Intel Is Working on a Fix for Arrow Lake's Underwhelming Performance at Launch
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Intel is working on set of patches to improve Arrow Lake gaming performance according to an exclusive HotHardware interview. Intel's Robert Hallock, GM & VP of Client and AI technical marketing addressed the huge performance regressing in gaming, content creation workloads, and other areas. He said the performance did not meet expectation of reviews and differed from their original claims and working to address by the end of the month via BIOS and OS updates.
Apple M4 Mac Mini Comes With Removable SSD
AMD Dethrones Itself to Claim Best Gaming Processor Title Leaving Intel Dead in the Lakes
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AMD released V-Cache versions of Zen 5 CPUs and started selling on 7 Nov 2024 at USD 480 available in Online Stores, Microcenter etc. Zen 5 non-V-Cache CPUs were not seeing huge demand and release was underwhelming due to massive issues with claimed Zen 5 IPC until Microsoft addressed the issue with Windows 11 23H2 and 24H2 with patch that improved performance massively for some games and apps.
AMD Ryzen 9800X3D has successfully dethroned 7800X3D with 10-40% performance lead in some games thanks to restructured design of by making CCD stack on top of V-Cache or L3D cache as opposed to earlier X3D variants where L3D cache was below CCD stack which limited overclocking and boost clocks capabilities.
Steam Adds Game Recording Feature That Works With Steam Deck on Windows & Linux Gamers
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Steam released a new stable update on 5 Nov 2024 that added Game Recording module which was in beta for a while. Similar to Nvidia App or GeForce Experience or AMD Adrenaline Record & Stream, Steam now allows you to record your gameplay and share it with your friends and social media showcasing game moments that works on Linux and Windows with steam deck and other devices.