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Intel has confirmed that its next-gen 10nm ‘Alder Lake’ CPU lineup will launch in the second half of 2021
Posted on: 24 Jul 2020
In a recent 2020’s second-quarter earnings press release, Intel confirmed that the next-gen ‘Alder Lake-S’ CPU lineup is now set to launch in the second half of 2021. Intel has also confirmed that their 7nm products are being delayed for at least 1 year.
Almost 48 million U.S. gamers are spending roughly 15 hours a week gaming, due to COVID-19 pandemic
Posted on: 24 Jul 2020
It appears that more and more people are turning to gaming as an entertainment, and existing gamers on the top are spending more time in their favorite gaming titles, according to NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella. There has been a general trend towards more significant gaming engagement overall in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown.
MSI has confirmed ‘Rocket Lake-S’ support on their H410 chipset motherboard series
Posted on: 23 Jul 2020
Rocket Lake (RKL) is Intel’s new micro-architecture that will be a direct successor to the Comet Lake-S series of desktop CPUs and high-performance mobile devices. These were expected to hit the market by the end of this year, but the roadmap from Intel paints a different picture.
Kassandra was originally supposed to be the only playable character in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Posted on: 22 Jul 2020
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey was supposed to be exclusively led by the female protagonist Kassandra, but Ubisoft’s Chief Creative Officer ‘Serge Hascoet’ forced Alexios to be the main character in the game, along with Kassandra. According to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, both Assassin’s Creed Origins and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey were supposed to be two totally different titles, having strong female … Continue reading Kassandra was originally supposed to be the only playable character in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
First official and ‘third-party’ gaming benchmarks of AMD’s Ryzen 4000G series of desktop CPUs have surfaced
Posted on: 22 Jul 2020
AMD has officially announced its ‘Renoir’ Ryzen (PRO) 4000G series of desktop CPUs for OEMs. Featuring the 7nm Zen 2 CPU & enhanced Vega GPU architecture, the new AMD Ryzen 4000G-series of desktop processors deliver impressive generational leap in performance and amazing power efficiency for consumers, gamers, streamers and creators.
Intel confirms next-gen ‘Alder Lake-S’ CPUs will use a Hybrid Core/Atom processor architecture
Posted on: 21 Jul 2020
In a recent Linux patch, INTEL has added support for the future next-gen Alder Lake-S series of desktop processors, which are going to succeed the Rocket Lake CPU lineup. This appears to be the first official confirmation from Intel.
GOG GALAXY 2.0 gaming client now has official support and integration for Epic Games Store
Posted on: 21 Jul 2020
GOG Galaxy 2.0 is a Steam-like service from CD Projekt, and the company today announced on Twitter that the GOG Galaxy 2.0 gaming client is getting official Epic Games Store/EGS integration. The GOG Galaxy 2.0 client allows you to manage all of your games in one place, regardless of where they were purchased, allowing you to browse, … Continue reading GOG GALAXY 2.0 gaming client now has official support and integration for Epic Games Store
Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6 GPU gets another new variant, the TU116-150 silicon
Posted on: 20 Jul 2020
Buying a GTX 1650 GPU these days can get confusing. Currently there are 4 variants of this graphics chip from Nvidia. If you don’t look closely at the manufacturer’s specifications, then you may end up buying a wrong SKU.
CookiePLMonster has patched the ‘black blob’ artifacting issue in Mass Effect on AMD Ryzen CPUs
Posted on: 20 Jul 2020
After 9 years game developer Adrian who also goes by the name Silent or CookiePLMonster, has finally fixed the strange ‘black blob’ artifacting/glitch issue in Mass Effect, that only impacted AMD FX and Ryzen processor systems.
Windows 10 OS Process Scheduler can make good use of the ‘hybrid architecture’ of Intel’s Lakefield processors
Posted on: 19 Jul 2020
Intel’s Lakefield processors have been in the market for quite some time. These are industry’s first products with Intel’s Foveros 3D stacking and a hybrid computing architecture. Leveraging Intel’s 10nm process technology and Tremont cores, Lakefield achieves a dramatic reduction in package area over previous generations of technology, offering OEMs more flexibility for thin-and-light form factor … Continue reading Windows 10 OS Process Scheduler can make good use of the ‘hybrid architecture’ of Intel’s Lakefield processors