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Arrow Lake is reportedly far more power-efficient than Intel’s previous CPUs
12-Aug-2024, 11:00 am
manhkbrady
Hardware News
Intel announces that the Raptor Lake microcode update will not impact overclocking or performance, and provides new updates on Arrow Lake and Battlemage.
Intel announced at a press event in China that Arrow Lake CPUs will not only offer significantly higher performance compared to Raptor Lake but will also use "at least" 100 watts less power than the current models. This is promising for consumers, as Raptor Lake's increased power demands and voltage imbalances have been pinpointed as the main reasons for the stability problems affecting many 13th- and 14th-gen Core CPUs.
Intel is placing a strong emphasis on efficiency with Arrow...
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AMD has announced the prices of their latest Ryzen 9000 CPUs
08-Aug-2024, 2:00 pm
manhkbrady
Hardware News
AMD has officially announced the prices for its Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" CPU series, which are slightly lower than the Ryzen 7000 "Zen 4" series in each segment.
AMD has finally announced the launch prices for its new Ryzen 9000 series PC CPUs, and their prices are slightly lower than the launch prices of the Ryzen 7000 series. The flagship Ryzen 9 9950X with 16 cores will be priced at $649, which is $50 less than the Ryzen 9 7950X, which launched at $699 nearly two years ago. The other products in the lineup are priced $20 to $50 lower than their equivalent Ryzen 7000 CPUs.
After a delay...
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Intel confirms that there will be no recall for their 13th and 14th-gen CPU despite instability issue
29-Jul-2024, 9:00 am
manhkbrady
Hardware News
Intel has stated that there is no fix and no recall for its problematic 13th Gen and 14th Gen Core CPUs, with any damage to the processors being permanent.
Intel has started to open up about the ongoing instability issues with their 13th/14th generation Raptor Lake CPUs. This week, the company confirmed that a “microcode patch” is coming to prevent the issue. However, it is now clear that already unstable Intel 13th/14th generation CPUs are permanently damaged. Intel has made it clear that they have no plans to recall the affected CPUs.
Intel also confirmed that high voltages aren't the only reason its 13th Gen and 14th Gen Core CPUs are...
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AMD delays Ryzen 9000 launch to August due to quality concerns
25-Jul-2024, 10:14 pm
manhkbrady
Hardware News
AMD says it's delaying retail availability for its Zen 5 chips, including the Ryzen 9 9950X and 9900X, as well as the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X.
AMD has announced that its next-gen Ryzen 9000 series CPUs have been delayed until August. The news comes just days before the expected release to consumers, amid reports that reviewers had yet to receive their processors.
In a statement posted by AMD, the company said that initial units “did not meet our full quality expectations” during final checks. This led to the decision to delay the release until next month. Specifically, AMD’s 6-core Ryzen 5 9600X and 8-core Ryzen 7 9700X...
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Leaked benchmark reveals a 13% performance boost for the Ryzen 9 9900X CPU compared to its predecessor
08-Jul-2024, 1:00 pm
manhkbrady
Hardware News
Leaked benchmarks reveal significant efficiency improvements for AMD’s Ryzen 9000 series CPUs.
AMD is set to launch their Ryzen 9000 series processors later this month, with Wccftech frequently leaking information about it. The media seems to have obtained some confidential and preliminary testing data from board partners optimizing their platforms for the new desktop series. The site has disclosed AMD’s plans for the X3D series, which are currently particularly attractive to gamers. However, with the non-X3D series debuting later this month, the focus has shifted to comparing Zen 5 to Zen 4.
According...
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FSR and DLSS together? A dream finally come true thanks to Ghost of Tsushima
23-May-2024, 12:59 pm
manhkbrady
Hardware News
Rejoice RTX 20/30 series owners! Ghost of Tsushima allows DLSS Super Resolution and FSR Frame Generation to be used together!
AMD's frame generation and Nvidia's DLSS together at last
Nvidia's DLSS upscaling. AMD's frame generation technology. On the same GPU at the same time. Really? It's cats and dogs living together! Or just the first game to enable that combo, namely Ghost of Tsushima, originally a Playstation 4 title and released just a few days ago on PC.
Despite much of Playstation's success coming from its fantastic selection of exclusive titles, Sony appears to have softened its stance on exclusivity a little...
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