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Modders bring SteamOS to Mac, and it runs Windows games surprisingly well

Modders bring the official Steam Frame variant of SteamOS to Apple Mac devices, allowing Windows games to run above 60fps.
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Brace yourself, big Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 price rises are reportedly coming, particularly for the 5080

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 price is apparently set to go up by around £300 this month, with smaller bumps across the rest of the range.
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Nvidia RTX 50 stock shortage reportedly prompts push for RTX 3060 sales

In lieu of available Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 stock, retailers are apparently turning to the ageing RTX 3060 to fill gaps in demand.
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Intel may discontinue Arc B580, shifting GPU focus to AI instead

With Intel Arc Pro B60 and B50 graphics cards proving popular, the company is apparently mulling over the future of its Arc B580.
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AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB loses half its performance on low-end systems

When paired with an AMD Ryzen 5 5500, the Radeon RX 9050 4GB slashes frame rates in half compared to the 8GB version, due to insufficient VRAM.
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Windows 11 can now reinstall from the cloud if it can’t boot, as Microsoft takes page from Apple’s book

Microsoft adds Cloud Rebuild to Windows 11, a recovery feature allowing you to reinstall the operating system even when it fails to boot.
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Nvidia reportedly misses key GeForce RTX 5080 24GB deadline, jeopardising expected launch plan

Graphics card manufacturers are reportedly still waiting for Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 24GB design kits, likely delaying launch availablity.
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Intel Z970 motherboards spotted shipping, providing cheaper alternative to Z990 for Nova Lake CPUs

Z970 is rumoured to bring multiplier overclocking to Intel Nova Lake CPUs for a cheaper price than Z990, and ASRock is seemingly shipping boards.
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Microsoft DirectX update drastically boosts ray tracing performance while reducing VRAM usage by up to 90%

Microsoft has two new tricks up its sleeve to boost ray tracing performance, Clustered Geometry and Partitioned TLAS.
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