Category: Computing Components
AMD reveals a full stack of shiny new Ryzen laptop processors, supercharged with AI
Hot on the heels of a catty attack from Intel, AMD has just announced the next lineup of Ryzen processors that we’ll be seeing in next year’s best laptops – a whopping nine new chips, all bearing the Ryzen 8040 name and equipped with AMD’s ‘XDNA’ AI technology. The new…
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AMD just made a huge move to give gaming laptops and Windows 11 handhelds better battery life
AMD has released a new graphics driver and it introduces a power-saving mode that could make a huge difference to the battery life of gaming laptops and handhelds. Adrenalin Edition 23.12.1 brings in official support for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, as well as a revamped interface, but the real highlight…
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Thinking of buying a new GPU? It might be a good idea to move fast as demand for graphics cards is spiking
Sales of graphics cards are showing signs of recovering from a prolonged slump, and desktop models in particular are shifting from the shelves a good deal faster. The fresh GPU sales data comes from analyst firm Jon Peddie Research (JPR), showing that for Q3 2023, the overall shipments of graphics…
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Nvidia hits major RTX GPU milestone with 500 games (and apps) now supporting DLSS or ray tracing
Nvidia is celebrating a major milestone with its RTX technology, announcing that 500 games and apps now incorporate RTX support in one form or another. Those are games and applications running ray tracing or DLSS (or both), making use of the dedicated cores on RTX graphics cards. As Nvidia reminds…
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Nvidia could be making a cut-down RTX 4090 GPU – but you won’t be able to buy it
Nvidia has a new version of its RTX 4090 graphics card in the works which will be considerably cut-down in some way, or so rumor has it – and the GPU is tied up with the situation in China. The purported RTX 4090 D – with the ‘D’ referring to…
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Intel Arrow Lake CPU leak reveals a hidden trick up its sleeve
We’ve been treated to another leak around Intel’s Arrow Lake processors – next-gen chips expected to arrive in around a year’s time – with details being spilled about the integrated graphics. Coelacanth Dream, a known leaker (hat tip to Tom’s Hardware), flagged up that Arrow Lake’s integrated graphics will be…
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