Japanese repair shop sells GPU VRAM upgrades for $25 per GB during memory crisis — RTX 2080 Ti modded to 22GB of GDDR6 for just $282, double the VRAM creates a budget AI powerhouse

This vendor can upgrade your RTX 2080 Ti to feature 22GB of VRAM for less than $300, converting it into an AI powerhouse without breaking the bank.

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Thieves swap RTX 5080 GPUs for RTX 3060s in Chinese gaming hotels — rogue ‘downgrades’ go unnoticed until sudden blackout exposes $12,000 heist
 Thieves swap RTX 5080 GPUs for RTX 3060s in Chinese gaming hotels — rogue ‘downgrades’ go unnoticed until sudden blackout exposes $12,000 heist

Two thieves in China have been arrested after they were caught stealing high-end GPUs from gaming hotels. They’d check into rooms with RTX 5080s, replace them with RTX 3060s that looked similar, and no one noticed the performance difference.

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Nvidia doubles RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell’s MSRP to a staggering $16,000 — 96GB card started pre-orders below $8,000 last year
 Nvidia doubles RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell’s MSRP to a staggering $16,000 — 96GB card started pre-orders below $8,000 last year

A data center GPU has become more expensive because of the AI boom enabled by unprecedented data center buildouts — shocking. Nvidia’s RTX 6000 Pro Blackwell is now twice as costly as it was last year at the time of its launch, and 20% more expensive than even a couple of months ago.

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CoreWeave proves Nvidia’s aging AI GPUs from 2020 can generate profit nine years after deployment, signs A100 contracts into 2029 — power constraints and legacy infrastructure keep old GPUs profitable
 CoreWeave proves Nvidia’s aging AI GPUs from 2020 can generate profit nine years after deployment, signs A100 contracts into 2029 — power constraints and legacy infrastructure keep old GPUs profitable

CoreWeave reported $2.58 billion in quarterly revenue, up 112% year over year.

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Modder adds Radeon RX 9070 XT eGPU to Steam Machine, runs Crimson Desert at over 100 FPS on High — moves boot drive to USB-C port, leverages M.2 to OCuLink adaptor and eGPU dock

A Redditor has successfully connected a very powerful eGPU the Steam Machine via an M.2 to OCuLink adapter.

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GeForce RTX 50-series GPU prices spike as much as 39% as Blackwell price hikes hit the US — RTX 5070 gets a 36% hike, RTX 5060 up 27% at the median of Newegg listings

After recent news of price hikes on RTX 50-series GPUs in other regions, those same increases now appear to have come Stateside, as Newegg prices for some Blackwell cards have spiked as much as 39% compared to June 2026.

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Nvidia reportedly testing lower memory configs of Rubin Ultra as memory shortage bites back — designs tested include as little as 192 GB and step back to HBM4 [Updated]
 Nvidia reportedly testing lower memory configs of Rubin Ultra as memory shortage bites back — designs tested include as little as 192 GB and step back to HBM4 [Updated]

Nvidia is reportedly testing at least three Rubin Ultra configurations that pack as little as 192 GB of memory, as opposed to the 1 TB of HBM4E originally announced.

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The only current-generation graphics card on sale below MSRP — AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 GRE GPU with 12GB of VRAM returns to its lowest-ever price of $499
 The only current-generation graphics card on sale below MSRP — AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 GRE GPU with 12GB of VRAM returns to its lowest-ever price of $499

Grab a new GPU for less than the MSRP launch price. Gigabyte’s Gaming RX 9070 GRE falls to its lowest-ever price.

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Nvidia RTX 5090 ships in bizarre 8-motherboard bundle — retailers hold GPUs hostage similar to the crypto boom

Taiwanese ecommerce platform PChome24h is packaging RTX 5090 GPUs with a crazy number of motherboards, entry-to-mid-range GPUs, and several other components. While interesting, these combos are alarming as they show the direction that the PC building industry is headed.

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We tested the impact of SSD speed on gaming performance in 11 titles — we analyzed from SATA to PCIe 5.0 to see whether upgrading to a faster NVMe SSD would have an impact
 We tested the impact of SSD speed on gaming performance in 11 titles — we analyzed from SATA to PCIe 5.0 to see whether upgrading to a faster NVMe SSD would have an impact

We tested gaming performance with both NVMe and SATA SSDs across 11 games to determine if upgrading to a faster drive is worth it.

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