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Microsoft announces a new “Pluton” Security CPU in collaboration with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm

It appears that Microsoft is working on a new security processor, dubbed as PLUTON.  Microsoft is doing this in collaboration with AMD, Intel and Qualcomm. These companies will integrate the technology into their own processors. Continue reading Microsoft announces a new “Pluton” Security CPU in collaboration with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm

Godfall supports Ray Tracing only on AMD GPUs, NVIDIA support coming in the future

Counterplay Games has just announced that a new PC patch is available for Godfall that adds support for Ray Tracing effects. However, and contrary to what Codemasters did with Dirt 5, Godfall will only support Ray Tracing on AMD GPUs right now. Counterplay will add support for NVIDIA GPUs in a future update. Continue reading Godfall supports Ray Tracing only on AMD GPUs, NVIDIA support coming in the future

First third-party benchmarks for AMD Radeon RX 6800XT surface, faster than NVIDIA GeForce RTX3090 in some rasterized games

It appears that AMD is back. The red team has lifted the embargo for the AMD Radeon RX 6800 and RX 6800XT and as we can see, AMD has finally delivered a competitive product. In fact, the AMD Radeon RX 6800XT can, in some rasterized games, surpass even the NVIDIA GeForce RTX3090. Continue reading First third-party benchmarks for AMD Radeon RX 6800XT surface, faster than NVIDIA GeForce RTX3090 in some rasterized games

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was Ubisoft’s top-selling PC launch ever

Ubisoft has announced that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has also become the top-selling Ubisoft PC launch ever, driven by all-time record Ubisoft Store sales performance. In addition, the team revealed that the game has sold through more units in its first week than any other Assassin’s Creed game sold during the same period. Continue reading Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was Ubisoft’s top-selling PC launch ever

NVIDIA shares DLSS benchmarks for War Thunder, Ready or Not & Enlisted

NVIDIA has announced that four additional games now support its DLSS tech. These four games are: Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, War Thunder, Enlisted and Ready or Not. In addition, the green team released some benchmark figures between no-DLSS and DLSS that you can find below. Continue reading NVIDIA shares DLSS benchmarks for War Thunder, Ready or Not & Enlisted

Here are the first official AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Ray Tracing gaming benchmarks

Last month AMD officially announced its RDNA 2-based flagship Big Navi graphics cards, the Radeon RX 6900XT, RX 6800XT and RX 6800, respectively. Even though the RDNA 2 Live event showcased benchmarks that favored the Radeon RX 6900 XT, Radeon RX 6800 XT, and Radeon RX 6800 over the competition, none of them included metrics related to ray tracing. Continue reading Here are the first official AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Ray Tracing gaming benchmarks

Intel’s upcoming Rocket Lake-S Desktop CPU sample shows promising single-threaded performance

Last month, Intel officially revealed its upcoming 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S desktop CPU lineup, based on the Cypress Cove core architecture. Rocket Lake (RKL) is a planned microarchitecture designed by Intel as a direct successor to the Comet Lake-S series of desktop CPUs and high-performance mobile devices. Continue reading Intel’s upcoming Rocket Lake-S Desktop CPU sample shows promising single-threaded performance