Given that most retailers are selling the Vega 64 GPU for - and I'm not kidding - $850 or more, a GTX 1080 for $720 is a nice deal indeed.

Razer's ultra-thin line of Blade gaming laptops has traditionally been about balancing power with portability. Housing a Geforce GTX 1080 without adding anything to its .88 inch thickness, next month's new Razer Blade Pro aims to be the best of both worlds.

Just a moment, NVIDIA fans! If you took some weird joy out of AMD's recent RX 480 driver issues, well, it's time for some self-flagellation. Reportedly, the company's latest software is causing audible crackling and stuttering issues on its GeForce 10 series of chips.

With the GeForce GTX 980 celebrating its second birthday soon, in the world of GPUs that puts it squarely over the hill. To further confirm that notion, we have its successor: the new GeForce GTX 1080 offers 60% more performance at what should eventually be a $US50 ($68) price premium.

Multi-card setups using SLI and CrossFire have always been in the minority, but the community remains vibrant enough that NVIDIA and AMD continue to support them. When you venture into triple and quad-card configurations though... that's when the waters get understandably rougher.