Trying to pick a GPU can be a frustrating process if you aren’t already familiar with the array of models offered by AMD and Nvidia. While some buyers arrive knowing exactly how much performance they want and what they should spend to get it, others have to spend time in the weeds sorting through various products. Our goal here is to simplify that process and make it easier for you to decide on the GPU that’ll best fit your needs. Guides like this one should be considered an adjunct to our general , which takes you through the basics of GPU specifications and identifies which features you need to pay attention to; this one will make concrete product recommendations.
Motorola already announced the Moto E5 Play, which is a regular but inexpensive Android phone. Now, there’s a new variant of the device that . This phone looks a lot like the regular Moto E5, but the specs have gotten a tweak to fit within the guidelines, and it won’t be available in most markets. The regular Moto E5 was already a modestly specced device, but the Go version of the phone takes it a step further. There’s only 1GB of RAM (half what you get on the non-Go phone), a Snapdragon 425 processor, and a 480p 5.3-inch screen — that’s the kind of resolution you’d expect from a phone back in 2011.
Roku has stuck firmly to making streaming boxes and the software that powers them, but the company has just announced an unexpected expansion into home audio. The Roku TV Wireless Speakers will ship later this year for $200, but Roku . However, you’ll need some very specific home theater equipment to test that out. The Roku TV Wireless Speakers are a standard 2.0 system. So you just need to place the left and right channel speakers in a location of your choosing near the TV. You’ve got more freedom in placement because they don’t have to tie directly into the TV.
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Apple has a longstanding history of sewing up the profit in an industry without leading in sheer sales figures. The company regularly dominates profit rankings in both phones and PCs and has made inroads in China, which now constitutes its second-largest sales market. The third-largest phone market in the world, however, remains stubbornly resistant to Apple’s charm — and its hardware offensive. , Apple has now lost three executives in India in recent weeks as it fights to increase its sales figures. It’s a particularly notable weak spot for the Cupertino-based company, given the disparities in market performance across the phone industry.
After spending the first part of the year stuck in the stratosphere, there’s reason to think GPU prices could actually dip lower than normal in the back half of summer. The culprits? Dwindling demand for GPUs used in cryptocurrency, a potential overstock issue between Nvidia and one of its partners, and the potential launch of upcoming graphics cards from Nvidia. We have to acknowledge up front that the word “could” is in the title for a reason. Much of what we’re discussing here — including rumors that Nvidia had to take $300K of GPUs back due to an overstock issue — is supposition.
HDR has become a hot topic in gaming and video, thanks to its ability to improve visuals and light displays without hitting system performance (though you still need compatible hardware, obviously). But HDR isn’t just one standard. There are two primary standards for prerecorded or in-game HDR — HDR10 and Dolby Vision. HDR10 has been extended with HDR10+ and there are some standards that touch on broadcast TV, but as far as the two standards that you’re going to see advertised on a TV or monitor box, it’ll be HDR10/10+ and Dolby Vision. Now, the Xbox One has added support for both standards.
Nintendo for the , which was disappointing for fans of Nintendo’s past titles. There was hope the homebrew scene could provide emulation of older titles, but Nintendo locked the Switch down to prevent any of that funny business. Luckily, vulnerabilities in the ARM chip at the heart of the console . Unluckily, Nintendo appears to have patched one of the main flaws that makes homebrew development possible. The Nintendo Switch is a portable hybrid console, so it makes sense it would have a mobile processor. It uses the ARM-based Nvidia Tegra X1, which is the same system-on-a-chip (SoC) used in the Shield Android TV and Pixel C tablet.
Dungeons & Dragons has a long history as a franchise dedicated to letting us all tell stories. And while players do a lot of the heavy lifting, the setting and lore are also worth exploring in mediums other than tabletop games. So if you’d like to explore the Forgotten Realms in comic form, the Humble Comics Bundle by IDW is packed full of excellent D&D entertainment. • Pony up a buck, and five multi-format D&D comics will be yours. Plus, the preview of volume two of the quarterly Full Bleed will be yours to peruse.
