Monthly Archives: January, 2020

New PSU Standard Launching This Year: Intel’s ATX12VO Promises Better Efficiency, Lower Costs

TechJanuary 22, 2020

ATX12VO throws out the 3.3V/5V rails and provides 12V of power only (down-conversion is handled by the motherboard). The 24-pin ATX connector is also replaced with a 10-pin one.

Netflix Changes Its Metric for Measuring Viewership

CultureJanuary 22, 2020

The streaming service arena expanded considerably throughout 2018 and 2019. This in turn has created increased competition for Netflix.

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.1.3 Adds Support for RX 5600 XT, Various Game Fixes

TechJanuary 21, 2020

AMD's latest Adrenalin driver adds support for its new mid-tier GPU and fixes various game issues, such as crashing in Nioh, WWE 2K20, Dead or Alive 6, and other titles.

Microsoft Is Testing a New, Groundbreaking Feature for WordPad: Ads for Office Web Apps

TechJanuary 21, 2020

The banner ads prompt users into dumping WordPad for Microsoft's modern, web-based office apps, which are free to use ("Try Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for free online").

Intel Plans to Cut CPU Prices in H2 2020 to Fend Off AMD Ryzen’s Climbing Market Share

TechJanuary 21, 2020

The decision isn't surprising, as the price/performance ratio of AMD's Ryzen lineup is something that Intel can't currently match.

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Launch Review Round Up

TechJanuary 21, 2020

The embargo has been lifted on the Radeon RX 5600 XT, AMD's so-called "Ultimate" 1080p gaming card. There are no reference cards this time...

Valve Makes Entire Half-Life Series Free to Play in Lead Up to VR Prequel, Half-Life: Alyx

GamingJanuary 21, 2020

To prepare gamers for Half-Life: Alyx, Valve has made the original Half-Life and its sequels free to play. The promotion will end in March when Alyx is released.

XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT THICC II Pro Review

Video CardsJanuary 21, 2020

Ultimate 1080p Gaming Introduction AMD is on a roll, there’s a lot of momentum behind the company, and we’ve seen the fruits of their labor with...

Big Navi Reportedly Sent Out for Testing to North America

TechJanuary 21, 2020

On the heels of leaks about NVIDIA's RTX3080/3070 GPUs there's news about AMD's forthcoming Big Navi. Guru3d has reported on an interesting post from Chinese website Chip Hell.

NVIDIA Prepping Mobile GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER with Max-Q Design for Gaming Laptops

TechJanuary 20, 2020

According to a new Geekbench entry, NVIDIA's new supercharged RTX 2080 mobile variant features 48 compute units, a maximum frequency of 1.23 GHz, 8 GB of memory, and an 80 W TGP.

Netflix Acquires Streaming Rights to All of Studio Ghibli’s Legendary Animated Features

CultureJanuary 20, 2020

Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Kiki’s Delivery Service, and all of Studio Ghibli's other animated classics are coming to Netflix. Unfortunately, US, Canada, and Japan are excluded.

NVIDIA Extends Pascal’s Legacy with New Entry-Level GeForce MX350, MX330 Laptop GPUs

TechJanuary 20, 2020

NVIDIA's Pascal GPU architecture may have debuted years ago, but it's still alive and kicking. Green team's next round of low-powered MX350 and MX330 mobile GPUs are proof of this.

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