Intel Arc Pro B70 and Arc Pro B65 GPUs bring 32GB of RAM to AI and pro apps — bigger Battlemage finally arrives, but it’s not for gamers

Intel’s Arc Pro B70 and B65 GPUs bring options for more raw compute, 32GB of RAM and multi-GPU scalability to the market for local AI explorers looking to run inference workloads for relatively low prices.
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Huawei unveils new Atlas 350 AI accelerator with 1.56 PFLOPS of FP4 compute and up to 112GB of HBM — claims 2.8x more performance than Nvidia’s H20

The Atlas 350 is using the Ascend 950PR chip, but it looks like a cut-down version with less compute. Translation overhead aside, previous reports and announcements have already revealed the full specs of this silicon, suc…

Nvidia CEO says he’s ’empathetic’ to DLSS 5 concerns — Jensen Huang doubles down on defense while decrying ‘AI slop’

In a new podcast appearance, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang struck a more conciliatory tone concerning DLSS 5, saying he’s ’empathetic” to concerns about the feature producing “AI slop.”
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Imagination Tech working on mainstream PC gaming with ‘ambitious graphics card and SoC design companies’ — shows off progress with DirectX 11 workloads

The UK’s Imagination Technologies is teasing its roadmap to ‘bring high‑performance, scalable, PowerVR graphics to desktop, workstation, and cloud environments.’
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Crimson Desert devs apologize for ‘confusion’ over Intel GPU FAQ — backtracks over prior dismissive language regarding Arc graphics support

The Crimson Desert devs have apologized for prior dismissive language regarding Intel GPUs and confirmed that a support update is on the way.
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Grab the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 9070 XT for $799.99 — comes bundled with 1000W PSU and free copy of Crimson Desert

AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 XT based on the RDNA 4 architecture is currently the company’s most powerful graphics card offering impressive 1440p and 4K gaming performance.
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Intel suggests it was snubbed by Crimson Desert dev after reaching out “many times” about Arc GPUs – company says it provided “early hardware, drivers, and engineering resources” to studio

Intel has shifted the blame for a lack of Arc GPU in Crimson Desert back on developer Pearl Abyss, saying it’s reached out to the studio “many times” over the past several years.
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New Fortnite ‘Rivalry’ includes chance to win RTX 5080 — top five players will be awarded GPU hardware in Chapter 7 Season 2 competition

Fortnite’s new season not only brings new content for the players but also gives them a chance to earn real-life rewards, such as an RTX 5080. If you’re good enough at the game and win enough “rivalries” in matches every w…

AMD releases FSR 4.1 for RX 9000-series GPUs — new update delivers better Ray Regeneration, finer upscaled detail, and higher FPS

AMD has added Ray Regeneration 1.1 and FSR 4.1 upscaling to its RDNA 4 GPUs, bringing it to parity with Sony’s PSSR 2 on the PS5 Pro. Games that support these features will have better ray tracing quality with more accurat…