Owning the latest GPUs from both Nvidia and AMD made me realize that software matters more than hardware in 2026
… AMD hasn't made a compelling case for locking these features behind newer hardware, and this is where Nvidia pulls further ahead. …
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AMD is resurrecting a 4-year-old CPU, and it exposes some uncomfortable truths about the PC industry
1d agoAMD shipped Nvidia's new AI laptop over a year ago, and the software is finally catching up
3d agoAMD is giving its users the best GPU upgrade this year, and it's not a GPU at all
3d agoFSR 4.1 made older Radeon cards interesting again, but not for the reason AMD wants
5d agoMy RX 9070 XT was the better GPU, but AMD's track record pushed me back to RTX
… AMD's development isn't outpacing their hardware New FSR features can run on older hardware, they're just not letting it happen Locking new features to the latest hardware is something both GPU giants are no strangers to, but AMD specifically have been very strict about FSR's support of older cards. …
AMD is giving older Radeon cards an unexpected upgrade, but it's a bigger deal than it appears
… Sign in to your XDA account AMD officially confirmed on Thursday last week that FSR 4.1 will be coming to RDNA 3 GPUs in July 2026, with RDNA 2 hardware following in early 2027. …
FSR 4.1 will be the best thing to happen to handheld PCs this year, and the timing couldn't be more perfect
… The update for RDNA 2 hardware is pushed to early 2027 for now. The timing makes this AMD's most consequential move in years What essentially makes the FSR 4.1 rollout so critical this year effectively boils down to what the broader hardware segment simply cannot deliver this year. …
Over 40% of Steam gamers are still using RTX 30 and 40 GPUs, and DLSS is a big reason why
… Ironically enough, those with Nvidia GPUs have also benefited from AMD's efforts to catch up to Team Green. FSR supports a wide range of hardware, including RTX cards , giving the older GPUs another lease on life. …
You can build a Steam Machine right now, but Valve's optimization is the part worth waiting for
… Steam Machine CPU Semi-custom AMD Zen 4, 6/12 ~4.8 GHz, 30W TDP GPU Semi-Custom AMD RDNA3, 28CUs ~2.45 GHz, 110W TDP RAM 16 GB DDR5 8 GB GDDR6 VRAM Storage 512 GB 2 TB AMD's own hardware can be found powering many of the more capable systems, and these are ones that can run 200B+ local LLMs and pla… …
Buying a GPU in 2026 means buying a software ecosystem, not a graphics card
… AMD responded with FSR, but the spatial approach didn't reach feature parity until FSR 2.0 in 2022. Then ray reconstruction followed with DLSS 3.5, and AMD's equivalent remained limited to RDNA 4 hardware. Later, Multi-frame generation shipped with DLSS 4 in 2025, and AMD had no response. …
Nvidia, Intel, and AMD all have "secret" performance settings, but learning three different interfaces is exhausting
… Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Eagle OC Ice SFF See at Amazon Related 5 ways the Nvidia app falls behind AMD Adrenalin AMD's GPU software is full of handy features. Switching hardware shouldn't have to mean relearning features The next leap forward should be consistency and a shared language. …
We normalized terrible gaming performance — and it's impossible to go back
… Instead of innovating on the hardware level, Nvidia and even AMD resorted to AI-powered performance gains to give the illusion of progress. …
AMD GPUs are finally getting the one feature that has become Nvidia's new USP
… This feature is essential for AMD to stay in the conversation in an era where frame generation and more AI-powered technologies are replacing hardware-based innovation . …