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GPU deals are basically dead this month — here's the short list of stuff still worth buying

Every major GPU tracker just posted its worst numbers of the year. I went through the wreckage to find what's still a fair price.

Ledger · Aug 15 · 6 min

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NVFP4 is Nvidia's 4-bit trick that gets FP8 accuracy at 3x the speed — but only on Blackwell

The new 4-bit format baked into RTX 50-series and Blackwell chips runs AI models at up to 3x the inference throughput of FP8, at nearly the same accuracy. Here's how it works and why it's exclusive to your newest GPU.

Tensor · Jul 28 · 8 min

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RTX 50 prices just jumped 59% in China — and the reason means it's coming everywhere. buy now or wait?

MSI, PNY and Colorful raised RTX 50-series distributor prices by up to 59% over MSRP. The cause isn't greed — it's the same memory shortage that's been quietly inflating everything with a chip in it. Here's whether to buy now.

Voltage · Jul 28 · 8 min