(PR) MSI Bundles Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn with Select Motherboards

MSI, a leading brand in gaming hardware, is thrilled to announce its new partnership with Kepler Interactive, a renowned innovative game publisher. MSI and Kepler Interactive are set to bring gamers an extraordinary experience with the much-anticipated release of Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, available now on via Steam and Epic Games Store.

Embark on a thrilling journey with Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn by A44 Games, the developers of Ashen. Explore a rich, new world filled with ancient mysteries, engage in explosive, fast-paced combat, and wield powerful firearms and magic in your quest to kill all Gods. Are you ready to reclaim the dawn and restore hope to humanity? Start your epic journey with MSI's special offer—purchase selected MSI products and receive Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn for free on PC. Upgrade your gaming setup with MSI's latest motherboards. Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn and experience unparalleled gaming excitement. Read full story


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(PR) Khadas Expands Mind Portable Workstation Ecosystem with New Mind Graphics eGPU

Khadas, a leading global consumer electronics brand dedicated to designing, developing and manufacturing the next-generation of innovative portable technology products, launches the Mind Graphics eGPU Module, integrated with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti desktop graphics card, today. Available online at Khadas.com and Amazon (starting on August 1) for $999.00, the Mind family's newest heavyweight member further expands the hardware ecosystem centered around the Mind portable workstation. This powerful addition to the Khadas Mind lineup enhances performance for AIGC, creative design, video rendering, gaming and other demanding tasks with seamless acceleration.

Khadas continues to deliver unique and high-performance portable computer hardware and software solutions through innovative engineering. Following the successful launch of the Mind portable workstation and Mind Dock expansion in 2023, the new Mind Graphics eGPU Module enriches the computing ecosystem, offering users high performance, productivity and efficiency. Khadas' design prowess and customer-first approach continues to push the boundaries of the work and play computing experience. Read full story


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series "Blackwell" TDPs Leaked, All Powered by 16-Pin Connector

In the preparation season for NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 50 Series of GPUs, codenamed "Blackwell," one power supply manufacturer accidentally leaked the power configurations of all SKUs. Seasonic operates its power supply wattage calculator, allowing users to configure their systems online and get power supply recommendations. This means that the system often gets filled with CPU/GPU SKUs to accommodate the massive variety of components. This time we have the upcoming GeForce RTX 50 series, with RTX 5050 all the way up to the top RTX 5090 GPU. Starting with the GeForce RTX 5050, this SKU is expected to carry a 100 W TDP. Its bigger brother, the RTX 5060, bumps the TDP to 170 W, 55 W higher than the previous generation "Ada Lovelace" RTX 4060.

The GeForce RTX 5070, with a 220 W TDP, is in the middle of the stack, featuring a 20 W increase over the Ada generation. For higher-end SKUs, NVIDIA prepared the GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5090, with 350 W and 500 W TDP, respectively. This also represents a jump in TDP from Ada generation with an increase of 30 W for RTX 5080 and 50 W for RTX 5090. Interestingly, this time NVIDIA wants to unify the power connection system of the entire family with a 16-pin 12V-2x6 connector but with an updated PCIe 6.0 CEM specification. The increase in power requirements for the "Blackwell" generation across the SKUs is interesting, and we are eager to see if the performance gains are enough to balance efficiency.


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WTH , I went to download some new switch titles and I realized Yuzu is no longer updated! It seems Nintendo(Tards) have shut them down. Mann eff nintendo , the most hostile company. I will never purchase a nintendo game or device again.

What is everyone's top 3 favorite CRPGs of all time? Ill start...
1.) Dragon Age : Origins
2.) Gothic 2 + Expansion
3.) Might and Magic VII : For blood and honor

Anyone remember old school Everquest?? There is a new game in the works by one of the old devs that is just like old school EQ. It had a playtest recently and its amazing! Its like EQ in 2024! Here is a link to the website...
https://monstersandmemories.com/

If you loved everquest as a kid or young adult, do yourself a favor and check this game out! A new free playtest will likely happen again soon.

This Week in Gaming (Week 29)

After several slow weeks of new game releases, we now have a week that's overflowing with new game releases. The most anticipated release this week is an online PvPvE dungeon crawler, built on Unreal Engine 5. This is followed by a crusty space game, an evil game, a game that involves attracting birds to you, a dystopian New York of the future, a bit of Japanese folklore, some more dungeons, fighting some gods and finally being a Japanese goddess. Yes, we threw in a bunch of extra games this week, yet we're not able to cover all the new releases that are coming out.

Dungeonborne / This week's major release / Friday 19 July / Early Access
Dungeonborne is an immersive first-person PvPvE dungeon crawler. Venture solo or join forces with trusted companions to hunt for treasure, explore ominous dungeons, and battle terrifying monsters and cunning adversaries. Escape before succumbing to darkness and greed. Embrace your role as a Fighter, Priest, Rogue, Swordmaster, Pyromancer, Cryomancer, Death Knight, or Druid. With first-person clarity, feel the power of each spell, the weight of your weapons, and the strategic impact of every decision. Charge into battle, unleash devastating skills to disrupt enemy formations, cast life-saving buffs on allies, or use tactical throwables to turn the tide. Steam link Read full story


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(PR) SoftBank Group Acquires Graphcore to Build Next-Generation of AI Compute

Graphcore today announced that the company has been acquired by SoftBank Group Corp. Under the deal, Graphcore becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank and will continue to operate under the Graphcore name.

"This is a tremendous endorsement of our team and their ability to build truly transformative AI technologies at scale, as well as a great outcome for our company," said Graphcore co-founder and CEO Nigel Toon. "Demand for AI compute is vast and continues to grow. There remains much to do to improve efficiency, resilience, and computational power to unlock the full potential of AI. In SoftBank, we have a partner that can enable the Graphcore team to redefine the landscape for AI technology." Read full story


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CPU-Z v2.10 Changelog Confirms Core-Config of Ryzen AI 300-series Processors

CPUID this week released the latest version of CPU-Z, and its change-log confirms the core-configurations of upcoming AMD Ryzen AI 300-series "Strix Point" processor SKUs. On paper, "Strix Point" packs a 12-core CPU based on the latest "Zen 5" microarchitecture, but there's more to this number. We've known since June 2024 that the chip has a heterogeneous multicore configuration of four full-sized "Zen 5" cores, and eight compacted "Zen 5c" cores. Only the "Zen 5" cores can reach the maximum boost frequencies rated for the chip, while the "Zen 5c" cores go a few notches above the base frequency, although it's expected that the gap in boost frequencies between the two core types is expected to slightly narrow compared to that between the "Zen 4" and "Zen 4c" cores in chips such as the "Phoenix 2."

The series is led by the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375, an enthusiast segment chip that maxes out all 12 cores on the chip—that's 4x "Zen 5" and 8x "Zen 5c." This model is closely followed by the Ryzen AI 9 365, which AMD marked in its presentations as being simply a 10-core/20-thread chip. We're now learning that it has 4x "Zen 5" and 6x "Zen 5c," meaning that AMD hasn't touched the counts of its faster "Zen 5" cores. It's important to note here that "Zen 5c" is not an E-core. It supports SMT, and at base frequency, it has an identical IPC to "Zen 5." It also supports the entire ISA that "Zen 5" does.


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Ryzen AI 300 Series: New AMD APUs Appear in CrossMark Benchmark Database

AMD's upcoming Ryzen AI 300 APUs pre-launch leaks continue, the latest coming from the BAPCo CrossMark benchmark database. Two models have been spotted: the officially announced Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and the recently leaked Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, part of the "Strix Point" family, boasts 12 cores and 24 threads. Its hybrid architecture combines four Zen 5 cores with eight Zen 5C cores. The chip reaches boost clocks up to 5.1 GHz, features 36 MB of cache (24 MB L3 + 12 MB L2), and includes a Radeon 890M iGPU with 16 compute units (1024 cores). The Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360, previously leaked as a 12-core part, has now been confirmed with 8 cores and 16 threads. It utilizes a 3+5 configuration of Zen 5 and Zen 5C cores, respectively. The APU includes 8 MB each of L2 and L3 cache, with a base clock of 2.0 GHz. Its integrated Radeon 870M GPU is expected to feature the RDNA 3.5 architecture with fewer cores than its higher-end counterparts, possibly 8 compute units.

According to the leaked benchmarks, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 was tested in an HP laptop, while the Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 appeared in a Lenovo model equipped with LPDDR5-7500 memory. Initial scores appear unremarkable compared to top Intel Core Ultra 9 185H and AMD Ryzen 7040 APUs, however, the tested APUs may be early samples, and their performance could differ from final retail versions. Furthermore, while the TDP range is known to be between 15 W and 54 W, the specific power configurations used in these benchmarks remain unclear. The first Ryzen AI 300 laptops are slated for release on July 28th, with Ryzen AI 300 PRO models expected in October.


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