AMD RDNA 2 Powered ‘Radeon 680M’ iGPU Shines Once Again, Delivers A Respectable 40-60 FPS In Modern AAA Games at 1080p TechEpiphany has started a new YouTube channel recently under the name, AMD APU Gaming. All of their gaming tests are done on the ASUS TUF Gaming F17 (2022) notebook which features the AMD Ryzen 7 6800H APU with Radeon 680M iGPU and comes with a discrete GeForce RTX 3050 GPU too....

AMD’s Mid-Range Ryzen 5 7600X “Zen 4” CPU Spotted In Benchmark: Features 6 Cores, 12 Threads & 4.4 GHz ES Clock Speeds, Up To 11% Faster Than Ryzen 9 5950X The AMD Ryzen 7000 CPU appeared within the Basemark Benchmark database and was spotted by TUM_APISAK. According to the information available, the chip is an engineering sample with OPN id ‘100-000000593-20_Y’. The benchmark provides information such as the CPU cores & clock speeds....

ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, ASRock & Biostar Showcase Their High-End AMD X670E Motherboards The AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs will be migrating to a new home known as AM5, the successor to the long-lasting AM4 platform. It marks a fresh start for the Ryzen Desktop family and as such, existing Ryzen CPUs starting with Ryzen 1000 & all the way up to Ryzen 5000 won’t be supported by the new platform we will tell you why it is so....

Apple’s Chip Expert Joined Hands With Rival Company Samsung as Director For a New Packaging Solution Center According to a new report from Business Korea. Kim Woo-Pyeong worked at Apple for the past nine years after taking his leave from Texas Instruments and Qualcomm. The report suggests that Kim was a semiconductor expert but no roles and responsibilities have been mentioned. He parted ways with Apple to join the rival company Samsung....

Your MagSafe Battery Pack Can Now Charge at Faster 7.5W If You Have Updated to The Latest Firmware In a new support document shared by Apple, it is mentioned that owners of the MagSafe Battery Pack can now charge their iPhones faster at 7.5W. If you are unfamiliar, you have to update your accessory to the latest firmware version 2.7.b.0. If you are still running an older version, your MagSafe Battery Pack will be restricted to charge at only 5W....

2022 MacBook Air with M2 Chip, 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM, 1080p FaceTime Camera Currently $100 Off With the announcement of the new MacBook Air, Apple is asking $200 extra if you want to experience the new design. Thankfully, you can save $100 today, which brings the price of the laptop down to just $1,099. That’s just $100 more than the base model MacBook Air with M1 chip and that alone makes it a really great deal....

Apple Will Host The Latest 2022 WWDC Event from June 6 to June 10 As mentioned earlier, Apple has seen fit to send out 2022 WWDC event invites for June 6 to June 10. Since 2020, Apple has been hosting the event digitally as a precaution to lower the spread of COVID-19. This time around, the company is keeping up with the transition. The 2022 WWDC event will be live-streamed on various platforms and everyone will be able to watch it....

Concept Imagines Major Redesign For Apple Watch Series 8 Based on Leaks, Features a Flat Display and a Boxier Design The designer @Id_vova has shared the concept images on Twitter to show the wearable in a new boxier design with a flat display. The screen is squared off with a rounded bottom for better comfort and compatibility with the current lineup of watch bands. On the first look, the concept appears to show a flat display rather than a curved glass for the Apple Watch Series 8....

Without a Polarizing Layer, the New OLED Panel Will Become More Bendable, Allowing Apple to Use It in Other Products In addition to developing two-stack tandem OLED technology, The Elec reports that Apple is working on a panel variant that removes the polarizing layer, which not only gets rid of its rigidity but offers other benefits. For instance, requiring a polarizing layer reduces brightness levels and increases power consumption of the panel, which leads to a reduction in the lifespan of the unit....

Due to be published by tinyBuild in Q3 2022 for PC (Steam), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S|X, Asterigos: Curse of the Stars will support FSR 2.0 as confirmed by AMD. Explore Aphes – a city-state full of magic and wonder inspired by ancient Rome and classical Greek designs. From the mist-covered bazaar streets to gloomy sewers, the enigmatic forests at the city’s outskirts to deep chasms full of glittering crystals, the landscapes of Aphes are full of beauty and dangers....

NVIDIA receives AV1 VDPAU hardware acceleration with the updated FFmpeg multimedia library for use in compatible GPUs The VDPAU API, also known as the Video Decode and Presentation API for UNIX, provides an interface to video decode acceleration and presentation hardware currently in contemporary graphics cards. With the new support received by NVIDIA for AV1 VDPAU decoding for accelerated hardware, the company has the accessibility of the FFmpeg software libraries. FFmpeg is a compilation of software libraries that can document, transform and stream digital A/V in multiple configurations....

Here’s the teaser trailer for the AYN Loki: The AYN Loki lineup includes five different versions of the handheld. Each version includes different system specifications. The cheapest model called Loki Mini would cost just $299, and it would feature an Intel Alder Lake processor. The more expensive models will have an AMD Zen3+ processor with RDNA 2 graphics. Videocardz speculates that the Loki will use a Ryzen 6000U series, just like AYANEO 2 and soon, the AYANEO Next....

Here’s what you can expect from Battle of Nordvik’s new limited-time modes… Week 1/The Assault On Nordvik - Conquest Assault “The notorious Black Storm regiment leads the attack on Nordvik. While the Eastern militia attempts to seize the surrounding territory, the Nordvik Control Corps battles to secure the region, halting Black Storm’s advance before it is too late. This is 32v32 Conquest Assault with a focus on fast-paced ground-only warfare....

The Umbra Witch will make her grand return to the Nintendo Switch after a long hiatus. In this third installment of the Bayonetta series, the unstoppable Umbra Witch must join forces with some familiar faces, the mysterious Viola, and a multitude of other Bayonettas to stop human-made Homunculi from wreaking havoc. Yes, this game has a bunch of Bayonettas running around. Players will be able to meet a veritable coven of Bayonettas while fighting through the streets of Tokyo, the mountains of China, and beyond....

The list of No Mans Sky updates is extensive. It’s the best and most supported of the modern “live service” games ever, and I can’t honestly think of any single-player title that has given every player so much free content. While it may have been a considerable disappointment on launch, there isn’t a promise or rumour linked to the game that hasn’t been fulfilled. Now it’s time to look at what else they’re bringing in....

M2 MacBook Air With 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD Currently on Sale for Black Friday - Save a Full $150 Without Doing Anything at All There are no discount codes or coupons needed here, and since this deal represents a handful of savings, there is a chance that it might sell out fast. Place your order on time, and you might even receive the MacBook Air ahead of Christmas. Buy 2022 Apple MacBook Air Laptop with M2 chip - Was $1,199, now just $1,049 The new MacBook Air completely diverts itself away from the tried and tested wedge-shaped design for a new flatter form factor, just like the 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro....

Now, when we talk about the data presented by the GtK study (first reported by Gamesindustry.biz), it’s important to mention that this only covers UK sales and boxed game sales. The data doesn’t include digital sales that happened over Black Friday week. It also doesn’t include console sales data. This week also saw a decline in sales for Pokemon Scarlet/Violet. Both games dropped 64% in sales week-on-week, which is a reasonable number for a Pokémon game....

Here’s a better look at Modern Warfare’s key art and some of the other characters revealed (click on the images for full resolution). — CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) May 24, 2022 As you can see, it’s clear Task Force 141 is returning, with favorite characters like Captain John Price, Simon “Ghost” Riley, John “Soap” MacTavish, and Kyle ‘Gaz’ Garrick back in the saddle. A new face, Mexican special forces colonel Alejandro Vargas, also joins the team....

Meanwhile, we’re happy to announce that we partnered with the publisher for a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II beta code giveaway. We have fifty platform-agnostic codes to give away; just enter via the Gleam box below, and we’ll contact you if selected. Good luck! Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Beta Giveaway Once you’ve been selected among the lucky winners, please follow these instructions to redeem the code....

Earlier this week, Microsoft made a commitment to bring the Call of Duty series to the Nintendo Switch if the Activision-Blizzard megadeal gets approved. Following this announcement, many started asking questions on how this will pan out as Nintendo has long refrained from releasing Call of Duty games on its platform. The last game in the franchise that was released on a Nintendo platform was Call of Duty: Ghosts on the Wii-U back in 2013....