A heartbreaking mistake, AMD now says Ryzen 7000X3D is not launching on February 14th

https://videocardz.com/newz/a-heartbreaking-mistake-amd-now-says-ryzen-7000x3d-is-not-launching-on-february-14th

Lame but hopefully they will launch it sooner than later

Intel launches Core i9-13900KS 24-core 6.0 GHz CPU at $699

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-launches-core-i9-13900ks-24-core-6-0-ghz-cpu-at-699#disqus_thread

I think the thumbnail says it all

Corsair's next PSUs could throw out age-old ideas of where connectors should go

https://www.pcgamer.com/corsairs-next-psus-could-throw-out-age-old-ideas-of-where-connectors-should-go/

Don't think too many cases support this config considering there's limited space. Wouldn't be surprised if it was for some corsair case.

I was taking a peek at TSMC's financials while looking for new shares to buy. Looking at their cost of profit metrics it would seem the increase in node costs over the past decade and a half are entirely genuine, although during the pandemic, chip shortages pushed profits higher than they would have otherwise been.

So while Nvidia, Apple, etc. might have paid a premium to reserve their cutting-edge stuff, don't expect prices to come down much in any of the foundries even with increased competition and no pandemic shortages.

This bodes ill for the prices of 2024 CPU/GPU/Smartphone releases and beyond...

All the KS chips are ridiculous, and this one wasn't going to be an exception.

I once bought an Antec PSU with a "revolutonary" design that, while only supported in 3 case designs at the time, it was supposed to be first of many to come. By the time I got a new case, I had to get a new PSU because not evne Antec supported that design after the initial products and those three cases.

So yeah, I'll certainly stay away from innovations like that one until it becomes common, if it ever does.

Besides, as you say, there isn't a lot of room on the side to bend and reroute cables, and that could cause further problems than what regular PSU designs don't face.

Well, that sucks.

In any case, thanks for sharing with us this dooming news.

Not looking too good for Radeon users if those requirements are legit. 2080 Ti or 6800XT? 3090 Ti or 7900XT?

That's probably because of ray tracing. The recommended/ high are more balanced with a 1080Ti or 5700XT.

Dead Space also had PC specs revealed these days and they were quite high too, weren't they? More than expected for an indoor environment game. But then when you look at something like APT Requiem:

"GeForce RTX 3070/Radeon RX 6800 XT for 60 FPS, 1920x1080 in ultra."

And this is the result you get:

Makes me just ignore these and wait for the performance reviews.

While it may not be as bad as the requirements suggest... That's still pretty horrid for Radeon lol. Although for Plague, I wouldn't be surprised of those requirements are for Ray Tracing.

That's all due to Raytracing, otherwise a 5700Xt wouldn't have been enough for high (same as 1080Ti)

Is that chart average FPS or 1% low? If it's the former, then it their projection could mean "over 60 FPS at all time (Vsync locked with no frame drops)" instead of "average FPS over 60".

For the Steam Deck owners: