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GPD’s Win 3 Tiger Lake Gaming Handheld Goes On Sale This Month

Home News (Image credit: Amazon) GPD’s latest iteration of its handheld gaming PC, the Win 3, is finally going on sale later this month. You’ll be able to grab it from multiple e-tailers such as Amazon starting May 15th or later. The Win 3 is GPD’s latest handheld gaming device designed to run Windows 10… Read more

Microsoft adds FPS Boost to 74 more games on Xbox Series X / S

Microsoft is enabling its Xbox FPS Boost mode on 74 more games today, bringing the total up to 97 games. Titles getting an FPS Boost include Assassin’s Creed Unity, Deus Ex Mankind Divided, Wasteland 3, and Far Cry 5 all moving to 60fps. You can find the full list at Microsoft’s site. The FPS Boost… Read more

Hands-On With Crysis Remastered’s New Ray Tracing Upgrade

Home News (Image credit: Reddit) Crytek has just released a update for Crysis Remastered, version 2.1.2, with updates to the game’s ray tracing graphics. The new update features an experimental Boost mode that pushes all the game’s ray tracing reflections to even greater levels. Boost mode enters Crysis Remastered as a purely experimental feature, but… Read more

BBC iPlayer

Our Verdict With quality programmes, vast platform support and a great interface, iPlayer is the best video-on-demand catch-up TV service out there For Superb content Intuitive and slick interface Extensive platform support Against Still no permanent 4K offering It’s free (although you need a TV licence). It’s the home of superb TV shows. There are… Read more

Sapphire launches Nitro+ RX 6900 XT Special Edition with 2365MHz boost clock

Matthew Wilson 23 hours ago Featured Announcement, Graphics Sapphire is back with an even faster Radeon RX 6900 XT. The new Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6900 XT Special Edition is launching today, with faster out-of-box overclocks, pushing the GPU up to 2365MHz. The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6900 XT Special Edition features the highly regarded Tri-X… Read more

Rumours point to RTX 3080 Ti announcement on 18th May

João Silva 2 days ago Featured Tech News, Graphics We might be just three weeks away from seeing the RTX 3080 Ti announced. The upcoming graphics card has been rumoured for a long time now and has reportedly been hit with multiple delays. However, sources now reckon we’ll finally see the GPU in action next… Read more

Sony has sold 7.8 million PS5 consoles so far

Matthew Wilson 2 days ago Console, Featured Tech News Sony just released its quarterly earnings report, giving us a look at how well PlayStation has sold during its first full quarter on the market. At this point, Sony has sold 7.8 million PlayStation 5 consoles, boosting gaming revenues to new heights. By the end of… Read more

World’s widest plane nails ‘extremely successful’ second test flight

Stratolaunch, the aerospace firm founded by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, flew its behemoth carrier airplane named ‘Roc’ on Thursday for a second time. It was the company’s first flight under new ownership, coming two years after the twin-fuselage craft’s initial flight test. “Today’s flight, at first review, has appeared extremely successful,” Stratolaunch’s chief… Read more

Dish chairman calls T-Mobile the ‘Grinch’ for going back on merger promises

Today’s Dish Network Q1 earnings call took an unexpected turn into Whoville when chairman Charlie Ergen compared T-Mobile to the Grinch. The comparison came up when discussing the “Uncarrier’s” decision to go ahead with its CDMA shutdown, a move that will potentially see millions of Dish’s Boost Mobile customers losing service at the beginning of… Read more

Peacock signs up 9 million after adding WWE and The Office

Comcast said that The Office and WWE were to thank for its new-ish streaming service, Peacock, adding 9 million signups during the first three months of 2021. Peacock now has 42 million members total in the United States. That looks strong compared to HBO’s 44.2 million US customers, but it comes with a huge caveat:… Read more

Zotac Unveils GeForce RTX 3090 ArcticStorm: 16+4-Phase VRM & Water Block

Home News (Image credit: Zotac) Zotac has introduced its new GeForce RTX 3090 ArcticStorm graphics card that features an advanced 20-phase voltage regulating module (VRM) and comes equipped with a stylish waterblock with built-in addressable RGB LEDs. There is a catch about this board though: it is not factory overclocked. Image 1 of 6 (Image credit: Zotac)… Read more

Corsair RM750x (2021) Power Supply Review

Our Verdict The new Corsair RM750x (2021) achieves top performance, isn’t noisy, and is equipped with a top-notch ML fan. For + Full power at 47 degrees Celsius + High overall performance + Silent at low and mid loads + Fully compliant with ATX v2.52 + Highly efficient at light loads + Long hold-up time… Read more

AMD vs Nvidia: Which GPUs Are Best for Ray Tracing?

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The best graphics cards should let you play your favorite games with stunning visual effects, including life-like reflections and shadows. Sure, ray tracing may not radically improve the look of some games, but you should be the one to decide whether or not to enable it. Getting locked out… Read more

Intel’s Eight-Core H45 Tiger Lake CPUs Are Just Weeks Away From Launch

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Intel is finally releasing its full lineup of Tiger Lake CPUs beyond the H35 quad-core parts (via ComputerBase) soon, meaning we’ll finally have Tiger Lake CPUs on mobile with an eight-core configuration instead of four cores. Intel’s H45 series chips will represent all Intel’s Tiger Lake SKUs with eight cores… Read more

AMD 4700S appears to be the Xbox Series X|S CPU but for PC

Home / Component / APU / AMD 4700S appears to be the Xbox Series X|S CPU but for PC João Silva 2 hours ago APU, Featured Tech News An unknown AMD processor has appeared online, known as the ‘4700S’. The specifications of this processor don’t line up with any of AMD’s announced CPUs or APUs,… Read more