Nintendo 64 gets a 4K VRR-enabled revival in the form of the Analogue 3D — an emulation-less new FPGA console that can play every N64 game ever made

FPGA console manufacturer Analogue has announced a new, 4K VRR-enabled version of the classic Nintendo 64— the Analogue 3D. This may not initially seem all that exciting. Still, those dedicated to classic N64 game preservation, especially without relying on still-developing PC emulation, may be interested to know that the Analogue 3D doesn’t require emulation. That “FPGA” part is key — FPGA means “Field Programmable Gate Array.” In this context, Analogue has completely recreated and enhanced the functionality of Nintendo 64 without needing to rely on software emulation, ensuring 100% system library compatibility and accuracy....

May 27, 2025 · 4 min · 727 words · Jonathan Shaw

Nvidia announces RTX 5090 for $1,999, 5070 for $549 — plus AI, DLSS 4, and more

Nvidia kicked off itsCES2025 keynote with a rehashing of the company history, starting with NV1 and arcade machines and evolving into an AI powerhouse. The goal is to apply machine learning to every application possible, all powered by Nvidia GPUs — the house that GeForce built. And that’s what we’re really here to see: The next generation of GeForce hardware, powered by the Blackwell architecture.Jumping right into the heart of the matter, Nvidia kicked off the GPU announcements with the RTX 5070 at $549....

May 27, 2025 · 9 min · 1840 words · Cynthia Cook

Nvidia confirms Nintendo Switch 2 SoC's AI, ray tracing features, keeps real specs to itself for now

While Nintendo made a splash at yesterday’s formal unveiling of theNintendo Switch 2, the company’s hardware developers stayed quiet on the chip powering it. Now, Nvidia, which makes the custom system on a chip, has provided some more informationin a blog post. “Nintendo doesn’t share too much on the hardware spec,” Switch 2 technical director Tetsuya Sasakisaid at a developer roundtable. “What we really like to focus on is the value we can provide to our consumers....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Carla Wallace

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition review: Incremental gains over the previous generation

Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test. Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition For this review, Nvidia provided us with its RTX 5080 Founders Edition, the reference model that will sell for $999 MSRP — while supplies last. We’ve already seen the cards at CES 2025, and from the outside, the RTX 5080 looks effectively the same as the RTX 5090....

May 27, 2025 · 3 min · 613 words · Mrs. Margaret West

Nvidia partners indirectly confirm Blackwell B200 GPU delay — offer interested parties liquid-cooled H200 instead

Nvidia’s possible delay ofBlackwell GPUsfor AI and HPC applications will not have a dramatic impact on AI server makers and the AI server market, according to Supermicro, a major server supplier. The comment by Charles Liang (viaSeekingAlpha), chief executive of Supermicro, can be considered confirmation that Nvidia’s next-generation B100 and B200 processors are indeed delayed as they need rework. “We heard Nvidia may have some delay, and we treat that as a normal possibility,” Liang said during the company’s earnings call with financial analysts and investors....

May 27, 2025 · 4 min · 697 words · Amanda Johnston

Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPU spotted with 24,064 CUDA cores, 96GB GDDR7, and 600W — 11% more cores than RTX 5090

Over two years after theRTX 6000 AdaGPUs launched, leaks have finally emerged surrounding Nvidia’s next-genBlackwellworkstation offerings, courtesy of a fewshipping manifestsand web scrapers. Cargo records from NBD show that Nvidia has been shipping two new workstation GPUs for testing and validation. Details and specifications of one of these GPUs were discovered on LeadTek’s website and subsequently extracted, as shown byHarukazeon X. From the looks of it, Nvidia is dubbing its next-gen workstation cards with a new “Pro” label....

May 27, 2025 · 3 min · 474 words · Stacy Jones

Nvidia touts three more games with DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction, more than doubling the current count — Black Myth: Wukong, Naraka Bladepoint, and Portal with RTX

Nvidia reports that three additional games that are receiving DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction support. The three games in question are Black Myth: Wukong, Naraka: Bladepoint, and Portal with RTX. Nvidia also revealed that itsRTX Remixapplication now features DLSS 3.5 integration. In other news, Star Wars Outlaws will have DLSS 3 support when it launches later this year. Get Tom’s Hardware’s best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. Aaron Klotz is a contributing writer for Tom’s Hardware, covering news related to computer hardware such as CPUs, and graphics cards....

May 27, 2025 · 1 min · 90 words · Mark Horn

OLED monitor momentum expected to continue — analysts expect 1.34 million units shipped by year end

Shipments ofOLED monitorshave significantly increased in 2024, and continued momentum means that over 1.3 million units are expected to have shipped by year end.TrendForce’s analysissuggests that the OLED monitor market, dominated by Samsung,Dell, andLG, will grow by 161% this year. OLED monitors are highly sought-after by PC enthusiasts, due to their impressive contrast (due to the deepest black levels) and responsiveness. However, OLED panel pricing and the specter ofOLED burn-inhave held adoption back for several years....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Angel Murphy

Open Sora can create AI-generated videos on an RTX 3090 GPU, but memory capacity limits it to 4-second 240p clips

Backprop, a GPU cloud provider for AI processes, recently showcased AI-generated video using an environment based onOpen-Sora V1.2. The company showed four examples using different prompts, and the results were generally of average quality. But the hardware requirements for even these relatively tame samples are quite high.According to the company blog post, “On a 3090, you may generate videos up to 240p and 4s. Higher values than that use more memory than the card has....

May 27, 2025 · 4 min · 655 words · Robert Miller Jr.

Panther Cove will reportedly arrive with big IPC improvements, support for Intel APX

It’s not slated to arrive anytime soon, but a P-core architecture that Intel is working on will purportedly boast big IPC improvements, as well as support Intel’s new APX instruction set. This information was discovered byINstLatX64on X. According to a user on thereal world technologies forum, Panther Cove will represent a big architectural overhaul of Intel’s P-core design, featuring “large IPC” improvements as well as support for Intel’sAPX and AVX10standards. Panther Cove is one of the furthest out architectures Intel is purportedly working on, and is purportedly expected to arrive after Cougar Cove, which is itself slated to land after Lion Cove, a P-Core architecture powering Core Ultra 200 seriesLunar LakeandArrow LakeCPUs....

May 27, 2025 · 2 min · 423 words · Cole Allen

Pocket-size AMD Ryzen PC in a folding keyboard hits Kickstarter — Hawk Point portable has up to 10 hours of battery life

Lunar, a 2-in-1 foldable mini keyboard that squeezes in a full computer inside its tiny package, is now available to support onKickstarter. This tiny PClaunched earlier this year, in July, and the Kickstarter version is virtually unchanged from what was shown at that time. The machine has an AMD Ryzen 8840U processor paired to either a 16GB RAM/512GB SSD or 32GB/1TB SSD combination. Aside from that, it features Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5....

May 27, 2025 · 3 min · 616 words · Allen Myers

Proxy Server Isn’t Responding? Here’s How To Fix It

A non-responding proxy server is a common networking problem with various possible causes. On the backend, these can range from HTTP errors and certificate validation issues to a misconfigured proxy server and so on. Ultimately, all these problems lead to users encountering theProxy Server Isn’t Respondingor similar error message. As the message implies, often, the error really does occur due to server-end problems. Simply disabling the proxy or switching to a different server will resolve this problem in such scenarios....

May 27, 2025 · 3 min · 548 words · Jessica Boyd

PS5 Keeps Crashing – 8 Ways to Fix it

New hardware shouldn’t cause problems to its users. If yourPS5 keeps crashing, it means you’re experiencing hardware or system errors. Understanding its causes can lead you straight to the solutions. In essence, the circumstances causing your PS5 to crash and freeze are easy to identify. You may be dealing with Rest mode errors, an overheating console, a wrong HDMI device link, or outdated system software. Alternatively, there could be a random hardware issue or a random bug in one of your games....

May 27, 2025 · 5 min · 900 words · Justin Wells