Nvidia RTX 5090 ‘lottery’ reportedly ends in screams and chaos

Nvidia is launching its RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards today — read our RTX 5090 review and RTX 5080 review — and the anticipation is clear. In Japan, multiple stores held a lottery to give attendees an equal chance at scoring one of Nvidia’s best graphics cards, but the event ended in chaos, … Read more

Nvidia RTX 5080 review: a worrying sign of what’s to come

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 MSRP $1,000.00 “Nvidia delivered what it promised — that promise is just disappointing.” Pros Fantastic Founder’s Edition design DLSS 4 can literally quadruple performance Decent gen-on-gen improvement Fastest memory you can buy Cons Falls well short of the RTX 4090 Increased power demands Ray tracing performance doesn’t keep pace Table of … Read more

Nvidia RTX 5090 review: fast, but not nearly twice as fast

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 MSRP $1,999.00 “Nvidia is, once again, leaving its mark on the flagship throne with the RTX 5090.” Pros Unrivaled 4K gaming performance Innovative, attractive Founder’s Edition design DisplayPort 2.1 and 4:2:2 encoding 32GB of memory for AI workloads DLSS 4 is a treat… Cons …when it works properly Insanely expensive Power … Read more

Nvidia says melting power connectors are a thing of the past

Nvidia has expressed confidence that the infamous melting issues with the 12VHPWR power connectors, which plagued some RTX 40-series GPUs, will not recur with its next-generation RTX 50-series lineup. As reported by QuasarZone, during the Nvidia RTX AI Day 2025 event in South Korea, Nvidia representatives assured attendees that the overheating and melting issues experienced … Read more

The RTX 5090 is absolutely stunning — but Nvidia made one annoying change

Table of Contents Table of Contents One little problem Still a stunner I could make a solid argument for calling the RTX 5090 one of the best graphics cards based on looks alone. Nvidia has seriously stepped-up its design game over the past handful of generations, but the latest two-slot flagship might be the most … Read more

Nvidia might’ve just given you a reason to skip RTX 50-series

Nvidia’s RTX 50-series graphics cards are set to arrive in a matter of days, and although they could be among the best graphics cards you can buy, Nvidia itself might’ve just given PC gamers a reason to sit out this generation. According to Nvidia’s Bryan Catanzaro — the company’s DLSS champion — it might be … Read more

Nvidia says the RTX 5080 is ‘about’ 15% faster than the RTX 4080 without DLSS

Nvidia made some bold claims about its RTX 50-series GPUs when they were announced earlier this month, saying that the new range can outclass their previous-gen counterparts with twice the performance. Although Nvidia’s new lineup might be among the best graphics cards when they launch, the vast majority of the extra performance comes on the … Read more

Nvidia celebrates Trump, slams Biden for putting AI in jeopardy

In response to new export restrictions placed on AI GPUs, Nvidia posted a scathing blog criticizing the outgoing Biden-Harris administration. The administration’s Interim Final Rule on Artificial Intelligence Diffusion largely targets China with restrictions on AI GPUs, according to Newsweek. Nvidia disagrees. “While cloaked in the guise of an ‘anti-China’ measure, these rules would do … Read more

Like it or not, Nvidia stole the show at CES 2025

Great, here’s the entitled journalist telling me that the $2,000 graphics card won CES 2025. I’ve seen plenty of strong opinions about Nvidia’s CES announcements online, but even ignoring the bloated price of the new RTX 5090, Nvidia won this year’s show. And it kind of won by default. Between Intel’s barebones announcements and an … Read more