AMD's AGESA Update Fixes Ryzen 7000X3D Voltage Issue But There's A Side Effect

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AMD's already issued a new AGESA firmware to resolve this issue, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Overclocker Tests 'Hideous' GPU Backplate Coolers On AliExpress And Made This Discovery]( By Mark Tyson on May 08, 2023 01:37 pm [Overclocker Tests 'Hideous' GPU Backplate Coolers On AliExpress And Made This Discovery]( Overclocking guru and TechTuber der8auer (AKA Roman Hartung) has tested a couple of active graphics card backplate coolers purchased via AliExpress. Graphics card backplates can get pretty hot, so it is logical to think that adding some active cooling could help with the overall cooling of your card. 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Qualcomm continues to make major moves in the automotive industry, which it sees [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Amazon Reveals Google Pixel Tablet Release Date And A Sweet Pre-Order Bonus]( By Ryan Whitwam on May 08, 2023 12:08 pm [Amazon Reveals Google Pixel Tablet Release Date And A Sweet Pre-Order Bonus]( Google has some big hardware plans for the next few weeks, with a foldable, a budget smartphone, and a tablet all dropping within weeks of each other. Google pre-announced the tablet, predictably known as the Pixel Tablet, at last year's Google I/O. We won't have to wait for this year's I/O to get all the details, thanks to a leak on Amazon's [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Microsoft Rebuts Allegations Of AI Chip Collaboration With AMD, Should NVIDIA Worry?]( By Paul Lilly on May 08, 2023 11:35 am [Microsoft Rebuts Allegations Of AI Chip Collaboration With AMD, Should NVIDIA Worry?]( Microsoft has either teamed up with AMD to design custom processors for artificial intelligence tasks, or it has not. Yeah, we're not exactly going out on a limb there. But there are conflicting reports and the situation brings up an interesting question—should NVIDIA be at all nervous about a potential collaboration between Microsoft, a juggernaut [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NASA Shares Staggering Details Of Five Giant Asteroids Hurtling In Earth's Direction]( By Tim Sweezy on May 08, 2023 11:14 am [NASA Shares Staggering Details Of Five Giant Asteroids Hurtling In Earth's Direction]( NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shared details about five asteroids that will make close approaches to Earth during the month of May. Asteroid 2023 JD will make the closest approach to Earth, at a distance of 821,000 miles (1,320,000 kilometers). 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