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Hogwarts Legacy Review: Under a Spell

Hogwarts Legacy works well on its own as a game, perhaps more than it does as an extension of the world of Harry Potter. Of course, everything that is familiar is present in often astonishing detail and obvious reverence — the majestic Hogwarts castle, the bell-and-chimes music reminiscent of the iconic John Williams score from the films, and the many easter eggs an...

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Redmi 11 Prime vs the Infinix Note 12i: Top 5 features comparison

Today we are comparing two budget phones which were launched last year, namely the Redmi 11 Prime and Infinix Note 12. Redmi and Infinix are known for their budget phones and we’re pitting them against each other.

The Redmi 11 Prime and Infinix Note 12i, both launched last year in September under the price range of ₹13,000. Let’s compare them and leave it to you to decide which one is better.

1. Redmi 11 Prime vs Infinix Note 12i: Design

The Redmi 11 Prime comes with a flat design with a plastic back panel and frame. You can see the SIM tray with two SIM slots on the left side and on the right side, the volume rockers and the power button is placed. The phone has a rectangular camera island on the back with two big camera rings. It comes in three colours; Meadow Green, Thunder Black and Chrome Silver.

The Infinix Note 12i is also made of plastic but it feels and looks like glass because of its glossy design and features a crystal-type design on the camera module. We get a power button with a capacitive fingerprint sensor and volume rockers on the right and on the left side the SIM tray is placed. It also comes in three colours; Force Black, Alpine White, and Metaverse Blue.

2. Redmi 11 Prime vs Infinix Note 12i: Display

The Redmi 11 Prime is equipped with a 6.58-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080 x 2408 pixels. The display supports a 90Hz refresh rate and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3.

On the other hand, the Infinix Note 12i features a 6.5-inch AMOLED display which also supports a 90Hz refresh rate. The display comes with a resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels.

3. Redmi 11 Prime vs Infinix Note 12i: Performance

Redmi 11 Prime is powered by the Mediatek Dimensity 700 SoC paired with 4GB and 6GB RAM. It runs on the Android 12-based MIUI 13 OS. The device comes in three storage options and that is 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, and 128GB 6GB RAM. It packs a 5000mAh battery with 18-watt of fast charging support.

Infinix Note 12i is equipped with MediaTek’s Helio G85 processor paired with 4GB and 6GB RAM as well. It comes in two storage options which are 64GB 4GB RAM, and 1d28GB 6GB RAM. The phone runs on Infinix OS XOS 10.6 based on Android 12. It also packs a 5000mAh battery but with 33-watt of fast charging support.

4. Redmi 11 Prime vs Infinix Note 12i: Camera

Redmi 11 Prime comes with a dual camera setup holding a 50-megapixel primary camera and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. It sports a 5-megapixel selfie shooter.

Infinix Note 12i also comes with a dual camera setup which has a 50-megapixel camera and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. It sports an 8-megapixel front-facing camera.

5. Redmi 11 Prime vs Infinix Note 12i:

Redmi Note 11 Prime is available on Amazon at a price of ₹13,999. Whereas, the Infinix Note 12i comes at a cheaper price of ₹9,999 on Flipkart.

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GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO OC 12G Graphics Card Review: In its rightful place

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is very similar in performance to the AMD RX 6950 XT in a lot of gaming benchmarks and better than the previous gen RTX 3090 from NVIDIA. From some of our older benchmarks, it seems very comparable to the RTX 3090 Ti as well. So you're getting a really good performance uplift with the RTX 4070 Ti. The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO that we tested not only comes across as a very polished chic looking card but the additional warranty that GIGABYTE offers (provide you register) is certainly an appreciated value addition. While the initial launch might have been completely out of place, in its current avatar, the RTX 4070 Ti seems to have redeemed itself. Getting the performance of an RTX 3090 Ti for about 95K is a pretty sweet deal.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti graphics card has received more than its fair share of attention within the launch cycle of the RTX 40 series graphics cards. Primarily because there was a massive uproar when it was originally unveiled as an RTX 4080 12 GB variant. The hullabaloo was because the 80-class cards have traditionally been top-tier cards with barely any compromises in any aspect whereas the RTX 4080 12 GB card seemed to have a few specs falling short of what has traditionally been the trend. So after getting unlaunched, NVIDIA released the card again as the RTX 4070 Ti. Nothing has changed except for the naming of the card. Everything else remains the same. Meanwhile, AMD has launched several graphics cards which have proven to be competitive in the price range. Let’s see how the new cards rank up.

Internationally, the suggested price was USD 899 for the 4080 12 GB model but that has since been dropped by USD 100 down to USD 799. However, the 4070 Ti does not have any Founders Edition cards so OEMs are going to have slightly higher-priced SKUs. After all, they do add value by customising the appearance as well as the cooling mechanism. AMD’s cards are priced at USD 899 and USD 999 for the 7900 XT and the 7900 XTX, respectively. And while they do have the equivalent of FE cards, we didn’t find any links to retail listings on the official website. The cheapest 7900 XTX that we could find online was priced at INR 110,153 while the 7900 XT was seen at INR 92,999. The cheapest RTX 4070 Ti that we saw was at INR 82,615. So the comparable GPU from the competition is a little expensive. Onto the specifications now.

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO OC 12G Specs

Compared to the RTX 4080 16 GB SKU, the 4070 Ti has 7680 CUDA cores which is quite a reduction compared to the 4080’s 9728 CUDA cores. In all, that’s 16 Streaming Multiprocessors less for the 4070 Ti or a 21 per cent core count reduction. With the previous generation of RTX 30-series cards, we saw two RTX 3080 SKUs as well. The higher specced 12 GB card had just 256 CUDA cores higher than the RTX 3080 10 GB SKU, or about 2.9 per cent reduction. Now you can see why there was such an outrage considering how vastly different the core counts were from NVIDIA’s initial plan for the two 80-class GPUs.

Coming back to the differences in specs. We now have Gen 3 RT Cores, Gen 4 Tensor Cores, and a much narrower 192-bit bus width for the memory. Usually, newer-gen memory allows for speedier movement of data, so a narrower bus width is usually justified. However, with the 4070 Ti, the 192-bit bus is actually very low compared to the previous generation since it is paired with the same GDDR6X memory and the cumulative bandwidth is 504.2 GB/s. Whereas the RTX 3080 12 GB SKU and the 10 GB SKU both had 384-bit wide busses and the bandwidth was 1,008 GB/s and 936 GB/s respectively.

The clock speed of the reference design of RTX 4070 Ti is supposed to be 2610 MHz and the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO OC 12G that we have has a little extra which brings it to 2640 MHz. So our scores might not be that different from a Founders Edition card, had there been one.

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AERO OC 12G Build Quality

GIGABYTE has a really clean design for the visuals on the packaging. Very minimalist, and straight to the point. The rear of the packaging has several of the key highlights including the cooler design, RGB lighting, and backplate being mentioned while the rest of the packaging is also very muted.