Author: Jan Olšan

Zen 5 is delayed. AMD has confirmed desktop launch in H2 2024

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

First there was a report that things might not be so hot with Intel’s next generation of desktop processors – the 2nm Arrow Lake on the LGA 1851 platform. To make things better, the other side seems to have its own issues too: AMD’s Zen 5 will be delayed. Hopefully it won’t be anything dramatic, but the reports of spring launch that we recently shared won’t come true. It’s not clear if this will also delay gaming models with 3D V-Cache. Read more “Zen 5 is delayed. AMD has confirmed desktop launch in H2 2024” »

RTX Video HDR: Nvidia’s AI gives ordinary web videos HDR look

Graphics, News, Technology | | Jan Olšan

Last year, Nvidia introduced a feature called RTX Video Super Resolution, which uses the GPU to upscale and enhance web video with a DLSS 1.0-like filter utilising an artificial intelligence (though you can use this upscaler in VLC Media Player as well). This technology has now been extended to RTX Video HDR, which is again an AI filter that recreates (simulates) an HDR component for an ordinary video, adding high dynamic range visuals. Read more “RTX Video HDR: Nvidia’s AI gives ordinary web videos HDR look” »

HAMR disks are here. Seagate launches Mozaic 3+, a laser HDD

News, Storages, Technology | | Jan Olšan

It was supposed to happen last year, but it wouldn’t be HAMR if the technology wasn’t always further away from market than expected. However, we finally have the official announcement of the first of these “laser” HDDs, the arrival of which kept being anticipated and then delayed over and over for the last decade or more. HAMR drives use amazingly advanced nanotechnology, but according to Seagate, their reliability has been carefully tested. Read more “HAMR disks are here. Seagate launches Mozaic 3+, a laser HDD” »

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super by Asus: 9 cards, 3 different designs

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Covering the graphics cards coming out now as the GeForce RTX 4000 “Super” refresh, we’ve looked at a card directly by Nvidia, an MSI card, and we’ll look at Gigabyte one soon. We’ll miss on Asus as the third major manufacturer, so instead we’ll take a look at the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super versions that this brand will be offering. There’s quite a lot of them, including some using the BTF backside board power supply instead of a 16pin. Read more “GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super by Asus: 9 cards, 3 different designs” »

RTX Video Super Resolution alternative: FSR for YouTube and VLC

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Last year Nvidia came out with RTX Video Super Resolution, a video upscaling and postprocessing technology for usage in web browsers and later also in VLC Media Player. It looks like something similar will be available also for AMD GPUs, but while Nvidia’s approach is the equivalent of DLSS 1.0 applied to video content, Radeon’s upscaling will probably be based on FSR 1.0, so it could be usable by other vendor GPUs, like FSR. Read more “RTX Video Super Resolution alternative: FSR for YouTube and VLC” »

Ryzen 9000 with Zen 5 cores is in production. Launch in 3 months?

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

AMD still hasn’t officially said anything about when Zen 5 processors might hit the market. But it looks like it could be surprisingly soon. Usually, if something is supposed to come out “in 2024”, it’s more likely to come out towards the end of it, but according to rumors, the Ryzen 9000 desktop processors (as Zen 5 might be called) could come out in just a few months at an early date, similar to the release of Ryzen 2000. Read more “Ryzen 9000 with Zen 5 cores is in production. Launch in 3 months?” »

Fluid Motion Frames now also for Radeon iGPUs, leaves preview

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Last year AMD released FSR 3 frame generation, of which a simplified version that doesn’t use game vector data is also usable globally on the GPU driver level as the AMD Fluid Motion Frames feature. It can be used in all sorts of games that lack their own FSR 3 (or Nvidia’s DLSS 3) support. This technology will soon make its way from beta to standard drivers, and it now even works on integrated GPUs, including gaming handhelds. Read more “Fluid Motion Frames now also for Radeon iGPUs, leaves preview” »

65W and 35W Intel Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs are available now

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Hardly a surprise as news of these CPUs was leaked long ago, but Intel has now launched the main part of its new generation of desktop processors during CES 2024 – the 14th-gen Core CPUs with 65W and 35W (nominal) TDP, i.e. regular models with a locked multiplier. Until now, only the 125W K models for enthusiasts have been on the market, but there’s finally more affordable models out, as well as the low-power T-labeled options. Read more “65W and 35W Intel Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs are available now” »

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 Super GPUs: Boost in price/performance

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

The GeForce RTX 4000 GPUs run their second year on the market. And like the previous two generations, they’ll get a shake-up for this second year with new models. Nvidia has once again turned to the label used during the Turing generation and will release three new gaming cards this month: the GeForce RTX 4070 Super, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super and GeForce RTX 4080 Super. And they should improve the bang-for-buck ratio by quite a bit. Read more “Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 Super GPUs: Boost in price/performance” »

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 Super cards: Full specs are known

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

35W versions of Intel’s Raptor Lake processors weren’t the only thing about which we got leaked information over the holidays. We now also know the complete specs of the refresh SKUs of Nvidia’s Ada Lovelace gaming GPUs, the GeForce RTX 4080 Super, RTX 4070 Super and RTX 4070 Ti Super graphics cards. It looks like they could improve the price-performance ratio quite nicely, assuming Nvidia doesn’t make them too expensive, that is. Read more “Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 Super cards: Full specs are known” »

AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is real, launching this month

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

When AMD released the Radeon RX 7600 as the cheapest RDNA 3 model, it was the only card without the “XT” designation. It uses fully enabled Navi 33 die configuration thoughs, so it invited the interpretation that a Radeon RX 7600 XT might not even exist. But as it turns out, such graphics card is indeed coming to market. There is also talk of other additions to the Radeon RX 7000 series, but it’s a muddier story with those. Read more “AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is real, launching this month” »

New AMD 700 series AM5 chipsets may be coming in Q3 2024

Chipsets, Motherboards, News | | Jan Olšan

Posts on the Chinese Board Channels forum used to share various information from hardware manufacturer circles, now shed light on future events that await us in the coming year in the desktop market. This concerns both the arrival of a new desktop platform and chiplet processors from Intel, but also AMD. Much less is known about plans for the AM5 platform, so this is an interesting insight if these rumours are confirmed. Read more “New AMD 700 series AM5 chipsets may be coming in Q3 2024” »

256GB RAM: 64GB DDR5 modules coming, motherboards are ready

Memory, Motherboards, News | | Jan Olšan

Early this year DDR5 memory modules got capacity boost when 24GB and 48GB modules hit the market. These were based on 24Gb chips. However, it looks like another leap is coming and 64GB modules could soon be on the market, allowing up to 256GB of RAM to be installed into regular desktop PCs, or 128GB for laptops or Mini-ITX boards. Board manufacturers are already gearing up support, hopefully this time there won’t be compatibility issues. Read more “256GB RAM: 64GB DDR5 modules coming, motherboards are ready” »

Intel launches new Emerald Rapids Xeon CPUs with fast cadence

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Last week, Intel released 4nm Meteor Lake processors with long-awaited chiplet architecture. At the same time, Intel is also releasing the second generation of chiplet Xeons called “Emerald Rapids”. It follows very quickly after the previous “Sapphire Rapids” and, along with various improvements and fixes, it curiously walks back on chiplets a bit, as it uses only two instead of four. This has not only reduced costs but also power draw. Read more “Intel launches new Emerald Rapids Xeon CPUs with fast cadence” »

Zhaoxin KX-7000: China’s new x86 CPU surprises with 3.7 GHz clock

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

While the US has blacklisted various Chinese CPU manufacturers, Zhaoxin keeps rolling with its x86 processors (albeit rooted in non-Chinese Centaur Technology and VIA). And now they have a new generation of x86 processors, dubbed the KX-7000, which could be its most interesting effort yet (perhaps like the recent Loongson 3A6000). It is a chiplet processor that also seems to have finally ended the tradition of insufficient clock speeds. Read more “Zhaoxin KX-7000: China’s new x86 CPU surprises with 3.7 GHz clock” »

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