Sapphire has unveiled its new Edge+ VPR-5050 Series mini-ITX motherboards for edge computing and industrial AI applications. These platforms, the Edge+ VPR-5050-MB and Edge+ VPR-5050A-MB, leverage AMD's Embedded+ architecture, combining the power of Ryzen Embedded V2748 processors with Versal AI Edge VE2302 adaptive SoCs.

The Edge+ VPR-5050 series provides a scalable and high-performance computing platform, reducing development cycles and accelerating time-to-market for advanced embedded systems. These motherboards are ideally suited for various applications, including AI-driven industrial control, smart security and AI vision, autonomous mobile robotics, medical imaging and surgery, and embedded PC applications. Both models are optimised for power efficiency, with AI acceleration capabilities starting at just 30W.

The cornerstone of the Edge+ VPR-5050 Series is AMD Embedded+, a hybrid architecture that integrates high-performance x86 processing with adaptive AI acceleration. This combination enables real-time sensor data processing, low-latency AI inference, robust industrial networking, and precise control applications.

The Edge+ VPR-5050-MB is designed for AI-driven industrial control and real-time sensor fusion. It features the AMD Ryzen Embedded V2748 Processor, powered by “Zen” cores and Radeon graphics, and 8 GB of memory. The AMD Versal AI Edge VE2302 Adaptive SoC facilitates low-latency AI inference and deterministic sensor processing. Connectivity options include 2.5 Gb Ethernet, USB 3.2 Gen2, SATA3, RS232/422/485, and GPIO, ensuring seamless integration into industrial environments. The motherboard also supports M.2 storage, M.2 WiFi/BT, and PCIe x8 expansion, allowing for flexible customisation.

The Edge+ VPR-5050A-MB builds upon the foundation of the VPR-5050-MB, catering to applications requiring more complex embedded software topologies. It has dual 10/25 Gb Ethernet and 16 GPIO for high-speed industrial connectivity and enhanced sensor support via programmable I/O. The Versal AI Edge device now features 64 GB of eMMC storage and 16 GB of RAM. A dedicated USB connector is provided for direct IO, and an auto-IO board with Octo GMSL2, Dual GbE, and Dual CAN bus interfaces further expands its capabilities.

Optional plugin expansion boards are also available for customised industrial, AI vision, and automation applications. The Sapphire Edge+ VPR-5050-MB and VPR-5050A-MB are now available for developers and OEMs.

KitGuru says: Embedded solutions are becoming more capable, and the new Sapphire Edge+ VPR-5050 series boards are no exception.

The WWE 2K franchise has been in a rebuilding phase for the past few years, culminating in last year’s WWE 2K24, which was one of the best pro grappling games 2K and developer Visual Concepts had delivered in years. But as most seasoned wrestling fans know, it’s one thing to prove you’re championship material; it’s another challenge altogether to stay at that elite level. That’s the test WWE 2K25 now faces. Does WWE 2K25 continue the series’ upward momentum? Or does it make some unfortunate high-risk moves? It’s time to lace ‘em up again and find out. Over the past […]

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Hazelight Studios has amassed a reputation over the past years for its dedication to creating new and unique co-op experiences. So far, this seems to be working out, with each successive game selling millions more than the last. While it’s too early to tell whether it can surpass its predecessor, the recently-released Split Fiction is already doing numbers – having sold over 1 million copies in just two days.

Making the announcement on BlueSky, the official Hazelight Studios page wrote: “SPLIT FICTION sold 1 MILLION units in its first 48 hours!!! The love you all show for our game is overwhelming! Everyone here at Hazelight are beyond happy – and we can’t stop enjoying your amazing reactions!”

Despite being published by EA, Hazelight Studios is a relatively small studio whose games operate on budgets far lower than the typical AAA release from the publisher, making its success even more notable.

As mentioned, Hazelight’s prior games sold incredibly well over the long-term, with 2018’s A Way Out and 2021’s It Takes Two selling 11 and 23 million copies respectively – doubly impressive when considering that you don’t need two copies to play together.

With Split Fiction being not only the highest rated game by Hazelight, but currently sitting as the highest rated title of 2025, we’ll likely see the game break milestone sales on a rather consistent basis over the coming months.

KitGuru says: Have you played Split Fiction? Is it Hazelight’s best work yet? What do you hope to see next from the studio? Let us know down below.

Prior to its release on the Xbox Series X|S last year, Microsoft confirmed that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle would also be swinging its way onto PS5 in 2025. A couple weeks ago, leakers narrowed down the release window to sometime in April. Now, we seem to have a concrete release date alongside pre-order details.

As reported by known industry insider Billbil-kun via Dealabs, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is set to come to PS5 on the 17th of April – though as Microsoft has made a habit of – ‘Advanced AAAccess’ players will get it a couple days early.

Beyond this, pre-orders are reportedly planned to go live on the 25th of March and will be offered in two forms: a £70 Standard Edition and a £100 Premium Edition.

Given the fact that Indiana Jones originally released last year, it is a bit surprising to see Microsoft charging full price while also offering advanced access for premium buyers.

Then again, with the upcoming Forza Horizon 5 priced at £55 despite first launching in 2021, the price is to be expected.

KitGuru says: Which of the upcoming Microsoft PS5 games are you most excited for? Are the prices fair? What’s your opinion on Advanced Access? Let us know down below.

One of the many benefits touted by Sony regarding the PS5 Pro is its hardware support for the company’s PSSR upscaler. While results for early adopters have been somewhat mixed, lead console architect Mark Cerny has promised that PSSR will continue to improve over time – matching the recently-announced FSR 4 in quality by next year.

Following the recent official unveiling of FSR4, AMD revealed that the ML-based upscaler was developed in collaboration with Sony.

Speaking on this, and what it means for the future of PlayStation, Mark Cerny told Eurogamer: “The neural network (and training recipe) in FSR 4's upscaler are the first results of the Amethyst collaboration. And results are excellent, it's a more advanced approach that can exceed the crispness of PSSR. I'm very proud of the work of the joint team!”

Cerny continued, “Our focus for 2025 is working with developers to integrate PSSR into their titles; in parallel, though, we have already started to implement the new neural network on PS5 Pro. Our target is to have something very similar to FSR 4's upscaler available on PS5 Pro for 2026 titles as the next evolution of PSSR; it should take the same inputs and produce essentially the same outputs. Doing that implementation is rather ambitious and time consuming, which is why you haven't already seen this new upscaler on PS5 Pro.”

As mentioned, results for PSSR so far have been somewhat mixed, with some games displaying excellent results, while others required hotfixes in order to resolve major unexpected issues. As such, it is highly exciting to see that the technology will improve greatly in the relatively near future – meaning that the value prospects of the PS5 Pro should also get better with time.

KitGuru says: What do you think of PSSR so far? Are you impressed with FSR 4? Could PS5 Pro justify its existence with these upcoming improvements? Let us know down below.

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Nvidia appears to be bolstering its entry-level graphics card offerings, with an increasing number of leaks suggesting we'll get an RTX 5050. This budget-friendly card is reported to launch in the coming weeks, positioning itself as a direct competitor to Intel's Arc B580.

Leaker kopite7kimi has been relatively quiet since the RTX 50 series' initial announcements, but they recently resurfaced with detailed specifications for both the RTX 5050 and the upcoming RTX 5060 Ti.

The leaker corroborated the RTX 5060 Ti's dual memory configurations, which stated that 16 GB and 8 GB GDDR7 variants will use a 128-bit memory bus. The card is expected to feature a 180W TGP (Total Graphics Power), aligning with previous rumors. The report also reads that the RTX 5060 Ti is based on the PG152 board design and uses the GB206-300 GPU, packing 4,608 CUDA cores.

Intriguingly, the leaker claims that the RTX 5050 will share the same PG152 board design but paired with the smaller GB207-300 GPU with 2,560 CUDA cores. Matching earlier rumors, kopite7kimi said that the RTX 5050 will feature 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and a 128-bit memory bus, making it the sole RTX 50 series card to use this type of memory.

Rumours suggest that Nvidia may unveil the RTX 5060 series and potentially the RTX 5050 as early as next week. However, these cards are only expected to be released in April or May.

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KitGuru says: Are you planning to buy an entry-level or mid-range graphics card soon? Are you considering one of Nvidia's upcoming RTX 50 series GPUs?

Nvidia's professional workstation graphics card lineup is probably getting an update like the gaming series did with the RTX 50 GPUs. Nvidia hasn't confirmed it yet, but the supposed new flagship card, RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell, has recently been spotted online.

The listing spotted on Leadtek's website by Mark Brown (via @harukaze5719) confirms the “RTX Pro” branding will remain and unveils the specifications of this monstrous GPU. The RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell is purported to feature a staggering 24,064 CUDA cores, exceeding the RTX 5090 count by 2,304 cores. Furthermore, the card has 96 GB of GDDR7 memory, triple the capacity of the flagship gaming card. The Leadtek listing suggests a 600W TGP for the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell, surpassing the RTX 5090's TGP. This strongly indicates the presence of one or two 16-pin power connectors.

Image credit: VideoCardz

Compared to its predecessor, the RTX 6000 Ada, the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell boasts a 32% increase in CUDA cores and doubles the memory capacity. The reported 600W power consumption also represents a significant leap from the RTX 6000 Ada's 300W TDP.

The RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell's enormous TGP necessitates a robust cooling solution. Gone is the traditional blower-style design, replaced by a cooling solution (shared by VideoCardz) that appears to be a variation of the dual-flow-through design found on the RTX 5090. Images accompanying the leak reveal a dual-slot design with a more exposed heatsink on the front and a redesigned backplate. The card also features a PCIe 5.0 x16 interface and four DisplayPort 2.1 ports.

The RTX Pro Blackwell series is expected to be officially unveiled at Nvidia's GTC 2025 conference, which will run from March 17th to the 20th.

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KitGuru says: Considering the RTX 6000 Ada released at around £7,500, how do you think Nvidia will price the RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell?

Early benchmarks are promising for AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9 9950X3D, with the 16-core CPU reportedly topping the PassMark multi-threaded charts. A single benchmark run has yielded a score of 69,702 points, placing it 10% ahead of the previous-generation 7950X3D and 5% ahead of its non-3D V-Cache counterpart in multi-threaded performance.

Note that these results are based on a single benchmark run compared to the hundreds of data points typically used for comprehensive analysis. RAM configuration and overclocking or PBO could significantly influence these scores. Nevertheless, this initial result shared by @x86deadandback suggests that the 16-core 9950X3D is currently leading the pack among flagship consumer CPUs, outperforming the 7950X3D, 9950X, and Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K. This 170W CPU, armed with 16 Zen 4 cores and second-generation 3D V-Cache, is set to launch in three days.

Analysing the 9950X3D's single-threaded performance reveals near-identical scores to the 9950X, indicating that the addition of 3D V-Cache doesn't compromise single-threaded speed. Both CPUs share the same core count, peak boost frequency, and 170W TDP. The key difference lies in the 9950X3D's usage of 3D V-Cache on one of its chipsets.

AMD recently confirmed the 9950X3D's $699 price tag, representing a $100 premium over the 9950X's launch price. Alongside it, AMD will also release the Ryzen 9 9900X3D. Both processors are expected to release on March 12th

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KitGuru says: Are you thinking about getting one of AMD's new Ryzen 9000X3D processors? If so, which one are you considering buying?

It's been two years since the launch of the AMD AM5 motherboard platform and the 600-series motherboards. Since its launch, the platform has seen the launch of several CPUs in the Ryzen 7000, Ryzen 8000, and Ryzen 9000 family. While the 600-series motherboards provide great features & compatibility with newer Zen 5 CPUs, motherboard makers are always looking to enhance user experiences through the latest technologies, which is why AMD has introduced a new chipset line called 800-series. The first wave of AMD 800-series motherboards (X870E & X870) hit shelves last year with the Ryzen 9000 series and now, the […]

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Recently it was claimed that next year's Call of Duty is already in development for the next-gen Xbox. However, a reliable source has now rebuked this claim, as the next generation Xbox hardware is being planned for 2027 and no development kits exist yet.

According to Microsoft-focused reporter, Jez Corden, the next generation Xbox will be with us in 2027 and currently, development kits do not exist. In a recent podcast, Corden also shed some light on the concept behind Microsoft's future console.

“The whole idea of the next Xbox is that it's going to be a PC in essence but with a TV friendly shell that also has a specific set of specs in mind”, Corden said. He adds that this will mean that developers will be developing for a Windows PC in a way.

Microsoft's next-generation Xbox will need to focus on being a more open platform, as the company has opted to move away from exclusive games entirely.

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KitGuru Says: What are you expecting to see from the next Xbox?

Prior to being acquired by Sony, Insomniac had signed a deal with Oculus to bring three VR games to the Oculus Rift headset. These games were later made compatible with the Meta Quest headsets but all of Insomniac's VR titles mysteriously disappeared from the store a few years back. Now after a lengthy hiatus, they are finally becoming available again. 

Insomniac's VR classics, Edge of Nowhere, Stormland and Feral Rites, are now available on Meta Quest devices once again. Insomniac is also working on bringing back its fourth VR title, The Unspoken.

There was no reason given for the initial removal for any of these titles. What made the move particularly surprising was the fact that Meta did put money upfront to get these games made. Whatever the issue was, however, it appears to be resolved.

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KitGuru Says: If you missed out on Insomniac's VR titles previously, you should consider giving them a look now that they are back on the store. 

At SXSW this week, Kojima Productions made the most out of its panel appearance by debuting a new trailer for Death Stranding 2. Not only did we get a new look at the game, but a June 2025 release has also been confirmed. 

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will be releasing for PS5 on the 26th of June. Below you can watch the new 10-minute trailer, showcasing an extensive look at gameplay, as well as the upcoming Collector's Edition of the game.

Pre-orders for the game go live on the 17th of March. The Collector's Edition, which includes early access to the game starting on June 24th, ships in a fancy box, complete with a Magellan Man statue, a Dollman figurine, Art Cards and a letter from Hideo Kojima. Collector's Edition buyers will also unlock a selection of in-game items, as well as all pre-order bonus content.

While Death Stranding 2 is releasing for PS5 initially, the game is expected to come to PC eventually, and potentially Xbox too, as the original game just landed on Xbox consoles last year.

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KitGuru Says: Are you looking forward to Death Stranding 2? How long do you think we'll have to wait to see it on PC? 

While the added power of the PS5 allows for last-gen games to look and run better thanks to the newer and faster hardware, its updated HDMI spec allows for even small indie games to receive notable benefits. In the case of Spelunky, the pixel-art platformer roguelike has now gotten a surprise PS5 update which brings support for 120fps.

As reported by Polygon, the hardcore indie rogue-like Spelunky 2 has received a surprise free current-gen upgrade. Available now, this enhanced release brings with it one massive feature: support for 120fps.

Given its rather basic visuals, the PS4 would have likely been able to run such a game at higher framerates. That said, the console’s lack of a HDMI 2.1 port meant the system was hardware-locked out of such a feature.

With the rather twitchy nature of movement and gameplay in Spelunky, having twice the responsiveness could help alleviate many of the deaths you would otherwise succumb to.

Regardless, smoother games almost always feel better to play, and so it is welcome to see an indie title such as Spelunky 2 utilise one of the current-gen’s unique features. Hopefully more indies follow suit.

KitGuru says: Are you glad to see such an update? Is 120fps necessary? Should more indie games offer 120fps options? Let us know down below.

We take a look at an RTX 5080 with missing ROPs and benchmark its performance against a non-defective model

The Highlights

• The RTX 5080 is supposed to have 112 ROPs, but we purchased one with 104
• NVIDIA shipped some RTX 5090, RTX 5090D, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 Ti GPUs with missing ROPs
• This is a major defect that can have a performance impact

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Intro

Today we’re looking at a deficient RTX 5080 Founders Edition (read our review) that’s missing ROPs, meaning it came straight from NVIDIA and that NVIDIA had complete and total end-to-end control over the entire process, just like they want, and they still somehow f***ed it up. The normal 5080 is as much as 10-11% better than this deficient one. Sometimes it’s 0%, often it’s 3-8%, but the swings can be large. This is a huge problem because most users won’t ever notice if their GPUs are missing ROPs. Unfortunately, the masses probably won’t even know about this problem to begin with.

Here’s what’s going on:

Editor's note: This was originally published on March 2, 2025 as a video. This content has been adapted to written format for this article and is unchanged from the original publication.

Credits

Test Lead, Editing, Host, Writing

Steve Burke

Writing, Web Editing

Jimmy Thang

We traded a functional Zotac 5080 (read our review) to our viewer, Mason, for his defective 5080. Thanks for the trade, Mason.

We have confirmed and validated that this GPU is missing 8 of its ROPs, down at 104 ROPs from the expected 112 ROPs. That means the proper card has nearly 8% more ROPs than the defect. 

This is a huge problem. There are no obvious signs that this issue is present without knowing to look for it, which screws mainstream owners. There will absolutely be defective units out there without people knowing, and we don’t think NVIDIA has done enough to draw attention to this issue. You’d have to know to launch GPU-Z, then know to check the ROPs, then recognize that the count is wrong. That knowledge and skill will be way more common for this audience than most, but even then, most people aren’t going to feel a need to validate the GPU they bought has each individual fixed function unit present.

NVIDIA needs to do better about notifying customers. NVIDIA may claim 0.5%, but from first-hand experience in our inbox alone, we have a hard time believing the count is that low -- especially since it didn’t name the 5080. Either NVIDIA didn’t know about the 5080, in which case it’s wrong about the defect rate, or it did know and it was disingenuous at best by leaving it out. We’re not sure which is worse. We’ve received dozens of emails and messages about units deficient in ROPs count, which seems awfully high for a focused audience with seemingly low distribution of the card so far.

That’s the backstory. Let’s get into the testing.

A “ROP” is a raster operations pipeline (or render output unit) and is a core part of the GPU. 

We already explained this in-depth in a video about this topic. Here’s the basics: The NVIDIA Blackwell architecture for gaming GPUs looks like this block diagram at most. 

Each GPC has 8 TPCs, with two groups of 8 ROPs assigned separately to groupings of 4 TPCs. In some 5090, 5070 Ti, and now 5080s, one of these banks of 8 ROPs appears to be disabled, or at least not functioning.

As we said before, the weird thing is that this shouldn’t have been possible on the 5080. The 5080 should be a full GB203 die, and so there are no disabled SMs on a GB203 RTX 5080 unlike a 5090 or a 5070 Ti where some of the stuff is turned off and there could be collateral damage under traditional understanding. 

Maybe some poor TSMC or NVIDIA employee knocked over a coffee mug and hit the KILLROPS.EXE key on the 5080 production run or something. Whatever the case is, it has an impact.

Over the years, we’ve seen GPUs with a ROPs advantage and iso other conditions typically show their benefit in higher resolution scenarios or in heavily anti-aliased testing. ROPs perform some of the final stages in the rendering pipeline. Of the 3 resolutions we test, 4K will show the biggest impact, but scenes with a lot of blending or some types of anti-aliasing will also reflect the change.

NVIDIA acknowledged this issue shortly after it emerged, but only for the 5070 Ti (read our review) and 5090 (read our review). It almost immediately somehow knew exactly how many units were affected, which further reinforces our belief that NVIDIA would have known about this, with the company pinning it to 0.5% of units. The company did not name the 5080 -- it also didn’t really apologize and we felt it downplayed the performance impact to the lowest number, which would be 4% on the 5090. It didn’t mention that the 5070 Ti and 5080 impact would be greater.

After Mason’s card showed up on Reddit, NVIDIA issued a second statement that we’re going to call their “oopsies” statement, where they confirmed the 5080 was also affected.

RTX 5080 Missing ROPs Benchmarks

Let’s get into some simple performance numbers. We only really need two basics:

1 - The impact to performance against the normal 5080, which can be done in a simple A/B chart

2 - The change in relative positioning versus nearby alternatives

We’re going to keep the charts really focused and simple because we don’t need much to show the evidence of performance impact.

Performance Recap: 4K Raster

This chart shows the head-to-head in average FPS for the two 5080 cards. Some games are almost exactly identical: Baldur’s Gate 3 predictably is CPU-bound, but it’s nice to know that a CPU-bound scenario didn’t force a gap. Black Myth: Wukong was remarkably consistent and Final Fantasy 14 was within 1 FPS for this testing, but there are some differences.

Total War: Warhammer 3 is the most concerning of these. This one has always rooted-out the most erratic behaviors in testing and that’s why we keep it around. Across all 3 resolutions, we saw major swings. At 4K, we observed an 11% improvement with the actual RTX 5080 rather than the deficient one. That is a difference as big as the gap between some of NVIDIA’s models entirely.

Dying Light 2 also consistently showed a gap: The full 5080 ran 8.7% higher framerate for average FPS than the deficient one. F1 24 showed a 3.3% improvement with all ROPs, with Resident Evil 4 at 1.6%, which is outside our run-to-run variance and makes it a real result, and Starfield at 2.3%. 

Performance Recap: 1440p Raster

At 1440p, we saw an 8.8% improvement with all ROPs in Dying Light 2, which matches our 4K results. Final Fantasy is at about 2%, Dragon’s Dogma 2 is at 2.5%, and F1 24 is at 0.8%. 

Comparative Charts

Let’s look at how this impacts the relative ranking versus other cards. We’ll look at only the games with the largest impact for a worst-case scenario.

Total War: Warhammer - 4K

Here’s Total Warhammer III result at 4K. The 5080 “Reduction of Performance” variant ran at 82 FPS AVG, a significant reduction from the correct result of 91 FPS AVG. Before, the 5080 was tied with the 7900 XTX and within error. Now, the 7900 XTX outperforms the 5080 by 12%. That is a huge swing and makes the 7900 XTX significantly better value. Sure, the partners might help you replace a defective model; however, that’d require noticing it.

The gap over the not-ROPs-deficient 5070 Ti is also reduced to nothing. This particular title and the way we test it is highly reactive to this defect.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 - 4K

In Dragon’s Dogma 2, the 5080 Special Edition landed between the stock model and the 7900 XTX, cutting the gap in half. This significantly harms the value of the RTX 5080. The lead is reduced from 10% to 5%. Literally halved. The lead over the 5070 Ti is also cut, now 9.4% from 15%.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 - 1080p

1080p shows the 5080 Regression of Performance edition at 157.1 FPS AVG from 165, which reduces it to equal the 4080 (watch our review). Before, they were functionally equal. Now, they’re literally equal. The 5080’s lead over the 5070 Ti was 9%. Now it’s 3.8%. It was cut into a third of the benefit, basically. The 7900 XTX now is nearly within run-to-run variance of the 5080 defect.

Dying Light 2 - 4K

We’ll just look at one more. In Dying Light 2 at 4K, the RTX 5080 normal card ran at 81 FPS AVG, with the 5080 ROPs defect card at 74.5 FPS AVG. The 5080 was 11.7% ahead of the 7900 XTX, but is now only 2.8% ahead. 

Conclusion

If you had bought the 5080 instead of the 7900 XTX because of the expectation and ended up with a defect, this is a big problem because now the ranking shuffles. If you don’t notice and you keep using the defective device, you’re going to get screwed. You’ll be stuck with something worse than you thought. 

Checking for this is really easy. When you buy a 50 series card, the first thing you should do is check for all of the ROPs to make sure that your card is not affected. 

You have to do a clean install of the drivers. If you check GPU-Z without the drivers installed, it will reference a look-up table and tell you the correct amount even if they’re not present. So you need to install the drivers first and then install the latest version of GPU-Z and look for ROPs. 

Then look at the image above to see how many ROPs should be present. 

If what you have differs from what it should be, you absolutely need to seek a refund or replacement, but we’d encourage a refund as it’s the fastest path. 

There is absolutely a performance impact and NVIDIA’s approach of “just reach out and we’ll make it right” is completely unacceptable. They also left out the 5080. The company deserves to get raked over the coals for this. Most users will not notice this.

NVIDIA originally said the problem was with 1 ROP instead of 8 ROPs.

We did take apart the card and observed no physical difference to the die with the text looking the same. It also has the same branding. 

This puts a cap on what has been an utter disaster of a launch for NVIDIA. One or two mistakes is understandable, but the totality of these mistakes is insane, especially for the prices they are going for.

The Killing Floor series has grown from humble beginnings to becoming a massive and well-loved round-based co-op Zombie shooter – not too dissimilar to the likes of Call of Duty Zombies. After years of waiting, Killing Floor 3 was announced to be coming in March of this year. Unfortunately, the game has now been delayed to an unknown point “later” in 2025.

Making the announcement on BlueSky, the team at Tripwire Interactive wrote:

“Dear Killing Floor Fans, We've made the decision to postpone Killing Floor 3's launch to an undecided date later in 2025. After taking the time to gather and discuss feedback from our recent closed beta, we've realized that we missed the mark. Our goal isn't just to make Killing Floor 3 an ambitious step forward for the franchise, but also to maintain the core experience that you've come to know and love.”

They continued, “With the full support of our parent company Embracer Group, we're working together on a timeline to address many of the common issues players had during the beta, including performance/stability, Ul/UX, lighting, and weapon feel. While it's too early to say which fixes will be implemented by launch, we can confirm that an update allowing you to independently select your perk class and character is planned for post-release.”

As mentioned, Killing Floor 3’s beta received quite a mixed reception, with fan complaints ranging from the technical to creative. Given the overwhelming success and love for Killing Floor 2, it is encouraging to see the team willing to go back to the drawing board somewhat to ensure a more satisfying and successful launch.

That said, with Killing Floor 2 being almost 10 years old at this point, you’d think the team would have figured out long ago what it meant to be a successful and well-loved Killing Floor game. Hopefully the delay proves to be a wise move.

KitGuru says: Did you partake in the Killing Floor 3 beta? What did you think? How much extra time do you believe would be needed to fix all the issues? Let us know down below.

Each year, the Museum of Play hosts a vote in which the public can decide among a line-up of classics as to which titles will wind up joining the video game hall of fame. For 2025, 12 titles have made the shortlist, including the likes of COD4: Modern Warfare; Angry Birds; Frogger and more.

Available to vote on from now until the 13th of March, the nominees for the 2025 video game hall of fame are as follows:

• Age of Empires
• Angry Birds
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Defender
• Frogger
• Golden Eye
• Golden Tee
• Harvest Moon
• Mattel Football
• Quake
• NBA 2K
• Tamagotchi

For the uninitiated, fans can vote for their favourite game once per day leading up until the 13th of March – at which point the top games will be officially inducted.

The full list of previous inductees can be found HERE, but last year’s winners were Asteroids; Myst; Resident Evil; SimCity and Ultima.

In its (relatively) short life, the video games industry has produced countless revolutionary and classic titles, and so it is welcome to have a program dedicated to celebrating games in this manner.

KitGuru says: What do you think of this year’s finalists? Which games would make your top 5? Which of the above would you deem an undeniable classic? Let us know down below.

Back in January after years of leaks, rumours and speculation, the Switch 2 was officially unveiled. That said, we still know relatively little about Nintendo’s upcoming sequel system. Ahead of the promised April Direct, new details on the Switch 2’s hardware has been revealed, including its support for WIFI-6, NFC and more.

As published by The Verge, the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) recently filed new reports revealing some of the hardware functionality of the upcoming Switch 2.

More specifically, the filings revealed that the upcoming sequel system will retain Nintendo’s long-standing use of NFC support – presumably for Amiibo compatibility.

Perhaps more exciting is the fact that the console will also offer hardware support for WIFI-6 – a notable improvement over the OG Switch. That said, the newer/faster WIFI 6E and WIFI 7 will not be present; though hopefully this shouldn’t be too noticeable.

Finally, the filings confirmed that both the upper and lower USB-C ports on the Switch will be usable for charging (which while not surprising is still welcome to have confirmed).

As mentioned, Nintendo is set to have a full Switch 2 Direct Showcase on the 2nd of April, and so we will likely get a ton more official and confirmed details there and then. That said, with what we know so far, the Switch 2 is shaping up to be a rather exciting successor.

KitGuru says: What do you think of these filings? Which of the 3 confirmed features are you most excited for? Is the lack of WIFI 6E/7 disappointing? Let us know down below.