We’re nearing the announcement of Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 50-series, which will most likely be revealed during CES 2025 in January. Despite the fact that it’s less than a month away, we haven’t seen any leaked benchmarks of the cards, so their performance remains an enigma. However, a leaker with a lengthy track record now sheds some light on what we can expect from each GPU, and that includes an up to 70% performance boost for Nvidia’s best graphics card.
The leaker in question is OneRaichu on X (Twitter), who hasn’t shared many new leaks recently, but has had some good insights in the past. As always with any type of leak, treat the following with caution — it won’t be long before we know with certainty what to expect from these upcoming GPUs.
OneRaichu responded to a question about the expectations for next-gen cards. The leaker claims that flagship products will be between 60% to 70% faster, while “high-level” products will see smaller gains of 30% to 40%. It’s hard to say which GPU fits in which category, but the RTX 5090 is undoubtedly the flagship, and the RTX 5080 most likely belongs to the “high-level” category.
The leaker also says that “midlevel products” will see performance gains of 20% to 30%; that probably refers to the RTX 5070 and the RTX 5060. That leaves us to wonder about the rumored RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5060 Ti, not to mention cards like the RTX 5090 Ti or RTX Titan AI, which also might exist, at least according to some leaks.
Although these predictions aren’t very precise, they might fall in line with what we’ll actually see once the RTX 50-series is out in the wild. Previous rumors from leakers like RedGamingTech pointed toward an up to 63% improvement for the rumored RTX Titan AI and a 48% boost when going from the RTX 4090 to the RTX 5090. This is more conservative than OneRaichu’s prediction, though, and in general, most leakers agree that the performance uplift may not be quite that big.
There’s one thing that’s been true so far across most of the leaks I’ve seen: We may once again see a big gap between the flagship RTX 5090 and the RTX 5080. I’ve seen claims that the RTX 5080 might end up roughly around the RTX 4090 in terms of performance, but that would still be a huge boost for the GPU — the question is how much slower than the 5090 it’ll end up being. With three weeks left until the announcement, we might soon start seeing some more precise leaks.
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.