Winter Wonderland: Asus Lists ROG Strix RTX 2080 Super White Edition

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Over the wintry weekend, Asus fittingly and quietly listed its ROG Strix RTX 2080 Super White Edition , which is (as you guessed) a white take on an RTX 2080 Super.

For many desktop PCs , a white graphics card could clash or look out of place. But for those who like to stand out more, as well as the niche group of PC builders striving to build white-themed systems, this card is a standout. When it comes

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Steam Had More Active Users Than Ever on Sunday

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Steam has achieved a record-level number of active users, ticking in at a 24-hour peak of 18,801,944 players at 8:20 a.m. Central Time on February 2, 2020, as announced via the SteamDB Twitter account Tuesday. At this time, the number of actual in-game users hit 5,956,968.

This figure beats the previous record set on January

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ASRock X570 Steel Legend WiFi ax Review: Legendary Value For Ryzen 3000?

Our Verdict

Though it’s not ideal for some of the fancier graphics and storage options of the high-end market, the X570 Steel Legend offers Ryzen 3000 buyers great stability and efficiency at a reasonable price.

For

  • Mid-sized voltage regulator on a value-priced board
  • Good overall performance
  • Excellent efficiency

Against

  • Fixed x16/x4 pathways on the two long PCIe slots
  • One-piece M.2/PCH cover
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Intel DNNL 1.2 Library Hints at Int8 Data Type Support in Xe GPUs

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Intel has released version 1.2 of DNNL, the company’s optimized library for high-performance deep learning operations on CPUs and its GPUs. The new version introduces support for int8 on GPUs, which indicates that this will be a standard feature of the Xe architecture.

Phoronix has reported on the release of DNNL 1.2, previously called MKL-DNN: the variant of the company’s math kernel library (MKL) for deep neural networks (DNN). New


Microsoft Announces Xbox Live Bug Bounty With Payouts As High As $20,000

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Microsoft introduced the Xbox Bounty Program last Thursday to invite "gamers, security researchers, and others around the world to help identify security vulnerabilities in the Xbox Live network and services and share them with the Xbox team."

The company will pay between $500 and $20,000 via the program based on the severity of a reported vulnerability. Microsoft didn't provide an example of an issue worth $500, but the most valuable bounties are given


Zotac Mek Mini Review: Big Things in Small Packages

Our Verdict

The Zotac Mek Mini’s size means it takes up little space, and its powerful with up to an RTX 2070 Super and an Intel Core i7. But the two massive laptop-like power bricks disguise much of the system’s true bulk.

For

  • Small size
  • Adorable
  • Good port selection for the size

Against

  • Two external power bricks
  • Hard to upgrade
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Intel Stops Nervana Development, Shifts Focus to Habana

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In a tweet on Friday, deep learning analyst Karl Freund announced that Intel would “close the door” on Nervana, the deep learning chip startup Intel acquired in 2016, and instead focus on Habana Labs, the other startup that Intel acquired in December for almost $2 billion.

Intel informed Freund of its new AI strategy going forward. Intel will support the NNP-I inference chip “for previously committed customers,” but says that it will completely cease development of the


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How to Buy the Right 3D Printer: A 2020 Guide

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3D printers provide a nearly endless array of possibilities. Whether you're printing out a figurine, a smartphone case, a wrench or a door stop, you need to pick the right device for your needs and budget.

With prices ranging from less than $200/ £200 to several thousand dollars or pounds, 3D printers come in a wide variety of sizes and capabilities. They also use a variety of different technologies that range from FDM (Fused Deposition

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How to Buy the Right CPU: A Guide for 2020

The CPU matters a lot, whether you’re upgrading your existing system or building a new PC . Higher clock speeds and core counts can make a major difference in overall performance, providing a snappier system, smoother gameplay and faster completion of intensive tasks such as video editing and transcoding. Plus, the CPU you choose will also dictate your motherboard options, as each processor only works with a specific CPU socket and set of chipsets .

Also, like most aspects of consumer tech, you'll have to decide to buy

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Intel Core i9-10900K Listed With 5.1 GHz Boost Clock

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The Intel Core i9-10900K is next in line to replace the i9-9900K . And as spotted by Twitter user @_rogame , it recently landed in the 3DMark database.

Based on the Comet Lake microarchitecture, the i9-10900K could be the last flagship processor to come out of Intel's 14nm process node. The processor has 10 cores , 20 threads ,

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