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One-Netbook has finally confirmed full launch details for the OneXGPU 2, a new eGPU to be released under its ONEXPLAYER brand. Arriving tomorrow, the AMD Radeon RX 7800M-powered device will be available with the popular ONEXPLAYER X1 gaming handheld.

Intel's upcoming desktop graphics card based on the Battlemage architecture has shown up online. It performs on par with a GeForce RTX 4060 and boosts up to 2.8 GHz.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4's Adreno 830 GPU has shown up on Geekbench. In its OpenCL benchmark, it outperforms the Adreno 750 by about 40%.

CheckMag The PS5 Pro is not cheap by any stretch of the imagination. At $699 (plus $75 extra if you want a physical disk drive), that’s a good chunk of change for a device that only really plays games. So, exactly how much PC could one buy for that amount of cash, and would it be competitive?

A new leak says Qualcomm could offer a hefty performance uplift with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. Its Adreno 830 GPU will be clocked at 1.1 GHz and outperform Apple's A18/A18 Pro by a wide margin.

A new leak says the Dimensity 9400's GPU offers a 61% performance improvement over its predecessor. It even manages to outperforms Apple's M4 SoC in the GFXBench Aztec Ruins benchmark.

One-NetBook has revealed the price for the OneXGPU 2, the world's first eGPU with the AMD Radeon RX 7800M. It is expected to land on Indiegogo on September 26 and will have an initial price of $839, which will later increase to $899.

Samsung's upcoming mid-range smartphone SoC, the Exynos 1580, has been benchmarked on PowerBoard. It comes with an 8-core CPU and a new Xclipse 540 GPU.

A brand-new chip powers the latest Apple iPhone 16 Pro series, the A18 Pro. In a recent Geekbench CPU test, this SoC scored higher than the A17 Pro, and now, it has outscored the predecessor and even the Apple M1 in the latest GPU benchmark.

The Bat Signal has been illuminated for fans looking to take their Batman and custom PC build obsessions to the next level. Despite featuring modest specs, there are seldom opportunities to snag a PC build with this level of quality and attention to detail.

Compared to last year's model, the new Apex 17 MAX features the faster Dragon Range 16-core / 32 thread R9 7945HX, supports more RAM up to 96 GB, gets a slightly brighter 17.3-inch QHD panel, as well as faster Wi-Fi 6E and a larger 73 Wh battery.

MSI has announced its new X870 series motherboards, featuring a game-changing "Supplemental PCIe Power" feature. This innovative solution addresses the growing power requirements of high-end hardware, such as the rumored Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series "Blackwell" graphics cards.

The 2023 Acer Nitro 16 is back on sale with a massive 31% discount in tow. Powered by a Ryzen 7 7840HS, an RTX 4060 laptop GPU, 16 GB of RAM, and a 1TB Gen 4 SSD, the Nitro 16 features mid-range power that is enough to ensure 60 FPS FHD gaming in modern titles.

AMD has stealthily announced a new laptop GPU, the AMD Radeon RX 7800M. It features 12 GB VRAM, a Navi 32 GPU, 60 CUs and a max TDP of up to 180 Watts.

The 2023 MSI Katana 15 with a 100% DCI-P3 QHD display, a Core i7-13620H CPU, a RTX 4070 laptop GPU, 16 GB of DDR5 memory, and 1 TB storage is now on sale for less than $1,200 on Amazon. The final sales price represents a 17% discount over the list price.

The Acer Predator Helios 18 with a massive 18-inch QHD+ display featuring a 250 Hz refresh rate, a flagship RTX 4090 mobile GPU, and a Core i9-14900HX CPU has hit its historic low price once again. As evident by the hardware, the Predator Helios 18 will have no trouble running the latest games at elevated settings.

The newly announced OneXGPU 2 features the latest AMD Radeon RX 7800M. In a 3DMark Time Spy benchmark run, the eGPU beat the Nvidia RTX 4070 Laptop GPU with around a 16% higher score.

A new Nvidia laptop GPU has shown up on Geekbench. The GeForce RTX 3050 A comes with 4 GB VRAM, 1,792 CUDA cores and a boost clock of ~1.9 GHz. It showed up alongside an unreleased HP Victus laptop.

Powering Schenker's top-of-the-line KEY 17 PRO mobile workstation is Intel's i9-14900HX processor, coupled with up to 96 GB DDR5-5600 RAM, a choice between the RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 dGPUs and SSD storage on 1x PCIe 5.0 slot plus 2x PCIe 4.0 slots. The two Thunderbolt 5 connectors each offer 80 Gbps bandwidth plus a Bandwidth Boost mode with 120 Gbps speeds, and this version adds support for Wi-Fi 7 connectivity.

Power consumption and performance estimates for the next-generation RTX 5080 Blackwell GPU have leaked. If the leaked figures are accurate, the RTX 5080 will be considerably faster than the RTX 4080 while consuming measurably more power at 400 W.

At the end of a 122-day effort, xAI's development team has managed to bring the most powerful AI training system in the world to date online. For now, it has 100k H100 GPUs, but Musk claims that the number will double in a few months. Google topped at 90k GPUs, while OpenAI's top-of-the-line AI training system sports 80k GPUs.

XPG also includes 16 GB DDR5-5600 RAM and a 1 TB LEGEND 850 PCIe 4.0 SSD both from ADATA. Port selection does not come with high-speed ports and the chassis is somewhat bulkier, which, in turn, allows for better cooling capacity with less noise.

Intel has fully unveiled the new Lunar Lake series, and per the details shared by the company, the mobile chips bring a lot of upgrades over Meteor Lake. In terms of iGPU, the company says that the Arc 140V of Core Ultra 9 288V is the fastest in the market, with a 16% lead over the Radeon 890M of Ryzen AI 9 HX 370.

A new leak says Nvidia's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 and even the RTX 5070 could use a lot more power than their last-gen versions. Apparently, the GeForce RTX 5090 will consume more than 550 Watts at load.

The Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 gaming laptop with a 16-inch 165 Hz display, a 120 W RTX 4070 laptop GPU, and a Core i7-13620H is now back on sale at a considerable 25% discount. As evident by the machine's buyer rating of 4.6/5 at Best Buy, the ROG Zephyrus G16 is a solid option not only for gamers but also for anyone looking for a multimedia device with an expansive screen.

A bunch of new leaks from multiple sources have revealed some more information about AMD's next-gen Radeon RX 8000 series graphics cards.

Three possible memory configurations for the RDNA 4-based RX 8000 GPUs have leaked on X. According to the leaked information, the memory inside the RX 8000 GPUs will top out at 20 Gbps GDDR6 alongside a 256-bit memory interface.

The 2024 Lenovo Legion Slim 5 Gen 9 with the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS Hawk Point CPU, a 140 W RTX 4070 GPU, and 16 GB of RAM is on sale at eBay for a whopping 30% discount on the list price. Unsurprisingly, the discount makes the Legion Slim5 Gen 9 an excellent value since there is a lot of gaming performance on offer.

A new leak says Nvidia's could lower the maximum power on its next-gen GeForce RTX 5060 laptop GPU. Instead of 140 Watts, it will now be limited to 115 Watts and launch with GDDR7 memory.

Intel's Arc 130V iGPU has shown up on Geekbench alongside the Core Ultra 5 236V. It has a boost clock of 1,850 MHz, 56 compute units and scores 19,889 points in OpenCL.

As per some new reports, Gigabyte is gearing up to launch two new RTX 4070 GPUs that will come with GDDR6 memory.

The Alienware m16 R2 is back on sale at a discount of more than $600. Gamers can now get the RTX 4070 and Core Ultra 7 155H-powered machine for less than $1,400 straight from Dell. The discount makes the machine, which was already excellent, an even better buy thanks to the combination of good performance and features like per-key RGB.

The Nvidia Earth-2 platform has just become even more powerful thanks to StormCast which is a new AI model for emulating atmospheric dynamics at a scale "larger than storms but smaller than cyclones" with speed and precision reportedly so good, traditional CPU-powered techniques stand no chance against it. Nvidia names Taiwan's National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction as one of the first institutions to employ this new technology.

CheckMag Laptops have always had to make do with leftovers, never getting a taste of the largest and most powerful chips reserved for desktop graphics cards. There are, the way I see it, several reasons as to why things are like this.

One-Netbook has revealed more details about the OneXGPU 2, its latest ONEXPLAYER product. Not only has the company revealed specifications for AMD's unreleased Radeon RX 7800M GPU, but it has also confirmed the ports of its new eGPU and a global release window.

With a retro starship inspired design, a "romantic" RGB light strip, toolless M.2 SSD slot and the promise of 100 and 120 watt TGP options, the AYANEO AG01 gets ready to join the likes of GPD and OneXPlayer in the mobile eGPU space.

Also included are 16 GB DDR5-5600 RAM and 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD storage. Surprisingly for this price point, there are no major compromises on the display and port sides, as the configuration features a 16-inch FHD+ screen with 165 Hz refresh rate and 100% sRGB color gamut plus a USB4 port.

This is a more compact variant of the existing RTX 2000 ADA featuring the same 2816 CUDA cores and 16 GB VRAM, but with only a single-slot cooling solution, no power connector and 50 W TGP.

Nvidia is set to release a more affordable version of the GeForce RTX 4070 on the market within the next few days. This version will utilize slower GDDR6 graphics memory. This could potentially lead to confusion for customers as this distinction may not always be clearly communicated on the packaging.

The Beelink GTi 14 mini PC launched with an interesting design, featuring a PCIe x8 slot on the underside. This slot was advertised for easier connection for external GPU solutions, and now, the company has launched the EX graphics card expansion dock for it. Beelink says that this eGPU setup will deliver zero performance loss.

CheckMag While Windows on Steam Deck might seem counter intuitive, having a dual boot or purely Windows system can offer the ability to play games that aren't compatible with Steam OS. While Valve isn’t known for providing regular driver updates to Windows users, there thankfully are other options.

Intel has presented its powerful Arc Alchemist GPU for vehicles, which is intended to not only power infotainment systems and enable AI features, but even triple-A gaming directly in the e-car. With 28 Xe cores and 16 GB GDDR6, the graphics chip is said to provide sufficient performance for most current games.

The market currently has many new eGPUs, and almost all the portable options come with AMD RX 7600M. OneNetbook recently announced that there will be a new addition, the OneXGPU 2 with yet-to-be-released Radeon RX 7800M, and now, AOOSTAR has confirmed that it plans to launch a new Nvidia 40-series eGPU with what the OEM claims is an "RTX 4060M" later this year.

The OneXGPU launched as an eGPU solution for systems that needed a GPU boost to offer better gaming performance. OneNetbook, the company behind the product, has just announced its successor, the OneXGPU 2, and it will be featuring a yet-to-be-released AMD Radeon 7800M graphics card.

Samsung Electronics has passed Nvidia's rigorous testing for its 8-layer HBM3E memory chips. This achievement will push Samsung ahead in the rapidly growing HBM (high-bandwidth memory) market, where AI applications are fueling demand. Overcoming previous challenges related to heat and power consumption, Samsung's latest HBM3E chips are likely to compete with rival SK hynix.

Nvidia has a new desktop GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card lined up. Instead of an Ampere GPU, it will use an Ada Lovelace-based AD106 chip as found on the mobile RTX 4070. Update: Further information on the RTX 3050 A from Nvidia and MSI

AMD is said to be working on two entry-level RDNA 3 graphics cards, the Radeon RX 7400 and Radeon RX 7300. Their exact specs are unknown, but both are said to use a Navi 33 GPU.

For just under $250, YouTuber ETA Prime has assembled a Linux-based PC that can handle some beefy PC titles at 1080p. The system was designed as a living room PC with more power than the Steam Deck while maintaining the Steam Deck’s console-style interface. With a Ryzen 5 3500 and an AMD Radeon RX590, the system is capable of some notable performance.

Nvidia is said to be prepping a GeForce RTX 4070 variant with GDDR6 VRAM. Its specs will remain identical to that of its GDDR6X variant. There is no information about its price or launch date.

Admin of a Chinese tech forum called Bobatang claims that Nvidia has quietly decided to discontinue RTX 3060, which is currently the most popular GPU according to Steam hardware survey. The tipster says it's "accurate information," and the company has already notified the card partners to make final orders.