3DMark gets the new CPU benchmark
Published in News
Friday, 25 June 2021 18:17

3DMark gets the new CPU benchmark


Available in 3DMark Advanced and Professional Edition

UL Benchmarks has expanded 3DMark to include a set of dedicated CPU benchmarks, which shows the CPU performance scaling across a number of cores and threads and that allows gamers to check if their CPU is performing as expected, as well as giving overclockers a way to measure the performance gain.

AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution coming to Xbox
Published in Gaming


Valve also adds it to DOTA 2

It appears that AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) will be coming to Xbox consoles as it is has already been made available to preview in Xbox GDK.

Western Digital preparing update for WD Black SN850 SSD
Published in PC Hardware


One for AMD's X570 platform

Western Digital is apparently working on a firmware update for WD Black SN850 M.2 NVMe SSD that should fix issues that this drive has on AMD X570 chipset motherboards.

MSI launches CMP 50HX MINER card
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 24 June 2021 13:23

MSI launches CMP 50HX MINER card


Packs 3584 CUDA cores

MSI has unveiled its newest cryptomining-oriented graphics card, the CMP 50XH MINER, featuring 10GB of GDDR6 memory and 3584 CUDA cores.

AMD officially brings FidelityFX Super Resolution
Published in Graphics


Starting with 7 games at launch, more coming soon

AMD has launched its FidelityFX Super Resolution upscaling technology, which will be available in seven games at launch with additional titles coming soon.

ECS announces LIVA Q3 mini PC
Published in News
Wednesday, 23 June 2021 13:54

ECS announces LIVA Q3 mini PC


Powered by AMD Ryzen V1605B/R1505G embedded APU

ECS has announced a rather interesting new mini PC, the LIVA Q3 Plus, powered by AMD Ryzen V1605B/R1505G embedded APU.

Samsung Exynos SoC with AMD RNDA2 GPU to be announced next month
Published in Mobiles


Rumored to bring impressive performance

It appears that the earlier reports from Korea were spot on as the latest rumor suggests that the Samsung Exynos SoC with AMD RDNA2 GPU could be launching in July. A different report also suggests it could be packing quite a punch, despite being limited in order to fit the power envelope.

Sabrent rolls out firmware update for Rocket 4 Plus SSD series
Published in PC Hardware


Fixes several caching and performance issues

Sabrent has released a new firmware update for the Rocket 4 Plus M.2 NVMe SSD series, which addresses some caching and performance issues seen with earlier batches of Rocket 4 Plus SSDs.

AMD liquid-cooled RX 6900 XT LC is limited to system integrators
Published in Graphics


Not coming to retail/e-tail

The recently spotted reference Radeon RX 6900 XT LC (Liquid Cooled) graphics card is apparently exclusive to System Integrators (SIs), according to AMD.

Mobvoi rolls out TicWatch E3 smartwatch
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 17 June 2021 13:40

Mobvoi rolls out TicWatch E3 smartwatch


Lighter and less expensive than TicWatch 3 Pro

Mobvoi has announced its newest TicWatch E3, a lighter and less expensive, but still equally powerful smartwatch, than the earlier launched TicWatch 3 Pro.