The new firmware update weighs in at roughly 914MB, and those hoping for the highly-requested VRR update (Variable Refresh Rate) will be disappointed to learn that this new system version ain’t that update. At least, the release notes for this firmware version don’t make mention of VRR support. Instead, the official release notes for this new system update only mentioned improved system performance once more. Oh well, we guess it’s just not another stability update....

NIO (NYSE:NIO), one of the largest electric vehicle manufacturers in China, is about to add a sizable tech premium to its valuation as it gears up to launch its own smartphone. We had noted persistent rumors around NIO’s smartphone plans in a dedicated post back in February. Well, the company’s CEO William Li just confirmed those rumors on a talk show, as per the reporting by the China-based news outlet, Sina....

This time around, the focus will be more on streamlining the player experience and providing more options for different types of players. As such, in a new Eurogamer interview with Hello Games boss Sean Murray, he promises ver. 4.0 will bring refinement to the game’s tutorial. A new “Relaxed Mode” is also being added, for players who just want to see the game’s content without a lot of grinding. “When we [originally] launched we made the game a little bit more difficult and more grindy, perhaps, because we didn’t have the breadth of content [we do now]....

The folks at GameXplain compared No More Heroes III running on Switch and PS5, and the game does indeed look a lot better on Sony’s console. Granted, the basic assets are still relatively simple, but the resolution is much higher (4K/60fps on PS5) lighting is more detailed, and performance is much smoother in the open world (even on Switch, framerates were solid during combat). You can check out the comparison for yourself, below....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 ‘Ada Lovelace’ GPUs Rumored For September Launch, Flagship AD102 Chip Could Consume Over 800 Watts of Power There have been multiple reports that NVIDIA’s next-gen GeForce RTX 40 GPUs based on the Ada Lovelace graphics architecture are going to be insanely fast and insanely power hungry. Now the latest rumors coming from Kopite7kimi and Greymon55 seem to point out that the flagship GPU, the AD102, could consume over 800 Watts of power....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Custom Model From Gigabyte Listed: Windforce 3X, Gaming OC & AORUS Flavors In The Works Update: Australian retailers have also started listing the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 lineup with their preliminary prices which should not be taken as the final MSRP or price. Australian retailers, PCAOS, and Computersperth have listed the cards for prices up to $4550 AUD which converts to over $3000 US. Following is the retailer price list:...

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Graphics Card Over Twice As Fast As RTX 3090 In Control With Raytracing & DLSS Enabled at 4K Resolution, Allegedly Update: The source has pointed out that the graphics card might be the full AD102 variant so we may be talking about the RTX 4090 Ti instead of the RTX 4090 non-Ti. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card is going to be the green team’s flagship offering for 2022....

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:...