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A harrowing image of a gaming PC that endured severe battering during Hurricane Helene has been shared on thePCMR subreddit. Despite being left a tragically sodden and silt-strewn PC after the category four storm, Redditor Frequent-Band9676 joked about the number of cans of compressed air needed to clean up the tower. The PC enthusiast now hopes to be able to clean up, thoroughly dry, and rebuild their machine. At first glance, this image looked like one of the dust, fluff, and cobweb-packed PCs we often see – a typical result of neglect or, some would say, misuse....

OKI Circuit Technology hasannounceda new printed circuit board (PCB) design that can boost component heat dissipation by up to 55x. The Japanese firm has been developing and manufacturing PCBs for over 50 years and its portfolio stretches across a wide range of applications. This particular innovation, where a PCB is packed with stepped circular or rectangular copper coins, is headed to markets where eventhe best air coolersare impractical – like miniature devices or applications in outer space....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict The Acer Predator X27U is one of the very best gaming monitors I’ve reviewed. Its stunning image and addictive gameplay make it a true standout. Try one for yourself but have your wallet ready because you won’t be able to resist buying it. Pros Stunning SDR and HDR picture with deep blacks, bright highlights and super saturated color Pro-level accuracy once calibrated Flawless motion resolution Very low input lag...

In the “apparently” post-copyright age of AI PCs, yet another AI company has introduced a shameless playable ripoff of an actual, copyrighted video game— now it’s DecartAI’s Oasis world model andMinecraft, with resolution and framerate more characteristic of Nintendo 64 games likeOcarina of Time(20 FPS, 360p) than any modern port ofMinecraft. Even fan ports to platforms like theGameCube and Dreamcastrun better than this! Add numerous AI hallucinations that render truly complex gameplay unfeasible, including a complete lack of object permanence to the point that even digging a hole drops you back above ground, and NO environmental fixtures are permanent, and one wonders why anyone would want to play a survival-building RPG in these conditions....

As of September 6,AMDhas released a new update for its AMD Fluid Motion Frames (AFMF) 2 Technical Preview. This new AFMF 2 update is mainly targeted at fixing stability issues. It also provides some unspecified optimizations forWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, which otherwise wouldn’t be playable with Frame Gen on these systems since it only supports AMD FSR 2. Thelast major update for AFMF2was back in July when we sawbenchmarkstouting latency reduction of up to 28% compared to the original AFMF....

Rumor has it that AMD wants to change its Ryzen nomenclature for its next-generationZen 5mobile processors, just like Intel did with its latestCore Ultranomenclature. According to reputable leakerGolden Pig on the Bilibili forums, the CPU manufacturer is allegedly ditching its existing Ryzen nomenclature for one featuring the words “Ryzen AI” with a 300 numbering scheme after the name. As Intel did with the Core UltraMeteor Lakeprocessors, AMD could be attempting to rebrand its mobile CPUs....

A new leak fromVideoCardzhas detailed the alleged specifications of AMD’s budget-oriented RX 9060 XT GPU from the RDNA 4 family. Reportedly, the RX 9060 XT marks the first use of the Navi 44 die, which is significantly cut down versus its elder sibling, Navi 48. Without official confirmation from AMD, it’s hard to be certain about the exact specifications, so take this information with an appropriate dose of salt. At the initialRDNA 4 unveilingin January, AMD confirmed the RX 9060 branding through one of its slides....

AMD claimsthat itsRyzen AI 300(codenamed Strix Point)offerings can easily beat Intel’s latestCore Ultra 200V(codenamed Lunar Lake) CPUs in consumer LLM workloads. Team Red has showcased several charts - comparing the performance of processors from both lineups - with AMD in front by upwards of 27%. Since the AI boom, tech giants—both on the hardware and software fronts—have entered an arms race to outpace each other in the AI landscape. While much of this is purely for the quote-unquote “AI hype,” benefits for mainstream customers are starting to materialize....

AMD’s Zen 5 architecture has officially entered the embedded market with the introduction of theEPYC Embedded 9005 series. The new chips take advantage of AMD’s compact Zen 5c architecture, which is optimized for density-focused computing and edge tasks. AMD is offering a wide gamut of SKUs to serve as many customers as possible, similar to previous generations. Core counts range from “entry-level” models offering just 8 CPU cores, all the way to its flagship Embedded 9965, offering 192 cores....

AMD hasaddedsupport for its next-generation accelerated processing unitscodenamed Strix Pointto the ROCm software stack used to program GPUs, as noticed by@Kepler_L2. The addition confirms that AMD’s upcoming processors based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture will feature GPUs based on the RDNA 3.5 architecture. AMD’s Strix Point Halo APU will feature AMD’s GFX1151 GPU IP with RDNA 3.5 clusters, whereas regular Strix Point processors will feature another GPU identified as the GFX1150 and feature fewer RDNA 3....

Ultra Accelerator Link Consortium (UALink) on Tuesday said that Alibaba Cloud, Apple, and Synopsys have been elected to its board of directors, which allows the companies to influence development ofUALink, a technology designed to enable connectivity of AI and HPC accelerators and meant to compete against Nvidia’s NVLink. The announcement outlines Apple’s interest in datacenter connectivity for AI and may indicate that the company is working on a datacenter product for AI acceleration....

Every ARK server owner or even player knows the difficulty of trying to connect to a server that isn’t showing up in the server browser. Sometimes, even hosted servers run by companies won’t show up despite that being the easiest way to have an unofficial server listed. However, there are fixes available for both server owners and players to help them either put the server on the list or find another way to connect to it....

On Tuesday, ASML accidentallypublishedits third quarter results ahead of schedule and provided an outlook for 2025. While the company expects strong 2024 sales, as chipmakers from all around the world order plenty of advanced tools, its 2025 outlook is lowered due to slower-than-expected market recovery, geopolitical uncertainty, and potential additional regulations for exports of fab tools to China. As a result, the company’s market cap has dropped nearly$75.7 billion in a couple of days....