DirectX 12 Ultimate Launches As Unifying Force For PC And Xbox Series X Gaming

Here are your Hot Headlines in Tech for today. [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [Amazon Fire 7 Kids Edition Hits Low $60 To Entertain COVID-19 Quarantined Youth]( By Brandon Hill on Mar 19, 2020 03:31 pm [Amazon Fire 7 Kids Edition Hits Low $60 To Entertain COVID-19 Quarantined Youth]( The coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted a majority of the industrialized world, resulting in thousands of deaths and the disruption of our daily lives. Even children are being affected, as school districts around the United States have shut down until further notice to help stop the spread of the disease. 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Tom Brady is leaving the New England Patriots, most sporting events have either been cancelled or postponed, we're being told to social distance ourselves, and toilet paper is quickly becoming the new currency. Video games provide a respite from reality, though if you preordered a physical copy of Animal [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [DirectX 12 Ultimate Launches As Unifying Force For PC And Xbox Series X Gaming]( By Brandon Hill on Mar 19, 2020 01:25 pm [DirectX 12 Ultimate Launches As Unifying Force For PC And Xbox Series X Gaming]( Unless you've been living under a rock for quite a while, you know that 2020 is going to be a big year for gaming. AMD is set to launch its second-generation Navi-based RDNA 2 graphics cards, and it's hopeful that NVIDIA will launch its GeForce RTX 3000 Series based on next-generation Ampere GPU architecture. On the console front, both Sony [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [GOG Offers Over Two Dozen Free Games To Help COVID-19 Captives Pass The Time]( By Shane McGlaun on Mar 19, 2020 12:39 pm [GOG Offers Over Two Dozen Free Games To Help COVID-19 Captives Pass The Time]( Certainly, the big news all around the world right now is coronavirus/COVID-19, which is sweeping the globe and forcing many businesses to shut down and send employees home to work. For many people around the world, there is no option to work at home, so they are stuck indoors with little to do. Anyone interested in playing games on their [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [2.5 Geeks: Ryzen 4000, Galaxy S20 Ultra, Upgrading GPUs, Working From Home, Alienware Giveaway!]( By Marco Chiappetta on Mar 19, 2020 12:15 pm [2.5 Geeks: Ryzen 4000, Galaxy S20 Ultra, Upgrading GPUs, Working From Home, Alienware Giveaway!]( In this latest episode of 2.5 Geeks, the team talks about AMD Ryzen 4000 series mobile CPUs, Samsung's big, burly Galaxy S20 Ultra, the benefits of upgrading from integrated graphics for a performance lift, working from home during a pandemic, Epic's Tim Sweeney stepping out in defense of NVIDIA GeForce NOW, and details about a SWEET Alienware [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [MSI's New 27-Inch Optix 144Hz 1ms Displays Target Budget eSports Gamers]( By Brandon Hill on Mar 19, 2020 11:12 am [MSI's New 27-Inch Optix 144Hz 1ms Displays Target Budget eSports Gamers]( MSI is expanding its range of eSports monitors with the addition of the Optix MAG273 and Optix MAG273R. Surprisingly, both of the displays are incredibly similar with respect to specifications, with a few exceptions. Both the Optix MAG273 and Optix MAG273R feature 27-inch Full HD IPS panels that are rated at a low 1ms response time. Up [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [GameStop Is Selling Doom Eternal Early Due To COVID-19 Guidelines, Say No To Lines Get It Now]( By Paul Lilly on Mar 19, 2020 10:10 am [GameStop Is Selling Doom Eternal Early Due To COVID-19 Guidelines, Say No To Lines Get It Now]( In many places, you can't walk into a movie theater and catch a flick or waltz into most restaurants for a meal (it's delivery or pick-up only), but you sure as heck can march yourself into GameStop. Well, for now, anyway. There has been a call for 'social distancing' in light of the coronavirus pandemic, and while GameStop has not yet closed [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [Valve's Gabe Newell Likens PS5 And Xbox Series X To PC-Centric Delivery Sockets]( By Paul Lilly on Mar 19, 2020 09:44 am [Valve's Gabe Newell Likens PS5 And Xbox Series X To PC-Centric Delivery Sockets]( When it comes to next-gen game consoles, the core specifications are now officially known, with both Microsoft and Sony revealing more hardware details about the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, respectively. While custom bits rule the day, the hardware is rooted in PC-centric architectures, namely AMD's Zen 2 CPU and second generation RDNA [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [PlayStation 5 Backwards Compatibility Limits Could Give The Xbox Series X A Big Advantage]( By Shane McGlaun on Mar 19, 2020 09:42 am [PlayStation 5 Backwards Compatibility Limits Could Give The Xbox Series X A Big Advantage]( Sony gave a deep dive into the system architecture of the PlayStation 5 yesterday, and one of the big features of the console is backward compatibility with PlayStation 4 games. Backward compatibility has been a big component of the current generation PlayStation 4, and support for older games has come for that console on a per game basis. 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