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Admiral Ackbar inspired GeForce RTX 4080 design GeForce RTX 4080 prize, Source: NVIDIA NVIDIA is offering a special GeForce Graphics card giveaway to celebrate Star Wars Day on May the 4th. The featured card is the RTX 4080 (not the SUPER!), decorated with custom paintwork by Blue Horse. It comes with a unique custom backplate featuring Admiral Ackbar and is valued at $1499. Participants also have the opportunity to win an Admiral Ackbar Funko Pop and a Comic Book "Return of the Jedi - The Rebellion" (2023). RTX 4080, Source: Dark Horse However, only one winner will be selected, making...Keep on reading: Not a trap: NVIDIA gives away custom GeForce RTX 4080 Star Wars edition

Brand-new Radeon RX 7900 XTX teased by XFX XFX reveals new teaser of the new Phoenix Nirvana GPU. XFX is about to launch its new graphics card called Phoenix Nirvana. This model is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX flagship RDNA3 GPU, and it will seemingly be released in China initially. This new model is clearly meant to be a high-end version, featuring a massive cooling design measuring 34 cm and nearly 4 slots. Thanks to the new teaser image that was posted ahead of the product launch, the card is now confirmed to have a triple-fan design....Keep on reading: XFX Radeon RX 7900 XTX “Phoenix Nirvana” teaser reveals three fan design

Acemagic unveils M2A starship Mini-PC The company has announced 'the world's first AAA Sci-Fi Games Mini-PC'. The M2A Starship is a high-end gaming Mini-PC with a very unusual design. Whether such a system qualifies as a Mini-PC is up for debate, as it's certainly not very portable with its two wings, reminiscent of a starship. These wings conceal two fans on each side, which complement the two fans already present in the main body of the device. According to the company, this setup means the system is cooled by four fans and 7 copper tubes. Such a robust cooling system...Keep on reading: Acemagic Starship Mini-PC to feature ‘dual wing’ design, four fans and discrete GPU

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU may boost up to 5.5 GHz clock, no Core Ultra 3 SKUs Rumors gain pace about next-gen Core Ultra CPU. The information is based on a series of posts by MebiuW and Golden Pig Upgrade, who have revealed confidential information about Intel and AMD products in the past. According to these posts, the next-gen desktop flagship CPU from the Arrow Lake-S series is said to boost up to 5.5 GHz, which is much lower than the current generation Core Ultra 200. Rumors from MebiuW,Source: Weibo The CPU in question is the Core Ultra 9...Keep on reading: Desktop Intel Core Ultra 200 without Ultra 3 SKUs, possible max clock for Core Ultra 9 285K emerges

ASUS ROG Ally clamshell design with second screen It's surprising that ASUS hasn't introduced such an accessory. Over the past decade, gaming on portable systems has seen significant development. With access to more powerful CPU and GPU architectures, companies like ASUS can now provide high-performance Windows-based systems specifically for gaming. Now with large high-resolution screens. Fans of Nintendo DS systems, which featured dual-screen setups, may be interested in modifying their ASUS ROG Ally console to include a secondary screen, as no official or third-party accessory currently offers this feature. One modder used a Wimaxit M728 screen, a 7-inch 1024x600 pixel...Keep on reading: Modder adds second screen to ASUS ROG Ally handheld

ASUS Computex 2024 plans leaked month ahead ASUS is set to introduce a plethora of new products at Computex, spanning across various product segments and purposes. We have a list of planned products that should appear at the Computex show floor. Starting with the lack of RTX 50 series. There were rumors that NVIDIA might showcase the new series, however, it appears that these rumors are completely unfounded. NVIDIA knows that Computex is an important consumer expo where hundreds of new products are announced. It seems like a bad idea to announce the RTX 50 series at such an event,...Keep on reading: Exclusive: ASUS Computex 2024 product launch list leaked: ROG Ally 2024, Thor 1600 III PSU, Mojlonir Portable UPS and no RTX 5090

It's a Miracle with RTX South Korean graphics card maker launches new model. Emtek's rolling out a downsized version of their RTX 4070 Miracle White X3 with a less beefy GPU under the hood. The RTX 4060 model, NVIDIA's budget-friendly pick in their Ada Lovelace lineup, has been introduced as the Miracle White Blue LED edition. As the name suggests, it has a shiny white design with cool blue LED vibes shining out from the fans. Under the hood, the RTX 4060 rocks an AD106 GPU packing 3072 CUDA cores, along with 8GB of GDDR6 memory. Even though it sports...Keep on reading: Emtek launches GeForce RTX 4060 Miracle GPU in white

Samsung Exynos (2026) SoC rumored without AMD graphics Samsung may have plans to start using their graphics architecture starting from 2026, claims Roland Quandt (WinFuture).  The high-end smartphone maker currently relies on two SoC architectures for its products. Some feature Exynos chips, which were designed by Samsung themselves, while the flagship devices like the S24 Ultra feature Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen3. Since 2022, Samsung has been using AMD graphics licenses for its SoC built-in graphics. According to the latest rumors, this agreement has an uncertain future once the current one expires. Roland Quandt claims that after 2026, Samsung will launch...Keep on reading: Samsung Exynos 2026 could opt for in-house GPU architecture over AMD’s

Proton 9.0-1 released Linux users may now download Proton 9. The first stable release of Proton 9, the Windows compatibility layer for Linux, has been released today. The new Proton enables support for various games and improves support for multi-core CPUs, which were not running well on the previous version. It's worth noting that Proton 9 comes with NVIDIA NVAPI enabled by default for all games. This is a Software Development Kit that targets NVIDIA GPUs. This should mean games using NVIDIA GPUs should expect better performance. Gamers with multi-core high-end processors should also expect higher performance. This is because...Keep on reading: Valve releases Proton 9.0-1: new games support, multi-core improvements, NVIDIA NVAPI enabled by default

Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 to support all major upscaling technologies The game will require at least 16GB of system memory and 70GB of fast storage to work. Those are minimum requirements for the game to run efficiently, while performance tiers will vary depending on the preferred resolution and available graphics power. Those with Intel's latest Arc A580 or slightly older GTX 1070, RX 5700 graphics cards should be able to run the game at the lowest settings with 1080p resolution. Here, upscaling technology will come in handy, such as FSR3 or XeSS 1.3, which are supported by more than just...Keep on reading: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II PC requirements are in: RX 6800 XT, RTX 3080 or Arc A770 GPUs recommended with DLSS 3, FSR3 and XeSS 1.3 support