Street Fighter IV is one of the least demanding games featured in this review and as a result the Radeon HD 5450 was able to render an average of 30.8fps at 1440x900.
In fact, at 2560x1600 where the Radeon HD 5770 rendered an average of 74fps, the Radeon HD 4860 was just 2fps faster and the GeForce GTX 260 5fps faster. This meant at this extreme resolution the Radeon HD 5770 was just 6% slower than the GeForce GTX 260. When testing with S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky we see quite different performance trends at 1680x1050 and 2560x1600, as graphics cards with smaller memory capacities appear to suffer when using extreme resolutions....
In its annual Cost of a Data Breach Report, IBM Security said the global average cost of a data breach is $4.35 million. That’s an increase of 2.6 percent from $4.24 million last year and is up 12.7 percent from $3.86 million in the 2020 report. Worse yet, 60 percent of organizations that participated in the study said decisions to raise prices were directly related to security breaches. Note that this is only the average....
The Beoplay Portal headset was designed as a higher-end choice for Xbox players looking for something more than the Xbox Wireless Headset. Despite being designed for Xbox, Bang & Olufsen’s gaming headset was also compatible with Bluetooth-compatible devices like tablets, phones, consoles and PCs. However, this was only possible through Bluetooth 5.1 and aptX Adaptive, preventing users from gaming in wireless mode without latency. As an alternative, gamers could use the USB-C port to reduce latency at the cost of a cable....
Depending on where in the country you live, you might have the nagging feeling that portions of the United States have broken clean off. Just up and decided to veer into their own orbits, consequences be damned. And, because any notion that these States aren’t United is a really uncomfortable one, a cacophony of voices all jostle to demonize their opposing factions. They say that the other side has selfishly detached themselves from the reality that we Americans are all supposed to share....
Manufacturers have tried to pretend like they’re not selling GPUs to cryptominers for the most part. Even Sapphire, which makes GPUs specifically for miners, doesn’t advertise them on their site. Both AMD and Nvidia try hard to get their GPUs into the hands of gamers—admittedly for business reasons, not altruistic ones. Biostar is an unfortunate exception. As VideoCardz points out, it’s been making motherboards for mining systems throughout the GPU shortage....
In October last year, the US surpassed China for the first time to become the global crypto mining leader. The Asian nation had spent months clamping down even harder on cryptocurrencies and even declared all transactions using the virtual currency illegal. China’s tightening grip on the industry saw its share of the global Bitcoin hashrate fall from 75% in September 2019 to zero. But the latest Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) report shows a resurgence in the country between September 2021 and January—it now stands at 21....
It was back in November when Blizzard announced its agreement with NetEase that allowed it to publish games in mainland China since 2008 would expire on January 23, 2023, after the two parties failed to reach a deal to renew the license. Blizzard at the time said it could not come to an agreement consistent with its “operating principles and commitments to players and employees.” Blizzard last month tried to extend the deal by six months so players could keep accessing its games while it searched for a new publishing partner, but a translation of a Blizzard post on World of Warcraft site Wowhead (via The Verge) revealed that NetEase did not accept its proposal to extend the service agreement following “extensive negotiations....
The scam involved taking over the social media accounts and pushing out messages with a link that claimed users could mint land in the upcoming Otherside metaverse. Those who clicked on the link and connected their MetaMask wallets found that their Bored Apes NFTs had been transferred to new, hacker-owned wallets, as had tokens from Mutant Apes and Bored Ape Kennel Club—projects that also come from Yuga Labs. “There is no mint going on today....
We started testing Brink last week soon after it was released and applied the first patch. Performance was significantly lower than it is today. Many of the high-end graphics cards became ~10% faster with the third patch, while some of the budget and mid-range cards witnessed as much as a 30% speed boost. The latest patch notes claim users will see improved performance when using Ambient Occlusion, a feature we enabled for our tests....
Compared to other low-end desktop CPUs, the encoding performance of the Athlon 5350 and Celeron J1900 in HandBrake was reasonable. The Athlon 5350 managed 70fps while the Celeron J1900 was slightly slower with 61fps and the Sempron 3850 crushed the A4-4000 with 57fps versus 48fps. The Athlon 5350 just managed to outperform the Celeron J1900 by 10% in the x264 HD Benchmark 5, but compared to the A4-4000, the Athlon 5350 was 16% slower in the first pass test and 51% slower than the A8-7600....
Once you’ve setup a clean workspace free of flammable objects, you can start putting everything together. The basic process looks like this: Press your stabilizers onto the PCB where needed Align your plate and solder in switches Secure the whole assembly into the case Install your keycaps Wood DZ60 keyboard by WarmCat There are few things you can do to make this even easier. The very first thing is to ensure you follow the above in the exact order....
Those concerned about power usage will have their eye on the Entry Level Rig, which consumed just 89 watts when under full load. The Budget Box used slightly more power at 102 watts, while the Enthusiast’s PC pulled 119 watts, the Luxury System consumed 143 watts and the Extreme Machine peaked at 233 watts. Keep in mind we are not using the GPUs in this test. When measuring power consumption while running the Hybrid x265 test, the Budget Box consumed a similar amount of power as the Enthusiast’s PC while the Extreme Machine consumed considerably more power than any other build....
Only the GeForce GTX 580 managed to average 60fps at this extreme resolution, while the GTX 570 dropped to 52fps and the Radeon HD 6970 rendered 51fps. While these cards all provided playable performance, others like the Radeon HD 5850, HD 6870 and GeForce GTX 470 started to struggle averaging scores in the low 40’s. Below them on the graph, many cards dipped down into the mid 20’s. Although the game still looks relatively smooth at 30fps, we found that the mouse movement felt very off, somewhat delayed if you will....
The collapse of TerraUSD in May led to decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Celsius freezing withdrawals, swaps, and transfers between customer accounts due to the “extreme market conditions.” The company filed for bankruptcy last week, leaving its users concerned about when, or if, they’ll get their money back. A lot cheaper than they used to be Bloomberg reports that Celsius’ mining subsidiary also filed for protection. Celsius Mining’s filing revealed it owns 80,850 rigs, 43,632 of which are in operation, and expects to run about 120,000 rigs and generate more than 10,000 coins by the end of this year....
China has long stood opposed to the CHIPS Act, which was signed into law this month, having previously called it “entrenched in the Cold-War and zero-sum game mentality.” Now, Yu Xiekang, vice chairman of the China Semiconductor Industry Association, has claimed (via Bloomberg) that the act is designed to give China’s rivals a helping hand, with parts of it discriminating against the Asian nation. The US has made similar claims against China, accusing it of boosting domestic firms such as SMIC with subsidies and other policy measures....
It seems China will soon be unable to manufacture its own advanced microchips. The US government has already imposed an export ban on KLA Corp, Lam Research Corp and Applied Materials, and now it’s time for Netherlands and Japan to embrace Washington’s decision to completely cut off Beijing from the international technology market for chipmaking machines. According to people familiar with the matter, in the coming weeks there will be a new announcement coming from Amsterdam and Tokyo: the two capitals will join Washington to extend control over the export of advanced chipmaking devices to China, a move which would spell doom for Beijing’s ambitions for a self-made technology future....
The launch announcement of Sonic Origins was greeted with enthusiasm by retro gaming fans, but that quickly turned to confusion and anger due to the selection of pre-order bonuses, DLC, and deluxe edition content so bewildering that it would make Ubisoft blush. Sega’s chart shows that the only thing buyers of the $39.99 standard edition of Sonic Origins get is the “main game.” There will also be three pieces of DLC, one of them available only to those who pre-order the standard or $44....
The motherboard tray also has a large hole in it behind the CPU socket allowing the installation and removal of aftermarket coolers without having to remove the motherboard first. Although accessing the drives internally isn’t easy outright, the motherboard tray can be removed by undoing four thumbscrews, and that lets you get hands on with the 2.5", 3.5" and 5.25" bays. There is a surprisingly large amount of room under the motherboard tray considering the HAF XB only accommodates two 5....
The AMD Phenom II X4 965 was next in line with 13.1GB/s, which was matched by the Core i5 650, while the lower clocked Phenom II X4 925 produced 13GB/s. The dual-core processors were noticeably slower, though the Core i3 540 and Phenom II X2 555 did quite well with a bandwidth of roughly 11GB/s. The old LGA775 processors which do not feature an on-die memory controller were by far the weakest performers in the SiSoftware Sandra 2010 memory bandwidth test....
