Hardware
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Samsung Exynos Powered Windows Laptops Coming Later This Year, Possible Apple M1 Competitor?
Apple has done exceptionally well with its in-house M1 SoCs; the chip offers excellent performance and is relatively light on the battery compared to its competing Intel chips. On the other hand, Windows laptops are still very slow on the ARM adoption, but Apple’s success with their M1 chips has…
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Miners Find a Profitable Way to Mine on the RTX 3060, Why This Can Be Better For Gamers
The RTX 30 series from Nvidia is actually a very decent step-up from last gen for the price, but sadly it’s extremely difficult or borderline impossible to get one at MSRP. This squeeze in GPU supply has happened before, but earlier a cryptocurrency boom was the culprit, in 2021 cryptos…
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HyperX Monitors On the Cards? As HP Acquires the Brand for a Big Sum
The gaming peripheral market is very lucrative but its tough to create a brand that is respected by both enthusiasts and mainstream buyers. One such brand that comes to mind is HyperX, the brand is well known for its value for money products that deliver both on quality and performance.…
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NVIDIA Promises To Intentionally Throttle RTX 3060’s Crypto Mining Performance, Assures ‘GeForce Is Made for Gaming’
NVIDIA has promised that the latest Ampere-based GeForce RTX 3060 Graphics Cards will remain a preferred choice for gamers. The GPU maker will intentionally throttle the Graphics Card’s performance if used for Mining Cryptocurrency. ‘GeForce Is Made for Gaming’, and not for other purposes, announced NVIDIA. The company’s GeForce RTX…
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Qualcomm Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System Can Offer 10Gbps Connection Speeds
Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System for smartphones and mobile computing devices. It’s the company’s fourth-generation 5G modem, and the first one to potentially breach 10 Gbps speeds. After Snapdragon X50, X55, and X60, Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon X65 5G Modem. However, alongside the X65, the…
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Nvidia may Launch the RTX 3060 Graphics Card on February 25th at $329 MSRP
Around two months ago, Nvidia introduced the first mid-range Ampere graphics cards. The RTX 3060Ti promised to tackle the new consoles at an MSRP of 399 USD. Of course, finding the card at its MSRP is rare these days, but it offers the best in class performance per dollar (at…
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MSI’s New AI Enabled 34-inch Curved Gaming Monitor Finally Hits the Shelves
MSI announced MPG Artymis 343CQR curved gaming monitor during CES 2021. The 34-inch gaming monitor boasts a 1440p display with a curvature of 1000R. The curvature is designed to match the natural curvature of human eyes so, users should experience less eyestrain during elongated gaming sessions. The MSI MPG Artymis…
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NZXT Stop H1 Case Production After It Proves To Be a Fire Hazard
NZXT is a company known for making computer cases. The company’s H1 case caught much following last year. Allowing for a powerful build in a body much similar in size to the Xbox Series X. The mini-tower PC case offered good options and really tested your cable management. Then suddenly…
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Intel Alder Lake-P With 14 Cores and 20 Threads For Laptops Surfaces Online In Geekbench listing
Intel’s first-ever CPU with the Hybrid Technology has surfaced online in the form of a Geekbench listing. The Intel Alder Lake-P packs 14 Cores and 20 Threads. The odd combination of the Cores and Threads is mainly due to the hybrid architecture utilizing Golden Cove high-performance cores and Gracemont power-saving…
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Galax to Introduce its First RTX 30-series Graphics card for the Overclocking Enthusiasts
GALAX has distinguished itself by branding its graphics cards as ones that break the records made by graphics cards from the Founder’s series and other AIB partners. Even though these graphics cards are priced higher than their reference counterparts, Galax has been able to create a niche market for these…
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Intel Flagship Core i9-11900K 8C/16T CPU Benchmark Result Enters Into PassMark Ranking Indicating Fastest Single Thread CPU Speed
The Intel Core i9-11900K is the top-end flagship CPU from the 11th Gen Core Series. The premium CPU from Intel has officially entered the PassMark ranking. The benchmark results are partial, but they indicate that the Intel Core i9-11900K has the fastest single-threaded speed, for now. The upcoming Intel Core…
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AMD EPYC Server-Grade CPUs With ZEN 3 Architecture Specifications Confirmed
AMD has been very successful with the ZEN 3 Ryzen and Threadripper CPUs. However, the company didn’t launch the ZEN 3 based EPYC Server CPUs. The final specifications of these powerful processors for mainframe applications are now out. The ZEN 3 AMD EPYC Server grade CPUs start at 8 Cores…
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Intel Extends Iris Xe DG1 Graphics Card To Desktop Computers But End-Consumers Won’t Have Direct Access
Intel appears to have developed a couple of desktop graphics cards that have the company’s Iris Xe DG1 GPU. These graphics cores are present as embedded solutions for Intel’s 11th-Gen Mobile Processors. However, with the introduction of these Graphics Cards, Intel has firmly entered the Desktop Graphics Card arena. Intel…
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Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake-S CPUs and 600-Series Motherboards With Matching LGA 1700 Socket Arriving In September Claims Leak
Intel is readying to release its 11th Gen Core series, codenamed Rocket Lake-S, early this year. These CPUs could be soon succeeded by the company’s 12th Gen Alder Lake-S processors. Incidentally, the Alder Lake-S CPUs will require a new series of motherboards with an LGA 1700 socket. Intel’s 12th and…
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Nvidia clarifies its position regarding the ‘downgrade’ of its G-Sync Ultimate Standard
Yesterday, we reported that Nvidia had quietly decreased the requirements for a monitor to receive the G-Sync Ultimate certification from Nvidia. The company previously required the monitors to support ‘Best HDR with 1000 nits brightness’, which has now been changed to ‘Lifelike HDR’ on Nvidia’s site. Nvidia had also erroneously…
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Xiaomi Launches New Mi NoteBook 14 (IC) in India: Top End Model Runs i5, 8GB RAM & Nvidia MX250
When we covered Ishan Agarwal’s tweet yesterday, no one was sure how on point it would be. Yesterday, the tipster commented on how Xiaomi is planning on announcing a new Mi NoteBook 14 and today, that has just happened. For context, you may read our piece on the topic here.…
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Xiaomi May Announce and Launch Mi NoteBook 14 with Integrated Webcam Tomorrow: A Budget Laptop For those Zoom Meetings in India
Xiaomi continues to make its mark on the market. The company went on from making mediocre smartphones to almost everything. Today, if you log on to their website, you would find a range of products. These cover gaming monitors and even laptops. The company is notorious for making designs “similar”…
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Nvidia Quietly Lowers the required Hardware for the G-Sync Ultimate Standard
G-Sync is Nvidia’s proprietary low-latency technology that allows the compatible monitors to reduce the tearing effect during high FPS gaming. It streamlines the frames that the GPU produces and the frames the compatible monitor displays so that the tearing, screen flickering, and other issues related to high refresh displays are…
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ViewSonic to Release a UHD mini LED Gaming Monitor with Support for DisplayHDR1000 and144Hz Refresh Rate
It seems CES 2021 is replete with companies showcasing their high refresh gaming monitors. Yesterday we reported that LG might announce its first HDMI 2.1 enabled gaming monitor during its CES presentation. Now, according to a report from a German tech site, Winfuture ViewSonic will also be presenting a 32-inch…
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NVIDIA Officially Announces Its Ampere-based GeForce RTX 3080, RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Mobile Graphics Chips
NVIDIA has officially unveiled the GeForce RTX 30 mobile GPUs. These discrete graphics chips, meant for mobile computing solutions, are based on the Ampere Architecture. The company introduced three graphics cards designed for different price segments and desired gameplay experience. After appearing in leaks and reports for quite some time,…
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Intel Xe DG2 Iris dGPU Chip To Be Fabricated 7nm Process At TSMC’s Foundries, Claims Rumors
Intel has reportedly sought to reserve TSMC’s 7nm Fabrication process for its second generation of in-house developed Intel Iris Xe DG2 dGPU. The company is already deep in development of the discrete graphics chips but needs a reliable fabrication process to accelerate production and deployment. Intel intends to beat AMD…
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Intel Tiger Lake-H35 CPUs Announced for ‘ultra-portable gaming devices’
Intel has officially announced its 11th-Gen Tiger Lake-H35 Series of CPUs. These are intended for “ultra-portable gaming devices”. While the name might hint at a smartphone or a tablet, these new Intel CPUs will power gaming laptops. However, these portable computers should be slim and light, and be able to…
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LG may release its first HDMI 2.1 enabled Gaming Monitor capable of 160Hz Refresh Rate during CES 2021
The demand for high refresh/variable refresh rate 4K TVs and gaming monitors has been on the rise since the release of the 9th generation of consoles (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series consoles) and RTX 30-series graphics cards. The costs of these gaming monitors have also decreased considerably in the last few…
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Images of The Dragon-Themed MSI GE76 Raider featuring Comet Lake CPU and RTX 3080 GPU Leaked
As we are gearing up for the first-ever online Consumer Electronics Show 2021, MSI is preparing for its special event called “MSI: The Ultimate Shockwave”. It will happen on the 13th of January, and MSI has been marketing the dragon-themed event heavily. Nvidia will be announcing its Ampere based 30-series…
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900 and Ryzen 7 5800 non-XT Variants Boost Speeds and TDP Profiles Leak Online
AMD is developing two new ZEN 3-based Ryzen 5000 Series CPUs that will launch without the X branding. A few such SKUs lacking the X branding have officially arrived. Such products have similar specifications including the number of Cores and Threads as compared to the variants with X branding. The…