Nvidia’s AIB (Add-in Board) partners have allegedly been caught using dirt-cheap thermal paste in their latestGeForce RTX 40-seriesproducts, which are among thebest graphics cards. Igor Wallossek fromIgor’s Labreports that thermal paste deterioration has escalated into a severe problem for many RTX 40 series customers, where faltering cards see hotspot temperatures reach over 100 degrees Celsius, causing fan speeds to spike to almost 100%. The thermal paste allegedly performs exceptionally well on day one but quickly deteriorates on a scale of months (not years)....

As rumored earlier this month, Nvidia has quietly introduced a new version of itsRTX 4070graphics card. The new GPU will come with GDDR6 memory, rather than the GDDR6X memory it comes with now. The company says it’s launching this configuration to “improve supply and availability to meet strong demand.” Nvidia buried today’s news at the bottom of its updates for the latestGame Ready Drivers, though there was plenty to discuss there already with the announcement of20 new DLSS 3-enabled games....

AsTechPowerUpspotted, Nvidia has updated its branding and tagline for GeForce RTX graphics cards. The badge now adds the subheading “Powering Advanced AI.” The change makes the standard GeForce badge the most verbose it has ever been and highlights Nvidia’s deepened focus on AI as it continues to reign as the top dog in the AI hardware market. Nvidia’s GeForce graphics card line has traditionally been a gaming-first brand, with Nvidia pushing AI-focused professionals to its professional lineup of GPUs and accelerators....

Budget gamers looking for a deal this Black Friday will be happy to see that the Nvidia RTX 4060 is currently at an all-time low. The Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 Gaming OC 8G entry-level GPU is currently on sale atless than $285 on Amazonand Newegg, although it’s already out of stock in the latter, so you should hurry if you want one. The sale price is 11% off Gigabyte’s RRP of $319....

ThePCI ID repositoryhas added fresh entries for Nvidia’s upcoming Blackwell mobile (RTX 50) GPU lineup. As spotted byHarukazeon X, the RTX 50 mobile family features GPUs from the RTX 5090M down to the RTX 5050M, covering a broad market segment akin to its predecessor. Since this leak only focuses on mobile SKUs, there’s a high possibility that Nvidia is sending RTX 50 mobile engineering samples to OEMs as we speak....

Although the U.S. government has set rather tight restrictions on the performance of AI GPUs that can be shipped to Chinese entities without an export license by the Department of Commerce’s Industry andSecurityBureau, Nvidia’s latest offerings tailored for the country are still good enough to compete against China’s domestic GPUs. As a result, the company will earn some $12 billion selling them to its Chinese customers, analysts believe, reportsFinancial Times....

Popular open-source live streaming software OBS (short for Open Broadcasting Software) has been working on its Twitch Enhanced Broadcasting feature. It now bears fruit for users with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 900 series (viaJacob Freeman) and above graphics cards. This feature was showcased in February and released with initial support for GeForce RTX graphics cards. The OBS 30.2 RC1 update works with older Maxwell-based GeForce GTX 900-series graphics cards. Apart from having the proper hardware, the streamer must be accepted into Twitch’s BETA program....

If your PDF won’t open, it’s most likely your file is corrupted. You will get“Failed to load PDF document”or“Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open ‘XYZ.pdf’ because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged”messages when opening a document. In such instances, your best bet is tore-download the fileor ask others tosend the PDFagain. However, if needed, you might as well have torepair the corrupted file....

Fast Throttle is a per-core thermal throttling solution that debuted on 13th GenerationRaptor Lakeprocessors, among the best CPUs. It provides an alternative (more performant) method of temperature-related throttling compared to TJMax.Jaykihnclaims that Fast Throttle will also come to Intel’s upcomingArrow Lakeprocessors. Fast Throttle is a largely unknown but exciting thermal throttling feature that debuted on 13th Generation Raptor Lake CPUs. The thermal throttling mechanism uses a clock-controlling mechanism known as clock modulation to keep a CPU within its defined thermal limits....

During a speech to mark the unveiling of his new AI Action Plan, President Donald Trump revealed that he suggested simply breaking up Nvidia, despite appearing to have never heard of the company or its CEO, Jensen Huang. Trump made the remarks on stage at an AI summit in Washington, D.C., as he unveiled the United States' new AI Action Plan. The President made reference and gave thanks to some of AI’s top industry leaders, “And a very special thanks to some of the top industry leaders here, including somebody that’s amazing,” he said, alluding to Huang....

You can now download a Small Form Factor (SFF) PC case onPrintablesfor free. This allows you to print it using small 3D printers like the Prusa MINI or Bambu Lab A1, one of ourBest 3D Printers. The creator of the 3D file, WhoIsLudwig, uploaded the Kubic case, which was inspired by the GameCube and Power Mac G4 Cube. WhoIsLudwig uploaded the creation under the Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution-Non-Commercial license, allowing anyone to use it for free....

Hot on the heels of theRaspberry Pi Compute Module 5release,EDATec has announcedsomething that we wished was included as standard. EDATec has designed a $7 active cooler (ED-CM5ACOOLER) which offers passive and active cooling to the flagship Compute Module board. The active cooler connects to the Compute Module 5 using the same four screw points as the official passive cooler, but it also uses a fan similar to the official active cooler (andArgon THRML active cooler) with the same fan connector for use with the CM5IO board....

AMD has reversed course and decided to patch the new ‘Sinkclose’ vulnerability on Ryzen 3000 desktop processors after all. AMD updated its SMMLock Bypass Security Bulletin,which now includes a fix for Ryzen 3000 desktop CPUs (codenamed Matisse) scheduled for tomorrow, August 20. Sinkcloseis a significantsecurityvulnerability that has affected virtually all AMD processors since 2006. The vulnerability takes advantage of a flaw within the System Management Mode (SMM) in affected chips, allowing hackers to execute code within the SMM....