graphics hardware
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10 Things to Know Before You Build a Desktop
The last few years haven’t been kind to the PC builder community. As we all know, the chip shortage caused by the coronavirus pandemic has raised the price of key components, putting many projects on hold.
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Steam Deck Modded With an AMD Desktop GPU Turns Into a 4K Gaming Monster
Valve has repeatedly insisted that the Steam Deck doesn’t come with external GPU support, shooting down gamer’s hopes of connecting an RTX 3090 and cranking the graphics settings to Ultra. At the same time, Valve keeps emphasising how the Steam Deck is an open platform, a device that can be modified to fit a user’s…
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This Ultra-Rare Intel GPU Just Sold for Around $6,941 on eBay
Perhaps the only working prototype of Intel’s abandoned Larabee GPU just sold for more than scalped, pandemic-era AMD or Nvidia graphics card. This lovely blue component, one of the only remaining reminders of Intel’s failed attempt at a discrete GPU, was purchased on eBay France for €4,650, or $US5,234 (A$7,266).
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AMD’s New Budget Radeon RX 6500 XT Is Here
AMD gave us only a sneak peek of the Radeon RX 6500 XT and RX 6400 when the chipmaker revealed the desktop graphics cards at CES earlier this year, but now that they are officially available — for what will likely be an extremely short time (at retail prices, at least) — we’re finally seeing…