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$27 platypus PCIe adapter converts half-height GPUs into full-height while adding two M.2 slots for SSDs — enthusiast demos low-profile RTX 4060 with two SSDs thanks to PCIe bifurcation

A Redditor got his hands on this PCIe adapter that does the job of two different ones at the same time. It converts half-height GPUs into full height while adding M.2 slots for storage expansion. All this is possible thanks to PCIe bifurcation, splitting an x16 slot into x8 for the GPU, and two x4 lanes for the SSDs.

Valve engineer shocks Linux community with game-changing VRAM hack for 8GB GPUs — breakthrough solution turbocharges gaming by prioritizing VRAM for games while background tasks take a back seat

Natalie Vock, a dev on Valve’s Linux graphics driver team has introduced new fixes that optimize VRAM usage for games in Linux. Previously, any background task could make the OS evict game data from VRAM and throw it into system memory, but now it’ll be able to correctly prioritize the game running in foreground.

Rockstar Games confirms it was hacked by malicious group — ‘ShinyHunters’ takes credit, gives until April 14 to pay ransom or risk leaking confidential data, ‘ShinyHunters’

The hacker group “Shiny Hunters” has been able to breach Rockstar Games by accessing authentication tokens and getting inside the company’s cloud infrastructure. The stolen data doesn’t include any sensitive company or player information, according to a Rockstar spokesperson, but it’s still being put up for ransom.