GPUs can die, apparently – Tech News Jan 18

GPUs can die, apparently – Tech News Jan 18
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► TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Welcome to Paul’s Tech News – January 18, 2026
1:47 Post-CES Disappointments (no Arc B770 / RTX 50 Super, Panther Lake though)
4:30 ASUS Reportedly “End-of-Lifes” RTX 5070 Ti, Nvidia says no
7:34 Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Still Coming, 9850X3D expected Jan 29
TECH BRIEFS
9:34 2026 Is Going to Suck for PC Gaming
10:06 Popularity of DDR3 motherboards is growing rapidly
10:48 Jeff Bezos hopes that you’ll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud
11:20 Redditor: One of my PCs stopped a bullet and saved my kid’s life

► LINKS
Post-CES Disappointments (no Arc B770 / RTX 50 Super, Panther Lake though)
https://www.techpowerup.com/345051/the-5-biggest-no-shows-of-ces-2026
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-showed-up-for-consumers-at-the-consumer-electronics-show-amd-didnt

Intel Panther Lake is our CES 2026 winner, as Nvidia and AMD sideline PC gaming

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2026-ces-special-presentation
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/report-ice-using-palantir-tool-feeds-medicaid-data
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-reportedly-split-panther-lake-review-embargoes-between-core-ultra-x9-388h-and-the-rest
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-panther-lake-pre-release-testing-delivers-over-80-fps-in-cyberpunk-100-fps-in-f1-arc-b390-offers-playable-1080p-frame-rates-with-xess-quirks
AMD CES Keynote – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbfAhFxDomE
NVIDIA CES Keynote – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NBILspM4c4
https://videocardz.com/newz/two-intel-board-partners-say-they-have-not-received-arc-b770-test-boards-yet
ASUS Reportedly “End-of-Lifes” RTX 5070 Ti, Nvidia says no

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-reportedly-cuts-gpu-supply-to-board-partners-by-up-to-20
https://www.techspot.com/news/110867-nvidia-could-delay-rtx-5000-super-series-indefinitely.html
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxXC22pT401KbL_KUAv_KhYZeMN9CQoGMh?si=PR9RRAEo17KdjERg
https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-issues-a-third-rtx-5070-ti-clarification-and-walks-back-the-earlier-eol-claim
https://wccftech.com/the-current-state-of-nvidia-rtx-50-gpus-our-exclusive-report-on-geforce-production-aic-supply-memory-shortages-prices-eol-rumors/
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-ceo-says-you-shouldnt-talk-bad-about-ai/
Comment from @Randoms7786 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFG3Ah-zf18
Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Still Coming, 9850X3D expected Jan 29
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-9-9950x32d-confirmed-dual-3d-v-cache-cpu-is-coming
https://videocardz.com/newz/gigabyte-is-now-testing-amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d2-dual-3d-v-cache-cpu-on-x870e-tachyon-overclocking-board
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-7-9850x3d-goes-on-sale-on-january-29
TECH BRIEFS
2026 Is Going to Suck for PC Gaming
https://www.ign.com/articles/2026-is-going-to-suck-for-pc-gaming
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/ram-shortage-chaos-expands-to-gpus-high-capacity-ssds-and-even-hard-drives/
https://www.pcmag.com/news/ddr4-prices-jump-10-in-one-week-some-buyers-are-even-looking-at-ddr3
Popularity of DDR3 motherboards is growing rapidly
https://videocardz.com/newz/popularity-of-ddr3-motherboards-is-growing-rapidly
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-said-my-pc-was-too-old-to-run-windows-11-how-i-upgraded-in-5-minutes-anyway/
Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you’ll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud
https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/jeff-bezos-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-bezos-envisions-that-youll-give-up-your-pc-for-an-ai-cloud-version
https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/thats-not-going-to-last-jeff-bezos-believes-ai-will-force-you-to-rent-your-pc-from-the-cloud-and-the-ram-crisis-is-accelerating-it
Redditor: One of my PCs stopped a bullet and saved my kid’s life

one of my pc’s stopped a bullet and saved my kids life.
byu/theonlyalankay inpcmasterrace

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