It’s Nvidia’s Turn to be Scared - TechLinked August 25, 2023

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AMD FORGETS TO RIP OFF CUSTOMERS

Radeon RX 7700 XT ($449) and 7800 XT ($499) unveiled

https://www.anandtech.com/show/20031/amd-announces-radeon-rx-7800-xt-radeon-rx-7700-xt-enthusiastclass-rdna3-for-1440p-gaming

$450 RX 7800 XT/$500 7700 XT may beat the $600 4070/$400 4060 Ti in rasterized and some ray-traced games (EDITOR: check out the diagrams comparing GPUs, there’s two of them)

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-rx-7800-xt-rx-7700-xt-announced

Launching FSR 3.0, which adds frame generation https://lmg.gg/3Ik6I (The Verge)

Nvidia scared, rumored to be planning a 4060 Ti price drop https://www.notebookcheck.net/Imminent-RTX-4060-Ti-price-drop-reported-as-NVIDIA-is-allegedly-adjusting-rates-to-counter-upcoming-RX-7800-XT-and-RX-7700-XT.743401.0.html

AMD says Bethesda can add DLSS to Starfield no problem https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/25/22372077/amd-starfield-dlss-fsr-exclusive-frank-azor

 

IT HAS ONE JOB

Playstation Portal (Project Q) officially unveiled, only supports PS5 Remote Play, not even cloud streaming

https://blog.playstation.com/2023/08/23/playstations-first-remote-play-dedicated-device-playstation-portal-remote-player-to-launch-later-this-year-at-199-99/

Doesn’t even support Bluetooth https://lmg.gg/j0d23 (IGN)

Maybe because Sony just acquired Audeze just after announcing two headsets https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/08/sony-to-acquire-audio-tech-and-headphone-specialist-audeze

Meanwhile Qualcomm introducing gaming chips for future android handhelds that will probably do everything better https://www.androidpolice.com/qualcomm-g-series-new-chipset-handheld-gaming-consoles/

 

MSIDE-EYE

MSI leaks Intel 14^th Gen Core specs

https://www.xda-developers.com/intel-14th-gen-core-leak/

Unlisted YouTube video found by DarkmontTech on Xitter https://twitter.com/DarkmontTech/status/1694655880632156228

Seem unimpressed; 3% performance upgrade on average; 17% on i7-14700K b/c 4 more E- cores https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-leaks-intel-14th-gen-core-specs-confirms-its-3-faster-on-average-than-13th-gen

17% already leaked by BiliBili creator https://lmg.gg/IQNgL (Windows Central)

ALT: https://wccftech.com/intel-core-i7-14700k-cpu-up-to-17-percent-faster-13700k-benchmark-leak-overclocked-5-8-ghz/

 

QUICK BITS

 

GET WELL SOON, RAY

New RTX DLSS 3.5 introduces “ray reconstruction” tech, supported on all RTX cards?

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/nvidia-dlss-3-5-ray-reconstruction/

Video of Bryan Catanzaro explaining https://youtu.be/sGKCrcNsVzo?t=326

TL;DW: compute denoisers used to fill in cracks left by ray-tracing being replaced with AI https://lmg.gg/RFMY9 (PCWorld)

Ray Reconstruction works on ALL RTX cards https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nvidias-dlss-3-5-tackles-ray-tracing-quality-and-is-available-to-all-rtx-cards/1100-6517113/

Table https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U3W8HWvTXUcC_RgSNjZq_spAdDbYeuxN/view?usp=sharing

 

SPEAKING WITH AI

Science uses AI to give woman with Locked-In Syndrome her voice back by reading brain signals

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/08/ai-powered-brain-implants-help-paralyzed-patients-communicate-faster-than-ever/

Two teams: one at Stanford https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2023/08/brain-implant-speech-als.html

One at UC San Fransisco https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2023/08/425986/how-artificial-intelligence-gave-paralyzed-woman-her-voice-back

https://youtu.be/iTZ2N-HJbwA

 

YOUTUBE GIVETH…

YouTube testing hum-to-search feature

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/24/23844501/youtube-tests-hum-to-search-feature-android-google

Hum a tune and find relevant content with less hum time than the Assistant’s similar feature https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/23/youtube-tests-search-feature-users-hum-sing-identify-songs/ YouTube Music Live lyrics

https://9to5google.com/2023/08/24/youtube-music-live-lyrics/

YouTube MAY be introducing ads for Premium subscribers https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/160saj3/soo_ill_post_it_again_with_proof/

 

CEO DEVELOPS AMNESIA; FORGETS WHERE HE WORKS

Zoom CEO doesn’t like employees using Zoom

https://futurism.com/the-byte/ceo-zoom-office-remote-work

Can’t build trust https://gizmodo.com/zoom-ceo-return-to-office-leaked-audio-1850769660

Can’t collaborate; so all employees within 50 miles of an office must be in-person 2x a week https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/zoom_ceo_says_hard_to_build_trust_collaborate_on_zoom/

 

UK JURY GETS FREE ROLLERCOASTER RIDE

British court finds 18 year old involved in Lapsus$ hacks

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66549159

After being RE-arrested for hacking Nvidia and doxed, moved into Travelodge for safety https://lmg.gg/e2KCj (BBC) 

leaked GTA 6 clips “while on bail in a Travelodge Hotel” for hacking Nvidia https://lmg.gg/ly41a (BBC)

…using an Amazon Fire Stick https://kotaku.com/gta-6-rockstar-leak-hacker-amazon-fire-stick-hotel-1850770299