AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Hits 110C Junction Temps & Downclocks, User Asks For RMA, Red Team Declines & Tells Him It’s Normal It’s been a few weeks since the AMD Radeon RX 7900 series launched and most users are finally getting their cards in their hands after a long wait. However, there have recently been reports of high temperatures (standard and junction) on the reference MBA design. One such issue has now been reported by a Reddit user who bought the reference version of the card yet his card doesn’t seem to be working as intended....

AMD 4nm Phoenix Point APUs With Zen 4 & RDNA 3 In 2023, Strix Point With Zen 5 & RDNA 3+ Cores In 2024 For Laptops AMD confirmed that its Phoenix Point and Strix Point APUs will be powering the next-gen laptops with a diverse portfolio of core IPs. The Phoenix Point APUs will utilize a combination of Zen 4 CPU and RDNA 3 GPU cores on the 4nm process node while Strix Point APUs will utilize a combination of Zen 5 CPU and RDNA 3+ GPU cores on an advanced process node (most probably 3nm)....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 & AMD Radeon RX 6000 Graphics Card Prices Fall Further Below MSRP The AMD Radeon RX 6000 & NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series graphics card prices have been on a decline since the start of 2022. The leading factors were the Crypto Crash, a huge GPU dump in regards to GPU inventory, and manufacturers trying to clear their stock prior to the launch of the next-gen graphics cards....

AMD Radeon RX 6400 Launched: 4 GB Graphics Card Aimed at Entry-Level PCs But Also The Only Low-Profile RDNA Option With the Radeon RX 6400, AMD is bringing ITX and low-profile graphics cards based on its modern architecture back to the DIY space, even though it’s going to be an entry-level design. The Radeon RX 6400 is an entry-level solution that offers slightly better GPU performance and capabilities over integrated graphics without requiring lots of power....

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT For $1099 US, RX 6750 XT For $549 US, RX 6650 XT For $399 US Now Official, RDNA 2’s Last Hoorah Before RDNA 3 The AMD Radeon RX 6000 Refresh lineup is made up of three cards, the Radeon RX 6950 XT, the RX 6750 XT, and the RX 6650 XT. We have covered everything from specifications and the performance over the last couple of weeks so this launch will hold little surprise for our readers....

In Europe, it’s a similar story but much more dramatic. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X sells for twenty-four percent less than the launch. The AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and Ryzen 5 7600X are slightly less reduced, with the former at twenty-two percent lower and the latter with a twenty percent difference in cost. The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X receives a minor reduction, but still entirely worth it, at a total of eighteen percent less than it was at launch....

MSI Demonstrates AMD Ryzen 7000 RDNA 2 iGPU 3 GHz Overclock, New AM5 BIOS With AVX On/Off Switch & More In a new video published by MSI’s in-house and legendary overclocker, TOPPC, we get to see some new features and tricks for AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs on the latest BIOS. First up, we have the thermal limit profiles tested with PBO Enhanced Mode. This is a new feature introduced by MSI on its X670E and X670 motherboard that really helps lower down the temperatures without comprising a lot on performance....

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Destroys The Ryzen 9 5950X In Single-Core & Multi-Core CPU Performance In Cinebench R23 Update: The same user has uploaded new results, now under a 360mm AIO liquid cooler. The CPU retains its stock 5.0 GHz all-core boost frequency but delivers a far better multi-threaded score of 36256 points. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X is the flagship Zen 4 CPU with a price of $699 US and targets Intel’s 12th Gen Core i9-12900K & the soon-to-launch 13th Gen Core i9-13900K....

AMD Threadripper PRO 5000 ‘Chagall’ CPU Specs Leak: Flagship 5995WX Boasting 64 Zen 3 Cores at Up To 4.5 GHz After several delays, it looks like AMD is finally going to launch its Threadripper PRO 5000 CPU family in the coming week. According to the slide leaked by Videocardz, it looks like the rumor around five SKUs launching in the lineup are correct and the family will be aimed at the system integrator segment first in designs such as the ones from P620, from Lenovo....

A New Siri Remote For The Redesigned Apple TV is Referenced in The Latest iOS 16 Beta According to the latest findings, the first two betas of iOS 16 feature strings for “SiriRemote4” and “WirelessRemoteFirmware.4”. The two references in the iOS 16 beta do not belong to any current model of the Siri Remote, according to Aaron613 from AppleDB. He states that the original Siri Remote is denoted as “SiriRemote” and the following redesign with a white circle is identified as “SiriRemote2”....

First is a release update from Joel McDonald’s (creator of Prune) newest game, named Hindsight. Hindsight releases next week on Nintendo Switch, iOS and PC via Steam and is a narrative exploration title spanning a woman’s entire life who tries to make sense of everything. The game will make a point to have you pay attention to the things left behind and slow down. You can watch a brand-new trailer for it below....

Apple Announces The New Apple Watch Series 8 Models and The Highly Anticipated Apple Watch Ultra With Enhanced Durability and a Brand-New Design In terms of design, the Apple Watch Series 8 has not changed much compared to the previous version. The Apple Watch Series 8 comes with a new temperature detecting sensor for woman’s health. The new temperature sensor is designed for cycle track which is capable of tracking ovulation....

Shipment Estimates of AirTags Could Reach 35 Million at the Current Rate for 2022, According to Analyst Even though AirTags have been the subject of controversy as there have been several instances where the trackers were used as instruments for stalking, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that these are still extremely popular. Thanks to their budget-friendly price, and effortless way of helping guide owners towards their lost or misplaced items, Kuo estimates that shipments for 2022 could reach 35 million....

Meta Appears to Have a Multitude of Products in Development at Various Price Points, Which May Explain Why It Requires More Employees After the Meta Quest Pro, which costs $1,500, Meta has plans to expand the product range, such as bringing in more affordable headsets so that they can be purchased by more people. Though there will be compromises found in less expensive products, Meta’s upcoming Quest 3 is said to be priced between $300 and $500 range, while Apple is likely aiming for a niche launch and hence, will probably price it significantly higher....

Apple Does Not Seem to be Happy About Meta Charging Nearly 50% Commission In an email to MarketWatch, Fred Sainz, an Apple spokesperson said the following. The reason why Meta is charging such a high fee is rather simple, it shows that the company is battling Apple so it can put its own interests before. The funny thing is that Zuckerberg has talked in the past about how Meta is going to keep paid online events, fan subscriptions, as well as badges and he did promise that he is going to keep the commission fee lower than what Apple is charging....

Foxconn Is Raising Daily Bonuses to 400 Yuan From 100 Yuan, as It Believes the Decision Will Help Keep Sufficient Staff at the Assembling Plant The official WeChat account of Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant in China said that bonuses for employees who are a part of the assembling unit and responsible for making electronics have been raised to 400 yuan (around $55) a day from 100 yuan. Reuters reports that the majority of Apple’s iPhones are assembled at the Zhengzhou plant, where it employs about 200,000 people....

M1 Ultra Delivers 90 Percent Higher Multi-Threaded Performance Than the Fastest 16-Core Desktop Processor Right Now While Being Thoroughly Energy Efficient The SoC that makes the 20-core CPU and 64-core GPU is made thanks to the fusion of two chipsets process that Apple calls UltraFusion. Johny Srouji, Apple’s senior vice president of Hardware Technologies had this to say about the M1 Ultra. For the most part, the M1 Ultra is two M1 Max chipsets combined together that delivers 2....

M2 Manages to Rack up to a 19 Percent Improvement Over the M1 in CPU Workloads Heading over to Geekbench, Apple’s M2 managed to obtain a single-core score of 1919 and multi-core score of 8928. The device that was tested, featured 16GB of unified LPDDR5 RAM, with the CPU supposedly operating at a base frequency of 3.49GHz. In the single-core test, the M2 scores 12 percent faster than the M1, with the multi-core results showing a 19 percent improvement....

With New Legislation in Its ‘Final Approval’ Stage, Various Devices Sold in Regions Falling Under the EU Will Need to Feature a USB-C Port by the End of 2024 Joswiak stated that Apple will comply as it does with other laws but cleverly declined to comment if the iPhone 15 series launching in 2023 would feature a USB-C port, according to Bloomberg. There have been rumors claiming that the company will introduce the new port before the EU’s intended time limit ends....

Blood Pressure and Blood Sugar Sensors for the Apple Watch Might Not Be Ready This Year, But Other Health Features Coming Soon As reported by Mark Gurman from Bloomberg, Apple is not planning to bring blood pressure and blood sugar sensors to the Apple Watch this year. However, we are expecting the company to ship the Apple Watch with body temperature monitoring and other health features. The new sensor for the Apple Watch is currently in the testing and development phase....