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Sony Is “Closely Monitoring” Nintendo’s Switch OLED Pricing, Analyst Claims

An analyst by the name of Hideki Yasuda has claimed that Sony is monitoring Nintendo’s pricing for its newly-announced Switch OLED model. In a report featured in The Japan Times as reported by Nintendo Life, the analyst claims that Nintendo Switch’s OLED’s success could set a precedent within the industry, giving other manufacturers incentives to tap into pricing mid-life console upgrades at a higher price.  According to the report, producing a Switch OLED model only costs $10 more for Nintendo which should net the Kyoto-based giant a $40 profit on

FalleN’s CS:GO streaming setup: Headset, mouse, keyboard, and more

Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo is a professional CS:GO AWPer who currently plays for Team Liquid. He’s won multiple ESL Pro League finals and ESL Ones and has made a name for himself as arguably one of the best CS:GO players to ever grace the game.  FalleN actively streams to his 1.2 million followers on Twitch, and the gear he uses to do so plays an important role in delivering a quality experience for his viewers. Here’s a list of his streaming gear, starting with his headset.  Headset Fallen Morcego Image via

New Tesla Model S Plaid Gets AAA Gaming Experience Thanks To New AMD RDNA 2 GPU

Originally posted on Tesla Oracle & EVANNEX One of the coolest things about the new Tesla Model S Plaid is its immensely powerful processing that can run AAA games like Cyberpunk 2077 in 60 fps. This gives a car, for the first time ever, PS5-level gaming capability. How is this possible? It turns out that there were some early clues (and salient details) provided a few weeks ago at Computex 2021. At Computex 2021, AMD CEO Lisa Su revealed that the gaming capability in the new Tesla Model S and Model X will be powered by the AMD RDNA 2-based

Battlefield 2042 Player Count Xbox One: Everything You Need to Know

Top GamesBattlefield 2042's player count for the Xbox One X is different than current generation consoles or PC players. / Photo courtesy of Dice Battlefield 2042's player count for the Xbox One is different than current generation consoles or PC players. Dice unveiled a trailer, giving fans their first glimpse at the next Battlefield iteration. Dice is pushing the computing power of all consoles with a new dynamic weather system that can be quite chaotic. Fans saw a destructive tornado tear across the map, and it's unclear if it was

Battlefield 2042 Player Count PlayStation 4: Everything You Need to Know

Top GamesBattlefield 2042's player count for the PlayStation 4 is different than current generation consoles or PC players. / Photo Courtesy of Dice Battlefield 2042's player count for the PlayStation 4 is different than current generation consoles or PC players. Dice unveiled a trailer, giving fans their first glimpse at the next Battlefield iteration. Dice is pushing the computing power of all consoles with a new dynamic weather system that can be quite chaotic. Fans saw a destructive tornado tear across the map, and it's unclear if it was man-made

Decades-old ASCII adventure NetHack may hint at the future of AI

Machine learning models have already mastered Chess, Go, Atari games and more, but in order for it to ascend to the next level, researchers at Facebook intend for AI to take on a different kind of game: the notoriously difficult and infinitely complex NetHack. “We wanted to construct what we think is the most accessible ‘grand challenge’ with this game. It won’t solve AI, but it will unlock pathways towards better AI,” said Facebook AI Research’s Edward Grefenstette. “Games are a good domain to find our assumptions about what makes machines

DDR3 vs. DDR4 RAM in gaming

For the average gamer, DDR3 is most often referred to as a token of the past, and DDR4 is near-necessity when building a new or upgrading an existing PC. But what’s the difference between the two, and is the latter truly a necessity?  In short, the difference between Double Data Rate Third generation (DDR3) and Double Data Rate Fourth Generation (DDR4) is energy efficiency and transfer speeds. For gaming purposes, those transfer speeds are all you should really focus on since the energy saved by upgrading 16GB of RAM from

AMD is providing the gaming parts inside Tesla’s Model S and Model X

AMD, the multinational company that develops computer processors and graphics cards, confirmed it’s powering the gaming rig inside two of Tesla’s new car models—S and X—during the Computex 2021 showcase. AMD revealed that the new Tesla infotainment system consists of an AMD Ryzen processor paired with an AMD RDNA 2 graphics card. “So we actually have an AMD Ryzen APU powering the infotainment system in both cars as well as a discrete RDNA2-based GPU that kicks in when running AAA games,” AMD’s CEO Lisa Su said. “Providing up to 10