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User revives failing Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 by baking it in an oven for 35 minutes

A defective Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 returns to working condition after baking inside a food oven at 130°C - it even now gets through FurMark.
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ASRock’s new Intel Diamond Rapids motherboard supports a massive 4TB of DDR5 RAM

ASRock Rack showcases an early Intel Xeon 7 Diamond Rapids motherboard. featuring 16 DDR5 DIMM slots plus 16 MCIO x8 connectors.
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OLED TVs show defective pixels on edges in long-term tests

Long-term OLED TV testing reveals "edge rot" - dead pixels creeping along the edges of models released between 2020 and 2023, and you can't avoid it.
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A new AMD Radeon GPU may be in the works, but there’s little reason to celebrate

Upcoming changes to the HWiNFO system monitoring software contain references to an unannounced AMD Radeon RX 7500 GPU.
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Alienware finally fixes edge-dimming on OLED monitors, giving users more control

Alienware releases edge-dimming fix for its AW3926QW OLED monitor, giving users the choice of whether to enable CPC or not.
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Intel Core Ultra 4000 Nova Lake-H CPU pictured, packing 16 cores

An Intel Core Ultra 4000 Nova Lake-H processor has appeared, believed to pack 16 CPU cores plus four Xe graphics cores within its six-tile configuration.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 gets 221x ray tracing frame rate boost, thanks to new DirectX tech

Clustered Geometry has proven its worth on a GeForce RTX 5080, dramatically improving frame rates and reducing VRAM usage.
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AMD’s machine learning-based FSR 4.1.2 is now available on Xbox Series consoles, meaning better image quality

AMD brings its ML-based FSR 4.1.2 upscaling tech to Xbox Series X/S consoles and ROG Xbox Ally handhelds in two INT8-optimised variants.
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Nvidia lets you relive GeForce 8800 GTX launch with free demo, and it’s good nostalgic fun, complete with Crysis

We try out GeForce 8800 GTX - 20 Years of a Legend, and enjoy looking round a room full of PC hardware Easter Eggs, even if the interface is a bit clunky.
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