Early Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Benchmarks Show A Sizeable Performance Lift

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [Early Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Benchmarks Show A Sizeable Performance Lift]( By Ryan Whitwam on Oct 25, 2023 03:00 pm [Early Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Benchmarks Show A Sizeable Performance Lift]( Qualcomm revealed the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 at long last this week at its Snapdragon Summit in scenic Hawaii. We expect to see this chip powering most of the high-end Android phones and tablets that launch over the coming year, beginning in just a few weeks with an unnamed Qualcomm partner. Naturally, Qualcomm says this chip reaches new heights [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Play Skyrim Like A Strategy Game With This Age Of Empires 2 Custom Map]( By Zak Killian on Oct 25, 2023 02:08 pm [Play Skyrim Like A Strategy Game With This Age Of Empires 2 Custom Map]( Are you a Skyrim fiend? Do you have thousands of hours in Bethesda's fantasy magnum opus, and long for more to do in the land of the Nords? Well, good news. Now you can conquer Skyrim in Age of Empires 2, thanks to an expansive custom map by creator /u/Grouchy_Bluejay4511. If you're not an AoE2 player, then you might not be aware that the [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Noctua's 2nd Gen NH-D15 CPU Cooler Looks To Be Delayed Again]( By Aaron Klotz on Oct 25, 2023 12:30 pm [Noctua's 2nd Gen NH-D15 CPU Cooler Looks To Be Delayed Again]( Noctua has updated its product roadmap, revealing that several of its upcoming fans and CPU coolers have been delayed yet again. That includes the highly anticipated second-generation NH-D15 dual tower cooler. Previously, Noctua’s next-gen D15 cooler was announced to arrive as early as Q4 of 2023; Noctua’s updated roadmap now shows that it [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Apple Emerges As An Unlikely Ally In Push For Federal Right To Repair Legislation]( By Tim Sweezy on Oct 25, 2023 11:39 am [Apple Emerges As An Unlikely Ally In Push For Federal Right To Repair Legislation]( Despite consumers complaining that Apple devices are a pain in the neck to repair, Apple has announced that it will back a US right-to-repair bill. The bill is part of President Biden's attempt to promote competition and end "junk fees" and other actions that increase the price of products for customers. Apple's decision to back the right-to-repair [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Micron And SK Hynix Push Blistering 9.6Gbps LPDDR5X For Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Phones]( By Matthew Connatser on Oct 25, 2023 11:33 am [Micron And SK Hynix Push Blistering 9.6Gbps LPDDR5X For Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Phones]( Although Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is the star of the show when it comes to showcasing the next generation of smartphones and their performance, a processor can only do so much on its own. Fast memory is required to give such a cutting-edge chip the leg room it needs to perform, and to that end Micron and SK hynix have announced [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Here's The Latest On LGA 1700 Cooler Compatibility With Intel's Next-Gen Arrow Lake CPUs]( By Thiago Trevisan on Oct 25, 2023 11:16 am [Here's The Latest On LGA 1700 Cooler Compatibility With Intel's Next-Gen Arrow Lake CPUs]( The launch of a new CPU can often range from being exciting, to the purely mundane in some cases. When that CPU is accompanied by an entirely new chipset, expectations are raised even further.  One important item that sometimes can be overlooked by consumers in the midst of the excitement on release day is the issue of compatibility with existing [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [TP-Link Unveils A Bleeding-Edge Wi-Fi 7 Wireless Router At A Surprising Price]( By Paul Lilly on Oct 25, 2023 11:07 am [TP-Link Unveils A Bleeding-Edge Wi-Fi 7 Wireless Router At A Surprising Price]( TP-Link is pushing out a new Wi-Fi 7 router, the Archer BE550 (model BE9300) that it hopes will put upgrading to the latest wireless protocol "within affordability range of the typical tech consumer." That doesn't mean it's cheap—you're looking at dropping $299.99 for this thing. But it's at least on par with high-end routers, and substantially [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NASA Knows Space But Is Still Figuring Out How To Open Its Asteroid Sample Container]( By Tim Sweezy on Oct 25, 2023 10:53 am [NASA Knows Space But Is Still Figuring Out How To Open Its Asteroid Sample Container]( NASA has collected a small amount of the rock and dust sample that its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft brought back from the asteroid Bennu. However, it is having a bit of trouble accessing the rest. That's because the team is having issues loosening two of the 35 fasteners on the Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM). The space agency [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Motorola Concept Phone Twists Like A Pretzel So You Can Wear It Like A Smartwatch]( By Aaron Leong on Oct 25, 2023 10:03 am [Motorola Concept Phone Twists Like A Pretzel So You Can Wear It Like A Smartwatch]( Motorola has unveiled a concept phone that makes us wish for the future to come sooner. Indubitably, the showpiece for the no-name device is the bendable display that can be shaped into a few variations to fit the needs of the user, such as being worn on a wrist or propped up for video calls. With phone manufactures slowly, but surely perfecting [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Thermaltake Makes Gaming Monitors Now And The Specs Look Pretty Good]( By Paul Lilly on Oct 25, 2023 09:26 am [Thermaltake Makes Gaming Monitors Now And The Specs Look Pretty Good]( It seems as though everyone and their uncle is making gaming monitors now, and before you shout, 'Yeah, but not Thermaltake!', well guess what? It does as well. Thermaltake's introductory gaming displays actually broke cover a few weeks ago, but now they're formally announced. There are two of them, one of which is a 27-inch display while [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NVIDIA's Day 1 GPU Driver For Alan Wake 2 Claims A Huge 4.7X Uplift With RT And DLSS]( By Zak Killian on Oct 24, 2023 04:30 pm [NVIDIA's Day 1 GPU Driver For Alan Wake 2 Claims A Huge 4.7X Uplift With RT And DLSS]( Remedy Entertainment's Control was one of the first games to really showcase the potential of real-time ray-tracing with its gorgeous reflections and excellent ray-traced shadows. The company's next game, a sequel to 2010's Alan Wake simply titled Alan Wake II, promises to up the ante in terms of graphics technology by supporting what NVIDIA [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel Core Ultra 155H Meteor Lake CPU Specs Seemingly Confirmed In Early Benchmarks]( By Aaron Klotz on Oct 24, 2023 04:00 pm [Intel Core Ultra 155H Meteor Lake CPU Specs Seemingly Confirmed In Early Benchmarks]( A highly detailed Meteor Lake benchmark listing has made an appearance in PassMark's database featuring a new CPU called the Core Ultra 7 155H. The listing features unusually-detailed CPU specifications, suggesting that the chip’s specs could be legitimate. Unfortunately, the chip did not perform particularly well in the benchmark itself, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( Recent Articles: [Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite To Deliver Performance-Per-Watt Leadership For PCs]( [Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 With Big Performance Gains And AI Mastery]( [Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon Sound S7 Series With XPAN For Ubiquitous HiFi Jams]( [Apple Announces Its Scary Fast Event With New M3 Silicon Powered Devices Expected]( [Intel 14th Gen Core i9-14900K CPU Delidding Reveals A Cool Surprise]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Website]( [YouTube]( [Pinterest]( Copyright © 2023 Hot Hardware, Inc., All rights reserved. You're receiving this because you opted in to our list at HotHardware.com or are an industry partner. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.