MojoKid writes: AMD officially launched its Radeon RX 6800 and Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics cards today, previously known in the PC gaming community as Big Navi. The company claimed these high-end GPUs would compete with NVIDIA’s best GeForce RTX 30 series and it appears AMD made good on its claims. AMD’s new Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon 6800 are…
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NVIDIA Cancels GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB: Report
VideoCardz reports: NVIDIA has just told its board partners that it will not launch GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB cards as planned. NVIDIA allegedly cancels its December launch of GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB. This still very fresh information comes from two independent sources. Technically GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and RTX 3070 16GB could launch…
What’s New in Linux 5.6? WireGuard VPN and USB4
Linux 5.6 “has a bit more changes than I’d like,” Linus Torvalds posted on the kernel mailing list, “but they are mostly from davem’s networking fixes pulls, and David feels comfy with them. And I looked over the diff, and none of it looks scary…” TechRadar reports that the new changes include support for USB4 and GeForce RTX 2000 series graphics…
A Hacker Stole and Leaked the Xbox Series X Graphics Source Code
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: AMD has been having a particularly rough few months, apparently. The chip designer has revealed that a hacker stole test files for a “subset” of current and upcoming graphics hardware, some of which had been posted online before they were taken down. While AMD was shy on details, the claimed intruder told TorrentFreak…
AMD Discloses RDNA 2 Graphics, CDNA Data Center GPUs, Next-Gen Zen
“At its Financial Analyst Day, AMD disclosed additional details regarding its next generation CPU and GPU architectures,” writes Slashdot reader MojoKid:
– While the company isn’t ready to disclose concrete details yet, AMD is promising that Navi 2X will arrive this year and deliver “enthusiast-class” performance, excellent power efficiency, and “top-of-stack” GPUs with “uncompromising 4K gaming”. – While AMD has RDNA for…
AMD Launches Navi-Based Radeon RX 5600XT To Battle GeForce RTX 2060 Under $300
MojoKid writes: Today AMD launched its latest midrange graphics card based on the company’s all new Navi architecture. The AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT slots in under $300 ($279 MSRP) and is based on the same Navi 10 GPU as AMD’s current high-end Radeon RX 5700 series cards. AMD’s Radeon RX 5600 XT is outfitted with 36 compute units, with a…
India’s Richest Man is Ready To Take on Amazon and Walmart
As Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart spend billions to make a dent in India’s retail market and reel from recent regulatory hurdles, the two companies have stumbled upon a new challenge: Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man. From a report: Reliance Retail and Reliance Jio, two subsidiaries of Ambani’s Reliance Industries, said they have soft-launched JioMart, their e-commerce venture that works closely with…
Mirfak is Perseus’ brightest star
Mirfak isn’t as famous as Algol, its brother star in the constellation Perseus. But Mirfak is easier to find and can help guide you to Algol. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/mirfak-perseus-brightest-star…
Canonical Releases Ubuntu Linux 19.10 Eoan Ermine with GNOME 3.34, Light Theme, and Raspberry Pi 4 Support
Following the beta period, one of the best and most popular Linux-based desktop operating systems reaches a major milestone — you can now download Ubuntu 19.10! Code-named “Eoan Ermine”, the distro is better and faster then ever. From a report: By default, Ubuntu 19.10 comes with one of the greatest desktop environments — GNOME 3.34. In addition, users will be delighted…