AMD specific news
AMD Radeon VII 7nm GPU Launched For Rs 54,990, But Will You Get One Over the Nvidia RTX 2080 (PROACTIVE)edit
After announcing the world’s first 7nm architecture-based graphics card at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), AMD has brought the Radeon VII to India. The company says that the new graphics processing unit (GPU) offers ‘exceptional gaming performance’ and improved experiences with the latest AAA, eSports and VR titles.
Publication: News18 ; Fossbytes ; Geeky Gadgets
AMD Ryzen CPUs Are 35% Faster After World of Warcraft’s Latest Updateedit
World of Warcraft, one of the most popular MMOs recently got an update that drastically improves the CPU utilization and in turn the performance of the game on AMD Ryzen based systems. WoW has always suffered from poor multi-threaded performance and it was only after the release of the last expansion pack that CPUs with more than 4 threads were properly leveraged.
Publication: TechQuila
AMD to Unlock Professional Features for Radeon VII to Blunt RTX 2080’s Ray-tracing Edgeedit
To add value and give it a feature-set edge over the GeForce RTX 2080, AMD is reportedly preparing to unlock several professional graphics features for the Radeon VII that are otherwise exclusive to Radeon Pro series graphics cards. These features will be released by simply adding Radeon VII support to the upcoming Radeon Pro 19.Q1 software suite. You uninstall your Radeon Adrenalin 2019 Edition drivers and replace them with the Radeon Pro 19.Q1 drivers to access pro features.
Publication: Tech PowerUp
AMD Radeon VII Has No UEFI Supportedit
In what is turning out to be a massive QA oversight by AMD, people who bought retail Radeon VII graphics cards report that their cards don’t support UEFI, and that installing the card in their machines causes their motherboard to engage CSM (compatibility support module), a key component of UEFI firmware that’s needed to boot the machine with UEFI-unaware hardware (such as old storage devices, graphics cards, NICs, etc.,).
Publication: Tech PowerUp
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Intel’s new boss leads a firm that is both thriving and troublededit
AFTER A SEVEN-MONTH search, Intel on January 31st announced that its new chief executive would be its chief financial officer. Robert Swan had been filling in as the boss since last year, when Brian Krzanich, his predecessor, left after violating company rules about relationships with subordinates.
Publication: Financial Express
AOC CQ32G1 gaming monitors supports FreeSync and Gsyncedit
AOC has introduced a new 31.5 inch gaming monitor offering users a resolution of 2560 x 1440 and a refresh rate of 1 ms, 144Hz supporting AMD FreeSync and the new G-Sync support recently announced by NVIDIA. The AOC CQ32G1 is priced at £359, $395 and €399 and unfortunately doesn’t support HDR content, maximum 300 cd/m² brightness.
Publication: Geeky Gadgets
Competition in news
Wishlist – LENOVO THINKPAD XI EXTREMEedit
Lenovo ThinkPads have always skewed towards the business audience, but the XI Extreme changes that. It is the first laptop in the series to house Nvidia discrete GPU, making it suitable for gaming and multimedia purposes.
Publication: The Hindu Metro Plus
Intel’s new boss leads a firm that is both thriving and troublededit
AFTER A SEVEN-MONTH search, Intel on January 31st announced that its new chief executive would be its chief financial officer. Robert Swan had been filling in as the boss since last year, when Brian Krzanich, his predecessor, left after violating company rules about relationships with subordinates.
Publication: Financial Express
Asus VivoBook S14 (S430U) Review: MacBook Air got some competitionedit
Asus has a variety of laptops targeting different types of customers. The VivoBook series concentrates on people looking for a laptop for school or work who need a portable laptop, which they can carry everywhere and with which they can get their work done. However, the Asus VivoBook S14 (S406) is not meant for everyone and here’s why we think so.
Publication: Beetle Bite
New Intel Core i9-9990XE Sheds Cores in Favor of High Clock Speeds, Benchmarkededit
Intel is giving final touches to a new socket LGA2066 high-end desktop processor with an interesting model number for its specifications. The new Core i9-9990XE is positioned above the current flagship i9-9980XE. Normally you’d expect it to be the same 18-core “Skylake-X” chip with a speed-bump, however, the i9-9990XE is a unique proposition. It sheds cores in favor of significantly higher clock-speeds than the i9-9980XE.
Publication: Tech PowerUp
AOC CQ32G1 gaming monitors supports FreeSync and Gsyncedit
AOC has introduced a new 31.5 inch gaming monitor offering users a resolution of 2560 x 1440 and a refresh rate of 1 ms, 144Hz supporting AMD FreeSync and the new G-Sync support recently announced by NVIDIA. The AOC CQ32G1 is priced at £359, $395 and €399 and unfortunately doesn’t support HDR content, maximum 300 cd/m² brightness.
Publication: Geeky Gadgets
Intel Neural Compute Stick 2: AI in the palm of your handedit
Over the last few years, the use of machine learning has become more and more commonplace, especially in consumer devices and services. The Union Budget of 2019 included special mention and provisions for helping the AI sector in India grow over the next few years.
Publication: Digit
Tomorrows Battlefield V update adds support for NVIDIA DLSS and moreedit
Battlefield V players patiently waiting for the previously unveiled update to roll out which adds NVIDIA DLSS and more enhancements and performance optimisations for the DXR Ray Tracing on PC systems. Will be pleased to know that it will be arriving tomorrow. “This update includes further optimisations to DXR ray tracing performance and introduces NVIDIA DLSS to Battlefield V, which uses deep learning to improve game performance while maintaining visual quality.”
Publication: Geeky Gadgets ; Tech PowerUp
Partner in news
Wishlist – LENOVO THINKPAD XI EXTREMEedit
Lenovo ThinkPads have always skewed towards the business audience, but the XI Extreme changes that. It is the first laptop in the series to house Nvidia discrete GPU, making it suitable for gaming and multimedia purposes.
Publication: The Hindu Metro Plus
Asus VivoBook S14 (S430U) Review: MacBook Air got some competitionedit
Asus has a variety of laptops targeting different types of customers. The VivoBook series concentrates on people looking for a laptop for school or work who need a portable laptop, which they can carry everywhere and with which they can get their work done. However, the Asus VivoBook S14 (S406) is not meant for everyone and here’s why we think so.
Publication: Beetle Bite
AOC CQ32G1 gaming monitors supports FreeSync and Gsyncedit
AOC has introduced a new 31.5 inch gaming monitor offering users a resolution of 2560 x 1440 and a refresh rate of 1 ms, 144Hz supporting AMD FreeSync and the new G-Sync support recently announced by NVIDIA. The AOC CQ32G1 is priced at £359, $395 and €399 and unfortunately doesn’t support HDR content, maximum 300 cd/m² brightness.
Publication: Geeky Gadgets
Google extends chip-making efforts to design hub Bengaluruedit
Alphabet Inc’s Google has hired more than a dozen microchip engineers in Bengaluru, India, in recent months and plans to rapidly add more, according to LinkedIn profiles, job postings and two industry executives, as the search firm expands its program to design the guts of its devices internally.
Publication: Mint ; TechCircle
Industry news
Google extends chip-making efforts to design hub Bengaluruedit
Alphabet Inc’s Google has hired more than a dozen microchip engineers in Bengaluru, India, in recent months and plans to rapidly add more, according to LinkedIn profiles, job postings and two industry executives, as the search firm expands its program to design the guts of its devices internally.
Publication: Mint ; TechCircle
Tomorrows Battlefield V update adds support for NVIDIA DLSS and moreedit
Battlefield V players patiently waiting for the previously unveiled update to roll out which adds NVIDIA DLSS and more enhancements and performance optimisations for the DXR Ray Tracing on PC systems. Will be pleased to know that it will be arriving tomorrow. “This update includes further optimisations to DXR ray tracing performance and introduces NVIDIA DLSS to Battlefield V, which uses deep learning to improve game performance while maintaining visual quality.”
Publication: Geeky Gadgets ; Tech PowerUp
Mobile Gaming Market 2018 Global Analysis, Opportunities and Forecast 2023edit
With the increasing adoption for smartphones, tablets and personal digital assistants in the developing countries such as India, China, and others, the mobile gaming market has seen tremendous growth as the smart devices offer increased accessibility to gaming and other applications.
Publication: Webnewswire
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