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AtCES2025, Chinese PC manufacturer Emdoor (usually focused on rugged PC products, and we previously covered one of itsIntel Core Ultra gaming handhelds) showcased a new modular Mini PC design dubbedClink-X xCraftthat has since been confirmed for a planned March 2025 crowdfunding launch. This Mini PC boasts an incredibly compact form factor and potentially offers some very interesting upgrades post-launch. Of course, there are limitations to this modular mini PC design. Like modular Framework laptops or Framework-based devices, Emdoor Clink-X xCraft will only come with custom motherboards with soldered OEM CPUs....

It turns out thatMSIhas quietly increased the retail price of itsRTX 50-series(Blackwell) GPUs, including models that were supposed to launch at MSRP (viaHardware & Co). This impacts all three Blackwell GPUs released thus far: theRTX 5090,RTX 5080,andRTX 5070 Ti, though you’d be lucky to find any of the three in ready supply. Making matters worse, MSI’s lowest-priced RTX 5070 Ti is listed with a price tag of $820, with no model available at MSRP....

[Edit 3/4/24 11:30am PT: Clarified article to reflect that this clause is available on the online listing of Nvidia’s EULA, but has not been in the EULA text file included in the downloaded software. The warning text was added to 11.6 and newer versions of the installed CUDA documentation.]Nvidia has banned running CUDA-based software on other hardware platforms using translation layers in itslicensing terms listed onlinesince 2021, but the warning previously wasn’t included in the documentation placed on a host system during the installation process....

Joining the ever-growing list of companies being sued over generative AI and its blatant reliance on copyright infringement, primary AI hardware source Nvidia is now being sued by a collective of authors in a class action lawsuit, reportsReuters. While Nvidia’sNeMotechnology is pushed as a low-cost entry to AI, that seems to have come at the expense of the writers of the 196,640 books used in NeMo’s now-deleted training set.Three of those writers have come forward in the class action lawsuit: Brian Keene (Ghost Walk, 2008), Abdi Nazemian (Like a Love Story, 2019), and Stewart O’Nan (Last Night at the Lobster, 2007)....

Nvidia has kicked off a new game bundling promotion. This time, it hopes to sell more of its agingGeForce RTX 40series GPUs off the back of a blockbuster new game -Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. At this late stage in the product cycle, it needs to whip up as much interest in RTX 40 cards as possible, as the untold delights of theRTX 50 seriesappear on the horizon. However, it is sad to see this bundle offer restricted to those with the purchasing power to grab anRTX 4070or better graphics card, desktop, or laptop....

TheGeForce RTX 3050 Arecently popped up in Nvidia’s GeForce drivers. We could only guess at the specs initially, but now Nvidia has confirmed the GeForce RTX 3050 A’s existence as well as some key specs. We reached out to Nvidia and were informed that the graphics card leverages a down-binned AD106 (Ada Lovelace) silicon and represents the third iteration of theRTX 3050 Laptop GPU, already a questionable choice for mobile use considering the lack of VRAM....

TheRTX 5090andRTX 5080will launch in three days, and dedicated gamers and GPU enthusiasts are already setting up shop at MicroCenter brick-and-mortar locations to buy the new GPUs when they are available. A post on theMicro Center subredditreveals customers pitching tents by the front doors at the Tustin, California, location. So far, only a handful of customers have made camp on the Tustin location’s sidewalk, based on a photograph taken of the scene....

I guess monitor light bars are the hot new gaming accessory this year, because Asus has joined Razer in announcing a gamer-oriented light bar: the Asus ROG Aura Monitor Light Bar ALB01. LikeRazer’s Aether Monitor Light Bar, the ALB01 features a dual-light setup with white light (warmth-adjustable) in the front and customizable RGB lighting in the back. But while Razer is all about its immersive Chroma RGB integration, Asus describes the ALB01’s backlighting as “subtle RGB glow” to boost ambiance (and it does look a lot more subtle)....

OneXPlayer has announced a flexible new high-performance device operating as a console or a laptop; whatever suits your niche, and starting at $899. The OneXPlayer G1 is outfitted with the latest processors from Intel and AMD, up to 64GB of memory, and 4TB of storage. Crowdfunding for the G1 is live onIndiegogoand anyone who supports the campaign within the first four days (96 hours) will receive a complimentary protective case....

Phison is demonstrating the capabilities of its upcoming flagship E28 PCIe 5.0 controller atComputex 2025, where it appears to excel over its rivals. The E28 thrashes competitors like Samsung’s fastest9100 Proofferings in random reads and writes, achieving parity in sequential reads and delivering impressive efficiency numbers. Building on itsCES 2025unveiling, the E28 is now roaring to life, driving a reference platform. The Phison E28 serves as the company’s long-awaited successor to theE26, which for a long while was hailed as the fastest PCIe 5....

For much less than the price of an Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU, you can pick up a 1080/1440p gaming PC without breaking the bank or spending anywhere near $2,000. Today’s deal might be a good option if you’re searching for a fairly budget gaming PC. The iBUYPOWER Slate Mesh 8 uses a select combination of hardware to let you play the latest games without pushing the budget too high. Snag theiBUYPOWER Slate Mesh 8 gaming PC at Costco for just $1,399....

UL Solutions, the company behind 3DMark and PCMark, has unveiled its upcoming AI Image Generation benchmark for its Procyon AI-focused benchmark software. Based on Stable Diffusion, the benchmark seeks to test the AI performance of discrete graphics cards. While testing performance in Stable Diffusion wasn’t impossible before, UL’s new benchmark should make it much easier and more accessible for users wanting to know how fast their GPU is at AI image generation....

If you’re a sucker for AI, then thisRaspberry Piproject is picture-perfect for you. Maker and developer Oscar Wilmerding has created a camera from scratch using our favorite SBC, the Raspberry Pi, with some added flair. He’s thrown AI into the mix to take the images it captures and process them into something completely new. He’s dubbed his new creations AI EYE. The way the project works is simple but not so much when you get into the nitty gritty of its construction....