Posts by Metal Messiah:

AMD’s Radeon RX 6700 XT mid-range GPU to feature 12GB GDDR6 VRAM

Posted on: 31 Jan 2021

During the CES 2021 keynote, AMD’s CEO Dr.Lisa Su confirmed that mainstream Radeon RX 6000 cards will be arriving in the first half of 2021. And according to a recent report published by Cowcotland, AMD is expected to launch its Radeon RX 6700 series by the end of March 2021.

AMD files a new patent for a chiplet-based Machine Learning Accelerator design

Posted on: 30 Jan 2021

It appears that AMD has recently filed and published a new patent titled “Chiplet-integrated Machine Learning Accelerators”, in which techniques for performing machine learning operations are outlined. AMD describes what the company calls a new MLA (Machine Learning Accelerator) chiplet design.

Here are some alleged specs and benchmarks of Nvidia’s rumored RTX 3080/Ti 20GB “Ampere” GPU

Posted on: 29 Jan 2021

It appears that some gaming performance benchmark numbers and alleged specs of NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3080/RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB graphics card have leaked out. One Chinese content creator “Big hardware player” got access to an engineering sample of the GeForce RTX 3080 20GB GPU, and has posted his findings over at Bilibili, coming via … Continue reading Here are some alleged specs and benchmarks of Nvidia’s rumored RTX 3080/Ti 20GB “Ampere” GPU →

Some AMD RDNA2-based GPUs come with a power management feature, called ‘Duty Cycle Scaling/DCS’

Posted on: 29 Jan 2021

According to a recent report coming via Phoronix, AMD’s RDNA2 GPUs have a power management feature dubbed as Duty Cycle Scaling (DCS), as discovered in a recent Linux patch. This feature aims to either temporarily boost performance or reduce the power consumption based on some GPU parameters.

Intel’s flagship “Rocket Lake” Core i9-11900KF CPU can reach up to 98C at stock settings

Posted on: 29 Jan 2021

At the recent CES 2021 event, Intel officially announced its 11th Gen Core Rocket Lake-S CPU series during the press briefing. Official announcement slides were leaked as well, which showed almost 14% IPC boost with this new CPU lineup.

AMD CEO expects PC chip shortages to last until the second half of 2021

Posted on: 28 Jan 2021

AMD recently held its Q4 2020 earnings call in which AMD’s president and CEO Lisa Su discussed PC chip, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S shortages when investors asked about the magnitude of supply constraints due to growth and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scalpers have made $5.88 million by selling AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs off Ebay

Posted on: 27 Jan 2021

We all know by now that Scalping has become one of the most frustrating things to happen lately, which in turn has affected and disrupted the whole PC hardware and the console gaming market as well. Scalpers had the opportunity to buy a product for the sole purpose of just making a profit off of … Continue reading Scalpers have made $5.88 million by selling AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs off Ebay →

Intel releases its first Iris Xe DG1 discrete GPU for desktop PCs, partners with OEMs [UPDATE]

Posted on: 27 Jan 2021

Intel today announced in a press release that the company is releasing its first Iris Xe discrete graphics cards for desktops, code-named as “DG1”. Intel has partnered with ASUS, Colorful and other major OEMs and system builders to bring this discrete GPU to pre-built systems.

AMD Ryzen Notebook modified to run a desktop RTX 3090 GPU via NVMe M.2 slot

Posted on: 26 Jan 2021

Ever wondered if you can get desktop-level gaming performance from a laptop? Laptop gaming notebooks have gained popularity in recent years as more gamers prefer to play games at their own convenience and place. However, laptop integrated gaming GPUs usually have been limited and constrained by power and thermal limits, as the Mobile variant has … Continue reading AMD Ryzen Notebook modified to run a desktop RTX 3090 GPU via NVMe M.2 slot →

Nvidia plans to extend its GeForce Now service to Australia, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia later this year

Posted on: 25 Jan 2021

As you may already know, GeForce NOW is NVIDIA’s cloud-based game streaming service, delivering real-time gameplay straight from the cloud to your laptop, desktop, Mac, SHIELD TV, or Android device. You can connect to your store accounts and stream your own library of games, or play your favorite free-to-play games. With cloud saves for supported … Continue reading Nvidia plans to extend its GeForce Now service to Australia, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia later this year →