VESA: There is no “DisplayHDR 2000” tier in the VESA DisplayHDR specification

VESA Addresses Use of Illegitimate DisplayHDR 2000 Logo

VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) has today confirmed that two ultra-wide 5K monitors that we covered last week do not actually have DisplayHDR 2000 certification, simply because it does not exist.

The logo of DisplayHDR 2000 had appeared on two Taboabo pages featuring Samsung Odyssey G9 2021 and ACER EI491CRG9 32:9 ultra-wide monitors. Those monitors allegedly had a peak brightness of

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ASUS TUF Dash F15 laptop with GeForce RTX 3050 graphics listed by Amazon

ASUS TUF Dash F15 with unreleased GeForce RTX 3050 listed

Official ASUS store on Amazon now lists a laptop with upcoming GeForce graphics.

ASUS TUF Dash F15 with RTX 3050 had already appeared on our website. ASUS inadvertently listed this laptop on its website with RTX 3050 graphics before NVIDIA even had the chance to officially introduce the new series. At this moment is unclear when exactly NVIDIA is planning to launch its new entry-level GPUs but one would guess it will

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Intel

NVIDIA CEO is confident the company will complete ARM acquisition in 2022

NVIDIA CEO says the acquisition of ARM should complete in 2022

One of the biggest takeovers in the silicon industry could be completed in 2022, says Jensen Huang.

Update : British Government today issued a public interest intervention notice in opposition to the proposed acquisition:

On 19 April 2021, the Secretary of State issued a public interest intervention notice (PIIN), confirming that he is intervening in the sale on national security grounds. In reaching this decision, he considered advice received from

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AMD RDNA2 and NVIDIA Ampere GPU memory latency has been tested

AMD RDNA2 memory latency better than NVIDIA Ampere

AMD’s last level cache called Infinity Cache appears to show a clear advantage over NVIDIA Ampere, a work-in-progress GPU memory latency test from Chips and Cheese appears to indicate.

The tech site has developed a simple pointer chasing benchmark written in OpenCL which measures the latency in GPU memory cache. The test reveals that despite featuring a third-level cache that the competitor’s GPU lack, AMD RDNA2 based Radeon RX 6800 XT has the

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(PR) EK announces water blocks for ASUS Radeon RX 6800/6900 TUF graphics cards

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EK ROLLS OUT TUF WATER BLOCKS FOR ASUS TUF RX 6800 AND 6900 GPUS

EK®, the leading computer cooling solutions provider, is launching the new EK-Quantum Vector TUF water blocks made for the ASUS® TUF version of the AMD® Radeon™ RX 6800/6900 Series graphics cards.

EK-Quantum Vector TUF RX 6800/6900 Water Blocks

These 2nd-generation EK-Quantum Vector water blocks

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ASUS CMP 30HX mining card features ARGB lighting

ASUS CMP 30HX mining card

ASUS mining card to launch in May.

We received photos of the upcoming cryptocurrency mining card from ASUS. This model features the same design as GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER DUAL EVO series, but there are some minor changes. First and foremost, this graphics card lacks any display output capability. There are no display connectors on the I/O bracket, which renders this card useless for any gaming task.

The CMP 30HX features a dual-fan and 2.

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Intel

Pre-binned Intel Rocket Lake-S CPUs are now available, Core i9-11900K @ 5.1 GHz for 880 USD

Pre-binned Rocket Lake-S CPUs from Silicon Lottery are out for grabs

It’s always interesting to see how much overclocking potential does each generation of CPUs has on a bigger scale. Silicon Lottery is a retailer that specializes in the binning process of AMD and Intel processors. After the release of each CPU series the company then proceeds to verify how much performance it can guarantee to its customers through overclocking after a rigorous stress test.

Although the Intel Rocket Lake-S CPUs have been released last month it took nearly

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MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12GB spotted during transit

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3X 12GB OC

It seems that manufacturers have already begun shipping GeForce RTX 3080 Ti to distribution centers.

A shipment of new MSI graphics cards is heading to Los Angeles. Large boxes with GeForce RTX 3080, RTX 3090, Radeon RX 580, and even GeForce GT 710 are heading to the USA. Interestingly one of the boxes also features yet unreleased GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3

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NVIDIA’s whole GeForce RTX 30 lineup to receive new GPU revisions with cryptomining limiter?

NVIDIA preparing a new wave of Ampere GPUs

Not just RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3060 will feature a Cryptocurrency mining limiter.

At least three sources have now confirmed that NVIDIA is refreshing its lineup with newer Ampere graphics processing unit revisions. We have already reported last month that NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will feature a cryptomining limiter, just as the GeForce RTX 3060 did. Just shortly after this leak, NVIDIA accidentally released a driver that removed the limitation on RTX 3


Acer EI491CRG9 49-inch 5K ultra-wide monitor features VESA DisplayHDR 2000 certification

ACER super-wide monitor with Mini LED and DisplayHDR 2000 certification

Chinese retailer is now offering an unreleased Acer monitor called EI491CRG9 for preorder.

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