The GTX 660 consumed 6% less power than the GTX 660 Ti under load with a total system consumption of 292 watts. Nvidia’s new card consumed 6% more power than the HD 7850 consumed under the same conditions, but it also delivered 10% more performance on average (13% faster in Crysis 2, the game we used for our stress test). However, compared to the GTX 660 Ti, the GTX 660 doesn’t fare quite as well – at least not at first glance....
Dirt 3 favors Nvidia GPUs, so it’s no surprise that the GTX 660 Ti managed to outpace even the HD 7950. It was also 11% faster than the HD 7870 and 3% faster than the 7950 at 1920x1200. On the flip side, we’ve found that Dirt Showdown favors AMD and as a result, the GTX 660 Ti was 21% slower than the HD 7870.
One likely explanation is the value of the Euro versus the American dollar has fallen nearly seven percent in the past year. Nvidia, an American company, could be adjusting its European prices by a corresponding amount so that they’re back in line with the American prices. It’s not a particularly common practice, but it’s not unheard of. One GPU is notably absent from this table – the RTX 3060. It had a price of €329 or £299 until a few days ago when Nvidia removed its European and British MSRPs from their websites....
It’s been a bit over a month since Nvidia unveiled their H100 server accelerator based on the Hopper architecture, and so far, we’ve only seen renders of it. That changes today, as ServeTheHome has just shared pictures of the card in its SXM5 form factor. The GH100 compute GPU is fabricated on TSMC’s N4 process node and has an 814 mm2 die size. The SXM variant features 16896 FP32 CUDA cores, 528 Tensor cores, and 80GB of HBM3 memory connected using a 5120-bit bus....
However the RevoDrive X2 240GB only matched the Vertex 2 Pro 100GB in the 8K, 2K and 1K data tests. This could be the reason for its less-than-stellar real world performance. We found the same when testing with the Atto Disk Benchmark. The OCZ RevoDrive X2 240GB reached 718MB/s when using the 128K sample data and this number steadily decreased with the file size. The 8K, 2K, and 1K tests all showed the RevoDrive X2 240GB to be no faster than a single Vertex 2 Pro....
Previously the best performing SSD in this test was the Intel X25-M, with a throughput of 123MB/s in the Windows Defender test and 119MB/s for the Windows Vista Startup test. The OCZ Summit crushed those numbers, delivering 46% more performance in the Defender test and 37% more in the Startup test. The OCZ Summit continues to impress in PCmark Vantage as it crushes the previous champion, the Intel X25-M. The Summit also proved to be a far superior performer when compared to the Vertex in this particular test, delivering 47% more performance in the application loading test....
In the random 512K test the OCZ Vertex LE is again able to roughly match the results produced by the Vertex 2 Pro. The drive showed 30% faster write speeds than Intel’s X25-M G2. Although read speeds of the Vertex LE were similar to those of the X25-M G2, it beat the original Vertex by a 25% performance margin here. The random 4K performance test saw the Vertex LE overtake the Vertex 2 Pro in write performance, while it was considerably slower when measuring read speeds....
On Friday, Valve announced that Steam Deck repair centers are now open. When a customer contacts support and ships a unit to Valve, the company will diagnose an issue and determine a fee based on the warranty and repairs needed. Something like an occasional button input problem would fall under warranty, which Valve will repair and return to the customer for free. Something like a pet destroying a thumbstick would be an out-of-warranty condition and would face a repair charge....
It’s always tough to recommend budget smartphones to prospective buyers. For less than $200 (no contract) there are a few standout offerings - the excellent Moto G4 Play is one such example at $150 - but the situation is more complicated in the $200 to $300 price bracket. It’s almost always better to purchase a last-generation flagship over a current-gen mid-range device in the $200 to $300 market. Here we see a mix of new mid-range devices competing against last-generation flagships at reduced prices, and the latter usually win....
When OnePlus revealed the OnePlus 10 Pro earlier this year, there was no word on availability outside the Chinese market. At MWC 2022, the company made several announcements related to the future of the OnePlus brand and confirmed the global release path for the OnePlus 10 Pro. The new flagship phone is set to arrive in the North American, European, and Indian markets in March. OnePlus founder and CEO Pete Lau says the decision to roll out the OnePlus 10 Pro in China first doesn’t mean that Oppo’s independent sub-brand has lost interest in the US and global markets....
The ESA is partnering with ReedPop on E3 2023. As you may know, ReedPop is the veteran event production company behind other major shows including the Star Wars Celebration, PAX events and New York Comic Con. “With the support and endorsement of the ESA, we’re going to build a world class event to serve the global gaming industry in new and broader ways than we already do at ReedPop through our portfolio of world leading events and web sites,” said ReedPop President Lance Fensterman....
We get over 700 nits of sustained brightness and 1000 nits peak, so Philips has smashed that target. We also see an increased color space of 145% sRGB, a 10-bit panel through FRC, and local dimming. However the big omission here is an FALD or full array local dimming backlight; the Momentum 43 only features edge lit dimming in 32 zones. So unfortunately this panel doesn’t meet everything in my HDR checklist....
Last week, Sony said it will have more than 20 major first-party and third-party games ready at launch. For comparison, the first-gen headset landed with over 40 titles to choose from but most amounted to tech demos or mini games to familiarize players with the platform. Sony will host its next State of Play later this week on June 2. The presentation will feature nearly 30 minutes of PlayStation-related announcements and updates plus a sneak peek at several games in development for the PlayStation VR2....
I can’t stress enough of the importance of the Thunderbolt 3 Type-C port as it really adds a lot of future-proofing to the system. The interface is really gaining lots of momentum and I suspect it’ll only be a matter of time before it becomes the de facto I/O port. To put it to the test, I used a Thunderbolt 3-to-HDMI adapter to connect a Dell UltraSharp 32-inch 4K monitor to the Blade....
The box containing the Razer Deathstalker V2 Pro is the usual fare you’d find on an expensive high-end keyboard, covered in phrases about its laser-etched keycaps and ultra-long 40-hour battery life. There’s also mention of the “high-peformance wireless.” Yes, it does say “peformance” instead of “performance.” Razer has apologized for the error on Twitter, writing that the packaging does not meet its own meticulous design standards. Most companies would scrap the packaging that’s already been created and start again, but Razer says such an action would not be “in line with our sustainability commitment....
The researchers in question have developed a method of device identification that they call “DrawnApart.” This strategy takes traditional browser fingerprinting tech, which tends to become obsolete the longer a fingerprint is in use and kicks things up a notch by identifying a user’s device based on the “unique properties” of its GPU stack. Ordinarily, browser fingerprints tend to get confused over time as users with similar devices with similar hardware enter a given website....
New Scientist reports that photosynthesis research group the Howe Lab from Cambridge University was able to power a computer for six months using a colony of non-toxic photosynthetic algae called Synechocystis sealed within a small container about the size of an AA battery. The computer in question was obviously not a high-end gaming rig or even a low-end machine; it was an Arm Cortex-M0+ processor commonly found in Internet of Things devices....
The way Moonwalkers work is simple. Sensors in each skate measure the user’s gait. Built-in AI algorithms calculate the walker’s speed and acceleration and fluidly adjust motor speed automatically, so the change doesn’t create a shift in balance. All the user has to do to control speed is to walk faster or slower to accelerate or decelerate. Each Mookwalker has 10 polyurethane wheels. Electric motors on each skate power eight of the wheels for up to six miles on a single charge (about an hour)....
VK said on its website that its apps, which include Mail.ru, VK Music, and Youla classifieds, are blocked by Apple but continue to work on devices that already have them installed. However, it did warn that there may be “be difficulties with notifications and payments.” “In recent months, key updates have been implemented on our main products, which will allow the apps to remain relevant for a long time,” VK wrote....
Facebook and Instagram sent emails to content moderators earlier this month informing them that due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the social media sites were to allow posts that would normally violate their rules on violent speech, such as “death to the Russian invaders.” It was also reported that calls for violence against Russian leaders such as Putin were allowed, but Meta later claimed this wasn’t the case Meta’s actions led to a lawsuit filed by state prosecutors that sought to ban the company’s activities on Russian territory, writes Reuters....
