Apple has raised prices across several Mac and iPad models, with the new MacBook Neo now starting at $699 in the US.
The change comes only a few months after Apple introduced the MacBook Neo at $599. The entry-level model was positioned as Apple’s lowest-cost laptop, but the $100 increase moves it closer to mainstream Windows laptops and premium Chromebooks.
Apple increased the MacBook Air price from $1,099 to $1
Another Amazon CPU order has reportedly turned into a return-scam case. A buyer says they ordered an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, but the sealed retail box contained an Intel Core i9-10900K instead.
The report comes from a Facebook hardware group and was later covered by TweakTown. The buyer wrote: “Wait a second that’s not a 9800x3
Valve’s Steam Machine has already received its first retail parody. French retailer LDLC has launched the “LDLC PC STIM,” a compact gaming PC clearly aimed at Valve’s new SteamOS system.
LDLC compares its “Stim Machine” directly against the Steam Machine and even uses a side-by-side spec table. The retailer lists its own system with green checkmarks, while Valve’s box gets red crosses
AMD’s Ryzen 5 9600X is now listed at $176.39 on Amazon US. This puts the six-core Zen 5 desktop processor 37% below its $279 list price.
The lower price also places AMD’s CPU below Intel’s Core Ultra 5 250K Plus. This CPU was already respnsible for 9600XT price cut a few weeksa go. Intel
Intel’s Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is currently selling below its official price range in the US. A current Amazon deal lists the processor at $264.99 with free shipping. The CPU was already discounted to $280 in May following the launch few weeks prior.
That puts the CPU $35 below the lower end of Intel’s $299 recommended price. The CPU spent its
ComputerBase has tested AMD FSR Upscaling 4.1 on Radeon RX 7000 graphics cards, following AMD’s early driver release for RDNA 3 GPUs. AMD enabled support through Adrenalin 26.6.2, ahead of the previously announced July window.
The test covers Radeon RX 7900 XTX, RX 7800 XT and RX 7600
The update is available for ROG Crosshair, ROG Strix, TUF Gaming and ProArt models based on X870, B850 and X670 chipsets. The BIOS files were shared through the ASUS ROG forum by SAFEDISK, who notes that older CMO files should not be used with this firmware.
The main change is support for GNR Transparent Secure Memory Encryption, or TSME. In this case,
Framework is now selling Intel Core Ultra Series 3 mainboard kits for the Framework Laptop 13 Pro with optional LPCAMM2 memory bundles.
The company says LPCAMM2 retail availability is still limited, so buyers can now add memory directly when placing a mainboard pre-order. Framework also confirmed that the first Core Ultra Series 3 mainboard pre-orders have started shipping.
The standalone mainboard kit is listed in two processor
Earlier this week, we looked at desktop PC alternatives to Valve’s Steam Machine. Given the official pricing, it is possible to build a system with similar or better GPU performance in the same price range. The main counterargument is size. Valve’s system uses a compact custom design, which is harder to match with standard PC components
AMD has released a new Adrenalin 26.6.3 Hotfix Preview driver. This release targets an issue introduced with the previous Adrenalin 26.6.2 driver.
According to AMD, the hotfix fixes an intermittent installation issue affecting Windows 10 systems with Radeon RX 7000 series and newer graphics products. The company previously confirmed that some users could see a yellow bang in Device Manager after installing Adrenalin 26.