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Walmart is selling a refreshed HP Omen 35L desktop with Nvidia's RTX 5070 Ti GPU, an Intel Core i7-14700F CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB SSD for $1,899.99. The same configuration lists for $3,639.99 on HP's own site, making the Walmart price over $1,700 cheaper.
CyberPowerPC is offering pre-built gaming PCs containing Nvidia RTX 5070, 5080 and 5090 Founders Edition GPUs on Walmart, timed to Nvidia's GeForce Week promotion running September 21-27. The builds are discounted between roughly $580 and over $1,300 off their listed prices, though supplies are limited.
Valve says it's actively working to bring functional Nvidia graphics drivers to SteamOS, the Linux OS behind the Steam Deck and Steam Machine, but the effort could take years to complete. Internal testing has already gotten Nvidia drivers running and rendering graphics on certain GPU generations, though performance still trails AMD hardware.
Woot is selling the 2023 Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K for $16.09 through September 13 when shoppers apply the code FIRE30 at checkout. The device supports Wi-Fi 6 and includes 2GB of memory, making it capable of running cloud gaming services like Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia GeForce Now.
Nvidia has launched GeForce Graphics Driver 616.92, adding Game Ready optimizations for the path tracing update in 007 First Light alongside support for Active Matter, Aniimo, WARDOGS and a DLSS Super Resolution update for PUGS. The release also patches several bugs, including browser flicker, virtual display creation failures, and black screens during Remote Desktop sessions introduced by the prior 616.56 driver.
Pearl Abyss has launched a free 20-minute playable demo of Crimson Desert that runs entirely through Twitch's cloud streaming, requiring no download or installation. The demo works on any device with a web browser, though notably not on current game consoles. It coincides with the rollout of Crimson Desert Enhanced, a major free update released last week.
New pricing data tracked across 10 countries shows graphics card prices jumping sharply in the six weeks since the last survey, reversing a modest decline seen earlier in 2026. Nvidia's GeForce lineup appears to be absorbing the steepest increases, based on lowest verified in-stock prices from comparison sites in each region.
Nvidia has confirmed that October 2026 will bring the last Game Ready driver built for Windows 10, with the following November release skipping the OS entirely. After that, Nvidia will only issue quarterly security patches for Windows 10 systems through October 2029, rather than the frequent performance and compatibility updates tied to new game launches.
A Reddit user with an Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 found that running the laptop in Asus' Eco mode, which disables the discrete GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU to save battery, caused Windows to eventually uninstall the Nvidia drivers entirely. Investigation of Windows logs revealed that pnpclean.dll, a routine that purges drivers for hardware absent past a timeout period, treated the disabled GPU as permanently disconnected after 15 days and wiped its drivers.