AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT With Top RDNA 3 Navi 31 GPU Gets Leaked Graphics Card PCB Diagram, Huge Power Delivery Upgrade The PCB diagram leaked by Igor Wallossek is close to the reference design of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT graphics card. It was reported that the flagship RDNA 3 Navi 31 GPU will feature two 8-pin connectors but this PCB seems a little different. It could be likely that this is a partner/AIC reference board while AMD itself will be using a different board themselves....

AMD Adrenalin software changes CPU settings unbeknownst to the user, raising questions about consumer trust in the company Users on Reddit have commented about the posted investigation by Wallossek, and it appears that the problem arises when the AMD CPU and GPU are combined due to the hardware supporting the company’s Ryzen Master SDK. However, if a user were to combine one company’s processor, such as an Intel CPU, and an AMD graphics card, or vice versa, the issue does not happen....

AMD Mobile CPUs To Get New Branding Starting Ryzen 7000 Series, Dragon Range & Mendocino SKUs Confirmed AMD is getting ready for a major Ryzen Mobile launch in the coming months. Starting with the Mendocino family, the Ryzen 7000 Mobility CPU family is going to make use of a new & refined branding scheme which will scale from entry to high-end chips. The reason for the introduction of this new naming scheme is based on the fact that AMD plans on introducing at least five product lines within its Ryzen 7000 Mobility lineup....

Speaking with Eurogamer following Ubisoft Forward 2022, Assassin’s Creed Mirage art director Jean-Luc Sala confirmed that the European publisher is not working on a remake of the first entry in the series. He is fully dedicated to Mirage, and no one else at Ubisoft is working on a remake: “Yeah that’s not what we’re doing. I’m fully dedicated to Mirage and I can tell you we are not remaking AC1....

Apple Launches Mac Studio With M1 Ultra and M1 Max Chip For Enhanced Performance The new Mac Studio features a design similar to the Mac mini but it is now taller and way more powerful. While the design of the machine is something to talk about, Apple incorporated its latest M1 Ultra into the mix for enhanced CPU as well as GPU performance. In terms of design, the Mac Studio is 3....

Apple to Make a Jump to USB-C in Future For AirPods, MagSafe Battery Pack, More In a follow-up tweet, analyst Ming-Chio Kuo has stated that Apple accessories like AirPods, MagSafe Battery Pack, Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and more will switch to USB-C from Lightning. However, Kuo did not mention a specific timeframe and coined that the switch could take place in the “foreseeable future.” At this stage, all iPhone models and Apple’s accessories feature the company’s proprietary Lightning connector for charging and data transfer purposes....

In Addition to the Updated MacBook Pro Family, Apple Was Said to Be Planning a Mac mini, and Mac Pro Launch Even Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman believes that the new Macs will not debut until next year. He states the following in the free version of his ‘Power On’ newsletter. Gurman also says that the Mac Pro is behind Apple’s launch timeline. When the company announced the M1 for a series of portable Macs, the firm said that the transition to Apple Silicon would be completed in two years, but that has not happened....

More Than One out of Two Smartphones Sold in the U.S. in 2021 Was an iPhone The fourth quarter of 2021 was the best for Apple, according to Counterpoint Research, as the report states the company accumulated a 56 percent market share. On average, the Cupertino tech giant had a 52.75 percent market share in the U.S., meaning one out of every two smartphones sold in the region was an iPhone, which is impressive....

Apple Announces List of Most Popular Podcasts of 2022 and Much More Apple’s top three overall podcasts of 2022 include Crime Junkie, The Daily, and Dateline NBC. Moreover, The Deck, Fly on the Wall, and The Thing About Halen and Olga were among the new shows that topped the charts. Furthermore, the shows with the most subscribers include Morbid, SmartLess, and American Scandal. Apple also provides a breakdown of the shows that are paid and free channels....

Ahead of The Apple Watch Series 8 Launch, the Apple Watch Edition is Selling Out As mentioned earlier, the Apple Watch Edition models are beginning to sell out ahead of the Apple Watch Series 8 launch. On Apple’s online store in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom, the high-end Apple Watch Series 7 models with titanium casings are now listed as “currently unavailable.” Moreover, the availability of 41mm models in the United States is not completely depleted but some 45mm models are out of stock....

Mundfish, a Russian studio, quickly issued an official response on Telegram saying that the development of Atomic Heart never stopped. They didn’t outright deny the delay rumor, though that appears to be the implication here. Atomic Heart is currently scheduled to hit PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5 in the last quarter of this year. The game will be available on day one to Game Pass subscribers....

On the subject of classes, the game’s current Specialists aren’t being eliminated, but they are having some new restrictions put on them and filed under one of four headings – Assault, Support, Engineer, and Recon. Here’s how the current lineup of Specialists will be categorized. Assault - Mackay, Sundance, Dozer Support - Angel, Falck, Season 2 Specialist Engineer - Lis, Boris, Irish Recon - Casper, Paik, Rao Here’s a bit more detail on how the new class/Specialist system will work…...

The crown jewel of this new update, due for release on November 22nd across all platforms, is easily the new Spearhead map. It’s the first one in the Battlefield franchise to be set in Sweden, DICE’s homeland. Take the fight to the Swedish wilderness in this CQC-focused map, featuring two Nordvik semi-automated manufacturing facilities containing high-tech weaponry and components for weather machines. These facilities are surrounded by rock formations for increased cover and an untamed terrain fit for spectacular land and air battles....

According to a newly-updated section of the official Battlefield 2042 website, “each season introduces a map,” implying a single new battleground per season will continue to be DICE’s standard offering. With only nine maps released thus far, it’s hard not to be disappointed compared to past entries in the Battlefield series. But hey, at least the main game is getting something new. Battlefield Portal, the sandbox mode featuring remade maps from older titles, hasn’t received anything new since launch, and the Battlefield website doesn’t imply any new maps are coming....

Created by artist and YouTuber ‘TeaserPlay’, this fan concept video shows how an open-world Black Panther title could look in Epic’s new game engine complete with Nanite and Lumen tech. As expected, it has T’Challa fans excited as there are rumors about EA’s new LA studio working on an open-world single-player action RPG featuring the agile hero. Here’s what Jeff Grubb and Mike Williams recently had to say about this rumored project....

Office 2021 Pro costs $439.99. This is a perpetual license version that you buy once and use forever—or at least until you decide to upgrade. Microsoft also offers a subscription version of Office, called Microsoft 365, that requires you to pay monthly or annually. When you buy a perpetually licensed version, you still get security updates every few months. If you’re a corporate IT manager or just don’t like subscriptions, you’ll prefer the perpetual license version....

In a new document sent to Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense discussing the Activision Blizzard acquisition, as reported by VGC, Microsoft further addressed some of Sony’s concerns regarding the successful first-person shooter series becoming an Xbox exclusive, saying that turning Activision Blizzard’s games exclusive wouldn’t be profitable: “Regardless of how unsurprising Sony‘s criticism of content exclusivity is – given that PlayStation’s entire strategy has been centered on exclusivity over the years – the reality is that the strategy of retaining Activision Blizzard’s games by not distributing them in rival console shops would simply not be profitable for Microsoft....

As reported by Gematsu, Universal Entertainment filed a Shadow Hearts trademark on April 27th, which has been made public on May 11th. The series has been left dormant since the release of the third entry, Shadow Hearts: From the New World, so it will be interesting to learn why it has been trademarked again. While remakes and remasters are always on the cards, at this point, it seems more likely that Shadow Hearts has been trademarked again for its release for the new PlayStation Plus service....

The video shared by MxBenchmarkPC highlights how performance is definitely more stable on PC with the 1.61 patch at 1440p resolution, NVIDIA DLSS with the Quality preset. The Cyberpunk 2077 1.61 patch also introduced support for AMD FSR 2.1, which helps performance greatly on systems that cannot use NVIDIA DLSS, as highlighted in the videos shared by 54 FPS and Tekknological. The new Cyberpunk 2077 patch also introduced AMD FSR 2....

The new video, which has been put together by Cycu1, compares the new footage shared last week with the original game to highlight not only visual improvements but also audio. Last week, it has been confirmed that Dead Space Remake will release in early 2023. New details on some of the remake’s unique features, like the A.L.I.V.E. system have also been detailed. Dead Space remake launches in early 2023. We will keep you updated on the game as soon as more come in on it, so stay tuned for all the latest news....