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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 12 GB Graphics Card Benchmarks Leak Out, Cancelled Card Was Slower Than An RTX 3090 Ti The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 12 GB graphics card was supposed to launch next month at a price starting at $899 US. However, given the vast disparity in performance between the 16 GB and 12 GB models, NVIDIA decided to cancel the 12 GB variant while keeping the 16 GB variant on track for a 16th November launch....

NVIDIA Rumored To Be Working On A New Titan-Class Graphics Card: Full AD102 GPU, 48 GB Memory & Up To 900W TDP The rumor comes from Kopite7kimi who had reported back in April that NVIDIA was working on a full-fat AD102 ‘Ada Lovelace’ GPU configuration besides the also rumored, RTX 4090 Ti. This card & its preliminary specifications were reported by the leaker and it will definitely be one insane beast if it ever launches....

The Only Thing ‘Extreme’ About OnePlus 10 Pro Extreme Edition is the Storage and Ceramic Back In a recent post on Weibo, OnePlus has confirmed the latest variant of the OnePlus 10 Pro. The design is the same as the other two color variants but this time around, you are getting a white ceramic back panel finish and a black camera module that reminds us of a panda. You can check out how the device looks below....

The company has decided to call it the “OnePlus Cloud 11 Launch Event,” which will happen in person in Delhi, India. It might be an odd choice to hold a global launch event, but India is one of the biggest markets for OnePlus, so skipping it would not make sense. Aside from the OnePlus 11, the company will also announce the OnePlus Buds Pro 2. The company is also confident in the event as it has discussed how it will “elevate the user experience from Cloud 9 to Cloud 11....

According to the report, around 34 people have left The Initiative during the last year, while only 12 new hires were made in the same timeframe. That leaves the estimated headcount at less than 50 developers. The article cites anonymous sources stating that the issue stemmed from a top-down culture which slowed development progress and frustrated the creative autonomy of the developers. This also explains the decision to bring Crystal Dynamics on board to lead the development of Perfect Dark....

Phison’s 8TB SSD ready for liftoff in 2023 after receiving NASA certification with TRL-6 tests passed A contractor for Lonestar selected the 8TB SSD, and Skycorp, a space logistics company and Phison Electronics’ partner. Skycorp also holds the rank of partner to Lonestar’s engineering design and manufacturing for the upcoming mission that will launch in the second half of next year. Phison achieved certification for NASA Technology Readiness Level 6, or TRL-6, by completing several corresponding flight and space tests, such as vacuum conditions experienced in space travel and deep cryogenic temperature tests that you would experience on the Moon’s surface....

The new video, which has been shared on YouTube by Macho Nacho Productions, goes over the dev kit’s design and features, which are unsurprisingly quite different from those of the regular PlayStation 5 models. The video also gives us a look at the dev kit’s user interface and some of its unique features. The PlayStation 5 Standard and Digital Editions are now available worldwide, but it seems like a new hardware revision will be released in the future....

Since the launch of Sony’s revamped PS Plus service, there haven’t been many discounts, but this year’s Black Friday deals include discounts of 25% on PS Plus Essential, PS Plus Extra, and PS Plus Premium. For those interested - you can stack up as many 12-month plans as you need and benefit from these discounts to the fullest. Those upgrading to a higher tier can also benefit from the savings....

This new Gym leader is Iono, serving as the game’s Electric-type Gym leader. She both manages the Electric Gym and live streams her battles to fans in the Iono Zone (yes, you read that correctly). Busy visual design aside, Pokemon’s official YouTube channel has a short trailer showcasing Iono in-game, which you can see below. Iono’s gameplay trailer also showcases a brand-new Pokemon to the Paldea region, known as Bellibolt....

PowerColor Devil Prepped For AMD RDNA 3 GPUs, Custom Radeon RX 7000 Graphics Card Teased The teaser image doesn’t reveal a lot but we may be possibly looking at the shroud of the next-generation Radeon RX 7000 Devil series graphics card. The shroud is made up of solid metal & features a prism design that has a large “Red Devil” logo engraved on the front of the shroud. It looks like a really premium graphics card but what is odd is that the shroud doesn’t feature any fans....

The new game is being built using the previous entries in the series as the foundation. The upcoming horror game is also being developed in Unreal Engine 5, and it will take advantage of the Lumen system to offer the most immersive horror experience ever. A new trailer for the next game by Bloober Team has also been shared, and you can check it out below. Created with the cutting-edge Unreal Engine 5 technology, the game will support Ray Tracing, HDR effect, 4K resolution, and make use of the Lumen system to offer the most immersive and visceral horror experience....

AMD RADV “Radeon Vulkan” Driver receives enhancements to limit CPU overhead for draw calls, improving performance by 55% Mike Blumenkrantz is a computer programmer whose work can be seen on EFL/Enlightenment, the browser “Servo,” protocol specifications for Wayland, Mesa drivers, and other various projects. Recently, he has worked for Valve (under a contractual obligation) to assist with the Zink OpenGL-on-Vulkan execution in Mesa. While his work has been focused on the Zink implementation, he has also assisted in helping to reduce CPU overhead operations within the RADV Vulkan driver....

For those wondering, refurbished smartphones are a part of the same circular economy that includes trade-in programs. In fact, analysts have mentioned that trade-ins happen to be the fastest-growing source for pre-owned smartphone stocks. Samsung Can Slowly End Up Overtaking Apple in Refurbished Smartphone Market Even then, new smartphone shipments saw a 4.5% growth YoY in 2021, while the refurbished smartphone market saw a healthy 15% growth. Now, Counterpoint Research credits this shift in the market towards refurbished devices to high flagship smartphone prices along with more willingness that is found among the consumers to consider getting their hands on refurbished devices from brands such as Apple and Samsung....

The presentation starts with a better look at how Resident Evil Village plays in third person (and the lengths Capcom is going to still not show Ethan Winters’ face). As for Shadows of Rose, as we’ve already learned, it place within a twisted world inside the consciousness of the Megamycete mold. Per Capcom, the expansion will balance more dangerous enemies, many of which can kill you with one hit, with greater powers for Rose herself....

Speaking with Dengeki during Tokyo Game Show 2022 last week, director Kento Kinoshita commented on both first and third-person view, saying that, while first-person made the experiences scarier, it may have made them more difficult to play, as some players did not like not seeing their character on screen or having a hard time telling where enemies are. For this reason, a third-person option will be added to eighth main entry in the series as DLC....

Korean chaebol Samsung Group’s de-facto head Mr. Lee Jae-yong is set to visit Europe for a two-week trip speculated by many to be part of the company’s effort to use its financial strength to limit its primary chipmaking rival the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). Samsung and TSMC are the only two companies in the world that manufacture high end semiconductor products, and the latter is in a dominant position worldwide due to its large orders and stable progress....

For those who are not up to date, Samsung, so far, has released four One UI 5.0 beta updates for the Galaxy S22 series in a few markets. There is still no word on whether the 4th beta will be the last one but given the current stability and status of the One UI 5.0 in 3rd beta, things are looking good. Samsung’s Dedication to Releasing Timely Updates Shows With One UI 5....

Save $105 on Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE this 4th of July and Experience One of the Best Android Tablets Around This tablet will retail for anything around $529 which means this deal is instantly saving you $105 without doing anything at all. Just choose your favorite color option and check out. Personally, I would go for the Mystic Black option as it offers that stealth look. The Galaxy Tab S7 FE is a massive tablet and it ships with a huge 12....

Snapdragon 7 Gen 1’s Adreno 662 GPU Is Now 20 Percent Faster in Graphics Performance Compared to the Snapdragon 778G The Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 features a Kryo CPU cluster with up to a 2.40GHz clock speed and is paired with the Adreno 662 GPU. Though Qualcomm does not provide information on how fast this CPU cluster is, it does state that the GPU is 20 percent faster than the unit running in the Snapdragon 778G....

For my brief hands-on with Soul Hackers 2, I picked up the controller as a Ringo already around level 15, indicating that this was well after the combat and fusion tutorials that introduced this specific title. My Atlus guide wanted to emphasize that the cast of Soul Hackers 2 is aged up and well out of high school. When taking some free time to speak with your fellow party members and build a rapport (Soul levels mark this title’s version of Confidants and Social links), the party member I spoke with shared a few choice words regarding beer and their drinks of choice....