Nvidia rolls out Geforce 552.44 WHQL driver
One to have for Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut and Homeworld 3
Nvidia has released its latest WHQL Game-Ready driver, which brings optimizations for Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut and Homeworld 3 games, and a single bug fix.
Apple launches new iPad Pro 2024 models
OLED display and M4 chipset for Pro, and new iPad Air models in tow
Apple has officially announced its newest iPad Pro models, which will be available in 11- and 13-inch versions, and come with OLED screens, the new M4 chip, the new Apple Pencil Pro, and more, marking the biggest update to the iPad Pro update since it was launched. Apple also announced the new iPad Air 2024 models with M2 chip that will also be available in 11- and 13-inch sizes.
AMD confirms sampling of Zen 5 EPYC Turin processors
Silicon looks great and is on track to launch later this year
During its Q1 2024 financial report, AMD confirmed the status of its future products, including the Zen 5 CPU architecture, namely EPYC Turing CPUs.
Asus might bring an updated ROG Ally console
Might show up at Computex
Asus is apparently already working on an updated Asus ROG Ally 2024 handheld console that could show up at the upcoming Computex show.
AMD RDNA 4 architecture could feature all new Ray Tracing engine
To offer much better performance
According to the latest rumor, AMD might implement a completely new Ray Tracing (RT) engine with its upcoming RDNA 4 architecture GPUs that are expected to debut with the Radeon RX 8000 graphics card series. The new RT engine could give a much higher performance compared to the current RDNA 3-based GPUs.
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F shows up on Amazon for pre-order
Launching on May 14 at $299.99
Amazon has briefly jumped the gun on AMD's Ryzen 7 8700F APU, which should launch alongside the Ryzen 5 8400F on May 14th, listing it for pre-order at $299.99.
Nvidia Geforce RTX 4070 with AD103 GPU spotted
Already on the market with the same specifications
There was already a rumor that Nvidia might use new variants of the GPU for its Geforce RTX 4070 and RTX 4060 graphics cards, and one such, the RTX 4070 based on the AD103-175 GPU, has been spotted in GPU-Z software.
MSI Claw gets big performance boost thanks to BIOS and driver update
Up to 150 percent boost
MSI had a rough time peddling the Intel-based Claw gaming handheld console mostly due to a high price and lackluster performance compared to similar AMD-based handheld consoles, but now it might get a chance with a recent 25 percent price cut and big performance BIOS and driver update, which boosted performance up to 150 percent.
Blizzard cancels BlizzCon 2024
Might return "in future years"
Blizzard has officially released a statement cancelling BlizzCon 2024, and while the company will be present at other physical and livestream events, it will not be holding its own event.
Qualcomm officially unveils Snapdragon X Plus SoC
Coming alongside Snapdragon X Elite in mid-2024
As expected, Qualcomm shared a bit more details about its upcoming Snapdragon X Series platform and the Snapdragon X Plus SoC, a 10-core version based on Oryon CPU architecture. The Snapdragon X Plus is expected to come in OEM devices starting mid-2024, alongside Snapdragon X Elite-based devices.