HW News – Major AMD BIOS Update, GDDR7 Arrives, DirectStorage & RTX IO in Games

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In this news episode, we talk about AMD’s big AGESA update that improves RAM speeds and timings, the arrival of GDDR7, DirectStorage landing in a game, and RTX IO in a Portal mod (featuring NVIDIA Remix). We’ll also cover Microsoft’s victory over the FTC in its attempt to buy Activision Blizzard.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Recapping the Week
01:17 – GN Updates: Full Production & ATX Case Tests
03:13 – New AGESA Boosts Ryzen 7000 RAM Clocks
08:52 – First Game with DirectStorage 1.2 Comes to PC
10:58 – NVIDIA RTX IO Debuts in Portal Mod
13:24 – GDDR7 is Here & Samsung Can’t Math
16:01 – Microsoft Wins vs. FTC, Deal Deadline Extended
21:30 – ASUS to Take Over Intel NUC Business

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