Monthly Archives: January, 2020

Samsung Unveils 49″ Gaming Monitor with DQHD (5120×1440) Panel and 240 Hz Refresh Rate

TechJanuary 3, 2020

The G9 Odyssey is a 32:9 HDR1000 monitor that can supposedly hit refresh rates of up to 240 Hz, but that would require HDMI 2.1, which no GPU supports yet.

DICE’s Los Angeles Branch Getting Vince Zampella

GamingJanuary 3, 2020

Vince Zampella will oversee DICE's newest branch in Los Angeles. As co-founder of EA's Respawn studio he has plenty of experience with successful gaming franchises.

Samsung Starts Producing 3nm Node

TechJanuary 3, 2020

The battle for nanometer node supremacy continues as Samsung has begun manufacturing with the world's first 3nm node process.

NVIDIA’s 7 Nm Ampere GPUs Will “Boost Performance by 50% and Halve Power Consumption”

TechJanuary 2, 2020

The claim was made by Yuanta Securities Investment Consulting, one of Taiwan's biggest financial groups. Ampere is tapped for release in the second half of this year.

Memory Chipmakers Are Warning That NAND Flash Prices Could Increase Up to 40% in 2020

TechJanuary 2, 2020

System builders may want to stock up on SSDs. Sources claim that contract prices for NAND memory could balloon dramatically over the new year.

LG Display Will Show Off a Rollable OLED TV That Unravels like a Projector Screen at CES

TechJanuary 2, 2020

The company will also unveil two new "Cinematic Sound" OLED displays that can be hung like wallpaper, as well as a 48-inch OLED TV. (The current lineup starts at 55 inches.)

Intel Frost Canyon Based NUC 10 Now Available

TechJanuary 2, 2020

Back in November Intel released information for their upcoming NUC 10 kits and mini pc's and now they've begun to show up at various retailers.

Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Is Coming to 4K Blu-ray as a 27-Disc Box Set on March 31, 2020

CultureJanuary 1, 2020

The original and prequel Star Wars trilogies are finally getting a proper 4K release as part of a limited-edition box set that will be sold exclusively at Best Buy.

Intel Core i9-10900K Boasts Up to 30 Percent Faster Performance (according to Internal Testing)

TechJanuary 1, 2020

Based on the company's own tests, Intel's flagship Comet Lake-S part is up to 30% faster than the i9-9900K in threaded workloads. This is with security patches applied.

Get Your Free Copies of “Darksiders,” “Darksiders II,” and “Steep” on the Epic Games Store

GamingJanuary 1, 2020

The Epic Games Store's "12 Days of Free Games" promotion may have ended, but the storefront is feeling extra generous. Three more games are now up for grabs until Jan. 9.

AMD Announces Press Conference at CES: Company to “Push the Envelope Yet Again” in 2020

TechJanuary 1, 2020

AMD will be holding its press conference on Monday, Jan 6. The company foresees an "incredible year for high-performance computing," alluding to some big announcements.