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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT instead of 8800 XT — the company changes the naming and reference design of future graphics cards

News Devices 12-23-2024 at 13:15 comment
According to leaks, AMD is switching up the naming of its RDNA 4 video cards to something more along the lines of NVIDIA. Also, a possible benchmark for the Radeon RX 9070 XT has been shown online.

Intel officially fixes Core Ultra 200S performance — 4 out of 5 issues

News Technologies 12-19-2024 at 17:34 comment
Fixing already sold processors seems to be becoming a routine for Intel. Recently, the company “fixed” Raptor Lake, and now it’s the turn for Core Ultra 200S.

Intel Arc B580 graphics cards are quickly sold out — the company is working to increase supplies

News Devices 12-18-2024 at 22:00 comment
Positive reviews and tests have led to brisk sales of the Intel Arc B580. Initial stocks of these $250 graphics cards, performing on par with NVIDIA RTX 4060, are running out.

NVIDIA RTX 5090 32 GB and five more graphics cards — lots of data from Zotac, Acer and Inno3D

News Devices 12-17-2024 at 17:44 comment
There’s been a lot of buzz about the RTX 5090 and other new NVIDIA models from graphics card manufacturers in the last 24 hours. We’re talking both leaks and some official announcements.

Intel Arc B580 video card with 24 GB of memory found in vendor documents

News Devices 12-17-2024 at 14:06 comment
Intel’s new Arc B580 graphics card has caught attention with its decent performance, low price, and the inclusion of 12 GB of video memory on a 192-bit bus. But, it seems there are even more interesting versions out there.

Minisforum presents MS-A1 Mini PC with desktop AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

News Devices 12-16-2024 at 21:49 comment
The Minisforum mini-PC model MS-A1 with the AM5 socket is now available with a configuration featuring the 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X with a 100W TDP (70W less than the official specification).

NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti will get 16 GB of GDDR7, RTX 5060 «stuck with 8 GB, — insiders

News Devices 12-16-2024 at 18:04 comment
New deets on NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 reveal one but crucial difference between them—the amount of built-in memory.

In China, they sell an RTX 4010 video card for $100 that does not exist in nature – what kind of «beast» is it really?

News Devices 12-16-2024 at 18:01 comment
According to Nvidia, the RTX 4010 graphics card does not exist. However, a YouTube blogger was able to buy one and use it with mostly no problems. A video from Budget-Builds Official shows a video card that is supposedly a version of the RTX 4010.

HDMI 2.2 standard to be officially announced at CES 2025 — more bandwidth and better picture

News Devices 12-16-2024 at 10:59 comment
The HDMI Forum has announced that it will unveil the new HDMI 2.2 standard specifications at CES 2025. This coincides with the planned unveiling of new AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards and is sparking quite the buzz.

Apple Magic Mouse will soon be significantly updated, and AirTag will triple the detection radius

News Devices 12-16-2024 at 10:28 comment
The Apple Magic Mouse hasn’t seen significant design changes for a while, except for things like ditching AA batteries and adding a USB-C port. However, recent reports suggest that Apple plans to refresh this accessory. In his Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman reported that Apple has started working on prototypes of a more modern version of…

NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti — 16 GB GDDR7, GPU GB203-300, 350 W, updated specifications

News Devices 12-15-2024 at 19:17 comment
Recently, there was an unofficial scoop on the specs of NVIDIA RTX 50xx graphics cards. Since then, more has come to light about the NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti.

«The new king of the mainstream»: Intel Arc B580 gaming tests

News Devices 12-12-2024 at 22:08 comment
From today, the embargo on reviews for the standard Intel Arc B580 has been lifted, and leading reviewers have published their test results for the graphics card in games.

First Intel Arc B580 benchmark — loses to NVIDIA RTX 4060 and AMD RX 6700 XT, but outperforms A580 by 30%

News Devices 12-10-2024 at 16:35 comment
The Intel Arc B580 graphics card was tested at Geekbench using the OpenCL and Vulkan APIs. It couldn’t keep up with the NVIDIA RTX 4060, but it shows significant progress compared to its predecessor.

John Carmack dreams of a video card as a standalone computer and mentions 3dfx Voodoo2

News Devices 12-08-2024 at 18:50 comment
Legendary video game developer John Carmack, known for his work on Doom and Quake, discusses the concept of a video card as a standalone device.

AMD actually confirmed Radeon RX 8800 and 8600 — RX 8800 XT will compete with NVIDIA RTX 4080

News Devices 12-04-2024 at 22:29 comment
In the update of the ROCm library, AMD has mentioned Radeon RX 8800 and RX 8600 GPUs for the first time. The former, according to rumors, is very productive.

Intel unveils Arc B580 for $249 and B570 for $219 graphics cards

News Devices 12-03-2024 at 17:30 comment
Intel announced new Arc video cards based on the Xe2-HPG Battlemage architecture. This graphics architecture is already featured in Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake notebook processors.

Intel Arc B580 / B570 graphics cards are faster than NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti — company announces release date, ASRock reveals specifications

News Devices 12-01-2024 at 19:08 comment
According to insider information, Intel Arc B580 and B570, as well as the new AMD Navi 44 outperform NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti in synthetic benchmarks. Intel announced that its new video cards will be released shortly.

Noctua and Seasonic team up to create a quiet 1600W power supply

News Devices 11-26-2024 at 16:00 comment
The result of cooperation between air cooling system manufacturer Noctua and Seasonic is the Prime TX-1600 Noctua Edition power supply.

Amazon is flooded with fake AMD Ryzen 9800X3D — for $200 during the shortage

News Devices 11-24-2024 at 21:29 comment
With the advent of Black Friday this Friday, unscrupulous sellers are taking advantage of the AMD Ryzen 9800X3D shortage and offering counterfeits.

Amazon «has revealed» Intel Arc B580 graphics cards — the first on the new Battlemage architecture

News Devices 11-24-2024 at 17:59 comment
The Amazon marketplace has shown Intel Arc B580 video cards — the first in a new generation with Xe2-HPG (Battlemage) architecture. It is likely that a launch is set for this year.

A garbage man found a PC at work — top-of-the-line NVIDIA RTX and AMD Threadripper

News Devices 11-19-2024 at 23:13 comment
Reddit user Seizo, who works as a garbage truck driver, found a real gem in his beautifully fragrant workstation. The computer contained an NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti, and that’s not all.

All NVIDIA RTX 50xx can get a 12V-2×6 power connector, even the younger ones

News Devices 11-19-2024 at 17:15 comment
After the launch of the GeForce RTX 40 series, NVIDIA introduced the 12VHPWR connector, which not only chairs were burning. His successor 12V-2×6 will have no alternative.

Free cheese? The gamer received the RTX 3060 from Temu for free and is waiting for the rest of the components to check if it’s a real video card

News Devices 11-19-2024 at 12:54 comment
Getting free gaming hardware, especially an expensive one like the RTX 3060, is rare. However, user LudM on the PCMR subreddit said that he received a Chinese RTX 3060 from the Temu platform for free. Now he is waiting for the rest of the components for his PC to assemble the system and check if it is a genuine RTX 3060 and not a fake.

«Not for desktops»: Intel has no plans for 3D V-Cache in gaming processors

News Devices 11-16-2024 at 11:39 comment
Intel’s technical communications manager Florian Meislinger says the company has no plans to implement AMD’s 3D V-Cache analog in custom processors.

Another AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D burned out on the same board — MSI launches investigation

News Devices 11-15-2024 at 17:42 comment
Both AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors were affected on the same MSI motherboard. The network suspects users are to blame, but the coincidence is alarming.

The first to go: the new AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D burned down in a user’s house

News Devices 11-14-2024 at 10:15 comment
Reddit user showed photo of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor with obvious signs of damage. Along with the chip, the MSI Tomahawk X870/

Long-term support for AM5: AMD Zen 6 Medusa processors will be released in 2026-2027

News Devices 11-11-2024 at 20:39 comment
AMD Ryzen next-generation desktop processors based on the Zen 6 architecture will remain compatible with the AM5 socket and will be introduced in about 2 years.

AMD gained almost 30% of the desktop processor market — up to 10% year-on-year

News Devices 11-10-2024 at 21:34 comment
Intel has dominated the PC processor market for many years. Over the past year, the ratio has been rapidly changing in favor of AMD, as evidenced by new statistics.

«A humiliating lesson»: Intel admits Core Ultra 200S bugs, promises fixes by December

News Devices 11-10-2024 at 19:06 comment
Intel’s vice president confirms that the launch of Core Ultra 200S processors did not go as planned. The company promises to fix the performance by early December

They sold out like hotcakes: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D sold out in a day and now resellers are offering it for $1500

News Devices 11-08-2024 at 19:23 comment
AMD’s new Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor has only recently gone on sale and has immediately become extremely popular – perhaps even too popular. This powerful processor is sold out almost everywhere in the US and across Europe, which has led to abuse by resellers who are putting it up for sale at a price of almost $1500 with an official…

Intel faces class action lawsuit over unstable 13th and 14th generation processors

News Devices 11-08-2024 at 10:13 comment
The lawsuit accuses Intel of intentionally selling defective Raptor Lake processors. It is based on a filing by the owner of a Core i7-13700K.

First tests of AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D — the undisputed king of games

News Devices 11-07-2024 at 12:34 comment
The new AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor was expected to deliver gaming performance — and it did. However, the gap with its predecessors is small, and the processor is not the first in other tasks.

IRDM PRO GEN 5 – SSD with 12000 MB/s speed and graphene cooling system

News Devices 11-06-2024 at 19:44 comment
The Polish brand IRDM has released the IRDM PRO GEN 5 SSD. It is designed to be used by gamers and professionals with high data transfer rates.

AMD to add 3D V-Cache to GPUs and Threadripper, — insider

News Devices 11-06-2024 at 10:06 comment
AMD processors with 3D V-Cache are known as the best for gaming, but no chip with a powerful integrated graphics card (APU) has it. This may change in the next generation.

NVIDIA to launch PCs with its own ARM processors in 2025, — insiders

News Devices 11-01-2024 at 16:13 comment
NVIDIA’s ARM-based custom PC platform under development will be available in September 2025. NVIDIA processors with a proprietary GPU are expected in the premium segment.

AMD unveils Ryzen 7 9800X3D — a new top-end processor for gamers

News Devices 11-01-2024 at 10:33 comment
Jack Huynh, AMD Senior Vice President and General Manager of Computing and Graphics officially introduced Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor.

Windows 11 24H2 «bugs» with new Intel processors on Z890 boards

News Devices 10-28-2024 at 21:39 comment
New «hardware» — new troubles. The newly released Core Ultra 200 desktop processors have encountered crashes under Windows 11 24H2. It is recommended to disable the built-in graphics.

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, 7 265K and 5 245K processors are available — game performance tests

News Devices 10-25-2024 at 12:42 comment
Intel’s Arrow Lake-S desktop processors are on sale, and reviewers have prepared the first tests of Core Ultra 9 285K, Ultra 7 265K, and Ultra 5 245K chips.

Zotac refutes NVIDIA RTX 5090 video — it’s a different video card

News Devices 10-22-2024 at 11:32 comment
Zotac has denied that it had any video from a factory in Indonesia a new, unreleased graphics card. This is not the NVIDIA RTX 5090, but a previous generation graphics adapter.

AMD announces Ryzen 9000 X3D and other new processors’ price reduction

News Devices 10-21-2024 at 21:19 comment
AMD has announced the date of the Ryzen 9000 X3D presentation and the price reduction of the rest of the Ryzen 9000 processors.

First look at the real NVIDIA RTX 5090

News Devices 10-21-2024 at 14:44 comment
In the video, you can see NVIDIA RTX 5090. Video card is being tested in production.

Thunderbolt 5 in every PC — Gigabyte introduces PCIe 4.0 x4 expansion card

News Devices 10-20-2024 at 18:44 comment
Gigabyte has unveiled its first Thunderbolt 5 expansion card that utilizes the Intel JHL9580 Thunderbolt 5 controller and PCIe 4.0 x4 interface.

Sigh: NVIDIA RTX 5090 will have only one 16-pin connector

News Devices 10-18-2024 at 21:57 comment
Segotep, a small Chinese power supply manufacturer, confirmed in a conversation that the NVIDIA RTX 5090 will not have the rumored two 16-pin connectors.

Intel unveils Core Ultra 200S Arrow Lake — desktop processors with Xe graphics and improved power efficiency

News Devices 10-11-2024 at 11:27 comment
Intel has announced Arrow Lake desktop processors in the Core Ultra 200K series, also known as Core Ultra 200S. The company promises up to 15% higher performance with a significant reduction in power consumption

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 to be unveiled at CES 2025: what we know about the new graphics cards

News Devices 10-10-2024 at 10:45 comment
NVIDIA is expected to present three graphics cards of the new GeForce RTX 50 (Blackwell) series at the upcoming CES 2025. These are the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 models. CEO Jensen Huang will present the next-generation technologies for gamers and consumers.

NVIDIA and MediaTek processor will be released in 2025 in Lenovo, Asus, Dell and HP computers, — insider

News Devices 10-09-2024 at 13:41 comment
NVIDIA and MediaTek will present the computer processor in the first half of 2025. It has already been supported by major laptop and PC manufacturers. Of course, the chip will be equipped with artificial intelligence.

Intel has completely fixed the instability of the 13th and 14th generation Core — but not the operation of already damaged processors

News Devices 10-06-2024 at 16:58 comment
Intel has released the final patch instability of processors Core of the 13th and 14th generations (Raptor Lake). The company commented on the reasons for the unsatisfactory performance of the chips.

AMD processors are the best-selling on Amazon, Intel chips are only in 12th place

News Devices 09-24-2024 at 18:54 comment
AMD is gaining momentum in the PC processor market. Currently, Ryzen «chips have occupied» ten best-selling chips on the Amazon marketplace.

RTX 4090 — everything. NVIDIA discontinues production of its most powerful gaming graphics card

News Devices 09-19-2024 at 16:15 comment
NVIDIA’s flagship GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card was released in October 2022. According to retailers, NVIDIA will stop its production this October.

50% cheaper SSDs: Samsung starts production of 9th generation V9 QLC NAND

News Devices 09-13-2024 at 14:35 comment
Samsung has started mass production of the 9th generation V9 QLC flash memory. This means faster, cheaper, and more efficient SSDs.

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