strix G15 gaming laptop → | tags: proxmox, asus rog, landfill

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We tested unofficial DLSS Multi Frame Generation support on RTX 40-series GPUs — new mod brings RTX 50-series exclusive feature to older cards, and it really works (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-12 | by Jeffrey Kampman | get LG UltraGear 27 inch 240Hz gaming monitor → | tags: dlss multi frame generation, rtx 40-series, rtx 50-series

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This week on Tom's Hardware Premium: September 12, 2026 — Benchmarking Qwen 3.8, the splintered compute economy and AI breakthroughs (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-12 | by Sayem Ahmed | get Apple Mac mini M4 → | tags: qwen 3.8, tom's hardware premium, rtx 5090

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Lucky PC scavenger discovers 12 RTX 3070 GPUs from the crypto mining era — cards survived years of basement storage with only minor signs of wear (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-12 | by Kunal Khullar | get Arctic MX-6 thermal paste 4g → | tags: rtx 3070, nvidia, crypto mining

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China-modified Nvidia RTX 5090 with massive 96GB of memory appears on Alibaba for less than $4,000 — 3x more VRAM at 65% the cost of the original (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-11 | by Zhiye Liu | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card → | tags: rtx 5090, nvidia, alibaba

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Snag a huge $1,000 saving on this RTX 5090 OLED gaming laptop from HP, now $3,699 — 16-inch HyperX rig delivers 1600p gaming with ultra-fast 240Hz refresh rate, coupled with 32GB DDR5 RAM and a 2TB SSD (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-11 | by Ben Stockton | get HP Omen Max 16 RTX 5090 gaming laptop → | tags: rtx 5090, hyperx omen max 16, oled gaming laptop