VESA launches the industry’s first open standard and logo program for PC monitor and laptop display variable refresh rate performance The AdaptiveSync Display CTS also designates a product compliance logo program containing two performance tiers: AdaptiveSync Display, which is concentrated on gaming with exceptionally higher refresh rates and lower latency. Media sync Display, developed for jitter-free playback of media, helped all multinational broadcast video configurations by establishing the VESA Certified AdaptiveSync Display and MediaSync Display logo programs....

Soon after Ubisoft released its most highly anticipated hacker-themed video game, PC modders started to work on some visuals mods for the game. One of the Guru3D members known as TheWorse discovered some graphics files that were hidden within the game’s PC directory. After unpacking the files, TheWorse made a mod that improved the overall performance of the game and boosted the visuals, making the in-game environments and characters look completely stunning....

watchOS 9.2 final update arrives with New Race Route feature for Apple Watch users watchOS 9.2 is not a massive update, but it adds features in all the right places that make the Apple Watch experience much better. For example, the Workout app now has a brand new Race Route feature that allows you to compete with yourself on the same route you’ve already taken. This is perfect for runners and cyclists who want to see a visual improvement in their progress....

When it comes to entrants to the list, you’re always going to get some of the obvious. Some games will make the list that may not even be released this year; delays may occur. New working methods and the fact that crunch damages a game far more than it helps is becoming more accepted. Still, it would be a surprise not to see these strategy and simulation games hitting our digital shelves in 2022, and these are certainly the most anticipated of the lot....

WhatsApp Emoji Reactions are Still Not Out for Everyone But New Features Around it Are Still in Works The tip, of course, is coming from WABetaInfo, and they have shared a screenshot that shows how there is now a new button that allows you to choose from more than just the default set of emojis, and honestly, I am not surprised considering how most of the apps that have reactions already feature this....

Tip 1) Learn to Use Your Supers Properly The biggest part of Windjammers 2 is the usage of meter to perform super moves or save the disc after missing a catch. Your meter fills up as the match goes on, while getting scored on will give you a boost to it. When you have the disc in your hand, you will be able to perform a Super Custom Move with A+B....

Latest Xcode 14 Beta Shares Details on the Always-On Display Rumored to Arrive With iPhone 14 Pro Models Apple will potentially announce the iPhone 14 lineup sometime in September. The ‘Pro’ models are expected to come with a dual-cutout display along with support for Always-On technology. This is not the first time that we are hearing details on the upcoming feature. We have previously covered a sneak peek of what the Always-On display might look like on the iPhone 14 Pro models running iOS 16....

XFX Preps MERC 310 Triple-Slot & Triple Fan Custom Design For Radeon RX 7900 XTX & RX 7900 XT Graphics Cards XFX has prepped up two brand new graphics cards which will be featured within its RDNA 3 lineup. These include the Radeon RX 7900 XTX MERC 310 and the RX 7900 XT MERC 310. Both cards have a similar design that includes a black-colored aluminum shroud with a silver finish around the fans & a full metal backplate that extends beyond the backplate....

Xiaomi To Enter The PC Segment With The Host SFF Mini PC, Rocking A 100W PSU As Default With Support For Dual-Slot GPUs Update: In addition to the Xiaomi Mini Host, there’s another SFF form factor design that the OEM will be offering. This design will be similar to a NUC and will feature the AMD Ryzen 7 6800H APU with a Radeon 680M iGPU, 16 GB memory, 512 GB SSD, and a price of 3999 RMB or $570 US....

YouTube Makes it Easy for Creators to Make Shorts For those who want to use this, simply head over to the YouTube Studio app and choose from any long-form video that you have in the library, select up to 60 seconds and create Shorts. The good news is that users will still have access to the same tools that they find in the web-based version of YouTube Studio such as a timeline editor, filters, music, and more....

The new entry in the series, which will also celebrate the series’ 35th anniversary, will release on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch sometime in 2023 in Japan. As reported by Gematsu, the game will be set in Obelia Bay and feature a younger Adol, as previously confirmed. The setting is the northern sea Obelia Bay, which is made up of countless islands big and small. After completing his adventures in the Ancient Kingdom of Ys, young adventurer Adol Christin encounters a maritime people known as “Normans” in this new land....

Update: Inspur has denied reports of AMD raising prices across its data center chips by 10-30% and the original tweet that was sent out has been deleted by the analyst. AMD plans to increase the EPYC data center processors’ costs, rising between 10 to 30 percent higher. Due to the current chip shortages worldwide, this comes as no surprise from consumers. When the website Tom’s Hardware reached out to AMD for comment, the company declined for two reasons—AMD and other notable companies never discussed pricing, including changes due to market stability....

[Original Story] Valkyrie Elysium will release this September worldwide, according to information that has surfaced online today. According to a listing found on the official PlayStation website, the game will release on September 29th. As it is a Monday, however, it is likely that the actual release date will be September 30th in North America and Europe, as games generally do not release on Mondays in the West. While the Valkyrie Elysium release date hasn’t been confirmed officially, it won’t take long to learn when the game will release on PC and PlayStation consoles, as a new trailer is set to go live in a few hours, at 5 PM PDT....

The port, which has been showcased in a new video shared by @SteveBH on Twitter, uses an OpenGL renderer, it’s fully playable and comes with some additional options not found in the original release. Audio, unfortunately, is missing, so for a truly fully playable experience on PC, players will need to resort to emulation. The team behind this port also plans to release Jak II and Jak 3 native PC ports, which will definitely be more interesting to see in action, given how they are more technically advanced and much bigger in scope than the first entry in the series....

Asobo Studio’s Kevin Pinson said as much in an interview in the most recent issue of Play Magazine (issue number 19, via MP1ST)). Although the designer talked about the PS5 version of the game (Play is a PlayStation-focused magazine), this clearly applies to all next-gen platforms. “Specifically, we are a game about light,” Asobo Studio’s lead level designer Kevin Pinson told Play Magazine. “The power of the PS5 allows us to have more lights, [and] do more things with it....

Different Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Version Also Features a Varying Model Number to Indicate Some Specification Differences The revelation was spotted on Twitter and comes from Ice Universe, who claims another Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 version with the model number ‘SM8550-AC’ exists. It is unclear why Qualcomm chose never to disclose the existence of this variant or if this one actually exists. Then again, we did report previously that the San Diego chipset maker was rumored to be working on two Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 versions with varying CPU clock speeds....

While all these titles are solid in their own right, they do not feel particularly innovative, as they all come with the same features that have been central to the genre since its beginnings with some tweaks here and there. This isn’t necessarily a problem, as CRPGs are more about worldbuilding, atmosphere, story, and actual role-playing, but one has to wonder if there wasn’t a way to innovate the genre in some way without having to leave behind what makes a great CRPG so compelling....

AMD’s senior graphics research and development engineer Dihara Wijetunga happily announced that he’s working on adding path tracing to Return to Castle Wolfenstein through iorctw. The iorctw project that this AMD engineer is working on uses a custom DirectX 12 backend. You can see the thread that Dihara made to prop up the project below. Based on iortcw with a custom DX12 backend. It’s still very early in development, so here’s a few comparison shots....

AMD P-State EPP Linux driver will allow users better performance and control power consumption with Ryzen & EPYC CPUs A portion of the message from Perry Yuan, one of the AMD open-source engineers working on the P-State EPP driver, is shown below. Further, into the documentation, the team listed the change of events from the last version to the fourth version of the P-State EPP driver. This patchset implements one new AMD CPU frequency driver"amd-pstate-epp” instance for better performance and power control....

Memtest86+ is not a standard application that runs specifically in Windows 11 or any other notable operating system. The software is built to run on any platform, allowing the software to recognize a higher amount of flaws than proprietary BIOS software, which is found on most mainline motherboards. Memtest86+ can be installed onto a USB flash drive, CD-ROM, or through a network and installed effortlessly onto a system. If Memtest86+ sounds familiar, it is probably due to some users mistaking the software for the forked, close-source version, PassMark Memtest86....