Hardware Luxx

Cyberpunk 2077 can also be played on Linux systems

With today’s release of Cyberpunk 2077 the long awaited one can finally be released AAA title of the Polish Spieleschmide CD Projekt Red play. In addition to console gamers, PC gamers can enjoy the action role-playing game. There is also positive news for all Linux users: Due to the open source software Proton, the title… Read more

CNIL imposes new fines on Google and Amazon

The French data protection authority is now known for imposing fines running into the millions against US tech companies. Now the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) has again imposed a fine on both Google and Amazon. The reason for this is the tracking cookies used by the company. These were set without… Read more

Reader test: These are the testers of the Arctic Freezer 50!

In November we called on our readers and community members to apply for our latest reader test in collaboration with Arctic. We were looking for three testers for a brand new CPU cooler from the manufacturer. We have now started the selection of the participants. The Arctic Freezer 50 was only officially launched in mid-October… Read more

HITMAN 3: Trailer presents new features and recurring favorites

Square Enix and IO Interactive have now released a new trailer for HITMAN 3, in which, among other things, additional gameplay in 4K resolution with 60 frames per second can be seen. The trailer shows scenes directly from the game and introduces new game variants, the return of popular features as well as a complete… Read more

Microsoft will soon bring Xbox cloud gaming to iOS and Windows too

Yesterday Microsoft published a press release in which, in addition to some numbers and thanks for the release of the new Xbox Series X and S, news about the future of the Xbox Game Pass was announced were. The cloud gaming service should be available on iOS and Windows devices in spring next year. On… Read more

Cyberpunk already has over a million active players on Steam

Today Cyberpunk 2017 was finally opened to the broader public after several postponements. Just a few hours after being unlocked on Steam, the single-player RPG is already breaking all records. As the first single-player game ever, the title can have over a million active players at the same time – and only three hours after… Read more

Ryzen 5000: MSI plans to provide BIOS updates for older 400 series motherboards soon

MSI is currently particularly committed to players and developers and, in addition to its support for motherboards with X 570 – AM4 chipsets now also all older X 470 – and B 450 – Support mainboards with optimized BIOS versions. In order to ensure smooth operation of the new Ryzen – 5000 – Processors based… Read more

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War: Ampere and Big Navi in the ray tracing test

After AMD with the Radeon-RX – 6800 – Series finally an opponent for NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX – 3000 series, we can also look at a game in direct comparison with the associated ray tracing effects for the first time. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is this title in question and uses the DXR… Read more

The Hardwareluxx-Webwatch: The articles from our partners from week 48/2020

Published on: Saturday, 28. November 2020 at 15: 00 from Andreas Stegmüller

Epic Games Store Announces Next Free Game

After the Epic Games Store has already released various games such as the cooking simulation Overcooked, the puzzle game Fez or World of Goo for free in The MudRunner off-road simulation is currently in the list of free publications. However, the Epic Games Store has already announced the next free titles in its own store…. Read more

Federal Council: Fingerprints in identity cards are mandatory

As we have already reported in the past, the federal government plans to make the passport more secure. The Peng collective managed to apply for a passport using a morphed picture of two people. Now something should also change about the identity card. After the Bundestag had already approved the bill, the Bundesrat has now… Read more

Hardwareluxx becomes tracking-free (and remains without consent management platform)

Hardwareluxx is slimming: In the past few weeks we have removed and revised external scripts, checked various cookies and optimized our advertising – which is why we are now in are able to make the daily Hardwareluxx reading accessible to you without a consent management platform (or “cookie banner”). In this article we explain why… Read more

ASRock presents Mars 4000U series with Ryzen APU

ASRock has now presented Mars 4000 U to the public. The new mini computer has an AMD Ryzen 4000 U-Series APU and can be used with up to 64 GB DDR4 – 3200 – RAM (SO-DIMM). A total of seven USB ports can also be used. There is one USB 3.2 Gen1 Type C, two… Read more

The Steam autumn sale has begun: All important offers at a glance

Microsoft states system requirements for the flight simulator 2020 Microsoft has the system requirements for the currently under development Flight simulator 2020 published. Obviously a lot of RAM and hard disk space is necessary. On the other hand, Microsoft is quite frugal when it comes to the requirements for the processor and the … Watch… Read more

Corona app gets a big update

In the past, the Corona app has often been criticized. Not only was data protection viewed critically, the technical implementation did not always run smoothly. In addition to Telekom, SAP is responsible for development. Both companies are now releasing a major update that should provide a variety of improvements. Among other things, this includes the… Read more