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Zotac unveils the ArcticStorm AIO, its coolest and quietest RTX 5090 yet
25-Jul-2025, 7:00 am manhkbrady Hardware News
ZOTAC's ArcticStorm AIO is their first top-tier card to feature a large, integrated 360mm liquid cooler.
Zotac has officially launched its inaugural liquid-cooled graphics card equipped with a 360mm radiator. The GPU is known as the Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 ArcticStorm, and it is a powerhouse. Owing to its custom liquid cooling system, this GPU offers temperatures that are 30% lower compared to Zotac’s RTX 5090 Solid. Additionally, the GPU comes with a full-cover water block. Every component of the GPU is liquid-cooled, which includes the GPU core, VRMs, and memory. This GPU is equipped with...
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Grab a thrilling tower defense game for free on the Epic Games Store!
25-Jul-2025, 6:00 am manhkbrady Free Games
This free game includes both single-player and multiplayer modes.
The Epic Games Store has just updated its weekly giveaway selection. The previous offer of the Civilization VI Platinum Edition has now ended, and in its place, the store is featuring the classic wave defense game Legion TD 2. As usual, you have a week to claim this new game and add it permanently to your Epic Games Store PC library. This title presents a tower defense gameplay experience that incorporates some auto battle elements. The core objective is...
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Humble's new Sniper Elite bundle is a bullseye with its sharpshooter games
24-Jul-2025, 8:00 am manhkbrady Hot Deals
The Sniper Elite Classics Collection offers a highly rewarding dive into a premier WWII tactical shooter franchise.
Humble targets gamers aiming to enhance their collections with Sniper Elite titles in this newest bundle. If you fit that description, check out the specifics below. The games are divided into three pricing levels, starting with four items for $6 / £4.47 / 5,18€. This tier includes the original Sniper Elite, its remastered follow-up Sniper Elite V2, and Sniper Elite 3 with its Season Pass, moving the action to North Africa during World War II....
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Nvidia's RTX 5090 D V2 GPU will launch in China next month
24-Jul-2025, 7:00 am manhkbrady Hardware News
The RTX 5090 D V2 will have some internal changes but aims for similar gaming performance to the standard model.
As per a recent report from Benchlife, Nvidia has announced its intention to release its RTX 5090 D V2 graphics card in China. The GPU is set to debut on August 12th, confirming that it hasn’t been canceled due to the easing of US export restrictions. Generally speaking, Nvidia’s RTX 5090 D V2 is quite similar to its original V1 version. The only alteration involves its memory setup. Rather than having 32GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit memory...
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Discover fantastic games in Fanatical's new Platinum Collection Bundle
23-Jul-2025, 7:00 am manhkbrady Hot Deals
Fanatical's 2025 Platinum Collections offer a selection of top games to pick from!
Although Fanatical's Bundle Bash has concluded, the bundle deals continue with a fresh offer: the Best of Platinum Collection Build Your Own Bundle Summer 2025 is now up for grabs, allowing you to create your custom game pack. You can select from three different pricing options: three games for $9.99 / 9,99€ / £9.99, five for $14.99 / 14,99€ / £14.99, or seven for $19.95 / 19,95€ / £19.95. If you want to get the most bang for your buck, the...
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Nvidia's new Neural Texture Compression may eliminate VRAM concerns
23-Jul-2025, 6:00 am manhkbrady Hardware News
Nvidia's Neural Texture Compression now provides 90% VRAM efficiency with DXR 1.2.
Recently on Twitter/X, @opinali examined the effects of Nvidia’s Neural Texture Compression technology (demo available here) when paired with DirectX Raytracing 1.2’s (DXR 1.2) Cooperative Vectors feature.  Cooperative Vectors will allow developers to incorporate AI tasks into the real-time rendering workflow. This feature enables developers to leverage hardware-accelerated vector and matrix operations, encouraging innovative uses of AI within traditional gaming workloads. First look at NVIDA's Neural Texture Compression with DXR1.2 Cooperative...
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Fanatical's newest bundle lets you pick from 22 different shooter titles
22-Jul-2025, 7:00 am manhkbrady Hot Deals
Ready to pick your ideal game collection?
It’s another day and yet another Fanatical bundle to explore. This time, it’s the Build Your Own Shooter Bundle, featuring a variety of subgenres, including horror. Like most bundles of this type, selecting more games enhances the overall value. The bundle has three pricing options and offers 22 games to select from. You can opt for three games at $4.95 / £4.95 / 4,95€, five for $7.99 / £7.99 / 7,99€, or seven for $10.15 / £10.15 / 10,15€, with the latter...
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New Fanatical bundle serves 13 challenging roguelike & soulslike game picks
22-Jul-2025, 7:00 am manhkbrady Hot Deals
Dive into Fanatical's latest bundle featuring 13 games, all with a delightful roguelike or soulslike flavor.
The 7-day Bundle Bash by Fanatical has come to an end. Although the deals will remain available for another month, this Build Your Own Rogue Souls option is the last new bundle to emerge from the festivities. The pricing tiers are unchanged from the previous week: select 3 games for $4.95 / £4.95 / 4,95€, 5 for $7.99 / £7.99 / 7,99€, or 7 for $10.15 / £10.15 / 10,15€. This time, you can choose from 13 games, all selected for their...
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Get 10 unique indie games in the latest Humble Untold Tales Bundle
21-Jul-2025, 10:00 am manhkbrady Hot Deals
Humble Bundle launched a new collection, Indie Roulette, featuring 10 indie games from Untold Tales.
The Humble Bundle game collection page has undergone an update, introducing a new games bundle. This bundle features a selection of indie titles released by Untold Tales, divided into three price levels. It starts at $5 / 4,26€ / £3.68   and goes up to $12 / 10,24€ / £8.83 for the complete set. The initial tier offers five games, including the dystopian puzzler Golf Club Nostalgia and Don’t Be Afraid, a horror game that requires you to escape from a psychopathic kidnapper. For $9...
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AMD reveals the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000WX processor series
21-Jul-2025, 8:00 am manhkbrady Hardware News
AMD has unveiled its new Threadripper PRO 9000 WX-Series processors, built on Zen 5 and designed for demanding computing tasks.
It’s confirmed: AMD’s upcoming Threadripper PRO processors will be released on July 23rd. These latest CPUs will offer users up to 96 Zen 5 CPU cores, allowing them to handle multi-threaded tasks with remarkable speed.  With this new CPU series, AMD is surpassing Intel’s flagship Xeon W9-3595X workstation processor. Despite having only sixty cores, AMD’s Threadripper PRO CPUs hold a significant advantage. However, the performance supremacy demonstrated by AMD suggests that its new Threadripper PRO CPUs are also quicker on...
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Intel may abandon its P/E-cores for a new 'Unified Core' design in 2028
18-Jul-2025, 11:30 am manhkbrady Hardware News
Intel is reportedly moving away from its P-core and E-core architecture in favor of a new "Unified Core" design.
There's speculation that Intel is set to make significant modifications to its forthcoming CPU designs, with @Silicon_Fly indicating that Razer Lake will be the last generation to incorporate P-Cores and E-cores. Razer Lake will serve as the anticipated successor to next year's Nova Lake processors. Following Razer Lake, Intel is reportedly gearing up to release Titan Lake, which is expected to introduce a novel “Unified Core” architecture. These processors are slated for a 2028 launch. This...
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Claim Civilization VI Platinum Edition for free on the Epic Games Store
18-Jul-2025, 10:30 am manhkbrady Free Games
A beloved 4X strategy game, perfect for building your dream civilization, is now free in Epic's giveaway.
The Epic Games Store has just updated its weekly giveaway, replacing last week's offers of Figment 2: Creed Valley and Sky Racket with another major title: Sid Meier's Civilization VI. This isn't just the standard edition available; it includes key expansions and DLC as part of the Platinum Edition. As per usual, you have a week to permanently add this title to your Epic Games Store library. Created by Firaxis Games, Civilization VI is a turn-based 4X strategy...
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Humble's new Bundle: The ultimate collection for Devil May Cry fans!
17-Jul-2025, 11:00 am manhkbrady Hot Deals
Become the storm that is approaching with the latest Humble Bundle.
For the next two weeks, Humble will be offering the “Devil Trigger Collection” bundle, providing gamers access to the entire Devil May Cry series at an exceptionally low price. This bundle includes the Steam versions of every game in the Devil May Cry series, including the reboot DmC: Devil May Cry developed by Ninja Theory. Humble has introduced a new bundle that includes the entire collection of Devil May Cry titles, featuring Ninja Theory's DmC. If you’ve been wanting to meet...
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RTX 5090D V2 might be canceled for China due to easing US restrictions
17-Jul-2025, 8:00 am manhkbrady Hardware News
With relaxed US export restrictions, Nvidia might now be able to reintroduce the original RTX 5090 D in the Chinese market.
Easing US export restrictions is enabling AMD and Nvidia to restart shipments of their MI308 and H20 AI accelerators to China. Consequently, the future of Nvidia's forthcoming RTX 5090 D v2 is now in doubt. Nvidia might decide against launching its RTX 5090 D v2 graphics card, as the relaxed US export mandates could let Nvidia reintroduce its original RTX 5090 D graphics card. The RTX 5090 D v2 is a GPU designed to comply with the latest US export...
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The best-selling retro computer, the Commodore 64, has returned
16-Jul-2025, 11:00 am manhkbrady Hardware News
Commodore International has launched its first official hardware in over 30 years.
Commodore has recently begun accepting pre-orders for its Commodore 64 Ultimate. This new home computer aims to replicate the iconic Commodore 64 experience while offering modern enhancements, compatibility with classic games, cartridges, peripherals, and additional features. Unlike other recreations of classic PCs, the Commodore 64 Ultimate does not rely on emulation. It utilizes an AMD Artix 7 FPGA, providing the same capabilities as the original Commodore 64. This is not a budget-friendly ARM-based emulation solution; rather, it is a “faithful recreation...
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ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X will launch as Microsoft's priciest Xbox system
16-Jul-2025, 8:00 am manhkbrady Hardware News
Asus's upcoming ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X appear to be similarly priced to existing ROG handhelds, according to leaked figures.
ASUS’ authorized distributor in Spain has disclosed the pricing for the upcoming ROG Xbox Ally systems, indicating that Microsoft's new Xbox-branded handhelds will carry notably high price tags. With prices in Europe set at €599 and €899, it becomes apparent that Microsoft’s first Xbox handhelds will be quite pricey. If these figures are verified, the ROG Xbox Ally X would be the priciest Xbox system to date, surpassing the €599 cost of Microsoft's Xbox Series X. Neither ASUS nor...
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AMD Threadripper Pro 9000WX lineup surfaced early on US retailer site
15-Jul-2025, 8:00 am manhkbrady Hardware News
AMD is scheduled to launch its next-generation Threadripper PRO CPUs on July 23rd.
AMD is set to introduce its Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series processors, with availability expected this month according to B&H Photo, a prominent US retailer. As per the retail listing on their website, shared by @momomo_us, AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000 series CPUs will be up for pre-order starting July 23rd. In contrast, the pre-order date for AMD’s non-Pro Threadripper 9000 series CPUs is July 31st. With the launch of the new 9000 series Threadripper CPUs, AMD is bringing...
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Enjoy weeklong discounts and demos during Steam's Automation Fest Sale
15-Jul-2025, 5:00 am manhkbrady Hot Deals
Get ready for Steam's Automation Fest Sale, packed with weeklong discounts and exciting demos!
A new event on Steam has launched today: Automation Fest, a celebration of all the machines and robots that take on the heavy lifting (hopefully without uprising anytime soon).  There are countless deals to seize and demos to explore, and whether you're interested in constructing the ultimate transport system, crafting futuristic kitchens, or terraforming alien worlds, the range of options in this genre ensures you'll likely find something ideal to enjoy. ...
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Immerse yourself with Sony's exquisite Ghost of Yōtei PS5 bundles
14-Jul-2025, 7:00 am manhkbrady Hardware News
Immerse yourself with Sony's "Ghost of Yōtei" PS5 bundles, showcasing exquisite Japanese art.
Sony has recently launched two new designs for the PS5 console and DualSense controller inspired by the game Ghost of Yōtei. The designs are named “Gold Limited Edition” and “Black Limited Edition”. Each bundle includes a PS5 Slim console equipped with a disc drive, a matching DualSense controller, and a digital version of Ghost of Yōtei Standard Edition along with pre-order bonuses. The “Gold Limited Edition” will be accessible worldwide, whereas the “Black Limited Edition” is an exclusive available only...
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This RTX 5090 ROG Astral Gold Edition is the priciest GPU ever made
14-Jul-2025, 5:30 am manhkbrady Hardware News
For those who found the RTX 5090 too affordable and accessible, your wish for an exclusive, higher-priced version is now fulfilled.
ASUS has created what may be the most costly graphics card globally. We're not referring to the ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhahab Edition. Instead, ASUS has crafted an ROG graphics card containing 5kg of pure gold. The unveiling of this graphics card took place at Bilibili World 2025 in China, where @realVictor_M captured numerous photos of the card. Weighing 7.2 kg, this golden ROG Astral RTX 5090 is likely the priciest graphics card available. The gold...
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