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NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4060 GPU is now retailing for as low as $279 US as it approaches its sweet spot positioning from its retail MSRP of $299.

During the Diablo 4 developers' latest Campfire Chat, Blizzard discussed potentially huge changes coming to a particular set of skills in Season 4. Fixed damage Legendary Aspect Skills will be getting a massive overhaul that may change the landscape of play for many players by either creating new builds or by bringing existing builds to even greater heights. Diablo 4 PTR Campfire Chat

Intel has disclosed the compute performance that you would need to run Microsoft's Copilot locally on Windows-based AI PCs.

Final Fantasy 16's producer Naoki Yoshida has offered some insight into the game's PC performance benchmark.

Maruti Suzuki has dominated the hatchback segment in India for decades. Time and again, Maruti has launched new hatchbacks that strike the right chord with buyers. The Swift is one such hatchback that enjoys immense popularity among buyers even today.

The Indian automobile market has seen some fierce competition emerging in the micro-SUV segment over the past couple of years. With urban buyers increasingly demanding compact yet feature-rich utility vehicles that are easy to manoeuvre in stop-go city traffic, automakers have been lining up new offerings in this hotly contested space. 

The subcompact SUV segment in India has witnessed tremendous growth in recent years, thanks to the variety of options available that appeal to a wide set of new-age buyers. These compact SUVs offer a good balance of performance, premium features, and affordability - making them a sweet spot for many.

It finally happened – Jennifer English, Shadowheart's actor in Baldur's Gate 3, has reached the iconic fight scene between her high half-elf and the Githyanki warrior Lae'zel, which she and her real-life partner have hailed as "the most sapphic scene" in the game. 

Intel has just released its latest MLPerf v4.0 performance figures covering the Gaudi 2 Accelerators & 5th Gen Xeon "Emerald Rapids" CPUs, with the former showcasing strong performance per dollar values against NVIDIA's H100 GPU.

NVIDIA continues to push the AI envelope with its strong TensorRT-LLM suite, boosting the H200 GPUs to new heights in the latest MLPerf v4.0 results.

The GEEKOM Mini IT12 PC 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12450 is not just a computer - it's a testament to the advancements of miniaturization in PC technology. Decades of effort have culminated into a brilliant product that may be compact but brings all of the latest tech at your fingertips. This compact powerhouse, designed for tech enthusiasts and professionals alike, redefines what a mini PC can do. But before we dive deeper into its specs, here is why we are so excited about this mini PC right now!

New Diablo IV comparison videos were shared online, highlighting the differences ray tracing brings to the latest entry in the series.

A new Dragon's Dogma 2 mod released online this week improves the game's ray tracing quality, fixing some visual issues as well.

DC Universe Online is still going, 13 years after it launched on PC and PlayStation 3. Now it finally has a native PlayStation 5 version, and its developer has outlined plans for a number of future updates.

As anticipation builds for the release of Grand Theft Auto 6 in 2025, fans eagerly speculate about how the game will perform on next-generation consoles like the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. With the recent leak of the rumored PS5 Pro's specs, excitement has peaked, raising questions about whether the upgraded console will offer an enhanced gaming experience for GTA 6 enthusiasts.

Some Dragon's Dogma 2 players with an RTX 40-series graphics card have been experiencing performance issues on PC, but this new mod might offer some improvements.

The Hyundai Verna and Exter are two of Hyundai's most popular mid-size sedan and SUV offerings in the Indian market. Both vehicles have received a number of upgrades for the 2024 model year, including improvements to their design, features, and, most importantly, their powertrain options. In this blog post, we will take a deep dive into the different engine and transmission combinations available in the 2024 Hyundai Verna and Exter.

The newest pictures of Intel's next-gen Lunar Lake-MX CPU powering thin & light platforms have been leaked by Igor's Lab.

Have a look at the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE 5G smartphone, a testament to premium design and cutting-edge technology, tailored for the discerning Galaxy enthusiasts. Boasting an iconic design heritage, this device is meticulously crafted to cater to the demands of passionate users, and now it is available at an impressive 48% discount on Amazon.

Samsung is rumored to be laser-focused on continuing a dual-chipset approach with the Galaxy S25 launch next year by introducing both the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Exynos 2500 variants in several markets. According to the latest rumor, the company has supposedly commenced testing of its upcoming SoC, and according to the latest development, it is faster than Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in both the CPU and GPU categories. However, that leaves us with more questions than answers, which we will discuss here.

NVIDIA revealed today that the sci-fi first-person shooter/tower defense/base building hybrid game Outpost: Infinity Siege will support DLSS 3 (Frame Generation + Super Resolution) and Reflex at launch.

Never ask a Samsung phone owner how long it takes to install an update. Most Android smartphones install system updates in the background, but Samsung devices still perform updates the old-fashioned way. Fortunately, this appears to be changing, at least in some new and upcoming Galaxy phones.

Even before release, there were some red flags about how Dragon’s Dogma 2 would perform on a technical level. While console players need to wait and hope for patches to fix things, those on PC can already improve their games through the hard work of modders. Of course, technical improvements are only one area where modders focus. With such a massive world and many systems in place, Dragon’s Dogma 2 is brimming with potential for mods of all shapes and sizes. Aside from mods that just improve your performance, most are better saved for after you’ve reached the true ending, but no one is going to stop you if you’d rather start experimenting from the start. Here are a handful of the best mods you should try in Dragon’s Dogma 2.

Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida has shared much news at PAX East. To begin with, during the panel held last Friday, we learned a lot about the upcoming Rising Tide DLC, which drops on April 18 for PlayStation 5 and adds a new area, ally, and the Leviathan Eikon.

The PlayStation 5 Pro has no reason for happening, as some developers feel they still have to make the most of the base model.

The much-awaited Snapdragon X Elite CPU platform has been demoed running Baldur's Gate 3 at 30 FPS as a demonstration of its gaming GPU performance.

New Horizon Forbidden West mods were released online following the game's PC launch next week, improving the game's visuals.

Dragon's Dogma 2 players aren't impressed by the enemy variety in the RPG and feel let down by the promises its developer made before release.

Dragon's Dogma 2 is going down incredibly well with critics and fans alike (aside from on PC where it sits at "Mostly Negative" due to performance issues and MTX). But fans have one big grievance that the community has been complaining about since the first game launched in 2012.

Some much-needed quality-of-life updates are coming to Dragon's Dogma 2, including the simple ability to just start a new game.

WatchOut WearPods review: WatchOut is a wearable brand that started building its products for teens and children who want to own smart devices that are in some way different. The company had figured prominently on Shark Tank India season 2 too. Now, it has announced a new smartwatch concept that mostly targets Gen-Z consumers. The smartwatch is called the Wearpods and they combine the ability of a smartwatch and earbuds all in one device. Weird? Read on.

As you level up your Vocations and character in Dragon’s Dogma 2, you will earn XP and Dcp. The former will contribute to you leveling up and passively getting stronger, while the latter needs to be spent on unlocking new skills for your current Vocation. There are 10 total Vocations you can eventually unlock and use, and each one has a dozen or more skills to unlock and test out, and yet you can only use four at any given time. That’s a lot of possible skills to try out and potentially waste your DCP on. Instead, we’ll help you min-max your build right from the start by recommending the best skills you should get for each and every Vocation in the game.

Storage is one of the major concerns when it comes to owning a portable PC. So, if you're soon to be a new owner of a Steam Deck, ROG Ally, or Nintendo Switch, you should absolutely consider getting a microSD card alongside and boosting the available storage that they have up considerably. Below, you can find a selection of excellent SD card deals.

Developers working on Overwatch 2 are not receiving any of their profit-sharing bonuses in March.

Capcom revealed what the first updates for Dragon’s Dogma 2 will fix and change following the RPG’s first weekend on the market.

Mojang has continued to churn out Minecraft updates at a regular pace, allowing its community to thrive for over a decade. Along with Mojang, modders are constantly launching their own updates to the game — the most exciting of which might be shaders.

Intel's Lunar Lake 8-Core CPUs have been spotted running in Samsung's next-gen Galaxy Book5 Pro laptops with Arc Battlemage "Xe2" iGPUs.

Intel's next-generation Battlemage "Xe2-HPG" GPUs have potentially been spotted within the SiSoftware Sandra database.

Not all gaming laptop deals are worth your time and money, and even less will be powerful enough to meet gamers’ needs for the next few years. If you’re willing to make a serious investment, you should check out Dell’s offer for the Alienware x14 R2 gaming laptop. From its original price of $2,000, a $500 discount brings it down to $1,500. It’s still not cheap, but it’s actually a reasonable price for a machine of this caliber. You need to hurry with your purchase if you want the savings though, as its price may be back to normal as soon as tomorrow.

Capcom has revealed their plans for the first patches to Dragon’s Dogma 2, with a 30fps cap on consoles and the ability to start a new game two of the highest priorities for the RPG.

Capcom has confirmed that a range of improvements will be made to Dragon's Dogma 2 in upcoming patches, including the ability to start a new game. This comes as players quickly found that Dragon's Dogma 2 doesn't have the option to delete your current campaign, making it impossible to start another without manually removing save files from your console or PC.

Your Dragon's Dogma 2 companions will expose your misdeeds if you choose to spend time in the RPG's brothels. 

The A18 Pro is said to be found in the upcoming iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max later this year, and according to an alleged Geekbench 6 benchmark run, Apple’s upcoming SoC delivers impressive performance results when compared to the A17 Pro, with the difference reaching double-digits. However, regarding the rest of the competition, we have some thoughts we would like to share with you.

Spring is here and it's time for some GPU deals on some of the most popular AMD, NVIDIA & Intel GPUs out there for gamers.

Apple is gearing up for a significant upgrade in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) with its upcoming iPhone 16 Pro. According to insights shared by analyst Jeff Pu from Haitong International Tech Research, Apple is set to introduce substantial modifications to its A18 Pro chip, specifically aimed at enhancing on-device AI capabilities. This revelation has sparked anticipation among tech enthusiasts as Apple accelerates production of the A18 Pro chip well ahead of its usual schedule.

Samsung Galaxy A35 review: Samsung has started the year 2024 by gaining a lot of traction with the outstanding Samsung Galaxy S24 series and the introduction of Galaxy AI features. While these new premium smartphones have excited everyone with several features, the company has not looked to rest on its laurels and has now announced the new mid-range A-series smartphones to further sway its customers. Yes, Samsung has launched two new smartphones - the Galaxy A35 and the Galaxy A55. They pack quite a few upgrades from their predecessors.

Baldur's Gate 3's performance director has explained some of the background behind the RPG's infamously viral bear smooching scene. 

Amazon Holi offers: As the festival of colours, Holi is almost around the corner, Amazon is painting the town red with irresistible discounts, especially on top-tier electronic gadgets. Embrace this festive season with open arms and dive into a pool of remarkable deals waiting to be explored. Among the plethora of discounts, Apple's iPhone lineup stands out, promising significant savings for those eyeing an upgrade. Here we have curated a list of the best Holi offers on iPhones, exclusively on Amazon.

AMD has removed the memory OC limits from its Radeon RX 7900 GRE GPU in the latest driver release, allowing for some impressive performance uplifts.

Its no secret that while Dragon's Dogma 2 is great, performance has been an issue from the jump – particularly on PC. There's a reason for it, Capcom has explained NPCs are individually simulated by your CPU, which makes this game incredibly dependent on your processor. Play the game for an hour or so and you'll realize how much the game benefits from this approach, but unless you have a top-end CPU paired with the best RAM you can muster, you're going to have a rough time with the frame rate, especially in cities.

The year got off to a rather slow start when it comes to horror movies, but now that the release calendar has ramped up, there are at least a few horror movies worth watching in 2024.

Microsoft has proposed a new method to make ray tracing in games faster with future DXR API updates by leveraging SSDs to limit VRAM usage.

More Plunderstorm hotfixes have been pushed to live servers today which now also includes Rime Arrow and Faeform nerfs.

Two years and a month after Horizon Forbidden West launched on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles, PC gamers can finally step into the vast and gorgeous post-apocalyptic Western USA created by Guerrilla Games.

Blizzard has released patch notes for Patch 1.3.5, launching March 26, which will address several bug fixes and introduce Ray Tracing to the game.

Dragon's Dogma 2 is bringing even super-mighty PCs to their knees, and Capcom seemingly disabled the option for some performance-boosting DLSS frame generation just before launch. Now a modder has brought that option back, and in doing so, revealed why Capcom disabled it in the first place.

Your Vocation defines your role in combat in Dragon’s Dogma 2. Everything from your skills to what weapons and armor you can use is tied to this class. You will pick from just a handful at the beginning of the game, but can easily change Vocations later on, as well as unlock more than twice as many new options than what you start with. It can take a while to really get a feel for a Vocation and how it performs in combat, as well as to look through all of its skills and augments, before knowing if it’s worth sticking with to level up. Personal preference will play a part to some degree, but these Vocations have the most potential to make you the strongest Arisen in history.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 launched today, and while it had a warm critical reception, players are having a lot of problems with its PC port in particular. Currently, it has an overwhelmingly negative user score on Steam, with over 13,000 reviews as of the writing. Capcom has addressed common criticism of the game in the hopes of quelling the frustration of PC players.

Blizzard has released patch notes for Patch 1.3.5, launching March 26, which will address several bug fixes and introduce Ray Tracing to the game.

If you want a gaming laptop with powerful performance and a large screen, then you should think about getting the HP Omen 17t, especially now that it’s on sale from HP with a $500 discount that pulls its price down from $1,700 to $1,200. It’s still not cheap, but it’s a worthwhile investment if you’re serious about PC gaming. We’re not sure how much time is remaining before the offer expires though, so if you want to make sure that you get this gaming laptop for cheaper than usual, it’s highly recommended that you complete your purchase for it right now.

Long-awaited action role-playing game (RPG) sequel Dragon’s Dogma 2hasn’t gotten off to a great start on PC, where users on Steam have been reporting widespread performance issues and crashes while playing.

Qualcomm is said to have new Arm-based laptops of its own in the pipeline, while consumer versions of the new Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 that run on the Snapdragon X Elite chipset are believed to be on the way. While that in the past would have meant the makers of x86- and x64-based Windows software needing to port their apps, Qualcomm sought to assure game developers that their titles will run just fine out of the box on any unannounced Snapdragon X Elite systems that just happen to be coming up.

NVIDIA's Blackwell B200 GPUs incorporate a brand new architecture compared to Hopper but also consume almost twice as much power.

Capcom has provided a Dragon's Dogma 2 release launch update following community backlash over the game's paid DLC, subpar performance, and more.

A high-profile modder has released a free mod that lets Dragon’s Dogma 2 players access DLSS 3, which users have reported adds another 20 to 30fps for RTX 40 series GPU owners.

Having received glowing reviews from the press, Dragon’s Dogma 2 has been hammered by Steam users who got their hands on the game overnight. The reaction has been so bad to elements including game performance, the use of Denuvo copy protection and inclusion of microtransactions that Capcom has issued a hasty statement of apology and explanation.

Capcom has responded to Dragon's Dogma 2 players complaining about performance issues on PC, and the game's microtransaction purchases.

Dragon's Dogma 2 introduces a disease called Dragonsplague, which infects pawns and causes them to disobey orders. You won't be able to easily tell when a pawn is infected, but once they are, they will be able to infect other pawns in your party too.

An icon in the eyes of action film fans, Carrie-Anne Moss returns to television in the new Star Wars series, The Acolyte. In it, the performer will be playing Jedi Master Indara, at the height of the High Republic.

Steve Rogers is finally back in action, with the newly unveiled game Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra seeing the newly-empowered super soldier bashing the fash in occupied Paris. Along the way, he’ll be tangling with that era’s Black Panther Azzuri, T’Challa’s grandfather, with the pair united against the same enemy but with different goals.

Microsoft has been in the news for a long time regarding its Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6. Now, the company has announced the devices and they tout artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. Microsoft says the laptops include several requested features in terms of features, performance, and advanced security. Microsoft's first-ever AI PCs are also powered by new Intel Core Ultra processors which are integrated with neural processing unit (NPU) to provide advanced AI features. Check out the specifications of Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6.

Capcom has responded to disgruntled Dragon’s Dogma 2 PC players, and addressed the backlash to the game’s controversial microtransactions and performance problems that have resulted in a 'mixed' user review rating on Valve's platform.

Apple has just released iOS 17.4.1 to the general public, which includes a boatload of essential fixes for bugs and performance enhancements for the iPhone. The update was released without beta cycles for developers, which means that the update was not big enough for the company, but it could include a handful of updates that will improve the user experience. However, we have seen some iOS updates bring a handful of bugs to the operating system, which poses a question for users as to whether they should upgrade to the latest iOS 17.4.1 platform for the iPhone.

Dragon's Dogma 2 is Capcom's biggest-ever single-player game launch on Steam, but players aren't taking kindly to performance issues and microtransactions. 

Amazon Holi offers: Holi is just a few days away and e-commerce websites such as Amazon are offering huge discounts on electronics products across all categories and brands. If you have been waiting for the Holi sale then now is the time to empty your wishlist and make your dreams come true. Amazon is providing huge deals and Holi offers on flagship smartphones from brands like Apple, Samsung, OnePlus, and more. If you want to upgrade your smartphone, it is the perfect time to buy the smartphone you've wanted for a long time, especially at a reasonable price. Check the list.

Best water-resistant phones to buy ahead of Holi: It's that time of the year again- Holi, the festival of colours, is just around the corner. Many of us love to take part in the festivities, capturing vibrant moments with our smartphones. But before you dive into the fun, it's crucial to check if your phone can handle water. If you're on the hunt for a smartphone that can endure the splashes and still capture your cherished memories, there's good news. Brands like Apple, Samsung, Google, and more offer phones with high IP ratings, meaning they can withstand water immersion up to a certain depth. While no phone is entirely waterproof, these options allow you to enjoy Holi without fretting over water damage to your new device.

With the Samsung Galaxy S24 series, the South Korean smartphone maker unveiled Galaxy AI, a suite of AI features that aim to elevate the smartphone experience. The company also highlighted that AI features will arrive with its latest devices, while rumours also speculated regarding existing smartphones getting it, namely the Samsung Galaxy S22 series. Now a new report claims that Samsung may eventually include Galaxy AI features in the Samsung Galaxy S22 series. However, the process is still under consideration as if the hardware will be able to support the on-device AI features or not. Know what Samsung is saying about AI features in the Samsung Galaxy S22 series.

AMD's Ryzen 9 7900X CPU which is a high-end AM5 part with 12 powerful Zen 4 cores is now available for as low as $335 in China.

Blizzard has released hotfix notes for Plunderstorm, tuning several offensive and utility abilities including the dreaded Fire Whirl, Explosive Caltrops, Lightning Bulwark, and more! We previously datamined some of these changes, though the hotfixes also include utility abilities and developer notes on each.