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At the same time as the launch of the Radeon RX 7900 GRE last week, AMD announced an official price cut for the RX 7700 XT, bringing it down to $419. That helped to increase its appeal against its primary competitor, the RTX 4060 Ti. However, the RTX 4060 Ti is also falling in price with several 8GB models falling well under the $400 mark.
The flagship graphics cards of recent generations have been trending upwards in maximum power consumption. The RTX 4090 can pull more than 450W, the RTX 3090 Ti could do the same, while AMD's RX 7900 XTX is rated for 355W. Factory overclocked models are typically a bit higher than that. But those are rookie numbers. It's been reported that Nvidia's next generation GB200 AI accelerator can pull up to 1,000W.
Today we say hello to the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE. GRE stands for Golden Rabbit Edition. As you might have guessed given its name, it references the Year of the Rabbit in Chinese culture. The card was originally a China exclusive model, launching in mid 2023, but it has been available in OEM systems in the wider market for a few months, though it has not been available in the channel as a standalone purchase.
IBM has developed an AI assisted storage security technology that can intercept and disable ransomware. It's been integrated into IBM's enterprise tier FlashCore modules. The simple explanation is that it is able to scan all I/O data in real time, and halt unauthorized encryption operations before they have a chance to do damage.
The GPU market is looking healthy, seeing a 5.9% rise in GPU shipments in the fourth quarter of 2023 and a dramatic 20% increase year-on-year. According to Jon Peddie Research, this growth is attributed to a surge in notebook CPU demand, which increased by 24% year-on-year. That's the biggest increase in 25 years.
As a PC hardware geek, I consider HWInfo64 to be an absolutely essential tool. It's a comprehensive program that gives you information on just about every feature and monitoring statistic you could ever hope for.
Though you (probably) can't get the biological kind of infection from your personal sex toy of choice, apparently you can get the virtual kind. Dodgy cybercriminals are always looking for new ways to rip people off, and one of the latest examples comes courtesy of a vibrator. Yes, cyber-STDs are a thing.
For the most part, I think Windows works quite well. My daily PC has been running with the same installation for about 18 months. I don't think I've ever had a system hang or a forced reboot. Unless we're talking about a forced reboot so Windows can update itself. I hate that.