Although a 20% price drop might not seem impressive, it should also be taken into account that the Intel Core i9-12900K had a list price of US$707.50 on Amazon back in December. The current list price of US$439.99 is noticeably lower than the US$599 launch price, so this chip is now down to US$354.05.
The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X has been spotted on the SiSoftware Sandra database where it has produced very encouraging benchmark results. Some comparisons with the Zen 3-based Ryzen 9 5950X have shown the Zen 4 chip to be up to +118% quicker; however, in terms of performance efficiency the Ryzen 9 7950X still offers an edge, albeit a slight one.
The AMD Ryzen 5 6600U is the latest Zen 3+ “Rembrandt” mobile processor to make its way onto the PassMark test site, with a single sample displaying good enough results to keep up with the more-powerful Intel Core i7-1260P. Along with beefed-up TDP and clock rates, the Ryzen 5 6600U can also brag of having an RDNA2-powered iGPU.
While low-cost detachables managed to reach an all-time high, traditional tablets continue to lose market share. In the third quarter, Samsung has sold 6.5 million tablets, a 20 percent drop from the over 8 million units shipped in the same period of 2015.
Available — as usual — in MATE, Cinnamon, and Xfce editions, Linux Mint 20 "Ulyana" is a long-term support release that will be updated until 2025. The list of noticeable changes includes the dropping of 32-bit versions, the removal of Snapd, as well as the replacement of VLC and Xplayer by Celluloid.
Many Android phones, flagships and budget flagships included, often fail to integrate Widevine L1 support into their software. As a result, they lack the ability to play DRM-protected content such as that provided by Netflix in full HD or HDR. The Mate 20 series was one of these; however, this series has finally acquired the ability to stream in HD, while the Mate 20 itself can do so in HDR.
The Honor V20 was released in China a few weeks ago. The device will be making its way to the global market on January 22 as the Honor View 20, and a new report reveals that it will also come with a shocking increase in MSRP for the European market.
Some Huawei Mate 20 Pro owners have been complaining about the display of their brand-new flagship device. A green hue has been seen on faulty handsets, to the extent that it becomes quite visible under certain conditions. The cause of the verdant tint has yet to be fully explained; affected consumers have been offered replacements in some countries.
The Huawei Mate 20 Pro is one of the most expensive phones of the year; however, it offers standout features for all of that money. The YouTuber JerryRigEverything's durability test demonstrated that potential and actual customers need to consider additional investments into protective accessories, however.
Zotac has taken the covers off its new GeForce RTX 20-series GPUs. Based on Nvidia's powerful new Turing architecture, the new Zotac Gaming GPUs will come in blower, triple fan and AMP models with all-new designs.
Shortly after finding out that AMD is working on 7 nm Vega 20 GPUs, the alleged benchmark results for this upcoming product were spotted in the 3DMark 11 database. According to the listing, the Vega 20 with 32 GB of HBM2 memory clocked at 1.25 GHz is about 70 percent faster per clock than the RX Vega 64 Liquid.
Huawei has revealed what will be its first 5G smartphone to hit the market. The device is an update of the behemoth Mate 20 X that features the Chinese company’s home-grown Balong 5000 5G chipset.
Rumour has it that NVIDIA will unveil Ampere GPUs, the RTX 3000 series, next month at GTC 2020. While we already know that the architecture will be manufactured on a 7 nm process, new leaks claim that the RTX 3000 series will sport up to 826 mm² dies, 20 GB of VRAM and support for PCIe 4.0. All this and other improvements will combine to allow Ampere GPUs to deliver up to double the performance that the existing RTX 20 series does.
AMD has taken the wraps off the much anticipated Ryzen 5000 mobile lineup based on Zen 3 Cezanne. The Ryzen 5000 series now includes a couple of HX SKUs that can be configured with TDPs above 45 W. AMD has also updated the H and HS offerings along with enabling SMT in odd-numbered U-series chips, which are essentially Zen 2 Renoir refreshes under the codename Lucienne.
The Axon 20 5G was the first ever phone to launch with an under-display selfie camera. However, its maker ZTE has never made it available outside China. This will change, though, on December 21, 2020, when the OEM releases it to certain additional markets.
Samsung's Galaxy Note 20 series has been on the market for about a week now and we have gotten our hands on the flagship Note 20 Ultra model. It is fitted with the "optimized" Exynos 990, which came as a shock when first learned that the Note 20 Ultra model in the US, China and Korea would be fitted with the considerably more powerful Snapdragon 865+. Read on for thoughts on the subject.
The discount code for use in the UGREEN official store cuts the prices of eligible products by 20 percent and will be valid until mid-May. The list of discounted accessories includes chargers, power banks, USB hubs, adapters, cables, the recently released HiTune T2 low latency TWS earbuds, and more.
Samsung looks set to finally launch the Galaxy S21 FE after months of conflicting reports about the phone's fate. Supposedly, the S21 FE will debut in exactly a week, with wide availability scheduled for nine days after.
Expected to arrive in the third quarter of this year, it seems that not all the members of the upcoming family of AMD Navi-based video cards will show up at once. The Radeon Instinct, based on the Navi 20 GPU, has been apparently delayed to early 2020. However, the mainstream Navi GPUs might be available just in time for this year's winter holiday season.
Razer has launched a new retractable stainless steel staw, complete with a carrying case and a cleaner. It is packaged as the Razer Reusable Straw and costs US$20 on Razer's official website. The company says that straw is s part of its "go green with Razer" initiative.