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Some Japanese shops start rationing GPUs — graphics cards with 16GB VRAM and up are becoming harder to find, says one store
Some Japanese computer stores are limiting GPU purchases because of supply uncertainty, especially for models with 16GB of VRAM and up.
This RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop is the cheapest we’ve seen at $700 off — Get MSI’s Vector 16 with a Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU, 16 GB DDR5 RAM, and a 240Hz screen for just $1,299
MSI has put its Vector 16 gaming laptop on sale for just $1,299 at Walmart, offering a 35% discount for a beastly hardware combo. You get a Ryzen 9 8940HX, an RTX 5070 Ti, 16 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB SSD, all backed up with a 90Wh battery. As far as RTX 5070 Ti laptops go, it has never gotten any cheaper.
The Daily Grind: Should MMO dungeons invest in limited-time overlays and variants?
This past week I’ve been running a lot of World of Warcraft dungeons to stock up on boss-dropped housing decor (gimme my ottoman, ya lunk!), and...
Amiga motherboard project to add NVMe SSD boot support and a driver for the onboard Ethernet — Mirari project hopes to ‘breathe new life into the next-gen Amiga platform’
Mirari, a Micro-ATX mainboard designed to “breathe new life into the next-gen Amiga platform,” is set to launch mid-2026.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 power wire reportedly caught fire despite using the original cable — CPU cooler’s tubing was also caught in the blaze
We might be looking at literally the most cooked RTX 5090 yet, with a burnt power connector that has melted into itself, despite using a native 12V-2×6 cable on an ATX 3.1 certified PSU. The person smelled fire, saw it, and lived to tell the tale, all on Christmas eve.
The Stream Team: Hot cocoa for Frostval in AQ3D’s Winter’s Grasp
Winter holidays just aren’t the same for Massively OP’s MJ without some Frostval fun in AQ3D! And this year, there’s a brand-new hot cocoa event...
MMO Year in Review: The Worm Cult (April 2025)
We’re continuing our tour back through 2025, one month at a time, in MassivelyOP’s MMO Year in Review today. Elder Scrolls Online brought its standard...
Throne and Liberty’s devs have a little bit of fun in a thankful end-of-year video message to players
We’ll just get this out of the way right from the jump: The latest video from Throne and Liberty does not provide anything revelatory about...
Sapphire’s New Motherboard With PhantomLink Powers A Radeon RX 9070 XT Without Cables
Ahead of CES 2026, Sapphire is showing off a pair of “PhantomLink” (its equivalent to ASUS’ BTF) AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT GPUs and motherboards. Both will come in white or black colorways and are (for now) China-exclusives.
This launch from Sapphire shows a continued push from AIB GPU partners and motherboard manufacturers to minimize cable