AMD FSR 4.1 costs RX 7800 XT up to 10% performance versus FSR 3.1

AMD FSR 4.1 is 7-10% slower than FSR 3.1 on Radeon RX 7800 XT

ComputerBase has retested the Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7600 with FSR Upscaling 4.1, giving us a direct comparison against FSR 3.1 on RDNA 3. The newer upscaler improves image quality, but it also carries a measurable performance cost. ComputerBase previously used FSR 3.1 for RX 7000 cards in its current GPU test suite.

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BeamNG.drive is getting DLSS and FSR after major graphics overhaul

BeamNG.drive confirms long-requested DLSS and FSR support

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BeamNG.drive is getting NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR support. BeamNG developer Panos Karabelas confirmed that both upscalers are “coming soon,” although he did not reveal which versions will be supported or when the update will arrive.

This has been requested by players for years. BeamNG developers were already discussing temporal upscalers in 2023, when they explained that the renderer first needed proper motion data for objects such as trees, grass and animated

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GIGABYTE relaunches B760M GAMING DDR4 motherboard with PCIe 5.0

GIGABYTE relaunches B760M DDR4 motherboard with PCIe 5.0 and Wi-Fi 6E

B760M GAMING returns with Gen5 support.

GIGABYTE has introduced the B760M GAMING WIFI6E DDR4 GEN5, a refreshed motherboard for Intel’s LGA1700 platform. The model combines DDR4 memory support with a PCIe 5.0 x16 graphics slot and Wi-Fi 6E connectivity.

The board is based closely on the existing B

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Steam Deck gets one of PS Portal’s key features

Asobi brings PS5 cloud streaming to Steam Deck and Steam Machine, no PS5 required

Steam Deck and Steam Machine users can now test PlayStation cloud streaming through a third-party Steam app. Asobi also supports select purchased PS5 games without connecting to a console.

A third-party app called Asobi: Remote Play is now available through a Steam Playtest for Steam Deck, Steam Machine and other Linux systems. The software supports standard PS4 and PS5 Remote Play, but its more interesting feature is PlayStation Plus cloud

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Intel Xeon 7 Diamond Rapids reportedly tops out at 256 P-cores

Intel reportedly cancels 512-core Diamond Rapids, flagship Xeon 7 gets 256 P-cores

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Xeon 7 Diamond Rapids

Diamond Rapids may no longer include the 512-core configuration previously expected. According to leaker Jaykihn, Intel’s top Diamond Rapids processor is now planned with 256 P-cores.

This is a change from information we reported in April. At the time, Diamond Rapids was said to launch with up to 256 P-cores, while a separate

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Japanese retailer starts selling used GPUs, RTX 3080 Ti sells out for around $404

A sign of bad times: used GeForce RTX 3080 Ti cards are back on sale

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Japanese PC hardware retailer OLIOSPEC has started selling used graphics cards. One of the first products advertised through its official X account was a ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Trinity OC 12GB for ¥63,800 including tax. The listing is already marked as sold out.

The price works out to approximately $404 or €350 at current exchange rates.

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Framework confirms data breach exposed customer addresses and phone numbers

Framework confirms customer data breach through Metabase zero-day

Names, email addresses, phone numbers, login IPs and full addresses were accessed. Framework notified affected customers within hours, but some users argue the company is downplaying the scope of the breach.

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Framework has confirmed a customer data breach involving Metabase , the business intelligence platform used by the company. Metabase discovered on August 3 that its cloud service had been attacked through a previously unknown vulnerability. Framework was informed on August 6 and subsequently confirmed that the attacker had accessed

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Intel Nova Lake desktop CPU with 12 Xe3P iGPU reportedly has 40W PL2 for graphics

Intel Nova Lake-S desktop chip with 12 Xe3P cores reportedly has 154W PL2

Intel’s unusual Nova Lake-S processor with 12 Xe3P graphics is getting more detailed specifications. According to Jaykihn, the integrated GPU currently has its own 40W PL2 limit , while the complete processor has a chip-wide PL2 of 154W. The information remains preliminary.

We first covered this processor in April . The reported configuration combines 4 P-cores

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MSI RTX 5080 SUPRIM DRACO EPIC confirmed at 2775 MHz, 60 MHz faster than standard SUPRIM

MSI RTX 5080 DRACO EPIC specs confirmed, 2760 MHz boost and 360W power

MSI has published the specifications for its GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM DRACO EPIC EDITION, the special model released for the company’s 40th anniversary. The card receives a higher factory overclock than MSI’s existing RTX 5080 SUPRIM models.

The DRACO EPIC EDITION runs at a 2760 MHz boost clock in Gaming and Silent modes. MSI Center can increase this

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Modders gain full Windows desktop access on GeForce NOW

Modders bypass GeForce NOW game interface and reach full Windows desktop

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GeForce NOW sessions are supposed to expose supported games, but modders have demonstrated access to the Windows desktop running underneath. The method provides a desktop with the taskbar, icons and the ability to launch other applications inside NVIDIA’s cloud PC.

Zortos, together with dpadGuy, published a tutorial demonstrating the method on July 31. It relies on Trove running through the official NVIDIA GeForce NOW service. According to the tutorial description, it only works with paid

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