AMD Ryzen APUs, Codenamed Phoenix, Could Mark The End of Low-End Desktop Graphics Cards & Start A Revolution In The Budget PC Gaming Segment Despite being the leader in the integrated graphics segment, AMD has continued to innovate. Even with their Pre-Rembrandt APUs, the company kept on improving the performance of their Radeon Vega graphics architecture. A huge improvement was made by shifting the Vega architecture to the brand new 7nm process node which added power optimizations and improved the clocks by a mile to hit higher performance....

GPU wars heat up with AMD’s official Radeon RX 7900 XT vs RTX 4080 graphics card comparison The first slide shows AMD comparing both the Radeon RX 7900 XT and XTX against the upcoming RTX 4080. Based on the slides, it is equating RDNA3 compute units to NVIDIA SMs - which is a very interesting equivalence to make. Considering RDNA3 has 64 shading units in one compute unit while Ada Lovelace (RTX 4080) has 128 CUDA cores per SM, it also means that AMD is stating that 1 of their shader units = 2 CUDA cores....

She later made an emergency call with her Apple Watch, with the entire incident summarized through a Facebook post below. The Apple Watch includes an SOS feature that lets wearers call emergency services by holding the side of the smartwatch’s button for a few seconds. It should be noted that for the emergency call or SOS feature to function, the Apple Watch needs cellular connectivity support, along with an active data plan....

Android 13-Based One UI 5.0 Shows Very Little but Much Needed Improvements for a Better User Experience The screenshots are coming over from folks over at 9to5Google, and they have clarified that this build was given to them by a source since Samsung has not made it publically. So, it would be safe to assume that this might not give out a complete picture of what Android 13-based One UI 5....

For those wondering, the Android 13 Beta 3.3 “includes the latest stability and performance improvements and the following bug fixes.” Along with a trio of patches that should fix the connectivity. Google Pushes a Surprise Android 13 Beta 3.3 for All Pixel Devices You can look at them below. Fixed an issue where devices couldn’t connect to a WiFi network even when the network was available and the signal strength was good....

New Prediction Also Claims That Apple Will Not Introduce a 12-inch MacBook Apple could start mass production of the 15-inch MacBook in mid-2023, according to Ming-Chi Kuo, who has provided revised predictions in his tweet below. Since the analyst has not mentioned the word ‘Air’ after the ‘MacBook’ product name, we will assume that is what Apple plans on calling it. However, keep in mind that the official name could change during the actual announcement....

Initial Shipments Will Be Low Due to High Asking Price of Premium Mixed Reality Headsets, Says Analyst Even though in 2023, Apple’s products will have high expectations, especially its heavily rumored AR headset, there are doubts from investors regarding the user experience and low shipment estimates of 1.5 million, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Regardless, he believes that the head-mounted wearable will be the most revolutionary consumer electronics product after the iPhone, hinting at Apple’s ambitious plans for its upcoming product....

New Revelation May Mean Apple Readies Under-Display Face ID for All iPhone 15 Models Just like the iPhone 12, the iPhone 13, and the upcoming iPhone 14 series, DSCC CEO Ross Young predicts that Apple is preparing four iPhone 15 models for 2023. Normally, the less expensive iPhones, which can be named iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Max, for now, are not given preferential treatment when it comes to the newer design....

No Samsung Flagship Made It to the List, Though the Korean Manufacturer’s Entry-Level Models Did Make the Cut Data published by IDC and posted in a tweet by Francisco Jeronimo mentions that for Q1, 2022, Apple’s iPhone 13 was the best seller in worldwide sales. Right next to the best-seller, securing the second position was the top-tier iPhone 13 Pro Max, followed by the iPhone 13 Pro at fourth. Given that the iPhone 13 provides the best of both worlds in terms of pricing, performance, and features, it would have had to garner immense popularity....

Videographer Says That if His Blood Sugar Gets Dangerously Low, He Can Go Into a Coma The senior videographer employed at CNET says that he has type 1 diabetes, and to monitor his blood glucose levels, he needs a CGM to provide him with readings at different intervals. He also wears an Apple Watch and says that had it not been for an alert that he received on his device, the circumstances could have been much worse....

According to the press release, Ashfall is set hundreds of years in the future when the world is ravaged by massive fires and floods due to global warming. Here’s an additional blurb we found on Liithos’s official site. The game will begin as a ‘connected single player adventure’ that eventually evolves into a multiplayer PvP and PvE world with Web 3.0 support. Players can reportedly choose to play through the Hedera blockchain network for a build, trade, and sell experience....

ASRock’s Blazing OC Tuner Software Allows Users To Switch Dynamically Between Manual OC & AMD PBO Modes on X670 & B650 Motherboards The principle of ASRock’s Blazing OC Tuner is the same as ASUS’s Dynamic OC Switcher and MSI’s “Performance Switch” but the main difference is that while the other two manufacturers allow the functionality through the BIOS on the X670 & B650 motherboards, ASRock does so through new software. This software can work on all motherboards and ASRock even plans to bring it to older AM4 motherboards such as B550 and X570 series....

Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPU Ready Z790 & H770 Motherboards From ASRock Leak Out The motherboard list has been leaked out by Videocardz which includes a total of 12 designs, 9 of which are Z790 and 3 are H770 chipset-powered boards. The Intel 700-series chipset lineup will be including Z790, H770, and B760 series motherboards while H610 will continue to serve the low-tier segment. The motherboards include: ASRock Z790 Taichi ASRock Z790 Pro RS/D4 ASRock Z790 PG Lightning ASRock Z790 PG Lightning/D4 ASRock Z790M PG Lightning/D4 ASRock Z790 PG Riptide ASRock Z790M PG Riptide ASRock Z790-C ASRock Z790-C/D4 ASRock H770 PG Lightning ASRock H770 PG Lightning/D4 ASRock H770 Steel Legend...

Created by YouTuber ‘TeaserPlay’, this Unreal Engine 5 concept video shows us what the next entry in the Assassin’s Creed series could look like on next-gen hardware, and while this showcase isn’t necessarily representative of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Infinity, it does show some impressive visuals, lighting, and a beautiful Japan. For this video, the team created parts of Kamakura-era Japan (1192 - 1333) in Epic’s new game engine. The showcase features Unreal Engine 5’s new Lumen lighting tech, and the engine’s Nanite virtualized geometry system....

ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 Noctua Edition Graphics Card Delivers Great Cooling Performance With Outstanding Acoustics Press Release: Following the resounding success of the ASUS GeForce RTX 3070 Noctua Edition, the Noctua Edition of ASUS’ GeForce RTX 3080 is the second graphics card to feature Noctua fans and a heatsink that has been co-engineered by Noctua. By switching from the stock three 92mm fans to two of Noctua’s award-winning NF-A12x25 120mm units and by tailoring the heatsink to make the most out of the fans’ superior aerodynamic performance, thermals and acoustics of ASUS’ original TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 could be improved significantly for the Noctua Edition, making it the quietest card in its class....

The Asus ROG Phone 6 renders are coming from Evan Blass, a renowned tipster and Blass shows us the phone in a number of colors, as well as accessories. It is safe to say that the upcoming flagship is going to follow in the footsteps of the predecessor and it honestly is not a bad thing by any means. The Asus ROG Phone 6 will Pack IPX4 Splash Resistance, Up to 18 Gigs of RAM, and a Massive Battery in Tow For those wondering, the Asus ROG Phone 6 is set to go official on July 5th, later this year, and yes, you will be getting a ridiculously powerful device for your money....

Given the significant interest in this first-person open world shooter game, we reached out to interview Russian developer Mundfish twice, in 2019 and in 2020. Each time, we uncovered new intriguing details about Atomic Heart. Today, with the launch window finally confirmed for Q4 2022, we’re publishing our third and likely last pre-release interview with the developers. Among other tidbits, the folks at Mundfish told us that Atomic Heart will employ NVIDIA’s RTX Global Illumination in addition to the previously announced ray traced reflections, ambient occlusion, and shadows....

Of course, Battlefield 2042 Season 3 just kicked off last month. You can expect update 3.1 to arrive later in December, which will include a rework of the Manifest map. Then, very early in 2023 update 3.2 will drop, which will reintroduce Specialist classes (get more detail on that here) and offer an overhaul of the Breakaway map. Next comes Battlefield 2042 Season 4, which should arrive sometime in early 2023....

NVIDIA urges GeForce RTX 4090 & RTX 4080 users to update their graphics card firmware to avoid blank screen issues NVIDIA has reported having instances during system boot that the screen is blank and is not linked to the melting or malfunctioning of the 12VHPWR cable issue. To combat the problem, the green team has rolled out an update to the Firmware Update Tool that is set to eliminate the issue for users....

Are you looking to assemble a new computer and tired of searching every online store for the lowest-priced Windows OS or Office suite? And there is a risk of buying pirated copies. There will be many problems in the operation of your computer, the system will not work, important file data will be lost, and the file format will be incompatible, which will cause your computer to have a virus and not work properly....