VentureBeat's July VB Pulse survey of 170 AI infrastructure buyers found 39.4% plan to evaluate non-Nvidia accelerators like AWS Trainium, Google TPU, AMD Instinct or Intel Gaudi over the next year, versus 25.3% who plan to evaluate Nvidia's next-gen Blackwell GPUs. Despite this evaluation gap, the share of respondents expecting to switch platforms within three months actually dropped from 38.3% to 28.8%, even as usage and infrastructure activity rose across the board.
venturebeat.com
· 2026-09-02
Gaming monitor buyers are advised to stick with 4K (3840x2160) rather than jump to 5K (5120x2880) displays, since 5K's extra pixel density mainly benefits photo and video professionals rather than gamers. Achieving smooth 4K gaming still requires powerful GPUs like Nvidia's RTX 4070 or AMD's RX 9070 XT, with top-tier cards such as the RTX 5080 or 5090 needed for ray-traced titles at native resolution with high frame rates. Upscaling tools like DLSS and FSR help lower-end systems approximate native 4K quality without the full performance cost.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-01
Roku is entering OLED television territory with two new models: the Roku Pro Series OLED, available in 55- and 65-inch sizes with a 4K 120Hz panel, Dolby Vision, and a slim metal-bezel design, and the higher-end Roku Pro Series LX OLED, which promises a brighter picture, 144Hz refresh rate, and glare-reducing polarizer but has undisclosed sizing details. Both TVs retain Roku's signature software features like Smart Picture Max and Automatic Game Mode, with the LX model including a premium rechargeable remote.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-01
Jerry James benchmarked an 8-GPU NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell system paired with an AMD EPYC 9555 CPU, offering 768GB of combined GDDR7 memory. Rather than splitting huge models like Llama-3.1 405B or DeepSeek-R1 671B across all eight PCIe cards, which introduces heavy latency, the team found the setup performs best running independent single-GPU model instances in parallel.
gpupartner.com
· 2026-08-31
G.Skill has introduced the Flare X5X series, a new DDR5-6000 memory line built for AMD Ryzen systems using AMD's EXPO ULL technology, which tightens memory subtimings for better performance. The initial kit ships as 2x16GB modules with 36-36-36-96 primary timings at 1.35V, matching the standard Flare X5 on the surface. Pricing and part numbers have not yet been disclosed by the company.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-08-31
Amazon has cut the price of the 65-inch Hisense U7 Mini-LED Google TV to $847.99 from its $1,499.99 list price, a 43% reduction that matches its previous Prime Day low. The 2026 model offers 4K Mini-LED picture quality, HDR10+, Dolby Vision IQ, Dolby Atmos, IMAX Enhanced support, and gaming features like native 165Hz refresh, VRR, ALLM, and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-08-31
Dell has dropped the price of its Alienware AW2726DM gaming monitor to $319.99, down $30 from its usual $349.99. The 27-inch display uses a QD-OLED panel with quantum dot technology, a 240Hz refresh rate, and AMD FreeSync Premium Plus support, marking the first discount on this particular model.
theverge.com
· 2026-08-31
Newegg is offering a four-item PC building bundle featuring AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, 32GB of Corsair DDR5-6000 memory, and a Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro motherboard for $1,113.99, a $240 discount off the combined retail price. The deal also throws in a free Cooler Master Elite Liquid 240 AIO cooler worth $80 and an AMD game bundle.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-08-31
TIME's newly published 2026 TIME100 AI list left out Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su, despite both companies dominating GPU supply for AI infrastructure. Instead, the list includes figures like Ben Affleck, Bernie Sanders and Paris Hilton, while Nvidia's only representative is its sustainability chief Josh Parker, featured for work on data center energy use and cooling.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-08-31
After years of volatile pricing and shortages, GPU prices have largely normalized, with standouts like Intel's Arc B580 at $250, AMD's 16GB Radeon RX 9060 XT at $350, and the RX 9070 XT at $600. The 9070 XT now undercuts Nvidia's RTX 4070 Ti Super by a small margin despite offering similar 16GB VRAM specs, marking roughly a 25% price drop from that card's 2024 launch price.
techspot.com
· 2026-08-30
Amazon is selling the Samsung Odyssey G55C, a 32-inch curved VA gaming monitor, for $199.99, down 39% from its $329.99 list price. The display features 1440p QHD resolution, a 165 Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time, and a 1000R curve, along with AMD FreeSync and HDR10 support.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-08-29
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told BBC News that Project Helix, previously described as a codename for Microsoft's next console, will actually be a 'family' of devices rather than a single machine. She declined to confirm whether any of these devices would be discless, though Microsoft recently launched a program letting users digitize physical games.
theverge.com
· 2026-08-28
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