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Save $400 on this 4K-ready MSI gaming PC with an RTX 5070 Ti and 32GB DDR5 — budget-friendly Aegis Z2 rig also ships with eight-core AMD Ryzen CPU and a 2TB SSD, now just $1,849 (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-28 | by Ben Stockton | get MSI Aegis Z2 Gaming PC → | tags: msi, aegis z2, rtx 5070 ti

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Repair shop discovers near-perfect fake RTX 4090 with laser-etched VRAM and GPU core (techspot.com)

2026-04-27 | get Fake RTX 4090 Graphics Card → | tags: asus rog strix, rtx 4090, gpu core

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Valve engineer develops Linux VRAM fix that boosts gaming on 8GB GPUs (techspot.com)

2026-04-13 | get Linux VRAM Optimization Tool → | tags: valve, linux, vram

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Valve engineer shocks Linux community with game-changing VRAM hack for 8GB GPUs — breakthrough solution turbocharges gaming by prioritizing VRAM for games while background tasks take a back seat (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-12 | by Hassam Nasir | get VRAM Management Software → | tags: valve, linux, vram

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Intel's new AI compression tech can significantly shrink game texture sizes and reduce VRAM use (techspot.com)

2026-04-07 | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: intel, tsnc, ai compression

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New 'GeForge' and 'GDDRHammer' attacks can fully infiltrate your system through Nvidia's GPU memory — Rowhammer attacks in GPUs force bit flips in protected VRAM regions to gain read/write access (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-04 | by Hassam Nasir | get GPU Rowhammer Attack Kit → | tags: gddr6, nvidia, gpuhammer

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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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Nvidia greenboost: transparently extend GPU VRAM using system RAM/NVMe (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-15 | get Nvidia VRAM Extension Kit → | tags: nvidia, greenboost, gpu

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Restoring a Sun SPARCstation IPX part 1: PSU and NVRAM (2020) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-09 | get Sun SPARCstation → | tags: sparcstation, ipx, nvram

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Restoring a Sun SPARCstation IPX Part 1: PSU and Nvram (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-09 | get Sun SPARCstation → | tags: sparcstation, ipx, nvram

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AMD Radeon RX 9000 GPUs begin to appear in the Steam Hardware Survey at last — RX 9070 arrives with paltry 0.16% market share, less than the GeForce GT 730 (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-03 | by Mark Tyson | get GPU → | tags: hardware, rx xt, steam

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Get AMD's 16GB RX 9060 XT for the MSRP price of an 8GB RTX 5060 Ti — Newegg discount code unlocks $20 saving on double the VRAM (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-26 | by Aaron Klotz | get RX 9060 → | tags: card, deals, graphics

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Nvidia Reportedly Ends GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Production, RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB Next (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-15 | get RTX 5060 Ti → | tags: frame, high, intel

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Nvidia's RTX 70 Series, Ranked: From the 2070 to the 5070 (techspot.com)

2025-11-18 | by Steven Walton | get Graphics Card → | tags: faster, faster faster, performance

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The Sega Master System (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-09 | by Michael Martin | get Sega Genesis → | tags: famicom, graphics, master

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Building A16Z's Personal AI Workstation (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Marco Mascorro | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: gpu, nvme, pcie

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SK hynix confirms 3GB GDDR7 modules, paving way for RTX 50 Super VRAM boost (techspot.com)

2025-10-31 | by Daniel Sims | get How to Win Friends book → | tags: 5070, modules, rtx

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AMD demo shows procedural generation slashing VRAM use from 35 GB to just 51 KB (techspot.com)

2025-10-31 | by Daniel Sims | get Emotional Intelligence book → | tags: generation, graphs, memory

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AMD demo shows procedural generation cutting VRAM usage from 35GB to 51KB (techspot.com)

2025-10-31 | by Daniel Sims | get Emotional Intelligence book → | tags: generation, graphs, memory

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NVIDIA's RTX 5050 arrives early in laptops from Acer, MSI and more (engadget.com)

2025-10-31 | get laptop → | tags: 5050, gpu, memory

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The Real Nvidia GPU Lineup: GeForce RTX 5060 is Actually a Mediocre 5050 (techspot.com)

2025-10-31 | by Tim Schiesser | get Microsoft Surface Pro → | tags: class, gb, nvidia