AMD Ryzen 9 8940HS Hawk Point APU May Have Just Made A Benchmark Cameo

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [AMD Ryzen 9 8940HS Hawk Point APU May Have Just Made A Benchmark Cameo]( By Aaron Klotz on Nov 17, 2023 01:35 pm [AMD Ryzen 9 8940HS Hawk Point APU May Have Just Made A Benchmark Cameo]( An AMD engineering sample that appeared on the Geekbench browser appears to be one of AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 8000 mobile CPUs, code-named Hawk Point. The CPU model is specifically believed to be one of AMD’s top-of-the-line variants, the Ryzen 9 8940HS. If true, that would make this one of the first Geekbench 6 results featuring the new chip. [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [GeForce RTX 5090's 512-Bit Bus Rumor Busted? Here's The Latest On Next-Gen GPU's VRAM]( By Zak Killian on Nov 17, 2023 11:58 am [GeForce RTX 5090's 512-Bit Bus Rumor Busted? Here's The Latest On Next-Gen GPU's VRAM]( It's already been more than a year since the GeForce RTX 4090 hit store shelves. Truly, tempus does indeed fugit. Hardware enthusiasts are looking ahead to the next generation, and rumors have come a-plenty, but one of the most reliable NVIDIA leakers seems to have made a major screw-up with his GeForce RTX 5090 predictions. As we previously [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Leonid Meteor Shower To Put On A Spectacular Light Show In The Skies This Weekend]( By Nathan Ord on Nov 17, 2023 11:52 am [Leonid Meteor Shower To Put On A Spectacular Light Show In The Skies This Weekend]( As we get ready to close out the year, the Leonid meteor shower is going to reach its peak tomorrow morning, November 18th. While the shower might end up being a bit of a quieter one, there is still the opportunity to see a handful of meteors every hour while taking in the gorgeous night sky in all its glory. The Leonids, which peak in [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Steam Deck Undervolting Tested: Boosting Battery Life And Performance]( By Matthew Connatser on Nov 17, 2023 11:42 am [Steam Deck Undervolting Tested: Boosting Battery Life And Performance]( Valve's Steam Deck is a handheld gaming device that has forever changed PC gaming on-the-go. While it's still a slick, fun device as we approach its second birthday, gamers always want for more performance. The Steam Deck 2 isn't coming any time soon, however, so what are users supposed to do to maximize their current experience? Well,... [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [AMD Radeon RX 7900M Laptop GPU Benchmark Leak Puts RTX 4090 In A Vulkan Grip]( By Thiago Trevisan on Nov 17, 2023 11:01 am [AMD Radeon RX 7900M Laptop GPU Benchmark Leak Puts RTX 4090 In A Vulkan Grip]( For every action, there is a an opposite action that is expected. Why do we bring this up? AMD has been competing fiercely with NVIDIA in the desktop discreet graphics card market this generation. With impressive performance-to-price ratio GPUs such as the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the mid-range Radeon RX 7800 XT, NVIDIA is not the only game [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [NVIDIA GeForce NOW Levels Up With A PC Game Pass Bundle Deal Ahead Of Black Friday]( By Paul Lilly on Nov 17, 2023 10:25 am [NVIDIA GeForce NOW Levels Up With A PC Game Pass Bundle Deal Ahead Of Black Friday]( If you've been waiting for the right moment to dip your toes in cloud game streaming, now is the time. Why is that? NVIDIA is joining the Black Friday frenzy that has already begun by offering a pretty sweet PC gaming bundle offer—if you sign up for six months of NVIDIA's GeForce NOW Ultimate tier, you'll also receive three months of PC Game [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Apple's Plan To Ditch Qualcomm For In-House 5G Modems Hits Another Snag]( By Alan Velasco on Nov 17, 2023 10:17 am [Apple's Plan To Ditch Qualcomm For In-House 5G Modems Hits Another Snag]( Apple’s efforts to transition away from using modems made by Qualcomm Inc. are not going as well as the company had hoped. The smartphone giant no longer expects to be able to switch over to using its own in-house 5G modem by its initial projection of springtime of 2025. Apple is now hoping it can make the switch by the end of 2025 or the [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Google Maps Just Got A Bunch Of New Features To Sleigh Holiday Travel]( By Tim Sweezy on Nov 17, 2023 10:07 am [Google Maps Just Got A Bunch Of New Features To Sleigh Holiday Travel]( Google wants to help *ahem* sleigh busy holiday travel plans with an update to Google Maps. The added features are intended to help travelers navigate directions, festivities, and more. The travel tips include three new updates for Maps. Going into a big city can be confusing and frustrating trying to figure out the best bus and train routes [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Amazon Is Getting Into Online Car Sales With This Automaker Calling Shotgun]( By Aaron Leong on Nov 17, 2023 10:02 am [Amazon Is Getting Into Online Car Sales With This Automaker Calling Shotgun]( Amazon is getting into the car-selling business thanks to a strategic partnership with Hyundai and its dealerships. This move sidesteps current state laws that ban direct-to-consumer (DTC) car sales, but is also something we think benefits the two corporations more so than its consumers. After all, who wants a middleman to the middleman? At [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [XGIMI Aura 4K Ultra Short Throw Projector Is $900 Off And More Great Black Friday Deals]( By Paul Lilly on Nov 17, 2023 09:23 am [XGIMI Aura 4K Ultra Short Throw Projector Is $900 Off And More Great Black Friday Deals]( XGIMI is having a huge sale on several of its projectors with deep discounts a week ahead of Black Friday. As part of the sales bonanza, XGIMI is offering up its "best pricing ever" for both Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with massive markdowns by as much as $900 (or $1,200, if going by the stated MSRP). Let's get into it, shall we? The [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 Brings A Huge AI Uplift To Affordable Android Phones]( By Alan Velasco on Nov 17, 2023 12:30 am [Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 Brings A Huge AI Uplift To Affordable Android Phones]( Qualcomm is looking to bring more features to mid-range Android devices with the launch of its Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 Mobile Platform. The company says that the design of its new platform focuses on bringing an even better balance between performance and power efficiency while improving the SoC's AI capabilities, making these features accessible [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel Meteor Lake iGPU Goes Toe-To-Toe With Radeon 680M In Early Benchmark Run]( By Zak Killian on Nov 16, 2023 04:43 pm [Intel Meteor Lake iGPU Goes Toe-To-Toe With Radeon 680M In Early Benchmark Run]( Intel's first-generation chiplet processors, code-named Meteor Lake, will include an entire chiplet (or "tile") dedicated to graphics. Intel has made some big promises about the graphics horsepower of its Meteor Lake processors. Today we've seen the first GPU benchmark of any kind for Meteor Lake, and the results are indeed promising. Spotted [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Crabby Apple Finally Caves On Bringing RCS Text Support To iPhone]( By Ryan Whitwam on Nov 16, 2023 03:35 pm [Crabby Apple Finally Caves On Bringing RCS Text Support To iPhone]( Here's an announcement that can be filed under "unexpected." After previously refusing, Apple has confirmed it will add RCS support to the iPhone, giving Android users the ability to send feature-rich messages to Apple's smartphone. The days of green bubble discrimination are finally coming to an end. 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