Benchmarking Nvidia’s RTX Neural Texture Compression tech that can reduce VRAM usage by over 80%
We put RTX Neural Texture Compression to the test with multiple GPUs and on a laptop.
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs Ryzen 7 9700X faceoff — a new midrange CPU champ emerges
Intel’s new Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is going after the Ryzen 7 9700X with its $300 price point. We put the two head-to-head in a series of rounds based on our own testing to see which comes out on top.
HyperX Eve 1800 Review: Not worth $50
The HyperX Eve 1800 is not a good keyboard, even for $50, as it’s lacking in features and not pleasant to use.
The Daily Grind: Which MMO sound effect drives you absolutely nuts?
Back in City of Heroes, we were no strangers to a wide array of sound effects from the myriads of powers being blasted at any...
Chinese Nvidia Cloud Partner procured 300 servers with banned AI GPUs worth $92 million — shares of data center supplier Sharetronic plummet following Super Micro smuggling arrest
Publicly available documents reveal that a Chinese AI data center company sold servers that were designed for Nvidia H100 chips despite the U.S. export ban.
Original Apollo 11 code open-sourced by NASA — original Command Module and Lunar Module code repos are now public domain resources
The historic computer software code that took Apollo 11 to the moon has been open-sourced and is available to anyone to read, download, and tinker with.
FAA courts gamers to become air traffic controllers — boasts $155k average annual salary after three years as the agency prepares for 8,000 applicants
The FAA’s latest YouTube video is encouraging gamers to apply to become an air traffic controller, telling them that they’ve been training for this challenge. The agency is tapping on the younger demographic to help expand its numbers as the ATC shortage is hampering safety and airport operations.
Tests show $30,000 AI GPUs are terrible password crackers — RTX 5090 gaming GPU outperforms Nvidia H200 and AMD MI300X
A research team at Specops benchmarked an RTX 5090, against two AI datacenter GPUs with Hashcat to see which GPU is the better password cracker. Spoiler alert, the RTX 5090 was the winner.
The Stream Team: Attending AdventureQuest 3D’s Dungeons & DoomKnights Battle Concert
One thing Massively OP’s MJ has missed in AQ3D is the battle concerts. The music. The metal. But now they’re back! Lore is finally hosting...
You Can Watch The North American FFXIV FanFest’s Concerts This Time–At A (Literal) Cost
The FFXIV-themed musical concerts at the North America FanFest event will have paid live streams, and details and prices have been announced. Go to Source...