Steam Deck's Shader Storage Limitation Is No Match For This 61TB SSD Mod

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [Steam Deck's Shader Storage Limitation Is No Match For This 61TB SSD Mod]( By Zak Killian on Nov 02, 2023 02:50 pm [Steam Deck's Shader Storage Limitation Is No Match For This 61TB SSD Mod]( If you bought a Steam Deck with a 256GB or 512GB SSD inside, you're probably not aware of an issue that affects people with the cheaper 64GB model. You see, games on SteamOS download pre-compiled shader libraries as well as additional data to help with Steam Deck compatibility, and this data can take up quite a bit of space on your internal [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Acer Predator BiFrost Arc A770 OC Graphics Card Review: Intel On-Board]( By Zak Killian on Nov 02, 2023 01:58 pm [Acer Predator BiFrost Arc A770 OC Graphics Card Review: Intel On-Board]( Acer Predator BiFrost Arc A770 OC 16GB: Starting At $289 Acer's take on Intel's Arc A770 is the fastest and flashiest Arc card around, and you won't pay a premium for it. Complete Feature Set Solid Performance-per-Dollar Impressive XeSS Image Quality Attractive Visual Design No Real Overclocking Blower Fan Can Get Noisy Intel Arc Driver... [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Huge Alan Wake 2 Patch Brings Over 200 Improvements And Fixes A Really Annoying Bug]( By Thiago Trevisan on Nov 02, 2023 01:51 pm [Huge Alan Wake 2 Patch Brings Over 200 Improvements And Fixes A Really Annoying Bug]( Alan Wake 2 has been impressing gamers since its release, with its gripping story and visuals. PC gamers had to rummage through a rough year of gnarly, unoptimized titles such as Arkane Studio's Redfall. The subsequent release of patches and apologies seemed to follow an alarmingly familiar pattern after a few duds came to market. Alan Wake [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [GeForce RTX 4080, 4070 Ti And 4070 Super Refresh Power Draws Allegedly Revealed]( By Thiago Trevisan on Nov 02, 2023 12:49 pm [GeForce RTX 4080, 4070 Ti And 4070 Super Refresh Power Draws Allegedly Revealed]( When NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs first launched, power draw and size of their coolers made a big splash. With the GeForce RTX 4090 smacking your power supply with 450W of oomph, gamers were worried their systems wouldn't handle it. Fast forward a year, and we're looking straight down the barrel of a new NVIDIA graphics card refresh. [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel's Latest Arc GPU Driver Claims Massive FPS Improvements Up To A Staggering 750%]( By Zak Killian on Nov 02, 2023 11:37 am [Intel's Latest Arc GPU Driver Claims Massive FPS Improvements Up To A Staggering 750%]( Bolt on your metal armor and pull out your automatic Beretta, because Robocop: Rogue City releases today. This new title from the developers of sleeper hit Terminator: Resistance has had almost no marketing, yet its extremely faithful adaptation of the film and Unreal Engine 5-powered graphics managed to garner the game a surprising amount [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Microsoft's AI Catches Heat For Tone Deaf Poll On Woman's Tragic Death]( By Tim Sweezy on Nov 02, 2023 11:17 am [Microsoft's AI Catches Heat For Tone Deaf Poll On Woman's Tragic Death]( Microsoft halted all of its AI-generated polls on news articles after the tech company caught heat for having a poll appear beside a story about a woman’s death. The poll ran within Microsoft’s curated news aggregator platform Microsoft Start, and asked readers what they thought of the woman’s death. Artificial intelligence has been the [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NASA's Lucy Probe Calls An Audible And Rushes A Dark And Mysterious Asteroid]( By Tim Sweezy on Nov 02, 2023 10:39 am [NASA's Lucy Probe Calls An Audible And Rushes A Dark And Mysterious Asteroid]( NASA’s Lucy probe cuts its teeth with its first up-close encounter with an asteroid named Dinkinesh before moving on to observe 10 other asteroids on its 12-year journey. Lucy had been tracking the asteroid since September 3, 2023. According to NASA, the encounter was the first time that Lucy got a close look at an object that, up to this [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [What AMD Said About Zen 5 Will Have You Excited For Its Next-Gen CPUs]( By Paul Lilly on Nov 02, 2023 10:30 am [What AMD Said About Zen 5 Will Have You Excited For Its Next-Gen CPUs]( Believe it or not, it's already been over a year since AMD released its desktop Ryzen 7000 series processors based on Zen 4, along with its socket AM5 platform that it plans to support through at least 2026 (AMD initially said through 2025, then later extended its commitment). What that all means is it's not too early to talk about Zen 5. [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Lawmakers Rake Costco Over The Coals For Selling Government-Banned Chinese Spy Gear]( By Nathan Ord on Nov 02, 2023 10:14 am [Lawmakers Rake Costco Over The Coals For Selling Government-Banned Chinese Spy Gear]( Over the past few years, there has been quite a concern regarding Chinese-manufactured Internet of Things devices that could be spying on unwitting American consumers. This was the impetus behind a 2022 Federal Communications Commission ban on telecommunications and video surveillance equipment that was deemed a national security threat. While [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD Brings Zen 4c To Laptops With The Hybrid Ryzen 5 7545U, Based on Phoenix 2]( By Zak Killian on Nov 02, 2023 10:00 am [AMD Brings Zen 4c To Laptops With The Hybrid Ryzen 5 7545U, Based on Phoenix 2]( If you pay attention to hardware news websites like ours, then AMD's Phoenix 2 processor may not need any introduction at all. The chip has already quietly made its debut in the ASUS ROG Ally's cheaper "non-Extreme" edition, and we've talked about it quite a bit elsewhere, as well. Today, AMD is giving Phoenix 2 a proper introduction with [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Apple Arcade: Sonic Dream Team And Every Other Game Coming This Holiday Season]( By Paul Lilly on Nov 02, 2023 09:17 am [Apple Arcade: Sonic Dream Team And Every Other Game Coming This Holiday Season]( Sega revealed that it's releasing a new 3D adventure game starring none other than the world's most famous hedgehog, Sonic, but there's only one place you'll be able to play it—on Apple Arcade. The game, Sonic Dream Team, is one of an overflowing handful of titles headed to Apple's subscription gaming service this holiday season. "The thrilling [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Acemagic's Funky Tank 03 Mini PC Rocks A Core i9-12900H And Mobile GeForce RTX 3080]( By Aaron Klotz on Nov 01, 2023 03:54 pm [Acemagic's Funky Tank 03 Mini PC Rocks A Core i9-12900H And Mobile GeForce RTX 3080]( Mini-PC manufacturer AceMagic has unveiled a new cube-shaped gaming PC with military-inspired aesthetics, dubbed the Tank 03. The system features high-end mobile-class hardware, including an Intel Core i9-12900H CPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 GPU, and sports a unique rugged-looking, cubed chassis with a multifunction RGB-illuminated knob [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( Recent Articles: [US Spearheads Alliance With 40 Countries To Never Pay Ransomware Gangs Again]( [Adata's XPG Invader X Case Is Here To Turn Your Gaming PC Into A Showpiece]( [Samsung Beefs Up Galaxy Device Security With One UI 6 Auto Blocker Tool]( [A Guide To Building A Power-Efficient Gaming PC For Under $1500]( [This Clever Trick Turns A $99 AMD Ryzen APU Into A 16GB AI Accelerator]( [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? 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