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Leaked Pictures Claim to Show Liquid-Cooled AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTX Graphics Card

Home News (Image credit: AMD) Two newly leaked images suggest that AMD considered building an extreme flagship for its Big Navi family featuring a liquid cooling system and called Radeon RX 6900 XTX. The Navi 21 GPUs already rank near the top of the best graphics cards, and also place high on our GPU benchmarks… Read more

Intel’s Q1 2021: PCs Up, Data Center Revenue and Profit Plummets

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel’s new CEO Pat Gelsinger helmed his first full earnings call for the company yesterday, echoing other industry leaders in saying that the ongoing industry-wide chip shortages could last several more years. Intel also reported that it set a quarterly record for the most notebook PC chips sold in its… Read more

Xbox Series S

Our Verdict The Xbox Series S isn’t perfect and won’t be for everyone, but it delivers a near next-gen gaming experience for a reasonable price For Attractively priced Solid AV and gaming performance Responsive controls Against Over-complicated AV set-up Doesn’t support native 4K gaming Small hard drive The Xbox Series S is a tough console… Read more

Sapphire Unleashes Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition: Up to 2.73 GHz GPU Out-of-Box

Home News (Image credit: Sapphire) Being one of AMD’s closest partners, Sapphire has historically offered the fastest factory-overclocked Radeon graphics cards with exotic cooling systems. AMD’s ‘quiet’ launch of the ‘unlocked’ Navi 21 XTXH GPU opened doors to makers of graphics cards to release ultimate versions of their Radeon RX 6900 XT products with high… Read more

AMD’s Ryzen 5000 Performance Guide: Optimization For Software Developers

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD has released its new Ryzen CPU Performance Guide for software developers that provides a set of tips and tools how to properly optimize programs for AMD’s processors. While the new version of the guide is tailored primarily for the latest Zen 3 microarchitecture as well as Ryzen 5000-series CPUs, this new… Read more

AMD X570S Motherboard Pops Up With a Ryzen 7 5700G CPU

Home News Gigabyte X570 Aorus Pro WiFi (Image credit: Gigabyte) Hardware detective Tum_Apisak has uncovered a CPU-Z validation that exposes Gigabyte’s X570S Aorus Pro AX motherboard, lending credence to the rumor that AMD is preparing a chipset refresh. Gigabyte has already registered various X570S motherboards with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). It’s never a sure-thing… Read more

AMD’s Latest Drivers Now Support Radeon RX 6600M for Laptops

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD yet has to reveal its new breed of graphics processors for notebooks that will use the company’s latest RDNA2 architecture, but the launch may be just around the corner. The company’s latest Adrenalin driver version 21.4.1 already supports the as-yet unannounced Radeon RX 6600M GPU. AMD has already introduced its enthusiast-grade… Read more

Radeon RX 6900 XT Overclocked to 3.2 GHz, a New World Record

Home News (Image credit: der8auer) Der8auer, a star overclocker from Germany, has managed to set a new GPU frequency record with PowerColor’s custom-designed AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card. With the help of liquid nitrogen cooling, the specialist managed to boost the clock rate of 6900 XT, which made our list of best graphics cards thanks… Read more

AMD Enables FidelityFX For Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S Consoles

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD this week made select capabilities of its FidelityFX package available to Microsoft Xbox Series X|S developers. For Xbox Series X|S, AMD makes available FidelityFX Contrast Adaptive Sharpening (CAS), Variable Shading, and ray-traced shadow Denoiser technologies, which are already supported by numerous PC games. AMD’s FidelityFX is a collection of technologies that can greatly enhance visual quality of games… Read more

Ryzen 5000 Mobile RAM Guide: The Best RAM For AMD Ryzen Laptops

Home News AMD Ryzen 5000 Mobile Memory Scaling (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Today we’ll dive in deep on the best memory settings for your Ryzen mobile laptop. Sequels don’t always live up to the originals, and that’s true even in the processor world. In AMD’s case, however, it’s the complete opposite. The Zen microarchitecture has… Read more

Asus ZenBook 13 (AMD) Review: Ryzen Slays the Tiger

Our Verdict The Asus ZenBook 13 UM325SA packs some of the best value we’ve seen in an ultraportable yet, outperforming much more expensive Intel options thanks to new Ryzen 5000U chips. For + Strong and cheap + OLED display + Surprisingly good audio Against – Need a dongle for a headphone jack – Touch-based numpad… Read more

AMD’s 4700S May Be CPU That Gave Life to the Xbox Series X

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Twitter user InstLatX64 has discovered a mysterious AMD 4700S processor that’s evidently part of an AMD 4700S Desktop Kit. It’s plausible that the developer kit is the same one that Microsoft was utilizing to develop one of its Xbox consoles. Although not officially a member of the Ryzen family, we… Read more

New iMac 24-inch (2021, Apple M1) vs iMac 27-inch (2020. Intel): Which is the best iMac for you?

(Pocket-lint) – Apple has revealed its new iMac – available in a single 24-inch size, it brings Apple’s own M1 processors to the iMac lineup as well as a new, thin-bezel design and seven colour finishes. Here we’re pitching it alongside the 2020 27-inch model featuring Intel processors. We’re expecting this version to be replaced… Read more

Predator Apollo RGB DDR4-4500 C19 2x8GB Review: A Worthy Newcomer

Our Verdict There’s no doubt that the Predator Apollo RGB DDR4-4500 is a speedy memory kit. Unfortunately, the hefty price tag will probably scare off potential buyers. For + Good XMP performance + Samsung B-die ICs + RGB lighting doesn’t require proprietary software Against – Excessively tall – Far too expensive It’s hard not to… Read more

F1 2021 System Requirements: Ray Tracing Hits the Track

Home News (Image credit: Codemasters) EA and Codemasters revealed the F1 2021 system requirements for the upcoming PC launch on Steam. The long-running annual series looks set to add a few extra twists and turns this round, with enhanced ray tracing visuals. That means you’ll likely benefit even more from having one of the best… Read more