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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ti Founders Edition Graphics Card Cooler Allegedly Leaks Out: Massive Heatsink, Bigger Baseplate For Both GPU/Memory Coverage Recently, there have been reports that NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 40 series graphics card could launch as early as mid of July. This would suggest that we are just 2-3 months away from the first unveil of the next-gen lineup based on the Ada Lovelace graphics architecture. Poised to be both powerful & power-hungry, the GeForce RTX 40 series lineup is going to require some beefy cooling and it looks like NVIDIA is giving a major uplift to its existing Founders Edition design to meet the 450-600 Watt spec....

AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, To Host ‘High-Performance Computing’ Keynote on 23rd May, Featuring Next-Gen Desktop & Mobile PC Innovations The announcement comes as no surprise since AMD already confirmed their Computex 2022 event for the 23rd of May. Once again, AMD is expected to push the boundaries with brand new and next generation products that were previously unheard of. We wanted to take some time and talk about what we can expect from AMD’s premiere Computex 2022 keynote....

AMD Ryzen 7000 Confirmed To Have DDR5-6000 Memory Sweet Spot, Best Results Come From Leaving Fabric Clock on Auto In our coverage of the AMD EXPO technology, we stated how AMD’s Ryzen 7000 CPUs will support native DDR5 memory speeds of 5200 Mbps and up to 6400 Mbps overclocking speeds. We also had previously reported that DDR5-6000 will be the sweet spot for AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs based on the Zen 4 core architecture using the EXPO technology....

AMD EPYC 9000 “Genoa” CPUs With 96 & 32 Zen 4 Cores Spotted In Geekbench Benchmark, Show Impressive Single-Threaded Performance The AMD EPYC 9000 “Genoa” CPUs that were spotted include the 96 Core “100-000000997-01” and the 32 Core “100-000000897-03”. Both CPUs are engineering samples that were tested on a socket SP5 platform in a 2-Way configuration. This gives us a total of 192 cores for the 96-Core part and 64 cores for the 32-core part, respectively....

AMD Instinct MI300 GPUs Rumored To Go All-Onboard With 3D-Stacking Design: Up To Four GPU Chiplets With 8 Compute Dies, HBM3 & PCIe Gen 5.0 at 600W Last year, @Kepler_L2 revealed that the AMD Instinct MI300 was going to feature four Graphics Compute Dies. Later this was confirmed in a patch where the chip appeared as the ‘GFX940’ part. This was essentially going to double the MI250X which features two GCDs but the difference is that each GCD will feature two Compute dies....

AMD Radeon RX 6000 GPUs Offer Better Value & Efficiency Over NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 30 Series, Red Team Claims The slide in question was tweeted by AMD’s Chief Architect of Gaming, Frank Azor which showcases both the performance per watt and performance per dollar of AMD’s entire Radeon RX 6000 lineup against the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series. The list of GPUs include all the way from the fastest AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT to the entry-level Radeon RX 6400....

AMD Radeon RX 7000 Graphics Cards With RDNA 3 GPU Delivers Enhanced Raytracing Capabilities Thanks To Rearchitected Compute Units There are a lot of things that were overlooked during AMD Financial Analyst Day 2022. Things like the fact that AMD confirmed its Zen 4 3D V-Cache Ryzen CPUs coming later this year. Another key comment that was missed out came from AMD’s Senior Vice President of Engineering at Radeon Technologies Group, David Wang, who confirmed that AMD will be delivering enhanced raytracing capabilities with their next-gen RDNA 3 GPUs....

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT Graphics Card To Utilize Navi 33 RDNA 3 GPU With Equal To 6900 XT Rasterization, Faster in Raytracing And Higher Efficiency Than NVIDIA Lovelace The AMD RDNA 3 GPU lineup will consist of both monolithic and multi-chiplet solutions. The Navi 33 GPU is considered a mid-range chip and is an optimization of the Navi 21 GPU on the newer RDNA 3 architecture. It is based on a 6nm monolithic design and should measure between 360-460mm2....

AMD Officially Launches Radeon RX 7900 XTX For $999 US & RX 7900 XT For $899 US, Custom Models Round Up & Here’s Where To Buy! Update: As of right now (12/13/2022), almost all retailers have either limited or no stock of AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 series graphics cards at all. We have so far been able to confirm up to 23 models of which 19 are based on custom designs from AMD’s AIB partners including ASUS, Gigabyte, ASRock, Sapphire, PowerColor, XFX & Yeston....

However, before we proceed, you should know that digital copies are only available if you purchase any Ryzen 5000 CPU and are not applicable to any Ryzen 7000 purchase. In any case, the discounts are still attractive, and if you want to experience increased frames in the latest titles, we recommend purchasing a model from AMD’s latest CPU family, though that will mean having to upgrade to a new motherboard and DDR5 memory, which is pricey....

AMD SMU Driver Points To 4 RDNA 2 Compute Units Running at 1100 MHz For Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ Desktop CPUs Twitter informant KOMACHI_ENSAKA disclosed today that the upcoming AMD Raphel iGPU design could utilize two Workgroup Processors, allowing the integrated GPU to feature four RDNA 2 Compute Units. This information is pulled from AMD’s own System Management Unit, or SMU, the recently disclosed driver. With this new information posted online, it seems that the base clock of 1....

AMD Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ ES Desktop CPU Spotted: 8 Zen 4 Cores Clocked at Up To 5.2 GHz, RDNA 2 iGPU Clocked at 2.0 GHz The AMD Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ ES Desktop CPU that has been spotted in the Openbenchmarking database is part of the Phoronix Test Suite 10.8.3 which is used for the verification and validation testing phases. The particular CPU doesn’t necessarily say which Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPU this is since it is still a bit early but the platform and OPN code confirms that this is indeed an AM5 CPU sample....

AMD Ryzen 7000 With Zen 4 X3D Cores Rumored To Get 2nd Gen V-Cache, Possible Performance Benchmarks & Launch Dates Revealed Before we start with the rumored details, we have to make it clear that AMD themselves stated that Ryzen 7000 CPUs with 3D V-Cache technology will appear later this year during FAD 2022. Following is their quote: So with that said, let’s get on with the rumors. According to Moore’s Law is Dead, the AMD Ryzen 7000 V-Cache parts are expected to utilize a TSMC 7nm or 6nm process node for the V-Cache....

AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs Run Real Hot With Ryzen 9 7950X Hitting Up To 95C at 230W & Ryzen 5 7600X Hitting Up To 90C at 120W, Alleges Rumor The leaker who has been very reliable with his past information and leaks has stated that AMD’s Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs based on the Zen 4 core architecture will be some of the hottest chips produced to date. The leaker talks about two specific chips, an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X & the Ryzen 5 7600X....

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 CPUs To Rock Up To 96 Zen 4 Cores In PRO-Only Flavors AMD just recently introduced its Threadripper PRO 5000 CPUs based on the Zen 3 core architecture and gave Lenovo the launch exclusivity. With that said, the company definitely has plans to launch its next-generation Ryzen Threadripper 7000 lineup but as per the latest rumors, these SKUs will be branded under the ‘PRO’ banner too. According to MLID, the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Desktop CPUs will feature up to 96 cores and 192 threads based on the Zen 4 core architecture and fabricated on TSMC’s 5nm node....

AMD’s Super-Efficient Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z APU Lands Within The Lenovo Thinkpad Z Laptop, Showcases The True Energy-Optimizations of Zen 3+ There aren’t a lot of details that AMD itself is sharing for the Ryzen 7 6860Z APU but one would guess that it is a higher-binned variant of the Ryzen 6850U. In their presentation, AMD states that the Ryzen 7 6860Z has been designed in deep collaboration with Lenovo which doesn’t sound that surprising since Lenovo has been getting that exclusive treatment from AMD for a while now (check Threadripper Pro)....

AMD Ryzen 7 5800U Zen 3 CPU can hit boost clocks much faster than the Snapdragon SOCs Tech outlet, Chips and Cheese tested seventeen different processors, ranging from AMD and its competitors to varying architectures. One crucial takeaway from the testing was that it dealt with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800U Mobile CPU compared to SoC-based handhelds. In the study, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800U CPU produced a speedier boost kick-in time than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 SOC....

Apple’s Blockbuster AirPods Pro Earphones are $70 off for 4th of July Usually retailing for $249, this deal saves you $70 instantly without having to do anything at all. You don’t need special discount codes or coupons for this. All you need is the spirit to add it to your cart and hit the checkout button. That’s all. We’ve talked about AirPods Pro a lot. Probably more than any other device on this website....

Apple M3 Codename Details Also Provided, Along With Which Potential Products It Could Power in the Future New information published in Taiwan’s Commercial Times states that the M3 will sport the codename Malma, with the impression that the next-generation silicon will be mass produced on TSMC’s N3E architecture. N3E is said to be an improved variant of the N3 process, also known as 3nm. Where N3 is said to provide up to a 15 percent performance bump and up to 30 percent power reduction improvement compared to N5, N3E could further boost those differences....

The ‌‌‌‌‌‌macOS Monterey‌‌‌ 12.4 update is compatible with all Macs using the Software Update section of System Preferences. For those running Big Sur, Apple has catered to those users too by releasing the macOS Big Sur 11.6.6 update. For those running macOS Catalina, Apple has released a 2022-004 security update. Following the ‌macOS Monterey‌ 12.4 update launch, ‌Universal Control‌ is no longer in beta form. The feature is now official, with Apple claiming that it is bug-free and will allow users to considerably improve their productivity....