HW News - AMD AM5 Big Changes, Windows

In the news this week: Big changes ahead for future AMD & Intel CPU architectures, Valve’s potential Switch rival, the future of Windows 10, & PCIe 6.0, and a cryptomining bust.
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Quick note on the Lumen stuff from Epic's documentation that further clarifies what it's doing: "Lumen uses Software Ray Tracing through Signed Distance Fields by default, but can achieve higher quality on supporting video cards when Hardware Ray Tracing is enabled."

Show notes & sources: https://www.gamersnexus.net/ne....ws-pc/3656-hw-news-a

You can see our highlights of AMD’s genuinely informative presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMcn-npviGA

You can see our review of the overpriced RTX 3080 Ti here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtkk-_0jrPU

Check out our take on Intel’s trainwreck Computex Keynote here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnNZ3hCjIvs

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - HW News
01:17 - AMD Moving to LGA Package with Socket AM5
04:16 - Unreal Engine 5 Announced
08:02 - “SteamPal” Is Valve’s Handheld Gaming PC
10:32 - Alder Lake-S Will Require New Cooler Hardware
14:18 - Intel Tapes in 7nm Meteor Lake Compute Tile
15:44 - NAND Flash Creator Proposes DRAM Successor
18:57 - Microsoft Teases the “Next Gen.” of Windows
20:57 - PCIe 6.0 Headed for End-Of-Year Release
23:30 - Police Bust Finds Cryptominers Instead

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