Watch Dogs is only maxed out by the Core i5-4670K and Core i7-4790K, which is pretty incredible given that we are only using a single Radeon R9 280X. The Pentium G3258 is the slowest processor tested, while overclocking it to 4.4GHz only helps eke out a few more frames per second. At 1680x1050, the overclocked G3258 was 21% slower than the Core i3-4130 and 26% slower than the Core i5-4670K....
Team blue gave us a peek at Raptor Lake during the Intel Tech Tour 2022 in Israel. One slide showed that Intel is looking to beat rival AMD in terms of clock speeds with Raptor Lake. We know that the Ryzen 9 7950X is clocked up to 5.7 GHz, but Intel says its next chips can beat that by 300 MHz with a 6 GHz model. Intel never said which Raptor Lake SKU would have the 6 GHz stock speed or when it would arrive....
The publication reports that four researchers investigating the Lapsus$ attacks on behalf of the companies that were targeted say they believe the teenager is the mastermind. While they haven’t been able to conclusively link him with every hack claimed by the group, the investigators have used forensic evidence and public information to identify the teen. The suspect, who uses the online aliases “White” and “breachbase,” has not been accused by police of any crimes....
DigiTimes Asia reports that Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, and ASRock all saw significant growth in their graphics card shipments last year, and they’re expected to increase a further 10% throughout 2022. The usual demand from both enterprise and gaming industries, along with the rise in Covid-19 cases, component shortages, and logistical delays, are keeping graphics card prices high and availability low. However, shipments of cards are predicted to increase this year, and consumer demand is actually decreasing....
I’ll start with what I liked about the Agora. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the rear camera, and even though grain can be an issue in moderately lit conditions, it produces well exposed images in many circumstances. Compared to similarly priced devices the Agora definitely wins in this department, although it’s still several steps behind the high-end sector, as you’d expect. On the less surprising side, performance from the Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SoC inside, paired with 1 GB of RAM, is more than adequate for everyday tasks....
The performance of the X1 Carbon here is not surprising. As most Skylake and Kaby Lake U-series processors include the same GPU, the Core i5-7200U performs roughly the same as other Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs in GPU-limited workloads. The HD Graphics 620 GPU is suitable for rendering apps and basic 3D items at 1080p, though it’s not powerful enough for much else. Gaming, for example, is largely not possible on the ThinkPad X1 Carbon....
Chinese media recently reported that a 2.8-ton car levitated 35mm above a modified section of highway in eastern China. A separate test hit a maximum speed of 230kph (about 143mph). Researchers think applying maglev locomotion to cars could increase their range and longevity while consuming less energy. The tests occurred on a 7.9 km (5-mile) stretch of road in Jiangsu province, where researchers from Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu installed a permanent magnet array and conductor rail to enable maglev transportation....
Those with a new Ivy Bridge Core i7-3770K processor need not bother with overclocking as we saw the same performance at just 2.50GHz as we did at 4.50GHz when using the GeForce GTX 680. A similar situation was seen with the AMD FX-8150 which provided the same performance at its default operating frequency as it did at 4.50GHz. Scaling the frequency back to just 2.50GHz reduced the average frame rate by just 2fps....
At Meta Connect 2022, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the company’s latest virtual reality headset, the Quest Pro. It’s a standalone headset, just like the mass-market Quest 2 launched a couple of years ago, meaning that it doesn’t require a connection to a PC or console. Meta Quest Pro is the first device to use Qualcomm’s brand-new Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 1 platform, which reportedly provides 50 percent higher sustained power and 30 percent improved thermal performance compared to the Quest 2 chipset....
In a Wall Street Journal guest post, Smith wrote that Microsoft faces huge challenges in the gaming industry. He noted that when it comes to console gaming, the Xbox sits behind the PlayStation and Nintendo Switch, and that Microsoft has no presence in the mobile game industry, which generated 50% of the overall global gaming revenue, or $92.2 billion, in 2022. Smith noted that a significant portion of mobile gaming revenue goes to Google and Apple through app-store fees....
The strategic benefits are questionable and financially, Minecraft is worth maybe $1.8 billion — a valuation which assumes a sequel is as commercially successful as the original, and which assumes the intellectual property rights founder Markus Persson took out of Mojang are part of the transaction. A $1.8 billion valuation leaves $700 million that new revenue streams like additional merchandising, a successful movie, etc. are unlikely to cover. The best possible explanation might be that Microsoft is using its foreign cash reserves to pay for the acquisition — money that would be difficult for Microsoft to use domestically for tax reasons....
But the 2012 smartphone market is very different from 2011’s, and the Atrix HD has some seriously stiff competition in AT&T’s smartphone lineup with the Samsung Galaxy S III and the HTC One X. The Atrix HD has most of the specs to match the top tier Android smartphones, but does it put them together well enough to be a real competitor? The answer to that question is a bit of yes and a bit of no....
The MSM8226 in question contains a quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU clocked at up to 1.2 GHz, paired with an Adreno 305 GPU clocked at 450 MHz. Connectivity wise there’s single-band Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS+GLONASS, and HSPA+. There are several models of the Moto G 2014, with the global model packing HSPA+ on the 850, 900, 1900 and 2100 MHz bands, and the North American SKU adding 1700 MHz to the package....
MSI has just unveiled its new lineup of high-end gaming laptops, with the most impressive one being the Titan GT77 desktop replacement. The GT77 comes equipped with Intel’s 12th Gen processors, up to a Core i9-12900HX, with graphics going up to an RTX 3080 Ti. MSI’s OverBoost technology allows for a total power delivery of 250W to the CPU and GPU when the laptop is plugged in. It also features one PCIe 5....
As far as the quality of the display is concerned, it’s average in nearly every way. Measured using my i1DisplayPro, the GS40 Phantom output around 300 nits of brightness at maximum, which when paired with a matte finish is easily viewable in most situations. Viewing angles are okay, but not fantastic, and again should be fine for most situations. Color quality and accuracy is once again average. Using CalMAN 5’s comprehensive suite of tools, the GS40 reported near-full sRGB coverage using the sRGB display mode, although accuracy falls slightly behind some of the other laptops I’ve reviewed, including the Gigabyte P34W v5....
The harsh reality, however, is that most people can’t afford to spend a few thousand on a notebook computer, even if it’s on a solid gaming machine that doubles as a desktop replacement. To that end, today we’ll be checking out a portable from MSI that aims to deliver a similarly solid gaming experience without breaking the bank. The MSI GX60 is the latest entry in the company’s Gaming Series of notebooks....
When it comes to gaming the GeForce GTX 285 is the primary limitation at 2560x1600, which is why we also test at 1024x768. Using Unreal Tournament 3 for our test, all four test configurations delivered 110fps at 2560x1600. At 1024x768 the Phenom II X4 955 system rendered just 182fps, while the Asus P6T Deluxe managed 230fps and the MSI X58 Pro-E 239fps. The Asus P6T Deluxe was a bit faster than the X58 Pro-E Deluxe in Enemy Territory Quake Wars at both the tested resolutions....
Last week, security company Dvuln released a report on the multiple security flaws that make forging New South Wales digital drivers license (DDL) easy. This could be a big help to identity thieves and teenagers. A few months before the introduction of DDLs, a developer held a presentation at PyCon Australia pointing out flaws in their design and reported them to the government. Three years later, Dvuln has explained methods for forging them and pointed out unverified reports of minors using forged IDs....
Like other digital music players, the NW-A300 and NW-ZX700 can play streamed and downloaded music. They’re powered by Android 12, enabling support for apps such as Spotify, and, according to Sony, offer “evolutionary sound.” The much cheaper of the two Walkmans, the NW-A300, costs 46,000 yen (about $360) in Japan and 399 euros (about $430) in Europe. It has a small 56.6 × 98.5 × 12 mm footprint that Ars Technica notes is about the size of a pack of cards, a 3....
