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RTX 3060 is in the lead, but only by a small margin Valve once again messed up something in its Steam statistics and now it had to fix it.  Last month we said that the share of the RTX 3060 increased one and a half times over the month , reaching almost 10%, and this is a huge indicator of both growth and absolute numbers. Now another month has passed, and the share of the RTX 3060 has sharply dropped to 5.04%, falling below the September figure. This has already happened with Steam statistics, some attribute it to some kind of correction due to data from China, but now the RTX 3060 figure looks more plausible.   [caption id="attachment_85263" align="aligncenter" width="756"] GeForce RTX 3060[/caption] GeForce RTX 3060 is not that popular at all. At the same time, the share of the GTX 1650 increased by 1.13 percentage points, which is a lot. The card is installed on 4.76% of all Steam players. The third place with a share of 4.32% is occupied by the GTX 1060.   In general, the performance of many adapters has been adjusted. For example, the share of the RTX 4060 decreased from 1.749% to 0.83%.  Similar changes have occurred with processors. The sharp jump in Intel's share a month ago apparently was some kind of mistake, so everything was corrected, and now Intel occupies 66.08%, and AMD has 33.88%.

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But you need two video cards Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR upscalers have their own variants of frame generation technology, which work differently and are available on different video cards. But it turns out that these technologies can be made to work together. [caption id="attachment_85199" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Nvidia DLSS 3 and AMD FSR 3[/caption] The authors from QuasarZone decided to check whether it would be possible to make the HR generation technologies of two companies work on one PC, and it turned out that it would work. But only in a very specific way, and the results are ambiguous. [caption id="attachment_85200" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Nvidia DLSS 3 and AMD FSR 3[/caption] Frame generation technologies in Nvidia DLSS 3 and AMD FSR 3 forced to work together This all works thanks to the fact that AMD has an AFMF generator built into the driver, otherwise it probably would not have been possible to implement the idea. However, the system must still have two different 3D maps. In this case, the authors of the idea used the RTX 4090 and RX 6600. The game (in this case, several projects, including Cyberpunk 2077) was rendered on an RTX 4090 card. It also allowed DLSS 3 to be activated with frame generation. Next, the RX 6600, to which the monitor is connected, comes into operation. Technically it is used for image output, but the AMD driver allows you to improve performance through AFMF before outputting the image. That is, the AMD frame generator adds frames to a picture that the Nvidia generator had previously added frames to. At the same time, productivity increases greatly. Almost three times the original value and twice the value obtained after the generator in DLSS 3. This implementation, surprisingly, does not cause any special technical problems. Is it possible that the 1% Low indicator may even decrease in a number of games, although in Cyberpunk it has increased. In addition, it is worth remembering that AFMF technology turns off as soon as the player starts moving the camera quickly, but in quiet modes it automatically turns back on. Unfortunately, the authors did not pay attention to image quality, which is very important, given two technologies for completing frame drawing.

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It occupies four expansion slots Another video card with a Noctua cooler has appeared on the market. And she's incredibly fat again. [caption id="attachment_85159" align="aligncenter" width="780"] GeForce RTX 4070 Ti[/caption] Sycom introduced the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Silent Master, which received Noctua fans. As you can see in the photo, without fans this is a two-slot adapter, but with them it already takes up four slots. Actually, there are simply no high-performance models with Noctua fans (at least for three expansion slots), although the same Sycom previously released a two-slot RTX 4060 Ti . GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Silent Master presented with Noctua fans Like the lower-end cards, the new product uses Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM fans and a special frame for mounting them, developed by Nagao. As the name implies, the new product should stand out primarily for its quiet operation. Compared to the MSI model, according to Sycom's own measurements, the noise level is much lower: 43.6 versus 55.1 dB. Temperatures are also lower, but not as significantly: 74.5 versus 79.3 degrees.

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Many cards are created from used adapters In China, a full-fledged hunt has begun for video cards that can at least somehow be turned into accelerators for AI. We have already talked about redesigning the RTX 4090 and RTX 3090 , but the Chinese went further and began to add memory to even less powerful adapters.  [caption id="attachment_84870" align="aligncenter" width="780"] RTX 3080 20GB and Radeon RX 580[/caption] The companies involved began creating versions of 3D maps that had never been released. For example, GeForce RTX 3080 with 20 GB of memory and even Radeon RX 580 with 16 GB. The second one by modern standards and especially by the standards of accelerators for AI is very weak, but in some scenarios it is not performance that is more important, but the amount of memory. RTX 3080 20GB and Radeon RX 580 16GB have already been created  [caption id="attachment_84871" align="aligncenter" width="780"] RTX 3080 20GB and Radeon RX 580[/caption] Moreover, at least in the case of the RX 580, of course, we are talking about modifying far from new adapters. It is reported that many of the cards that are now getting new life were previously involved in mining. Moreover, interestingly, companies engaged in such production provide a two-year warranty on such adapters. Apparently, the demand is such that overall sales more than cover the risks of failure of devices that are no longer new.

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It will be presented this week The Red Magic 9 Pro series will be officially released on November 23rd. As the press conference approaches, company representatives publish more and more teasers. Red Magic Mobile has officially announced that the Red Magic 9 Pro series will come with 165W Magic Flash fast charging, which can charge the battery to 100% in 16 minutes. This is the fastest charging speed for batteries of similar capacity. To ensure stability and safety during high-power charging, the Red Magic 8 Pro series uses charge sharing technology to avoid heating in one area and reduce temperature rise with three parallel streams. [caption id="attachment_83839" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Red Magic 9 Pro[/caption] A unique flagship with a “flat” camera and a screen without cutouts In terms of battery life, the Red Magic 9 Pro series packs a large 6500mAh battery in an 8.9mm thick body. The official claims that "total battery life exceeds 2 days and 2 nights." The back of the Red Magic 9 Pro uses exclusive custom-made integrated Red Magic glass, which is processed through 15 processes to achieve a seamless design of the body back glass and lens glass without any protrusions or recesses for the camera. The front panel is also hole-free thanks to the in-display camera. Earlier it became known that the smartphone became the fastest in the AnTuTu benchmark .

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The developers promise more than 20 new features in the new Red Magic OS 9.0 firmware The creators of the Red Magic 9 Pro smartphone continue to reveal details about the new product. This time we are talking about the software component: the smartphone will receive the Red Magic OS 9.0 interface based on Android 14, which the developers call “the freshest, smoothest and smartest system in the history of Red Magic.” [caption id="attachment_83233" align="aligncenter" width="534"] Red Magic 9 Pro[/caption] Details about Red Magic 9 Pro There are also numbers: more than 20 new functions will appear in the firmware (apparently, most will relate to games in one way or another, since the smartphone is aimed specifically at gamers), and the smoothness of the interface will increase by 30%. [caption id="attachment_83234" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Red Magic 9 Pro[/caption] Red Magic 9 Pro will be presented in Beijing on November 23. The smartphone will be the world's first model on Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with a flat rear panel (the camera will not protrude beyond it at all) and a “clean” screen (that is, without cutouts - with an under-screen front camera).

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In games the situation should be slightly different The Radeon RX 7900M mobile video card, which is AMD's only top mobile solution, managed to outperform the mobile GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop in the first test. [caption id="attachment_82812" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Radeon RX 7900M[/caption] Unfortunately, this is not a game, but a Geekbench Vulkan benchmark. The new product scored more than 171,000 points, while the Nvidia flagship shows a result of about 157,000 points. There is no point in directly projecting these results onto games. But it’s still worth noting that if we compare the desktop RX 7900 XTX and RTX 4090, the latter is still faster, although not as much as in 4K games. So, perhaps, in reality, the Radeon RX 7900M will be close to the RTX 4090 Laptop in gaming tasks. Radeon RX 7900M managed to significantly outperform the GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop [caption id="attachment_82815" align="aligncenter" width="646"] Radeon RX 7900M[/caption] If we talk about the OpenCL test, here, on the contrary, the Nvidia flagship is much faster: almost 190,000 points versus almost 159,000 points. However, if we look again at the comparison of desktop adapters, in this test the RX 7900 XTX, which in reality is usually a little faster than the RTX 4080, is inferior even to the RTX 4070 Ti, so the OpenCL result cannot exactly be transferred to games.

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This is about the same level as the Radeon 780M Intel Meteor Lake processors can take away the title of the most powerful iGPU in the segment from the Ryzen 7000. We heard this from various sources, and now we can try to confirm or refute it, based on the first tests. [caption id="attachment_82740" align="aligncenter" width="780"] GTX 1650 Ti[/caption] The Core Ultra 7 155H processor containing the top-end iGpU with 8 Xe cores has been tested on Geekbench. This is far from the best GPU test, but it's worth remembering that the graphics core in Meteor Lake is based on the same architecture as the current Arc Alchemist graphics cards. And these are opportunities for a more interesting comparison. Not even close to the GTX 1650 Ti yet. [caption id="attachment_82741" align="aligncenter" width="780"] GTX 1650 Ti[/caption] So, the new CPU scores 27,249 points in the OpenCL test. It is most correct to compare with Intel Arc, and here we can note that the mobile Arc A350M scores 26,580 points, that is, almost the same. If we try to find any comparisons of the participants we are interested in, it turns out that the Radeon 780M is approximately at the same level. Yes, specifically in OpenCL it is much faster, but in games it is about the same as the Arc A350M. So, it's not even clear yet whether the Meteor Lake iGPU will be able to beat the Radeon 780M, let alone beat the GTX 1650 Ti and get closer to the 35W RTX 3050 Laptop, as some leaks have claimed. However, full-fledged tests will put everything in its place.

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Pre-orders for this model have already opened in China. Today, the Red Magic brand has released many images showcasing the new flagship Red Magic 9 Pro. The pictures confirm what was said earlier: this model will receive an under-screen front camera. [caption id="attachment_82429" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Red Magic 9 Pro[/caption] In general, the smartphone will be completely flat: it has a flat screen and a flat (completely without protrusions) back panel. Official images of Red Magic 9 Pro The Red Magic 9 Pro hardware platform will be based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC, the resolution of the main camera sensor is 50 megapixels. It was previously reported that the battery capacity will be 6000 mAh. [caption id="attachment_82432" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Red Magic 9 Pro[/caption] [caption id="attachment_82433" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Red Magic 9 Pro[/caption] In China, Red Magic 9 Pro can already be ordered, but the official premiere will take place on November 23.

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It does not have a camera protruding and the screen does not bend onto the sides The Red Magic brand today announced its newest flagship - Red Magic 9 Pro. Usually developers focus on performance, but the first teasers are dedicated to something completely different - design. [caption id="attachment_82203" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Red Magic 9 Pro[/caption] Red Magic 9 Pro is presented as a flat flagship: its camera block and flat side edges do not protrude, and the glass does not extend onto them. The front camera, like its predecessor, will be hidden under the screen. The first flat flagship in a long time. Red Magic 9 Pro announced What's innovative is that the Red Magic 9 Pro integrates the camera lenses into the rear protective glass. According to the creators, this increases wear resistance and scratch resistance. [caption id="attachment_82204" align="aligncenter" width="448"] Red Magic 9 Pro[/caption] The image of the side edge shows the air slot for the proprietary fan, which has long been used in the cooling systems of Red Magic flagships. The Red Magic 9 Pro will be built on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and the presence of a powerful cooling system with an active element in theory allows you to squeeze a little more performance out of the SoC. The official premiere of Red Magic 9 Pro will take place on November 23. On the same day, Honor 100 smartphones will be presented .

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The retailer's top 3 most popular video cards included models from MSI, Gigabyte and PowerColor Statistics on video card sales by the largest German retailer Mindfactory have been published for the 45th week of this year. The Radeon RX 7800 XT is in the lead in the overall top: 755 such accelerators were sold in a week. In second place with a large lag is the GeForce RTX 4070 with a result of 430 units sold. In third place is the Radeon RX 7900 XTX (270 units sold). [caption id="attachment_82146" align="aligncenter" width="780"] GeForce RTX 4070[/caption] The Radeon RX 7800 XT sells almost twice as much in Germany as the GeForce RTX 4070. In just a week, the retailer sold 1,990 AMD video cards, 1,585 Nvidia video cards and only 40 Intel video cards. Despite the meager sales of the “blue”, Intel secured 1.11% of the market - for the first time the share exceeded 1%. It is interesting that Intel does not have a clear leader: 20 copies of Arc A770 and Arc A380 were sold in a week. [caption id="attachment_82147" align="aligncenter" width="174"] GeForce RTX 4070[/caption] The top 3 specific models look like this: first place - MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X OC, second place - Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 Windforce OC, third place - PowerColor Radeon RX 7800 XT Red Devil.

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Significant changes in the top five The list of the most productive supercomputers Top500 has been updated once again. Let us remind you that this happens once every six months.  [caption id="attachment_81909" align="aligncenter" width="740"] AMD[/caption] While several supercomputers with performance of about 2 exaFLOPS or higher are on the way, the leader is still the Frontier system, which was the first to overcome the 1 exaFLOPS mark and remains the only one of its kind, far ahead of its closest competitor.   The Frontier supercomputer based on AMD components remains the most powerful in the world. [caption id="attachment_81910" align="aligncenter" width="714"] AMD[/caption] This competitor, by the way, has changed. If six months ago the Supercomputer Fugaku system with a performance of 442 PFLOPS was in second place, now it is Aurora with a performance of 585 PFLOPS. But it is worth saying that now this is only part of the system that has already been put into operation. As a result, Aurora will have performance in excess of 2 exaFLOPS. This system is built on Intel Xeon CPU Max 9470 processors and Intel Data Center Max accelerators. Frontier, remember, relies on AMD components.  In third place is also a newcomer: the Eagle system, owned by Microsoft, with a performance of 561 PFLOPS. But Supercomputer Fugaku dropped to fourth place. 

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In the server segment, AMD already occupies almost a quarter of the market AMD has significantly increased its share in the processor market, according to recent statistics from Mercury Research. [caption id="attachment_81293" align="aligncenter" width="728"] AMD[/caption] At the moment, AMD already occupies 19.4% of the entire CPU market. A year ago, the company’s share was 15%, and a quarter ago – 17.3%, that is, the growth is very significant. AMD is not going to ease the pressure on Intel. The biggest impact on the overall share comes from the server segment, where AMD has surged beyond its 20 percent share. The company now holds 23.3% compared to 17.5% a year earlier! Let us remember that several years ago Intel said that its goal was to prevent AMD from occupying 10-15% of the server market. As you can see, AMD has already more than doubled the lower limit of this range. [caption id="attachment_81294" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] In the desktop CPU market, everything is also very good: growth from 13.9% to 19.2%, although in quarterly terms there is a slight decline, since in the second quarter AMD’s share was 19.4%. As for mobile processors, there is also growth, and also excellent: from 15.7% to 19.5%. We also note that in monetary terms, AMD as a whole occupies 16.9% of the market, but in the server segment it is already almost 30%!

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Early next year At the beginning of next year, new video cards of the GeForce RTX 40 Super line should appear on the market, as reported by VideoCardz with reference to insider kopite7kimi. The source is confident that the announcement of GeForce RTX 40 Super gaming video cards will take place at the famous CES exhibition, which will take place early next year in Las Vegas. It was previously reported that the line would feature three models. The GeForce RTX 4080 Super will be based on the AD103 chip with 10,240 CUDA cores and will receive 16 GB of GDDR6X video memory with a 256-bit bus at a TBP level of 320 W. A line of new GeForce RTX 40 Super video cards will be released at CES 2024 [caption id="attachment_80345" align="aligncenter" width="780"] GeForce RTX 40[/caption] The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super will receive an AD102 or AD103 GPU equipped with 8448 CUDA cores and 16 GB, and the GeForce RTX 4070 Super will receive an AD103 or AD104 with 7168 cores and 12 GB of memory. Insider kopite7kimi previously accurately reported the characteristics of the GeForce RTX 30 and RTX 40, and also told us in what order the RTX 40 video cards will be released.

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The presentation will take place tomorrow iQOO has confirmed that it will launch the iQOO 12 series tomorrow, November 7, in Beijing at 7:00 pm. Due to the time difference, the broadcast will begin at midnight Moscow time, November 8. In addition, official images of smartphones in three available colors were published. [caption id="attachment_79156" align="aligncenter" width="780"] iQOO 12[/caption] Official images of iQOO 12 published According to rumors, iQOO 12 Pro will receive a Samsung AMOLED E7 screen with a resolution of 2K and a frame rate of 144 Hz, a 5100 mAh battery with support for 120 W fast charging, a 16-megapixel front camera and a main camera with image sensors with a resolution of 50 MP, 50 MP and 64 MP. It was previously reported that iQOO 12 Pro will compete with Xiaomi 14 Pro, OnePlus 12, Vivo X100 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra. The smartphone will receive Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, LPDDR5X and UFS 4.0, and the OS will be Android 14.

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The company reported for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023 A few days after Intel, AMD also published its financial report. The company has completed the third quarter of fiscal year 2023. [caption id="attachment_78911" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD's[/caption] If Intel's revenue decreased and net profit fell by more than 70%, then AMD's situation is better. Revenue rose 8% to $5.8 billion, and operating profit amounted to $224 million versus a loss of $64 million a year earlier. Net income rose more than 1,000% to $299 million. AMD's net profit grew by 1000% and equaled Intel's net profit By the way, Intel's net profit was only $1 million higher, which is very interesting. At the same time, Intel's revenue is almost 2.5 times higher than that of its competitor. It’s also worth noting that the data center products segment did not grow year-on-year in the past quarter, although it has been actively driving AMD’s revenue upward in recent years. But sales in the consumer segment increased by 42%, mainly due to the full entry into the market of Ryzen 7000 mobile APUs. AMD's gaming business fell 8% due to lower revenue from sales of semi-custom products.