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Valve just enabled native ray tracing on the Steam Deck and it actually looks pretty wild
https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-just-enabled-native-ray-tracing-on-the-steam-deck-and-it-actually-looks-pretty-wild/
So yeah, ray tracing on the Steam Deck (opens in new tab) is now properly a thing. It's been do-able if you wanted to dig in and do some Linux-y tweaking before, but with the latest beta OS Valve is starting to go native. For a device that costs less than the price of an RTX 3050 (opens in new tab)—a graphics card no-one should buy at that price—to be able to enable ray tracing that's worth a damn is seriously impressive.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Now Available For $799 US, Same Price As The RTX 4070 Ti
https://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-rx-7900-xt-now-available-for-799-us-same-price-as-the-rtx-4070-ti/
The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has seen some aggressive price cuts by retailers over the last couple of months. The card was recently dropped to $830 US. Now, the same cards can be bought for as low as $799 US which brings the total discount to $100 US or 11% below the MSRP. This price drop can be attributed to the lower-than-expected sales for the card as the flagship still retains its $999 US+ pricing.

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Sold More Than 50% Better Than What The 7900X Did At Launch, 7950X3D CPU Mostly Out of Stock
https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-9-7900x3d-sold-more-than-50-percent-better-7900x-did-at-launch-7950x3d-cpu-mostly-out-of-stock/
In numbers compiled by TechEpiphany, we can see the sales figures of the AMD Ryzen 7000 X3D CPUs at the retailer, Mindfactory. The numbers show the launch day figures and it looks like AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D CPUs were quite popular. The retailer was able to sell 360 units which might be seen as lower than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D (490 units sold) and Ryzen 7 5800X (400 units sold) but at the same time, the chip sold much better than its non-3D brother, the Ryzen 9 7900X which only managed to sell 230 units during its launch week.