ASRock launches Radeon RX 6500XT with 8GB memory

ASRock intros RX 6500XT 8GB Phantom Gaming

Entry-level RDNA2 GPU with 8GB VRAM.

The Radeon RX 6500XT, released in January 2022, features the Navi 24 GPU, which has one of the least attractive specs in the RDNA2 lineup. Despite its relatively low performance, some companies continue to support this model even to this day.

ASRock has just announced their Phantom Gaming card with 8GB VRAM, doubling the memory capacity of the original 4

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Stable Diffusion 3 Medium open-weight AI model released, NVIDIA and AMD optimizations announced

Stable Discussion 3 for image generation

The latest open-weight model is available for download.

Stable Diffusion is one of the open-weight AI models for image generation. Unlike Midjourney or DALL-E, which are available through online APIs, this model can be downloaded and run locally using your graphics card. A more capable GPU with larger memory results in faster image generation and higher resolution outputs. However, this is not always the case, as optimizations and acceleration through advanced machine-learning libraries can significantly speed up the

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ASRock now has the cheapest Radeon RX 7900/7800/7700 models, 7900GRE drops to $529

ASRock leads in Radeon RX 7000 price cuts

All ASRock’s Navi 31 and Navi 32 models come at the lowest price.

Next month, the Radeon RX 7900 GRE “Golden Rabbit Edition” will celebrate its first anniversary. This graphics card model was not initially available in all markets. Instead, AMD opted to introduce this GPU to the Chinese market and only brought the GRE SKU to other countries by the end of February.

At launch, AMD announced that the RX 79

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Vastarmor launches Radeon RX 7800 XT Alloy GPU in white

Vastarmor Radeon RX 7800 XT Alloy White

Chinese brand expands its Radeon RX 7000 lineup.

Just four years ago, Vastarmor was launched in China as a new board partner for AMD Radeon GPU series. Over this time, we have seen much lower interest from larger brands such as Gigabyte and MSI, who are clearly winding down their Radeon GPU series to a minimum or have no plans for new Radeon releases at all . Currently, Vastarmor has more RX 7000 cards than both of these

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ASRock DeskMate X600 Mini-PC features AM5 socket, supports PCIe extensions cables enabling full bandwidth for eGPUs

Move along Thunderbolt and OCuLink, DeskMeet X600 enables full PCIe speed through external cables

ASRock has launched a new Mini-PC that has an interesting design choice.

The ASRock Mini-PC is just 3.5 liters in size and doesn’t have enough room for a powerful discrete GPU like the RTX 40 series. Instead of adding extra space to fit a single-slot and low-profile GPU, the company decided to expose the PCIe connector in a way that allows a direct connection with an

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SK hynix confirms GDDR7 memory mass production starts in Q1 2025

SK hynix GDDR7 in Q1 2025 at earliest

AnandTech had an opportunity to ask an SK hynix representative when the company is expected to start shipping next-gen consumer graphics memory, the GDDR7, in volume. According to the company representative, this should happen at the beginning of 2025.

SK hynix was among the largest memory makers presenting early samples of the GDDR7 memory at Computex. This memory features increased speeds over GDDR6 and GDDR6X standards and is strictly designed for

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AMD confirms Ryzen 7000X3D will remain top gaming performer ahead of 9000 series launch

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D officially faster than Ryzen 9 9700X

Don Waligroski (AMD) confirms the difference will be smaller than expected, but the current-gen X3D CPU will be faster.

Perhaps this is why AMD is rumored to be launching its Ryzen 9000X3D series much sooner than expected . The latest rumors suggest the new X3D desktop CPUs might arrive in late Q3, possibly even before the Intel Core Ultra 200


AMD announces Radeon RX 7800XT & 7700XT game bundle

Finally new game bundle: AMD offers two games with Navi 32 cards

Starting from today, gamers can pick two games out of for with select Radeon GPUs.

The new promotion announced today is only for two graphics cards: Radeon RX 7800 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT , both equipped with Navi 32 GPU. No other models are included in this promotion (either Navi 31 or Navi 33 based).

The promotion includes two games to be chosen by users out of four

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Not just Windows: Tuxedo developing Snapdragon X Elite based Linux laptop

Snapdragon X in Linux laptop

Tuxedo is a sister company of Schenker Technologies, known for making XMG gaming laptops. The company specializes in Linux-based laptops and plans to expand beyond the x86 architecture.

A significant marketing initiative was undertaken to prepare consumers for the launch of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Series on Windows on ARM. Microsoft and Qualcomm collaborated to ensure a smooth experience from day one, using both native ARM apps and advanced emulation, including gaming.

Linux already powers billions of devices, many of which are ARM-

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GeForce RTX 50 Blackwell GB20X GPU specs have been leaked

Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor .

GeForce RTX 50 Blackwell GPU series leaked

Kopite7kimi reveals configurations of all RTX 50 GPUs.

Last week, Kopite7kimi hinted that the configuration of the GB203 GPU is different from what was previously thought. Instead of 96 Streaming Multiprocessors, the actual design has 84 SMs. Despite our best efforts, the leaker did not confirm the exact configurations of the remaining GPUs at the time.

However, today the leaker provided the list