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Acer’s new gaming monitor is capable of reaching a 390Hz refresh rate

João Silva 1 day ago Featured Tech News, Monitors Acer is pushing the limits of refresh rate with its new gaming monitor. Until now, a 360Hz refresh rate was the highest we have ever seen on gaming monitors, but Acer decided to go beyond by launching the XV252Q F, pushing its refresh rate as high… Read more

Thermaltake Toughpower GF2 ARGB 850W Power Supply Review

Our Verdict The Thermaltake Toughpower GF2 ARGB 850W has good performance, but an earlier model is a little better. For + Full power at 47 degrees Celsius + Satisfactory overall performance + Efficient at normal loads + Effective APFC converter Long hold-up time Low inrush current Adequate distance between the peripheral connectors Compatible with the… Read more

New White House task force will look for ways to boost union organizing

President Biden issued an executive order today to create a new labor task force in support of worker organizing in the United States. The effort will be led by Vice President Kamala Harris. “Despite the importance of unions to our economy and democracy, and nearly 60 million workers today saying they would join a union… Read more

AMD Might Be Selling Off Defective Xbox Series X CPUs

Home News AMD 4700S System (Image credit: Tmall.com) If you haven’t gotten your hands on an Xbox Series X, you may be able to pick up one very soon, but without the RDNA 2 graphics, of course. The recently uncovered AMD 4700S Desktop Kit (via momomo_us) has found its way into a mini-ITX gaming PC… Read more

Intel’s 35W 8-Core ‘Rocket Lake’ T-Series CPUs Arrive, Just Not in the US

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel’s latest low-power eight-core Core i9-11900T and Core i7-11700T ‘Rocket Lake’ desktop processors with a 35W TDP for LGA1200 motherboards are already available in Europe and Japan. But there’s no sign of them in the U.S. yet. Most performance enthusiasts are eager to get Intel’s unlocked K-series processors with a… Read more

Leaked Pictures Claim to Show Liquid-Cooled AMD Radeon RX 6900 XTX Graphics Card

Home News (Image credit: AMD) Two newly leaked images suggest that AMD considered building an extreme flagship for its Big Navi family featuring a liquid cooling system and called Radeon RX 6900 XTX. The Navi 21 GPUs already rank near the top of the best graphics cards, and also place high on our GPU benchmarks… Read more

12 EA games get 120fps boost on Xbox Series X / S

Microsoft is enabling its Xbox FPS Boost mode on 13 EA games, with 12 now supporting up to 120fps. The FPS Boost feature for Xbox Series X and Series S consoles is designed to make existing games run better. While Microsoft has improved frame rates with some backward-compatible games, FPS Boost specifically bumps performance to… Read more

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU Die and Mining Performance Exposed in New Leak

Home News GA102-225-A1 (Image credit: VideoCardz) VideoCardz has shared a photograph of what appears to be Nvidia’s GA102-225-A1 die, which is reportedly going into the forthcoming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics card. To put the icing on the cake, the publication also released a screenshot of the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti’s mining performance in Ethereum…. Read more

Sapphire Unleashes Toxic Radeon RX 6900 XT Extreme Edition: Up to 2.73 GHz GPU Out-of-Box

Home News (Image credit: Sapphire) Being one of AMD’s closest partners, Sapphire has historically offered the fastest factory-overclocked Radeon graphics cards with exotic cooling systems. AMD’s ‘quiet’ launch of the ‘unlocked’ Navi 21 XTXH GPU opened doors to makers of graphics cards to release ultimate versions of their Radeon RX 6900 XT products with high… Read more

AMD’s Ryzen 5000 Performance Guide: Optimization For Software Developers

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD has released its new Ryzen CPU Performance Guide for software developers that provides a set of tips and tools how to properly optimize programs for AMD’s processors. While the new version of the guide is tailored primarily for the latest Zen 3 microarchitecture as well as Ryzen 5000-series CPUs, this new… Read more

PlayStation Now will roll out support for 1080p streaming starting this week

Sony will begin rolling out support for 1080p streaming with PlayStation Now beginning this week, upping the streaming quality from the cloud gaming service’s previous 720p cap. “The rollout will occur over the next several weeks across Europe, US, Canada, and Japan, where PlayStation Now is available,” Sony said in a tweet. PlayStation Now will… Read more

Radeon RX 6900 XT Overclocked to 3.2 GHz, a New World Record

Home News (Image credit: der8auer) Der8auer, a star overclocker from Germany, has managed to set a new GPU frequency record with PowerColor’s custom-designed AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card. With the help of liquid nitrogen cooling, the specialist managed to boost the clock rate of 6900 XT, which made our list of best graphics cards thanks… Read more

Ryzen 5000 Mobile RAM Guide: The Best RAM For AMD Ryzen Laptops

Home News AMD Ryzen 5000 Mobile Memory Scaling (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Today we’ll dive in deep on the best memory settings for your Ryzen mobile laptop. Sequels don’t always live up to the originals, and that’s true even in the processor world. In AMD’s case, however, it’s the complete opposite. The Zen microarchitecture has… Read more

Asus ZenBook 13 (AMD) Review: Ryzen Slays the Tiger

Our Verdict The Asus ZenBook 13 UM325SA packs some of the best value we’ve seen in an ultraportable yet, outperforming much more expensive Intel options thanks to new Ryzen 5000U chips. For + Strong and cheap + OLED display + Surprisingly good audio Against – Need a dongle for a headphone jack – Touch-based numpad… Read more

AMD’s 4700S May Be CPU That Gave Life to the Xbox Series X

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Twitter user InstLatX64 has discovered a mysterious AMD 4700S processor that’s evidently part of an AMD 4700S Desktop Kit. It’s plausible that the developer kit is the same one that Microsoft was utilizing to develop one of its Xbox consoles. Although not officially a member of the Ryzen family, we… Read more