Jasmine Mannan May 1, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. …
… A NTC works equally well on all GPUs from GTX 10 series onwards with no performance difference B NTC requires an RTX 4090 or higher and cannot run on any other GPU C NTC works best on GPUs with Tensor Cores but can run on older hardware with a significant performance cost D NTC only runs on data ce… …
… Component pricing is already under significant pressure , with DRAM costs climbing and GPU prices showing little sign of relief. …
… It remains unclear, however, how far the FSR 4.1 integration will extend to handheld hardware. Whether the rollout includes frame generation support, the features that come with the "Redstone" ML suite and ray-tracing enhancements remains an open question for now. …
… After all, on this kind of hardware, reclaiming VRAM mattered more than shaving off a few milliseconds of scheduling latency. …
Jasmine Mannan Mar 25, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. …
Jasmine Mannan Apr 4, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. …
… Related You don't have to wait for the Steam Machine - I built my own I'm too excited to wait until preorders open A kernel-level fix that finally prioritizes your game Foreground apps now get first dibs on VRAM A new batch of kernel-level patches bring about a foundational change in how Linux hand… …
… The clearest recent example of a triple-A title dealing with VRAM constraints is Indiana Jones and the Great Circle . The game surfaces texture pool warnings, gate settings behind VRAM checks, and in some configurations refuses to enable certain options on 8GB cards at all. …
… Even just trying to get one to work would be an interesting endeavor, but trying to drive one daily in my home lab doesn't sound terribly fun. The hardware is incredibly hard to beat, but the user experience really is as jank as it looks on forums outside of a few specific circumstances. …