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Intel "Crescent Island" GPU Gets D-Series Name, Supports Up to 480 GB of LPDDR5X - TechPowerUp

Intel has finally unveiled what its "Crescent Island" D-Series GPUs will look like, introducing a dedicated AI accelerator in a server form factor after previous projects stalled. The newly named D-Series GPU features a total of 32 Xe3P cores, 256 XMX engines…

Gears of War: E-Day Sold 168,000 Copies on Steam but Xbox Game Pass Players Generated 130% More Revenue - TechPowerUp

We recently reported that Gears of War: E-Day wasn't having the best launch week over on Steam, but according to Alinea Analytics's Rhys Elliott, Steam doesn't even account for half of the game's revenue or owner base. The analytics firm estimates that Gears …

Ace Combat 8: Wings Of Theve Smashes Series Steam Record With Over 52,000 Concurrent Players - TechPowerUp

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve is off to the series' best PC launch by a wide margin. The game came out on October 2 and peaked at over 52,000 concurrent Steam players a day later, according to SteamDB. That is nearly four times the 13,758 that Ace Combat 7: Sk…

Jagex Announces RuneScape 4, a New MMO Built in Unreal Engine - TechPowerUp

Jagex has announced a fourth RuneScape MMO at RuneFest 2026. It currently goes by the working title RS4, though most people are already calling it RuneScape 4. The game is being built in Unreal Engine, and Jagex hasn't said which version. It's the first numbe…

Used Ryzen 7 5800X3D Gets Buyer Locked Out of Valorant Due to Previous Owner's Cheating - TechPowerUp

Buying a used Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU has apparently locked its new owner out of Valorant. Reddit user After-Cartoonist-196 posted on r/PCBaumeister that they bought the chip through the German classifieds site Kleinanzeigen and have owned it since September 21. …

OpenRGB 1.0 Launches for Open-Source RGB Customization on Windows, Linux, and macOS - techpowerup.com

RGB control software has long been a pain point of gamers, with background apps and clunky UIs frequently coming up in discussions about gaming mice, keyboards, speakers, monitors, among many more. OpenRGB is a project that hopes to cut through some of that n…

Modified GeForce RTX 5090 with 96 GB Memory Shows Up on Alibaba for Nearly $4,000 - TechPowerUp

A Chinese manufacturer is now selling a modified GeForce RTX 5090 with 96 GB of memory, three times the 32 GB on the retail card. Shenzhen Suqiao Intelligent Technology, an OEM/ODM with over a decade of experience building graphics cards, motherboards, and se…

Modders Unlock DLSS Multi Frame Generation For RTX 30-Series "Ampere" GPUs - TechPowerUp

After porting DLSS 5 to every recent NVIDIA generation, the modding community now seems to be turning its focus to Frame Generation. A new mod called DLSSG SM86 lets GeForce RTX 30-series owners run DLSS Multi Frame Generation in 2X and 4X modes, a feature NV…

New DLSS 5 Swapper Tool Brings Neural Rendering to Games NVIDIA Never Supported - techpowerup.com

A new tool called DLSS 5 Swapper, published on GitHub by developer rakanki911, automates installing DLSS 5's Neural Rendering into games, including ones that never officially got support for it. Users can drag and drop a game into the app, or let it scan the …

ASUS Shows RTX Spark Mini PCs and Laptop Designs at IFA 2026 - TechPowerUp

At IFA 2026 in Berlin, Germany, ASUS introduced mini PCs and laptops powered by NVIDIA's RTX Spark SoC. Starting with the GR1X mini, ASUS showcased the power of the RTX Spark N1X in grey or black aluminium enclosures. These are available with up to a 6,144-co…

DLSS 5 Officially Goes Live September 3 With NBA 2K27, Exclusive to RTX 50-series "Blackwell" GPUs - TechPowerUp

NVIDIA has confirmed that DLSS 5 will officially launch on September 3 alongside NBA 2K27, and it will remain exclusive to GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs. When asked directly at a Gamescom technical briefing whether older cards would ever receive support, NVIDIA …

Razer Unveils the Razer Prio: the Pocket-Sized Controller - TechPowerUp

Razer, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, today announced the Razer Prio, an ultra-mobile, foldable USB-C gaming controller engineered for iPhone and Android. Built to turn daily downtime, from commuting delays to breaks between classes, into cons…

NVIDIA DLSS 5 Technical Preview Review - Neural Rendering is Here - TechPowerUp

NVIDIA DLSS 5 is the first technology that adds to a scene rather than reconstructing it—a generative model running locally that magically improves things. In our DLSS 5 Technical Preview we look at how the model works, what it costs in performance, and how m…