5 PC hardware downgrades the industry disguised as "progress"
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Local AI has a hardware accessibility problem, and the answer to it isn't RTX Spark
16h ago18 months later, the RTX 50 series' biggest feature is still waiting for games that don't exist
3d agoNvidia's RTX Spark will "reinvent the PC," giving Windows on Arm the huge boost it deserves
1w agoOver 40% of Steam gamers are still using RTX 30 and 40 GPUs, and DLSS is a big reason why
1w agoNvidia's RTX Spark is a developer's dream, but AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ is what most people actually need for local AI
…Related 5 ways the PC hardware landscape has transformed in the last 5 years The PC hardware space looks a lot different than it did just 5 years ago RTX Spark could…
Nvidia won't release a single new gaming GPU this year, and that's actually good for gamers
…new Nvidia hardware might be exactly what the PC space needs. Related Here's what I'm going to do instead of upgrading to an Nvidia RTX 50 GPU Nvidia's RTX…
Console optimization is holding PC gaming back more than you think
…Until developers have a new baseline to target, which usually happens when Microsoft or Sony launches a new console, PC gaming is unlikely to move forward at the same pace as hardware…
DLSS is quietly saving Nvidia from a problem no GPU manufacturer can brute-force anymore
…PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. Whether it's breaking news about…
I still don't trust Nvidia's driver release notes after months of performance issues
…hardware has never been more expensive than it is today, and those spending RTX 5070 Ti or RTX 5090 money should not feel nervous every single time a notification for a new…
Your old GPU isn't just slow — it has worse bottlenecks than you think
…So, if your GPU is older than the RTX 2000 or RX 6000 series, then it doesn't feature the necessary hardware to power ray-traced effects. It might technically be able…
PC building is expensive in 2026, and these are the used enterprise parts I'm buying instead
…Sign in to your XDA account Early this year, it felt like the PC hardware market hit a frustrating peak. DDR5 prices have skyrocketed, and flagship GPUs like the RTX 5080 are…
Lossless Scaling does 5 things DLSS and FSR simply can't match
…Related I tested AMD's RX 9070 XT against the Nvidia RTX 5070, and it isn't pretty Two $600 GPUs. Two different performance classes. LSFG runs on hardware that DLSS ignores…
GPU prices shelved my upgrade plans, so I pushed my 5-year-old GPU to its limits
…With another two years (at least) of this hardware crisis on the cards, I decided to make the most of my existing GPU, the once-great RTX 3080. I've used the…