AMD Ryzen 7 8700F available for preorder at $299, launches May 14th

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F launches May 14 at $299

The Hawk Point desktop APU without graphics.

Amazon has spilled the beans on AMD’s latest release, the Ryzen 8000F series. For now, the retailer has only listed one processor, which is the 8-core Ryzen 7 8700F. The “F” designation means that the processor does not have integrated graphics enabled.

For the Hawk Point APU, the built-in RDNA3 graphics

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D now available for $329, 5700X3D at $229 and 5800X at $175

Retailers preparing for Ryzen 9000 with new discounts

The 7900X3D is now available at all-time-low price.

There are several interesting deals on AMD Ryzen CPUs across two generations of sockets. The 12-core Ryzen 9 7900X3D, which has seemingly been on a never-ending price adjustment, has now reached a price point of $329. This is $60 cheaper than the last all-time low price, as

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Qualcomm Snapdragon X-based ASUS Vivobook S laptop to launch on May 20

ASUS first to announce new laptop launch featuring Qualcomm’s Oryon-based CPU

The first X Elite laptop to launch is ASUS Vivobook.

ASUS is gearing up to unveil its latest addition to the Vivobook series on May 20th. This launch marks a very important milestone for Qualcomm as it will introduce the first laptop powered by the Snapdragon X Elite chipset.

Although ASUS hasn’t officially disclosed the specifications of this laptop, the launch event is set to feature speakers from Qualcomm and Microsoft. Adding to the speculation,

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NVIDIA RTX Remix gets DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction support

Ray Reconstruction now in RTX Remix, available to all RTX GPU users

AI-powered NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 feature improves over standard denoising techniques.

The RTX Remix is NVIDIA’s effort to breathe new life into old games using modern technology. The project targets the modding community and individual users seeking to revisit old favorites with higher resolution textures, new lighting, and even ray tracing. The latest update introduces NVIDIA’s technology, part of the DLSS 3.5 suite, called Ray Reconstruction.

Firstly, it’

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ASL GeForce RTX 4060 embraces the purr-fect blend of cats, anime, pink, and sakura

ASL launches Cute Pet GPU ticks all the boxes

Cooperation with SupremoCat delivers new pink GPU design.

ASL, the Chinese NVIDIA board partner, has launched a new GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card. This isn’t the first nor the last model from this company, but certainly one of the most eye-catching ones. As you might remember, ASL launched a “Youth” edition of their RTX 4060 model a while back, but this model takes things to a new level, apparently only

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Mobile on Desktop RTX 4080M/4090M “Frankenstein” cards may come with cracked GPUs

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090M/4080M “Frankenstein” desktop graphics cards tested

PRO Hi-Tech bought two desktop gaming cards equipped with NVIDIA’s top GPUs for laptops.

NVIDIA did not plan for gamers to use RTX 4090M and RTX 4080M in desktop PCs. However, these mobile graphics cards are widely available in China for desktop upgrades. Despite the risk, users opt for them due to their lower prices compared to high-end desktop GPUs

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Intel Core Ultra 5 240F “Arrow Lake-S” CPU to use either 8+16 or 6+8 core tiles

Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .

Core Ultra 5 240F, expected to use two versions of the Arrow Lake-S silicon

A new rumor suggests Intel will continue its ‘tradition’ to mix silicon dies within the mid-range CPU segment.

The next-gen Arrow Lake-S series is on track to debut on the desktop platform this year, introducing the LGA-1851 socket and pointing to the early retirement of the Raptor Lake family. The recent 14

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MSI CLAW gets firmware and GPU driver update enabling higher performance

MSI Claw sees massive performance updates thanks to Intel’s new drivers

Finally, some good updates for the Claw.

The Claw has already seen price cuts of up to 25% from its original price. This gaming handheld simply isn’t up to the task of competing with AMD-powered handhelds, which offer superior performance and are often sold at lower prices. The Claw is powered by Intel architecture using the Meteor Lake processor with built-in Arc Alchemist graphics. While these graphics are indeed a substantial upgrade over

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 with AD103 GPU has been spotted

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 variant confirmed to feature AD103 GPU

The new variant of RTX 4070 has been spotted by developers of GPU-Z software.

A few weeks ago, a rumor emerged suggesting that NVIDIA would release new variants of the RTX 4070 and 4060 series. These cards would feature non-standard GPU variants, typically utilizing larger dies with heavily reduced core counts. Such a practice of reusing larger GPUs for mid-range SKUs has actually been

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XFX teases Radeon RX 7900 XTX “Phoenix Nirvana” graphics card

XFX set to launch a new graphics card

Nearly 1.5 years after the launch of RX 7900 XTX, XFX is releasing a new model.

XFX China is set to launch a new graphics card called “Phoenix Nirvana.” This model has not been seen before and will debut soon. The company has even set up a preorder page where a certain number of gamers can order the GPU early with an additional discount. So not only has this product not been showcased in full, but there is also

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