PhysX feature unlocked for RTX 5090 with RTX 3050 ‘helper’ to enable full performance
A few days ago, it came to light that Nvidia has dropped support for 32-bit CUDA applications with its latest RTX 50-series (Blackwell) GPUs. Support for PhysX has gradually faded over the years. However, PhysX can still be offloaded to an RTX 40-series (Ada Lovelace) or older GPU, and that’s
Nvidia brings back scalper-beating Verified Priority Access program for RTX 50 Founders Edition GPUs
Nvidia this week launched its Verified Priority Access for the GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition and GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition add-in-boards allowing a limited number of verified U.S. customers to purchase some of the best graphics cards directly from the Nvidia Marketplace without any hassle. To qualify, users must
You can now apply for the 'opportunity to purchase' an RTX 5090 or 5080 from NVIDIA
While graphics cards have been getting almost ludicrously over the years, it’s also been increasingly difficult to actually . In an effort to address this problem, NVIDIA has introduced a plan it’s calling Verified Priority Access for its recently released GeForce RTX 50 series of GPUs. Verified Priority Access offers
PhysX quietly retired on RTX 50 series GPUs: Nvidia ends 32-bit CUDA app support
Nvidia has quietly retired 32-bit PhysX support on RTX 50 series GPUs — a game-specific graphics technology that was advertised heavily during the 2000s and early 2010s. Nvidia confirmed the technology’s end-of-life status (at least the 32-bit version) on the Nvidia forums as a result of 32-bit CUDA applications support
China-exclusive RX 7650 GRE is around 7% faster than a RTX 4060
Finally, a review of the RX 7650 GRE was published, showcasing how the card performs against the RTX 4060 (its main competitor). In a review by Expreview, the new GRE-branded card was, on average, 7% faster than the RTX 4060 in several games. The RX 7650 GRE, launched earlier this
Official RTX 4090 power cable found melted by reviewer 2 years later — card functioned fine despite hidden melted connector
Nvidia’s decision to use the 16-pin (12VHPWR) power connector for its highest-powered GPUs has been popular for all the wrong reasons this week. Reports of melting cables in RTX 5090 GPUs are reaching a fever pitch. Greek PC gaming site Dark Side of Gaming checked its last-gen RTX 4090 power
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 and 5090 prototypes exposed — development and testing cards had four 16-pin power connectors
A leaker from the Chipell forums (via HXL) published images of Nvidia-designed PCBs (printed circuit boards) that were used to bring up the new Blackwell RTX 50-series GPUs while the company was developing its latest graphics cards. The boards feature debugging interfaces alongside overwhelming power delivery circuitry, with the latter
First credible report of RTX 5090 FE with melted connector appears — third-party cable likely cause
One of the first credible reports of a melted power cable on the RTX 5090 has been posted on Reddit (h/t VideoCardz). According to u/ivan6953, they were playing Battlefield 5 on their gaming PC, with a power draw of 500 to 520 watts during that time, when they suddenly smelled
RTX 5090D tested with nine-years-old Xeon CPU that cost $7 — it does surprisingly well in some games, if you enable MFG
A Chinese tech reviewer benchmarked Nvidia’s all-new “for China” RTX 5090D against a variety of CPUs, from AMD’s flagship Ryzen 7 9800X3D, one of the best CPUs for gaming, to Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K, and all the way down to a nine-years-old 14-core Xeon E5-2680 v4 based on the
Nvidia’s new Smooth Motion technology is exclusive to RTX 5000 series GPUs, but not for long – RTX 4000 series support incoming
Nvidia’s Smooth Motion replicates AMD’s Fluid Motion Frames, a driver-based version of Frame Generation This will allow you to activate Frame Generation in games that don’t have native support The feature only works in DX11 and DX12 games as of now Nvidia is firing on all cylinders this generation, with
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