Microsoft employees spend their time on the same internet as we do, and they know its memes. They’ve seen all our jokes about the Xbox Series X looking like a fridge, and they’ve acknowledged them before . But now they’re upping the meme game themselves by fully leaning into their console’s reputation and making an actual, functioning, full-sized refrigerator that looks like an Xbox Series X. And if you’re lucky enough, you can take it
Microsoft Giving Away Full-sized Xbox Series X Fridge
Dell XPS 13 Review: Enter Tiger Lake
Our Verdict
The Dell XPS 13 looks and feels premium and packs an impressively bright screen with a 16:10 aspect ratio that’s great for productivity. But port selection is limited and doesn’t include USB Type-A.
For
- Beautiful look
- Bright, tall screen
- Solid typing experience
Against
- Poor port selection
- Sluggish SSD compared to rivals
Noctua Adds NH-D15S & NH-U9S to Chromax.Black Lineup
You may be a fan of Noctua's prowess when it comes to silent operation, but not everybody is fond of the company's classy brown-and-beige theme. Now, Noctua is expanding its lineup of Chromax.black CPU coolers with the NH-D15S chromax.black and NH-U9S chromax.black , giving you a few more options to choose from.
These coolers are identical to their standard, non-blacked out variants, other
Best Buy US Lists Five RTX 3070 Models and Their Associated Prices
Tomorrow's RTX 3070 launch is fast approaching, and in preparation, Best Buy has begun to reveal RTX 3070 listings in its online store. So far they have released pricing and product information on the Nvidia RTX 3070 Founders Edition, Gigabyte RTX 3070 Eagle, Gigabyte RTX 3070 Gaming, and two PNY RTX 3070 models.
The Founders Edition will cost $499.99 and is
AMD’s RX 6000 GPUs to Boost Perf With Ryzen 5000 CPUs via Smart Memory Access
AMD’s Radeon RX 6000 series launch revealed one exciting and somewhat unexpected new technology - AMD’s Radeon RX 6000 GPUs will now operate in tandem with AMD’s Ryzen 5000 processors (with the caveat that you need a 500-series motherboard) through a new Smart Access Memory feature that will boost gaming performance by enhancing data transfer between the CPU and GPU.
The announcement brings one of AMD’s key advantages into full
AMD Unveils Big Navi: RX 6900 XT, RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 Take On Ampere
AMD just dropped the Big Navi bombshell , which you can view above, detailing key specs for the Radeon RX 6800 XT, Radeon RX 6800… oh, and one more thing: Radeon RX 6900 XT. AMD is gunning for the top of the GPU benchmarks hierarchy and best graphics card lists in a big way.
The graphics card names aren't surprising, and most of the specs were at least guesstimated as far back as six months
Watch AMD's Radeon RX 6000 'Big Navi' RDNA 2 GPU Launch Here at 12pm ET
AMD will debut its new RDNA 2 architecture that will power its new RX 6000 series graphics cards, lovingly known as Big Navi in enthusiast circles, today at 12pm ET. We've embedded the video below so you can watch the event unfold in real-time. Also, also keep your eyes peeled for our ongoing coverage both during and after the event.
Nvidia's Ampere GPU launch reset our expectations for performance and pricing for gaming GPUs, upsetting our
HDMI 2.1 Bug Is Glitching 4K 120Hz Support on Nvidia Ampere GPUs and Xbox Series X
According to a report from heise.de , a German news outlet, a bug in HDMI 2.1 outputs on select AV receivers is causing black screens when enabling 4K 120Hz capabilities on Nvidia's Ampere graphics cards or Microsoft's Xbox Series X.
As it turns out, this issue specifically impacts HDMI 2.1 chips from Panasonic, which are installed in Denon, Marantz, and Yamaha AV receivers. For some reason, the chips cannot display the 4
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Specifications Seemingly Confirmed Through GPU-Z
It would appear that an anonymous user has validated the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti through the GPU-Z utility. Matthew Smith , who maintains the CPU and GPU database at TechPowerUp, spotted the GPU-Z submission , which was uploaded just two days ago.
Being unreleased hardware, GPU-Z didn't pick up the model of the graphics card. The only lead comes from the sender itself, who claims that the unknown device is a Nvidia RTX 3
Seagate: We Are On Track with 20TB HAMR HDDs in December
Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology is expected to enable rather massive increase of hard drives capacity in the coming years. It took the industry several decades to develop this technology and its mass roll-out was delayed several times. In fact, Western Digital even decided to use energy-assisted perpendicular magnetic recording (ePMR) and microwave-assisted (MAMR) technologies before moving on to HAMR. Yet, its rival Seagate is on track to introduce HAMR-based HDDs this year