AMD confirms sampling of Zen 5 EPYC Turin processors
Published in PC Hardware


Silicon looks great and is on track to launch later this year

During its Q1 2024 financial report, AMD confirmed the status of its future products, including the Zen 5 CPU architecture, namely EPYC Turing CPUs.

Asus might bring an updated ROG Ally console
Published in Gaming


Might show up at Computex

Asus is apparently already working on an updated Asus ROG Ally 2024 handheld console that could show up at the upcoming Computex show.

AMD RDNA 4 architecture could feature all new Ray Tracing engine
Published in Graphics


To offer much better performance

According to the latest rumor, AMD might implement a completely new Ray Tracing (RT) engine with its upcoming RDNA 4 architecture GPUs that are expected to debut with the Radeon RX 8000 graphics card series. The new RT engine could give a much higher performance compared to the current RDNA 3-based GPUs.

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F shows up on Amazon for pre-order
Published in PC Hardware


Launching on May 14 at $299.99

Amazon has briefly jumped the gun on AMD's Ryzen 7 8700F APU, which should launch alongside the Ryzen 5 8400F on May 14th, listing it for pre-order at $299.99.

Nvidia Geforce RTX 4070 with AD103 GPU spotted
Published in Graphics


Already on the market with the same specifications

There was already a rumor that Nvidia might use new variants of the GPU for its Geforce RTX 4070 and RTX 4060 graphics cards, and one such, the RTX 4070 based on the AD103-175 GPU, has been spotted in GPU-Z software.

MSI Claw gets big performance boost thanks to BIOS and driver update
Published in Gaming


Up to 150 percent boost

MSI had a rough time peddling the Intel-based Claw gaming handheld console mostly due to a high price and lackluster performance compared to similar AMD-based handheld consoles, but now it might get a chance with a recent 25 percent price cut and big performance BIOS and driver update, which boosted performance up to 150 percent.

Blizzard cancels BlizzCon 2024
Published in Gaming
Friday, 26 April 2024 09:05

Blizzard cancels BlizzCon 2024


Might return "in future years"

Blizzard has officially released a statement cancelling BlizzCon 2024, and while the company will be present at other physical and livestream events, it will not be holding its own event.

Qualcomm officially unveils Snapdragon X Plus SoC
Published in Mobiles


Coming alongside Snapdragon X Elite in mid-2024

As expected, Qualcomm shared a bit more details about its upcoming Snapdragon X Series platform and the Snapdragon X Plus SoC, a 10-core version based on Oryon CPU architecture. The Snapdragon X Plus is expected to come in OEM devices starting mid-2024, alongside Snapdragon X Elite-based devices.

MediaTek announces Dimensity 6300 SoC
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 22 April 2024 10:22

MediaTek announces Dimensity 6300 SoC


6nm update of the Dimensity 6100+

MediaTek has announced its newest Dimensity 6300 SoC that will be coming to mid-range smartphones this year. Built on a 6nm manufacturing at TSMC, the Dimensity 6300 SoC is an octa-core SoC with two Cortex-A76 cores and six Cortex-A55 cores, paired up with Mali-G57 MC2 GPU.

Galax rolls out low-profile RTX 4060 graphics card
Published in Graphics


Dual-slot, triple-fan cooler

Galax has unveiled a rather interesting low-profile graphics card based on AD107 GPU, the Galax RTX 4060 low-profile. Although currently only available in Japan, the new low-profile RTX 4060 could be coming to the rest of the world, as it might be quite popular in the SFF market.