Author: Jeremy Laird
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Copilot and ChatGPT iterating ‘This is fine’ memes perfectly captures the current state of AI: faintly alarming hilarious madness
You’re worried about AI. We’re worried about AI. But there’s actually no need to worry. Because this is fine. For proof, all you need to do is ask generative AI to iterate on the “This is fine” cartoon meme. Pretty quickly, you’ll agree that it is indeed all fine. Either that or you conclude this…
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Meta’s insatiable appetite for Nvidia AI chips could add up to $7 billion worth of H100 GPUs by the end of the year
Remember when we reported some market data indicating Meta had snapped up 150,000 of Nvidia’s beastly H100 AI chips? Now it turns out Meta wants to have more than double that at 350,000 of the big silicon things by the end of the year. Most estimates put the price of an Nvidia H100 GPU at…
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Intel’s new Core i9 14900KS CPU cracks 9.1GHz but still isn’t remotely relevant
So, the Intel Core i9 14900KS has been clocked up to 9.118GHz, setting a new world record. But Intel’s new flagship is still about as real-world relevant as a gold-plated Bugatti double-parked in downtown Dubai. The record was achieved by Asus running the chip courtesy of its ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore motherboard. Oh, and…
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MSI MPG 271QRX review | PC Gamer
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Attention all you gamers hell bent on the ultimate 27-inch 1440p experience. The new MSI MPG 271QRX QD-OLED monitor is here and it wants your money. Quite a lot of it, actually, as this panel has an MSRP of $800 in the US and is listed for pre-orders in the UK for £1,000. Ouch. Of…
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LG’s new $1 billion investment should help make OLED gaming monitors cheaper
Rejoice all ye flat panel aficionados, for LG is burying an extra billion bucks into OLED panel production facilities. The idea, reportedly, is to increase the production of all types of OLED displays, from phone sized panels up to TVs. Slap bang in the middle of that range are, of course, PC monitors. According to…
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GPU sales are on the up but AMD’s RX 7000-series graphics cards are its least competitive in 20 years
The latest figures are in from the ol’ Peddmeister Massive and they show graphics card sales have increased for the third straight quarter. The best news comes from comparing the most recent quarter in these new Jon Peddie Research figures, that of Q4 2023, to the same period in 2022 with a resulting 32% year-on-year…
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Intel explains why making GPU drivers is so hard but isn’t giving up
Graphics drivers are hard. This isn’t news. But Intel has revealed some interesting details regarding its own efforts and struggles to get Arc GPUs running really fast. Intel’s candour also makes us hopeful for its next-gen Battlemage graphics, hopefully appearing later this year. It isn’t giving up. While the complexity of graphics drivers and optimising…
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Nvidia’s RTX HDR filter will soon be able to turn SDR games into HDR games for multi-monitor maniacs
Multi-monitor support for RTX HDR is coming. And that, in a nutshell, is it, folks. Toodles. Oh, wait, you want more? Well, RTX HDR, is of course a new image enhancement filter from Nvidia that converts SDR games into HDR games on the fly. It comes as part of the new Nvidia Appand, predictably, claims…
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Google’s long-teased new sign-in page is absolutely the least exciting upgrade ever
Google has been teasing a new look for its services for weeks and now it’s finally here. It’s a new Google sign-in page unlike anything you’ve ever seen. I mean, there are some changes. Okay, it’s very, very slightly different. The new entry portal to Google’s services has the “Sign in” text moved to the…
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The next Xbox will be the ‘largest technical leap’ yet but Microsoft is still planning to release exclusive Xbox games on other platforms
You know all those Xbox rumours? The hot new hardware including a handheld, the idea that Microsoft is giving up on consoles altogether and releasing its exclusive Xbox games on third party platforms. Turns out it’s true. Well, most of it. Microsoft made a fairly comprehensive Xbox data dump yesterday including an official podcast on…