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After making a return to the mid-range with its RX 6700 XT GPU, AMD has launched its 1080p flagship, the RX 6600 XT. A successor to the excellent and popular RX 5600 XT card, the new model has considerably more power on tap with 9.6 teraflops of RDNA 2 performance, compared to 7.19 teraflops for the last model. Not only that, but it offers 8GB of GDDR6 RAM, compared to 6GB for its predecessor. 

In fact, the RX 6600 XT seems to deliver about the same amount of performance as the RX 5700 XT (9.75 teraflops) and just slightly less than the GPU in the PS5, at least on paper. Since the RX 5700 XT was offered as a 1440p-capable card (and the PS5 can handle 4K), it doesn’t seem a stretch to say that the new model will at least be decent at 1440p gaming. 

However, AMD is marketing this card as a “new standard for 1080p,” saying that it has up to a 1.7 times uplift over the last generation for games like Doom Eternal for 1080p gaming. AMD noted that around two-third of monitors shipped are still 1080p, so that’s still the norm for PC gaming. 

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Other specs include 32 compute units (compared to 40 on the RX 6700 XT), a 2359 MHz game clock and 160W power consumption with a single 8 pin power connector. AMD also touts custom features like Radeon Boost for higher frame rates and Radeon Anti-Lag for improved latency.

The main new feature with the 6000-series GPUs, however, is ray-tracing. That feature allows for higher resolutions (1440p and 4K) while still maintaining decent frame rates and allowing for more realistic images. Don’t expect too much from the RX 6600 XT, however, as the RX 6700 XT struggled in ray-tracing tests compared to NVIDIA rivals in our review — and the RX 6600 XT has lower specs all around. 

Still, it looks pretty impressive otherwise for a budget-level 1080p card. We’ll soon see a raft of RX 6600 XT models from ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI (above), ASRock and others, though we still don’t know the prices or release date. The RX 5600 XT had a suggested retail of $300, but as we all know, street prices were much, much higher thanks to the current global GPU shortage. 

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Windows 11 is expected to be released later this year but if you’re part of Microsoft’s Insider program, then you might be interested to learn that the company has announced that Windows 11 is now available for those who are in the beta channel. This is compared to earlier where it was only available in the Dev channel.

That being said, even in beta this is still a relatively early version of Windows which means that you might not necessarily want to use it as your daily driver. It should be fine if you just want to download it and take a look under the hood and see what Windows 11 has to offer once it’s available.

Microsoft does state that the beta version is more stable compared to the Dev preview which was rougher around the edges, but like we said, it’s still probably not a good idea to use it as a daily driver. In fact, you might even want to consider installing it on a second partition just to be safe.

Windows 11 will start rolling out by the end of 2021 and will be a free upgrade for users who are coming from Windows 10. If you’re wondering if your computer is capable of supporting the next-generation of Windows, you can check out our guide here.

Windows 11 Is Now Available To Beta Channel Testers

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Companies like Apple, especially like Apple, experience product leaks. Given how long the supply chain is, it’s kind of expected that somewhere along the way, someone told someone else something they shouldn’t have. Obviously Apple tries their hardest to keep a lid on these leaks, but it happens.

This is not a good thing for the company, clearly, but is it a bad thing for consumers? That’s what Apple is claiming. The company seems to be going after leaks over in China, and in a lawyer letter sent to some of the people involved, Apple is claiming that these leaks are actually “harmful” to consumers.

According to Apple, “Such situations harm the interests of consumers and Apple. Therefore, it is obvious that when the unpublished information about the design and performance of Apple’s products is kept confidential, it has actual and potential commercial value.” Like we said, these leaks are a bad thing for Apple but we’re not sure we agree that it’s bad for consumers.

After all, certain leaks do a good job at getting people hyped up and excited for future products. Sure, some might see these leaks as being a spoiler of sorts, but what do you think? Do you think leaks are as harmful to consumers as Apple is making them out to be?

Apple Says Leaks ‘Harm’ The Interest Of Consumers

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