… NTC is a welcome technology, not only for its VRAM reduction capabilities, but also for potentially smaller game downloads and updates. That said, it shouldn't give manufacturers a free pass to keep handicapping the hardware on consumer GPUs. …
… That said, GPU firmware updates do happen in some instances. Nvidia released a firmware update tool for Maxwell and Pascal GPUs to fix blank screens on boot when connected to DisplayPort 1.3 and 1.4 monitors. …
… Sign in to your XDA account There's a certain kind of dread that comes with updating your GPU drivers in 2026. For starters, regardless of which brand GPU you have in your PC, there's the fear of something new breaking this time. …
… New driver updates always force the GPU to recompile shaders for the games you play, and Auto Shader Compilation tries to fix that by running the recompilation process while the PC is idle. …
… Related 6 GPUs that are officially too old in 2025 These GPUs can no longer bring it in modern titles This only applies to certain GPU models Nvidia has seriously chopped the stock of certain models You can justify a $1200 RTX 5080, and you can definitely justify an RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti at MSRP, bu… …
… Delaying your updates has become the smart strategy The safest early adopter today is the person who waits In 2026, seeing Windows and Nvidia consistently roll out updates that more often than not affect performance negatively, the right call to make when you see a new update is to simply wait. …
… That's why multi-frame generation shouldn't be the reason you settle for a lower-end GPU. …
… Related Nvidia stopped supporting my GPU, so I started self-hosting LLMs with it I self-support my gpu now because Nvidia won't SteamOS just doesn’t mesh well with my GPUs And I don’t have a spare Team Red card in my home lab Before you call me out for using aged hardware in 2026, let me add that I… …
… That said, just because my GPU can brute-force high frame rates doesn't mean the experience is always smooth and consistent. …