Remember when I said the new Starfield GPU is too pretty to hide inside my PC? I wouldn’t need to with a mini-case like this! Pretty potent processors inside this PC, too. (Minisforum via VideoCardz)
Even though it’s not coming till early 2024, Asus wants you to believe it’s “the chosen one.” And a 240Hz QD-OLED screen at 32 inches, with graphene cooling, USB-C, KVM and picture-in-picture certainly sounds good!
But there will be any number of 32-inch 240Hz 4K OLED monitors, and while I believe Asus more than Dough, Asus doesn’t offer an OLED burn-in warranty like Alienware, Corsair and LG do.
There’s also a curved 34-inch 240Hz 1440p WOLED coming, which I originally conflated with this one.
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OLED is nearly ready for work and play.
Tom’s Hardware is spreading the good word about the Ryzen 5 5600X3D, a $229 AM4 chip so strong AMD is only selling it in limited quantities to gamers who physically visit a Micro Center store.
Apple has completed the Mac’s move away from Intel. Now it needs to prove Mac Pro upgrades can keep up with pro users.
10GB/s from PCIe 5.0... but also up to 21K rotations per minute from its tiny fan. I’ll pass! More context at HotHardware.
You can get a great 1080p webcam for under $75. If you want to spend more, you can get 4K recording, AI head tracking, and even a real gimbal.
Forspoken wants 24GB. Returnal originally quoted 32GB. Chrome will devour all the RAM you have in classic Ron Swanson fashion.
Luckily, memory prices have been sinking and many kits are at all-time lows. That might not last, though. I buried this info a bit too much in my Forspoken blog, so here’s a Verge Quick Post as well!
Correction, January 18th: Sony has now changed Returnal’s recommended spec to just 16GB.
