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ASUS launches Dual OC series under Radeon RX 7900 New ASUS cards with AMD GPU.  Over a year and a half has passed since AMD introduced its Radeon RX 7900 GPUs. Interestingly, while some companies are scaling back their Radeon GPU operations, others are seizing the opportunity. ASUS has recently released two additional Radeon GPUs that may not appear new at first glance, but they are indeed the latest offerings from ASUS. The new models surprise us with their look, featuring only two fan solutions. The design is actually borrowed from models like RX 6750 XT DUAL, but there was...Keep on reading: ASUS launches the very first Radeon RX 7900 XTX card with only two fans

One i500 features Intel and NVIDIA hardware Newegg lists Corsair One i500 system before launch.  The brand-new Corsair One system has been listed by a retailer, revealing the design and specs of the new system. Newegg has confirmed that the One i500, the new SFF design, will sport a Dark and Light Wood design and will cost $3,599.99. At this price, one gets beefy hardware based on the Core i9-14900K CPU and GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER. Additionally, the system comes with 2TB of PCIe storage and 32GB of DDR5 memory. The front has a corsair logo that will illuminate and...Keep on reading: Corsair One i500 PC leaked: new design, Core i9-14900K CPU, RTX 4080 SUPER GPU and $3600 price

The next-gen cabling PCIe connections PCIe Express through cables, just faster than OCuLink.  Although it may seem that OCuLink technology is gaining popularity, it is no longer developed, and the OCuLink Work Group ceased work in 2021. However, PCI-SIG did not unveil anything that would replace these cables, which were primarily designed for data centers but are now commonly used for consumer external GPUs and storage. Today, PCI-SIG has unveiled the specs for CopperLink, the next-generation cabling based on PCI Express. These cables will enable new connection types for modern storage, data centers, and AI systems, including external and internal...Keep on reading: PCI-SIG announces CopprLink cable specs for internal and external PCIe 5.0 and 6.0 connections

AMD is now 55 years old On May 1st, AMD marked the 55th anniversary since its founding by Jeremiah Sanders and other co-founders in 1969. For graphics card enthusiasts, the most important date in AMD's history is July 24, 2006, when the company acquired ATI in a $5.6 billion deal. It wasn't until August 2010 when AMD finally launched its first AMD Radeon GPU, marking the end of the ATI brand. Another significant date is March 2nd, 2017, the day the first AMD Ryzen CPU was released. At this point, we are just a month away from the introduction of...Keep on reading: AMD celebrates its 55th anniversary

AMD RDNA4 with completely revamped ray tracing acceleration The next-gen discrete graphics architecture gets promising updates for ray tracing.  Whatever AMD's plans for RDNA4 are, it appears to be an important update in various fields, one of which is ray tracing hardware acceleration. AMD has competitive Radeon RX 7000 GPUs on the market, but they struggle to compete with NVIDIA's ray tracing capabilities. It looks like this might or could have changed with the next-gen GPU architecture. According to Kepler_L2, known for various AMD-related leaks, the company has been working on a 'brand new' Ray Tracing hardware acceleration block. Unlike...Keep on reading: AMD RDNA4 ray tracing acceleration reportedly completely different from RDNA3

Intel Arrow Lake-S desktop lineup rumored to feature Core Ultra 9 285K, Core Ultra 7 265 and Core Ultra 5 255K SKUs Intel reshifting its naming for desktops.  Intel is gearing up to unveil its latest desktop CPU series, called Arrow Lake-S. These new processors will fall under the Core Ultra 200 series umbrella and will offer a range of tiers and variants, including K, F, and potentially T models in the future. Intel is expected to make a minor adjustment to its desktop CPU product naming. Renowned hardware leaker Raichu, known for accurate Intel leaks in the past, revealed...Keep on reading: Intel’s Core Ultra 200 desktop CPU lineup rumored to feature 285K, 265K, 245K unlocked SKUs

ChatRTX, the new demo of local LLM powered by NVIDIA GPUs NVIDIA has updated the tool now supporting more Large Language Models (LLMs). If you're wondering why NVIDIA is launching ChatRTX today when a similar tool has already been released, the confusion might arise from the fact that "Chart with RTX" was just a pre-launch tech demo, whereas ChatRTX is the new app, however still officially a demo. Unlike online tools such as ChatGPT, Google Bard, or Microsoft Copilot, the AI assistant powered by NVIDIA GeForce GPUs operates locally and doesn't require external internet calls. This aspect significantly impacts privacy...Keep on reading: NVIDIA updates ChatRTX: new models, voice recognition and media search

Zen5 APUs: Strix Point on track to launch this year, Strix Halo reportedly features 40, 32, 24 and 20 CU RDNA3.5 variants AMD is reaffirming that Zen5 Ryzen products will be introduced this year. CEO Dr. Lisa Su claims that the introduction of these next-gen Ryzen "Strix Point" mobile processors will mark a major step in the company's AI PC roadmap, representing a significant improvement in performance and energy efficiency. The Strix series will be positioned in the premium segment occupied by high-end gaming laptops and next-gen Mini-PCs. The AMD Ryzen 7000 and 8000 series have seen noticeable growth in...Keep on reading: AMD reaffirms Zen5-based “Strix Point” APUs on track for 2H 2024 launch

NVIDIA: Premium AI PC is powered by GPU, not NPU NVIDIA held a meeting with the press discussing AI in modern computers. This might be a glimpse of what Jensen is preparing for the pre-Computex keynote set for next month. The AI revolution, as many PC hardware companies like to see it, has begun with the increased popularity of AI chatbots and generative multimedia. However, for NVIDIA, that revolution began in 2018 with the introduction of AI-powered DLSS upscaling, which certainly needed some improvements at the time. In 2024, NVIDIA does not want anyone to forget that AI has always...Keep on reading: NVIDIA promotes the idea of “Premium AI PCs” powered by GeForce GPUs

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F launches May 14 at $299 The Hawk Point desktop APU without graphics.  Amazon has spilled the beans on AMD's latest release, the Ryzen 8000F series. For now, the retailer has only listed one processor, which is the 8-core Ryzen 7 8700F. The "F" designation means that the processor does not have integrated graphics enabled. For the Hawk Point APU, the built-in RDNA3 graphics are one of the key features. With plenty of options on the market featuring 8 cores, it's crucial for the product to have an appealing price point for potential customers. AMD has decided...Keep on reading: AMD Ryzen 7 8700F available for preorder at $299, launches May 14th