Nvidia and Mediatek allegedly working on new SoC for consoles
Published in Mobiles


Want a piece of that market

Nvidia and Mediatek are allegedly working on a brand new SoC for handheld and other gaming consoles, and have quite a few clients already lined up. Nvidia is no stranger to such SoCs, and it has recently teamed up with Mediatek for mobile chips that could use next-gen RTX and AI GPU IP based on the upcoming Blackwell architecture.

Intel rolls out new Arc 101.5518 Beta GPU driver
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One to have for Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut and Homeworld 3

Intel has released the new Arc 101.5518 Beta GPU driver with optimizations for two new big games, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut and Homeworld 3.

AMD officially launches Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F SKUs
Published in PC Hardware


Priced at $269 and $169

AMD has officially launched two new Ryzen 8000 series SKUs, the Ryzen 7 8700F and the Ryzen 5 8400F. Based on the earlier released 8000-series APUs, these two Ryzen F-series SKUs come with disabled integrated graphics and the same 65W TDP.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 could have a killer GPU
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Adreno GPU at its best

According to the latest rumor, it appears that Qualcomm's next-generation flagship mobile SoC, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, could have an impressive GPU performance, running some GPU-intensive games at native 1080p resolution.

Sabrent announces new Rocket 4 2242 Gen 4 NVMe SSD
Published in PC Hardware


Sabrent has announced the new Rocket 2242 M.2 Gen 4 NVMe SSD, based on a rather short M.2-2242 form factor, which is often used with some handheld consoles, like the Lenovo Legion Go.

Asus officially confirms new ROG Ally X handheld console
Published in Gaming


Coming with more RAM, a larger M.2 slot, and a larger battery

Asus has finally revealed a bit more details about the upcoming ROG Ally handheld console update that was rumored earlier, revealing it will be a bit more than just a minor update but rather a redesigned console with the same APU and the same screen, but more RAM, larger M.2 slot, and a larger battery.

Nvidia rolls out Geforce 552.44 WHQL driver
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One to have for Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut and Homeworld 3

Nvidia has released its latest WHQL Game-Ready driver, which brings optimizations for Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut and Homeworld 3 games, and a single bug fix.

Apple launches new iPad Pro 2024 models
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OLED display and M4 chipset for Pro, and new iPad Air models in tow

Apple has officially announced its newest iPad Pro models, which will be available in 11- and 13-inch versions, and come with OLED screens, the new M4 chip, the new Apple Pencil Pro, and more, marking the biggest update to the iPad Pro update since it was launched. Apple also announced the new iPad Air 2024 models with M2 chip that will also be available in 11- and 13-inch sizes.

AMD confirms sampling of Zen 5 EPYC Turin processors
Published in PC Hardware


Silicon looks great and is on track to launch later this year

During its Q1 2024 financial report, AMD confirmed the status of its future products, including the Zen 5 CPU architecture, namely EPYC Turing CPUs.

Asus might bring an updated ROG Ally console
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Might show up at Computex

Asus is apparently already working on an updated Asus ROG Ally 2024 handheld console that could show up at the upcoming Computex show.