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Microsoft is giving away a custom Flight Simulator PC that won’t play Flight Simulator at max settings

If I were the Microsoft marketing executive pitching a once-in-a-lifetime giveaway of an incredible custom-built Flight Simulator PC, I would do two things: 1) I would probably make it look like a full jet engine, not half an exposed jet engine, to avoid reminding people how airplanes can rarely (but terrifyingly) fail: 2) I would… Read more

OBS gets native support for Nvidia’s excellent noise-canceling tech

Open Broadcaster Software (OBS), the go-to software for streamers, is getting native support for Nvidia’s excellent noise-removal technology, the graphics card manufacturer announced today. Although it was previously possible to get the same effect by combining OBS with Nvidia’s Broadcast software, you’ll now be able to adjust the background noise-removal feature directly from within OBS…. Read more

Unity Plans to Add Native Support for Nvidia DLSS by the End of the Year

Nvidia announced that native support for its Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) technology would be added to the Unity game engine by the end of the year. That integration will make DLSS part of two leading engines—Unity and Unreal Engine—used to develop games for practically every device on the market. DLSS was introduced in 2018… Read more

The Corsair One Gets Updated With Ryzen 5000 and Rocket Lake Core Processors

Home News (Image credit: Corsair) Corsair has just announced two all-new models of its Corsair One pre-built, named the a200 and i200. Both models will be upgraded with the latest hardware from Intel, AMD, and Nvidia. Despite measuring in at just 12 liter’s, Corsair promises an uncompromised desktop experience with the Corsair One. Thanks to… Read more

Intel Xeon W-3335 ‘Ice Lake-SP’ Benchmarked

Home News (Image credit: Intel) Now that Intel has finally launched its 3rd Generation Xeon Scalable ‘Ice Lake’ processors for servers, it is only a matter of time before the company releases its Xeon W-series CPUs featuring the same architecture for workstations. Apparently, some of these upcoming processors are already in the wild evaluated by workstation… Read more

Nvidia Launches New Professional Ampere Graphics for Desktops and Laptops

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) Nvidia this week introduced a host of professional graphics solutions for desktops and laptops, which carry the Nvidia RTX A-series monikers and do not use the Quadro branding. The majority of the new units are based on the Ampere architecture and therefore bring the latest features along with drivers certified by developers… Read more

Dell Standardizes Inspiron Lineup, Adds 16-inch Model

Home News (Image credit: Dell) Dell’s Inspiron line-up of mid-range casual use case laptops is a bit confusing right now. There’s lots of model numbers, a lot of similar colors, the latest Inspiron 13 is only available as a convertible, and certain current Inspiron 15 models uniquely have a somewhat bulkier and older looking design…. Read more

Nvidia Q1 Revenue Exceeds Expectations. Cites Demand for Datacenter, Gaming, Mining Cards

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) Nvidia on Monday said first quarter revenue would exceed the previously expected $5.30 billion, citing strong demand for its GPUs for datacenters, gaming, and cryptocurrency mining. The company says that demand for its products exceeds supply and will continue to throughout the rest of the year. “While our fiscal 2022 first quarter… Read more

Nvidia’s A100 Gets Baby Brothers: The A10 and A30

Home News (Image credit: NVidia) Nvidia’s flagship A100 compute GPU introduced last year delivers leading-edge performance required by cloud datacenters and supercomputers, but the unit is way too powerful and expensive for more down-to-earth workloads. So today at GTC the company introduced two younger brothers for its flagship, the A30 for mainstream AI and analytics… Read more

Nvidia’s ‘Ampere Next’ GPU Is Coming in 2022

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) During his GTC 2021 keynote, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed a roadmap for its upcoming GPUs, CPUs, and DPUs. We’ve already covered the Grace CPU, which should arrive in 2023, but the more interesting bit for gamers is the GPU. While Nvidia listed the GPU as “Ampere Next,” we expect… Read more

Watch Nvidia’s GTC 2021 Keynote Here at 8:30 am PT

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Nvidia’s annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC) kicks off today at 8:30 a.m. PT. Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, the chipmaker will be holding the event online with over 1,500 sessions, covering a broad spectrum of topics. It wouldn’t be a GTC without a keynote from Jensen Huang, which the CEO… Read more

Hack Boosts Video Encoding For Nvidia’s Consumer GPUs

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) Back on Saturday we reported that Nvidia’s GPU virtualization capability only enabled on select GPUs for datacenters can be unlocked using a rather simple hack (albeit only in Linux) on GeForce and Quadro graphics cards for client PCs. Apparently, this is not the only datacenter-exclusive feature that can be enabled on client… Read more

Nvidia Gives Away GeForce RTX 3090 In GTC 2021 Treasure Hunt

Home News GeForce RTX 3090 (Image credit: Nvidia) Stealing a page out of Intel’s playbook, Nvidia is holding a treasure hunt leading up to GTC (Graphics Technology Conference) 2021. To give the public an extra bit of motivation to participate, the chipmaker is offering up a ton of prizes, including the elusive GeForce RTX 3090… Read more

Intel’s Upcoming DG2 Rumored to Compete With RTX 3070

Home News (Image credit: Intel) According to Moore’s Law Is Dead, Intel’s successor to the DG1, the DG2, could be arriving sometime later this year with significantly more firepower than Intel’s current DG1 graphics card. Of course it will be faster — that much is a given — but the latest rumors have it that… Read more

Alienware Launches its First AMD Laptop Since 2007

Home News (Image credit: Dell) Alienware is releasing its first laptop with an AMD CPU since 2007. Its parent company, Dell, today announced the Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5, alongside a lower-end Dell G15 Ryzen Edition and a Dell G15 refresh with Intel chips. The Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5 will use AMD’s Ryzen 5000… Read more