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Intel’s next-gen Arc B580 spotted, backing up rumors of a December launch for Battlemage GPUs

Leak suggests the box for Arc B580 is being readiedThis comes on top of rumors that Intel will launch Battlemage next monthWe can hope for a true budget 1080p champ in those 2nd-gen Arc GPUsRumors around Intel’s next-gen Battlemage desktop GPUs are ramping up, with the latest being a sighting of the Arc B580 graphics…

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AMD’s Ryzen chips appear to be wiping the floor with Intel – but the best-selling CPUs right now might surprise you

Intel’s top-selling CPU is a lowly number 13 in Amazon rankingsTeam Blue is doing better in the Newegg CPU chart, but still not wellThis may reflect fallout from Intel’s recent fumbles with chip instability and the rocky Arrow Lake launchAMD is totally cleaning up in the world of desktop processors, with Intel lagging way behind…

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AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPU has totally sold out – and a new worry is that fresh stock may not arrive until late December

Ryzen 9800X3D has sold out everywhere, including a big German retailerThat retailer, MindFactory, had a fair bit of initial stock, but it’s all goneThe restock estimate from MindFactory is the end of December, worryinglyAMD’s Ryzen 9800X3D has been very well-received, but the problem with the CPU is that keen PC gamers who want to buy…

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Intel admits ‘self-inflicted wounds’ with Core Ultra 200S CPUs not performing as well as expected – but promises fixes are coming

Intel acknowledges Arrow Lake CPUs underperformed at launchA full and detailed audit is going to take place as to why this happenedFixes for the issues are coming, promising significant performance gainsIntel’s Core Ultra 200S processors have got off to a shaky start, it’s fair to say, and Team Blue has acknowledged this – and pledged…

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Forget the RTX 4000 series, the RTX 3060 is the gift that keeps on giving as Nvidia’s GPU tops Steam Hardware survey again for October

There’s good news and bad news for Nvidia in the latest Steam Hardware Survey, which shows its RTX 3060 GPU taking the lead as the most popular GPU in October, beating the RTX 4000 series laptop GPU – two years after the RTX 4000 series launch.As spotted by VideoCardz, the 3060 is used by 7.46%…

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Google now sells refurbished Pixel 6 and 7 phones at major discounts

If you’re in the market for a new phone but don’t want to pay full price, Google has a compelling new offer you might want to check out. As of Monday, October 28, Google now sells refurbished Pixel phones through its new Certified Refurbished Phone program in the US.Google says that it inspects the battery,…

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 hits turbulence with reports of the game bringing internet connections to their knees – but don’t grab the sick bag just yet

The highly anticipated Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 has hit the headlines in a bad way with a report flagging up that it can chomp your bandwidth when streaming the in-game world to the tune of up to 180Mbps.Tom’s Hardware observes that this works out at something like 81GB of data per hour of gameplay when…

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AMD Ryzen 9800X3D benchmark leaks could disappoint PC gamers – but let’s not rule out this CPU just yet

AMD’s Ryzen 9800X3D processor may not offer the sizeable leap in gaming performance that some leaks have previously suggested, it seems according to some new material shared by German tech site HardwareLuxx (via Tom’s Hardware): namely leaked slides from an MSI presentation.According to the headline at the top of a gaming comparison slide, the Ryzen…

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On hold: RTX 4060 and 4060 Ti shipments rumored to be suspended according to Chinese Board channels

Nvidia has reportedly paused supply of its GeForce flagship RTX 4060 and RTX 4060 Ti to its Add-In Board partners (AIB). Given that these are some of Nvidia’s most popular cards, this decision has raised eyebrows. It isn’t clear why Nvidia has done this; some guesses are that it’s limiting supply to manage inventory more…

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Intel’s Panther Cove – possibly for Core Ultra 400 CPUs – could deliver a big performance boost and give AMD engineers some sleepless nights

A future Intel architecture for its performance cores – the hefty cores that do most of the grunt work, as opposed to smaller efficiency cores in its hybrid CPUs – is expected to be a big leap forward for IPC, according to a new rumor.This is the Panther Cove architecture – not to be confused…

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