GALAX Brazil OC Team Pushes The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 To A Monster 3.45 GHz LN2 OC, Breaks Five World Records The GALAX Brazil OC team and leader of TecLab, Ronaldo Buassali, shared with us some absolutely monstrous overclocks that he achieved last night on NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card. The graphics card for choice here was the GALAX RTX 4090 SG which features a super compact PCB and is equipped with an 18+4 (GPU/VRAM) design....

NVIDIA Hopper GPU pictured, single large monolithic die packed with VRMs and HBM Six stacks of HBM memory are also visible (which is actually a visually similar configuration seen in the Intel competitor chip HL Gaudi 2) although depending on the exact type of HBM used, it could have wildly different specifications. At a bare minimum, we are looking at 48 GBs of vRAM although all the way up to 96 GB and more is possible with HBM3....

NVIDIA’s Next-Gen Flagship GeForce Graphics Card Detailed: AD102 GPU, 24 GB & 21 Gbps Memory, Up To 600W TGP There might be a new rumor surrounding the naming convention used by the next-gen GeForce graphics cards with some now pointing towards a name change to GeForce RTX 50 series instead of the previously expected GeForce RTX 40 series. In the end, whatever NVIDIA decides to call the next GeForce lineup isn’t as important as its underlying specifications....

ONDA’s Z790 PLUS-W Motherboard Has A White PCB, Looks Nice & Costs Just $120 US The ONDA Z790 Plus-W motherboard comes with the LGA 1700/1800 socket that can easily support both Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake & 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs. Since this is a very low-end board, it’s featuring just two DDR4 DIMM slots which can support memory speeds of up to 3600 Mbps. These speeds aren’t anything fancy but the motherboard does support overclocking beyond that....

Google Promises up to Five Years of Software Updates for the Pixel 6a, Offers a Sub-$500 Price Retaining the design of the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, the Pixel 6a features a 6.1-inch FHD+ OLED screen that is disappointingly limited to 60Hz. The smartphone’s display has a 2340 x 1080 resolution, and it is the first model from the company to feature an in-screen fingerprint reader. The front side is protected by Gorilla Glass 3, leaving it unchanged from the Pixel 5a from last year....

Timur Kristóf discusses working with the RADV Driver for the implementation of the AMD NGG “Next-Gen Geometry” Engine within RDNA GPUs NGG is utilized for processing vertex and geometry calculations within RDNA and RDNA 2-based graphics cards. Recently, with the reveal of AMD RDNA 3 architecture and its requirements and specifications with graphics, it has been reported that NGG will always stay enabled. Previously, NGG was focused initially on working on the GFX9 and Vega architectures but was found to be quite problematic in use and did not help with increasing performance....

The video, which has been put together by ElAnalistaDeBits, highlights how performance is mostly solid on all platforms, but the average resolution is slightly higher on Xbox Series X, outside of FPS mode, which limits the resolution to 1080p and adds some visual enhancements like better shadows and more. Rainbow Six Extraction is now available on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One and Google Stadia worldwide....

Instantly Save $150 on Apple’s M1 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, 8GB, 256GB SSD and Silver Finish Although the new M2 MacBook Air is the thing everyone is talking about, but if you want a bigger battery and the Touch Bar then the 2020 MacBook Pro is the way to go. Right now, you can buy one for a low price of just $1,149, which is a full $150 off the regular price of $1,299....

Latest Echo Dot Currently Discounted by 44%, Price Down to just $27.99 Right now, the latest generation of the Echo Dot is heavily discounted and available for a low price of just $27.99, saving you 44% without having to do anything at all. That is a huge discount, given you have to spend $49.99 any other day to bring the Echo Dot into your home. Right from the start, the Echo Dot is a small speaker that is powered by Alexa....

The studio also aims to do a substantial rewrite of the original story so that it is a continuation of the young Sherlock seen in Chapter One. Jaroslav Martyniuk, Feature Designers Team Lead at Frogwares, stated: No assets or code are being repurposed from the original game. We are essentially rebuilding the entire game from scratch to run Unreal Engine 4, using all new assets or ones we can cleverly rework from Sherlock Holmes Chapter One which came out only a few months ago....

That character is, in fact, Sin Kiske. Sin was previously playable in Guilty Gear Xrd as a DLC fighter and already appeared in Guilty Gear Strive, specifically in the two Story Mode campaigns. He brings his flag-like polearm to Strive as Season 2’s second DLC character. You can view Sin’s character trailer below, which includes his unique character theme. Sin Kiske’s gameplay is entirely revolved around his Hunger meter (which makes a return from Guilty Gear Xrd)....

SK hynix’s CXL 2.0 Memory Express Solution Delivers 96 GB DDR5 DRAM Capacities In PCIe Gen 5.0 Compliant EDSFF Form Factor Press Release: SK hynix Inc. (or “the company”, www.skhynix.com) has developed its first DDR5 DRAM-based CXL (Compute Express Link) memory samples and strengthened its presence in the next-generation memory solutions market. The form factor of the sample is EDSFF (Enterprise & Data Center Standard Form Factor) E3.S and it supports PCIe 5....

Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 Should Be Coming Soon and Bringing Some Massive Improvements for Mid-Range Phones Based on a tip from Evan Blass, we have a leaked screenshot that shows the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 in terms of specifications and features. Looking at the screenshot, it is more than safe to say that the information that is in the screenshot is legit and valid. You can look at the screenshot below:...

The Hedgehog May Cry mod is a gameplay overhaul that tweaks combat by reducing the damage done of certain moves while making others more effective so to make fighting enemies more fun. The physics changes increase the speed of every movement ability, which improves both combat and open-world exploration. Hedgehog May Cry - A gameplay revamp mod This mod is designed for one thing, and one thing only: This game looks really good, but doesnt play as good as it looks....

Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) shared breathtaking visuals of its Falcon 9 rocket cutting through clouds as it launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Station yesterday. The launch was for another batch of Starlink satellites, as the company rapidly builds its constellation of small internet satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Starlink is the world’s largest satellite constellation, and today’s launch aimed at placing the spacecraft into polar orbits, in SpaceX’s bid to provide internet coverage to remote regions where users find it difficult to access land-based internet connectivity....

In a rare feat, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) was able to capture live video of the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket landing on a drone ship off of the Florida coast. SpaceX’s latest mission saw the company launch a satellite for communications services provider Globalstar from Florida, and as is always the case, the launch was followed by the iconic Falcon 9 returning to Earth and successfully landing on its ‘feet’....

Titled the SteamOS Beta 3.3, the update’s already off to a good start offering increased graphics driver support, meant to enhance game compatibility, and performance enhancements to the AMD Radeon open-source driver stack. Previously, users could disconnect when connected to WiFi on a 5GHz network, and that was fixed in this update as well. More concrete patch notes can be found below: Support for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean keyboard....

The list has been shared by SteamDB, which confirmed that a total of 38 Steam games are now Steam Deck Verified games. 24 other games are listed as playable, and 5 as unsupported, four VR games, and Persona 4 Golden. Catch the list of verified games below. The Steam Deck was supposed to launch last year, but Valve pushed the release to early 2022. A recent update provided by Valve confirmed that the system will start shipping by the end of next month....

The new update, which has gone live a few hours ago, introduces, among other things, a new Calibration and Advanced Settings screen with options for adjusting deadzones for the left and right sticks, adjusting haptic strength for the right and left trackpads, and more. The latest Steam Deck client update also improves performance downloading library images after logging in and more. You can catch the full update notes below. More information on the Steam Deck can be found on its official website....

Keep your gear updated but focus on function, not fashion Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin throws new weapons and armor at the player like every enemy is a crystal pinata waiting to be smashed open. It’s rare to go beyond even a single group of enemies without at least one new piece of equipment dropping. Jack can jump back into the Battle Settings menu at any moment and equip anything that comes his way....