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Smooth gameplay and cool visuals with RTX tech
RTX features appear in more than 700 games and apps these days. Every week brings new releases or announcements that include NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, and fancy ray-traced effects, making PC gaming better for people with GeForce RTX graphics cards. Coming up soon, DLSS 4 with multi-frame generation will boost performance in Steel Seed. You can play STORROR Parkour Pro right this minute with DLSS Frame Generation. New trailers showing off DLSS 4 have also appeared for both Cyberpunk 2077 and FragPunk. Steel Seed launches April 22nd from Storm in a Teacup and ESDigital Games. This stealth-action adventure takes place in a dark sci-fi world where humans nearly died out. Players control a character named Zoe, who teams up with KOBY, a...
Switch 2 gets cool upgrades and tons of new games
Nintendo plans to release the Switch 2 system on June 5 with a price tag of $449.99 across the United States. The new device features redesigned Joy-Con 2 controllers that work like a mouse in certain games and attach to the system with magnets. Players will notice faster processing speeds and better visuals on a larger screen with brighter colors and sharper details. You can enjoy both new Nintendo Switch 2 games and many titles from your current Nintendo Switch collection, plus connect with friends through exciting new options. Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa stated that Nintendo Switch 2 advances home gaming that travels with you, building on eight years of play experiences that started with the original Switch. He believes...
Acer Predator and Nitro RX 9070 Cards Get Price Hikes
Acer showed off new Predator BiFrost and Nitro Radeon RX 9070 Series graphics cards about two weeks ago. They came late to AMD's RDNA 4 party but made waves with four high-end models. The Predator BiFrost Radeon RX 9070 OC 16 GB and Nitro Radeon RX 9070 XT OC 16 GB stand out because they reach super fast 3100 MHz boost speeds. Acer kept quiet about prices back when they first appeared. Overclockers UK recently started taking pre-orders for all four cards. This same store made news by building a huge cube out of many Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 9070 XT boxes right before launch day. They seemed ready, with plenty of different models from various companies, but customers bought them faster than expected on release day. The British store has...
PocketCloud Makes NAS Storage Portable and Simple
StationPC has started selling PocketCloud on Kickstarter. This small device works as the first truly portable NAS storage anyone can carry around. You can back up your files anywhere without hassle. The special launch price starts at $199 instead of the regular $299 price tag. PocketCloud makes storing data easy for everyone. It fits in your pocket yet delivers strong performance when you need to save important files. The small size beats old bulky NAS systems that stay in one place. Photographers and other creative people will love carrying their backup system wherever they go. Setting up PocketCloud takes just one click, unlike other storage systems that need complex setup steps. It comes with a small screen and a turning knob that...
Qualcomm picks up MovianAI for more AI power
Qualcomm just bought the MovianAI Artificial Intelligence Application and Research JSC from the Vingroup family. This company used to be the generative AI part of VinAI Application and Research JSC. VinAI stands out because it knows its stuff about generative AI, machine learning, computer vision, and how computers understand language. When you mix what VinAI can do with what Qualcomm has learned over decades, you end up with some amazing new ideas. Qualcomm has teamed up with Vietnamese tech companies for more than twenty years to create cool new products. Their work on 5G, AI, IoT, and car tech has helped Vietnamese information and communication technology grow quickly. They have also helped Vietnamese businesses sell their products...
Atomfall Hits 1 Million Players in Record Time
Rebellion reached a huge milestone with their brand new game, Atomfall. Players flocked to this British adventure fast—over 1.5 million people jumped in during the first few days after release. This British video game developer hit its biggest success ever across its entire 32-year history. The game takes place in northern England and connects with audiences immediately. Jason Kingsley, who runs Rebellion as CEO, feels thrilled about these results. He explained that being an independent company lets them create unique games like Atomfall. The game celebrates everything British - from beautiful countryside landscapes to references from classic British entertainment. The team plans to keep adding more content based on this amazing start...
New ROG Strix OLED Monitor for Gaming and Everyday Fun
ASUS just released a new gaming monitor called the ROG Strix OLED XG27UCDMG. This 27-inch 4K OLED screen sits right below their top model but costs less at $999. The company made this screen for gamers who want something great for playing games, watching videos, and doing everyday computer stuff. They packed it with their fourth-generation QD-OLED tech, which shows super crisp images with 166 pixels in every inch. The screen comes with special OLED Care Pro features to keep it safe from damage. A smart sensor called Neo Proximity can tell when you walk away and turns the screen black to protect it, then brings your picture back when you return. Both this model and the more expensive one will get better sensor software updates next...
Adobe and NVIDIA Make 422 Color Formats a Breeze
Adobe recently added 4:2:2 video color support to Premiere Pro and Adobe Media Encoder. NVIDIA plans to make its GeForce RTX 50-series and RTX Pro Blackwell GPUs work perfectly with these formats. The new Blackwell GPUs include 9th Gen NVENC and 6th Gen NVDEC video boosters plus display engines that handle 4:2:2 color formats. These formats create smaller files than 4:4:4 versions yet offer better color depth compared to 4:2:0 formats. When you use 10 bits per cell with 4:2:2, you keep more color information than 8 bits per cell with 4:2:0. Video professionals will notice much better chroma keying, which helps replace green screen backgrounds more effectively. Anyone using GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs with Windows 11 can enjoy hardware...
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE with bigger display and AI perks
Samsung just released two new tablets, the Galaxy Tab S10 FE and Galaxy Tab S10 FE+. These tablets give people a cheaper way to join the Galaxy family without losing premium quality. The Tab S10 FE+ comes with the biggest screen ever seen on an FE tablet. It has smaller edges around the display that make everything look more exciting, whether you watch videos, study, or finish everyday tasks. Samsung packed these tablets with smart features that help users do more things easily, plus they made them thinner for better carrying. Changtae Kim from Samsung said these new tablets bring advanced mobile AI experiences to more users. He believes the skinny borders around the screen and bigger displays will push people to create more and try...
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