AMD rumored to use 'slow' 18Gbps GDDR6 in RDNA 4 — leaker says Team Red's next generation GPUs won't use GDDR7 (www.tomshardware.com)
Rare GeForce GTX 2070 engineering sample has surfaced — the unreleased GPU has 128 fewer CUDA cores than the RTX 2070 (www.tomshardware.com)
Intel completes assembly of first commercial High-NA EUV chipmaking tool — addresses cost concerns, preps for 1.4nm process development in 2025 (www.tomshardware.com)
RTX 4090s continue to melt — GPU repair facility claims it works on 200 flagship Nvidia cards per month (www.tomshardware.com)
RTX 4090s continue to melt — GPU repair facility claims it works on 200 flagship Nvidia cards per month (www.tomshardware.com)
Intel reportedly plans to launch Arc 'Battlemage' GPUs before the holidays — Second-gen Arc prepares for takeoff this fall (www.tomshardware.com)
Developer hacks Denuvo DRM after six months of detective work and 2,000 hooks, allows running Hogwarts Legacy on other PCs (www.tomshardware.com)
Putin orders development of homegrown Steam Deck-like gaming machines — 100% self-sufficiency goal apparently applies to gaming, too (www.tomshardware.com)
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Leak reveals Microsoft's next Xbox with familiar design in white — alleged 'Brooklin' revamp is dead (www.tomshardware.com)
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Horizon Forbidden West PC port analysis: Another game that can exceed 8GB VRAM use (www.tomshardware.com)
China wants to rid itself of Western tech by 2027 -- outlines domestic alternatives in 'Document 79' (www.tomshardware.com)
The WSJ reports that China is on an extensive push to drive out Western tech companies from the country and replace them with domestic alternatives. China reportedly started its domestic expansion in 2022 with a highly secretive “Document 79,” an initiative focused on deleting Western tech companies from the country. Since...
HDMI forum rejects AMD's open source 4K@120Hz and 5K@240Hz HDMI driver (www.tomshardware.com)
Damn now I have to boycott an entire video connector.
Former AMD GPU head accuses Nvidia of being a 'GPU cartel' in response to reports of retaliatory shipment delays (www.tomshardware.com)
Raspberry Pi is now manufacturing 70,000 Pi 5s per week, will surge to 90,000 in February (www.tomshardware.com)
MSI's AI-powered gaming monitor helps you cheat at 'League of Legends,' looks great doing it (www.tomshardware.com)
Researchers train AI chatbots to 'jailbreak' rival chatbots - and automate the process (www.tomshardware.com)
Intel may have finally caught up to AMD in iGPU performance — Meteor Lake's Arc iGPU edges out AMD Phoenix's RDNA 3 iGPU in gaming and synthetic benchmarks (www.tomshardware.com)
Leaker says Sony expects PS5 Pro specs to surface this month, as dev kits make their way to game studios (www.tomshardware.com)
Redditor finds heavy block of iron shavings inside cheap PSU, also appears to lack safety protections (www.tomshardware.com)
That's one way to bypass quality control.
Each Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortages (www.tomshardware.com)
Cyberpunk 2077 gets triple the framerate using an unholy combination of Nvidia and AMD tech — Nvidia DLSS Frame Generation plus AMD Fluid Motion Frames delivers impressive benchmark results... (www.tomshardware.com)
Uncovered EA patent would use AI to replace professional voice actors with (fake) you (www.tomshardware.com)
Sidestepping GPU ban, Chinese factories dismantle and transform Nvidia RTX 4090 gaming cards into AI accelerators (www.tomshardware.com)
Thousands of GeForce RTX 4090 transformed into AI accelerators.
Steam's regional price hikes of up to 4298% could spur exodus from Argentina and Turkey gamers (www.tomshardware.com)
Intel's New GPU Drivers Boost Performance Up To 750% in DX11, 53% in DX12 (www.tomshardware.com)
For context: DirectX support in Intel’s ARC GPUs were really lacking due to running on a transition layer, it was one of the sore spots of their new graphics card. This update looks like it will help massively.
