Not sure, when that will happen, but, valve has given indications that:
The Steam Deck 2 will have a better screen and battery.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/1438078/valve-offers-juicy-details-on-the-steam-deck-2.html
"...battery issues are at the top of our list of future improvements.”...
This One Update Makes the Ryzen 9 7950X3D Faster by Over 30% in Gaming
if you plan to buy a Ryzen 9 7950X3D, ensure your chipset drivers are updated. It’s one of the few things Windows won’t do independently (barring the BIOS).
Since it was a brand-new build, we expected the vendor provider...
I think an update will be due by this year end but it will be primarily for OLED & battery life.
From battery life point of view, the new processor above might be critical
The next Valve Steam Deck is a prime candidate which would utilize AMD's Phoenix 2 APUs among a list of other handheld and portable devices. It will definitely be interesting to see the efficiency numbers that the Phoenix 2 APUs produce. The first AMD Phoenix APUs will make their debut on...
Virtualization Based Security (VBS) has a big impact on frame rates (especially where CPU load is involved)
having VBS turned on is now the default for new Windows installations. So you can argue that Microsoft at least thinks it's important and it should be left on. However, the fact that...
AyaNeo 2/ AyaNeo Geek review: handheld performance reaches the next level
Far more powerful than Steam Deck - but at what cost?
The AyaNeo 2 and the AyaNeo Geek are the latest portable PCs to arrive at Digital Foundry and thanks to the 6800U, the performance is simply phenomenal - but it comes...
VideoCardz broke the news that a software engineer at Google (Osvaldo Doederlein) running an RX 7900 XTX with the most recent version 23.3.1 of the Adrenalin driver ran into trouble with much lower TimeSpy results than should have been produced.
Doederlein went on to clarify that they are...
On Newegg, the XFX Speedster and ASRock Phantom versions of the RX 7900 XT are now $799.99 while Amazon has a PowerColor “Hellhound” variant for a hair under $804
https://www.pcworld.com/article/1535646/radeon-rx-7900-xt-price-drops-by-100-matching-4070ti.html
AMD has informed us that it is cutting the price of its RX 7900 XT at participating etailers/retailers as low as £799.99 in the UK and seemingly $799.99 in the US, too.
Matching the MSRP for the RTX 4070 Ti, this discount at participating retailers is on until mid-April at least...
while Baldur's Gate 3 isn't a console exclusive, currently there's no release date for the Xbox Series version of the game owing to technical issues. The game is in development for Xbox, there are no exclusivity deals, but there are challenges in getting split-screen co-op working on Xbox Series...
I believe the issue was first reported for the Rx 6xxx series cards. So it impacts all cards. Don't update amd drivers until & unless windows has completed its update
"An ultra-rare Radeon driver bug is ruining PCs. This exotic fix revived mine—and AMD, which helped me troubleshoot, is investigating the issue."
~ Brad Chacos, PC World
https://www.pcworld.com/article/1529986/rare-amd-radeon-driver-bug-corrupt-windows-fix.html
AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 XT is now $100 cheaper, going for just $799 at Newegg US and £799.99 at Overclockers UK.
https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-7900-xt-rx7900xt-pg-20go/p/N82E16814930083...
Games consoles now deliver fully one quarter of AMD's revenues
For the record, AMD generated a total of:
$6.8 billion revenue from gaming chips (includes GPUs, PS5, Xbox, Steam)
$6 billion from data center chips,
$6.2 billion from PC processors, and
$4.5 billion from embedded chips...
Excellent !! Also £100 discount in UK.
Currently at Overclockers UK, you can grab the Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT for £799.99, £100 down from its usual £899.99 price tag, which also happens to be the MSRP price that AMD set at launch in December...
This is only the consumer graphics side.
On professional side I guess Nvidia totally dwarfs AMD
Even in consumer graphics, Nvidia's profit margin should be much higher than AMD I guess
Where are the AMD RX 7800/7700/7600 graphics cards? a bad news
https://news-mydrivers-com.translate.goog/1/892/892905.htm?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB
According to the latest statement, the release of other new models of the RX 7000 series may be delayed, and it is very likely that...
Sales data from MindFactory germany:
For NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards, the ASP figure stood at 426.59€, and total sales at 855,305€, As of Feb 2020.
Fast forward to February 2023, and we see a doubling in the ASPs. for NVIDIA GeForce, the ASP is at 825.20€, with €1.84 million in sales.
AMD...
The future of gaming GPU's:: Making a self-contained GPU that handles the entire graphics pipeline to remove CPU bottlenecks. In the future, your PC will be a GPU with a CPU attached.
This is the whole purpose of the advancements of DirectStorage and Hardware-Based GPU Scheduling drivers...
AMD senior execs including head of Radeon Technologies Group, David Wang, sat down with 4Gamer , 2 months ago, to talk about their future GPU strategy including the RDNA 4 graphics architecture...
At the bare minimum it is $150. (Because XT cheapest price is $850)
I was looking at Amazon price for XFX & the difference was $230
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNLSW23M?tag=hardfocom-20&aod=1&th=1
If you are looking at 1440p with lots of ray tracing then the 4070 ti would be a good choice.
If you are looking at 4K, from a future raster gaming point of view, the 12gb in 4070 ti might not be enough.
What I like about Nvidia gpus this gen is the power efficiency.
AMD will have to fight...
Best Buy Holds a Fire Sale for RTX 30-Series Founders Edition Cards
https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/343163-best-buy-holds-a-fire-sale-for-rtx-30-series-founders-edition-cards
It’s been reported that manufacturers are “under-shipping” products, letting AMD, Intel, and Nvidia keep prices high...