Tag: Computing Components

Panic over: AMD confirms that its Zen 5 Ryzen CPUs will launch as planned later this year

There’s been plenty of whispers about AMD’s Zen 5 architecture, including possible release delays. However, a new report asserts that the upcoming Ryzen processor will be released on schedule. According to AMD’s latest earnings call for Q4 2024, a representative confirmed that “Zen 5 is on track for the consumer…

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Gamers rejoice: AMD may be cooking up a GPU with RTX 4080 performance at half the price

According to a new report, AMD may be working on a graphics card that offers the same performance as the Nvidia RTX 4080 but at only half the price. This isn’t the first time these rumors cropped up either, with a report back in 2023 about the manufacturer focusing on…

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Is Nvidia’s RTX Remix necessary, or are we polishing rough gaming diamonds back into coal?

Nvidia’s RTX Remix, a resource platform that allows the modding community access to tools for remastering old titles with ease, has entered open beta and now we’re finally seeing the results. Unfortunately, those results look pretty mixed right now. There’s been a recent demo showing the 23-year-old game Max Payne…

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Nvidia RTX 4070 GPU falls in price, but it looks like AMD is fighting back hard as RX 7800 XT has dropped to $480

AMD’s RX 7800 XT appears to be getting price cuts to make the graphics card more competitive compared to rival Nvidia GPUs, or at least there are hints of this in the US. Remembering that the official MSRP of the 7800 XT is $499.99 (though custom third-party models can be…

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Intel’s troubles won’t stop Arrow Lake from coming to your desktop, CEO insists

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has been adamant about the manufacturer’s upcoming Arrow Lake processors release window set for 2024, despite its revenue troubles during Q1 2024. The tech giant’s financial results for Q1 2024 were released and with it, we found out that Intel share prices have plummeted by 12%,…

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Leaked AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G APU benchmarks are substantially faster than Ryzen 7 5700G

Both the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G APU Geekbench benchmark results have been leaked, showcasing single and multithread performance.  The AMD Ryzen 7 8700G tested is the highest Hawk Point APU with eight cores, 16 threads, 16 MB of L3 and eight MB of L2 cache. It…

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