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AMD Confirms it Restricted CPU and GPU Stock in Q4
While we consumers typically tend to love high-stock levels at low prices, there is, of course, always the position of the manufacturer to consider. Too much stock, or supply exceeding demand, typically tends to result in prices coming down rather rapidly. Something we’re undoubtedly seeing at the moment in terms…
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Sony Says Getting a PS5 Should Now Be Much Easier Moving Forward!
Initially released in November 2020, it’s somewhat difficult to believe that the Sony PS5 is already over two years old. Even since it hit the market though, it’s hardly been a secret that retail availability for the console has been notably poor. – Oh sure, it hasn’t been outright impossible…
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Nvidia May Be Set to Pay the Price for its Crypto-Greed!
Despite PC consumers having just gone through 18 months of metaphorical hell, graphics card demand might currently be at its lowest point in recent memory. With stock for both current-gen Nvidia and AMD models being pretty decent at the moment, the only real fly in the ointment is that, so…
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Has Nvidia Quietly Discontinued Production of the 3080?
With the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 series of graphics cards expected to be launched this September (starting with the 4090 it seems), it’s clearly not entirely shocking that, sooner or later, Nvidia would begin to phase out production of their current-gen models in order to help boost manufacturing, stock, and…
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EVGA Scraps GPU Queue System – More Signs that Things ARE Getting Better!
During the great graphics card shortage of 2020-2022, we’ve seen many manufacturers and retailers come up with usual and sometimes unique systems in order to attempt to help bring the incredibly limited stock (fairly) into consumers’ hands. Some methods have gone down the ‘lottery’ road, others have chosen a queue…
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As Bitcoin Plunges, Is This Finally Some Good News for PC Gamers?
I barely bother to keep up with the latest news surrounding the value of Bitcoin anymore. Admittedly, I’ve never once professed to be any kind of cryptocurrency expert, but with it seemingly going up and down like a lady of the night’s underwear, the bottom line is that nobody seems…
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Nvidia 3050 to Launch With Greater Than Expected Stock?
Following the official launch of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card earlier this month, while there is certainly a fair amount of excitement for the release of this brand new entry-level GPU, it has inevitably brought questions as to whether this is going to be actually available to buy.…
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Microsoft Forced to Use Xbox Dev Kits At Halo Tourny Due to No Stock!
With it being less than a week now until Christmas if you were still hoping that you’d be able to manage some kind of next-gen console within the next couple of days, well… While I wish you luck, I’d say that at this point you’d probably stand a better chance…
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Nvidia Says GPU Supplies Should Improve by the Second Half of 2022
Despite some signs that things might’ve started to get better in the Summer, graphics cards continue to (largely) be hard to find, and often expensive. With things almost guaranteed to continue along those lines for the early part of 2022, however, it did beg the question as to exactly when…
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Graphics Card Shipments Dropped by Nearly 20% Last Quarter!
Despite the fact that both the AMD Radeon 6000 and Nvidia 30XX graphics cards are, roughly speaking, a year old now, getting hold of one still remains an incredibly difficult task. It’s not impossible, but incredibly limited production and continued high demand have made this the annus horribilis for PC…
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Nvidia Warns Supply Issues Likely to Continue Throughout 2022
Despite it being around 9 months now since the launch of the latest Nvidia and AMD graphics cards, actually getting hold of one is still proving to be more than a little challenging for consumers. Don’t get us wrong, they’re out there, and the stock does appear to be getting…
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Intel Warns of Extreme Short Term CPU Shortages!
I daresay that I’m not telling you anything new in that ever since the latter part of last year, processors, and particularly graphics cards, have been in woefully short supply. While Intel has been one of the more vocal tech manufacturers to confirm this situation (on numerous occasions), however, following…
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Xbox One and PS4 Consoles Hit Shortages!
While the overall stock situation does, on the whole, seem to be improving over recent weeks, it’s still no secret that getting hold of a PS5 or Xbox Series X remains more than a little difficult. Possible? Yes, but only if you’re willing to sink the time into patiently waiting…
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Research Finds GPU Prices Are (or Should be) Dropping!
If you’re anything like me, then each time you turn on your PC, you say a silent prayer that your graphics card doesn’t decide that today is the day it finally slips from this mortal coil. I mean, yes, it would provide me with a very convenient excuse to the…
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Nvidia to Ramp Up 3060 Supply Levels Next Month
While there are signs, albeit rather subtle ones, that the graphics card supply situation might be set to improve over the next couple of months. If you’re are still attempting to find a GPU upgrade at something resembling a relatively reasonable price, though, we’d freely concede that you might be…
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