NVIDIA RTX 30 & AMD RX 6000 price decline enters a slowdown

NVIDIA & AMD graphics card pricing entered a stagnation

AMD Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards are a bit more expensive than two weeks go, 3DCenter reports .

3DCenter makes a comprehensive roundup of GPU pricing in Germany and Austria. The site regularly visits retailers and checks on prices of GeForce RTX 30 and AMD Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards since the beginning of this year, just when the news about increased pricing has started to reach consumers.

While graphics cards have indeed seen a massive reduction


Arcadegeddon becomes the first PlayStation 5 game to implement AMD FSR

Arcadegeddon PC and PS5 get FSR

The fact that Arcamaggedon gets AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution support is not a surprise, as AMD officially announced this game joining the list of supported titles, but the fact that a PlayStation build of the same game also does certainly is an important development.

In the recent patch notes, Arcamageddon developers have revealed that not only the PC version but also the PlayStation 5 build is getting AMD FSR support. This marks the moment when the first console game gets AMD super resolution technology, even before Xbox


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Intel Core i9-12900K Alder Lake-S Qualification Samples available on black market for 1064 USD

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Intel Core i9-12900K QS is now available on the black market

According to Yuuki_AnS, qualification samples of Intel Alder Lake-S processor are now available on the black market in China.

The leaker claims that samples of Core i9-12900K are now available for around 6900 to 7500 CNY (1064 to 1157 USD) on the

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Intel vPro roadmap lists Alder Lake mobile and desktop series arriving in Q1 2022

Alder Lake-S Desktop & Alder Lake-P Mobile vPro in Q1 2022

Intel intends to refresh its vPro client products in the first quarter of next year, the newly leaked roadmap indicates.

The roadmap is clearly not the latest, but the revision date mentioned on the slide at least confirms it’s from this year (16th January 2021 to be exact). The image quality of the roadmaps that we received from an anonymous source is not the best either, to

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ELSA introduces GeForce RTX 3060 Ti LHR ERAZOR in collaboration with Project Cars 3 developer

ELSA ERAZOR with LHR

ELSA releases its new ERAZOR based on GA104 GPU.

The graphics card has officially been introduced last week, but the ERAZOR RTX 3060 Ti LHR is only available starting from July 16th. This model is based on the Lite Hash Rate model, which offers a reduced hash rate in Ethereum mining. What might be interesting is that ELSA never released RTX 3060 Ti model until now, it’s almost as if they knew they would have to launch

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(PR) EK launches Quantum Monoblock for ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero

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MAXIMUM QUANTUM ACQUIRED – THE ROG MAXIMUS XIII HERO MONOBLOCK HAS LAUNCHED

EK®, the premium liquid cooling gear manufacturer, releases a new Momentum Monoblock for the ROG® Maximus XIII Hero – a motherboard based on the newest Intel® Z590 chipset. The EK-Quantum Momentum ROG Maximus XIII Hero monoblock is made available in Plexi and Acetal versions. The Plexi model features addressable D-RGB LEDs compatible with ASUS® AURA Sync software enabling full lighting customization for every single diode, at any given

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER survives a house fire

Der8auer revives GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GPU from house fire

Der8auer, a popular YouTuber and overclocker, made a visit to Caseking (a german PC hardware retailer) who has an interesting program called ‘Kill my case’. This program is basically what Pimp my Ride was except for PCs. The company decided to acquire a PC that was in a flat that burned down. This PC was then was inspected by Der8auer who has extensive knowledge of electronics, including their modifications.

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Steam Deck has M.2 2230 SSD slot, but Valve does not recommend upgrading it

Steam Deck uses M.2 2230 SSD

By far the biggest question from Valve’s Steam Deck announcement was, can the onboard SSD drive be upgraded? Well as it turns out it can, however, it is neither cheap nor recommended.

Gabe Newell responded to a few emails from Reddit Steam community members, who were asking about the Steam Decks SSD. In particular, people were interested whether it makes sense to buy the most expensive variant which comes with 512GB, or rather buy a

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AMD FSR and NVIDIA DLSS comparison shows similar quality and performance at 4K resolution in Necromunda Hired Gun

AMD FSR in Necromunda HR and Avengers

AMD FSR has just been added to Necromunda Hired Gun, a fast-paced first-person shooter. Although this game is relatively new, it already offers support for NVIDIA DLSS as well as AMD FSR, being one of the first games to do so.

By offering DLSS and FSR support there is finally a way to compare both technologies side by side to determine which technology is better. This was partially done by Back4BuckPC Gamer who compared both technologies at 4K resolution when

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OCCT 9 gets a benchmark and official leaderboard

OCCT enters benchmarking – users can now compare their results

OCCT, a popular stress testing tool for enthusiasts now offers a benchmarking tool.

The latest version of OCCT 9 now has a new tab that offers a very easy-to-use and relatively short benchmark for processors and memory. The CPU benchmark provides four metrics, including single-thread and multi-thread results for SSE and AVX instruction respectively. According to the author, the key point of the new benchmarking feature is reporting on all system information and hardware sensor data

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