Intel’s Raja Koduri Teases Xe HPG Mesh Shading in Action, A Hint at DirectX 12 Ultimate Readiness?

Intel’s Raja Koduri Teases Xe HPG Mesh Shading in Action, A Hint at DirectX 12 Ultimate Readiness?

Intel’s head for architecture, software, and graphics divisions, Raja Koduri, on Wednesday (10/02) teased a Xe HPG discrete GPU prototype running the upcoming 3DMark DirectX 12 Mesh Shaders feature test. Mesh Shaders are one of the four key features for graphics solutions to achieve the DirectX 12 Ultimate logo readiness,...

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Nintendo Switch Yuzu Emulator Receives Significant Performance Improvements in First 2021 Update

Nintendo Switch Yuzu Emulator Receives Significant Performance Improvements in First 2021 Update

Yuzu is an experimental Nintendo Switch emulator from the creators of the Citra 3DS emulator. The emulator has come a long way since the early days with more games becoming supported and general performance improvements. The first major update of 2021 brings a rewrite of the buffer cache along with...

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EVGA Launches SuperNova 1300 M1 Mining Power Supply

EVGA Launches SuperNova 1300 M1 Mining Power Supply

EVGA has recently released the SuperNova 1300 M1 mining power supply for cryptocurrency mining rigs. The new fully modular power supply is rated at 80+ Gold efficiency and can support six GPUs. The power supply includes a single 4+4 pin CPU interface along with six VGA power cables which each...

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Intel B460 and H410 Incompatibility with “Rocket Lake” Explained

Intel B460 and H410 Incompatibility with “Rocket Lake” Explained

Earlier this week, Intel shook the DIY PC market, particularly the vast mainstream segment, by revealing that its mid-tier B460 and entry-level H410 desktop motherboard chipsets will not be compatible with 11th Gen Core “Rocket Lake-S” processors, and that only its top-tier Z490 and H470, will. We have an explanation into what’s...

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AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5750G Zen 3 Based Desktop APU Spotted with 4.75 GHz Frequency

AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5750G Zen 3 Based Desktop APU Spotted with 4.75 GHz Frequency

AMD is slowly preparing the launch of its next-generation Ryzen Pro 5000 series of APUs designed for desktop applications. The biggest difference over the previous generation Renoir 4000 series is that this generation is now offering a major improvement in microarchitecture. Using Zen 3 core at its base, the Cezanne...

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Qualcomm Announces World’s First 10 Gigabit 5G Modem-RF System

Qualcomm Announces World’s First 10 Gigabit 5G Modem-RF System

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced the Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System, its fourth-generation 5G modem-to-antenna solution. It is the world’s first 10 Gigabit 5G and the first 3GPP release 16 modem-RF system, which is currently sampling to OEMs and targeting commercial device launches in 2021. Snapdragon X65 is the Company’s...

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AMD Zen 4 Reportedly Features a 29% IPC Boost Over Zen 3

AMD Zen 4 Reportedly Features a 29% IPC Boost Over Zen 3

While AMD has only released a few Zen 3 processors which are still extremely hard to purchase for RRP we are already receiving leaks on their successors. Zen 3 Milan processors will likely be the final generation of AM4 processors before the switch to AM5. AMD appears to be preparing...

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Release Date is February 25

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Release Date is February 25

NVIDIA is slated to launch its performance-segment GeForce RTX 3060 “Ampere” graphics card on February 25, 2021, according to a WCCFTech report. The company launches the card at an MSRP (starting price) of USD $329. 12 GB is the standard memory size for the RTX 3060. The card marks the...

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Nvidia RTX 30-Series GPU Availability to Worsen in Q1: Report

Nvidia RTX 30-Series GPU Availability to Worsen in Q1: Report

When Nvidia launched its RTX 3000 GPUs, the availability of the cards was less than great, with demand far outstripping supply, leading to a shortage. Now a new report suggests the problem is about to get worse.  European hardware retailer Alternate, which operates in Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium, has spoken...

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CD Projekt RED Hacked, Attacker Claims to Have “Cyberpunk 2077” and “The Witcher 3” Source Code

CD Projekt RED Hacked, Attacker Claims to Have “Cyberpunk 2077” and “The Witcher 3” Source Code

CD Projekt RED just announced that it has been hit by a cyber-attack on its internal network, with the attacker having gained access to certain sensitive information belonging to the CD Projekt group. In a press note posted to Twitter, the studio included the screenshot to a plain-text ransom note...

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