The Ashes Escalation benchmark of NVIDIA’s Ampere flagship, the GeForce RTX 3080 has surfaced, giving us an idea of the performance of the RTX 30 series GPUs in real-world gaming workloads. In this benchmark, the RTX 3080 was paired with an Intel Core i9-9900K and tested at the 4K Crazy preset using the DX12 API. The result was an average of 88.3 FPS, and a score of 8,700 points.

Publication: Hardware Times 

It seems that AMD will make some major changes to the core configs of the 4th Gen Ryzen lineup. As per 1usmus, author of Ryzen DRAM calculator, we are going to see 10 core parts based on Zen 3, likely in an attempt to outmaneuver the Core i9-10900K. We already know that Vermeer will switch to 8 core CCXs and ditch the concept of multiple CCXs per CCD. This means a potential 5+5 configuration. Another core feature that Zen 3 will introduce is the “Curve Optimizer”. This will allow you to modify the boost behavior of the Ryzen 4000 CPUs.

Publication: Hardware Times  

The heatsink designs of a bunch of AIB partners for the RTX 3080/3090 have surfaced, showing a completely new approach compared to the Turing parts. The Colorful iGame is the most interesting as it features a little LED on the side for displaying the core clocks, temps, VRAM usage, and pretty much anything that you might fancy. The rest of the design is rather simple, featuring two thin RGB strips alongside the fans.

Publication: Hardware Times 

The Dell G3 15 3500 is powered by the 10th Gen Intel Core i5 10300H. It is a quad-core eight-thread CPU with a base clock speed of 2.5GHz and a boost clock speed of 4.5GHz. Thanks to the higher single-core clock speed, the CPU posts 1122 points on single-core Geekbench 5 performance and 4206 points on multi-core CPU performance.

Publication: Gizbot

But while it cannot beat laptops with discreet GPUs, it can still hold its own when dealing with casual gaming needs. With its limited graphics processing cores, the Iris Plus GPU provides superior performance to older generation onboard graphics solution from Intel and is good enough to run games such as Fifa 20 on medium-high graphics and above 1080p resolutions without seeing a significant drop-off in frame rate.

Publication: India Today 

he XPS is widely regarded as Dell’s answer to the MacBook Pro. It is a line-up that Windows users look up to whenever they are looking to splurge on and expect the same level of finesse in craftsmanship and horsepower in performance. No other machine comes close. Though Dell keeps updating these machines with newer, faster processors and improved design from time to time, over the last few years, it has been criticised for not having updated the XPS 15 as much as the smaller – and relatively more mainstream — XPS 13.

Publication: Financial Express 

When it comes to buying a new computer, laptops may seem like the obvious choice but the good old PC with the right upgrades makes a better investment any day. If you are someone who needs to work on graphics and animations or looking at building a high-powered gaming system then opting for a desktop computer makes sense.

Publication: The Times of India 

The entry-level or say low-end laptop CPU market for Intel hasn’t been that much convincing for Intel in the last couple of years and its last Gemini Lake didn’t provide any significant improvement for both low-end notebooks and mini PCs. Now that even AMD is making cheap Ryzen and Athlon CPUs with low TDP, Intel is surely feeling the heat of the competition.

Publication: TechnoSports

IF you’d like to step your performance game up a notch, you can consider the HP 15s which is powered by the AMD Ryzen 5 3500U processor. This is a quad-core processor with a base clock of 2.1GHz and a boost of 3.7GHz. In addition, the onboard graphics are the Vega 8 graphics, meaning that there’s potential for running light creative loads or even doing some very light gaming at low settings, perhaps at 720p. All this is also made possible thanks to 8GB of DDR4 memory onboard alongside a 512GB SSD for fast boot and load times.

Publication: Digit

hipmaker AMD seems to have branched off into the bicycle-making business, as per a report by GameRant. The company hasn’t announced any new graphics cards in competition to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 series but instead, has added its branded bikes to the fan shop. It has added two bikes: The AMD Custom Cruiser and the AMD Custom Mountain Bike. While the Custom Cruiser is gearless and comes with a coaster brake, the Custom Mountain Bike is a more serious contender, with 21 gears, dual-suspension frame and linear-pull brakes. Both can be shipped within the US for $299 with a shipping charge of $50 more extra.

Publication: The Times of India