Think Your GPU Is Fast? Can It Run A Crysis Remaster With Real-Time Ray Tracing?

Here are your Hot Headlines in Tech for today. [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [XCOM Spinoff 'Chimera Squad' Launches Next Week, Watch The Gameplay Trailer Here]( By Shane McGlaun on Apr 14, 2020 03:40 pm [XCOM Spinoff 'Chimera Squad' Launches Next Week, Watch The Gameplay Trailer Here]( Fans of XCOM have a new standalone release coming for PC that puts a twist on the gameplay that fans of the franchise will remember, and it is called XCOM: Chimera Squad. It will launch on Windows computers on April 24, and the game promises an all-new experience with turn-based tactical combat in the XCOM universe. Players can deploy a [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [Microsoft Extends Windows 10 1809 Support In Light Of COVID-19 Complications]( By Brandon Hill on Apr 14, 2020 03:07 pm [Microsoft Extends Windows 10 1809 Support In Light Of COVID-19 Complications]( Back in mid-February made the wise [at the time] decision to announce that it would end support for the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) on May 12th. While the October 2018 update was plagued with many showstopping bugs that annoyed customers, the true reason for ending support is to push customers to newer builds with increased [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [Microsoft Surface Go 2 Visits The FCC While Surface Book 3 And Surface Dock 2 Retail Listings Appear]( By Shane McGlaun on Apr 14, 2020 01:40 pm [Microsoft Surface Go 2 Visits The FCC While Surface Book 3 And Surface Dock 2 Retail Listings Appear]( Microsoft has been reportedly working on some new Surface hardware that will be arriving soon, including a new Surface Dock 2, Surface Book 3, and Surface Go 2. A couple of interesting reports have come to light with one indicating a listing believed to be for the Surface Go 2 that has turned up at the FCC. While there's no official mention [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [Think Your GPU Is Fast? Can It Run A Crysis Remaster With Real-Time Ray Tracing?]( By Paul Lilly on Apr 14, 2020 01:24 pm [Think Your GPU Is Fast? Can It Run A Crysis Remaster With Real-Time Ray Tracing?]( No, your PC's water cooling loop did not spring a leak (we hope not, anyway), it is just sweating in the face of a rumored Crysis remake potentially being in the works. While nothing is certain (yet), the official Twitter account for Crysis posted a cryptic tweet hinting that something is afoot. Could it be a remaster with real-time ray tracing, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 SSD Review: Premium, Fast Storage]( By Ben Funk on Apr 14, 2020 12:35 pm [Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 SSD Review: Premium, Fast Storage]( It's been nine months since AMD unleashed its Zen 2 processors and, more importantly as it related to this article, the X570 chipset with its PCI Express 4 connectivity, into the world. In the time since then, there hasn't been a torrent of extra-fast flash released by all that many storage vendors; even at launch, we only had Gigabyte's Aorus... [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [OnePlus 8 And OnePlus 8 Pro 5G Phones Launch With Snapdragon 865 Priced From $699]( By Brandon Hill on Apr 14, 2020 11:58 am [OnePlus 8 And OnePlus 8 Pro 5G Phones Launch With Snapdragon 865 Priced From $699]( The OnePlus Pro 8 has leaked numerous times over the past few months, and the company's CEO has even "teased" certain aspects of the device including first-ever (for the company) wireless charging support. Today, however, the OnePlus 8 Pro is finally official, and it offers quite a lot of bang for the buck. As you might expect for a 2020 [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [Half A Million Zoom Accounts Reportedly Up For Sale By Hackers On Dark Web]( By Paul Lilly on Apr 14, 2020 11:30 am [Half A Million Zoom Accounts Reportedly Up For Sale By Hackers On Dark Web]( There is some more bad news for Zoom and some of its users. Security researchers recently discovered that the dark web and hacker forums are host to over 500,000 compromised Zoom accounts being offered up for sale at dirt cheap prices. Some of them are being sold for a fraction of a penny, while others are being given away for free. It [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [Google Reportedly Developing In-House Custom Chips For Pixel Phones, Chromebooks]( By Paul Lilly on Apr 14, 2020 10:14 am [Google Reportedly Developing In-House Custom Chips For Pixel Phones, Chromebooks]( In a potential move that could shake things up in the mobile space, Google might be taking a page from Apple by designing its own system-on-chip (SoC) hardware for future Pixel smartphones and lower end Chromebook devices. If that turns out to be the case, it would be disappointing news for Qualcomm, and good news for Samsung. Google has [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [Assassin's Creed 2 Goes Free On PC Starting April 14, Here's How To Get It]( By Shane McGlaun on Apr 14, 2020 10:11 am [Assassin's Creed 2 Goes Free On PC Starting April 14, Here's How To Get It]( If you've never played Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 2, or simply want to revisit the game after a lengthy hiatus, you'll soon have your chance to do so for free. Ubisoft will be offering that game as a free download starting on April 14th, and players will need the Ubisoft uPlay service installed on their PC. The free copy of Assassin's Creed [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [Epic Games Stores Brings Tantalizing Discounts On Blockbuster Titles During Its Spring Sale]( By Paul Lilly on Apr 14, 2020 09:50 am [Epic Games Stores Brings Tantalizing Discounts On Blockbuster Titles During Its Spring Sale]( What can you do when you suddenly have loads of time on your hands, and are encouraged to stay home as much as possible? Spring cleaning is one thing. So is binge watching shows on streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. But for some, this time of isolation is an opportunity to spend time playing PC games. If you do not already have a backlog [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [NVIDIA Confirms Gorgeous Minecraft RTX Public Beta Arriving April 16 With DLSS 2.0 Support]( By Brandon Hill on Apr 14, 2020 09:45 am [NVIDIA Confirms Gorgeous Minecraft RTX Public Beta Arriving April 16 With DLSS 2.0 Support]( NVIDIA has been talking up Minecraft with RTX for nearly a year now, but we're getting very close to the first public beta for the game. As its name implies, this enhancement to Minecraft brings everything that you know and love about the popular game with the inclusion of GeForce RTX effects. According to NVIDIA, the Minecraft with RTX [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [Nintendo Switch 10.0.0 System Update Brings Button Remapping, SD Data Transfers And More]( By Shane McGlaun on Apr 14, 2020 09:05 am [Nintendo Switch 10.0.0 System Update Brings Button Remapping, SD Data Transfers And More]( Nintendo says that it is continually improving the functionality of its game consoles and services to make them more enjoyable for the end-user. As part of those efforts, Nintendo has announced that a new software update for the Switch game console is available to download now, which takes the system software to version 10.0.0. Nintendo [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [AMD's New EPYC 7Fx2 Server CPUs Bring Higher Clock Speeds In Battle Versus Intel Xeon]( By Brandon Hill on Apr 14, 2020 09:00 am [AMD's New EPYC 7Fx2 Server CPUs Bring Higher Clock Speeds In Battle Versus Intel Xeon]( AMD has been making some steady gains in desktop market share with its Ryzen 3000 processors, and has even showed some great promise with its newly released Ryzen 4000 mobile processors. But another segment that is incredibly crucial to AMD with respect to margins is the server market. Intel has long been a dominant force in this sector, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [Broadband And WiFi Optimizations To Boost Work From Home Network Performance]( By Marco Chiappetta, Brandon Hill on Apr 13, 2020 03:35 pm [Broadband And WiFi Optimizations To Boost Work From Home Network Performance]( With the massive uptick in people working from home due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing guidelines in place, the load on our broadband infrastructure has skyrocketed. Here are some tips – mostly free – to maximize and optimize your Wi-Fi and broadband performance so that you can get work done more quickly and efficiently, [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [The ESRB Rolls Out New Video Game Warning Label As A Heads-Up On In-Game Transactions]( By Shane McGlaun on Apr 13, 2020 03:26 pm [The ESRB Rolls Out New Video Game Warning Label As A Heads-Up On In-Game Transactions]( The ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) is the agency that rates video games so parents and other shoppers know what sort of content a video game will offer and if its appropriate for the gamer. Today the ESRB announced that it will begin assigning a new Interactive Element to video games where the label will include "In-Game Purchases" [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Digg]( [How To Install Dell's Mobile Connect On Any Windows 10 PC For Phone App Mirroring And Calling]( By Shane McGlaun on Apr 13, 2020 03:22 pm [How To Install Dell's Mobile Connect On Any Windows 10 PC For Phone App Mirroring And Calling]( Microsoft has long offered the Your Phone app for Windows 10 PCs, which allows smartphone users to send and receive a text message from their computer and share files, among other features. However, some of the best features available for Android users are unavailable for iPhone users. 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