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| PC World - 31 Jan (PC World)Microsoft has launched business versions of its Surface Laptop (7th Edition) as well as the Surface Pro (11th Edition) with Intel’s Core Ultra 200 (Lunar Lake) processors inside, offering business customers a choice between x86 and Windows on Arm.
Microsoft also said it will release a version of the Intel-powered Surface Laptop with 5G capabilities later this year. Finally, Microsoft announced a new Surface USB4 Hub, which was designed around the Surface aesthetic but can be used with any laptop with a USB4 port.
Essentially, the new Laptop and Pro are third versions of the latest Surface Pro and Laptop, with similar specs and dimensions. In May 2024, Microsoft originally announced the Surface Laptop (7th Edition) as well as the Surface Pro (11th Edition), both in a consumer as well as a “for Business” version. Both of those offerings included Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chips.
Now, Microsoft is adding a second version of the Surface Laptop (7th Edition) for Business as well as the Surface Pro (11th Edition) for Business, but with a Snapdragon rival: the Intel Core Ultra 200 / “Lunar Lake” chip. Both Surfaces will be available on the same day, February 18, for the same starting price: $1,499. As before, the Pro will be offered as a 13-inch tablet, while the Surface Laptop ships in both 13.8-inch and 15-inch versions.
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop (7th Edition) for Business as well as the Surface Pro (11th Edition) for Business.Microsoft
(Microsoft’s naming scheme isn’t totally coherent, as its documentation refers to the latest Surface Pro as both the Surface Pro for Business with Intel Core Ultra processors (Series 2) as well as the Surface Pro 11th Edition for Business. Microsoft refers to its Snapdragon version as the Surface Pro for Business, 11th Edition.)
Copilot+ PCs, but from Intel
The important thing to know about these two new devices is that they’ve both received the Copilot+ designation. Both the new Pro and Laptop use the Core Ultra 5 236V and Core Ultra 5 238V processors, with an NPU capable of 40 TOPS; and the Core Ultra 7 266V and 268V, which offer 48 TOPS. Microsoft defines 40 TOPS as the minimum requirement for a Copilot+ designation, which allows users to use Microsoft’s AI-specific Windows functions.
Nancie Gaskill, the general manager of the Surface business at Microsoft, said the new Pro and Laptop would be “variations” on the existing Surface for Business devices. “For business, we want to make sure that we’re bringing customers choice, and that’s why you see us bringing both the Arm architecture and the x86 platform to those customers,” she told reporters in a conference call.
Microsoft first rolled out its Copilot+ program for Snapdragon PCs, then later supported AMD and Intel.
Though laptops using Copilot+-qualified chips like Intel’s Core Ultra 200 and AMD’s Ryzen AI 300 have already shipped, the three platforms aren’t equal; PCs with Snapdragon chips inside can use or at least test all of Microsoft’s announced AI features, including the controversial Recall feature as well as generative AI-enhanced composition and editing features for Windows apps like Paint and Photos. Recall was made available to Snapdragon PCs on November 22. Copilot+ PCs with AMD and Intel chips inside have been forced to wait for an update, and gained Recall and Click-To-Do capabilities in early December. The other features are still not available.
Instead, Microsoft is leaning more on Microsoft 365, rather than Windows itself, to take advantage of the local NPU. For example, with Microsoft 365 Copilot, users can dictate and/or ink on the Surface Pro, and Copilot will analyze and transcribe the notes, executives said.
Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop for Business is essentially the same as the older Surface Laptop, which has a Qualcomm Snapdragon X chip inside. Microsoft
The differing timetables between the two processor platforms is something that Microsoft’s Gaskill said would be addressed. “The first-party experiences we showcase today are coming to all silicon platforms,” she said. “That said there will initially be some differences in the timing availability of these features as we work to optimize the experience for each silicon. We’re working closely with our silicon partners to accelerate this development with the goal of bringing parity of these features to devices going forward.”
What’s in the new Surface Laptop and Surface Pro for Business?
The new Surface Laptop delivers 26 percent faster performance for multitasking, twice the graphics performance, and up to 22 hours of battery life, Gaskill said, compared to the Surface Laptop 5, a 2022 device. That laptop was based upon the 12th-gen Core series of processors.
According to Microsoft’s specifications, the new Surface Pro (11th Edition) for Business includes the same specifications as the existing Surface Pro. You can buy two models, either one with an LCD display and the other with an OLED display. The OLED option ships with an additional HDR display mode that is not available in the LCD model.
The Surface Pro ships with a 2880×1920 13-inch display that outputs 600 nits (900 peak nits in HDR mode) with Gorilla Glass 6 protecting it. Memory options include 16GB or 32GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and 256GB/512GB/1TB of removable PCIe Gen 4 SSD storage. The 1.92-pound tablet measures 11.3 x 8.2 x 0.37 inches and includes an undisclosed battery that supplies up to 14 hours of video playback. The tablet has a 1440p front-facing camera, a 10Mpixel rear camera, and a pair of Thunderbolt 4 ports that complement its Bluetooth 5.4/Wi-Fi 7 connectivity. Remember Microsoft killed the headphone jack in the Surface Pro 9.
Microsoft is also promoting its integrated Pluton security coprocessor, which complements the Trusted Platform Module. Pluton isn’t new; the security logic has secured the most recent Xbox Series X and S. What’s new, however, is that it’s Pluton rather than Intel’s own vPro technology which is being used.
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Both the 13.8-inch and 15-inch version of the Surface Laptop (7th Edition) do include the 3.5mm jack, however, as well as two Thunderbolt 4 ports plus a 10Gbps USB-A port. There’s a more generic 1080p webcam. Wireless connectivity is supplied by Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4.
The larger 15-inch Surface Laptop weighs 3.66 pounds and measures 12.96 x 9.41 x 0.72 inches; the smaller 13.8-inch version weighs 2.97 pounds and measures 11.85 x 8.67 x 0.69 inches. Physically, there are a few differences between the two: The 13.8-inch screen’s resolution is 2304×1536, while the larger 15-inch display is 2496×1664. Otherwise, the displays share the same characteristics: 1300:1 contrast ratio, Gorilla Glass 5, and Dolby Vision IQ support.
There’s one other small difference between them: The larger Surface Laptop contains a microSDXC Express card reader and an optional integrated smart-card reader.
Microsoft didn’t address a question regarding the future of its Surface Connector, the small magnetic connector that can pass power alongside data. Microsoft has chosen to use the connector for power only, transferring data across the Thunderbolt 4 port.
Thunderbolt 4 is simply the Intel-certified name for the otherwise identical USB4 port, which is why Microsoft named its new USB4 Dock just that. The dock connects to any laptop with a USB4-compliant port (which excludes the Surface Laptop Studio and Surface Studio 2+, Microsoft says) supplying 65W of power. It supports two 4K60 displays, with either one of two USB4/Thunderbolt 4 ports built in, as well as an HDMI 2.1 port. The 4.7×2.4 inch dock also includes a gigabit Ethernet port and a 10Gbps USB-A port.
Microsoft’s USB4 Dock will be priced at $199.99 and ship on February 18. Read...Newslink ©2025 to PC World |  |
|  | | PC World - 31 Jan (PC World)At a glanceExpert`s Rating
Pros
Great GeForce RTX 4060 performance
High-end CPU
Solid build quality
Nice cooling and vent positioning
Cons
An RTX 4060 isn’t the fastest GPU
Display is a little dim
No fingerprint scanner or facial recognition hardware
Battery life is on the low side
Our Verdict
The Lenovo Legion 5i is a great value — a 16-inch gaming laptop with a screaming-fast CPU that also squeezes a surprising amount of performance from its GPU.
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The Lenovo Legion 5i is a 16-inch gaming laptop for the masses. While a GeForce RTX 4060 isn’t the highest-end GPU, Lenovo pairs it with a high-end Intel Core i9 CPU along with a great cooling system in an unabashedly chunky chassis. The result is a gaming laptop that delivers surprisingly high performance for the hardware — and at a very reasonable $1,399 retail price.
Further reading: Best gaming laptops 2025: What to look for and highest-rated models
Lenovo Legion 5i: Specs
The Lenovo Legion 5i (Gen 9) is a 16-inch gaming laptop with a variety of configurations — but all of them have an Intel CPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics. We reviewed the Lenovo Legion 5i available through Costco for $1,399, although Lenovo offers other configurations elsewhere.
The Costco model includes a 14th-generation Intel Core i9-14900HX CPU with 24 cores, GeForce RTX 4060 graphics, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1 TB SSD. It pairs that with a 2560×1600 display with 165Hz refresh rate and 300 nits of brightness. On paper, it sounds like a solid gaming package for the price — not the highest-end GPU or display, but at a very reasonable price.
The GeForce RTX 4060 graphics hardware here can run at up to 140W of TGP (total graphics power.) That’s one reason why it outshines other gaming laptops with RTX 4060 graphics, which may be running that hardware with a lower power draw.
Model number: 16IRX9
CPU: Intel Core i9-14900HX
Memory: 32GB DDR5
Graphics/GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
Display: 16-inch 2560×1600 IPS display with 165Hz refresh rate
Storage: 1 TB M.2 PCIe SSD
Webcam: 1080p webcam with electronic shutter switch
Connectivity: 3x USB Type-A (USB 3.2 Gen 1), 2x USB Type-C (USB 3.2 Gen 2), 1x combo audio jack, 1x microSD card reader, 1x RJ45 (Ethernet port), 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DC power in
Networking: Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, Ethernet port
Biometrics: None
Battery capacity: 80 Watt-hours
Dimensions: 14.16 x 10.33 x 0.99 inches
Weight: 5.2 pounds
MSRP: $1,399 as tested
The Lenovo Legion 5i is an all-around high-quality gaming laptop and a great value.
Lenovo Legion 5i: Design and build quality
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This laptop has an understated design. It’s not the sleekest 16-inch gaming laptop. At an inch thick and 5.2 pounds in weight, it’s on the heavy side. The chassis is all grays and blacks. The lid and top of the laptop are made of metal, while the bottom is plastic.
Aside from the laptop being on the chunky side and the word “LEGION” on the lid, there’s not anything here that marks this as a “gaming laptop.” However, the keyboard does have four different zones of LED lighting — that’s where the colorful gamer aesthetic comes in, if you like!
The build quality feels solid. There’s no weird flexing when you hold the laptop, and it’s easy to open the lid with one hand thanks to all that weight. The hinge stays nicely in place. The hinge also tilts further back than the average laptop, going flat if you like.
The laptop’s blocky and chunky design helps with cooling: The cooling system works well, blowing hot air out of the back of your laptop and not out of the left or right side onto your mouse hand. The WASD area of the keyboard stays rather cool to the touch while gaming.
It’s a well-built gaming laptop for this price range, but it’s not a premium all-metal gaming laptop or the thinnest and lightest gaming laptop you’re going to find.
There’s a typical amount of bloatware preinstalled — offers for McAfee and Dropbox will pop up, for example. I’d prefer to see none of these nags, but they’re not a big deal as you can uninstall them from the Control Panel.
Lenovo Legion 5i: Keyboard and trackpad
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The Lenovo Legion 5i includes a full-size keyboard complete with a number pad. It has four zones of LED lighting, so you can configure the lighting however you like — one color, four different colors, animated transitions, or no backlight at all.
The keys are a good size and feel decent to type on. This isn’t the snappiest keyboard I’ve ever used — it doesn’t feel like there’s a lot of key travel. But the keys don’t feel mushy. It’s not the most premium keyboard, but it’s totally fine for gaming, typing, and anything else you might use a laptop keyboard for.
The trackpad is a good size and is in a good position — a little to the left, below the space bar. It feels nice and responsive when moving the cursor around, and the click feels fine and not mushy or clunky. (I do prefer haptic trackpads, but those are still tough to find.)
Lenovo Legion 5i: Display and speakers
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The Lenovo Legion 5i includes a 16-inch IPS display with a 2560×1600 resolution and a 165 Hz refresh rate. On paper, that sounds pretty good — and it does look good when gaming. It’s a good screen. I was perfectly happy with it when playing everything from Indiana Jones and the Great Circle to the new season in Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred.
The display is on the dim side, though. It has 300 nits of brightness, I’d really like to see at least 400 nits. More premium displays often deliver much brighter screens as well as higher refresh rates. They may also use OLED panels — the IPS panel here doesn’t have the vivid colors you’ll find on a gaming laptop with a nice OLED display. These aren’t deal-breakers given the price of this machine, but you should be aware of what you can find in other machines.
This laptop’s speakers are okay. They’re loud enough to outcompete the laptop’s fans while gaming, and they have decent clarity. As usual with laptop speakers, though, there’s just not enough bass. I’m almost never a huge fan of built-in laptop speakers compared to a good pair of headphones or external speakers, so I’m picky. The speakers here are very average.
Lenovo Legion 5i: Webcam, microphone, biometrics
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The Lenovo Legion 5i has a 1080p webcam. Webcam quality often isn’t a priority on a gaming laptop, but thee camera here captures an unusually good picture compared to the 720p webcams you’ll see on some gaming laptops. In fact, the picture seems clearer than some of the 1080p webcams I’ve seen on other gaming laptops. For a gaming laptop in this price range, this is a nice webcam.
Lenovo also includes an e-shutter switch at the right side of the laptop. When flipped, this physically disconnects the webcam hardware from the laptop. It’s always nice to see this kind of physical privacy switch.
The integrated microphone setup isn’t as impressive. It did a great job of canceling out background noise, but voice quality wasn’t as good as the best microphones I’ve used on other laptops. I’d classify it as an average microphone for a gaming laptop like this one. That’s fine as many gamers opt for external microphones or headsets.
Unfortunately, this laptop does not have any biometrics — no fingerprint reader and no IR camera for facial recognition. You can’t use Windows Hello to sign in without adding some extra hardware. That’s disappointing, as the circular power button above the keyboard looks like a great place for a fingerprint reader.
Lenovo Legion 5i: Connectivity
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The Lenovo Legion 5i has a good number of ports. In total, you get three USB Type-A ports and two USB Type-C ports.
On the left, you’ll find one USB Type-A (USB 3.2 Gen 1) port, two USB Type-C (USB 3.2 Gen 2) ports, and a combo headphone jack.
On the back bar, there’s a DC power-in port as well as an HDMI 2.1 out port.
On the right, the machine has an Ethernet (RJ45) port, a microSD card reader, and two USB Type-A (USB 3.2 Gen 1) ports.
I would prefer to see more of the ports on the back of the laptop instead of the sides, but I’m pleased to see the power port on the back — it’s always nice to have that power cable out of the way. Most gamers will find everything they need here with no need for a dock or dongle.
This laptop includes Wi-Fi 6E hardware as well as Bluetooth 5.2. The Wi-Fi worked well in our testing setup. It would be nice to see Wi-Fi 7 support. We’re right on the cusp of Wi-Fi 7 becoming widespread, and we should see it become standard in future gaming laptops with newer CPUs.
Lenovo Legion 5i: Performance
The Lenovo Legion 5i performed well in PC gaming and general desktop usage tasks. That’s no surprise — we’re talking about a machine with a beastly Intel Core i9 CPU, 32GB of RAM, and discrete Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 graphics.
It is worth noting that, despite the high-end CPU and generous amount of RAM and storage, the RTX 4060 graphics Lenovo includes here are far from the highest-end part. You may end up with better gaming performance with a gaming laptop that pairs and RTX 4070 with a lower-end CPU and less RAM.
But benchmarks will tell the story. As usual, we ran the Lenovo Legion 5i through our standard benchmarks to see how it performs.
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First, we run PCMark 10 to get an idea of overall system performance. While it’s designed to be a holistic benchmark, the machine’s CPU is a huge factor in this benchmark. The Lenovo Legion 5i delivered a score of 8,751, which is a great score — largely thanks to its incredibly powerful CPU.
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Next, we run Cinebench R20. This is a heavily multithreaded benchmark that focuses on overall CPU performance. It’s a quick benchmark, so cooling under extended workloads isn’t a factor. But, since it’s heavily multithreaded, CPUs with more cores have a huge advantage.
The 24-core Intel Core i9 CPU in the machine delivered excellent performance here, too — a nice high score of 10,888 in the multithreaded benchmark.
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We also run an encode with Handbrake. This is another heavily multithreaded benchmark, but it runs over an extended period. This demands the laptop’s cooling kick in, and many laptops will throttle and slow down under load.
The Lenovo Legion 9i finished the encode process in 725 seconds, which is just over 12 minutes. That’s another great showing that demonstrates the high performance of the CPU and how well the Legion laptop’s cooling works.
The laptop stays surprisingly cool and quiet throughout CPU benchmarks like this one. The keyboard warms up a bit, but it doesn’t get uncomfortable. The fans blow hot air out the back of the machine, but they aren’t particularly loud most of the time.
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Next, we run a graphical benchmark. This is a gaming laptop, so GPU performance is critically important. We run 3Dmark Time Spy, a graphical benchmark that focuses on GPU performance.
With a score of 10,415, the Lenovo Legion 5i appears to squeeze a lot of performance out of its Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 graphics hardware. It comes out well on top of some other machines with Nvidia RTX 4060 graphics we compared it to. But it still can’t keep up with a system with higher-tier Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 graphics.
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Moving on to gaming benchmarks, we run a standard benchmark suite in Shadow of the Tomb Raider. While this is an older game, it’s a great way to compare performance across different laptops.
The Lenovo Legion 5i ran the benchmark at 138 frames per second. It’s getting great performance out of its GPU and CPU — impressively, it comes very close to the RTX 4070-powered Alienware m16 R2 in this benchmark.
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Finally, we run a benchmark in Metro Exodus. This is a very demanding game and we run the benchmark with high graphical settings. With an average FPS of 41, the Lenovo Legion 5i once again outcompeted the other RTX 4060-powered laptops we compared it to. But it came short of the RTX 4070-powered laptop, naturally.
Overall, this machine delivers great performance. But don’t get too distracted by its high-end CPU when comparing machines — for most gaming tasks, the GPU is what matters most.
Lenovo Legion 5i: Battery life
The Lenovo Legion 5i has an 80 Watt-hour battery, which is a good size. But it’s also a 5.2-pound gaming laptop and those don’t tend to deliver the best battery life.
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To benchmark the battery life, we play a 4K copy of Tears of Steel on repeat in the Movies & TV app on Windows 11 with airplane mode enabled until the laptop suspends itself. (We set the screen to 250 nits of brightness and turn off the keyboard backlight for our battery benchmarks.) This is a best-case scenario for any laptop since local video playback is so efficient and real battery life in day-to-day use is always going to be less than this.
In our standard battery life rundown test, the Lenovo Legion 5i lasted for an average of 303 minutes before suspending itself — that’s just over five hours. It’s a little on the low side for a gaming laptop thanks to that power-hungry CPU, but I’ve seen much worse from gaming laptops. Still, if battery life is a priority, this may not be the machine for you.
Lenovo Legion 5i: Conclusion
The Lenovo Legion 5i is an all-around high-quality gaming laptop and a great value. It’s not the most premium machine, but it’s a very good price for a gaming laptop with discrete Nvidia graphics, a screaming fast Intel Core i9 CPU, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB solid-state drive.
While the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 graphics here is far from the fastest part, this machine is set up to squeeze lots of gaming performance out of its hardware.
Laptops with higher-end graphics — a GeForce RTX 4070 and up — will perform better in games, even if their other specs appear lower. But they’re also more expensive: That RTX 4070-powered Alienware m16 R2 we compared it to costs $1,849. That’s $449 more than the Lenovo Legion 5i.
Of course, Nvidia’a GeForce RTX 50-series parts are on the way. Laptops like this one might end up on a good sale price soon. But, in the current market, this machine is a good buy even at its retail price. Read...Newslink ©2025 to PC World |  |
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|  | | PC World - 30 Jan (PC World)Scareware is a type of malware that relies on scare tactics to get you to lower your guard and unknowingly install malware or give away sensitive personal data before you realize you’re being tricked. Typically, these scare tactics are full-screen alerts that mimic antivirus warnings.
One of the most nefarious examples of scareware is the “tech support scam,” which falsely warn that your device is affected with malware and that you need to call a fake support number or install fake anti-malware software to clean it up and restore things. You may have even seen a few Microsoft IT support scam pop-ups yourself over the years.
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Understandably, Microsoft wants to fight this — and it’s doing so with a new Scareware Blocker feature in Edge, which was first announced in November at the 2024 Ignite conference.
According to a blog post (spotted by BleepingComputer), the Scareware Blocker is currently rolling out to all Microsoft Edge Insiders. Presumably, it will roll out to the general version of Edge after it’s been tested.
“Scareware blocker adds a new, first line of defense to help protect the users exposed to a new scam if it attempts to open a full screen page.”
How does Scareware Blocker work? Using a local machine learning model, Edge compares full-screen pages with thousands of past scams that were submitted by Microsoft’s scam-fighting community. (All processing is done locally, without saving or sharing to the cloud.) When a suspicious page is detected, Edge exits full-screen mode, warns you, and lets you decide if you want to continue.
How to activate Scareware Blocker
Before you can enable Scareware Blocker, you need to install the beta version of Microsoft Edge. This version installs alongside the main release version of Edge, so you don’t have to worry about them co-mingling. If you’re on a managed system, make sure your admin allows previews.
Make sure your beta version of Edge is up to date. Then, in the browser, navigate to Settings > Privacy, search, and services to find the “Scareware blocker” feature. Toggle it on. Done!
You can also report pages to protect others. Microsoft encourages reporting of both actual scam pages and false positives to improve the accuracy of its model. You can see more in the video below: Read...Newslink ©2025 to PC World |  |
|  | | PC World - 30 Jan (PC World)At a glanceExpert`s Rating
Pros
DLSS Multi Frame Generation is a game-changer in compatible titles, driving snappy new levels of smoothness by increasing frame rates fourfold, tightly paced.
Great 4K and 1440p performance
Tightly engineered Founders Edition model somehow squeezes into a fairly quiet two-slot design
Cons
Very small performance upgrade over existing RTX 4080 Super outside of DLSS 4 games with Multi Frame Generation
Much slower than RTX 4090, much less the RTX 5090
Higher power draw requires a more capable power supply
16GB memory capacity underwhelms in a $1,000 GPU
Our Verdict
The GeForce RTX 5080 offers negligible improvement over the 4080 Super’s performance, which is a massive bummer — but also offers a truly game-changing feature in DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation, which supercharges frame rates and visual smoothness. It’s sure to be controversial.
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“Oh, so that’s why the GeForce RTX 5080 costs less than everyone expected.”
That thought struck my mind the instant I saw where Nvidia’s new $999 graphics card fell in our gaming benchmarks. The extravagant $1,999 GeForce RTX 5090 managed to use a tantalizing mix of brute force and DLSS 4 innovation to bully its way to the top of the performance charts. The still expensive, yet more attainable RTX 5080 takes a more reserved approach, and delivers disappointing performance gains as a result. It’s barely beats the 4080 Super it’s replacing, much less the still-ferocious RTX 4090.
That makes DLSS 4, the new generation of Nvidia tech that can insert up to three AI-generated frames between every traditionally rendered frame, even more crucial to the RTX 5080. It’s a truly magical feature to play around with, sending frame rates and visual smoothness soaring, but is it enough to make up for a GPU that, frankly, delivers a poor generational performance uplift?
Yes, believe it or not — DLSS 4’s new capabilities supercharge how your games feel, imbuing even janky performers with shocking speed and snappiness.
Woof. This one’s going to be complicated. Watch Adam and Will’s video below for a benchmark-by-benchmark analysis of all the tests we’ve run. Here, we’ll focus on the key details that would-be RTX 5080 buyers need to know before dropping a cool grand on Nvidia’s latest — and sure to be controversial — enthusiast graphics card.
Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5080 isn’t much faster than the 4080 Super
When we analyzed the RTX 50-series’ tech specs after their reveal, I pointed out that the RTX 5080 only has about 10 percent more CUDA cores than the 4080. Architecture improvements, a higher power draw, and the move to cutting-edge GDDR7 memory could also help increase performance, but the RTX 5080 wasn’t likely to be a humongous leap forward.
Unfortunately, it only provided an awkward foot-shuffle forward in our gaming benchmarks.
Across our suite — which uses a mix of different game engines, genres, and ray tracing levels — the GeForce RTX 5080 ends up just 15 percent faster at 4K resolution than the $999 RTX 4080 Super. (The vanilla 4080 launched at $1,200 before flopping and being replaced by the cheaper Super.) That’s deeply disappointing. You hope to see a 25 to 30 percent performance improvement in a new graphics card generation.
Some games perform better or worse. In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla the uplift was only 10 percent. In Cyberpunk 2077, a game developed with deep Nvidia collaboration, the RTX 5080 ran 32 percent faster than the 4080 Super. But in general, expect to see about a 15 percent uplift in most games.
The GeForce RTX 5080’s raw performance is even more disappointing if you’re looking to pair it with a high refresh-rate 1440p monitor. At that resolution, the 5080 is just 11.5 percent faster than the 4080 Super on average.
From a raw rendering perspective, the GeForce RTX 5080 is one of the worst generational upgrades in recent memory. This graphics card is barely faster than its predecessor, and the RTX 5080 falls well behind last generation’s RTX 4090. That aging behemoth runs 15 percent faster than the 5080 at 4K.
Sigh. And because of that…
DLSS 4 will make or break the RTX 5080
Watch the Full Nerd gang discuss their DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Gen experience in the time-stamped video above.
The GeForce RTX 5080 has an ace up its sleeve, though: Nvidia’s flat-out awesome new DLSS 4 technology.
More specifically, the new Multi Frame Gen feature exclusive to GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards. It builds atop the Frame Generation feature introduced in the 40-series. While the older Frame Generation inserts a single AI-generated frame between two “traditionally” rendered frames to increase frame rate, Multi Frame Gen inserts up to three AI generated images between frames to send frame rates soaring even higher. Meanwhile, Nvidia’s mandatory-for-Frame-Gen Reflex technology helps to drive down the latency introduced by the AI frames.
It feels wonderful. Enabling MFG makes supported games (like Cyberpunk and Alan Wake 2) look and feel so much smoother. Consider this testimonial from our 5090 review:
“PCWorld contributor Will Smith, who is working on a deeper dive into DLSS 4, delivers even stronger praise: He reports that turning on DLSS 4 makes Star Wars Outlaws, a fun third-person game prone to performance concerns, feel just as good as the legendary Doom 2016, which many gamers consider the paragon of fast-action shooters. “It’s like a whole new game,” he said.”
I’ve spent time tooling around the streets of Night City with MFG active in Cyberpunk 2077. It’s astonishing how much more smooth and fast everything feels, especially in a game that runs damned smooth and fast to begin with. It’s revolutionary.
From a raw rendering perspective, the GeForce RTX 5080 is one of the worst generational upgrades in recent memory.
Multi Frame Gen isn’t free, however, as the excellent analysis by Hardware Unboxed above drives home. Your inputs don’t affect the AI frames, only the traditionally rendered ones. Nvidia Reflex does an admirable job of keeping latency — responsiveness — around native levels even when churning out maximum AI frames. The full 4x MFG mode only adds a handful of milliseconds of latency compared to native rendering, in exchange for DLSS 4’s delightful visual smoothness. But the way the game feels still relies on those traditionally rendered frames.
That insight unlocks several others. But the key one is this: You need a high base frame rate — 60fps or more, ideally 80fps or more — before turning on MFG to keep your games feeling “right.” If you go too much below that, the input lag becomes much more noticeable.
Fortunately, while the RTX 5080 offers only a mediocre upgrade over the 4080 Super in raw performance, the performance on offer is still more than enough to drive that 60- to 80fps “base rate” that’s so important for reasonable latency with Multi Frame Gen. Yes, Cyberpunk 2077 running at 60fps but augmented to run at 240fps with MFG/Reflex still feels like it’s running around 60fps, but constant frame pacing that comes with running a game so fast just looks and feels gooooood, man.
Frame Generation isn’t for everyone. That said, I am sensitive to latency. I am a monitor collector who has a 360Hz 1080p panel solely to play competitive shooters. I am a freak who can tell that a game running at 240fps with MFG doesn’t feel like a game running at native 240fps, and because of that I’d never use Frame Generation in multiplayer games. But the tight frame pacing and smoother visuals MFG provides makes gorgeous single-player games look and feel so much better that I unabashedly recommend using it when available, even if it feels minimally “off” at first. It’s that good.
Better yet, DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Gen will be available in 75 games and apps when the RTX 50-series launches on January 30. Some of them will be actual game updates, while you’ll need to force DLSS 4 via the Nvidia app in others. But you’ll have plenty of games to play around in.
That’s great, because DLSS 4 is the defining feature of the RTX 5080. If you’re not interested in AI frames whatsoever, the old 4080 Super would probably be a better purchase for you, weirdly enough.
The RTX 5080 and 5090 are remarkably thin graphics card considering their performance levels.Adam Patrick Murray / Foundry
The RTX 5080 is no RTX 4090 rival
…well, unless you’re running a DLSS 4 game with Multi Frame Generation active.
But other than that, the RTX 4090 still demolishes the RTX 5080. It winds up being 15 percent faster than the RTX 5080 on average at 4K resolution. Usually, the xx80 card of a generation clearly beats the xx80 Ti or xx90 tier from the previous generation, but that’s very much not the case here.
The newer card’s 16GB of GDDR7 memory doesn’t hold a candle to the RTX 4090’s massive 24GB memory buffer either. The 4090’s mondo capacity makes it beloved by content creators and AI pros alike. If you can get by with 16GB, the RTX 5080’s next-gen Blackwell GPU architecture managed to come close to the RTX 4090 in our Procyon AI text generation and Adobe Premiere Pro tests, for significantly less money. But 16GB just isn’t enough for many pros working on the most strenuous tasks these days — and while our gaming testing didn’t stress the capacity, 16GB seems awfully skimpy for a $1,000 graphics card in 2025.
Damn, Nvidia’s RTX 5080 Founders Edition is nice
If you’re lucky enough to snag an RTX 5080 Founders Edition, you won’t be disappointed. Like the RTX 5090 Founders Edition, the RTX 5080 FE wields delightfully advanced engineering tricks to squeeze the GPU’s might into a svelte true two-slot package. That means you can cram it into tiny small form-factor builds. Drooooool.
Watch GeForce’s product manager explain its intricacies in our video from CES 2025 below.
You’ll no doubt find a slew of monstrous, triple-slot custom RTX 5080s from Nvidia’s usual board partners. Their expansive heft and cooling setups will surely keep the 5080 frostier and quieter than Nvidia’s space-constrained Founders Edition, but expect to pay considerably more in return.
Given its small performance upgrade, I’m not sure that paying a steep premium for a custom RTX 5080 makes much sense unless you’re a fanatic about sound and temperatures. The Founders Edition isn’t especially hot or cranky sounding, anyways.
More power, Captain!
The RTX 5080 has a higher TGP rating than the 4080, which means it draws more power. That extra power can be used to help juice clock speeds, but some of the increase comes from the debut of cutting-edge GDDR7 VRAM fast enough to melt faces.
It’s a nothingburger in reality. The RTX 5080 consumed about 8 percent more energy than the 4080 Super in our test that logs power throughout a benchmark run. But that slightly higher power draw does pack a tangible difference: Nvidia says an 850-watt power supply is required to run the RTX 5080, a 100W increase over the 4080.
Should you buy the GeForce RTX 5080?
Only consider the RTX 5080 if you buy into Nvidia’s AI-fueled vision of the future.
Adam Patrick Murray / Foundry
DLSS 4’s Multi Frame Generation feature must be seen (and felt) to be believed. On PCWorld’s Full Nerd podcast, we compared the leap from Single Frame to Multi Frame Generation to the leap from DLSS 1 to DLSS 2. When both technologies first came out, they showed promise but had plenty of rough edges. With DLSS 2, gamers agreed that Nvidia nailed it. And while it’s not quite perfect, Multi Frame Generation nails it. Once more gamers get their Dorito-stained paws on RTX 50-series cards, and are able to tool around with MFG in 75+ games and apps, I wouldn’t be surprised if all the furor over “fake frames” online dies down quite a bit. It’s a literal game changer.
But Nvidia is in trouble this generation if the masses don’t embrace Multi Frame Generation. Because when it comes to traditional gaming performance, the RTX 5080 is no game changer.
It’s a pretty damned terrible generational upgrade, actually. Eking out a mere 11 to 15 more render performance than the RTX 4080 Super, at the same price, at a higher power draw, isn’t compelling whatsoever. It can’t come anywhere close to last gen’s 4090. If you don’t like AI-generated frames — maybe you’re sensitive to latency, or you focus on competitive games, or you loathe the idea of AI frames potentially introducing visual glitches — I’d even go so far as to suggest picking up a 4080 Super to get roughly comparable performance for less cash.
Remember: The RTX 3080 beat the RTX 2080 by 60 to 80 percent when it launched earlier this decade, and it did so for just $700. Then Nvidia jacked the price of the vanilla RTX 4080 by $500 dollars for a 30 percent performance increase, leading to poor sales rectified only by the launch of the 4080 Super at $999. With the RTX 5080 barely outpacing that, the RTX 5080 would have been immensely more compelling at a couple hundred dollars cheaper. Two generations after the RTX 3080, Nvidia has truly devastated the xx80 tier’s value in recent memory. Upgrading from the 3080 to a 5080 will only get you about 40 to 45 percent more performance, for a price tag that’s 42 percent higher. That’s not progress.
If Nvidia didn’t have MFG in tow, this would’ve been a scathing review for the RTX 5080 itself. But boyyyyy does DLSS 4’s new tricks feel great. Multi Frame Generation makes Star Wars Outlaws, a notoriously janky game, feel just as good as Doom 2016. Cyberpunk’s neon Night City feels so much more alive when you’re racing around at a buttery-smooth 240Hz+, or over 150fps even with the game’s nuclear RT Overdrive Mode active.
And that’s the promise Nvidia needs gamers to buy into for the GeForce RTX 5080 — heck, perhaps this entire RTX 50-series generation. Are you willing to embrace “fake frames” and dip your toes into experiences that aren’t currently possible with traditional rendering alone? If so, this GPU provides enough grunt to fuel those adventures in 4K and 1440p alike.
If not, the RTX 5080 is one of the most disappointing GPU releases in a long time. It’s probably best to save your cash.
Me? I’m into the vision. But I wish Nvidia imbued the RTX 5080 with more raw rendering firepower, so it could be a decent upgrade even for “fake frame” haters. Nvidia didn’t, alas — so now the RTX 5080’s future hangs in the balance of those 75 DLSS 4 games working correctly at launch.
If DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Generation perform like a champ when that wider availability hits, it could usher in a new era of smooth, AI-supercharged performance. But if DLSS 4 winds up plagued by visual artifacts or other issues once the floodgates open, it could instead set off an explosion of “fake frames” memes and sign a death warrant for the otherwise ho-hum RTX 5080 — perhaps even the rest of Nvidia’s 50-series lineup.
The GeForce RTX 5090 can stand alone on its own merits, but the RTX 5080 is all-in on DLSS 4. All that’s left us to see is where the chips fall. Read...Newslink ©2025 to PC World |  |
|  | | PC World - 30 Jan (PC World)Even if you aren’t a huge techie, you probably know about all the big, mainstream apps that are fundamental to how we use our PCs. I’m talking Word, Outlook, Chrome, Slack, Dropbox, etc. You know, right?
But there are many, many, many awesome free apps out there that can seriously improve your PC and your workflows, unlock new tools and features, and just make your PC experience better overall.
If you want to wring a little more out of your PC, here are some of the best hidden gem apps that are super useful and available for free.
Ferdium for centralizing all the web apps and services you use in one place
Ferdium
If you have a lot of permanently open browser tabs for all the different web apps you use every day, then you can make things easier for yourself by organizing them with Ferdium. (Have you heard of Rambox or Franz? Ferdium is like those except open-source and totally free.)
Ferdium lets you run separate tabs for hundreds of web services, including chat apps (like Messenger, Telegram, WhatsApp, etc.) and social apps (like Slack, Discord, etc.) as well as email apps, calendar apps, media apps, AI chatbots, and more. All of those apps can reside right within Ferdium, letting you consolidate all of that to one place.
I love Ferdium for how it fences everything off into its own app. I no longer have to reach for my phone to check WhatsApp or catch up on Teams notifications or pull up Gmail or Google Calendar. It’s all just one click away on my PC and it’s less distracting overall.
PDFgear for PDF editing, converting, merging, annotating, and more
PDFgear
PDFgear is one of those diamonds in the rough, one that we’ve been evangelizing for a while now. But just because it isn’t as well-known as others doesn’t mean it isn’t an excellent PDF editor.
If you’ve ever been frustrated by how difficult it is to find a high-quality offline PDF editor that doesn’t charge you for personal use, then PDFgear is the end goal you’ve been looking for. This app is super capable at editing PDFs, whether through annotations or direct file editing.
It works with text, images, and graphics. It can merge PDFs together. It can convert PDFs into different file types. It can do just about anything else you’d want to do with a PDF. It even has a built-in AI assistant that can search, summarize, aid with editing, and more.
SitApp for developing better posture
SitApp
If you work or game at your PC for hours at a time, then maintaining good posture and proper back health is something that’s well worth the effort. But maybe all you really need is a gentle prod whenever you start to slouch, in which case you could benefit greatly from SitApp.
SitApp is a useful app that uses your webcam to analyze your posture and detect when you’re slouching — and when you are, the app shows a little pop-up reminder to let you know. It also tracks your posture history so you can compete against yourself to see how long you can maintain good posture. My record is 92% over eight hours. How about you?
BreakTimer for regular break reminders
BreakTimer
If you’re always on your PC, good posture isn’t the only thing to worry about. It’s important to get up and walk around, rest your eyes, drink water, stretch, and maybe even exercise. But it’s easy to forget to do all of that, especially if you lock onto a task or get absorbed into a game.
BreakTimer sits in the background and periodically reminds you to take a break. You can customize the alerts to whatever frequency you want, however long you want the breaks to be, which days you want them to be active on, and more. It’s simple but life-changing — and free!
Mouse Without Borders for using one mouse and keyboard with multiple PCs
Wish you could control multiple computers with one set of mouse and keyboard? One way to do that is to buy a KVM switch and go through the hassle of setting it up. Or you could just get Mouse Without Borders.
Mouse Without Borders is a Microsoft Garage project that was put together by developer Truong Do during his off-hours, and it works fantastically well for controlling up to four PCs with a single mouse and keyboard. It’s not perfect, but it’s quick, easy to use, and entirely free, making it a great alternative to hardware KVMs.
4K Video Downloader Plus for downloading videos anywhere online
4K Download
Lots of video downloader tools have come and gone over the years, useful for when you want to save videos from YouTube, Facebook, and other sites. But most of those tools eventually turn into malware, slow down to a crawl when they gain too many users, or simply die off overnight and leave you dry and forsaken.
On the other hand, 4K Video Downloader Plus works almost flawlessly, stays regularly updated, and doesn’t suffer from malware infections, all in a fast and lightweight package. What more could you ask for?
Foobar2000 for reliable music playback
Foobar2000
Are you in the minority of people who haven’t yet jumped aboard the Spotify train? Do you have a large MP3 collection instead? And are you using Windows Media Player to listen to it? If so, then I have a gift for you: Foobar2000, a simple and lightweight music player.
Windows Media Player has its foibles when it comes to managing large music collections, organizing playlists, customizing the interface, converting between file formats, and offering all kinds of other advanced features. Foobar2000 does it all plus more, and it’s been around since 2002, and it’s been completely free for that entire time.
This streamlined music player went from super popular to obscure over the last decade or so, and these days it’s sort of a hidden gem again. Its interface is barebones out of the box, but it also has deep customization options that let you make it truly your own.
MPC-BE for hassle-free video playback
MPC-BE
Back in the day, there used to be an open-source app called Media Player Classic that was a lightweight yet improved alternative to Windows Media Player for playing video files. MPC ceased development in 2006, but the project has been forked a few times since.
MPC-BE (short for Black Edition) is my preferred successor. It’s still free and open-source, and it still carries forward the streamlined principles that made Media Player Classic so popular. You don’t have to fiddle around with codecs — it just works and it doesn’t bog down your system. It’s one of the best open-source PC apps.
EarTrumpet for controlling volume on an individual per-app basis
Jon Martindale / IDG
If you consistently find that some apps are way too loud or way too quiet even when your system volume seems fine, then you need EarTrumpet. This quick and easy utility lets you individually adjust the volume of any audio source that’s playing on your PC.
From browser windows to social apps, from local audio to online, EarTrumpet gives you fine-tuned control over your PC’s audio output. It can even let you lower the volume of everyone in a Discord chat rather than having to do it one by one.
EPKL for changing your keyboard layout or customizing individual keys
EPKL
Here in the US, nearly every keyboard has the standard QWERTY layout that came out in 1874. But this classic keyboard layout has drawbacks, like inefficient typing and a greater susceptibility to repetitive strain injuries. That’s why people have been moving away from it.
Fortunately, even if you have a QWERTY keyboard, you don’t have to use the QWERTY layout itself. Thanks to EPKL, you can easily switch over to Colemak, Dvorak, or whatever other keyboard layout you want without having to buy a special keyboard.
Alternatively, you can use EPKL to move specific keys around or even rebind certain keys to perform different actions. And if you’re feeling devilish, you can even use it to prank your friends and make them think their keyboard is borked. (Just be sure to let them off afterwards, as this one could stump the less tech-savvy for hours.)
Files for an improved and more effective alternative to File Explorer
Files
Are you tired of File Explorer’s shortcomings? Then don’t delay and install Files right away. This open-source Windows file manager feels familiar yet comes with several advanced features, like dual-pane browsing, tags for files and folders, a better preview system, custom keyboard shortcuts, seamless cloud integration, and more.
Everything for a faster and more powerful way to search your Windows PC
Voidtools
If you feel like the built-in search in Windows is as ineffective as it is monolithic, you aren’t alone. Fortunately, you don’t have to put up with its subpar capabilities.
Everything by Voidtools is a far more capable search tool, able to not only find anything on your system by its name or file type but also by its contents. Content searching takes a lot longer, of course, but it’s super effective — and if you search normally (i.e., by name or file type), it’s significantly faster than Windows’ search.
Cryptomater for encrypting your data, both locally and in the cloud
Skymatic
“Not your keys, not your coins” is a cryptocurrency expression that highlights the importance of protecting your data. If you aren’t careful with your files, you could lose more than you expect — and your personal data is only as safe as you make it.
Cryptomator is a free solution that adds an extra layer of security to your files using encryption. It works with any files, no matter where you store them, whether locally on your PC or online in the cloud. It effectively locks down your data so that even if someone were to gain access, they wouldn’t be able to do anything with what they find.
Fan Control to control your PC fans
Fan Control
If you’re like me, you’ve probably used a number of software fan controllers over the years and always found them unintuitive, underwhelming, or frustrating. If so, then I have some good news for you: Fan Control is a breath of fresh air and the app you need.
This free app gives you straightforward control over all the adjustable fans in your PC, from the rear exhaust fans to the CPU pump speed to everything in between. You can tie fan speeds to various temperature sensors, apply different fan curves and trigger points, and even integrate with third-party software through plugins.
Fan Control’s interface is clean and customizable, but if you need help getting started, the app has an assisted setup that aids in labeling and organizing your fans and their associated sensors.
Microsoft PowerToys for unlocking extra features and goodies in Windows
Jon Martindale / IDG
A worker is only as good as their tools, so why use Windows without making sure you have access to its full potential? There’s something called Microsoft PowerToys, available directly in the Microsoft Store, that freely unlocks new features and goodies.
I’ve written about my favorite PowerToys features that are pretty useful, including improvements to File Explorer, a batch renaming utility, an expanded clipboard, a quick-find tool for your mouse cursor, a color palette helper, and so much more.
Microsoft PC Manager for simplified maintenance of your Windows PC
Microsoft
If might not feel as cool to use as some of the other niche third-party or solo-dev projects on this list, but Microsoft PC Manager is a really effective system maintenance tool.
It helps you free up storage space, track memory usage, monitor system startup time (which you can speed up with some tweaks), and shows you active apps for diagnostic purposes when things are acting up.
WizTree for visualizing your disk space usage and finding large files
Jon Martindale / IDG
With multiple drives full of large apps and files, it can be hard to understand just how much space you have left on your PC and how much each existing piece of data actually takes up. You can also lose space when giant files are forgotten in corners of your drives.
Disk analyzer tools like WizTree are a great way to visualize your system’s data storage, making it easier to understand which apps to uninstall or which files to delete when you need to free up some extra space. It’s fast, effective, and easy to use — as well as being entirely free.
DDU for purging old and unused drivers
DDU
It isn’t easy staying on top of your system drivers. But even if you do keep up with installing new drivers, you probably don’t uninstall your old drivers. Maybe the installer handles that for you… but maybe it doesn’t. Even official uninstallers from AMD and Nvidia can miss them.
That means you could have a bunch of old drivers still lingering around on your PC, and when old driver files build up over the years, they can rear their heads at unexpected times and cause stability issues.
Most full-blown driver uninstaller tools, like Driver Magician, cost money. But there is one that’s totally free: DDU, which stands for Display Driver Uninstaller. This straightforward utility strips your PC of unused graphics drivers, which can come in handy if you’re running into graphics card issues that are seemingly impossible to troubleshoot.
HWMonitor for checking the health of your PC and internal hardware
Jon Martindale / IDG
Want to keep an eye on your PC components and their general health? You can quickly spot overheating, performance issues, or other odd details with either HWMonitor or HWInfo.
Both tools are fantastic for monitoring your PC’s various hardware components and how they’re working. HWMonitor is simpler and easier to get to grips with, while HWInfo is more advanced with a more comprehensive overview of PC stats.
If you’d rather just keep an eye on the temperatures of your processor and its cores, check out the ultra-lightweight Core Temp.
Parsec for streamlined remote desktop access and control from anywhere
Have you ever wanted to use your PC remotely? I mean, even when you’re away from home, it’d be great if you could “remote in” to your PC and use it from anywhere, right? With remote desktop software, you can!
Most remote desktop solutions are paid, and the free ones usually aren’t very good. But these days we have Parsec, a remote desktop tool that was originally built to allow for remote gaming but has since expanded to become a low-latency desktop sharing app.
In layman’s terms, you can use Parsec to connect to your PC and operate it like you’re there, except you aren’t. It’s equally great for working on your hobby coding project during your lunch break as it is for playing your Steam games from a hotel while traveling.
Parsec has a free Personal Use version that doesn’t come with all features, but it does have all the essentials: low-latency 60FPS desktop streaming; support for keyboards, mice, and gamepads; and encrypted connections.
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|  | | PC World - 28 Jan (PC World)Nvidia is making great strides with its newest generation of graphics cards. With the Blackwell series (i.e., the exciting new RTX 50 series), Nvidia is focusing on powerful GPUs that rely ever more on AI features and AI-driven improvements.
If you own an older Nvidia graphics card, though, things are getting tight. According to the release notes for CUDA 12.8 — Nvidia’s programming interface that allows its GPUs to be used for general purposes — several GPU models are now considered “feature-complete” and will be “frozen” in an upcoming release, reports Tom’s Hardware.
Affected GPU models are ones that have Maxwell, Pascal and Volta architectures, which include all Nvidia graphics cards from GeForce 700 up to and including Nvidia’s 10 series. They’re all deprecated, obsolete, and waiting to be put on ice.
What does this mean for you?
If you own one of these affected Nvidia GPUs, your GPU will no longer receive any new features through future updates, so don’t expect any more improvements or optimizations going forward. However, basic security fixes will likely continue via driver updates.
So, if you’re okay with that, you can keep using your GPU and don’t have to dispose of it straight away. No specific date has been announced for end of support, but it will likely come with the next CUDA update.
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