Today there is once again an excursion into my other hobby away from the hardware. It’s about a very special 3D printer, a project that has kept me busy over several weekends. I am talking about a Voronto be more precise a Voron Trident! Why I chose a 3D printer from a manufacturer that isn’t one at all and for a model that you [...]
There are always challenges that the company has to overcome in connection with AGESA (AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture). The exact causes of the problems with AGESA 1.0.7.0 are difficult to determine, but are believed to be due to a combination of faulty or inadequately tested code changes and insufficient communication between AMD [...]
In our own blog post “Experience maximum ray tracing performance with AMD FSR 2 and the new AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series graphics cards“, the red team presents the benefits that are expected to result from enabling FSR 2 in various ray tracing games. Thanks to its open structure and seamless integration with game engines, the list of FSR [...]
After I had recently chosen the Recaro RAE as my new personal reference in terms of office chairs, the young manufacturer SecretLab felt compelled to send us its latest creation for testing. With solid construction and high-quality material appeal, they want to knock Recaro off its throne, and even though the two chairs are in a completely [...]
With Windows 11, Microsoft has developed an operating system that offers a wide range of functions. However, it is unlikely that an average user will use all these functions at once. Some users even find certain functions superfluous. For these users, a slimmer version of the operating system called Tiny11 is available. Tiny11 not only reduces [...]
Actually, a more detailed game review was supposed to be published here today, but I decided against it in the end. Because even though I had already invested several hours, I cannot justify pretending that everything runs so smoothly that it can be objectively benchmarked and evaluated. As this once again confirms the trend of knowingly offering [...]
What doesn’t fit, is made to fit! A can opener can be found in every company cafeteria… Which brings us back to our Sunday navel-gazing. Whereas this is actually more about the butt.
This week Barron’s Magazine published an article on the technology industry and on May 3 published an interview with Dr. Lisa Su, the CEO of AMD. In the interview, Su was asked her opinion on Moore’s Law and it became clear that she continues to believe in Gordon Moore’s 50+ year old prediction. Moore, co-founder of Intel, passed [...]
I have combined the download sections into one page and instead link to the older articles with the tutorials in the software table. The download as such is only available on this page in a summarised form. Preliminary note and introduction Since AMD massively restricted the use of the SoftPowerPlayTables and thus indirectly also the MorePowerTool [...]
Paulo Gomes, the YouTuber and graphics card modder, has once again demonstrated his skills by upgrading a graphics card, in this case the AMD Power Color Radeon RX 5600 XT Red Dragon, with more video memory. He has increased the capacity of the card from the original 6GB to 12GB by installing faster 2GB 16Gbps memory chips. Compared to the recent [...]
So far, AMD has only unveiled two graphics cards based on RDNA 3 that are aimed at demanding enthusiasts with deeper pockets. Although it is obvious that AMD plans to add more models to its Radeon RX 7000 series, it remains unclear exactly which ones and when they will appear. However, a recently discovered AMD ROCm 5.6 pull request uncovered by a [...]
Despite all the features like higher power limit, 3-fan design and ARGB, the KFA2 GeForce RTX 4070 EX Gamer (outside EU sold as Galax) belongs to the inexpensive models of the GeForce RTX 4070 series, which are now also sold well below the MSRP. So good, so exciting. Because the current street price is around 629 Euros and is really a real [...]
I noticed especially in the so-called MSRP cards of NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4070 that NVIDIA still does intensive binning and here two quality gradations (“buckets”) are again quite restrictive selected in bin 0 (worse) and bin 1 (better). We still know this from the so-called “Non-A” and “A” chips in [...]
AMD recently released the technical details of its “Phoenix” series of 7040U processors, some of which are the first to feature the XDNA-based AI engine. There is currently no more detailed information on the specifications of the 7040HS processors, but the company announced yesterday that the HS chips are now shipping to OEMs and will [...]
MSI, in cooperation with AMD, has released new updates for its motherboards that are compatible with the Ryzen 7000 CPUs. Although the Ryzen 7000X3D CPU does not support full overclocking or overvoltage adjustment according to AMD’s design specifications, AMD EXPO technology can be used to optimize memory performance by increasing the CPU [...]
For the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 7900 XTX Vapor-X 24 GB, Sapphire opens the very big cutlery box. Compared to the MBA card (made by AMD), the Vapor-Chamber works perfectly and does exactly what is expected of it. Even in the most outlandish living and installation situations. Together with a significantly higher power limit, the clock rate is [...]
An Intel Meteor Lake CPU with the codename Core Ultra 5 1003H was discovered in the Ashes of The Singularity benchmark database yesterday. It is a 14th generation CPU, which was previously suspected and is now confirmed. Intel will use the new “Core Ultra” branding and thus abandon the previous “Core i” series. The chip [...]
Tests of working memory kits are actually relatively predictable if you already know beforehand which memory components are installed and how they are known to behave. It is all the more interesting when new ICs come onto the market and no one really knows what to expect. This is exactly what today’s test is about, because we take a closer [...]
AMD, is reportedly planning to launch Ryzen 8000 Granite Ridge Zen 5 processors in 2024 and Shimada Peak Threadripper in 2025. This information comes from insider reports and has not been officially confirmed yet. The Ryzen 8000 Granite Ridge Zen 5 processors are expected to be based on AMD’s Zen 5 architecture and serve as the successor to [...]
Over the past few years, we’ve noticed that high-end wireless gaming headsets are popping up like mushrooms out of the audio ground – these marketing-pushed technological marvels promise us heaven on earth in terms of sound quality, no matter what we’re listening to and whether the game we’re about to mercilessly mow down [...]
