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The new trailer, which can be watched below, provides a gameplay overview, highlighting the many improvements the developer added to the second entry in the series over the original. A Plague Tale: Requiem, the sequel to the critically acclaimed A Plague Tale: Innocence by Asobo Studio and Focus Entertainment, revealed a Gameplay Overview Trailer. The game will also be present at Gamescom from August 24–28, with a demo to play at the event on the same dates....

Acer & Intel Join Hands To Offer The Best Arc A770 Custom Graphics Cards, Meet Predator BiFrost With 16 GB VRAM & 280W TDP A few weeks back, Acer teased its Intel Arc A770 Predator BiFrost graphics card and now, the card has officially hit retail, at least in Taiwan. The Predator BiFrost variant is currently listed at the Acer Taiwan store for $12,900 NTD which equals $404 US. Considering that the Intel Arc A770 16 GB Limited Edition graphics card costs $349 US, Acer is charging a $55 US premium but we have to consider the Taiwanese taxes which should mean that the pricing is more realistically $25-$30 US higher than the reference model in which case, this is pretty good but it also ends up matching the RTX 3060 Ti and RX 6700 XT prices which are better in performance....

Apple to Launch New AirPods Pro 2 in the Second Half of 2022 With No Stem and an Upgraded Chip According to Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will discontinue the first-gen AirPods Pro after launching the AirPods Pro 2. Originally, Apple announced the AirPods Pro in October of 2019 which makes them almost two and a half years old. The third-generation AirPods have lower demand compared to its previous model. Henceforth, Apple had to cut down orders by at least 30 percent....

iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro Models Feature The Same Amount of RAM, But The Processor is Different Files in the latest Xcode 14 beta shows the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max having 6GB of RAM. Last year, the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max featured 6GB of RAM, while the standard iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini came with 4GB of RAM....

AMD EPYC outshines Intel Xeon in the newest study focusing on CPU performance in the cloud AMD EPYC Milan and Rome, the multi-core x86 and x64 microprocessors, blew away the competing Cascade Lake and Ice Lake Xeon CPUs from Intel between the three cloud platforms in various tests on performance conducted by database company CockroachDB. First, in the CoreMark version 1.0 benchmark test, which allows for both processing on an individual vCPU or multiple vCPUs, CockroachDB proved that AMD Milan CPUs outperformed Intel in many instances....

AMD EPYC Genoa “Zen 4” CPU Lineup & Benchmarks Leak Out, Showcases Over 2x Performance Gain Over Intel Xeon & Previous Gen EPYC Chips The AMD Zen 4 lineup will be split into three families, the standard Zen 4 for EPYC Genoa, the Compute Density-Optimized Zen 4C for EPYC Bergamo, and the Cache-Optimized Zen 4 V-Cache within the EPYC Genoa-X series. Furthermore, the lineup will be featuring a cost-optimized and entry-level server offering known as EPYC Siena which will feature the same Zen 4 cores but on an entirely new platform known as SP6 which will once again focus on optimizing TCO compared to SP5....

AMD RDNA 3 ‘Navi 31’ MCM GPUs Allegedly Rock Up To 384 MB of Infinity Cache In 3D V-Cache Flavors The information is specifically for the AMD RDNA 3 flagship, the Navi 31 chip. So far, we don’t have any information regarding the top chip which is only known as Navi 3x so Navi 31 should retain the flagship position when it launches this year and might get replaced by a faster variant next year....

AMD Has Removed ‘4 GB VRAM Is Not Enough For Games’ Marketing Hours Before Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB Graphics Card Launch Update: The card has been launched and most outlets are calling it the worst modern GPU launch yet. As discovered by KitGuru (via Videocardz), the AMD marketing blog for the Radeon RX 5500 XT which mentioned that 4 GB wasn’t sufficient for games has been removed. This comes a mere hours before the red team will be officially launching its highly controversial Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card which packs 4 GB memory....

AMD To Challenge NVIDIA’s High-End Ada GPUs With A Record 200,000 Navi 31 Shipments In Q4 2022 For Radeon RX 7900 XTX And RX 7900 XT Graphics Cards The report comes from Kyle Bennett of (Ex HardOCP & Ex Intel) and seems to have been confirmed by multiple sources. AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 XTX & Radeon RX 7900 XT graphics cards are based on the RDNA 3-based Navi 31 GPU. Each graphics card features a slightly different SKU of the Navi 31 chip but they are essentially the same chip, albeit configured differently....

Future AMD Ryzen Consumer CPUs will incorporate CXL data center technology for better communication across connected devices AMD partners widely utilize Intel’s CXL technology in enterprises, and the company is working with Intel and several other companies to meet the new specification. Intel had less luck with its platform, Intel Optane, and the company has halted support to assist with the more recent CXL specification. Intel received poor support from companies trying to ship Optane to partnering businesses....

AMD RDNA 3 Flagship GPU, Navi 31 “Plum Bonito” Leaks Out Ahead of Today’s Radeon RX 7900 Series Unveil The first picture of the AMD Navi 31 GPU die that will go on to power the flagship Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards such as the RX 7900 XTX & RX 7900 XT has leaked out and gives us a glimpse of what to expect at tonight’s unveil. The picture confirms the use of 6 chiplets surrounding the main GPU die....

In addition to the battle pass stuff, here’s what else Respawn/Respawn Vancouver have cooked up for Apex Legends: Eclipse… New Legend: Catalyst “As a teenager on Boreas, Tressa Crystal Smith and her coven of friends prayed for and by the light of their broken moon. But fate brought her up to it when she ran away at fifteen to join a terraforming crew working to rebuild the moon. She took to the work, feeling a connection between her work with ferrofluid and the rituals of her past....

To Meet The High Demand, Apple is Ramping Up mini-LED Production For 2022 Devices According to a report from DigiTimes, Apple is ramping up the production of mini-LED displays for 2022 devices. The company is gradually transitioning to the new display technology and future products will also move away from LCD panels. At this point, Apple’s 12.9-inch iPad Pro, Pro Display XDR, and the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models feature a mini-LED display....

HomePod and HomePod mini 15.5.1 Arrives with Important Fix for Music Playback that Stops on its Own If you’ve been using HomePod or HomePod mini for a while, you might have encountered an issue where music would suddenly stop playing, forcing you to hit the play button again. In today’s update, Apple has fixed the issue. In order to download the update right now, and you definitely should, launch the Home app on your iPhone, iPad or Mac, click on the Home icon on the top left, then click on Home Settings, then Software Update....

64GB iPad 9 with A13 Bionic Drops to a Low Price of Just $299 for a Limited Time There are no discount codes needed here, but you have to be quick as there is no telling when this deal will return to its original price of $329. Buy 2021 Apple 10.2-inch iPad (Wi-Fi, 64GB) - Silver - Was $329, now just $299 It’s safe to say that Apple’s cheapest iPad, the ninth-generation model, is the best value for money tablet you can buy right now....

Apple’s Newly Released iPad 10 Is Currently 5% Off Across the Board for Black Friday 2022 The discount is applicable on every single variant of the iPad 10. Whether you are buying the Wi-Fi model or the Wi-Fi + Cellular model in the color of your choice, you will be well covered here. Buy 2022 Apple 10.9-inch iPad - Deals from just $426 If you need a tablet that does all the iPad things with modern features, then it doesn’t get any better than the iPad 10....

No Word if Apple Will Continue Selling the Pro Display XDR After Launching the New Product Where the Pro Display XDR had a 6K resolution, the Apple Studio Display is said to go beyond that pixel limit and launch with a 7K resolution. The exact metrics are not available to us at this time, but just for comparison’s sake, the 8K resolution measures 7680 by 4320 with a 16:9 aspect ratio....

Information From a Different Source Claims That the Apple Watch Pro Will Be Able to Fit Current-Generation Watch Bands, but Only Barely On Weibo, a user by the name ‘UnclePan’ has commented on the squarish design of the Apple Watch Pro, saying that this change is why older watch bands will not be compatible with the upcoming wearable. Apple is expected to unveil the new smartwatch during its ‘Far Out’ event, which is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, September 7....

ARM Claims Its Cortex-X3 Can Deliver a 34 Percent Performance Boost Over the Latest ‘Mainstream’ Laptop Both Cortex-X3 and Cortex-A715 are 64-bit-only designs, with ARM claiming that its latest flagship core can deliver a 22 percent peak performance boost over the Cortex-X2. The company also states that we should expect a 34 percent performance increase compared to the latest ‘mainstream’ laptop running an Intel Core-i7 1260p at 28 watts. Additionally, the Cortex-X3 delivers an 11 percent IPC boost over its predecessor....

ASRock Z690 Aqua Series Motherboards Hit Retail For Over $1000 US, OC Variant Costs $1399 US The ASRock Z690 Aqua has been listed for a retail price of $1299.99 US while the OC variant which has more tuning options for enthusiasts & overclockers is priced at $1399.99 US. Both boards are outfitted with a custom water block which should provide better cooling performance however, it also adds to the cost of each board....