ZOTAC Promotes Cryptocurrency Mining Farm via Twitter
ZOTAC’s official Twitter channel has posted an image that promotes the usage of its graphics cards in mining environments. Under the caption “An army of #ZOTACGAMING GPU’s hungry for coin!”, the company posted an image of a cryptocurrency mining farm populated with its graphics cards. The usage of a gaming...
Manufacturing: Samsung Semiconductor Fabs in Texas Shut Down Following State-wide Power Shortages
News just keep flowing that are bound to have impact on pricing for components users of this website know and love. The Austin-American Statesman reports that Samsung has been ordered to shutter its Texas factories in wake of recent power shortages that have impacted the state. The order, which came...
NVIDIA GPUs Have Hotspot Temperature Sensors Like AMD
NVIDIA GeForce GPUs feature hotspot temperature measurement akin to AMD Radeon ones, according to an investigative report by Igor’s Lab. A beta version of HWInfo already supports hotspot measurement. As its name suggests, the hotspot is the hottest spot on the GPU, measured from a network of thermal sensors across...
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT TOXIC Pictured: Lugs a 360mm AIO
Here are some of the first pictures of the Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT TOXIC, the company’s flagship RX 6900 XT product, until it decides to revive even the “Atomic” brand. This features a hybrid liquid+air cooling solution not unlike the ASUS ROG Strix RX 6900 XT LC. An...
NVIDIA Seemingly Begins Resupplying GeForce GTX 1050 Ti GPUs
In a move that speaks loads towards the current state of the semiconductor market, NVIDIA has apparently begun reseeding retailers with 5-year-old Pascal-based GTX 1050 Ti graphics cards. In some retailers (namely, Newegg), the card can still be found at $499, a vestige of tight supply since its discontinuation, and...
Epic Games Files EU Antitrust Complaint Against Apple
Epic Games today announced it has filed an antitrust complaint against Apple in the European Union (EU), expanding the company’s fight to advance fairer digital platform practices for developers and consumers. The complaint, filed with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition, alleges that through a series of carefully designed anti-competitive...
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Sony Over Alleged DualShock 5 Drift
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Sony by Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP regarding the alleged drift present on Sony’s latest DualShock 5 controller which comes bundled with the PlayStation 5. The lawsuit was filed on February 12th in the US District Court for the Southern District of...
Oculus Quest 2 May Be Receiving 120 Hz Refresh Rate Support In Upcoming Update
Facebook Reality Labs Vice President Andrew Bosworth has recently confirmed in a Q&A session that the Oculus Quest 2 is likely to receive 120 Hz refresh rate support via an upcoming software update. The original Oculus Quest shipped with a 72 Hz refresh rate and when the Quest 2 was...
Western Digital Unveils Entry-level WD Green SN350 M.2 NVMe SSDs
Western Digital announced the new WD Green SN350 series of entry-level M.2 NVMe SSDs. These drives are positioned a notch below the WD Blue SN550 (mid-range), while the WD Black SN850 remains the company’s current flagship client SSD product. The WD Green SN350 comes in capacities of 240 GB, 480...
Bitcoin Breaks $50,000 Barrier, Hitting the Highest Value Ever
Cryptocurrency has in the past few years gained a lot of popularity, mostly fueled by Bitcoin’s rapid growth and its massive price increasing over time. Today, Bitcoin, the world’s leading cryptocurrency, has managed to make history and broke the record of 50,000 USD. As of now, on February 17th at...
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