AMD Plants Big Navi Radeon 6000 Easter Egg in Fortnite

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It's not unusual to see manufacturers wait on each other's launches before starting their own. This is particularly true in the realm of graphics cards . Now that Nvidia has spent some time in the spotlight with Ampere, it looks like AMD is spooling up its launch program for its Big Navi series of graphics cards, too, as told by an easter egg planted by AMD in a Fortnite map.

The Easter egg was found by a streamer passing through the AMD Battle Arena that


SK Hynix Gold P31 M.2 NVMe SSD Review: High-Performance, Unprecedented Efficiency

Our Verdict

The first SSD with 128-layer NAND, SK Hynix’s Gold P31 delivers great performance and power efficiency for the money.

For

  • Top-tier performance
  • Unprecedented power efficiency
  • Competitive endurance & 5-year warranty
  • Single sided-form factor
  • Low cost

Against

  • Lacks AES 256-bit encryption
  • Unsightly green PCB
  • Lacks SSD toolbox

SK

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Nvidia RTX 3080, 3090 Share Reference Board Design, EKWB Confirms

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EK Water Blocks has long promised that it would be shipping water blocks for the RTX 30xx series GPUs upon launch, so it's not a total surprise to see the Slovenian watercooling manufacturer list those products. However, what is surprising is what the listings tell us: the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 share the same board design.

Of course, before you shout at me that this isn't possible because the RTX 3090 is

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Aorus Says Its New Thin Laptop Is for Pro Gamers

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Aorus has a new gaming laptop that it says is for professional gamers. The Aorus 15P starts at $,1599.99 and uses a 10th Gen Intel Core i7 H-series CPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs all in a design that keeps it under 5 pounds and less than 1 inch thick.

Aorus 15P Specs


Aorus 15P WBAorus 15P KB
CPUIntel Core i7-10750H

Facebook's AR Smart Glasses Are Looking for a Surround Sound Experience

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The Facebook Reality Labs research team today highlighted new advancements on the audio front of their augmented reality (AR) work. The ultimate goal is to create a pair of AR glasses. These steps are part of the process to refining the end product.

Seeing Facebook bring more attention to AR is pretty exciting. Oculus has continued pushing virtual reality (VR) closer to the mainstream since being acquired by Facebook, making some of the best VR headsets on the market. That includes the


Raspberry Pi Flood Alert System Helps Protect Neighborhood

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While many Raspberry Pi projects are fun and whimsical, like this watermelon retro gaming rig , some of them are more serious and provide real-world solutions to help make our lives a little bit safer. Julian Brügger designed a flood alert system for his neighborhood that operates entirely on a Raspberry Pi.

Housed inside a weatherproof case, the alarm system is programmed to monitor the water levels of a river near Brügger's home. When the water level reaches


RTX 3080 Smashes Through Doom Eternal at Over 100 FPS in 4K

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In Nvidia's keynote launching the RTX 3090 , RTX 3080 and RTX 3070 , Nvidia hasn't shown actual frame rate numbers on games running on the RTX Ampere GPUs. That changes today. On the official GeForce YouTube channel , Nvidia shows off their RTX 3080 graphics card running Doom Eternal with a frame rate OSD at 4K resolution with maxed out graphics settings.


In the video, we can see the RTX 30

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EVGA Releases The Z490 Dark K|NGP|N Edition Motherboard For Overclocking Addicts

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EVGA has taken the wraps off a limited-edition of their Z490 Dark motherboard. The Z490 Dark K|NGP|N Edition, which is named after overclocking legend Vince "K|NGP|N" Lucido, arrives with Lucido's hand-signed signature on the packaging and improved memory support.

Although the Z490 Dark K|NGP|N Edition sports an unorthodox look

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MSI’s Stealth 15M Slips Tiger Lake, PCIe 4.0 Into ‘Thinnest 15 Inch Gaming Laptop’

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MSI’s new Stealth 15M looks to give Razer some slim competition in the 15-inch gaming portable space, while also bringing along speedy next-gen internal and external storage options. Maybe it will even knock Razer off our Best Gaming Laptops list. Weighing in at 3.7 pounds and just 0.63 inches thin according to MSI, the Stealth 15M is slightly thinner and substantially lighter than Razer’s Blade 15 Advanced (4.7

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MSI Enters the Boardroom With Tiger Lake Summit Business Laptops

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With the introduction of Tiger Lake comes new opportunities for laptop makers, and MSI today revealed that it’s taking the next generation of Intel chips as a chance to introduce a new line of laptops- the business-focused MSI Summit series.

The company reassures us that its gaming products aren’t going anywhere, but fans of Lucky the dragon might be disappointed. With the company’s push into business comes a new, dragon-less logo, but also some sleek new designs

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