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Samsung issues warning about fake SSDs in Europe — as the PC crisis sparks a massive slump in CPU sales

More fake SSDs and a CPU sales slump — the casualties of the RAM crisis are piling up, sadly.

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Non-functioning counterfeit Samsung 990 Pro SSDs are circulating in Europe — Despite convincing packaging, blue PCB easily gives away the dupe

In Austria, a buyer has received two Samsung 990 Pro clones that don't function.

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AMD claims it had no knowledge of fake Ryzen 5 7430U CPUs in Chuwi laptops — Chinese vendor announces recall of products and refunds, PCB manufacturer could be culprit

AMD has responded to the Chuwi scandal involving mislabeled Ryzen 5 7430U-equipped laptops. The CPU maker claims it had no knowledge of the issue, and warns that it does not condone mislabelling CPUs in any way.

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Intel Nova Lake CPU teaser lists official support for speedy DDR5-8000 RAM — B960 mini-PC’s upgraded power system signals Nova Lake’s higher power demands

ECS showcases revamped Liva P300 mini-PC for Intel's upcoming Nova Lake processors, revealing some interesting features along the way.

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Acer and Asus have stopped support for laptops in German patent dispute — and I think this is a truly worrying situation for consumers

Needing a VPN to get support for your laptop is not an acceptable situation.

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Acer and Asus' German websites are down in wake of lawsuit, but Acer says its own will 'be up again shortly' so customers can get BIOS updates again

Updating BIOS is already a pain as is.

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Thought AMD's FSR had caught up with Nvidia's DLSS? This extensive survey of PC gamers very much suggests otherwise

DLSS owns FSR in battle of the upscaling techs — and native 4K can't hold a rendered candle to Nvidia's GPU-booster either.

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Nvidia's DLSS upscaling beats AMD's FSR and plain old native rendering at 4K in a poll of over 1,000 gamers

Upscaling is only becoming more important.

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DLSS 4.5 wins big: 48% of gamers pick Nvidia over AMD FSR (and native) in blind gaming test

A new blind PC gaming test shows 48% of gamers prefer Nvidia DLSS 4.5 over AMD FSR and native rendering — a major win for AI upscaling.

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Nearly half of PC gamers prefer DLSS 4.5 over AMD's FSR and even native rendering — Nvidia scores clean sweep in blind test of six titles

In a new blind test featuring six different games, users heavily preferred the image quality of DLSS 4.5 and crowned it as the best against FSR 4 and native rendering. Nvidia walked away with 48.2% of all votes, with native rendering scoring 24% and FSR coming in third place with…

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New report shows RAM prices are continuing to fall in Germany, US trends less certain — SSDs and HDDs are more expensive than ever in the States

Memory prices have stabilized in Germany, with some kits even experiencing price cuts over the past month, showing decent progress towards normalization. They're still over 300% more expensive than they were five months ago, though. In contrast, HDDs and SSDs have become more expensive, and their prices continue to rise.

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Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victim

New research indicates that hard drive prices are now pushing an average increase of nearly 50% in the last four months.

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Cougar introduces ‘floating’ mid-tower PC case — separates drives and power supply from main chamber for more efficient cooling

Cougar just released a case that allows for air to enter between the PSU and the rest of the system, ensuring more efficient air and water cooling.

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Cyberpunk 2077 Mac benchmarks show most Apple Silicon can run the game at over 30 FPS on medium settings — results vary from a smooth 130+ FPS to a unplayable 24 FPS

A call for a community benchmark for Cyberpunk 2077 running on macOS revealed a wide range of results.

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No PC gamer actually needs this 3000 W power supply unit but like Gollum and the one ring, I wants it

Must have the precious.

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Sandisk teases 'dynamite' new SSD controller dubbed Stargate

The Sandisk CEO, David Goeckeler, has been boasting about a formidable new SSD controller dubbed Stargate.

PC Gamer

Nvidia and MediaTek rumoured to announce new Windows on Arm laptop chips at Computex 2025

The show kicks off in a few weeks, so AMD APUs could have stiff competition very soon.

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As I predicted, Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti 8GB will incur a 'motherboard tax' – it suffers a significant performance loss using PCIe 4.0

Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti has already received a lot of backlash over the 8GB variant, and new performance results corroborate consumers' frustrations.

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Nvidia RTX 50-series demand drops in Germany — cheapest models of all but RTX 5090 priced at MSRP or lower

Demand for Nvidia's RTX 50-series appears to be dropping as cheapest models appear to be priced at or below MSRP. The only exception is the 5090, which is still in high demand.

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Latest Nvidia drivers boost synthetics by 6-8% on RTX 50 GPUs — Users still report stability woes

Nvidia's 576.02 drivers are said to increase (synthetic) performance by up to 8%, but user reports suggest stability issues still persist.

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Retailer clarifies RTX 5090 'B-stock' listing with missing ROPs was a system error

The above-MSRP "B-stock" RTX 5090 with missing ROPs that popped up on Alternate's web store a few days back was accidental and due to a system error.

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RTX 5070 Ti manufacturing defect cuts performance by up to 10% — 88 ROPs vs 96 ROPs (design)

Defective RTX 5070 Ti with eight missing ROPs sees an up-to 10% drop in performance, depending on the scenario.

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Samsung HBM roadmap shows Google could become Nvidia's fiercest competitor in AI by 2026, but I wonder what's happening to Microsoft

Samsung’s HBM roadmap shows Nvidia is the top buyer of high-bandwidth memory, followed by Google and Amazon.

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An Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 with 96GB of GDDR7 memory? No, this is almost certainly the RTX 6000 Blackwell

All signs point to it being the RTX 6000 Blackwell.

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Have RTX 5090 and 5080 stock rumors spooked PC gamers? Nvidia GeForce Now is facing high demand, with many plans now unavailable

Nvidia’s GeForce Now is creaking under the weight of the gamers using the service, with the majority of its plans now unavailable.

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