Tag: Hardware

AMD Fluid Motion Frames support for Ally now official ASUS has just announced their gaming handheld ROG Ally will be updated to support driver-level frame generation technology.  Gamers using Ryzen Z1 handhelds were frustrated upon learning about updates regarding AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) support for desktops and mobile graphics. Unlike regular graphics cards, gaming handhelds rely on their own graphics drivers provided by either ASUS or Lenovo (in the case of the Legion Go system). While it's possible to install custom drivers to enjoy the benefits of AMD driver support, it often leads to issues with the built-in software....Keep on reading: ASUS ROG Ally finally gets AMD Fluid Motion Frames support

Newegg now selling RX 7900 XTX at record low price The first time RX 7900 XTX has been available for less than $850.  We talked a lot about RX 7900 XT 20GB deals to the point where it became a weekly occurrence to see even lower prices. Not much has been happening with the XTX model, though. However, the new offer from Newegg may interest some gamers. The official Newegg store on eBay is now selling the RX 7900 XTX for $843.99, marking the lowest price yet for the 24GB Navi 31 XTX model. Previously, this card hasn't dipped below...Keep on reading: AMD flagship Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPU now available for $844

AMD preparing EPYC 4004 series Will use the AM5 package.  Consumer Raphael chips will soon be available in a new variant. The data-center-oriented EPYC series is said to receive a new variant called 4004. The series will join an extended lineup of EPYC Zen4 CPUs, which now span across 5 segments and feature anything from 8 to 128 cores. At this time, it is unclear if EPYC 4004 uses Zen4 or Zen4c cores. What is known, however, is that they use an AM5 socket, so the package should be more or less the same as existing consumer and business-oriented models....Keep on reading: AMD reportedly set to launch EPYC 4004 series for AM5 socket

AMD Strix Point engineering sample Over at Geekbench there is an entry featuring AMD yet unreleased processor. The APU, featuring an OPN (product) code of 100-000000994-14_N, is part of AMD's upcoming deployment of the Strix Point processor series. This information is confirmed by Family 26 and Model 32, as per the Geekbench listing. Essentially, we're looking at one of the first AMD Ryzen 9050 CPUs on Geekbench. As expected, the CPU offers 12 cores, all of which are Zen5, with four being of the Zen5 dense variant, according to leaks. However, this particular model doesn't seem to be a retail...Keep on reading: AMD Ryzen 9050 “Strix Point” APU with 12 cores spotted on Geekbench

Newer Intel XeSS has been added to two popular games Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora have been updated to support the latest XeSS. Support for this upscaling tech was already confirmed for Avatar in December, but the game has only been updated to support it now. Here, developers are not confirming which version specifically is supported. Avatar already supports NVIDIA DLSS 2 and AMD FSR3, making it one of the few games on the market that supports all major technologies. It would be even better if Ubisoft added DLSS3 support, though, especially now that Frame...Keep on reading: Intel XeSS has been added to “Horizon Forbidden West” and “Avatar Frontiers of Pandora”

It's Ryzen 9000, Gigabyte confirms The cat is out of the bag. We've got a hot scoop from Gigabyte this morning: the next-gen desktop Ryzen processor line is officially named Ryzen 9000. The ongoing speculation about whether AMD would adhere to its mobile naming convention and opt for "8000" for SKUs debuting in 2024 appears to be settled. The Ryzen 9000 series, codenamed "Granite Ridge," will be powered by the Zen5 architecture, presenting a direct upgrade path from the existing Zen4 "Raphael" processors. All current AMD AM5 motherboards will be compatible with these new processors, albeit requiring a BIOS update....Keep on reading: AMD “Ryzen 9000” Zen5 desktop CPUs now confirmed by Gigabyte

UE 5.4 now available Unreal Engine 5.4, announced several weeks ago, is now available to all game developers, bringing important changes and improvements. Once implemented, gamers should expect better image quality, fewer features, and higher performance. One of the most important updates comes to Unreal Engine's TSR (Temporal Super Resolution), which is an alternative to other competing technologies including NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR, and Intel XeSS. The TSR technology has one advantage over all of these technologies: it is cross-platform and built into Unreal Engine, with no requirement for developers to add any third-party plugins for it to work. The...Keep on reading: Unreal Engine 5.4 released: improved TSR, higher performance and faster hardware ray tracing

Snapdragon X Plus with 10 cores Qualcomm has held a press event where the new X Plus series was showcased.  Qualcomm is set to make the official announcement of its X Plus series tomorrow. The key detail is that the X Plus will come with 10 Oryon cores, a reduction from the 12 cores found in the X Elite series. Qualcomm has disclosed four Snapdragon X SKUs: X1E-84-100, X1E-80-100, X1E-78-100, and X1P-64-100. Here, the "1" denotes the generation, while "E" indicates a tier (Elite/Plus), and the numbers such as 84/78 represent the SKU. The last three digits are set to...Keep on reading: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus specifications and performance leak out

ASUS US updates ROG Ally warranty, offers reimbursement for damaged SD cards ASUS is extending the warranty for its gaming handheld issues related to SD Card failures.  Gamers looking for a premium alternative to the Steam Deck were drawn to the ASUS ROG Ally, a gaming handheld powered by the AMD Ryzen Z1 series. However, despite its appeal, the device wasn't flawless. One significant issue was the failure of the SD card slot, which posed a risk of damaging inserted cards. Launched in June last year, the Ally faced criticism after ASUS acknowledged that some units might encounter SD card-related...Keep on reading: ASUS ROG Ally now with extended warranty for SD card related issues

AMD Ryzen 8000F to see global retail launch AMD is reportedly launching its new Ryzen 8000 desktop CPUs on a global market soon, claims hardware leaker Hoang Anh Phu.  AMD launched its Ryzen 8000F series last month during a special Ryzen AI event in China. Thus far, these SKUs are being sold with prebuilt systems by many system integrators; however, these CPUs did not launch through the DIY market yet, even in Asia. As a reminder, the Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F are Hawk Point-based processors with Zen4 CPU architecture. More importantly, these CPUs lack support for integrated...Keep on reading: AMD Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F reportedly launching globally soon