this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2026
103 points (96.4% liked)

Technology

78347 readers
4489 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
103
NVIDIA To Bring Back The GeForce RTX 3060 In Q1 2026 To Tackle Current-Gen GPU & Memory Shortages (wccftech.com)
submitted 4 days ago by Gsus4@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

cross-posted from: https://ttrpg.network/post/31067608

NVIDIA started to discontinue its GeForce RTX 3060 GPUs back in 2024. The original lineup, which was introduced back in 2021, is still the most popular gaming graphics card on Steam, and while the 4060 & 5060 are picking up the pace, it looks like NVIDIA might once again open up production lines for this GPU.

This indicates the extent to which the DRAM shortages have affected consumer GPUs. The GeForce RTX 5060 makes use of GDDR7 memory, and as DRAM costs rise, the RTX 5060 might not only be affected in terms of pricing but also in supply, since procuring the memory is also an issue due to poor supply. The 60-series product family is made for mass consumption, so NVIDIA will have to offer some alternative to its partners.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The fact that the original Super Mario Bros is 31kb of space is baffling. Getting Kirby's Adventure to run on the same hardware is pure technomancy.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Batman: Return of Joker is also an amazing feat of NES technomancy. Not a supremely great game, mind you, but what they were able to achieve graphically on the NES rivals some SNES games.

Especially with big AAA companies, I think devs have gotten lazy with their optimization passes, because bigger cards means they can just continue cramming more into a game without bothering to budget for optimization.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 6 points 4 days ago

I remember watching a video on how Contra Force did all kinds of weird tech stuff under the hood to get the game to run. That was technomancy mixed with forbidden occult arts.

[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 3 points 4 days ago

I checked out a playthrough video of this game and have to agree, the graphics and gameplay is very impressive for the nes.