Should you buy a GPU right now? We wouldn’t recommend it The most common question we get from new gamers that want to get into the DIY business is whether they should buy a GPU right now or wait further. Unfortunately, even though the prices have already fallen by up to 30% in some cases, this is still not a good time to buy a GPU as we expect prices to keep falling as the cryptocurrency market corrects....
LEVITATION begins right after Half-Life: Alyx. Alyx returns to City-17 after meeting the G-MAN and teams up with Russell once again. During her absence, a mysterious levitating building appeared in the Sector X region of City-17. Two key members of the resistance named Barry and Maya decided to infiltrate and investigate Sector X – until their signal went quiet… Now, Alyx must save her friends and possibly the whole resistance....
New Features Cross-Core Visors All visors are now compatible with all Armor Cores. This change applies to all previously released visors and all visors that will be released moving forward. Improved Mark VII Helmet Attachment Compatibility Several Mark VII helmet attachments are now compatible with more Mark VII helmets. If you have already unlocked an updated helmet attachment, no action is needed for it to be available with additional helmets....
The new videos, shared on YouTube by Ray Tracing Revolution and MxBenchmarkPC, not only confirm how the improvements are somewhat subtle, mostly due to the game already having great screen space reflections but also highlight how the game’s ray tracing features are extremely demanding, as the impact on performance is huge, even on high-end systems and with NVIDIA DLSS. Hitman 3 is the latest entry in the series by IO Interactive, and an extremely solid stealth game, as highlighted by Nathan in his review....
Now, we don’t know if The Art and Making of Hogwarts Legacy has the same release date as the game, but due to spoilers, it would be extremely unlikely for a behind-the-scenes book like this to be released first. It should also be pointed out that Warner Bros. Interactive’s other big 2022 release, Gotham Knights, also has a companion art book and it does release on the same day as the game....
The process of adding new updates or features to a pre-existing Windows setup media is known as Slipstreaming. Using this method, you can keep your existing ISO images updated with the required language packs. Learn how to add Windows Cumulative Updates to existing ISO images. Before we begin, it would be helpful to understand the types of language packs Microsoft offers for Windows. Add Language Packs to existing Windows ISO media Adding language packs to existing ISO images is a step-by-step process....
Currently, DirectX 12 Ultimate is the latest and most advanced API technology by Microsoft which promises to give you an overall experience whilst gaming like you have never before. However, simply installing DirectX 12 Ultimate is not sufficient. You need to ensure that your hardware, which is your computer, supports it as well. This article discusses how you can make sure whether your PC supports it, or buy the one that does....
If your computer comes with a precision touchpad, Windows 10 will let you customize and configure two, three and four finger touchpad gestures even with basic touchpad drivers from the vendors. In this article, we will discuss how to check if your laptop supports precision touchpad and how to configure the touchpad settings. What is a precision touchpad? Precision touchpad is Microsoft’s implementation of the laptop touchpad with multi-gesture support....
To be precise, this feature is currently only available in Windows 11 version 22H2, therefore it is not yet available on the stable channel. Hence, you must be subscribed to the Insider Dev channel or the Beta channel to test out these new stickers right now. Moreover, since the feature is still experimental, it needs to be enabled before you can use these stickers. Today, we are going to show you how to enable and add desktop stickers on a Windows 11 PC....
IRQL stands for Interrupt Request Level which is a means for Windows to prioritize the interrupts that come from the processor. For instance, if an interrupt is generated by the processor with a greater priority than the processes already executing, the IRQL will put the running processes on hold while executing the process with higher priority. The “IRQL not less or equal” BSoD usually comes with the name of the source file causing the error....
Windows comes with a remote desktop client that can be used to access the complete Windows Desktop environment remotely. It’s very useful for people who use multiple computers for work. One of our readers has asked about the RDP port and how to tweak it for security. You can open the Remote Desktop Connection client by going to Run –> mstsc. Simply put, the default port for using the Remote Desktop Protocol is 3389....
If you have already tried troubleshooting your GPU and other hardware and software, then the next phase would be to reinstall DirectX on your Windows 10 PC. This article discusses how you can fix the software to get it to work again, without having to perform a fresh installation of your OS. How to check DirectX version Currently, the latest version for DirectX is 12. However, it is not necessary that your computer might have the same version as it depends upon your hardware support as well....
Dropbox can be used on the web and has applications for Windows, macOS, and Linux, as well as Android and iOS devices. Since it is so widely used, Dropbox also provides event and activity logging – a feature that notes and stores information on when activity was performed. This includes editing files, when a file/folder was accessed, who accessed it, and much more. This is useful to keep tabs on your co-workers and employees, or in case there was a breach on your network....
Chinese DRAM Manufacturer, Innosilicon, Achieves 10,000 Mbps Transfer Rates on LPDDR5X Memory JEDEC officially sets the LPDDR5X standard at 8533 Mbps while the LPDDR5 standard is set at 6400 Mbps. Innosilicon went a step ahead and achieved a major breakthrough in their own development for the LPDDR5X DRAM. The Chinese chip manufacturer hit 10,000 Mbps (10 Gbps) on its LPDDR5X/LPDDR5/DDR5 IP. This is a 56% increase over the LPDDR5-6400 and a 17% increase over the LPDDR5X-8533 standards....
U.S. chip manufacturer Intel Corporation has announced new plans to expand its semiconductor fabrication globally. Intel is currently heavily investing in manufacturing capacity to bring up its production at a level with industry peers and expand its operating model to also include chip manufacturing for other companies. Today’s announcement includes details about a new facility in Germany, and new centers in Italy and Ireland. The plant in Germany will manufacture semiconductors on Intel’s latest chipmaking processes at the time it commences operations, and the one in Italy will employ the company’s Intel 4 manufacturing process which according to Intel’s roadmap provided last year will enter production later this year....
Intel To Replace Current Entry-Level DG1 GPUs With DG2 Powered Arc A310 4 GB Graphics Card Although Intel never launched DG1 officially in the desktop space, the GPU still ended up in the OEM segment with options from a range of AIBs, including ASUS. The DG1 graphics card, being an entry-level design, did find some popularity given its low price and feature set. Based on the new rumor, Intel is expected to release a successor to the DG1 graphics card in the form of the Arc A310 graphics card....
Intel Core i9-12900KS 5.5 GHz Alder Lake CPU, Tackling 3D V-Cache With Frequency For The Gaming Performance Crown The Intel Core i9-12900KS is designed as a ‘Special Edition’ CPU, offering one step up over the i9-12900K. It’s a chip for the blue team to prove that they still hold the core speed crown and there are two reasons why Intel is launching this chip right now, first and the most obvious is the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D which aims to show the benefits of 3D V-Cache in gaming versus frequency and the second is the 5 GHz+ Ryzen 7000 ‘Zen 4’ lineup coming later this year....
Intel Could Have Three Xe-HPG GPUs In The Works: DG2-256 ‘SOC3’ Spotted With 256 EUs, 2048 ALUs So far, we have only known two Xe-HPG powered DG2 GPUs, the Intel SOC1 ‘DG2-512’ & the SOC2 ‘DG2-128’. Both of these chips are based on the TSMC 6nm process node but it looks like Intel may have another chip in its portfolio. Spotted within the IGSCU FU in Linux, the Intel SOC3 which is the codename for the DG2-256 GPU has been spotted....
In the patch notes, the developers explained: This update introduces hot new tech in the form of Intel Xe Super Sampling - Intel XeSS for short. This technique allows you to get a massive performance boost while maintaining high visual fidelity. Thanks to XeSS, the game can run at a lower internal resolution and then reconstruct the image in full with the use of an AI-based upscaling algorithm. What does this mean in human-readable form?...
First, the prohibitive membership fees, then add in the fact that almost all gyms are scary-level dirty - being an epicenter of bacteria - who would want to spend an hour or two in that environment? But this is 2022! Someone is always solving (most of) our problems for us somewhere… Meet Unitree PUMP, the world’s first motor-powered all-in-one smart pocket gym Yep, you did indeed read that right! The ambitious Unitree team explicitly says they are NOT planning to make gyms obsolete with their portable, lightweight, and extremely powerful PUMP, an all-in-one fitness machine....
