Tag: Computing Components
SSD pricing set to ‘skyrocket’ for 2TB or bigger models, so buy now or you could regret it
SSDs going up in price has been a strong thread via the rumor mill for some time now, and we now have another suggestion that price tags could shoot up for higher capacity consumer drives. Tom’s Hardware reports that according to an industry source, 3D NAND packages that consist of…
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New Intel rumor suggests powerful Battlemage GPU could be ditched – which should please AMD and Nvidia
Battlemage GPUs may not have anything to offer beyond the lower-end of the market, with the rumored mid-range graphics card for the 2nd-generation of Intel’s Arc series supposedly in danger of being canceled, according to fresh word from the grapevine. This comes courtesy of the latest video from RedGamingTech (RGT),…
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AMD’s next-gen Zen 5 CPUs could already be in production – so get ready for a launch in around six months
AMD’s next-gen Zen 5 processors are already in mass production, or so we’re told by the rumor mill. This nugget of information was revealed by a well-known leaker on X (formerly Twitter), Kepler, after they were asked a question about whether these ‘Granite Ridge’ desktop chips were already in production.…
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Early pricing of RTX 4070 Super and other Nvidia GPU refreshes fills us with hope – our only worry is stock levels
Nvidia’s RTX 4070 Super graphics cards – and other incoming Super refreshes – have already been spotted priced up at US retailers ahead of their imminent launch. The RTX 4070 Super represents the majority of the products now listed at retailers such as Newegg and Best Buy in the US,…
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You’ll be paying much more for SSD cards this year – here’s why
Thanks to skyrocketing TLC NAND costs (up 120% in two years), you can expect the price of SSD and HDD cards to increase dramatically as well, which means pain at the register when buying new technology. TLC (Triple-level cell) is a type of NAND flash memory for SSD and HDDs…
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Nvidia RTX 5090 launch might hinge on AMD’s RDNA 4 success
Gamers and creators waiting to see Nvidia‘s next-gen RTX 5090 in 2024 should keep a close eye on what AMD does next year, since Nvidia may be timing the RTX 5090 launch based on what AMD does with its own next-gen GPUs. In a recent video, tech channel Moore’s Law…
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