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AMD’s latest “Equipped to Win” bundle will give new Ryzen CPU buyers a free copy of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Posted on: 08 Jul 2020
AMD recently revealed a new “equipped to win” game bundle, which will offer a free copy of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Valhalla game, with the select purchase of any Ryzen 3000X/XT series of AM4 processors.
AMD’s CEO Dr. Lisa Su reaffirms that Zen3 processors will launch later this year
Posted on: 08 Jul 2020
Zen 3 is coming later this year. This has just been confirmed by a new video address from AMD’s CEO, Lisa Su. In a video message posted on her Twitter timeline, AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su has confirmed that the company’s next-gen Zen 3 microarchitecture is coming out this year.
AMD officially announces the availability of its 7nm Ryzen 3000XT ‘Matisse Refresh’ CPU family
Posted on: 08 Jul 2020
AMD has officially announced the availability of its 7nm Ryzen 3000XT Matisse Refresh CPU family, the Ryzen 9 3900XT (3900X replacement), Ryzen 7 3800XT (3800X replacement) and lastly the Ryzen 5 3600XT (3600X replacement). AMD plans to refresh the 3000 lineup with these new SKUs. The XT models appear to be higher binned chip variants than the non-XT SKUs.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 GDDR6 GPU variants have different NVENC encoders
Posted on: 07 Jul 2020
Buying a GTX 1650 GPU these days is like having a Silicon Lottery. 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.
Horizon Zero Dawn’s PC release version gets a price hike globally, due to people misusing VPNs
Posted on: 07 Jul 2020
Guerilla Games’ Horizon Zero Dawn releases on the PC next month, bringing Sony’s PlayStation 4 title to gamers on this platform. The game is available to pre-order on Steam, and some gamers have just now noticed that the game’s pricing has changed in a lot of regions, and countries.
Microsoft releases urgent Windows update to patch two critical security vulnerabilities
Posted on: 06 Jul 2020
Microsoft recently released patches for two serious security vulnerabilities in the Windows 10 codecs library. These fixes are part of unscheduled updates and are mandatory. They address two security flaws with RCE (Remote Code Execution) capabilities. The flaws affect both the Windows 10 client and server versions.
Cyberpunk 2077’s wall-running parkour mechanics have been removed from final game due to design issues
Posted on: 04 Jul 2020
It appears that CDPR has cut the full wall-running feature in Cyberpunk 2077 due to design reasons. According to level designer Max Pears this was a design decision and the parkour feature just didn’t fit the overall gameplay and flow. Wall-running doesn’t always suit a first-person shooter’s gameplay, so CDPR nuked this specific parkour maneuver … Continue reading Cyberpunk 2077’s wall-running parkour mechanics have been removed from final game due to design issues
Intel’s unannounced Core i9-10850K desktop CPU has been spotted, cheaper 10-core unlocked chip than the i9-10900K
Posted on: 04 Jul 2020
It appears that Intel might have another Comet Lake-S desktop processor in the works, as spotted by TUM_APISAK. The core i9-10900K is currently the fastest flagship model in the Comet lake-S series and it has been in the market for quite some time, though with very poor availability or stock.
Silicon Lottery is currently selling a highly pre-binned 10-cores 5.1GHz (all-core clock) ‘Core i9-10900K’ CPU for $949
Posted on: 04 Jul 2020
Similar to the Core i7-10700K, silicon lottery is now selling three different pre-binned variants of the Core i9-10900K processor. Though, they seem to be out of stock right now, but if you are interested in buying any of these processors, then you can get notified by email when these pre-binned Intel Core i9 10900K boxed … Continue reading Silicon Lottery is currently selling a highly pre-binned 10-cores 5.1GHz (all-core clock) ‘Core i9-10900K’ CPU for $949
NVIDIA’s upcoming RTX 3000 series Ampere cards might be built on Samsung’s 8nm process node
Posted on: 03 Jul 2020
According to kopite7kimi, a source with a very high accurate record with rumors in the past, Nvidia’s upcoming Ampere RTX 3000 series cards will be manufactured on Samsung’s 8nm process, and not TSMC’s 7nm node as previously rumored. While this won’t have any performance implications this far down the line, it does mean that AMD … Continue reading NVIDIA’s upcoming RTX 3000 series Ampere cards might be built on Samsung’s 8nm process node