NVIDIA Drops Pascal Support On Linux, Causing Chaos On Arch Linux

EditorDavid / slashdot - NVIDIA has been "gradually dropping support for older videocards," notes Hackaday, "with the Pascal (GTX 10xx) GPUs most recently getting axed." "What's more surprising is the terrible way that this is being handled by certain Linux distributions, with Ar…

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Why Nvidia Discontinued Support For Some Of The Most Popular Graphics Cards In 2025

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Finding a High-VRAM GPU Is Getting Much Harder, With a Japanese Retailer Warning That Restocks May Be Off the Table For Now

Muhammad Zuhair / wccftech - Memory shortages have now begun to impact the GPU segment, as, apart from the anticipated price hike, retailers are reportedly experiencing rapid declines in stock availability. Japanese Retailer Is Now Restricting GPU Purchases To Ensure that Existing In…

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Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise

2 months / npr / John Ruwitch

Some Japanese shops start rationing GPUs — graphics cards with 16GB VRAM and up are becoming harder to find, says one store

2 months / reddit / /u/imaginary_num6er

Finding a High-VRAM GPU Is Getting Much Harder, With a Japanese Retailer Warning That Restocks May Be Off the Table For Now

2 months / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

Some Japanese shops start rationing GPUs — graphics cards with 16GB VRAM and up are becoming harder to find, says one store

2 months / tomshardware

PC gaming has a pricing problem, and the memory crisis is compounding it in a way that's utterly heartbreaking for our hobby

2 months / reddit / /u/chusskaptaan

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