The Taiwanese OEM has pushed a latest BIOS update that optimizes performance on AMD Renoir powered laptops in December. This update has magically increased the performance on my ASUS VivoBook Flip 14 TM420 laptop with Ryzen 7 4700U with 8 cores and 8 threads.
There were three laptop updates pushed after September that optimized performance from the default out-of-the-box version of the laptop. The first update I saw, I did mention in my review and after that one update brought significant impact on the Vega iGPU performance.
The 301 update was significant for the graphics performance:
After that I didn’t write about it as there were no significant performance improvement on the CPU front. The new ASUS 302 BIOS update in December has brought significant impact to the APU’s overall performance:
The single-core performance has improved from 1129 to 1154 points in Geekbench whereas the 5192 points got increased to 5326 points in multi-threaded score. This is almost 2.6% performance improvement in multi-threaded tests and it is quite significant as this is totally free of cost. Most other AMD Renoir powered laptops by ASUS should be getting this update and you should do the BIOS update now!!!
The year 2020 has been a disaster in the history of our generation. We are suffering from the ongoing pandemic onslaught, surviving through boring lockdowns, and most remarkably, struggling to buy PCs and laptops in the market.
According to sources, the PCs and Laptops’ supply problem is not going to be solved anytime soon. Some analysts even claim that the problem may extend till 2022. As the world took to work from home, the demand for laptops and PCs have increased. These days, kids are taking online classes in their MacBooks; heck, I didn’t even know what Android was when I was in high school. Of course, now I am an expert!
On a serious note, if the supply problem extends until 2022, we as consumers are looking at dire situations ahead. There will be a shortage of supply of your favorite products, and the price for the devices will jump sky-high. Nonetheless, that doesn’t mean that the company’s are not making enough sales. It merely means that they are not able to meet the growing market demand. Stop being greedy, people.
Many families had looked to install at least one PC for children and students in their homes with the various government enforcing local lockdowns. Gadgets like tablets and Chromebooks have been making a name for themselves in the market recently. Even the gaming industry grew as the number of gamers and related hardware also saw growth.
Many companies and manufacturers are struggling to stock up inventory to keep up with the high demand. As to whether they will be able to meet the needs is not yet known. The issue lies with the PCs and Laptop supply and the collection of GPUs and CPUs. As to when the tech giants will recover their supply market remains to be seen.
The recent ongoing scuffle between India and China has been rising at both the border and the main-land. Both the countries have been ahead in creating problems for each other as such India has banned most of the Chinese apps in its Indian market. Considering the popularity of these apps, it is without a doubt that most of the apps are irreplaceable in the market.
According to a recent report, Homegrown short-video making apps led by Josh has captured 40 percent market share of their Chinese rival TikTok since the Indian government banned it along with other apps in June this year.
TikTok is undoubtedly the most famous Chinese developer in the Indian market, well at least it was. It had nearly 85 million users in India in June 2018, and it reached over 167 million users by June 2020. In the efforts of enabling policies including more quantum of the spectrum, India’s telecom sector is set to establish new benchmarks in the next-generation network deployments and service delivery.
After the ban of TikTok, there was a potential void left in the market. Indian content players like Dailyhunt owns Josh, launched apps like MX TakaTak, Roposo, Chingari, Moj Mitron, Trell, and others to fill the vast void.
According to Bengaluru-based market consulting firm RedSeer, the Indian platforms have captured a 40 percent market share of TikTok. Josh leads the race equality of content, extensive content library, and, decoding preferences to deliver the right content.
“New short-form players have been able to offer users a holistic experience to users with quality content creators getting onboarded,” said Anil Kumar, Founder, and CEO, RedSeer.
“As Indian players innovate to offer fresh quality content every day, short-form engagement is expected to resurge back to January and grow more than four times in the next five years.
“However, the questions remain on the monetization front for the players and potential change in dynamics if the ban on TikTok is lifted.”
MSI has recently been generous to offer the AGESA 1.1.9.0 update for both its B550 and X570 motherboards to bring Resizable BAR support for older Ryzen processors as well as with NVIDIA Ampere GPUs. Now you will think, what is Resizable BAR support?
You will also think this feature is not exclusive to AMD’s latest Ryzen 5000 series processors and Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs? The answer is no; yes, both of them work well with the feature, but AMD doesn’t own the feature; it’s just their Smart Access Memory, or SAM uses this Resizable BAR feature on supported motherboards.
Resizable Base Address Register has already been available with PCIe gen 3 specifications, and kudos to AMD to make everybody talk about it now. As of now, AMD GPUs will take advantage of this on a number of motherboards and the processors using it.
Although AMD’s SAM implementation is far more stable, NVIDIA is also said to work on this as a PCIe Express feature. However, the wide usage of this feature on many motherboards of both AMD and Intel platforms is yet to take some time.
The advantage of this is, when turned on, games enjoy extra framerates and offer up to 10% higher frame rates in games like Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla or boost minimum framerates at 4K max settings in heavy games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and others.
MSI’s update proves one by one that almost all major motherboard makers will be enabling Resizable BAR support in days to come, giving you an extra performance boost at no additional cost.
A total of 4 5v5 teams and 16 battle royale teams to fight it out for 6.5 Lacs INR prize pool in the grand finals
New Delhi, 26 December 2020: South Asia’s leading esports company NODWIN Gaming recently announced its first standalone Call of Duty Mobile tournament, the Call of Duty Mobile India Challenge 2020 The qualifiers have concluded and the finalists will compete for the 6.5 Lacs INR prize pool on 28 December. The grand finals will go live on Airtel Xstream and NODWIN Gaming’s YouTube and Facebook handles.
After successfully concluding the cups for 5v5 and Battle Royale modes, we have our finalists who will be competing for one last time to earn the title of Call of Duty Mobile India Challenge champions.
20 teams made it to the Grand Finals out of more than 2600 registered teams for the tournament.
5v5 Finalists
Team Mayhem
Reckoning Esports
Force One
GodLike
Battle Royale Finalists:
Force One
HEROES OFFICIAL
ENIGMA GAMING
Vendetta Esports
Team iNSANE eSports
Resistance Esports
Complexity Gaming
Resilience Esports
BLIND eSports
InterVague
Unity Gaming
Elite Warriors
CaSxTreme
4Entx1
Team Revolution
iNCARNATIONS
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎄 Start off your Christmas right with Call of Duty Mobile India Challenge action with top CODM teams battling for a slot in the #CODMIC Grand Finals! 🏆🏆
“The CODM India Challenge has been a great journey so far. The tournament’s reception was overwhelming from day 1. Got to see some great matches across 5v5 and battle royale modes by some of the best teams like GodLike, Reckoning Esports and Force One. Kudos to the storytellers, Majorbeast and Khenjx along with superjonny, Ocean and Fyxs for bringing the story to the people. NODWIN Gaming is elated as we enter the grand finale. All the best to the finalists! Also, stay tuned for 2021, we will return with extensive plans for the community as we plan to keep mobile esports as a top priority in the coming year”, said Akshat Rathee, MD & Co-Founder, NODWIN Gaming.
The winner of both the modes will take home prize money of 1.25 Lacs INR each. The best performers of the tournament will also stand a chance to rank up on the national leaderboard of Airtel India Esports Tour.
Watch India’s best CODM teams fight for glory at the grand finals on 28th December on Airtel Xstream and NODWIN Gaming’s YouTube and Facebook handles.
GPD Win 2 is one of the brand’s most successful products being a portable gaming console. Now they are ready to bring its successor as GPD Win 3 Gaming Laptop and launch on Indiegogo soon. You can visit the preview page on Indiegogo’s website.
This gaming PC is expected to have a price tag of $799 and have a portable form factor like the Win 2. The GDP Win 3 will run on Windows 10 OS and will include a gamepad into the hardware of the PC.
Here we get to see a 5.5-inch display with a 720p HD resolution. This device features a keyboard under the display, which has the option of sliding to use it. This gaming device comes with a gamepad having two joysticks, a directional pad, four action buttons, and four triggers.
The Win 3 has an exhaust vent on the top and an intake air vents on the rear to overcome the heating issue. It also has a USB-A port, headphone jack, power key, and built-in microphone. At the bottom of the device, there are loudspeakers and USB-C Thunderbolt 4.0 port. It also features two customizable buttons on the rear side of the controller grips.
The GPD Win 3 comes with the latest 11th generation Intel Core i5, whereas a Core i7 SoC powers the higher version. In the memory slot, we have 16 GB of LPDDR4 RAM, and for storage, there is a 1TB internal PCIe 3.0 SSD. This device packs the Intel Xe GPU to boost the graphics and features Wi-Fi 6, support for microSD cards, and Bluetooth 5.0.
The battery’s capacity is still not known, but it is expected that it will last for 2-3 hours of intense gaming and 11 hours in light use. A 65W power charger will charge the device.
Samsung is going to arrange an event dubbed ‘First Look 2021’ on 6th January 2021. The main purpose of this event is to release new display technologies and some new products showcasing its ‘vision for the future of the display’. But the company hasn’t shared any details regarding the new launches at that event.
It is expected that Samsung is planning to launch its Smart TVs at that event. The company is going to arrange another event, named Consumers Electronics Show, which will start on 11th January and end on 14th January. According to the source, the company may launch new Samsung MicroLED TVs, Mini-LED TVs, and as well as new models of 4K and 8K QLED TVs.
The Company has shared the invitation poster for this event. If we look at the poster image, then it can assume that there is also a possibility to launch tablets and laptops at that event along with TVs. It is expected that the devices which will launch at that event, could feature the new display technology.
This month, the company has unveiled the next generation of television display technology, a new 110-inch Micro LED TV. Samsung offers a breathtaking audio-visual experience on an ultra-large next-gen TV display. The black matrix and bezel have been completely removed from the display, which leaves only the screen. The huge screen space has been put to use as consumers can use the Multi-View feature and watch up to four content sources simultaneously on up to 55-inch sized split screens.
The Samsung First Look 2021 event will be live-streamed on the company’s official website on 6th January at 11:00 AM EST. To get more information regarding this topic, we have to wait till the official event date.
Shooting Guards are easily one of the most important roles in a basketball match. The role of a shooting guard has evolved over the course of many years. From only shooting the ball into the hoop, to now dribbling, passing and even taking it to the rack is also what is expected out of a shooting guard.
Here’s our ranking of the top shooting guards from this NBA season, from 5-1.
5. Donovan Mitchell – Utah Jazz
2019-2020 Stats: 24 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 4.3 APG.
The 24-year-old Mitchell proved in his first year only that he was amongst the top brightest young players in the league. This offseason he signed a massive 5-year contract worth a possible of $195 million. He has proved to be the go-to player for the Jazz, time and again. He is an exciting and extremely talented young player who is only in his 4th NBA season and continues to improve year after year.
Mitchell is entering his 4th NBA season.
Image Credits: Deseret News
4. Devin Booker – Phoenix Suns
2019-2020 Stats : 26.6 PPG, 6.5 APG, 4.2 RPG
Devin Booker has easily been the best player on a very underperforming Suns team for the past several years now. Ever since he came into the league he has been proving it to everyone that he can get a bucket on everyone. Last year, he led the Suns to an 8-0 record in the NBA bubble. This year, he will be joined by veteran Chris Paul in the backcourt to make it one of the most exciting backcourt duos in the league. With Paul’s experience and Booker’s consistency, the Suns could be a tough team to face.
3. Bradley Beal – Washington Wizards
2019-2020 Stats : 30.5 PPG, 6.1 APG, 4.2 RPG
Bradley Beal has been one of the most deadliest scorers in the league. He has proven to get buckets at his will. But, last year he played on a very underachieving Wizards team on which he couldn’t really make a lot of difference. This year, with the acquisition of All-Star Russell Westbrook, the Wizards are easily looking like a Playoffs team.
When Paul George player alongside Westbrook, George had his best season. Should Beal experience something similar, he will for sure be an All-Star and even one of the best players in the league.
Bradley Beal Bradley Beal is the first player in NBA history to average 30+ PPG despite not making the All-Star team.
Image Credits: Republic World
2. Paul George – Los Angeles Clippers
2019-2020 Stats : 21.5 PPG, 3.9 APG, 5.7 RPG
A six-time All-Star, Paul George is on one of the title-contending teams for the past two years. Last year they had a surprise exit in the second round of the playoffs. George is one of the best shooters in the league. But offence isn’t all that Paul George has to offer. George is one of the best defenders in the league. He will be entering the season with something to prove alongside his All-Star companion Kawhi Leonard.
Harden has finished a season with 30+ PPG three consecutive times. Image Credits: CBS Sports
1. James Harden – Houston Rockets
2019-2020 Stats : 34.3 PPG, 7.5 APG, 6.6 RPG
James Harden has arguably topped this list and has been rightfully the best shooting guard in the league since the past 4-5 years now. Although his position with the Rockets looks a bit dicey, wherever James Harden plays, that team will be having the best Shooting guard on their roster. James Harden isn’t only just the best isolation offensive player in the league currently, he is arguably the best in NBA history. Year after year Harden has led the league in scoring – which is exactly what is expected off a shooting guard, to score. He will make an immediate and positive impact on whatever team he ends up playing for.
Other than these greats, players like C.J. McCollum, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jaylen Brown, Fred VanVleet and Victor Oladipo do deserve a mention on this list for their roles.
Xiaomi is about to launch its upcoming flagship lineup, the Xiaomi Mi 11 series. This series is likely to have two models: Mi 11 and the Mi 11 Pro. Recently, the company has been confirming several features of the upcoming Mi 11 through Weibo. But today the company has teased some features regarding the display of this upcoming device.
According to Weibo, the company confirmed that the display Xiaomi Mi 11 comes with the latest Corning, Gorilla Glass Victus. This latest Gorilla Glass version is a successor of the Gorilla Glass 6, which released in July.
The company says, that this Gorilla Glass Victus has 2x improve scratch resistance than its predecessor Gorilla Glass 6. It can resist scratch up to 4 times better than its predecessor. Apart from this, the latest Gorilla Glass has 1.5x better drop resistance capacity. The glass also has a capacity to retain structural integrity as long as it dropped on surfaces up to 2m in height.
The company has also shared a video through its Weibo account, which reveals that this Gorilla Glass Victus can tolerate the pressure up to 100Kg. Apart from this glass, the company has already confirmed that the flagship Xiaomi Mi 11 comes with advanced display technology.
According to the recent leak, the Xiaomi Mi 11 will unveil in Q1 2021. This series of smartphones are going to be the World’s first smartphones with Snapdragon 888 chipset and will run on MIUI 12.0 based on Android 11 out of the box. The SoC of these smartphones will be paired with faster LPDDR5 RAM up to 12 GB.
Lionel Messi had everyone hooked at him during the summer when he handed the transfer request to Barcelona. He wanted to leave the club after playing for the Blaugrana ever since.
Then-Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu refused to let him go and Messi decided to stay at the club rather than taking the matters to the court.
Messi’s form at the start of the season wasn’t good but he is slowing coming back to his best after breaking Pele’s record for the most no of goals for a single club.
Lionel Messi has now again given an interview, which in all probability will clear the air around his future to some extent. A clip of the interview has been revealed.
In the clip, you can see Messi saying: “It’s true that I am privileged because of everything I’m experiencing, but there are times when I would like to be anonymous and be able to enjoy going to a supermarket, a cinema or a restaurant.”
Messi hasn’t yet signed a contract extension with Barcelona and will be free to sign a pre-contract offer with any club in January. But a new president will be elected in Barcelona on 24th January which may prove to be vital in regards to Messi’s future at the club.
The entire interview will be released on Sunday, 27th December at 21.25 pm CET. It is expected that Messi will speak a lot about what exactly happened, and how he feels currently and his future at the club.
