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Today, Nvidia posted a pair ofblog poststo its site detailing a new Black Myth: Wukong game bundle withRTX 40-seriesGPUs (desktop and laptop) ranging from theGeForce RTX 4090toGeForce RTX 4070, which are among thebest graphics cards. The chipmaker also detailed DLSS 3 and Nvidia Reflex updates ahead of the game’s release, among others. Black Myth: Wukongis set to release on August 19, and beyond leveraging Journey to the West’s Monkey King, Sun Wukong (whose most major modern influence can be seen in Dragon Ball’s Son Goku),Black Mythwill also be leveraging path tracing, or “full ray tracing” per Nvidia’s marketing....

The RTX 5090 is not only good for gaming and AI — it also excels at password cracking.Hive Systemsupdated its password cracking benchmark suite with 12 RTX 5090 graphics cards — Nvidia’s fastest andbest graphics cardfor gaming currently, and found all twelve cards working together can break simple eight-character passwords in under 15 minutes. Hive Systems is in its 5th year ofbenchmarkingpassword cracking times on GPUs; the last update they made was in2024, featuring the RTX 4090....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The Viper VP4300 Lite is a reasonable budget drive but the QLC at 4TB leaves us with some concerns. It’s a worthwhile secondary drive when priced right, but the competition already leverages the same controller and capacity with TLC NAND. Low pricing at all capacities Runs very cool and efficient 4TB model uses QLC flash Similar price to competing 4TB TLC drives Why you’re able to trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

PowerColor (viaharukaze5719) is developing a new technology called “Edge AI” that enables AMDRadeonRX graphics cards to use NPUs (Neural Processing Units) to reduce power consumption. In the vendor’s demonstration,Cyberpunk 2077’s power consumption decreased from 263.2W to 205.3W, representing a 22% power savings. It’s noticeably better than AMD’s power-saving mode, which came in at 18.5%. Numbers forFinal Fantasy XVwere also available, with power-saving results matching within a percentage point. PowerColor describes that its Edge AI technology works through the communication of the graphics card and PowerColor’s own GUI, which works together to bridge the gap to the NPU....

Nvidia’s mid-rangeRTX 4070is getting a new sub-variant featuring slower GDDR6 memory modules.Videocardzreports that Nvidia AIB partner Galax is preparing to launch a new aftermarket RTX 4070 dubbed the “OC 2X,” featuring downgraded 20 Gbps GDDR6 memory modules. For extra clarification, this change only affects the RTX 4070,nottheRTX 4070 Super, as far as we know. The new GDDR6 RTX 4070 gets a new Ada Lovelace codename to accompany the memory change—AD104-251. This new AD104-251 RTX 4070 is slightly less potent than its (AD104-250) GDDR6X-equipped counterpart, featuring a measly 5% reduction in memory bandwidth....

Nvidia’s RTX 50-series laptop GPUs have recently launched, and although theavailability of devices with these graphics cards is spotty at best, officialbenchmarksare rolling out to show us how they perform compared to other cards. We’ve already seen multiple reviews for the RTX 5090 laptop GPU, likeTom’s Hardware’s look at theRazer Blade 16, but RTX 5080 laptops are still few and far between. However,Notebook Checkgot its hands on two Schenker Neo 16 test units, both equipped with a Ryzen 9 9955HX CPU and an RTX 5080 laptop GPU, and shared the graphics benchmark results for these units....

A CPU-Z screenshot has popped up that allegedly details AMD’s unreleased Ryzen 9 9950X3D processor. It reportedly offers 16 cores and is baked with 96MB of 3D V-Cache across a single CCD, perHuang514613at X. It appears that the assessed CPU was an engineering sample, so validation testing is likely underway. It is plausible to expect that AMD might unveil its 12-core and 16-core Ryzen 9000X3D offerings atCESnext month. Note that such screenshots can be easily forged or manipulated; hence, verifying their validity is difficult, so it’s best to take this leak with a grain of salt....

Samsung’s board of directors is looking to put serious coin into GPUs this year, though specifics on the spending are yet unknown.Business Koreareports on the “GPU Investment Proposal” first disclosed in Samsung Electronics’ corporate governance report. The investment is likely going towards GPU-based research to improve fabrication efficiency rather than a new Samsung GPU product. Only just revealed to the public, Samsung’s GPU investment proposal was ratified by Samsung execs in a March board meeting....

Earlier this morning, Samsung Display announced andpreviewedits participation in Mobile World Congress 2025, where it will be going all-in on showcasing its OLED technology across a wide spread of screen sizes and potential use cases. Among the highlights included a 500 Hz QD-OLED monitor, 240 Hz OLED laptops, a foldable OLED handheld, flexible OLEDs, and the “Seamless Color Studio” - an advancement only made possible by further improvements made to OLEDs at smaller screen sizes....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict Seagate’s Game Drive External SSD performs well and looks like a PlayStation accessory. But similarly performing alternatives are available for much less. Good performance PlayStation aesthetics Cons Very expensive compared to similarly-performing alternatives Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test. Seagate Game Drive External SSD Specs Design of the Seagate Game Drive External SSD At 3....

Windows Operating system is not free of bugs, and most of them are resolved through Windows updates. However, sometimes, the very update service and other associated ones may be malfunctioning, resulting in the Service Registration is Missing or a Corrupt Error. This issue is usually associated with Windows updates and the Microsoft store, and you will see the error while running the troubleshooter. However, there are also cases of this error while the system is trying to upgrade Windows to a newer build....

For the uninitiated, your Operating System has two distinct modes, user mode, and kernel mode - divided based on privileges and permissions. Whatever is happening right now on your screen, that’s the user mode. For direct hardware access and interaction, the OS has a kernel baked in, which acts as a supervisor for your system. Software present at the kernel level or ring 0 manages memory, performs context switches, and interacts with the hardware through drivers and whatnot....

The Taiwanese government recently held a briefing with 20 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry leaders. According to aDigiTimesreport on the event, which took place at a technology park in Taoyuan in the north of the island, Taiwan currently dominates theartificial intelligence(AI) server market. The numbers are both astonishing and concerning. Astonishing: the scale of the Taiwanese industry’s success, having captured 90% of the globalAI servermarket. Concerning: the potentially precipitous geopolitical situation, given that US-branded AI servers are 100% reliant on Taiwanese manufacturing....