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MSI planning for its event to showcase its motherboards made for Intel’s Rocket Lake

At the consumer electronic show this year, MSI showed off almost 30 new Intel 500-series motherboards. All the models are based on the Z590 chipset such as the MEG Z590 Godlike, MEG Z590 ACE, etc., mid-range B560 offerings such as MPG B560I Gaming Edge Wi-Fi, MAG B560M Mortar Wi-Fi, etc., and budget boards based on the H510 chipset such as the H510M Pro, H510M-A Pro, and the H510i Pro Wi-Fi.

As we know, Intel will be officially released its 11th generation Rocket Lake CPUs and they will be made publicly available from tomorrow. MSI on the other hand has already planned for a digital event to showcase Rocket Lake in action together with the new Z590 and B560 motherboard lineup.

The event, titled “MSI X Intel Launch Event 2021: Launching to New Heights“, will take place on March 31 at 16:00 Taiwan Time (13:30 IST; UTC+8). In the event, the company will showcase how MSI motherboards and Intel Rocket Lake together can help in productivity, gaming, and content creation.

The viewers of the event can also participate in activities during the event to win several prizes. Participants stand to win several prizes including an Xbox Series X, MSI MAG274QRF-QD monitor, and an MSI MPG Z590 Gaming Carbon Wi-Fi motherboard. Winners of the contest will be announced on April 21, 2021.

So, let’s wait and see what MSI has planned for its event and the performance of its motherboards with Intel’s Rocket Lake CPU.

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Nvidia’s AIBs release BIOS for Resizable BAR supported RTX 30 cards

We already know that Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3090, RTX 3080, RTX 3070, RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards, all support the Resizable BAR feature, however, as of now only RTX 3060 officially supported the feature.

According to sources, some of the company’s AIBs are now releasing BIOS support for the rest of the cards. In the latest news, team green’s partners GALAX & Gainward have released BIOS for GeForce RTX 3090, RTX 3080, RTX 3070, RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards.

But the procedure of installing the BIOS from a third party is a very risky measure. As most of the graphics cards don’t come with a dual-BIOS design it is a very risky process than tinkling with motherboard BIOS. If you accidentally lose power or your PC goes haywire during the process, then you can just as well say your graphics card goodbye.

One more piece of advice, while installing the BIOS on an unsupported graphics card, one must be prepared to throw away your card because only those models that are listed for support should be updated with the respective BIOS.

According to sources, NVIDIA & the rest of AIBs will be releasing the respective vBIOS for Founders Edition and various custom models by end of March or the upcoming Tuesday. EVGA on their Twitter handle has also stated that they will be releasing the BIOS for the GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards on Tuesday.

The vBIOS file within a DOS-built Firmware Updater checks if a firmware update is needed for your NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series graphics card and the warning is given that losing power will result in damage to the graphics card. many users have successfully managed to update their GeForce cards with custom BIOS.

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Indian mobile gaming industry on the rise since the impact of COVID

When the world suffered from a fresh out-break of COVID-19 and we all were subjected to sudden lockdowns, the industry which flourished majorly was the gaming industry. COVID-19 resulted in a sudden boom faced by the gaming sector, and according to fresh reports, India’s mobile gaming sector has thrown open a new growth avenue for Indian gaming studios.

Due to the pandemic, the gaming studios in India saw their business scale new heights since the pandemic and strict curbs on mobility in many countries kept most people indoors. According to sources, small studios are seeing a fivefold growth in business and even the bigger studios have posted a 60% jump in the gaming business.

“We build games for both casual and mid-core audiences and, both in number and engagement, the market has grown exponentially at more than 60% for us. Esports, where we engage professional gamers, has also skyrocketed in this period. The entire Indian gaming industry has witnessed positive growth in the past few years.”

The digital entertainment firm Jetsynthesys, which is tied up with Japanese gaming giant Square Enix will be launching a reimagined version of board game ludo—Ludo Zenith—for mobile gamers. Underdogs Studio has also received requests to develop an alternative platform to PUBG Mobile, which was banned last year. Underdogs Studio has also worked with organizations like Voodoo, a billion-dollar gaming firm from France, and according to reports several firms have reached out to Underdogs Studio for gamified digital marketing campaigns, Chavan said.

A Mumbai-based gaming company called Firescore Interactive is tied up with the Israeli firm CrazyLabs to start a mentorship program titled CrazyHubs India Program. The Israeli firm invested $500,000 in Firescore last year.

For the global gaming firms, a relationship with the Indian firms gives them an insight into the Indian market. The business models could range from being as simple as making and selling a game to a bigger company or international studio asking for games to be made to certain specifications.

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Puget system’s Unreal Engine Test on AMD’s Threadripper TR and TR Pro ranges

A Washington-based custom workstation builder, Puget Systems, has put together a fascinating, and very expensive, Unreal Engine-based comparison test. In the test, many of the best workstation powerhouses were included such as AMD’s beasts, the Zen 2-based Threadripper (TR), and Threadripper Pro (TR Pro) ranges.

The custom builder even decided to throw in the mighty 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and also add in some players like the Intel Core i9-10980XE and i9-10900K processors. Of course, intel’s players cannot outperform the 64-core Zen 2 TR Pro in an Unreal Engine (4.25) test. They were just there for the sake of comparison.

For the graphics, the custom workstation maker used the powerful Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB graphics card, which helped the CPU deal with the Unreal Engine compiling and packaging benchmarks. Coming to the CPU core, the Intel Core i9-10900K scored a handy baseline mark of 1,000 points. The Zen 3 part on the other hand was much faster at compiling source code than the Comet Lake chip (889 seconds vs. 1,327 seconds), and the Ryzen 9 5950X came away with a total score of 1,492 points.

AMD’s Threadripper Pro 3955X, with its 16-cores, comes at a bargain price of US$1,149, and in the Unreal Engine, the test had the worst-performance out of the six TR SKUs tested, lying behind the 24-core TR part and 32-core TR and TR Pro chips.

However, the TR 3990X which comes at US$3,990, and the US$5,489 TR Pro 3995WX, had a tough competition. Both the 64-core monsters scored over 2,500 points, with the 3995WX edging out the 3990X by 2,679 points to 2,524 points in the overall performance score.

From what we know is that the TR Pro chips can utilize 128x PCIe 4 lanes (64x for non-TR Pro), which makes them the best workstation processors currently in the market. according to the test conducted we also found that the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (US$799) and Intel Core i9-10900K (US$488) performed more than admirably in the challenging Unreal Engine benchmark battery.

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Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro launched with a 5,000 mAH battery and IP68 rating at ¥4999

Xiaomi hosted a mega virtual event a few hours back in which they launched a number of products. They added few more smartphones to their original Mi 11 lineup which was launched in December 2020. One of the new smartphones which are added to the lineup is Mi 11 Pro. Xiaomi has also launched a stunning secondary screen with Mi 11 Ultra. You can read more about this by clicking below.

Also Read: Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra launched with two screens and Snapdragon 888 SoC

Mi 11 Pro sports a 6.81-inch E4 AMOLED QHD+ display and comes with a high adaptive refresh rate of 120 Hz. The smartphone has a screen resolution of 3200 × 1440 pixels. Just like Mi 11 Ultra, this handset is also powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G mobile processor and is paired with up to 12 GB LPDDR5 RAM and up to 256 GB UFS 3.1 storage. It runs on Android 11-based MIUI 12.5 custom skin on top. The smartphone is IP68 certified and has Harman Kardon speakers.

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Also Read: Mi 11i with Snapdragon 888 launched globally starting at €649

The device also has a triple camera module at the back-side with a 50 MP Samsung GN2 primary sensor, a 13 MP (f/2.3 aperture) ultra-wide-angle lens and an 8 MP telephoto-macro camera with 50x digital zoom. You will also get a 20 MP selfie camera at the front. In terms of battery, the device is packed with a 5,000mAh battery cell and is paired with a 67W fast wired and wireless charging support. It also has a 10W reverse wireless charging support.

Also Read: Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 4G and 5G/Youth Edition launched in China and Globally

The Mi 11 Pro comes in three different variants of RAM and storage. It comes in three different colours: Black, White and Green. You can check the price of the device below.

  • 8 GB + 128 GB – RMB 4,999 or around Rs 55,400
  • 8 GB + 256 GB – RMB 5,299 or approx Rs 58,700
  • 12 GB + 256 GB – RMB 5699 or around Rs 63,100

The smartphone is up for sale on 2nd April in China. You can pre-order the device from tonight.

Xiaomi will continue the Product Launch Event on March 30

Today Xiaomi had started the most waited Product launch of the year where they had already launched most of the smartphones and two smart devices including a smart band and one router. The Mi 11 series smartphones has been launched today including Mi 11i, Mi 11 Lite 4G and 5G/Youth Edition, Mi 11 Pro and Mi 11 Ultra. Along with the Mi 11 series smartphones we saw the launch of Mi Smart Band 6 and Mi AX9000 Gaming Wi-Fi Router with Wi-Fi 6.

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Xiaomi has officially announced today, after the official launch event ended, in their official Weibo account claiming that the launch event will continue tomorrow and will continue to launch the remaining products that were not covered today. The launch event will start at 19:30 tomorrow and will cover the launch of Mi MIX, Mi Notebook Pro, Mi Fresh Air Conditioner, and Mi Humidifier.

No more details have been shared by the company. We have to wait until the launch and witness “there will be the Xiaomi MIX that everyone cares about the surging chip that everyone bares about and the new changes that Xiaomi will usher in the next ten years,” as told by the official poster.

Xiaomi launched Tri-Band Mi AX9000 Gaming Wi-Fi Router with WiFi 6

The Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has just launched various new products in its ongoing live stream launching. In this online event, the company has declared the latest Mi AX9000 Gaming Wi-Fi Router, it is featuring WiFi 6 standards.

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The current Mi AX9000 router is basically a Tri-band router that can support both 2.4 and 5G bands. It is charged by a Hexa core Qualcomm chipset under the hood. The most notable information is that the Chinese tech giant has also been offered a third 5G_Game band with it, which is suggested as the name and clearly dedicated towards gaming. However, the AX9000 has offered 4 x 4 160MHz bandwidth over the 4×4 80MHz that was found in the router series of the AX3000.

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This new router has amazing features, the WiFi router also supports MU-MIMO and OFDMA, which means the device can support connectivity for up to 16 devices. Talking about the design, the router is equipped with a unique aesthetic with its ‘X’ shaped cross LEDs which is fit on the top of its octagonal-shaped router. It has four antennas that can also be examined with the rear having four LAN ports as well. It is not the end, the company also has offered a USB 3.0 port. The device is also featured with a single fan that can cool the device.

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The device is powered by a Qualcomm processor, a WiFi router that can enhance the speed of up to 4804 Mbps and it is dependent on the connected frequency. Xiaomi currently has emphasized connectivity and also the range with the latest Mi AX9000 router series, it is informed that it can offer more strong and high speeds up to a range of 12 meters, it does not care about any obstacles any walls, or anything like it. This new high-tech router will be sold for a price of 999 Yuan or roughly 152 US dollars only.

Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra launched with two screens and Snapdragon 888 SoC

Xiaomi hosted a mega virtual event a few hours back in which they launched a number of products. But, the highlight of the event was the unveiling of the Mi 11 Ultra smartphone. It is one of the highly talked about smartphone markets due to its awesome features which are not regularly seen in even the most expensive devices. Let’s decode what Xiaomi has offered to us with Mi 11 Ultra!

Also Read: Mi 11i with Snapdragon 888 launched globally starting at €649

The Mi 11 Ultra flaunts a 6.81-inch QHD+ Samsung E4 AMOLED display with a screen resolution of 3200×1440 pixels. It comes with a high adaptive refresh rate of 120 Hz. The biggest talking point of this new smartphone is the presence of a secondary screen at the backside. This screen can display Notifications, time, weather, offers Music control and aids in taking selfies with the rear camera. Also, it helps massively in battery saving as Xiaomi claims that the screen can give 55 hours of battery backup with just 10% remaining battery.

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The smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Soc and runs on Android 11-based MIUI 12.5 custom skin out of the box. It draws energy from a 5,000mAh battery cell and is paired with a 67W wired fast-charging support. Also, the device comes with a 67W wireless charging and a 10W reverse charging support.

Also Read: Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 4G and 5G/Youth Edition launched in China and Globally

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In terms of optics, the Mi 11 Ultra features a triple camera setup at the back. This includes a 50MP ISOCELL GN2 primary sensor, a 48MP Sony IMX586 ultra-wide-angle lens and a 48MP Sony IMX586 telephoto lens. All the 3 camera sensors including the Tele macro shooter. For selfies and video chats, it offers a 20MP front snapper. The Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra is IP68 certified as well. You also get Harmon Kardon stereo speakers.

Also Read: Mi Smart Band 6 with a Full-screen display launched in China and Globally

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This stunning smartphone comes in three storage variants at three different prices. 

  • 8GB + 256GB – RMB 5,599 or around Rs 62,000
  • 12GB + 256GB – RMB 5,999 or approx Rs 66,500
  • 16GB + 256GB – RMB 6,999 or around Rs 77,500

All three variants will go on sale from 2nd April. But, this launch is only for the Chinese market. Nothing is mentioned about its global launch.

Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite 4G and 5G/Youth Edition launched in China and Globally

On today’s massive launch event of Xiaomi, the Chinese giant has launched the lite version of the Mi 11 smartphone, named Mi 11 Lite and the main thing is that Xiaomi launched not only a 4G but also a 5G option of this Mi 11 Lite. So, let’s have a brief discussion of each of the variant of this phone with the pricing.

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Also Read: Mi 11i with Snapdragon 888 launched globally starting at €649

Mi 11 Lite 5G/Youth Edition

The newly launched Mi 11 Lite 5G runs MIUI 12 based on Android 11 OS and is powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G chipset (5nm based). Regarding the display, this phone offers a 6.55 inch FHD+ AMOLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate (protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 6).

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The SD 780G SoC of this phone is paired with 8GB of RAM and 128GB/256GB of UFS 2.2 storage (expandable up to 512GB). Coming to the camera section, this phone features a triple rear camera setup that includes a 64-megapixel primary sensor, an 8 MP ultra-wide-angle lens, and a 5 MP macro sensor. For selfies, this phone has a 20MP selfie snapper at the front.

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The Mi 11 Lite 5G is fueled up by a 4,250mAH battery supported by 33W of fast charging. This phone features dual stereo speakers. In terms of connectivity, this phone has support for Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 6, NFC, and so on. Another big highlight of this phone is that it is said to be the slimmest and lightest Mi phone in history as it measures 160.53 mm x 75.72 mm x 6.81 mm and weighs only around 159 grams. It is available in six different color options: Black, Pink, Blue, Green, Yellow, and White.

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Coming to the pricing, the Mi 11 Lite 5G carries a price tag of 2,299 Yuan (roughly 350 US Dollars) for its 8GB + 128GB option and 2,599 Yuan (roughly 395 US Dollars) for its 8GB + 256GB option.

Mi 11 Lite 4G

Apart from the Mi 11 Lite 5G, Xiaomi has launched a 4G version of the same smartphone, and that too for the global market. The 4G variant is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G paired with 6GB/8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. The display is similar to the 5G version, but this time protected by the Gorilla Glass 5 instead of 6 and the Bluetooth version is also one step lower, Bluetooth 5.1 instead of 5.2.

The rear camera section is similar to the 5G variant whereas as per the front camera, the 4G version features a 16MP selfie shooter instead of 20MP. This phone comes in three different color variants: Boba Black, Bubblegum Blue, Peach Pink. Other than these, all specs are identical to the 5G option.

Coming to its pricing, the Mi 11 Lite 4G carries a starting price tag of EUR 299 for its 6GB+64GB and 6GB+128GB variants.

Mi Smart Band 6 with a Full-screen display launched in China and Globally

Today at Xiaomi’s global launch event the company has launched the Mi Smart band 6 the successor of the Mi Smart Band series in 2021. The Smart band looks almost the same as the previous generation but this time the company has made a little change in the display and now we can have a full-screen display of this smart band for a better view to track our daily activities.

Also Read: Mi 11i with Snapdragon 888 launched globally starting at €649

This Mi Band’s first-ever full-screen Smart Band along with 1.56″ AMOLED Display and will help us to get a proper track at any outdoor lighting conditions. As per the company, “it almost 50% bigger and much clearer than ever before!” We are also getting a 326PPI High-Resolution display that will allow us to see more clearly from a distance intelligently paired with the AMOLED nature of the screen.

With Mi Smart Band 6 we are getting a huge variety of 30 exercise modes along with SpO2 tracking. Among these 30 fitness modes, the Smart band is able to Auto-detect 6 fitness activities including running, walking, and others. Some other notable features like heart rate monitoring, alerts Sleep tracking with REM, and sleep breathing quality are also a must included feature as the company mentions.

The battery of this smart band is up to 14-day and it pretty much comes around our expectations. Mi Smart Band 6 is swim-proof at 5 ATM. These are all the specifications and features of the Mi Smart Band 6. This is a non-NFC variant which is launched globally and both NFC and Non-NFC variants are launched in China named Mi Band 6. Though both are the same, their prices differ a bit.

The smart band also includes PAI, women’s health, 130+ Watch faces, Magnetic Charger, Music, and camera control.

  • China:
    • NFC version- 279 yuan($43)
    • Standard(non-NFC)- 229 yuan($35)
  • Global:
    • Standard(non-NFC)- 44.99 euros

The Mi Smart Band 6 is priced in the global market at 44.99€ which is roughly Rs. 3,855 when converted to Indian currency. The pre-sale starts tonight at 22:00 and the first sale in all channels starts at 10:00 am on April 2.