Tom Warren

Nvidia is announcing an updated RTX 4070 with GDDR6 memory today. “To improve supply and availability to meet strong demand, we’re introducing the GeForce RTX 4070 with extra fast GDDR6 memory,” says Nvidia. All of the other specs of the GPU are the same, and Nvidia says “it offers similar performance” in games and apps, despite the decrease in bandwidth from GDDR6X to GDDR6 memory. This updated RTX 4070 will be available worldwide starting in September.

SanDisk is launching new Pokémon-branded microSD cards at Gamescom today. Designed for the Nintendo Switch, there are three options available for purchase: a 1TB Snorlax microSD card for $129.99, a 512GB Gengar one for $54.99, or the smallest 256GB Pikachu model for $32.99. These new Pokémon microSD cards support up to 100MB/s read speeds and up to 90MB/s write speeds and are available through Western Digital’s online store.

Black Myth: Wukong is currently the most played game on Steam with more than 2 million concurrent players. It has already passed the all-time peaks of Elden Ring, Dota 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Counter-Strike 2, and now Palworld. It has become only the third game to beat Counter-Strike’s all-time peak on Steam. The Chinese RPG only launched today, so if the momentum continues it could even top PUBG’s all-time peak of 3.2 million players.

AMD is acquiring ZT Systems, a leading provider of AI infrastructure. AMD is calling it a “next major step” for its AI training and inferencing solutions, in a move that will clearly help it compete with Nvidia’s dominance in AI offerings. ZT Systems will join the AMD’s data center solutions group once the $4.9 billion transaction closes.

While Intel battles to deal with crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs, the chip giant is preparing its Arrow Lake generation of CPUs. Benchlife reports that the Intel Core Ultra 200 lineup will launch on October 10th, and feature 14 chips in total. Videocardz also has a roundup of the cores and boost speeds Intel is expected to target for its next-gen CPUs.