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Apple is reportedly preparing a second-generation MacBook Neo for next year. According to Tim Culpan, the new model will use a version of the A19 Pro chip expected to debut in the iPhone 17 Pro series.
If that report is accurate, the biggest change could be memory capacity. MacRumors mentions that since the A19 Pro uses 1
ASUS appears to have increased prices for several Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards in its US store. Currently, on the official store, the Prime OC is listed at $939.99, the TUF Gaming OC at $989.99, and the Prime White OC at $959.99. Those numbers are higher than ASUS’s earlier indexed store pricing for at least the standard
According to a recent GGF Events video, ASUS told the reviewer it has no new boards coming specifically for Intel’s Core Ultra 200S Plus desktop refresh. The company says Core Ultra 200S Plus processors remain compatible with existing 800-series motherboards, so vendors do not need a new platform just to support the new chips.
Other board makers still used the refresh to roll out new products or fresh marketing
© Tech Sprut After checking the Snapdragon X2 Elite reviews , I focused on one thing, gaming. This was one of the biggest drawbacks of previous-generation Snapdragon systems. The good news is that gaming has improved, but reviewers generally agree this is still not a system you should buy for gaming.
Hardware Canucks says it was pleasantly surprised by the results and found that only three out of twelve tested games failed to run , compared to roughly half
Unfortunately, review coverage once again appears limited to the largest media outlets, so there is little point looking for smaller channels or niche sites covering this launch right now. In fact, it took longer than expected to put this roundup together simply because the first wave is so concentrated.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite is the company’s next-generation Arm chip for premium Windows laptops, and the model getting the most attention today is the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme
Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced The Playerbase , a new community program that will place selected PlayStation fans inside PlayStation Studios games. The program starts with Gran Turismo 7, while Sony says more games will be added later.
According to Sony, applicants will be asked about their PlayStation experience and must sign in with a PlayStation account to take part. The program is available in select markets across the Americas, Europe, Asia, South Africa, and Australia.
Intel says it has joined the Terafab project alongside SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla. Intel said it will help “refactor silicon fab technology” and use its chip design, manufacturing, and packaging capabilities to support the effort.
According to Intel’s post, the goal is to help Terafab reach 1 TW per year of compute for future AI and robotics workloads. Intel also said it hosted Elon Musk over the weekend, which suggests the project is now moving beyond
NVIDIA Shader Cache is a local store of precompiled graphics shaders saved on your SSD or HDD, so games do not need to rebuild the same shader data every time. Worth noting that NVIDIA says damaged cache files can cause launch crashes, lower performance, or visual artifacts, and its own support page still points users to Display Driver Uninstaller for shader-cache-only cleanup when needed.
Recently NVIDIA launched a new feature called Automatic Shader Compilation (ASC) , and because of
A new burned GeForce RTX 4090 case has appeared on Taiwan’s PTT forums. The owner says his cat started meowing while he was on a toilet, which led him to notice smoke and the smell of burning plastic coming from the PC.
According to the post, the card is an MSI GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming Trio purchased in October 2022. The user says the system was using an
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 laptop rollout has now reached retail. Best Buy has listed ASUS’s Zenbook A16 with Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme for $1,599.99. HP’s OmniBook Ultra 14 with standard Snapdragon X2 Elite, 32GB RAM, and 1TB storage is also live at $2,049.99.
At $1,5