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Jan72025 by adminNo Comments

The AMD Ryzen Z2 will power next-gen video gaming handhelds

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AMD is following up its remarkable Ryzen Z1 chip, which powered the initial ASUS ROG Ally, with the Ryzen Z2 at CES 2025. You can practically think what it provides: More power, and possibly more battery life, however if you prepare to wait on Valve to launch a Z2-powered Steam Deck, do not get your hopes up. Following AMD's statement, a Valve worker stated "there is and will be no Z2 Steam Deck."Leading the charge for the Ryzen Z2 household is the Z2 Extreme, including 8 cores, a 5GHz max clock speed and 16 RDNA 3 graphics cores. The least effective design is the Z2 Go with 4 CPU cores and 12 graphics cores. That might be a helpful chip for less expensive handhelds, particularly those that promote video game streaming abilities over regional play. AMDAMD didn't have any efficiency metric...

Dec92024 by adminNo Comments

Valve’s Fremont might be the follower to the Steam Machine

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Image utilized with consent by copyright holder When the initial Steam Machine was revealed in 2015, it guaranteed an enormous modification from standard video gaming experiences. The console-slash-PC acquired a great deal of attention, however a range of aspects stopped it from being a success. Poor efficiency sent out lots of gamers back to basic PC video gaming, while the high cost indicated Valve offered less than 500,000 systems. Regardless of its failure, however, the Steam Machine had a great deal of fans-- much of whom have actually waited years for a follow-up. And now it may really be on the method. A Reddit user called u/coolbho3k identified a recommendation to the Fremont task in the Steam Deck kernel. The code does not make it...