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Asus have now increased the prices on their US webstore. Vanilla black Astral is now $3510 USD. Nice, only $50 higher than previous premium above MSRP. And the Astral LC is now $3870. Or +150 USD. Anyone have seen Nvidia have increased MSRP for their FE models? https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/graphics-cards/all-series/filter?Category=NVIDIA&Spec=354488 The white Astral 5080 is now $1950 for those that prefer a downgrade. Or for new buyers. Yup, 5080 close to old 5090 MSRP. ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX™ 5070 Ti 16GB is $1170 USD. For xx70 tier card. No one is able to stop this man. Greed and incompetence is the main driver that let Jensen get what he want. Money over the lands own needs and security. This is just sad. Or better say a joke that should never have happened. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to visit China as company prepares to start H200 shipments to the country And no warnings will help... Nothing! What next... Sell AI chips also to North Korea? The outcome is still the same. More cash in and more AI chips out. Anthropic's Dario Amodei says allowing Nvidia H200 sales to China is like "selling nuclear weapons to North Korea" "I think this is crazy"

How will it be when Microsoft increase AI usage from 30% and up to 50% of the coding? Patch Tuesday nightmare continues: Certain Windows apps will freeze during use Microsoft's latest Patch Tuesday update (KB5074109) continues to wreak havoc, by now breaking applications like Outlook that interact with cloud storage services such as OneDrive.

Yup. Your AI-powered girlfriend will arrive in 5 years, according to Microsoft's AI CEO We knew you'd been wondering when this day would come, and according to Microsoft's AI CEO, Mustafa Suleyman, your AI-powered girlfriend or boyfriend will arrive in five years. Microsoft is already starting to advertise that AI is more than just a chatbot...

Rumors but still......... Asus did similar after the release of Nvidia 5000 series. The prices of Asus cards have never come down again. The MSRP is a fat lie. AMD and Nvidia to set fake MSRPs as Asus and Gigabyte reportedly raising GPU prices soon by up to 15% Interestingly, since AMD and Nvidia haven’t officially raised prices of RDNA 4 and RTX 50 GPUs, it seems Team Red and Team Green are going to let MSI, Asus, and Gigabyte implement the price hikes, and, thus, face customer backlash. This is a pretty terrible move, if true, as AMD/Nvidia can then hide behind fake MSRPs. Simply put, the time of GPUs retailing at or near MSRPs seems to be over. Things are going to get worse in the coming days.

Probably a lot more reasons than this... 8 signs the AI bubble may pop in 2026 AI hype meets reality as majority of CEOs report no financial returns

You can still be dumber. in a speed you never thought was possible before. @Mr. Fox

Yep, same as always from Microsoft. Nothing will change. The latest Windows 11 update is causing performance issues on NVIDIA GeForce GPUs That's right, a new Windows 11 update, and another blunder, this time directly affecting gamers using an NVIDIA GeForce graphics card.

Sum up for the weekend. Best tech news of 2026. China don't need or want anything from Nvidia. They are soon on par with the best you can get within a few months with own homebrewed AI accelerators for their server parks. Trump need to find other ways to fulfill billionairs hope for real tax cut. NVIDIA experiences a collapse in sales in China: market share will fall from 66% to 8% in 2026 We started 2026 with a host of new products that we saw at CES 2026, one of the world's most important technology events. There, we saw companies like Intel, NVIDIA, and AMD, and many others such as ASUS, MSI, and Samsung... Yup, never get rid of your backup-plan. NVIDIA confirms there will be no price increase for its graphics cards "for now" and denies GPU recalls: "All RTX 50 series cards are still in production." And the AI tech trend continue... What is a month without screw up from Microsoft. The latest Windows 11 update is causing performance issues on NVIDIA GeForce GPUs That's right, a new Windows 11 update, and another blunder, this time directly affecting gamers using an NVIDIA GeForce graphics card.

Poor-quality = Trash Windows 11/10 is "unbelievable ... poor-quality software product", says new owner of GOG

More and more people see it the same bro @Mr. Fox Over a million Windows 11 & 10 users have already downloaded and installed this Linux distro Windows 11 KB5074109 issues: black screen, freezes Outlook POP, breaks Azure Virtual Desktop, LocalizedResourceName. Latest Patch Tuesday updates break Remote Desktop for some Windows users

Game compatibility on Linux and SteamOS takes another step forward with the arrival of Wine 11.0

Asus is Asus. I will see it before I belive it (always empthy). Prices will go up. On all SKUs. Those that want 16GB cards that can't afford xx80 will go either with 9070XT or 5070Ti. They will pick what they see first in the store (nvidia if they only want Nvidia). I expect more pressure also on 5080 cards. Picking your favorite brand and SKU model will be much harder forwards. But if you are in for new 16GB cards, you will get one. But it takes longer time than before. And more expensive. Same as I did with my 5090. Empty everywhere in the spring months but grabbed one once I had the chance. There will always come a chance you find what you need/want. It's Wccftech, but still. As I already pointed out... You get cards if you really want. Just don't buy from scalpers/scammers. https://wccftech.com/the-current-state-of-nvidia-rtx-50-gpus-our-exclusive-report-on-geforce-production-aic-supply-memory-shortages-prices-eol-rumors/ $3299 (ROG Astral)5080, LOL Edit. 4090 have offered an fantastic value over the years. But the vanilla 4080 was a huge failure for $1200. 480+420 EK rads in push and pull. Two D5 and EK-made EPDM rubber tubing. EK block for the Cpu. Fan for cooling the ram. AIO and aircooled cards. + loads of fans in the D1000 big black box.

Not only Nvidia. Same with Asus... ASUS issues a third RTX 5070 Ti clarification and walks back the earlier EOL claim As long AMD have stock of 9070XT nvidia will try combat them. If the xx80 cards get same % price increase as Radeon card they will be even more expensive vs the 9070XT. Nvidia will still need xx70Ti in the stack.

Edit. Google/Youtube---- You sucks. Disgusting!

Maybe Nvidia should shake up Samsung, Hynix and Micron? Doesn't nvidia pay enough?

And theidiots will use all your data privacy to make you even dumber. How dumb is it to say nope?🤔 Google Gemini AI will connect to all your data (Gmail, photos, or YouTube history) to offer you "more helpful answers."

I wouldn't trust anything coming from Asus. They raised prices even though there was no need. They blamed price increases/taxes. To this day they haven't lowered their MSRP even if the retail have more than enough cards (months after months - no problem get loads of cards). They just continue same way so that the MSRP for Asus cards can be kept artificially high. No cards are going to be put on eol now. Just lower availability. Which suggests that Asus can will continue to milk at inflated prices. And HU, THEY fell into ASUS' trap. 15% to 20% fewer cards on the market doesn't mean Nvidia GPUs are going away. Just higher prices than today. Gamers/pc consumers will continue to buy cards if they have the money and patience to find what they want Ram is an different animal... Sky-high prices here home. And almost no ram in stock. Cheapo 32GB men kits go for 700-900 USD. Low end 48GB kits more like 1000-2000 USD incl tax. Yep you read right, 48GB 6000 kits for up to $2200. Nvidia's backup-plan. NVIDIA's AI Texture Compression is what PC gaming needs right now NVIDIA has updated its RTX Neural Texture Compression SDK for game developers, and it can dramatically reduce the VRAM requirement for PC games. Edit. Some fire-fighting... They want sales. "We are providing today an update to the PC system requirements for 007 First Light after the community flagged some inconsistencies in an earlier version of the listing," the developer wrote on the game's official X profile. No Need To Empty Your Wallet For More RAM: 007 First Light Updated System Requirements Lower RAM and VRAM Recommendations "After a thorough re-examination and additional testing, the recommended RAM has been corrected from 32GB to 16GB, VRAM values have been updated, and the minimum CPU line has been fixed. Additional performance targets will be shared closer to launch," the developer continued, confirming that the updated specs are now reflected across store pages. The electicity bill is already increased here. And it will be worse. More people will be forced to eat cheap cat food And not only the elderly on low pension. Spain will invest 4 billion in an AI GIGAFAB: prepare your wallet for the electricity price hike There is poverty even in one of the world's richest countries that is overflowing with money. Not a nice death, freezing to death in your own house in one of the coldest places on earth.

I won't trust this man... Imagine the pc components industri if all people will buy is an low powered Jokebook (cloud-only model) to connect to the cloud. Will AI frenzy give rise to the cloud PC? Jeff Bezos thinks so Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud.

Hmmm.... All this is a huge blow to HU sources credibility. And HU prefered to be in front. Why would nvidia let AMD have the whole mid/higher end cake? If so then Nvidia would need to reduce the prices for their xx80 cards. Or come closer to 9070XT price point. Update: Statement from NVIDIA What changes are occurring in the GeForce ecosystem given the current memory market? Demand for GeForce RTX GPUs is strong, and memory supply is constrained. We continue to ship all GeForce SKUs and are working closely with our suppliers to maximize memory availability. - according to NVIDIA to Hardwareluxx Btw. One of the biggest retail in Norway don't have 5090's to ship out (Ordered - Delivery date unknown). Zero and nada https://www.proshop.no/Grafikkort?s=5090 But you still have 5090 cards from other shops. A couple of hundreds ready for shipments... Flood of different 9070XT. Not so much of 5070Ti/5080. It sems people want (nvidia) 16GB cards while they can get them closer to org MSRP.

Milk while you can... 'TSMC 'very nervous' about AI bubble concerns despite another record-setting quarter, but assured of demand TSMC 'very nervous' about AI bubble concerns despite another record-setting quarter, but assured of demand — CEO says careless investment 'would be a disaster for TSMC for sure,' company will invest $52-$56 billion in capex

Nadella do a great jobb @Mr. Fox

If/I mean when the bubble burst it will be harder for nvidia and AMD to bring back people over to even more overpriced GPUs. Many will most likely stay with their iGPUs/consoles. Everything come at a price. People won't pay extra premium for gamer cards due the AI bubble failure.