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The FL1 package is retained by AMD Ryzen “Fire Range” mobile processor.

The FL1 package is retained by AMD Ryzen “Fire Range” mobile processor.

AMD is preparing a follow-up to its “Dragon Range” mobile processor for gaming notebooks and portable workstations, which is part of the Ryzen 7045 family. Although its processor model name is still unknown, the chip is known under the codename “Fire Range.” It will continue to be pin-compatible and maintain...

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Price Drops to $465, a Record Low

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Price Drops to $465, a Record Low

The Ryzen 9 7950X3D, AMD’s flagship desktop CPU for the current generation, saw a price decrease earlier this week to a record-low $464.99 on Amazon and Newegg. In our tests, the 16-core/32-thread Socket AM5 processor with 3D V-cache technology performed about the same in terms of gaming performance as the...

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Leaked NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series “Blackwell” TDPs: 16-Pin Connector Powers Them All

Leaked NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series “Blackwell” TDPs: 16-Pin Connector Powers Them All

As NVIDIA was getting ready to release the GeForce RTX 50 Series of GPUs, codenamed “Blackwell,” a power supply manufacturer unintentionally revealed the power settings of every SKU. Users can configure their systems online and receive power supply recommendations by using Seasonic’s power supply wattage calculator. This implies that in...

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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Outperforms Intel’s Best Single-Core Score in Geekbench 6 Benchmark.

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Outperforms Intel’s Best Single-Core Score in Geekbench 6 Benchmark.

Third-party OEMs and system integrators are beginning to test some systems as AMD gets ready to release its next-generation Ryzen 9000 series of CPUs, which is built on the Zen 5 architecture. The Ryzen 9 9900X CPU, a 12-core, 24-thread processor that has shown remarkable performance advancements, has scores on...

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AMD Ryzen 8000G Desktop APU Prices Continue Declining, with the 8600G now priced at $152.

AMD Ryzen 8000G Desktop APU Prices Continue Declining, with the 8600G now priced at $152.

The AMD Ryzen 8000G desktop APUs are the first desktop CPUs to provide an NPU with 16 TOPS of performance available. They do this by combining “Zen 4” CPU cores with a potent iGPU built on the RDNA 3 architecture. The price of these Socket AM5 CPUs, which are built...

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The Sweetspot Speed of Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” Desktop Processors is Verified at DDR5-6400

The Sweetspot Speed of Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” Desktop Processors is Verified at DDR5-6400

The memory overclocking capabilities of AMD’s future Ryzen 9000 series “Granite Ridge” desktop CPUs, which are built on the “Zen 5” microarchitecture, will be slightly enhanced. Similar to the Ryzen 7000 “Raphael,” “Granite Ridge” is a chiplet-based processor that combines a client I/O die (cIOD) produced on the 6 nm...

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Nine Models with a Single Core 9 Ultra SKU: Intel Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake Family Leaks

Nine Models with a Single Core 9 Ultra SKU: Intel Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake Family Leaks

Intel unveiled the Core Ultra 200V series, codenamed Lunar Lake, as the notebook market’s next-generation processing platform at Computex 2024. These CPUs, which are slated for debut in September 2024, are exciting both industry insiders and computer enthusiasts. In addition to the Core Ultra 7 and Core Ultra 5 models,...

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Based on the desktop Arrow Lake-S, Intel Readies the Arrow Lake-H Laptop CPU SKU with 24 Cores.

Based on the desktop Arrow Lake-S, Intel Readies the Arrow Lake-H Laptop CPU SKU with 24 Cores.

Intel looks to be planning a new line of high-performance CPUs for gaming laptops as it gets ready for the release of its Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake processors. It appears that the company is modifying its desktop-grade Arrow Lake-S processors for ultra-high performance notebooks based on recent advances. Buzz...

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AMD Drops Pricing on Ryzen 8000G Desktop APUs, with the 8600G at only $199.

AMD Drops Pricing on Ryzen 8000G Desktop APUs, with the 8600G at only $199.

Over the course of the week, AMD Ryzen 8000G “Hawk Point” desktop APU prices in the Socket AM5 packaging decreased. The completely unlocked Ryzen 7 8700G is now retailing for $299, which is $30 less than its $329 launch price. With a price tag of $199, the Ryzen 5 8600G...

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AMD Ryzen AI 9 300 Reports a 20% Gain in Performance Compared to Previous Generation CPU and Graphics

AMD Ryzen AI 9 300 Reports a 20% Gain in Performance Compared to Previous Generation CPU and Graphics

According to a leak by Golden Pig Upgrade, the top-spec AMD Ryzen AI 9 300 series “Strix Point” processor, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, is anticipated to produce 20% better performance than its predecessor, the Ryzen 9 8945HS “Hawk Point,” on both the CPU and integrated graphics fronts. Regarding...

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Ryzen 9 7950X3D, AMD’s flagship processor, now costs less than $500.

Ryzen 9 7950X3D, AMD’s flagship processor, now costs less than $500.

AMD’s flagship desktop processor, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D, is now listed on Amazon for $492, less than $500 for the first time. This 16-core/32-thread CPU has one of its two 8-core CCDs equipped with 3D V-cache, which boosts gaming performance while allowing the second CCD to maintain higher boost clocks,...

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AMD Claims That The Ryzen 9000 Series Won’t Outperform The 7000X3D Series in Gaming

AMD Claims That The Ryzen 9000 Series Won’t Outperform The 7000X3D Series in Gaming

According to Donny Woligroski, senior technical marketing manager at AMD, the company’s future Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge” desktop processors, which are based on the “Zen 5” microarchitecture, won’t outperform the Ryzen 7000X3D series at gaming workloads. This was said in an interview with Tom’s Hardware. While they won’t quite match,...

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Overclocked AMD Ryzen 5 9600X ES to 5.70 GHz All-core

Overclocked AMD Ryzen 5 9600X ES to 5.70 GHz All-core

An AMD Ryzen 5 9600X “Zen 5” processor engineering sample has undergone a CPU-Z Benchmark and been overclocked to 5.70 GHz across all cores. In this instance, the chip scores 7096 points in the multithreaded benchmark and 871 points in the single-threaded benchmark. Since the impending Ryzen 9 9950X flagship...

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A Strange “Navi 48 XTX” Graphics Card Prototype Was Found in Regulatory Documents

A Strange “Navi 48 XTX” Graphics Card Prototype Was Found in Regulatory Documents

When this graphics card was being shipped internationally, Olrak29 noticed anything odd about it. The card’s shipment description is “GRAPHIC CARD NAVI48 G28201 DT XTX REVB-PRE-CORRELATION AO PLATSI TT(SAMSUNG)-Q2 2024-3A-102-G28201.” With the board number “G28201,” this can be decoded as a graphics card for the desktop platform. Based on the...

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Annotated AMD “Strix Point” Die Displays Zen 5 + Zen 5c Core Layout

Annotated AMD “Strix Point” Die Displays Zen 5 + Zen 5c Core Layout

AMD unveiled its Ryzen AI 300 series of mobile processors on Monday, built around the 4 nm “Strix Point” monolithic silicon technology. AMD stated that the maximum CPU core configuration for this chip was 12-core/24-thread, which would represent a tidy 50% increase in core counts over the previous generation. However,...

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AMD to Release “Granite Ridge” Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 Desktop Processors in Late July

AMD to Release “Granite Ridge” Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 Desktop Processors in Late July

Many sources in the ChipHell tech forums are speculating that AMD’s next-generation Ryzen 9000 series “Granite Ridge” desktop CPUs, which are based on the “Zen 5” microarchitecture, would go on sale in late July 2024. Similar to the company’s Ryzen 7000 series launch, the initial four SKUs in the CPU...

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AMD is once more renaming its Strix Point APU series.

AMD is once more renaming its Strix Point APU series.

We reported just two weeks ago that AMD might be planning a new chip naming strategy for its next-generation ultraportable processors. Today, a number of reliable Chinese sources stated that AMD has once again changed its mind, dropping the plan to name the Ryzen AI 100 series and instead advising...

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AMD’s Computex Keynote Promises Next-Generation Product Announcements

AMD’s Computex Keynote Promises Next-Generation Product Announcements

AMD said on Monday that a number of next-generation product announcements will be made during its June 3 2024 Computex Keynote address. “Join us as Dr. Lisa Su delivers the Computex 2024 opening keynote and shares the latest on how AMD and our partners are pushing the envelope with our...

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AMD to Give a Deep-Dive into “Zen 5” Microarchitecture at Hot Chips 2024

AMD to Give a Deep-Dive into “Zen 5” Microarchitecture at Hot Chips 2024

On August 25, AMD is scheduled to provide a “Zen 5” microarchitecture deep dive at the Hot Chips 2024 conference. It is yet unclear whether the in-depth analysis comes before or after the company’s well anticipated June 3 2024 Computex keynote, when it is expected to either reveal or introduce...

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Intel’s Next-Gen Falcon Shores GPU Will Not Be Air-Cooled and Will Use 1500 W

Intel’s Next-Gen Falcon Shores GPU Will Not Be Air-Cooled and Will Use 1500 W

Though it will consume a lot of power, Intel’s next Falcon Shores GPU is expected to be a powerhouse for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) tasks. It is anticipated that the processor, which combines the Gaudi and Ponte Vecchio successors into a single GPU, will draw an incredible 1500 W...

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AMD Will Stop Supporting Windows 10 on Its Ryzen 9000 “Strix Point” Mobile CPUs

AMD Will Stop Supporting Windows 10 on Its Ryzen 9000 “Strix Point” Mobile CPUs

With respect to their next-generation mobile processors, AMD is said to be pulling driver support for Windows 10 starting with the next Ryzen 9000 “Strix Point” (and potentially “Strix Halo” and other chips from the generation). As a result, the SoC parts, the iGPU, and the XDNA 2 NPU would...

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The Ryzen 7 8700F ($270) and Ryzen 5 8400F ($170) are released by AMD.

The Ryzen 7 8700F ($270) and Ryzen 5 8400F ($170) are released by AMD.

The Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F Socket AM5 desktop processors were formally released by AMD. These are desktop APU variations based on the Ryzen 8000 series, but without integrated graphics. Despite not having integrated graphics, the 8700F has a Ryzen AI NPU that can perform up to 16...

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AMD Will Stop Supporting Windows 10 on Its Ryzen 9000 “Strix Point” Mobile CPUs

AMD Will Stop Supporting Windows 10 on Its Ryzen 9000 “Strix Point” Mobile CPUs

With respect to their next-generation mobile processors, AMD is said to be pulling driver support for Windows 10 starting with the next Ryzen 9000 “Strix Point” (and potentially “Strix Halo” and other chips from the generation). As a result, the SoC parts, the iGPU, and the XDNA 2 NPU would...

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Detailed: AMD Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F

Detailed: AMD Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F

The Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F desktop processors will actually be available through the retail PIB channel, according to AMD. The “F” in the model name comes from the fact that both of these CPUs are built on the 4 nm “Hawk Point” or “Phoenix 2” silicon, but...

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NVIDIA Examining “Blackwell” GPU Designs for the GeForce RTX 50 Series varying between 250 and 600 W

NVIDIA Examining “Blackwell” GPU Designs for the GeForce RTX 50 Series varying between 250 and 600 W

NVIDIA is reportedly evaluating designs with different Total Graphics Power (TGP), ranging from 250 Watts to 600 Watts, for its next GeForce RTX 50 series Blackwell graphics cards, according to insiders with Benchlife.info. The company is testing configurations that range from a more powerful 600 W version meant for enthusiast-level...

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AMD Presents “Ryzen AI 9 HX170” and Offers New Names for Ultraportable Processors

AMD Presents “Ryzen AI 9 HX170” and Offers New Names for Ultraportable Processors

ITHome, a Chinese tech publication, has reported that AMD is preparing a new CPU naming scheme for its next-generation chips, with a focus on the ultraportable category. The report cites sources in ASUS. With the new name strategy, buyers should have an easier time identifying processors with AI capabilities (integrated...

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Will AMD Use “Strix Point” Mobile Processor Numbering from the Ryzen 8050 Series?

Will AMD Use “Strix Point” Mobile Processor Numbering from the Ryzen 8050 Series?

It appears that AMD’s upcoming “Strix Point” mobile chip may adopt the Ryzen 8050 series processor numbering scheme, according to leaked Lenovo product brochures. The ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 business notebook is described in the Lenovo flyer. The number “5” supports the hypothesis that the 8050 series is a “Strix...

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NVIDIA Will Only Release the GeForce RTX 5090 Flagship Model in 2024; the Remaining Models in 2025

NVIDIA Will Only Release the GeForce RTX 5090 Flagship Model in 2024; the Remaining Models in 2025

After a refresh earlier this year, NVIDIA is slated to release its next generation in 2024. The business unveiled the current RTX 40-series “Ada” in 2022. For some time now, we’ve been aware that the upcoming GeForce RTX 50-series “Blackwell” could launch in 2024, with the top two or three...

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AMD Will Redesign Hardware for Ray Tracing on RDNA 4

AMD Will Redesign Hardware for Ray Tracing on RDNA 4

According to a trustworthy source with GPU leaks, AMD’s next generation RDNA 4 graphics architecture is anticipated to have an entirely new ray tracing engine called Kepler L2. AMD’s current hardware method to ray tracing still heavily relies on shader engines, but it uses a component known as the Ray...

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Is Now Available for a Delectable $329

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Is Now Available for a Delectable $329

The 12-core/24-thread AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Socket AM5 CPU with 3D V-cache is now available for a reduced $329 pricing. AntOnline’s retailer-only discount brings the processor’s pricing down from the Ryzen 7 7700X and Core i5-14600K launch prices. Although we haven’t had an opportunity to test it, Tom’s Hardware testing...

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AMD Gets Ready for the Retail Channel Launch of Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F

AMD Gets Ready for the Retail Channel Launch of Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F

According to reports, AMD intends to release the Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F Socket AM5 desktop processors in boxes for a worldwide retail debut. The two chips were introduced to the Chinese retail market earlier this month. It is reported that the 8400F is labeled 100-100001591BOX, and the...

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Pictured is the AMD Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge” Zen 5 Processor.

Pictured is the AMD Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge” Zen 5 Processor.

There has been a purported image of a desktop AMD Ryzen 9000 series “Granite Ridge” processor leaked online. With “Zen 5” as its microarchitecture, “Granite Ridge” is the codename for the desktop version of the processor, which replaces the existing Ryzen 7000 “Raphael” with “Zen 4.” According to what we’ve...

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The AMD Radeon RX 7600 MBA Model Is Now Available in the EU

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 MBA Model Is Now Available in the EU

When AMD’s entry-level Radeon RX 7600 GPU was released in May of last year, it received mixed reviews from reviewers. Fans of Team Red felt that the RDNA 2 generation offered better “budget” options. As anticipated, AMD’s board partners released customized Radeon RX 7600 8 GB cards; but, at launch,...

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The price of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 drops to $279.

The price of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 drops to $279.

The GeForce RTX 4060 “Ada” is facing increasing competition in the performance graphics card market at $299, as the Radeon RX 7600 XT is priced at $325 and the RX 7600 (non-XT) is $250. A merchant has lowered the price of an RTX 4060 graphics card bearing the Zotac name...

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AMD Gets Ready for the Ryzen 5000XT Socket AM4 Processor Family

AMD Gets Ready for the Ryzen 5000XT Socket AM4 Processor Family

With the firm preparing a new wave of CPU models for the platform, AMD is giving the Socket AM4 platform even another lease on life. AMD disclosed this during a meeting with its channel partners during the AMD Advantage Club gathering. The Ryzen 5000XT series of desktop Socket AM4 processors...

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GDDR7 Memory to Be Installed by NVIDIA on Top-3 “Blackwell” GPUs

GDDR7 Memory to Be Installed by NVIDIA on Top-3 “Blackwell” GPUs

According to Tweaktown, which cites XpeaGPU, NVIDIA has stated that it would incorporate the GDDR7 memory standard with the top three GPU ASICs powering the upcoming “Blackwell” GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards. By this, we imply that NVIDIA will separate the majority of its SKUs from the top three physical...

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With the release of FSR 3.1, AMD enhances Super Resolution Quality and permits Frame Generation to Interface with Other Upscaling Technologies.

With the release of FSR 3.1, AMD enhances Super Resolution Quality and permits Frame Generation to Interface with Other Upscaling Technologies.

AMD unveiled the FidelityFX Super Resolution 3.1 (FSR 3.1) at GDC 2024. The super resolution upscaler from FSR 2.2 was mainly carried over into the original FSR 3.0 feature set, along with frame creation. However, the new FSR 3.1 includes many picture quality improvements to the upscaler itself, resulting in...

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Drops to $680 as Stores Try to Empty Out Their Stock

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Drops to $680 as Stores Try to Empty Out Their Stock

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti graphics card is no longer being produced by NVIDIA. In its stead is the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, which retails for $800 and boasts a wider 256-bit memory bus, 16 GB of RAM, and more CUDA cores. Retailers saw an opportunity to sell their remaining...

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Price Drop for Intel Core i7-14700K to $389

Price Drop for Intel Core i7-14700K to $389

With the recent release of the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12-core/24-thread CPU in this market, priced at $389, the sub-$400 desktop processor space is becoming more competitive. With its 3D V-cache technology, the 7900X3D is expected to deliver gaming performance that is on par with the Core i9-13900K. Did you...

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Pricing of Intel Core i9-14900KS Verified at $749

Pricing of Intel Core i9-14900KS Verified at $749

The Core i9-14900KS, Intel’s forthcoming enthusiast-class desktop CPU, will retail for $749, as per a MicroCenter listing. The price that the firm requested for the i9-13900KS and i9-12900KS of the previous generation is the same as this one. The i9-14900KS is a Special Edition SKU, therefore it might not be...

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AMD Reduces the Price of the RX 7700 XT to $399

AMD Reduces the Price of the RX 7700 XT to $399

The cost of the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is still declining; over the last weekend, Newegg’s price dropped as low as $399. The Sapphire RX 7700 XT Pulse is priced at $409 at the merchant, but an additional $10 is deducted with a coupon. With the lowest priced card...

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12-core AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Processor Drops to $389

12-core AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Processor Drops to $389

There are numerous price reductions available for AMD’s Ryzen 9 7900X3D processor, which has 12 cores and 24 threads and 3D Vertical Cache technology. The SKU seems to be stuck between AMD’s flagship 16-core 7950X3D and the 8-core 7800X3D, which is still the fastest desktop processor for gaming. With a...

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Radeon RX 7900 GRE DUAL OC and TUF Gaming Graphics Cards from ASUS Introductory

Radeon RX 7900 GRE DUAL OC and TUF Gaming Graphics Cards from ASUS Introductory

With a broader product launch outside of China, ASUS unveiled its custom-designed Radeon RX 7900 GRE graphics cards today. These are the TUF Gaming RX 7900 GRE OC and the RX 7900 GRE DUAL OC. ASUS appears to be employing the same custom-design board designs for the RX 7800 XT...

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NPU Monitoring for AMD Ryzen 8040 Coming to Windows Task Manager

NPU Monitoring for AMD Ryzen 8040 Coming to Windows Task Manager

Several months after AMD’s first generation XDNA-based Neural Processing Unit (NPU) debuted as part of their “Phoenix” Ryzen 7040 mobile CPU series, Intel released its Core Ultra “Meteor Lake” generation, which also featured a lot of NPU. Recent information has shown that a Windows 11 DirectML beta offers initial support...

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More Advanced 3 nm Node Used To Produce AMD “Zen 5c” CCDs Than “Zen 5”

More Advanced 3 nm Node Used To Produce AMD “Zen 5c” CCDs Than “Zen 5”

According to a rumor by Chinese website UDN, AMD is allegedly constructing its future “Zen 5” and “Zen 5c” CPU Core Dies (CCDs) on two separate foundry nodes. The 4 nm EUV foundry node, which is a little more advanced than the current 5 nm EUV the firm is constructing...

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At stock speeds, the Intel Core i9-14900KS draws up to 409W when its power limits are unlocked.

At stock speeds, the Intel Core i9-14900KS draws up to 409W when its power limits are unlocked.

According to HKEPC, based on an OCCT database result, Intel’s next limited edition desktop processor for overclockers and enthusiasts, the Core i9-14900KS, has an enormous 409 W maximum package power draw at stock rates with its PL2 power limit open. With all CPU cores saturated and the PL2 (highest turbo...

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AMD Threatens RTX 4060 Ti and RX 7600 XT with Lower Pricing for Radeon RX 7700 XT.

AMD Threatens RTX 4060 Ti and RX 7600 XT with Lower Pricing for Radeon RX 7700 XT.

There is a veritable mountains of graphics card possibilities between $300 and $500 thanks to retailer-specific pricing. If you had enough time to search for the best offer, you might be able to purchase the much faster graphics card you had anticipated at that particular price. Following a recent Best...

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The desktop AMD Ryzen 8000G APUs do not support ECC memory.

The desktop AMD Ryzen 8000G APUs do not support ECC memory.

Reddit users discovered that AMD’s recently revealed Ryzen 8000G “Hawk Point” desktop APUs do not support ECC memory, in contrast to what the AMD website’s initial specifications had said. Since then, the business has subtly changed the information regarding ECC support on its product pages. ECC memory support is meaningless...

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AMD Readies X870E Chipset to Launch Alongside First Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge” CPUs

AMD Readies X870E Chipset to Launch Alongside First Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge” CPUs

In anticipation of the release of its next-generation Ryzen 9000 series “Granite Ridge” desktop CPUs, which use the “Zen 5” microarchitecture, AMD is preparing the new 800-series motherboard chipset. The AMD X870E, which replaces the existing X670E, will be the flagship model in the chipset family. Since AMD isn’t altering...

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GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Now Only $15 More Than Radeon RX 7600 XT Due to Price Drops

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Now Only $15 More Than Radeon RX 7600 XT Due to Price Drops

According to VideoCardz, the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (8 GB) is currently $344 at Best Buy instead of $399 due to a series of price reductions. With this new low pricing, it is only $15 more expensive than the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT, which was just released. This is...

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AMD to Use Motherboard BIOS Updates to Address Ryzen 8000G Desktop APU STAPM “Feature”

AMD to Use Motherboard BIOS Updates to Address Ryzen 8000G Desktop APU STAPM “Feature”

AMD introduced skin temperature-aware power management (STAPM) in 2014 for its mobile processors. This feature allows the on-die power management logic to consider the physical surface temperature of the laptop by reading off temperature probes mounted on the laptop chassis, in addition to the processor’s internal temperature, which is measured...

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AMD Ryzen 7 8700G AI Boosted Performance with Overclocked DDR5 RAM

AMD Ryzen 7 8700G AI Boosted Performance with Overclocked DDR5 RAM

We already know that the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G APU enjoys memory that has been overclocked; preliminary assessments showed that adjusting the “iGPU engine clock and the processor’s memory frequency” could yield significant graphical improvements. While gamers can enjoy a boosted integrated graphics solution that is comparable in performance 1080p...

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Super GPUs with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Emerge in Geekbench

Super GPUs with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Emerge in Geekbench

We know that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER graphics cards will be reviewed on January 31st; W1zzard of TPU has been working hard to get his reviews out on time for alternatives that are lower on the Ada Lovelace SUPER food chain. Custom Radeon RX 7600 XT models briefly...

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AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE: Additional Personalized Models Feature at European Online Stores

AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE: Additional Personalized Models Feature at European Online Stores

Last summer, AMD debuted the Golden Rabbit Edition (GRE) Radeon RX 7900 GPU. Based on the Navi 31 XL architecture, this card was initially released in China and comes with a basic model (made by XFX) and a small number of customized options. Later, word spread that Team Red’s unique...

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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT MSRP Drops to $749 from $710 on Newegg

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT MSRP Drops to $749 from $710 on Newegg

AMD has reduced the Radeon RX 7900 XT graphics card’s official MSRP from $899 at launch to $749. TweakTown discovered that its street pricing is much lower, with some RX 7900 XT cards with bespoke designs going for as little as $710 on Newegg. The RX 7900 XT is positioned...

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“Granite Ridge” AMD Zen 5 CPUs are reportedly in mass production.

“Granite Ridge” AMD Zen 5 CPUs are reportedly in mass production.

At last week’s CES trade show, AMD focused on promoting their new Zen 4-based APU products. They even threw in a few new Zen 3 offers for PC fans who are more than happy to continue with Team Red’s previous generation AM4 socket. People who were interested in the future...

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Potential Specifications for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB Edition Surface

Potential Specifications for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB Edition Surface

There are significant savings over just lowering memory capacity in comparison to the 8 GB variant of NVIDIA’s rumored full specifications for the company’s future GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB graphics card. If accurate, performance could be behind the existing RTX 3050 8 GB SKU by up to 25%, making...

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China saw the release of the Intel Core i7-14790F “Black Edition” CPU.

China saw the release of the Intel Core i7-14790F “Black Edition” CPU.

According to reports, Intel has released the Core i7-14790F “Black Edition” CPU, which is only available in the Chinese market. MegasizeGPU tweeted the first image of the package, which is distinctly not Team Blue. A few days ago, the Core i7-14700F desktop CPU was released through international retail channels and...

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Pricing for the GeForce RTX 40 SUPER Custom Model Is Leaked

Pricing for the GeForce RTX 40 SUPER Custom Model Is Leaked

At the just finished CES 2024 trade conference, NVIDIA released basic pricing recommendations for GeForce RTX-40 SUPER graphics cards, but its board partners mostly avoided discussing specific pricing information for customizable options (review embargoes will be lifted soon). Later in the week, ZOTAC departed with the norm, changing their press...

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AMD Ryzen 5 8600G to Come with Radeon 760M Graphics, 8 Cores, and Up to 5.00 GHz CPU Overboost

AMD Ryzen 5 8600G to Come with Radeon 760M Graphics, 8 Cores, and Up to 5.00 GHz CPU Overboost

The Radeon 760M integrated graphics, rather than the full iGPU arrangement found on silicon or the previously thought Radeon 780M, will be available on AMD’s next Ryzen 5 8600G Socket AM5 desktop APU. As of right now, there are still differing reports regarding the precise silicon that the Ryzen 8000G...

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AMD Is About to Release the “Navi 32”-Based Radeon RX 7800M Series.

AMD Is About to Release the “Navi 32”-Based Radeon RX 7800M Series.

There are just five SKUs in AMD’s compact Radeon RX 7000M and RX 7000S ranges of mobile GPUs, which are based on the most recent RDNA 3 graphics architecture and span the “Navi 31” and “Navi 33” processors. The business intends to fill the large void left by the RX...

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European Retailer Lists Intel’s Non-K 65W 14th Gen Core Processors

European Retailer Lists Intel’s Non-K 65W 14th Gen Core Processors

Several undisclosed 14th Gen Intel Core desktop processors were listed on European e-tailer CoolMod ahead of their planned January 8 debut. These CPU models aren’t K (65 W). Starting at €124.94, the Core i3-14100F is a 4P+0E processor without integrated graphics. The i3-14100, which costs €149.96, will cost you at...

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“Blackwell” GeForce RTX 50 Series NVIDIA On Track for Q4-2024

“Blackwell” GeForce RTX 50 Series NVIDIA On Track for Q4-2024

According to a source titled “Moore’s Law is Dead,” NVIDIA’s next-generation GeForce RTX 50-series “Blackwell” gaming GPUs are expected to launch in Q4 of 2024, towards the end of 2024. Given that each GeForce RTX generation typically enters the market for two years—the RTX 40-series “Ada” appeared in Q4 2022...

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$150 for the Intel Core i3-14100 “Raptor Lake Refresh”

$150 for the Intel Core i3-14100 “Raptor Lake Refresh”

ShopBLT is the first merchant to feature Intel’s Core i3-14100, the entry-level 14th Gen Core desktop processor, for $150.24. Based on the same H0 silicon as the Core i5-12600, which is physically devoid of E-cores, the 4-core/8-thread CPU includes solely performance cores (P-cores). Since 2013, Intel has been using the...

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Formal Release of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB is scheduled for February 2024.

Formal Release of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB is scheduled for February 2024.

Since its release in January 2022, the GeForce RTX 3050 has served as the company’s entry-level RTX 30-series GPU. During the cryptocurrency GPU scarcity, it saw some success as a 1080p gaming option priced at approximately $300. NVIDIA is finding that it lacks an entry-level discrete GPU that it can...

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AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT Is Currently Only $399

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT Is Currently Only $399

A noteworthy trend in the performance graphics card market is the variation in pricing across SKUs, like the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti. VideoCardz saw the RX 7700 XT for a new low price of $399. At this cost, the card is at least...

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pictured AMD 5th Gen EPYC “Turin” With 192 cores, who needs accelerators?

pictured AMD 5th Gen EPYC “Turin” With 192 cores, who needs accelerators?

The 5th Gen EPYC “Turin,” AMD’s upcoming server processor, has been pictured as an engineering sample that is likely being assessed by the company’s cloud or data center clients. The processor’s high-density cloud-focused variant, which uses “Zen 5c” CPU cores, boasts an astounding 192 cores and 384 threads. A relatively...

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AMD Makes FSR 3 Source Code Available via GPUOpen

AMD Makes FSR 3 Source Code Available via GPUOpen

Through its GPUOpen initiative, AMD announced on Thursday the first release of the FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3) source code. The company recently created a GitHub repository for the FSR 3 source code, which is available to game developers worldwide. This contains the source code for both the FSR...

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January 8 is when Intel’s 14th generation Core 65W desktop processors go on sale.

January 8 is when Intel’s 14th generation Core 65W desktop processors go on sale.

As part of its plans to broaden its 14th generation Core “Raptor Lake Refresh” desktop processor portfolio, Intel plans to release mainstream 65 W processor models with integrated cooling in the retail channel. These models will not support overclocking. The plan is for the company to start selling these chips...

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AMD confirms that Threadripper overclocking blows a hidden fuse, but the warranty is unaffected.

AMD confirms that Threadripper overclocking blows a hidden fuse, but the warranty is unaffected.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series processors, codenamed Storm Peak, both Pro and non-Pro SKUs, blow a fuse on the chip when overclocking is enabled, according to Tom’s Hardware. Dozens of fuses are used in modern microprocessors to store data inside the chip. For instance, the fuses are where the factory...

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Intel asserts that Ryzen 7040 Phoenix is beaten by Meteor Lake in terms of both graphics and CPU performance.

Intel asserts that Ryzen 7040 Phoenix is beaten by Meteor Lake in terms of both graphics and CPU performance.

At a pre-launch roundtable with HotHardware on Wednesday, Intel revealed various performance details about its upcoming Core “Meteor Lake” mobile processor. It compared it to the current U-segment chips, which are based on the 13th Gen Core “Raptor Lake,” and the AMD Ryzen 7040 “Phoenix,” which is in competition. In...

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Next Month Will See Intel Release Non-K (65 W) 14th Generation Core “Raptor Lake Refresh” Desktop Processors

Next Month Will See Intel Release Non-K (65 W) 14th Generation Core “Raptor Lake Refresh” Desktop Processors

The placeholder listings for Intel’s upcoming 14th Gen Core (65 W), non-K desktop processor models are starting to appear at retailers. These chips, which are based on the “Raptor Lake Refresh” silicon, provide generational clock speed improvements over the 13th Gen Core series, while keeping a feature set that is...

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AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS and Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Face Off in a Benchmark Leak

AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS and Intel Core Ultra 5 125H Face Off in a Benchmark Leak

From Intel’s upcoming “Meteor Lake” processor family, the Core Ultra 5 125H is intended to be a middle-of-the-road processor SKU. It has a 14-core, 18-thread CPU configuration out of the box. With a fully functional Xe-LPG iGPU that has all 8 Xe cores (128 EU) enabled, that’s 4P+8E+2L (four performance...

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This Week, NVIDIA DLSS Is Available for Eight New Games

This Week, NVIDIA DLSS Is Available for Eight New Games

In honor of RTX 500, the company has announced that up to eight new games will receive support for their DLSS performance enhancement this week. This marks the milestone of having over 500 games and software included in the RTX ecosystem. This week, NVIDIA announced that DLSS 3 Frame Generation...

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Microsoft announced the end of support date for Windows 10 in October 2025.

Microsoft announced the end of support date for Windows 10 in October 2025.

The most widely used PC operating system in the world, Windows 10, will reach EOS (end of support) on October 14, 2025, according to a Microsoft announcement. The company will no longer release the so-called “patch-Tuesday” updates for Windows 10 or regular security updates for the operating system after that...

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AMD Releases Details of XDNA 2 NPU Architecture for 2024 Release of Next Generation “Strix Point” Mobile Processors

AMD Releases Details of XDNA 2 NPU Architecture for 2024 Release of Next Generation “Strix Point” Mobile Processors

The next-generation on-chip neural processing unit (NPU) architecture, called XDNA 2, was first mentioned by AMD in its announcement of mobile processors for the Ryzen 8040 series “Hawk Point” series. Above all, compared to the first generation XDNA NPU powering the Ryzen 7040 series “Phoenix” processor, the XDNA 2 NPU...

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Beyond Cyberpunk 2077 and Call of Duty: More Love for NVIDIA RTX

Beyond Cyberpunk 2077 and Call of Duty: More Love for NVIDIA RTX

Activision has made a number of feature announcements for the RTX ecosystem, and NVIDIA is commemorating 500 games and apps that are a part of the ecosystem. First off, on December 6th, Call of Duty: Warzone Season 1: Urzikstan will launch with support for DLSS 3 Frame Generation. Starting on...

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NVIDIA Prepares the GeForce RTX 4090 D for China in Order to Adhere to US Export Regulations

NVIDIA Prepares the GeForce RTX 4090 D for China in Order to Adhere to US Export Regulations

The new GeForce RTX 4090 D, a graphics card SKU designed specifically for the Chinese market and targeted primarily at gamers, is nearing completion according to NVIDIA. Since Chinese companies have purchased all of the stock of the regular RTX 4090 to speed up AI, and because of regulations, NVIDIA...

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China Sees Growth in Sales of AMD’s RX 7900 Series After NVIDIA Export Limitations

China Sees Growth in Sales of AMD’s RX 7900 Series After NVIDIA Export Limitations

The export ban on RTX 4090 GPUs to China on November 17th has had the somewhat expected effect of causing AMD’s top products to sell out faster than AMD or its partners can produce them. It has also been rumored that AMD’s top offerings will soon face the same fate....

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Read and write speeds of over 182 GB/s and 175 GB/s are provided by the AMD 3D V-Cache RAM disk.

Read and write speeds of over 182 GB/s and 175 GB/s are provided by the AMD 3D V-Cache RAM disk.

With AMD’s 3D V-Cache technology, the processor can access large cache pools for applications by stacking SRAM blocks on top of the CPU logic die, which houses the CPU cores. Nonetheless, it seems feasible to use this additional level 3 (L3) cache as a RAM disk, in which case the...

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Intel Xeon Platinum “Emerald Rapids” 48-Core CPU SKUs 8558P and 8551C Leaked

Intel Xeon Platinum “Emerald Rapids” 48-Core CPU SKUs 8558P and 8551C Leaked

Further information about Intel’s upcoming 5th generation Xeon Scalable processors, codenamed Emerald Rapids, is emerging from the benchmark submission database Geekbench. We previously discussed the leak of the 48-core Xeon 8558U and the potentially top-tier 64-core Xeon 8592+ Platinum processors. On the other hand, information regarding lower-stack SKUs with up...

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards are being disassembled in special Chinese factories and reassembled as AI-friendly GPUs.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards are being disassembled in special Chinese factories and reassembled as AI-friendly GPUs.

A number of major semiconductor companies, such as NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel, have been severely harmed by the new U.S. government limits on AI hardware exports to China, which prevent them from offering high-performance AI processors for sale in China. Because of their powerful computing power, NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4090...

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GPUs from the AMD Radeon “GFX12” RX 8000 Series Based on RDNA4 Avail

GPUs from the AMD Radeon “GFX12” RX 8000 Series Based on RDNA4 Avail

As part of its ongoing efforts to produce next-generation solutions, AMD’s Linux team has submitted a few intriguing tweaks today, which Phoronix reports made a modest appearance through recent GitHub updates for GFX12 targets. Two additional discrete GPUs have been added to the LLVM compiler for Linux thanks to these...

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AMD Prepares Ryzen 5 and 7 5700X3D Socket AM4 Processors

AMD Prepares Ryzen 5 and 7 5700X3D Socket AM4 Processors

Users of AMD Socket AM4 are in for a treat, as the company has two more Ryzen 5000X3D series processor models planned, according to chi11eddog, a trustworthy source with AMD leaks. Despite having an older “Zen 3” microarchitecture, these chips have 3D Vertical Cache technology, which helps them reach gaming...

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Intel Verifies 13th and 12th Generation Core Processors Won’t Get the APO Feature

Intel Verifies 13th and 12th Generation Core Processors Won’t Get the APO Feature

Though they share a nearly identical microarchitecture, the 14th generation Core “Raptor Lake Refresh” processors are distinguished from the 13th generation by a special feature called Intel Application Performance Optimization (APO). APO, or application-specific processor optimization, is software-based and has been found to provide performance boosts of up to 16%...

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Prior to export restrictions, NVIDIA is rushing GeForce RTX 4090 orders to China.

Prior to export restrictions, NVIDIA is rushing GeForce RTX 4090 orders to China.

It has been reported that NVIDIA is shipping GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs to China quickly in preparation for anticipated export controls. As we previously reported, NVIDIA may be canceling orders worth $5 billion USD. Export licenses will be necessary from the US government in order to ship RTX 4090s to...

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It’s possible that NVIDIA will have to cancel orders worth US$5 billion from China.

It’s possible that NVIDIA will have to cancel orders worth US$5 billion from China.

The U.S. Commerce Department appears to have put a major wrench in NVIDIA’s operations by notifying the company that orders for AI chips worth US$5 billion that are going to China are subject to the most recent export restrictions from the US. According to reports, the orders were allegedly intended...

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Lower End Models of the AMD Ryzen 7000G APU Series Are Based on “Phoenix 2”

Lower End Models of the AMD Ryzen 7000G APU Series Are Based on “Phoenix 2”

The Ryzen 7000G series desktop APUs from AMD, which include the 4 nm “Phoenix” monolithic processor technology into the Socket AM5 desktop packaging, are now undergoing finalization. The main draw of these CPUs is their sizable integrated graphics processing unit (iGPU), which is built on the most recent RDNA3 architecture....

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As the i7-14700HX Surfaces, Intel’s “Raptor Lake Refresh” is confirmed for the mobile segment launch.

As the i7-14700HX Surfaces, Intel’s “Raptor Lake Refresh” is confirmed for the mobile segment launch.

With the appearance of the Core i7-14700HX on the leaked PugetBench online database, Intel’s plan to launch the 14th Gen Core series in the mobile market is officially verified. This would be similar to how Intel handled its 10th generation Core series, with the then-newer “Ice Lake” silicon handling the...

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Based on AD102, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER will have 20GB of memory.

Based on AD102, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER will have 20GB of memory.

As was previously announced, three new SKUs, highlighted by the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, will be available as part of NVIDIA’s mid-life refresh for its GeForce RTX 40-series “Ada” product stack. In the earlier article, we made assumptions regarding how NVIDIA may approach developing the RTX 4080 SUPER. According to...

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Over 9000 MHz is the Intel Core i9-14900KF OC Record.

Over 9000 MHz is the Intel Core i9-14900KF OC Record.

The OC community is taking notice of Intel’s 14th Gen Core i9-14900K and i9-14900KF, with SkatterBencher reaching 9.10 GHz during a live OC session and elmor now holding the highest validated clock speed record at 9048 MHz. The latest generation of Intel Z790 chipset motherboard models, which manufacturers introduced over...

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AMD’s Radeon RX 6750 GRE Specifications and Costs Announced

AMD’s Radeon RX 6750 GRE Specifications and Costs Announced

The RX 6750 GRE graphics cards from AMD, which may or may not be exclusive to the Chinese market, have been the subject of numerous rumors. Thanks to @momomo_us on Twitter/X, information about not one, but two separate RX 6750 GRE SKUs has now surfaced. It appears AMD has merely...

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Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Appearance at 5.1 GHz with 16C/22T Configuration

Intel Core Ultra 9 185H Appearance at 5.1 GHz with 16C/22T Configuration

Only the mobile version of Intel’s next Meteor Lake processor family will be released, with a significant rebranding of the Intel Core i naming system. We are interested to see the official performance numbers for the launch scheduled for December 14th. But today is going to be special since we...

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GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, and RTX 4080 SUPER are ready from NVIDIA.

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, and RTX 4080 SUPER are ready from NVIDIA.

The higher end of NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 40-series “Ada” series is said to be getting an update, according to hongxing2020, a dependable source with NVIDIA leaks. It’s possible that the business may revive the SUPER brand extension it first established with the RTX 20-series. GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, GeForce RTX...

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NVIDIA Raises GeForce NOW Prices in Europe and Canada

NVIDIA Raises GeForce NOW Prices in Europe and Canada

The cost of NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW game streaming service is rising, according to the most recent NVIDIA knowledge base FAQ. The price hike, which solely applies to Canada and Europe, is brought on by “increased operational costs in those areas,” according to NVIDIA. Depending on the GeForce NOW subscription level,...

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Release of AMD Software Adrenalin 23.10.1 WHQL

Release of AMD Software Adrenalin 23.10.1 WHQL

The most recent AMD Software Adrenalin drivers were made available by AMD today. The optimization for “Lords of the Fallen” and “Assassin’s Creed Mirage” is added in version 23.10.1 WHQL. Additionally, the drivers add Radeon AntiLag+ support for “Counter Strike 2.” One of the problems resolved with this update is...

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Western Digital Sparks Imagination for Content Creators and Professionals with New Drive Designed for Demanding Creative Workflows

Western Digital Sparks Imagination for Content Creators and Professionals with New Drive Designed for Demanding Creative Workflows

In today’s world demand for visual brilliance and digital content creation is skyrocketing, paving the way for more advanced technologies that support the production and consumption of rich content. For consumers, students, and professionals, fast, reliable tools are a must-have to keep their imaginations flowing. Building upon its award-winning SSD...

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BenQ Ranked No.1 Interactive Display Brand In UAE for Q1 2023

BenQ Ranked No.1 Interactive Display Brand In UAE for Q1 2023

Global leader in visual display solutions, BenQ, proudly announces its recognition as the number one Interactive Display Brand in both the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the first half of 2023. According to a recent report by Futuresource Consulting, market specialists in visual displays, BenQ...

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The most recent AMD AGESA suggests Ryzen 7000G “Phoenix” desktop APUs

The most recent AMD AGESA suggests Ryzen 7000G “Phoenix” desktop APUs

With the Ryzen 7000G series, AMD is getting ready to introduce its first APUs for the Socket AM5 desktop platform. The firm does not classify the ordinary Ryzen 7000 series “Raphael” processors as APUs, despite the fact that it has standardized integrated graphics with the Ryzen 7000 series. According to...

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