Around 20 percent slower than the 8GB version

Nvidia has officially launched the new Geforce RTX 3050 6GB graphics card. While it might sound the same as the RTX 3050 8GB launched back in January 2022, this is a completely different graphics card, based on a different chip, coming with 2GB less VRAM, and being around 20 percent slower, all for $179.

Promises 27 new games this month

Nvidia Geforce NOW is celebrating its fourth anniversary this month, promising 27 new games including Diablo IV, Overwatch 2, and three more games that are added this week.

3D V-Cache flexes its muscles in some games

AMD officially launched its new Ryzen 5700X3D CPU yesterday, alongside the Ryzen 8000G series CPUs yesterday. The Ryzen 7 5700X3D is an interesting addition to AMD's AM4 lineup and at $249, it could be the best pick for an upgrade.

With or without heatspreader, and special versions for PS5

Corsair has released its latest MP600 ELITE SSD series that will be available in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities, as well as come in three different versions, with and without a heatspreader, and a special version for Playstation 5 console. The Corsair MP600 ELITE is pretty special as it comes with a new Phison E27T controller.

In case you want to play Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League game

AMD has released a minor AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition GPU driver update which adds support for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League game, as well as fixes an issue seen in the same game.

For automotive applications

Kioxial Corporation has announced sampling of the industry's first Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Ver. 4.0 embedded flash memory devices designed for automotive applications. The new standard will bring higher performance which is needed for a variety of next-generation automotive applications.

€1109 price tag in Europe

First Nvidia Geforce RTX 4080 SUPER graphics cards have been listed in Europe, ahead of its official launch on January 31st, and the price starts at €1,109.

Using Seagate AgileArray technology

Seagate has announced the 24TB version of its IronWolf Pro HDD aimed at multi-user commercial and enterprise RAID storage solutions. Featuring Seagate's own AgileArray technology, the IronWolf Pro HDD series is made to deliver 24/7 performance, reliability, and dependability.

Giving it access to important market segment

ASUS and its ASUS IoT team have announced a new strategic partnership with Quividi, which will allow the integration of Quividi's advanced audience measurement solutions into the range of ASUS NUCs and ASUS IoT Tinker Board-based digital signage solutions.

Intel driver team is on a roll

Intel has released the latest version of its Intel Arc and Iris Xe Graphics driver, bringing impressive performance improvements of up to 268 percent in games for both Intel Arc A-series graphics cards as well as Intel Core Ultra CPUs with Intel Arc Graphics. The new driver is also the Game On driver for new games like Enshrouded, Tekken 8, strangely popular Palworld, and other new titles, and it also fixes some previously noted issues.