In this latest episode of HotHardware’s 2.5 Geeks, we’ll be digging in to the many happenings of Computex 2021, from the AMD Radeon RX 6000M announcement, to the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR), the 3D V-Cache demonstration, Zen 4, and Intel Xe-HPG tease and more…

Show Notes:
04:52 – AMD Confirms RDNA 2-Infused

It may be hard to believe, but it’s been a nearly 4-year-long saga for the Atari VCS. Atari announced the console way back in 2017, but the company now claims that it will soon be available to purchase at the retail level. And if everything goes according to plan, the Atari VCS will launch on June 15th.
However, pricing for the Atari VCS

Ring is changing how its users are able to respond to public safety requests. Public agencies will now need to post requests for help publicly through Ring’s Neighbors app. The purpose of this change is to provide greater “transparency and accountability.”

These requests for assistance will be limited to two posts per incident. The request

For those of you who are clinging to an older generation AMD Radeon graphics card, good news—support for the company’s fancy new FidelityFX Super Resolution upscaling technology is being expanded to include the Radeon RX 480 and Radeon RX 470, both of which launched around five years go. Kudos to AMD for the decision to support the older cards.

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It appears that Virgin Galactic is about to get some competition in the supersonic passenger jet market. Back in October, Richard Branson’s company unveiled its plans for a business jet that could carry between 9 and 19 passengers at speeds up to Mach 3. Today, United Airlines announced that it intends to purchase 15 faster-than-sound “Overture”

Most of you are likely familiar with ASUS’ extensive line of PCs and related components, including ASUS’ ROG gaming products. You’ve probably also seen our ASUS ROG Phone 5 benchmarks, showcasing this incredibly fast gaming phone. But we’d be remiss if we didn’t also mention that ASUS manufactures innovative non-gaming…

Just over a month after the first rumors hinted that a cheaper version of the Pixel Buds was on the way, and Google today made an official announcement. The company today announced the Pixel Buds A-Series, which are a cost-reduced version of the Pixel Buds.
Though the Pixel Buds cost $179, The Pixel Buds A-Series are much cheaper at just

Intel might end up launching Alder Lake a little bit sooner than expected. Previous rumors pegged the launch as happening in November, but a new one claims desktop Alder Lake processors with unlocked multipliers will arrive in October, around the same time as Microsoft’s upcoming Windows refresh. The timing is also said to not be a coincidence.

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Slowly but surely, AMD has been expanding the reach of its second generation Radeon DNA (RDNA 2) graphics architecture. It is what powers both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, as well as the Radeon RX 6000 series on the desktop and Radeon RX 6000M series in laptops, and soon it will also hitch a ride with two of Tesla’s electric vehicles.

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Big corporations seem to always think they know what is best for consumers, and often jam policies down their throats whether they want them or not. Case in point, Google is moving away from traditional tracking cookies in its Chrome browser to a system called Federated Learning of Cohorts, or FLoC, which has drawn widespread scrutiny. For