Developer Speedstu published CUDA-for-AMD-Windows on GitHub on Sept. 13, packaging ZLUDA and AMD’s Windows HIP SDK into a PowerShell-based installer aimed at running CUDA software built for NVIDIA GPUs on AMD Radeon hardware. The setup has only been validated on the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT using ZLUDA v6-preview.69, HIP SDK 6.4, and LibTorch 2.3.0+cu118. In that environment, five CUDA-related components passed checks: nvcuda, cuBLAS, cuBLASLt, cuSPARSE, and cuFFT. The project documentation says a PPO reinforcement learning model with 2,216,347 parameters completed inference, learning updates, optimizer operations, and one run covering 65,536 timesteps. Benchmark notes from Sept. 13 show the official ZLUDA path reached a median 13,278 steps per second, compared with 12,876 for an earlier modified component set, a 3.03% gap. The project also spells out its limits. It does not offer full CUDA support, cuDNN-dependent programs may fail because the stable Windows HIP SDK lacks MIOpen, and NCCL, TensorRT, and some custom CUDA extensions may also break. NVIDIA’s CUDA license terms still include translation-related restrictions, and ZLUDA itself no longer has commercial funding, according to developer Andrzej Janik. So far, no public compatibility reports have been posted for cards beyond the RX 9060 XT.

Asus, Gigabyte and other graphics card manufacturers plan to raise prices again in September for the Chinese mainland market, with increases of up to RMB 500. Asus' RTX 5070 series sees a price hike of RMB 150-300, while Gigabyte's RTX 5060TI 16G gets a RMB 200 bump. AMD's RX 9000 series also sees adjustments. The price hikes are driven by memory shortages and capacity shift toward AI GPUs. Nvidia has cut consumer GPU shipments by 15-20% in Q3, prolonging supply tightness.

Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards have posted another round of retail price increases in the U.S., driven by sharply higher costs for key components, according to the source report. The biggest moves were concentrated in midrange Blackwell models, raising the cost of upgrades for PC DIY builders and creators. Retail tracking data cited in the report showed the GeForce RTX 5060 at a median retail price of $469.99, well above its $299.99 suggested retail price. The RTX 5060 Ti 8GB reached a median of $529.99 after an increase of about 13% to 15%, while the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB rose from $579.99 to $799.99, a gain of more than 39%. The GeForce RTX 5070 was listed in an $850 to $900 range after a 29% jump from the prior reading. Higher-tier models including the RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5080 saw little change in this survey, while the entry-level RTX 5050 held near $300. AMD’s RDNA 4 lineup recorded smaller price changes, though supply conditions shifted across several products, including fewer available Radeon RX 9070 16GB variants and limited stock for the RX 9060 XT 8GB.

Nvidia will not launch a new GeForce lineup in 2026 for the first time, but AMD and Intel are unable to capture the opportunity as memory shortages continue to squeeze the gaming GPU market and redirect resources toward AI chips.