#graphics cards
8 discoveries · Hand-picked discoveries from the open web, newest first.
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There were 47 graphics chip makers in 1998. Where did they all go?
Some may find this hard to believe, given the absolute state of the market today , but if you were building a gaming PC in 1998, the hard part wasn’t finding somewhere that had 3D cards in stock for a reasonable price. It was choosing the right one among a glut of potential, reasonably affordable options. In 1998, 47 companies were designing or selling PC graphics, driving a market that hit 130 million units and outsold PCs themselves. Just two years later, at the turn of the new millennium, only 15 remained, and not long after that, there were merely two: Nvidia and ATI, nowadays part o
Rock Paper Shotgun · EN
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Apparently now we *won’t* see a 24 GB RTX 5080, which is probably actually good for our wallets
Though it might not matter for most gamers either way, with how expensive the RTX 5080 is.
PC Gamer · EN
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Law firms lining up for a chance to bop Nvidia’s nose on behalf of its own shareholders; president Trump says FBI are sniffing around the AI company's case
It's all kicking off now.
PC Gamer · EN
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AMD's next-gen GPU architecture has appeared in new Linux kernel patches as GFX13 updates roll out
The suite of GFX13 patches aren't particularly exciting in themselves, but they do suggest there might actually be some new GPUs next year.
PC Gamer · EN
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Trump calls his pal Jensen Huang an ‘honourable guy’ and says he ‘probably has an excuse’ for Nvidia CEO’s affair with alleged spy
It's been a tough week for Team Green.
PC Gamer · EN
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Jensen Huang’s affair with alleged Chinese spy highlights how the GPU company’s dealings are now everyone’s business
He used to sell gaming GPUs, now he's in the middle of a geopolitical quagmire.
PC Gamer · EN
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AMD users are reporting a misfiring utility is eating SSD health by 1% a month. AMD says a fix is on the way for its GPU drivers
No rush. SSDs are cheap as chips right now, eh?
PC Gamer · EN
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Consider this blackened plug your weekly reminder to check your RTX 50-series GPU cables
And maybe buy a cable monitor, too.
PC Gamer · EN