Summary of the week of September 1, 2025

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Here's the first season summary:

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About the benefits of Nvidia

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Nvidia has said that 39% of the second quarter's revenue comes from just two buyers and that just one of them has accounted for almost a quarter of the total. It has not disclosed the names of the clients.

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1000Hz screen

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Antgamer has presented a screen with a refresh rate of 750Hz with a TN panel. In addition, the manufacturer has said that for next year, they will release a model at 1kHz.

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32GB of RAM becoming more common

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The latest Steam survey shows that 32GB of RAM is becoming the most common configuration among gamers. 16GB still wins but by the end of this year, having 32GB will be the norm.

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Drivers for ARC in Linux

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There are two modules for the A series of Intel's ARC GPUs for Linux. The classic i915 which is the one used by default and the Xe, also included in the Kernel. It seems that, as of today, Xe has become the best option in terms of performance, especially for GPGPU tasks

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Increase in GPU sales

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The sale of graphics cards destined for PCs (not data centers) has increased by 27% compared to the previous quarter. For its part, AMD's market share has fallen substantially to 6%, a figure not seen for 15 years.

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TUI client for WhatsApp

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Someone has written a text interface for WhatsApp in Go. Unfortunately, you first need to connect via the web to your account.

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Ryzen 9 270

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Someone brought us a Ryzen 9 270 the other day. It's a portable CPU and with a TDP of just 45W, it manages to exceed half a million points.