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  1. Jan

    Nvidia phasing out Turing graphics cards - report

    Nvidia retiring four cheap graphics cards — Report Nvidia is phasing out some of its last-remaining Turing graphics cards, which are among the company's best-value GPUs when it comes to price-to-performance. That is according to rumours on China's Bobantang tech forums, which were picked up by...
  2. Hanno Labuschagne

    AWS launches new Graviton chip in challenge to AMD, Intel, and Nvidia

    AWS launches new Graviton chip in challenge to AMD, Intel, and Nvidia Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud-computing unit is rolling out new chips designed to power the highest-end of computing, supporting tasks such as weather forecasting and gene sequencing. Amazon Web Services, the largest provider of...
  3. Fulcrum29

    AMD RDNA 3rd Nov 2022

    AMD Presents: together we advance_gaming @ 22h00 RDNA3 / RX announcements and MYBB discussion:
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    AMD server revenue helps make up for lost sales

    AMD server revenue helps make up for lost sales Advanced Micro Devices Inc. climbed in late trading after an expansion into server processors helped offset a slumping personal computer market last quarter and the chipmaker vowed to make further gains. Profit topped analysts’ predictions in the...
  5. Jan

    R15,000 gaming PC build - new Intel vs new AMD vs second-hand

    The gaming rig South Africans can build for R15,000 With the global chip crunch easing off and graphics card demand at a low, there have been few better times in recent years to build a new gaming PC. 2021 and the start of 2022 were not ideal periods for those looking to upgrade their rig.
  6. Jan

    Favourite graphics cards among South African gamers (and miners)

    Most popular graphics cards in South Africa Nvidia has dominated AMD in South African graphics card sales in 2022, while gamers have increasingly looked towards more affordable models amid a tough economic climate. MyBroadband recently asked the country's biggest retailers operating in the...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Chip crunch is easing off

    Chip crunch is easing off Chip delivery times shrank by four days in September, the biggest drop in years, in a sign that the industry’s supply crunch is easing. Lead times — the gap between when a chip is ordered and when it is delivered — averaged 26.3 weeks in the period, according to...
  8. Jan

    Intel Core i9-13900K overclocked to 8.2GHz

    Intel smashes AMD — Core i9-13900K overclocked to 8.2GHz Well-known PC overclocker Allen "Splave" Golibersuch has successfully boosted clock speeds on Intel's 24-core Core i9-13900K to 8.2GHz. The impressive feat on the top-of-the-line 13th-gen Raptor Lake processor came at Intel's Creator...
  9. Jan

    RTX 3060 overtakes RTX 1060 in Steam Hardware Survey

    Most popular gaming graphics cards revealed Steam has released its hardware and software survey for September 2022, revealing that Nvidia's RTX 3060 is now the most prevalent graphics card used by PC gamers. Steam is the world's most popular PC game distribution platform, with around 120...
  10. Jan

    Intel 13th-generation CPUs take on AMDs Ryzen 7000 series

    Intel launches 13th-gen Raptor Lake processors — spoils AMD's Ryzen 7000 party Intel has unveiled its 13th-gen Raptor Lake desktop processors, promising to deliver the best gaming, streaming and recording performance on PCs while undercutting AMD's recently launched Ryzen 7000 series on price...
  11. Jan

    Major Nvidia, AMD, and Intel graphics card releases coming soon

    Why you might want to wait before buying that new graphics card Those looking to buy a new high-end graphics card should hold off for the next two to three months, according to a Tom's Hardware report. Nvidia, AMD, and Intel are all expected to release new high-end graphics cards soon, meaning...
  12. Jan

    AMD Ryzen 7000 launched

    AMD launches Ryzen 7000 chips — Specifications and performance claims AMD unveiled its highly-anticipated Ryzen 7000 series desktop processors on Monday, 29 August 2022. The company said the launch ushered in the "next era of high performance for gamers, enthusiasts, and content creators" with...
  13. Jan

    AMD Ryzen 7 7700X benchmark leaks

    AMD Ryzen 7 7700X benchmark leak shows promising performance A leaked AMD Ryzen 7 7700X benchmark shows increased single and multi-threaded performance in Cinebench R20 compared to the Ryzen 7 5800X. The benchmark comes from BilliBilli content creator Extreme Player.
  14. Rual dV

    AMD discloses multi-threading security vulnerability affecting Zen processors

    AMD Zen chips vulnerable to multi-threading attack AMD has disclosed an execution unit scheduler contention side-channel vulnerability affecting Zen 1, Zen 2, and Zen 3 processors that use simultaneous multithreading (SMT). The security vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-46778 and has a...
  15. Jan

    AMD Ryzen 7000 US prices leak

    AMD Ryzen 7000 price details leaked Well-known PC hardware news site VideoCardz has obtained details on the pricing and packaging of AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7000 series chips. The publication received the information from a source who shared part of a slideshow of a recent presentation that...
  16. Rual dV

    AMD's Lisa Su confirms Ryzen 7000 CPUs will launch before October

    AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs to launch before October AMD chief executive officer Lisa Su confirmed that the company's Ryzen 7000 processors, codenamed Raphael, will launch in Q3 2022. The executive announced the launch window during AMD's Q2 2022 earnings call.
  17. Jan

    AMD vs Intel CPU comparison

    Intel versus AMD processor showdown While Intel is the world's biggest CPU manufacturer, it has had its work cut out for it, with AMD's market share gradually increasing since the third quarter of 2016 as it out-innovated the chip giant in its newer generation of processors. As the dominant...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Intel, AMD, and Nvidia shares down after forecast for weak demand

    Intel, AMD, and Nvidia shares down after forecast for weak demand Intel Corp., the largest maker of computer processors, dragged down chip industry stocks after executives said a weaker economy will affect demand and hurt financial performance. “I think on the macro side, clearly, it’s...
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    Nvidia posts disappointing revenue forecast and takes chipmaker shares down with it

    Nvidia posts disappointing revenue forecast and takes chipmaker shares down with it Nvidia Corp.’s disappointing quarterly revenue forecast sent the stock down as much as 10%, and dragged lower the shares of other large chipmakers with it. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Marvell Technology...
  20. Rual dV

    AMD's next-gen Raphael desktop CPUs to release in late 2022

    AMD announces Ryzen 7000 processors AMD has announced that its Ryzen 7000 series “Raphael” processors will release “this Fall” — traditionally between early September and late November in North America. This year, the Fall season is from 5 September to 24 November.
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