Catching up with Nvidia DLSS

AMD is finally catching on that AI might actually be useful for something more than buzzwords. At Computex 2025, the chipmaker gave gamers a glimpse of FidelityFX Super Resolution Redstone, the next big leap for its upscaling tech that’s been trailing Nvidia’s DLSS for years.

Leaked card sample is more power station than GPU

An engineering prototype of Nvidia’s RTX 5090 has surfaced. This early design, posted by Twitter/X user @yuuki\_ans, sports four 16-pin power connectors and looks like something a Bond villain would use to light up a volcano lair.

Official bans look tough, but processors turn up via backdoors

Despite the US waving its sanctions stick over Russia since the Ukraine invasion, chips are streaming into the country through a maze of unofficial networks. 

Blackwell-based B40 set to dodge export bans with cheaper silicon

Following yet another US clampdown on AI hardware, Nvidia is scrambling to keep its Chinese revenue stream alive with a watered-down Blackwell GPU called the B40.

Computex brings keyboard vents, ancient chips and a lonely dock

Asus turned up to Computex with a pile of gaming laptops barely changed from last year, now dressed up with Nvidia’s RTX 5060 and not much else to show for it.

ET900N G3 is a supercomputer with a DVD player

Asus has pulled a fast one on the performance PC world by hiding Nvidia's GB300 Ultra chip in a chassis so dull it is like watching paint dry on a beige wall in an insurance office while listening to someone explain how envelopes are made.

Export controls are fuelling China’s AI boom

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has laid into the US government’s AI chip export bans, branding them “a failure” that’s doing the opposite of what Washington claims it wants.

Dell AI Factory with Nvidia goes semantic and agentic

The Grey Box Shifter, Dell has teamed up with Nvidia to peddle the latest iteration of its AI in a box.

Mini-ITX and low-profile boards revive compact gaming hopes

Nvidia’s RTX 5060 isn’t fast, but it’s miserly on power which makes it perfect for Zotac’s latest party trick of cramming a full-fat RTX 5060  into cases barely bigger than a lunchbox.

RDNA 4 Navi 44 silicon gets its moment just in time for Nvidia’s 5060 Ti 

AMD has punched Nvidia in the mid-range with the new Radeon RX 9060 XT, the third sprog in its RX 9000-series family.