HW News - More Missing ROPs, RTX 50 Supply Situation, EA Does Something Good, & Delidded 9800X3Ds (Gamers Nexus) [Video]

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March 14, 2025

Video length: 29m 00s

In this hardware news episode, NVIDIA addresses the supply and demand situation by saying it has sold "2x" the amount of RTX 50 series GPUs as 40 series. Also related to NVIDIA, there have been rumors of missing ROPS on upcoming laptops, rumors of RTX 5050 and 5060 or 5060 Ti GPUs, and news of its hotfix to resolve flickering and stability issues. In other news, Meta says it's not a pirate, Thermal Grizzly is selling 9800X3D CPUs that are pre-delidded, and EA releases source code for early Command and Conquer games.

00:00 - Recapping the Week

01:37 - NVIDIA Updates on Supply & GDC

05:47 - Rumor: NVIDIA RTX 5050, 5060

07:23 - NVIDIA Laptop ROPs Concern

13:44 - Thermal Grizzly Selling Delidded 9800X3D CPUs

15:52 - CPU-Z Missing ROPs Report

17:16 - Meta Employs Interesting Legal Strategy

20:52 - NVIDIA Addresses Black Screen Issues

22:14 - Rumor: Valve Working on VR Headset

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