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Credit: nvidia.com NVIDIA has raised the price of the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell on its marketplace to $13,250. Over the past year, the flagship workstation graphics card with 96 GB of GDDR7 memory has increased in price by 55% from its starting price of $8,565. Nvidia offers three variants of the RTX Pro 6000: the standard Workstation Edition, the power-efficient Workstation Edition Max-Q for professional users, and the Server Edition for large enterprises. The Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell and RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Max-Q debuted in March 2025, with a starting price of $8,565. Nvidia is currently asking $13,250 for the RTX Pro 6000, a 55% increase over the original list price. The PNY RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell is listed on Nvidia's website for $11,359.99, 14% lower than the suggested r...

Credit: Nvidia The new version of the Nvidia app now features shader precompilation. This feature is disabled by default and must be manually enabled in the app settings. Typically, when launching a game, you have to wait for all resources to load and shaders to compile before you can start playing. However, with ASC, Nvidia aims to shorten this process by pre-compiling shaders to reduce loading times and, importantly, reduce stuttering that can occur when shaders don't load correctly. The company states that this feature is optional. You can enable it by going to the "Graphics" tab → "Global Settings" → "Shader Cache." To use ASC, users must allocate a dedicated folder and sufficient disk space to store the shaders that ASC will access. In the Nvidia app, gamers can select the "...