Fluid Motion Frames now also for Radeon iGPUs, leaves preview

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

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” »

DeepCool at CES 24: Panoramic case and dark liquid coolers

DeepCool has introduced a heavily glass-clad case with an atypical system fan layout (with an emphasis on negative pressure) and affordable liquid coolers. These will be attractive for users who do not like lighted elements and for whom the highest possible cooling efficiency or the most attractive price/performance ratio is paramount. DeepCool’s new liquid CPU coolers have the prerequisites to score points in this respect. Read more “DeepCool at CES 24: Panoramic case and dark liquid coolers” »

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

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

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

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” »

A few fans are missing to 70. What will the future bring?

It went by so quickly. Only recently we painted 2023 as the “year of the fan.” In the end, it didn’t work out as expected, but you don’t have to worry that we’ll slack off on that front, quite the opposite. Fan testing is a key topic for HWCooling, we just need to plan all things more sensibly (realistically, so that they can be done). But no excuses. The big goals, which drive us forward, remain for 2024. Read more “A few fans are missing to 70. What will the future bring?” »

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

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

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

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

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” »

Netac’s new CF2000 CFexpress cards offer up to 1750 MB/s speeds

Today, you can have a small NVMe SSD even inside your camera, as memory cards have adopted this technology, evolving CompactFlash cards into a new CFexpress standard. Memory cards of this type has now been released by Netac, which offers not only memory cards but also standard SSDs which positions the company well to combine the two technologies into a memory card for demanding professional photography or video capture. Read more “Netac’s new CF2000 CFexpress cards offer up to 1750 MB/s speeds” »

Fractal Design Flex 2 for free. First to write wins

Since we have no use for the Flex 2 holders from our recent review and also, FD doesn’t want them back, we’re giving them away. To readers who can take advantage of vertical mounting of the graphics card. There are only two available (black and white), so speed is of the essence. The first person to respond to this challenge gets to pick the colour, the second person will be sent the one left if they wish, and the third person in row is already writing late. Read more “Fractal Design Flex 2 for free. First to write wins” »

Amazon unveils 96-core ARM Graviton4 CPU and Trainium2 AI chip

Last month, Microsoft unveiled their first custom processors being developed for datacenter and Azure services. Also Amazon, which was the first of these US hyperscalers to go the custom hardware route, is now launching new CPUs for its servers. And with it Trainium2, already the second generation of an in-house developed AI accelerator. Amazon also revealed that it has already produced over two million of its CPUs. Read more “Amazon unveils 96-core ARM Graviton4 CPU and Trainium2 AI chip” »

Ryzen 8000G parameters leaked. Ryzen 5000GT for AM4 is coming

It looks like AMD could launch quite a few new desktop processors after the turn of the year. Last week, alleged specifications of Ryzen 8000Gs were leaked, which will be a desktop version of the 4nm Phoenix SoC with Zen 4 architecture. At the same time, reports appeared telling of new upcoming releases for the old AM4 platform, which is supposedly getting new models again, perhaps also some APUs with integrated graphics. Read more “Ryzen 8000G parameters leaked. Ryzen 5000GT for AM4 is coming” »