Nvidia is reportedly working on a new RTX 5050 with 9GB of GDDR7 VRAM, up from 8GB GDDR6 on the existing model. Moving from 20 Gbps chips to 28 Gbps chips, the memory interface is also said to be reduced to 96-bit, from 128-bit on the original. Moreover, an RTX 5060 with a cut-down GB205 die is also said to be in the works, with otherwise same specs.
Users report that Nvidia's latest 595.71 driver is creating artificial voltage limits on many RTX 40- and 50-series GPUs, causing some products to lose as much as 200MHz in overclocking headroom.
Seagate has begun shipping its 44TB Exos HDDs based on its HAMR technology to two hyperscale customers as others qualify the all-new Mozaic 4+ hard drive platform.
Online security firm DataDome just reported that it has stopped a massive scalping effort to buy memory modules and resell them at inflated prices, turning the memory situation from bad to worse.
Microsoft has officially brought Shader Execution Reordering (SER) and Opacity Micromaps (OMMs) out of preview with the latest DXR 1.2 update, as part of DirectX Agility SDK 1.619. With SER and OMM now standardized, more game developers and GPU makers will be able to adopt it to make ray/path-traced scenes run much faster.
Orico's BookDrive P10Plus feels solid and has a magnetic back for snapping onto smartphones, as well as a 100w passthrough charging port. But its performance is lacking in one key area – especially for professional users.
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