Disappearing RTX 50 GPUs… – Tech News Sept 14

Disappearing RTX 50 GPUs… – Tech News Sept 14
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► TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Welcome to Paul’s Tech News – Sept 14, 2025
1:18 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 SUPER “delayed” – launch unlikely before CES 2026
2:35 The 128GB RTX 5090 “Prototype”
4:19 Intel Arc B770 soon? Shipping Manifests discovered
5:40 Intel Launches 14nm LGA 1200 CPU in 2025
TECH BRIEFS
7:01 AMD’s latest driver enables FSR4 for most FSR 3.1 games
7:55 Borderlands 4 ‘mostly negative’ launch reviews on Steam; poor performance and crashes
9:08 Hyte warns Thicc Q80 Trio customers should uninstall AIO immediately
9:49 Turns out a Windows 11 Update wasn’t what killed all those SSDs

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Corsair: https://help.corsair.com/hc/en-us/articles/15292042915213-SSD-How-to-Update-your-SSD-Firmware
Sabrent: https://sabrent.com/pages/control-panel
Samsung Magician: https://semiconductor.samsung.com/consumer-storage/support/tools/
Kingston: https://www.kingston.com/en/support/technical/ssdmanager
Crucial: https://www.crucial.in/support/storage-executive
WD/Sandisk Dashboard: https://support-en.sandisk.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/31759

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 SUPER “delayed” – launch unlikely before CES 2026
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-50-super-launch-unlikely-before-ces-2026
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-may-have-ended-rtx-50-founders-edition-gpu-production-report-suggests-move-is-in-preparation-for-super-refresh
https://marketplace.nvidia.com/en-us/consumer/graphics-cards/?locale=en-us&page=1&limit=12&manufacturer=NVIDIA&manufacturer_filter=NVIDIA~1,AORUS~1,ASUS~11,GIGABYTE~22,MSI~14,PNY~5,ZOTAC~6
The 128GB RTX 5090
https://www.techpowerup.com/340771/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-gets-128-gb-vram-capacity-mod
https://overclock3d.net/news/gpu-displays/128gb-rtx-5090-prototype-spotted-with-gddr7x-memory/
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/upgraded-nvidia-rtx-5090-gets-128gb-vram-and-usd13-000-price-tag-super-limited-gpu-is-described-as-a-prototype
https://videocardz.com/newz/no-there-is-no-geforce-rtx-5090-with-128gb-memory
Intel Arc B770 soon? Shipping Manifests discovered
https://wccftech.com/intel-arc-battlemage-bmg-g31-b770-gpu-packaging-spotted/
https://www.techpowerup.com/340802/intel-arc-b770-battlemage-nears-launch-as-intel-prepares-packaging
https://www.guru3d.com/story/intel-arc-b770-leak-confirms-32-xe2-cores-and-16gb-gddr6/
Intel Launches 14nm LGA 1200 CPU
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-14nm-desktop-cpus-are-making-a-comeback-chipmaker-inexplicably-resurrects-comet-lake-from-five-years-ago-with-new-core-i5-110
TECH BRIEFS
AMD’s latest driver enables FSR4 for most FSR 3.1 games
https://hothardware.com/news/amd-2591-gpu-driver-makes-fsr-4-available-in-most-fsr-31-games
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-latest-driver-enables-fsr4-for-most-fsr-3-1-games
https://gpuopen.com/news/amd-fsr4-over-85-games/
Borderlands 4 launches to ‘mostly negative’ reviews on Steam thanks to widespread performance problems and crashes
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/borderlands-4-launches-to-mostly-negative-reviews-on-steam-thanks-to-widespread-performance-problems-and-crashes/
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/borderlands-4-performance-benchmark/5.html

Sadly, Gearbox has no reason to optimize next games and make regional pricing if Borderlands 4 is selling good.
byu/araiki inpcmasterrace

Hyte warns Thicc Q80 Trio customers should uninstall AIO immediately
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/liquid-cooling/hyte-warns-thicc-q80-trio-customers-to-uninstall-aio-cooler-immediately-company-says-it-has-identified-coolant-leakage-issue-caused-by-fragile-internal-component
https://hyte.com/blog/thicc-q80-trio-update?irclickid=17kWodS71xyKWCA21R0GuUq8UkpwOKSQKRJJ3A0&irgwc=1
Turns out a Windows 11 Update wasn’t what killed all those SSDs
https://www.techspot.com/news/109370-windows-11-cleared-all-charges-killing-ssds-real.html
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/new-report-blames-phisons-pre-release-firmware-for-ssd-failures-not-microsofts-august-patch-for-windows

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