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Testing Eco Mode on the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X: 99% Performance for 80% Power (PROACTIVE)edit
AMD launched the Ryzen 9 3950X a few days back and along with a few new features for the entire Matisse lineup. One of these is the low-power “Eco Mode” that reportedly reduces the power draw by a notch while barely having an impact on performance. That is what we’ll be testing today. We’ll compare the power draw of the Ryzen 7 3700X in normal mode and eco mode as well as the resultant performance in games and popular benchmarking applications like Cinebench and Indigo.
Publication: TechQuila
AMD Radeon Pro 5000M Series Mobile GPUs Bring High-Performance AMD RDNA Architecture to Apple’s New 16-inch MacBook Proedit
AMD today announced that the latest Apple MacBook Pro features the new AMD Radeon Pro 5500M and 5300M mobile GPUs. AMD Radeon Pro 5000M series are the first 7 nm discrete mobile GPUs for professional users, leveraging industry-leading process technology and powerful AMD RDNA architecture to provide groundbreaking levels of graphics performance for video editing, 3D content creation and macOS-based game development.
Publication: Tech Power Up
Asus Zenbook 14 UM431 laptop detailed unboxing and overview | Gadget Bridge Hindi (PROACTIVE)edit
Asus ZenBook 14 is powered by AMD Ryzen R5-3500U processor with Radeon Vega 8 graphics. It features a 14-inch full-HD anti-glare display with 1,920×1,080 pixels of resolutions. The laptop runs Windows 10 Home. The machine also comes with 8GB DDR4 RAM and 512GB PCIe SSD. Over that, it has a battery capacity of 47Wh offering 12 hours of battery life. The connectivity options include Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type C port, USB 3.1 Gen Type-A port, USB 2.0 port, HDMI port, SD card reader along with an audio combination jack.
Publication: Gadgets Bridge
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Best Gaming Laptops under Rs. 1,00,000 (1 Lakh) in India: November 2019edit
Gaming laptops have become a lot cheaper these days. Just a few years back, a decent portable rig costed north of 1 lac. However, now courtesy of AMD’s Ryzen Picasso APUs and the GeForce 16 series cards, you can get a fantastic gaming laptop for just around 50,000 INR. In this coming year, I expect them to get even cheaper as competition intensifies and AMD launches the mobile version of the Radeon RX 5500. Paired with the Renoir/Picasso chips, they ought to offer unbeatable performance in the 50K price range.
Publication: TechQuila
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Best Gaming Laptops under Rs. 1,00,000 (1 Lakh) in India: November 2019edit
Gaming laptops have become a lot cheaper these days. Just a few years back, a decent portable rig costed north of 1 lac. However, now courtesy of AMD’s Ryzen Picasso APUs and the GeForce 16 series cards, you can get a fantastic gaming laptop for just around 50,000 INR. In this coming year, I expect them to get even cheaper as competition intensifies and AMD launches the mobile version of the Radeon RX 5500. Paired with the Renoir/Picasso chips, they ought to offer unbeatable performance in the 50K price range.
Publication: TechQuila
New Security Flaws Found in Intel Chipsedit
A team of researchers discovered serious security vulnerabilities in chips made by Intel and Geneva-based semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics that has affected billions of users globally. The two vulnerabilities, which have now been addressed, would have allowed hackers to employ timing side -channel attacks to steal cryptographic keys that are supposed to remain safely inside the chips.
Publication: The Economic Times
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AMD Radeon Pro 5000M Series Mobile GPUs Bring High-Performance AMD RDNA Architecture to Apple’s New 16-inch MacBook Proedit
AMD today announced that the latest Apple MacBook Pro features the new AMD Radeon Pro 5500M and 5300M mobile GPUs. AMD Radeon Pro 5000M series are the first 7 nm discrete mobile GPUs for professional users, leveraging industry-leading process technology and powerful AMD RDNA architecture to provide groundbreaking levels of graphics performance for video editing, 3D content creation and macOS-based game development.
Publication: Tech Power Up
Asus Zenbook Pro Duo: Double the screen, less the funedit
DUAL-SCREENS ARE in vogue. Phone companies are vying for its Samsung released its revamped Galaxy Fold, while Huawei featured its Mate his year and so are laptop brands. In March this year, TIP became the first brand to launch a dual screen laptop (OmenX 2S),but the latest to come out with an offering, in this range, is Asus. It recently launched two variants of Zenbook Duo to compete with the likes of TIP and Microsoft. Although the two variants have dual screens (1.5 actually), the specs for each are different, and Zenbook to make things easier has done an Apple for names. The Zenbook Pro Duo comes equipped with a 4K UHD Nanoedge OLED HDR (whew) display and a pinching ...
Apple Macbook Pro 16-inch with revamped keyboard, new features set to launch soonedit
Apple Inc. plans to debut a new MacBook Pro laptop with a larger screen and revamped keyboard as soon as Wednesday, according to people familiar with the situation. This will be the first major update since the MacBook Pro line was redesigned three years ago. Apple is moving from a 15-inch screen to a higher-resolution 16-inch screen, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing unannounced products. The display will likely appeal to video and photo editors, gamers and software developers.
Publication: Hindustan Times
Asus Zenbook 14 UM431 laptop detailed unboxing and overview | Gadget Bridge Hindi (PROACTIVE)edit
Asus ZenBook 14 is powered by AMD Ryzen R5-3500U processor with Radeon Vega 8 graphics. It features a 14-inch full-HD anti-glare display with 1,920×1,080 pixels of resolutions. The laptop runs Windows 10 Home. The machine also comes with 8GB DDR4 RAM and 512GB PCIe SSD. Over that, it has a battery capacity of 47Wh offering 12 hours of battery life. The connectivity options include Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type C port, USB 3.1 Gen Type-A port, USB 2.0 port, HDMI port, SD card reader along with an audio combination jack.
Publication: Gadgets Bridge
Microsoft Releases Windows 10 November 2019 Update (1909)edit
Microsoft late Tuesday released its second major update to Windows 10 for the year, the Windows 10 November 2019 Update (version 1909). This update beats conventions in that is “minor” in comparison to the Windows 10 May 2019 (1903) Update, in that Microsoft didn’t change too many under-the-hood components, but updated the operating system’s user-interface. For example, the operating system retains the older version’s driver model.
Publication: Tech Power Up
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