If you’re planning to buy one of the best graphics cards, why not also get yourself a new game in the process? Nvidia’s got your back where that’s concerned. The company just announced a new DOOM: The Dark Ages bundle that gives you the game for free when buying one of Nvidia’s latest GPUs. This means $99 in savings.
Starting now and until May 21, if you buy one of Nvidia’s RTX 50-series graphics cards or a laptop equipped with one of those GPUs, you’re getting the Premium Edition of DOOM: The Dark Ages for free. The Premium Edition costs nearly $100, which means neat savings if you were planning to play that game anyway (and a cool free game to check out if you weren’t).
The GPUs that qualify for the promotion include the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and the RTX 5070 — both the desktop and laptop versions apply here. Considering that the RTX 5070 has a MSRP (recommended list price) of $550, getting a $100 game on top of that seems like a good deal. Of course, actually finding any of these things at MSRP is currently a challenge.
Snagging the Premium Edition of DOOM also gets you some in-game benefits. You’ll get the digital artbook and soundtrack, a Divinity skin pack, and early access to the game, letting you play two days before the official launch.
The bundles should start appearing at various retailers worldwide, so check out Nvidia’s website to find out where to score that special GPU and game deal while the promotion lasts. Game bundles are nothing new, but this one comes unexpected, as given the current market condition, I didn’t think Nvidia (or AMD) would need to start offering incentives for people to buy its GPUs. Still, the partnership with Bethesda Softworks is a welcome sight, even if the GPUs will likely sell out very quickly.
Aside from the above bundle, Nvidia and Bethesda also released a special RTX 5080 with a DOOM-themed shroud. Made by Asus, the ROG Astral RTX 5080 DOOM Edition is one of a kind, and it can be pre-ordered as part of a bundle that costs $1,999. This contains the GPU, the game, a t-shirt, a huge mouse pad, and a yellow keycard replica.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.