Tag: 3D

Minisforum launches first Mini-PC with Intel CPU, AMD version planned as well The company has entered a highly competitive market.  Today, Colorful is introducing the CMNH01-12450, based on the 12th Gen Core CPU series known as Alder Lake-H45, which may now be considered a bit dated. With this move, the company has entered a highly competitive market where many brands offer systems with Intel and AMD CPUs, often at attractive prices. It's worth noting that Colorful has not announced pricing for this system yet. The Mini-PC features the Core i7-12450H, an 8-core processor with 8 P-Cores and 4 Efficient Cores....Keep on reading: Colorful enters Mini-PC market, Core Ultra 5 125H and Ryzen 7 8845H systems in the works

Gigabyte promises "Superior Stability" with its Intel Baseline motherboard profile for Core i9 CPUs Similarly to ASUS, Gigabyte has released the Intel Baseline Profile setting within its BIOS for 13th and 14th Gen Core CPUs, all in an effort to offer more stability to these CPUs. As we reported, various motherboard makers were offering generous power settings within their BIOS, typically diverging from Intel's recommendations, and typically this was done automatically. As a result, many users on Intel 13th and 14th Gen Core CPUs, especially those using the 13900K and 14900K models, were experiencing stability issues, crashes, and out-of-video-memory messages...Keep on reading: Gigabyte Z790 “Intel Baseline” profile puts Core i9-13900KF (QS) CPU into Core i7 tier

New Game Support Manor Lords Expanded HYPR-Tune Support Nightingale SKULL AND BONES™ Expanded Vulkan Extensions Support VK_KHR_shader_maximal_reconvergence VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering_local_readKeep on reading: (Driver) AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 24.4.1

AMD Strix Point and Halo specs have been leaked According to HKEPC, a 144-page document featuring specifications of AMD Ryzen CPUs based on Strix Point and Strix Halo series has been leaked. The document confirms the specs of both products, neither of which has been released yet. AMD is yet to unveil the full specs of its next-gen APU series based on Zen5 architecture, so this leak certainly tells us a lot more. Starting with Strix Point (listed as STX), we have 12 Zen5 cores and 24 threads. The L2 cache is mentioned as 12MB total and L3 cache size...Keep on reading: AMD Ryzen 9050 “Strix Halo” specs leaked: 16 Zen5 cores and 40 RDNA3.5 CUs, LP5x-8000 memory and 32MB MALL cache

ThinkBook TGX features OCulink with full 64 Gbps bandwidth An alternative to slow Thunderbolt eGPUs.  This product was announced at CES, but it wasn't seen in action until now. The ThinkBook TGX is a GPU enclosure that uses a custom connection based on PCIe Gen4 specs. The connector is very much like OCulink, and unofficially, it is, in fact, OCulink. Officially, it is advertised as TGX and should work with Lenovo ThinkBook 14/16 laptops featuring Core Ultra CPUs. Modern GPU enclosures are commonly equipped with Thunderbolt 3 or 4 connections. Both technically offer the same bandwidth, which in this case...Keep on reading: Lenovo ThinkBook TGX GPU enclosure released in China at $200, features OCulink 64 Gbps connector

Affordable DisplayPort 2.0 monitor enables 4K 165Hz gaming, now available in China The world's first of this type.  4K 165Hz monitor with DP2.0 and HDMI 2.1, Source: SDC Recently in China, a company called SDC (Super Display Co) released a 1080p, 500 Hz gaming monitor. Priced at 2499 RMB (around $345), it has already received positive reviews. Additionally, SDC introduced another monitor, the SDC 27X1U, a 27-inch 4K 165Hz model. This monitor comes with several unique features for its price segment ($400-500), including support for DisplayPort 2.0. As previously mentioned, there has been a lack of gaming monitors with DP...Keep on reading: SDC launches 4K 165Hz Nano-IPS monitor with DisplayPort 2.0 at $415

Gaming Highlights: Intel® Game On Driver support on Intel® Arc™ A-series Graphics GPUs and Intel® Core™ Ultra with built-in Intel® Arc™ GPUs for: Manor LordsKeep on reading: (Driver) INTEL Arc Graphics 31.0.101.5445

NVIDIA has plans for a keynote before Computex Jensen Huang to keynote on June 2nd. The schedule for Computex keynotes is really tight. Several important keynotes have already been announced, including those from AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm, all of which are expected to deliver major updates to their product lineups. As it turns out, NVIDIA also has plans for a keynote, just before Computex begins. On June 2nd, three days before Computex officially kicks off, Huang will keynote at NTU Sports Center in Taiwan. Judging from the short announcements, it's all about AI and its impact on the industry, so...Keep on reading: NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang to deliver keynote on June 2nd, right before Computex

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