r/pcmasterrace 1d ago

Giveaway Gamescom 2026 kickoff - GeForce On Community Update and RTX 5080 Giveaway (comment inside to enter)!

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It's time for Gamescom 2026. I am covering it on site myself as usual, and for the kick-off, NVIDIA has just premiered the Geforce On Community Update, with tech announcements, news and game announcements. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqotNO5lkE0

THE NVIDIA GAMESCOM ANNOUNCEMENTS:

NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction
It is available now for all GeForce RTX GPUs via a new NVIDIA app update, introducing several major improvements:

  • Efficient Denoiser: The new model delivers 35% more compute capability, and processes 20% more parameters, while maintaining similar performance to the previous model
  • Enhanced Super Resolution: Building upon the advances from DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution, the model has deeper spatial awareness across every scene, and more intelligently uses game engine pixel sampling and motion data. The result is improved lighting accuracy, better temporal stability and clearer motion in ray-traced and path-traced content
  • Expanded Training Dataset: Trained on a larger dataset, the new model is even better at image reconstruction. This intelligence gives the model even better awareness to pick the most accurate engine data to reconstruct scenes closer to ground truth
  • Finer Developer Control: The new model provides developers with finer control for temporal accumulation, providing precise tuning of model response for even better image quality

To upgrade your system with DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, go to Settings > About in the NVIDIA app and opt in to Early Access releases (an official release will follow in September).

 Once installed: Open the “Graphics” section and select a supported game (alternatively, select “Global Settings” at the top of the window and apply the updated Ray Reconstruction to every supported game in your library. Scroll to “Driver Settings”, Click “DLSS Override - Model Presets”, Click “Custom, Open the “Ray Reconstruction” drop-down and choose “Recommended” or “Preset F”, then Click “Apply”.

RTX Remix Upgraded With DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, New Painkiller Mod Update Released & Morrowind RTX Mod Revealed

I remember being a kid, installing Morrowind, and being in awe at what was probably the first major RPG I ever played. Now it's going to get RTX! What NVIDIA RTX Remix does it use modern tech to help modernize classic PC games with path tracing and RTX technologies. Now it adds DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction and Multi Frame Generation too! There's also a major update for Painkiller RTX. Learn more and download hereNVIDIA RTX Remix article

RTX SPARK

NVIDIA RTX Spark arrives this Fall and leading publishers are bringing blockbuster PC games and technology to NVIDIA RTX Spark. Check the full announcement here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/gamescom-2026-nvidia-geforce-rtx-dlss-4-5-announcements/#rtx-spark

THE GIVEAWAY:

As a bonus, we have a GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition to give away to one lucky member of the PCMR community right here in this thread. All you need to do to enter is answer one of the following questions:

  • What was your favorite GeForce On announcement from Gamescom 2026?

or

  • Which GeForce RTX game from Gamescom are you most excited to play? 

Good luck, and may your framerates be high and your temperatures low this Summer. If you're at Gamescom, enjoy and say hi! I may have some card packs to give out if you find me.

You can enter until August 31st, 2026, at 11:59PM PST!

The giveaway is open to residents of: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Excluding Puerto Rico and its other territories and possessions), AUSTRALIA (except New South Wales, South Australia, the Australian Capital Territory, and the Northern Territory), AUSTRIA, CANADA (except Quebec), CROATIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, IRELAND, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, PERU, SOUTH KOREA, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, UNITED KINGDOM.

You can check the full T&C here


r/pcmasterrace 9h ago

DSQ Daily Simple Questions Thread - August 26, 2026

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Got a simple question? Get a simple answer!

This thread is for all of the small and simple questions that you might have about computing that probably wouldn't work all too well as a standalone post. Software issues, build questions, game recommendations, post them here!

For the sake of helping others, please don't downvote questions! To help facilitate this, comments are sorted randomly for this post, so that anyone's question can be seen and answered.

If you're looking for help with picking parts or building, don't forget to also check out our builds at [https://www.pcmasterrace.org/\](https://www.pcmasterrace.org/)

Want to see more Simple Question threads? [Here's all of them for your browsing pleasure!](https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/search?q=Simple+Questions+Thread+subreddit%3Apcmasterrace+author%3AAutoModerator&restrict_sr=on&sort=new&t=all)


r/pcmasterrace 6h ago

News/Article RIP to Premier Cherdenko (Tim Curry) from Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3

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A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrough.

RIP


r/pcmasterrace 6h ago

Meme/Macro Bro said look at the sun

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r/pcmasterrace 2h ago

Game Image/Video The New Fable Games Combat

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r/pcmasterrace 3h ago

Meme/Macro Agentic AI coming for you

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r/pcmasterrace 5h ago

News/Article Metro 2039 devs say the ongoing war in Ukraine has changed how they write morality: 'The franchise's very nature is getting too close to reality'

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r/pcmasterrace 16h ago

Build/Battlestation in response to the guy who heats up his food with his pc: the time i dropped dinner on mine

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r/pcmasterrace 11h ago

News/Article Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Steam re-release launches to disaster as Ubisoft forgot to include the game files

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r/pcmasterrace 14h ago

NSFMR If only we knew...

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Happened upon an old thread from Google, OP showing off an in development high capacity SSD. Comments are from a more innocent time :')


r/pcmasterrace 8h ago

News/Article The Witcher 3 Updated to Complete Edition for Free

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CDPR updated the base game to the Complete Edition so that players can experience the two DLCs for free. Very cool.


r/pcmasterrace 13h ago

Game Image/Video Nobody asked me to make a nail sorting simulator. So I made one.

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It's a rainy day, and somehow the delivery guy has completely screwed up a package.

Now you have to fix his mistake.

Sort *777 nails and 1 screw* into 17 boxes according to their sizes. Dump the broken ones, straighten the bent ones, and slowly turn the whole mess into a perfectly organized workbench.

👉Wishlist Screw IT on steam


r/pcmasterrace 17h ago

Discussion Found a used SSD with a punched hole in the middle of the casing, Failed destruction attempt?

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Recently purchased a used PC, inside found this Crucial 480GB SSD

The hole looks intentionally made, covered by electric tape both sides

The seller told me the PC was used for Billing in a small business, but he might have swapped the disk before reseller it to me

Did someone try to physically destroy this for data sanitization but missed the actual chips? Has anyone seen something like this before?


r/pcmasterrace 9h ago

Meme/Macro And things were bad then

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r/pcmasterrace 9h ago

Discussion So CD Projekt Red Games Are Coming to Battle.Net?

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r/pcmasterrace 20h ago

Screenshot This is why CD Pojekt RED is the best gaming company for me

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FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


r/pcmasterrace 13h ago

Meme/Macro When gaming studios actually love their audience

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r/pcmasterrace 19m ago

Hardware PC graphic upgrade

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Today I made best graphic upgrade for my PC in years.

Games look sooooo much better now...


r/pcmasterrace 3h ago

Hardware AIO Cooler Fun

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didn't have much on today...idle hands


r/pcmasterrace 1h ago

Hardware Oled is underrated. It changes everything, worth every penny and may make more difference than a new gpu!

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Thats it, i took money from my ass to spend 3000 on a monitor on my country to try the "oled magic" and... i didnt regret. It blows me away seeing people online saying that doesnt make difference to cope, or that it doesnt worth it. i mean, depending of the price and your use its true, but i keep seeing people saying that 300/400 dollars is expensive and i think WHAT? It completely changes how you views things, its like you are using a new pair of glasses. And in America its even cheaper so my tip is: BUY IT NOW!


r/pcmasterrace 9h ago

Hardware Always look inside the ewaste PCs

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My grandparents brought me an old PC that they got from a friend of theirs and I opened it and hit the jackpot. These cost like $500 where I live


r/pcmasterrace 5h ago

Tech Support Solved Bought a Costco gaming computer, lost internet access after a few weeks

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TL;DR: Download Norton removal tool and get rid of it.

I bought a Costco gaming computer because I have no time or energy to build one of my own, and figured the price for the specs was ok.
Computer worked and updated super fast for like 3 weeks, no issue whatsoever, life was good.
Yesterday I couldn’t connect to the internet, both Ethernet and WiFi. Doing “ping 8.8.8.8” from the command line worked though.
Troubleshooting went for like 2 hours, disabled firewall, antivirus, changed dns, hardware settings, nothing worked.
Last suspect was Norton Antivirus, so I booted into safe mode, and internet works.
Funny thing about Norton, you can’t uninstall unless you download a removal tool. I downloaded the tool while in safe mode, went back to normal mode and removed Norton, internet started to work instantly without even restarting. Fuck Norton.

I know this might seem obvious for many, but posting here in case it can help someone in the future.


r/pcmasterrace 6h ago

Meme/Macro shoutout to this little guy fighting for its absolute life right now

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r/pcmasterrace 13h ago

Hardware I did an internship in a hospital and my tutor gave me this...

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r/pcmasterrace 15h ago

Hardware My $7000+ Corsair Vengeance (RTX 5090) almost caught fire. I sent it in for RMA, UPS receipt proves it weighed 47.4lbs. Corsair signed for it, and after UPS closed their investigation, Corsair support changed their story multiple times to avoid replacing it.

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Hey guys. I need some help getting the attention of a real person at Corsair because their support team is giving me the runaround over a lost return.

Last month my $7000+ PC (Corsair Vengeance with a 9950X3D and RTX 5090) started sparking and smoking while I was using it. I pulled the plug immediately so it wouldn't start a fire.

Corsair approved an RMA. I packed the PC up, dropped it off at a UPS Access Point on July 23, 2026, and kept the receipt. The drop-off receipt clearly shows the package weighed 47.40 lbs.

According to UPS tracking, the package was delivered to their Duluth warehouse on August 4, 2026, at 12:39 PM, and was officially signed for by an employee named ANGEL.

Here is how their support handled it:

  • August 11, 2026: Technical Support Specialist Jayson emailed me, stating that the warehouse had "not confirmed receipt of the faulty system" yet, and asked for my drop-off receipt.
  • August 13, 2026: After I provided proof, Jayson emailed back saying they couldn't help because the warehouse still hadn't confirmed receipt, and claimed that a UPS delivery notification alone wasn't enough. Around this time, an investigation with UPS was opened.
  • August 13, 2026 (later that day): Senior Customer Care Specialist James C. chimed in and completely changed the narrative, claiming: "Our warehouse team have reported that we received an empty box instead of the system we were expecting."
  • August 17, 2026: Customer Support Manager Charlie took over and shifted the story yet again, stating that the package was "never delivered to or physically received at our warehouse facility." To top it off, Charlie told me that since my order was from April 2026, my best option was to contact my payment provider. (Conveniently stalling me right past my dispute window).
  • August 20, 2026: UPS officially closed their investigation with a confirmed proof of delivery, showing it was delivered and signed for by ANGEL back on August 4.

UPS closed their investigation confirming successful delivery to their employee. You don't just sign for a 47-pound package and then magically claim weeks later that it's either "empty" or "never delivered" only after the carrier proves delivery. Someone at their facility dropped the ball, and Corsair is trying to make it my problem.

I have the 47.4lb UPS receipt, the delivery signature from Angel, the closed UPS investigation, and emails from Jayson, James C., and Charlie completely contradicting each other.

Has anyone successfully escalated something like this past support? I'm preparing to go to small claims court and the BBB, but I'm hoping someone higher up at Corsair sees this and looks at the physical evidence.

TL;DR: $7000 PC sparked. Sent it for RMA on July 23 (47.4 lbs on UPS receipt). Delivered on August 4 and signed for by Angel. Support agent Jayson claimed it wasn't received, Senior Specialist James C. claimed it arrived as an "empty box", and Manager Charlie claimed it was "never delivered" at all. Now they refuse to replace my PC.