Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids — What to Expect

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids release date is May 13. You can download the DLC expansion on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series S/ X. In our preview video, we talk about Wrath of the Druids map, gameplay, length, and download size.

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Lenovo Legion 7i, Legion 5i, Legion 5i Pro Gaming Laptops Refreshed With 11th Gen Intel Core H-Series CPUs

Lenovo Legion 7i, Legion 5i, and Legion 5i Pro gaming laptops have been announced with the latest 11th Gen Intel Core H-series mobile processors. The Lenovo announcement comes at the heel of Intel’s 11th Gen Tiger Lake-H processors for laptops and brings three updated laptops models, along with a new gaming monitor.

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Nvidia announces RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti for laptops, turning mainstream notebooks into gaming powerhouses

Nvidia's new RTX 30-series GPUs are already powering millions of laptops around the world, delivering solid gaming performance for consumers on the go. Now, the RTX 30-series has two new members - The GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and 3050.

These new GPUs will be powering a new wave of mainstream laptops on the market, turning them into very capable gaming machines. They will deliver real-time ray tracing and AI-based DLSS and make them available to a wider range of consumers.

The new RTX 3050 Ti and the RTX 3050, as you've probably already guessed, sit beneath the existing RTX 3060 when it comes to performance and specs. They both have less video memory (4GB) and fewer dedicated tensor cores compared to the RTX 3060. However, they do have RT Cores for real-time ray tracing and DLSS.

According to Nvidia, the RTX 3050 Ti is capable of pushing beyond the 60 FPS mark in more modern titles like Call Of Duty: Warzone, Outriders, Control, Watch Dogs: Legion, and Minecraft. This is with ray-tracing turned on, so that's quite impressive. After all, you'll be seeing these GPUs in more mainstream machines rather than high-end, dedicated gaming laptops.

While we haven't tested any of these laptops since they are yet to go official. That being said, we doubt if these laptops will be able to handle those games with ray-tracing at max settings and offer the best visual fidelity. Considering the fact that these GPUs are less powerful than the RTX 3060, we think it will be suited for consumers who prefer to have smooth gameplay over max visual fidelity.

Nvidia is betting big on the DLSS feature that will use AI cores to run games at better frame rates on these laptops. However, it will be interesting to see how the games that don't support DLSS will run on these systems.

Lastly, it's worth mentioning that OEMs are free to tweak the total graphics power (TGP) of each RTX 3050 or RTX 3050 Ti in terms of wattage and clock speed just like how they can with other RTX 30-series based laptops. The TGP range for these chips can be anywhere between 35W and 80W.

Availability

In terms of availability, you can expect laptops with the RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3050 to show up on the market very soon. Samsung has already launched the Galaxy Book Odyssey with RTX 3050, so it's only a matter of time till we start seeing new laptops powered by these new GPUs.

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Pok Pok Playroom Is the New Game — for Kids — From Alto’s Odyssey Makers

Pok Pok Playroom is a new game designed for children aged 2–6 from Alto’s Odyssey developer Snowman, under a new studio called Pok Pok. Pok Pok Playroom out May 20 on iPhone and iPad. It requires a $4 monthly/ $30 annual subscription after a 14-day free trial.

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Asus ROG Zephyrus S17, ROG Zephyrus M16 Gaming Laptops With 11th-Gen Intel Core H-Series Processors Announced

Asus ROG Zephyrus S17 premium gaming laptop comes with a rising optical mechanical keyboard for better heat dissipation. The laptop is powered by an 11th-Gen Intel Core i9-11900H processor that is capable of using up to 90W of power in short bursts. In addition, there is an up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 GPU that reaches 140W with Dynamic Boost. There’s up to 16GB on...

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050, GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Gaming GPUs for Laptops Launched

The new Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti promise ray tracing effects and DLSS AI-powered upscaling to improve performance drastically in the thin-and-light as well as entry-level gaming laptop segments.

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Intels new 11th Gen Core H-Series processors bring desktop-class performance to laptops

Intel's H35 series that was released earlier this year sort of bridged the gap between the U-series models that were sometimes pushed up to 28W, and the 45W mobile processors with more cores and higher clock speeds. And now, the company has finally pulled the curtains to reveal the 8 Core H45 Tiger Lake CPUs.

We now have Intel's complete lineup of Tiger Lake CPUs beyond the H35 quad-core parts, thereby allowing us to have Tiger Lake CPUs on mobile with an 8 core configuration instead of 4 cores.

These new Intel Tiger Lake processors have 8 Willow Cove cores, 16 threads, and 32EU Intel UHD graphics that is based on the new Iris Xe graphics architecture. The CPU is based on the 10nm SuperFin technology to deliver performance improvement that is comparable to a full-node transition.

Intel's new H45 series will include multiple variants including the Core i9-11980HK that's touted to be the world's best gaming laptop processor that's fully unlocked.

It's also the most premium model in the series which gets close to a desktop processor. This particular processor can be overclocked further than 65W in systems that will allow for it. It remains to be seen exactly how it fares since overclocking in laptops is usually a hit or miss, but we'll take Intel's word for it.

The Core i9-11980HK is the best one in the series with 4.5 GHz all-core turbo, 4.9 GHz traditional turbo, and 5.0 GHz with Turbo Boost Max 3.0 on up to two favored cores. However, there are a bunch of other variants - Core i9-11900H, i7-11800H, i5-11400H, and the i5-11260H.

So Intel has deployed five models in total for consumers and the other five vPro variants for commercial use. The Core i5 variants, as you can see, are hex-core offerings. All these processors have a 45W standard rating, while 35W is the power-down option.

As mentioned above, the new H-series processors will also have corresponding vPro versions for enterprise usage. According to Intel, out of the 80+ designs currently using the new 11th Gen Core Tiger Lake-H, about 15 of them will be vPro versions.

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11th gen Intel Core H-series processors Features

Intel's new 11th gen Core H-series processors bring powerful performance with up to 8 cores and 16 threads. With Intel's Turbo Boost Max 3.0, these CPUs can deliver up to 5.0Ghz frequencies, which when combined with the new microarchitecture, delivers a solid performance boost over the previous generation. 

The new architecture features 20 PCIe 4.0 lanes direct to the CPU to enable ultra-fast discrete graphics and storage. In addition to that, the new Intel Optane memory H20 (Pyramid Glacier) allows for super-fast turnaround times for launching games, work files, etc.

Advanced Overclocking

The new CPUs also support Intel's Speed Optimizer that offers instant overclocking with one click and Intel Dynamic Tuning technology that taps into machine learning for adaptive performance. Intel's 11th Gen Intel Core H-series processors also enable per-core voltage control, the ability to modify AVX/512 voltages, XTU feature enhancements, and more.

Connectivity Solution

The new H-series processors take advantage of Killer Wi-Fi 6/6E (Gig+) with speeds up to 3x faster and up to 75% lower latency than legacy Wi-Fi. The processor's integrated Thunderbolt 4 at 40Gbps delivers the fastest, simplest, and most reliable cable solution for your accessories. Intel hasn't mentioned USB4, but there's USB 3 support, however, Intel again hasn't mentioned if this is USB 3.2 Gen 1 or Gen 2.

Availability

Laptops based on these new CPUs from Intel will show up on the market starting this month, however, you can expect them to come out over the rest of the year. Nvidia is also cooking products that are designed to fit with these CPUs. We'll have a lot more to talk about the performance of these CPUs once we get our hands on the systems for testing, so stay tuned.

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