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Prime Day is still a few days off, but early discounts are already rolling in. CNET's shopping experts have scoured tens of thousands of Amazon Prime Day deals to bring you the absolute best savings.
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It's always good to have a good flash drive on hand to move files easily from one device to another, and Prime Big Deal Days is the best time to finally get one for a better price. We've curated our list of great drive deals by capacity levels, so you don't have to peruse a ton of links to find what you need.
I've been a journalist for 18 years, with the last 12 of them focused on consumer tech. The past couple of years have been spent, in part, looking for the best deals available, including amazing discounts for flash drives. To create the deal lists below, I've taken into consideration several factors, including the manufacturer's reputation, user reviews, as well as the product's pricing history.
First published on Sept. 23, 2024. Last updated on Oct. 4, 2024.
October Prime Day 2024 deals on 64GB to 256GB flash drives
Samsung Fit Plus, 128GB - $15 (Save $30)
PNY Elite-X Fit - $9 (Save $16)
SanDisk Ultra, 128GB, 128-bit AES encryption - $14 (Save $6)
Samsung US
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Today, it's ready for prime time. AMD's Adrenalin version 24.9.1 is the software's first stable release to include FMF2.
According to AMD's promotional materials, Fluid Motion Frames 2 is "AI-optimized for improved quality and smoothness," using lower frame generation latency with lower overhead on integrated graphics. It also works on borderless full-screen mode (big for gamers who run multiple background apps) and on games that use Vulkan and OpenGL graphics.
FMF2 is compatible with AMD's RX 6000 and RX 7000 series GPUs on both desktops and laptops as well as integrated AMD graphics systems with RDNA 3 guts (including the latest Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 laptops).
AMD estimates that combining FMF2 with its Hyper-RX suite of tools can give you double, even triple the frame rate for a game compared to its base, non-upscaled state. That's assuming some pretty high-powered hardware, up to the RX 7900 XTX card, according to the fine print.
Other updates in Adrenalin 24.9.1 include "geometric downscaling" (which helps reduce artifacts when windows for video
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