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MSI's $80 AMD motherboards with DDR4 support swoop in to rescue gamers amid the global RAM crisis — AM4 emerges as the unexpected hero with RAM prices skyrocketing

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Tom's Hardware · 02/26/2026 06:20 EDT

MSI launches the Pro B550M-B and B550M-A Pro motherboards for previous-generation Ryzen processors that reside on the AM4 socket. Read more ›

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LLMs used tactical nuclear weapons in 95% of AI war games, launched strategic strikes three times — researcher pitted GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 3 Flash against each other, with at least one model using a tactical nuke in 20 out of 21 matches

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Tom's Hardware · 02/26/2026 06:00 EDT

A researcher made three different AI LLMs the heads of state of nuclear-powered nations and made them face off with each other using historical scenarios. Out of the total of 21 matches, 20 ended with a tactical nuke detonation while three resulted in a full-on strategic nuclear exchange, essentially ending the world. Read more ›

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Testing CPU scaling in Resident Evil Requiem — and why we weren’t able to finish the job

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Tom's Hardware · 02/26/2026 06:00 EDT

We tested CPU scaling in Capcom’s Resident Evil Requiem with some fascinating results. However, we weren’t able to get through a full suite of CPUs due to Capcom’s use of Denuvo Anti-Tamper in Resident Evil 9. Read more ›

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Lucky PC builder orders 32GB Corsair RAM kit for $300, gets a box of 10 worth $3,000 instead — plans to sell all the extra units to the community at pre-AI crunch prices

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Tom's Hardware · 02/26/2026 05:59 EDT

A Reddit user's order for a pack of 32GB Corsair DDR5 RAM turns into a box of 10, totalling 320GB of memory. Read more ›

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Nvidia posts record $215 billion annual revenue in latest quarterly earnings report — gaming GPUs now only 11.45% of revenue

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Tom's Hardware · 02/26/2026 05:28 EDT

As sales of gaming GPUs drop quarter-over-quarter, Nvidia enjoys record results amid massive AI craze and lack of rivals for the Blackwell platform. Read more ›

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Valve says it misreported VRAM capacity on some graphics cards in Steam Hardware Surveys — latest data depicting 30% adoption of 8GB GPUs now foggy

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Tom's Hardware · 02/26/2026 05:27 EDT

In January's Steam Hardware Survey, adoption of 8 GB GPUs was at almost 30% despite marking a 3.11% decline, while 16 GB GPUs were up an impressive 5.85%. Unfortunately, it seems like Valve misreported those numbers as the latest Steam Client Beta update includes a patch node admitting so. Read more ›

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Nvidia delivers first Vera Rubin AI GPU samples to customers — 88-core Vera CPU paired with Rubin GPUs with 288 GB of HBM4 memory apiece

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 20:14 EDT

Nvidia begins to ship samples of its Vera Rubin platforms for AI to partners, on track for revenue shipments in the second half of the year. Read more ›

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Micron joins the 3GB GDDR7 party, introduces 36 Gbps modules for GPUs — lags behind speeds of Samsung and SK Hynix

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 12:53 EDT

Micron officially introduces its own 3GB GDDR7 memory module, with an official bandwidth rating of 36 Gbps. Read more ›

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Inside Meta and AMD's $100 billion deal, and why AMD is giving up a slice of the company in return for GPU orders — Meta stays platform-agnostic as it develops AI compute strategy

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 11:02 EDT

AMD and Meta's blockbuster deal could see the company signing away 10% of shares in the business to Meta. We examine why AMD is keen to secure AI hardware orders, and explore Meta's AI compute strategy. Read more ›

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Microsoft clarifies Windows 11 printer driver policy — support for legacy printers is not ending

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 10:50 EDT

Microsoft confirmed today that Windows 11 is not ending support for legacy V3 and V4 printer drivers despite previous reports Read more ›

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China to increase leading-edge chip output by 5x in two years, report claims — aims to lift 7nm and 5nm production to 100,000 wafers per month, targeting half a million monthly by 2030

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 10:12 EDT

Chinese foundries looking to increase 7nm and below capacity to 100,000 wafer starts per month in one or two years, says Nikkei. Read more ›

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Newegg’s 25th anniversary sale is here, unlocking huge discounts on gaming PCs, laptops, RAM, SSDs, and more — jaw-dropping Doorbuster deals include a rare RTX 5070 at MSRP and an iFixit toolkit for under $10

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 09:19 EDT

To celebrate Newegg's 25th anniversary, the retailer is releasing some epic Doorbuster deals at 9 am PT, with huge discounts on a range of tech. Read more ›

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Nvidia still hasn’t sold a single H200 to China nearly three months after getting the green light from the White House — U.S. Commerce official says department hasn’t approved any sales during a House hearing

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 08:26 EDT

U.S. Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for export enforcement David Peters said that his agency has not approved a single H200 export license since President Donald Trump allowed Nvidia to sell them to China. Read more ›

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Razer Iskur V2 NewGen gaming chair review: A much-needed ‘cooler’ update to an already solid chair

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 08:00 EDT

The Razer Iskur V2 NewGen replaces the Iskur V2 in the lineup, and upgrades materials to make you cooler. Read more ›

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Choose an Intel or AMD CPU and save up to $1200 on an RTX 5080-powered Omen Max 16 laptop — high-end gaming just got cheaper

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 07:29 EDT

Save up to $1200 on a new HP Omen Max 16 RTX 5080-powered gaming laptop. Read more ›

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Trump administration to use Pentagon AI to set mineral reference prices — gallium and germanium among first four targets

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 07:20 EDT

The Trump administration wants to use DARPA's Open Price Exploration for National Security (OPEN), an AI tool launched in 2023, to calculate what supplies of strategically important rare earths should cost once labor, processing, and other inputs are factored in and the effects of alleged Chinese market manipulation are removed. Read more ›

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Save $349 on a 9850X3D, bundled with 32GB of RAM and a motherboard at Newegg — RAM effectively $150 when paired with X870E Aorus and AMD's fastest gaming chip

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 07:05 EDT

Get an AMD Ryzen 9850X3D CPU, 32GB of DDR5, and an X870E Aorus motherboard at Newegg. Read more ›

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LG opens pre-orders for massive 52-inch 5K2K curved monitor — $1,999 monster is built for both gaming and productivity, with 240Hz refresh rate

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 07:01 EDT

LG’s UltraGear evo G9 aims to serve both gamers and productivity professionals by pairing a high-resolution 5K2K panel with a fast 240Hz refresh rate in an ultra-wide 52-inch form factor. Read more ›

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Lian Li SP1000P SFX power supply review: Exceptional power density in compact form

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 07:00 EDT

The Lian Li SP1000P SFX offers outstanding power density in compact form, though thermal management warrants attention at sustained maximum loads. Read more ›

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Modder pushes rare 20GB RTX 3080 Ti past 550W with risky power shunts and liquid metal cooling — project reveals full performance potential of the unreleased GPU sample

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Tom's Hardware · 02/25/2026 07:00 EDT

A Reddit user, after acquiring an engineering sample of an unreleased 20GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, has modded it to bypass its power limits and take it to its maximum performance to make it behave "much more like the 3080 Ti class GPU it should have been," according to the modder. Read more ›

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