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A benchmark comparison tested AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT against the older RX 7900 XTX flagship across 51 games, using a Ryzen 7 9800X3D test system with 32GB of DDR5-6000 memory. The results show the two cards deliver very similar gaming performance overall, with only a handful of titles showing notable differences.
Newegg is selling an ABS Cyclone Aqua prebuilt gaming desktop for $1,499.99, a $200 discount. The system pairs an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti with 16GB of VRAM with a 20-core Intel Core i7-14700F processor, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB SSD.
Walmart has slashed the price of MSI's Codex Z2C gaming desktop to $999, saving $600. The system features an AMD Ryzen 7 8700F CPU, GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics card, 16GB DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, all built on a Pro B840-VC WiFi motherboard with upgrade options. The deal has quickly gained popularity, with over 500 units sold since yesterday.
Tom's Hardware compared NVIDIA's 8GB and 16GB RTX 5060 Ti cards, which share the same chip and clock speeds, across 21 games and found the 8GB model averaged 2.3% slower at 1080p medium settings but 12% slower at ultra, with minimum frame rates down 16%. Hardware Unboxed reported a bigger gap in The Last of Us Part II (67fps vs 109fps at 1080p very high) and said Indiana Jones and the Great Circle crashed on the 8GB card at 1080p ultra.
Newegg is selling an ABS Cyclone Aqua prebuilt gaming PC for $1,399.99, a $300 cut from its regular price. The system pairs an Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU with a 20-core Intel Core i7-14700F processor, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB SSD.
WiCi has unveiled the WiCi One, an external graphics card enclosure that connects to laptops wirelessly over Wi-Fi 7 instead of using Thunderbolt or OCuLink cables. The base model includes an Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU, an Intel Core 3 100U CPU, and 1TB of storage, with a more powerful RTX 5090-based version planned. Preorders for the base model start at $1,999, rising to $2,599 at full release, with shipping expected in the fourth quarter of this year.
A price check across Australian and US retailers found the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, originally around $750, now selling from roughly $1,050 in Australia and often out of stock, while AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT is available from about $1,149 there. On Newegg in the US, the two cards are similarly matched, with the 5060 Ti starting near $780 and the 9070 XT actually slightly cheaper at around $740. Both cards ship with 16GB of VRAM, prompting a 52-game benchmark comparison between them.
Walmart is offering a $560 discount on CyberPowerPC's all-white Gamer Supreme desktop, bringing it down to $1,859.99. The build pairs AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D with an Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, 32GB of DDR5 memory, and a 2TB SSD, aimed at 1440p gaming.
Developer Marcelo Guibout built a ReShade-based tool called MGPU Bridge that offloads Nvidia's DLSS 5 Neural Rendering step to a second GPU, letting one card handle game rendering while the other applies neural post-processing. Demonstrated on Cyberpunk 2077 and The Blood of Dawnwalker using two RTX 5060 Ti cards, the setup reportedly boosted neural-rendered frame rates by up to 127%, though it requires a second monitor and adds display latency. The project is available on GitHub for others to test.
Walmart is selling the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G Shadow 2X OC Plus for $569.99, roughly $200 cheaper than comparable listings at Amazon, Newegg, and Best Buy. The compact dual-fan card runs on a single 6+2 PCIe power connector, draws 180W, and pairs 16GB of GDDR7 memory with clock speeds up to 2,646 MHz boost.
Walmart has discounted the CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme prebuilt desktop by 21%, dropping it from $1,769.99 to $1,399. The system pairs Intel's Core Ultra 7 270K Plus processor with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB VRAM), 16GB of DDR5 memory, and a 1TB SSD.
Star Wars Zero Company has earned strong reviews and an 85 Metacritic score for its X-COM-style tactics gameplay and story, but many players report severe technical problems including traversal stutter, input lag, crashes, and a bug that forced a mission restart. Nearly 9,000 Steam reviews rate it 'mostly positive' overall, yet a large share of them describe frequent crashes and performance issues, with complaints also surfacing from console players and even high-end PC owners.