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Making path tracing practical for mainstream gaming has always been one of the biggest challenges facing GPU manufacturers. While modern graphics cards can produce increasingly realistic lighting, reflections, and shadows, the underlying computational requirements remain enormous.

Graphics card prices, AI rendering, and upscaling technologies continue to shape the PC gaming market. RTX 5090 is appearing at prices far above its launch cost, Radeon owners are testing Nvidia’s DLSS features through an unofficial mod, and NVIDIA is working to reduce the processing cost of DLSS 5. These developments raise questions about GPU…

I’ve spent most of 2026 gaming without a gaming PC. My main setup has been a Mac mini paired with GeForce NOW Ultimate. After living with it for most of the year, I had a pretty strong suspicion that this setup was giving me more for my money than building another high-end gaming PC.

As the RAM crisis has played out in 2026, graphics cards have been hit particularly hard, due to the high-performance memory that’s stapled onto the things. And now it seems like the RTX 5080 may have been discontinued.

The MSI Raider A16 HX B8W runs on AMD’s Ryzen 9 8940HX processor and NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU for high-end gaming performance. The laptop targets gamers who want powerful tech for demanding modern games and features a 16-inch QHD+ display with a 240Hz refresh rate, configurable RGB lighting, and plenty of networking options.

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We are now tracking a deal at Best Buy that drops Acer’s Predator Orion gaming desktop with an RTX 5080 GPU down to $2,699.99 shipped. This particular config with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD typically goes for $3,200, so you’re looking at a straight-up $500 discount on it right now. Not only is…

From now through Saturday (or while supplies last), Best Buy is offering a big discount on a powerful 4K-capable prebuilt desktop computer. You can pick up a stylish Acer Predator RTX 5080 gaming PC for $2,699 after a $500 instant discount. It’s well equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor, 32GB of RAM, and…

If you don’t want to wait around until Black Friday to hunt for a good gaming PC deal, fortunately for you there’s one available for this week. Walmart is offering the Cyberpowerpc RTX 5080 gaming PC gaming PC for $2,599 after a $1,030 instant discount. It’s well equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor,…

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is about to get significantly more demanding on PC. CD Projekt Red has published the complete system requirements for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered. It includes separate hardware targets for conventional rendering, ray tracing and path tracing ahead of the update’s September 29 release as a free upgrade for…