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Sony offers reason to spend $700 on PS5 Pro — ‘no other AMD GPUs’ have this tech
When Sony announced the $700 PlayStation 5 Pro it was easy to scoff at the super-high price (even if it’s somehow still cheaper than the PS3 at launch, which would cost $950 today according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator). However, it may be a console that we shouldn’t dismiss outright. In an interview with CNET, Sony’s Mark…
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AMD Is Giving up on High-End PC Graphics Cards
NVIDIA makes arguably the best graphics cards out there, but competition is always good and keeps the market healthy. Sadly, it appears that AMD, its closest competitor, might be backing out of the fight. AMD has announced a new business strategy that prioritizes AI chips over high-end gaming GPUs. The company will merge its gaming and data center graphics efforts…
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AMD just tipped the Z2 Extreme chip for next year’s Steam Deck competitors
That’s the word from Digital Trends’ Jacob Roach, who heard AMD computing and graphics boss Jack Huynh say it’s targeting a 2025 release on an IFA stage in Berlin; I just confirmed with AMD spokesperson Stacy MacDiarmid that the company plans to announce it in early 2025, though AMD’s declining to say any more about it today. The only other…
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Copilot+ PCs that use Intel and AMD chips coming in November – Computerworld
Copilot+ PCs — special Windows computers equipped with the latest AI functions — first arrived in May. But only hardware using Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite or X Plus chips were designated as ready for Copilot+ by Microsoft As of November, new PCs that run processors from Intel and AMD will also be covered. Specifically, they’ll be equipped with Intel Core…
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Copilot+ PCs expand availability with new AMD and Intel silicon
The first Copilot+ PCs started hitting the market in May, but they were only available with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus CPUs. If you wanted a new laptop with AMD or Intel chips that could support all of Windows 11’s new AI-centric features, you were basically left out in the cold. But that will soon change, as…
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HPE just unveiled a next-gen HPC cluster at the University of Southampton: Iridis 6 uses ProLiant Gen11 servers powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors — and it’s four-times more powerful than its predecessor
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has unveiled a sixth-generation high-performance computing cluster, Iridis 6, for the University of Southampton. The new system upgrades and expands on the existing capabilities of its predecessor Iridis 5, which was first introduced in 2018 and went straight into the Top500 supercomputer list at number 251. Iridis 6 will improve the system’s sustainability and performance, HPE…
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How to boost gaming performance on AMD PCs running Windows 11
AMD confirms that Ryzen 9000 (Zen 5) series processors have performance issues on Windows 11. This problem also affects Ryzen 7000 series (Zen 4) processors. You can fix this issue by updating the system to the latest version of version 23H2. It’s also possible to upgrade early to version 24H2 to apply the fixes. If you have a computer with…
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