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The coming $249 RTX 5050 desktop cards might win on brand power alone, with the $299 RTX 5060 helping lock up the market—unless AMD and Intel take quick action.

By Michael Justin Allen Sexton
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 GPU for desktops

Nvidia is also releasing an RTX 5050 mobile-focused GPU for laptops.

By Michael Kan
SFF sized ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 5050 Series powered by the NVIDIA Blackwell

Two 16GB cards, one tough choice: These rival AMD and Nvidia GPUs challenge 1080p and 1440p gamers to weigh competing strengths: pure performance versus peak value for money. Which one wins? We break it down.

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB VS Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
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In our tests, AMD's Radeon RX 9060 XT delivers one of the largest generational performance leaps in 2025's crop of graphics cards. Its potent frame rates across many game types and 16GB of memory make this GPU a sweet, popularly priced deal for 1080p and light 1440p play.

$349.00
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Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

Outfitting a compact PC for 4K and VR, or a tiny budget tower for 1080p gaming? These are our favorite small Nvidia GeForce, AMD Radeon, and Intel Arc graphics cards for your next PC build or upgrade.

The Best Graphics Cards for Compact PCs

The exemption expired over the weekend, but the Trump administration gives GPU makers another reprieve as it weighs a larger package of semiconductor tariffs.

By Michael Kan
Nvidia GPU

GPUs and motherboards are exempt from a tariff imposed during the first Trump administration until May 31, 2025. Trump has not said whether he will extend the tariff exclusion again.

By Michael Kan
AMD GPU

The retailer suspects that 30+ Zotac units were compromised at a factory in China before the boxes were sealed. It's since provided one affected buyer with the actual GPU.

By Michael Kan
RTX 5090s at Micro Center

Many products launched at the show are prototypes that might never hit store shelves, while tariff uncertainty is obscuring pricing for otherwise ready-to-launch hardware. So here's what you can actually buy from Computex and how much it costs.

By Zackery Cuevas
Computex 2025

Team Red announced new budget-graphics cards to hit back at Nvidia and talked up its Zen 5-based Threadripper 9000 processors.

By Michael Kan
AMD Computex keynote

Asus revealed three creative new graphics cards, like one in Doom Slayer green and one with Noctua cooling, at Computex 2025, and we got up close and personal with all of them.

Asus ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 Doom Edition

AMD dropped new Zen 5-based Threadripper processors and a new RDNA 4 Radeon AI Pro GPU for workstation customers during its Computex 2025 keynote. Here's what we know so far.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000

AMD's Radeon RX 9060 XT readies up at Computex, with 8GB models dropping soon for $299 and 16GB models for $349. Here's what we know so far and our take on AMD's performance claims.

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

At Computex 2025, we get a first look at Intel's new Battlemage-based workstation graphics cards, including a dual-GPU model with 48GB of RAM.

Maxsun Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual 48G Turbo

At Computex's Nvidia keynote, you could go beyond Team Green fandom and fork over for actual, official Huang fashion. (Alas, no black leather jackets.)

By John Burek
Nvidia Merch

In Taipei, CEO Jensen Huang pitched his vision for an electronics industry that will come together to build 'AI factories' using Nvidia technology. He also threw PC gamers a bone.

By Michael Kan
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Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5060 GPUs are available now. Desktop graphics cards start at $299 and laptops at $1,099, ready to send frame rates into the 100s for the latest PC games using DLSS 4.

Nvidia RTX 50-series Graphics Cards

For US viewers, CEO Jensen Huang takes the stage on Sunday, May 18 at 8 p.m. PT / 11 p.m. ET. Here's how to catch the GPU maker's big reveals from the comfort of your couch.

By Michael Kan
Nvidia CEO

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton proposes a location verification system that could also detect if a GPU had been tampered with to thwart any 'chip security mechanisms.'

By Michael Kan
RTX 5090 card

You need a powerful graphics card to run cutting-edge PC games at 4K resolution. These high-end GPUs are the top performers we've tested for pixel-packed gaming.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080