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Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman’s dream club is Barcelona

Ronald Koeman has revealed that Barcelona is his dream club and he would like to take charge someday.

There were many talks regarding Valverde’s Barcelona future after Barcelona suffered a shock 3-1 defeat at the hands of Levante. Barcelona clearly have problems playing away from home. It was their third loss in six away games this season.

If the Barcelona board decide to sack Ernesto Valverde, then Ronald Koeman is first in line to replace him. The former Barcelona player has won 4 LaLiga titles with Barcelona during his playing days.

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Ronald Koeman has publicly branded Barcelona as his dream club. He would like to have a go as the Barcelona manager after representing the Netherlands in the Euro 2020.

The Royal Dutch Football Association director Nico-Jan Hoogma has also revealed last month about the existence of a clause in Koeman’s Netherlands contract enabling him to quit the post if Barcelona come calling.

Koeman told Fox Sports Netherlands when asked about the contract: “It’s only about Barcelona and also about a time after the European Championship. I’m not leaving now, that’s 100 percent certain.”

“I think that as a national coach you are entering a process and that takes two years. After the European Championship there is an evaluation moment and who knows, the KNVB may say: ‘We have performed so badly at the European Championship, we are not going any further.’ Then we will not go further.”

“But I have the opportunity to leave for one club, and there is only one club in it. I can safely say that I will not leave the Dutch national team for anyone else. I have said often enough that [Barcelona] is my dream club.”

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Ernesto Valverde needs to do some magical turnarounds and try to win the LaLiga and Champions League this season. Ronald Koeman is breathing just around his neck and could possibly be his alternative next season if he fails to deliver any silverware to the Camp Nou at the end of this season.

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Valverde in a state of bother as Barcelona suffered a shock defeat against Levante

Barcelona lost 3-1 at the hands of Levante which has left Valverde with many questions.

There were many talks regarding Valverde’s Barcelona future after Barcelona suffered a shock 3-1 defeat at the hands of Levante. Barcelona clearly have problems playing away from home. It was their third loss in six away games this season.

Levante ended Valverde’s men’s impressive seven-match winning run in all competitions. They scored 3 goals in 7 minutes in the second half which cancelled out Messi’s goal from the penalty spot in the first half.

Barcelona head coach, Ernesto Valverde faced many questions over his future after the match. He was asked whether he was unhappy with his players’ performances and thinking of resigning.

Valverde said: “No to both of those questions. I’m not thinking of resigning – only looking forward. Everything just collapsed. We didn’t start the second half well and we weren’t creating any danger.”

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“Then, although they weren’t causing us too many problems, they put two goals past us in two minutes. The third goal after that really punished us. Our opponents play against us as if it’s the biggest game of the year and so you need to be able to respond.”

“We know what this result means and what it means to win at these grounds. You need to make a massive effort, but my team is used to that. They had a great second half and managed to beat us. We have to analyse what happened and ask ourselves why it did.”

barcelona messi

Sergio Busquets said after the shocking defeat: “There’s no explanation. It was a very even game and we did the most difficult part by going ahead. But they landed a blow and it did us damage. They had a burst of 10 minutes and they play with a lot of people in attack. On one of the goals, we couldn’t get the second ball.”

“I think that the game was equal, but the result was excessive. We were on a good run before. There is a game in the Champions League soon and another in LaLiga.”

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AMD Radeon RX 5500M on par with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q

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The Red team announced the new Navi 14 based Radeon RX 5500 series GPUs a few weeks ago and also announced their mobile GPU offerings. We also know that the MSI Alpha 15 is the first laptop to be coming with the new RX 5500M graphics, and some benchmarks show how powerful the new AMD GPU is.

After having a blast in the CPU market with the 3rd gen Ryzen, AMD is now focussing in their GPU front as well. We have already seen what the new desktop GPUs by AMD as in the Radeon RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT can perform in spite of carrying an affordable price tag. So, the new Navi 14 based GPUs should also perform well in modern games as well.

AMD launches Radeon RX 5500 Series GPUs for desktop & laptops

Now, talking about the RX 5500M which currently resides only inside MSI Alpha 15 which is powered by the quad-core Ryzen 7 3750H, completing a perfect all-AMD CPU and GPU offering.

According to Notebookcheck’s review on the pre-production model, the MSI Alpha 15 which houses the latest Radeon RX 5500M come close to the performance to that of the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q equipped laptops. However, in some games the GPU did struggle a bit, fluctuating between the performance of GTX 1650 and nearing GTX 1660 Ti levels sometimes.

AMD launches Radeon RX 5500 Series GPUs for desktop & laptops

In 3DMark 11, the GPU scored well but struggled between the GTX 1650 and GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q in Fire Strike benchmark. The Time Spy Graphics benchmark gives a better look to this, the Ryzen 7 3750H CPU and Radeon RX 5500M GPU combo are 12% ahead of the fastest GTX 1650 laptop while slowing behind by 18% than the best GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q laptop.

Keep in mind, comparing the Ryzen 7 3750H with the more powerful Intel Core i7-9750H is not a fair benchmark but at least the new AMD GPU just shows us how capable is it to compete with NVIDIA for the first time and can be more value-for-money one in the long run.

Here are the gaming benchmarks:

  • https://technosports.co.in/2019/10/07/amd-launches-radeon-rx-5500-series-gpus-for-desktop-laptops/
  • AMD Radeon RX 5500M on par with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
  • AMD Radeon RX 5500M on par with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
  • AMD Radeon RX 5500M on par with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
  • AMD Radeon RX 5500M on par with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
  • https://technosports.co.in/2019/10/07/amd-launches-radeon-rx-5500-series-gpus-for-desktop-laptops/

One thing that these benchmarks show us is how powerful this new mobile GPU is and also reminds us it is just the beginning of the Navi GPU series. Also, with some tweaks and BIOS & firmware updates, the MSI Alpha can perform well, and with updated AMD GPU drivers more performance gain can be seen in the retail unit.

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Jose Mourinho can replace Unai Emery at Arsenal

Unai Emery could be sacked if Arsenal fail to put together some impressive performances in the next few fixtures.

Unai Emery’s back has now touched the wall. He is standing on the line between sacking and retaining. Only a string of few impressive performances from Arsenal could save his job at the Emirates.

Arsenal drew 1-1 at home against Wolves on Saturday and lost to Liverpool on penalties in the Carabao Cup before that.

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According to a report in The Times on Sunday, the Gunners are seriously considering appointing Jose Mourinho as Emery’s replacement. They claim the north London club’s hierarchy are concerned that the Spaniard has lost the dressing room and with a return to the Champions League of paramount importance to them this season, they believe a manager with Premier League experience is required to turn their season around.

It is also reported that Mourinho had dinner with Arsenal head of football Raul Sanllehi last week. Although a final decision on Emery’s future has not yet been made. But there is a huge possibility that Mourinho will take charge of the north London club. Unai Emery turned 48 yesterday and he is believed to have just “one to two games of credit” left to save his job.

mourinho ozil

Jose Mourinho knows Mesut Ozil from their Real Madrid days. They have a good relationship which may prove vital in the end to land the job for Mourinho. Unai Emery’s lack of command in English resulted in poor communication between the manager and the player which has been an issue in his entire time at Arsenal. Whereas, Mourinho’s English communication skills are very good which could help in building a strong manager-player relationship and motivate the dressing room.

Mourinho is also eager in returning to coaching as soon as possible. He said recently: “The only thing that I know is what I don’t want. What I don’t want is crystal clear. What I want, the general profile of it, of course [I know], but I can’t say obviously [which] clubs and countries. And I am quite pathological in this sense of I have to play to win. Then if I win or I don’t win then that’s my problem; and the players and the club and the structure. But I need a project where the feeling is I play to win.”

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“If someone gives me a wonderful, incredible, amazing 10-year contract and tells me that ‘the objective of the team is to stay in the first part of the table; if you finish seven or eight or nine it’s perfect,’ that’s not for me. That’s my nature. Of course, sometimes I remember what I did before, what I won before, this kind of thing, but it’s not me. So my next is to fight to win.”

Jose Mourinho’s profile fits perfectly for Arsenal who are looking to bounce back and regain their lost status of ‘The Invincibles’.

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What to expect from the upcoming Xiaomi Mi Note 10?

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Apart from launching the Mi CC9 series in China on November 5th, however, it will be available in the international markets within the next 10 days of launch, rebranded as the Mi Note 10.

Xiaomi Poland‘s Facebook page has confirmed that the device does exist and will launch on November 14. The Mi Note 10 will be the rebranded version of Mi CC9 Pro because this will be the world’s first 108MP Penta-camera smartphone.

What to expect from the upcoming Xiaomi Mi Note 10?

Talking about the camera, as this will be more focussed on the cameras, the upcoming Mi CC9 Pro sports a 108MP primary camera (OIS enabled), a 12MP telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom, a 20MP ultra-wide-angle lens with a 117-degree field-of-view, 2MP macro lens, and yes, a depth sensor as well.

The Mi CC9 Pro will directly compete with its Chinese origin company’s flagship P30 Pro that offers 10x hybrid zoom and 50x digital zoom via its single telephoto lens.

Mi’s flagship smartphones expect the more budget-focused Redmi K20 lineup, Xiaomi has been pretty quiet in India as it always focuses on budget-centric ones in a densely populated country like India.

Apart from cameras, this Mi Note 10 is said to feature a 6.47-inch curved OLED display (curved around the edges) featuring a waterdrop notch. The smartphone will be powered by the latest Snapdragon 730G SoC, paired with up to 8GB RAM and up to 256GB storage.

On the top there lies a 32MP selfie camera inside the waterdrop notch, official renders also suggest that the Mi Note 10 comes equipped with a humongous 5,260mAh battery and supports 30W fast charging. Among other notable features, there’s the 5mm headphone jack, dedicated microSD card slot, an in-screen fingerprint sensor.

Apart from the Mi Note 10, there also might be a Mi Note 10 Pro that will be powered by the flagship Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset. All eyes on November 14th when the price and availability details will be announced.

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Realme 3 Pro’s latest update adds System-wide dark mode & much more

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Besides the Realme 5 Pro, Realme is also pushing the latest update to its another great smartphone i.e. the Realme 3 Pro. The latest update is rolling out with the version number RMX1851EX_11_A.20, and the size of this update is quite big 2.74GB.

The biggest highlight of the update is system-wide dark mode feature and the October Android security patch. This new Realme 3 Pro update also brings along a new charging animation and a new fast switch toggle between SIMs in the notification centre.

Check out the full changelog below to learn more about the new firmware.

  • Security
    • Android security patch: October 2019
  • System
    • Added Dark Mode
    • Updated charging animation
    • Added fast switch toggle between SIM in the notification centre
  • Notification Center and Status Bar
    • Removed the reminder when the hotspot is enabled
    • Removed the prompt when the phone is rooted
    • Added option to swipe down on the home screen for global search or notification centre
Realme 3 Pro's latest update adds System-wide Dark mode & much more
  • Settings
    • Added realme Laboratory
    • Added option for notification dots for updates
  • Touch
    • Updated firmware version to optimize the gaming experience

The update takes a while to install, around 5 minutes and the system totally responds to the update as this is a huge one. I was personally checking out the features especially the dark mode, head over to the new Realme lab section from the settings and there you will see the option of dark mode.

There’s also the option to enforce dark mode to all the apps and exclude any app too. Most of the apps look great with dark mode and even the home screen, app drawer, notification pane, system apps all of them look great. But few apps like WhatsApp does look abnormal.

Just see the chat part and how it’s just making it white and the text cannot even be recognized. Overall the dark mode implementation is great, some apps might look a bit abnormal so I suggest to disable the feature for those specific apps.

The updated charging animation was not showing somehow, the switch toggle between SIM in the notification centre is a handy feature. Haven’t yet tested the games as the update says the updated firmware will improve the gaming experience.

One thing that I noticed for the last couple of weeks is that the smartphone used to get hot while gaming and throttle, hope this has been looked upon in this crucial update. Also, another important feature is the inclusion of October 2019 Android security patch which is the latest one.

“In order to ensure the stability of this OTA, it will have a staged rollout. The OTA will be randomly pushed out to a limited number of users today and will have a broader rollout in a few days after making sure there are no critical bugs. If no critical bugs are found, the full rollout will be completed in the upcoming days,” the company has explained on its post.

Have you downloaded the update yet? Go head over to the settings and go to software updates and update your Realme 3 Pro fast. Don’t worry if the update has not yet come to your smartphone it will arrive soon.

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Google acquires Fitbit for a record fee of $2.1 Billion

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Tech giant Google has stepped into the wearable business introducing its own Wear OS by Google (then called Android Wear) five years ago. Rumours were heard that the company will acquire the wearable giant in some time, and now with Google’s official confirmation, we can confirm it has acquired Fitbit recently.

This move by Google will be helpful in expanding the Wear OS to more devices, as well as Made by Google hardware ecosystem. According to the official press release “Fitbit, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Google LLC for $7.35 per share in cash.” 

Google acquires Fitbit for a record fee of $2.1 Billion

This suggests that Fitbit has been valued at approximately $2.1 billion in this new deal, which is higher than its current $1.86 billion market capital (share price of $7.20). With an estimate of $24 million profit margin, Google has got a sweet deal to expand its Made by Google hardware ecosystem. This transaction will be closed next year in 2020.

Google is an ideal partner to advance our mission. With Google’s resources and global platform, Fitbit will be able to accelerate innovation in the wearables category, scale faster, and make health even more accessible to everyone.

James Park, Co-founder & CEO of Fitbit

Now, Fitbit’s team will join Google with Pebble’s software team (which they acquired last year), helping to convert Versa smartwatches into ‘Made by Google’ products. The wearable maker, in its own press release, also stated that it’s going to remain platform independent (work both with Android as well as iOS) and preserve user security, as well as privacy.

Google acquires Fitbit for a record fee of $2.1 Billion

This agreement underscores our belief in how important wearable tech has become, and it’s also an exciting opportunity for Wear OS. We’re looking forward to collaborating with Fitbit to bring the best of our smartwatch platforms and health applications together and enabling our partners to build the next generation of wearables,” says Google’s Wear OS Product Manager, Sameer Samat.

Talking about this move by Google, which is being mocked by many, seems to be a selfish deal actually. This seems to be “a way for Google to build a Pixel Watch” which indeed cannot be neglected as this is a frequent move by greater tech companies by acquiring their opponents.

Google acquires Fitbit for a record fee of $2.1 Billion

Google’s one of the record-breaking moves was seen with the acquiring of the smartphone brand Motorola Mobility which back then was thought would be a huge success. Motorola was bought by Google in 2012 at a fee of $12.5 billion and then sold off to Lenovo in 2014 for just $2.91 billion. Let’s hope this deal to work out in the near future, helping people getting Google’s tech more often.

If we see market stats, Fitbit has fallen in behind the likes of major wearable makers like Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei and Apple. This seems to be a suicidal attempt by the company to save it, as after the acquiring we do feel Fitbit won’t be making more of its budget wearables.

Google might also shut down cheaper wearables and introduce their own Pixel lineup of smartwatches. The advantage that this deal will pose is that we can get more of Google hardware that can perfectly work with Android OS and bring more awesome features in the near future.

Fitbit in its own has a great reputation in the market as it brings a smart wearable that can be controlled by Google Assistant, and provide health-focused features on par with the Apple Watch. If Google wants to launch its much-rumoured Pixel Watch & make it a success Google has to work rigorously and make things right for every genre of enthusiasts.

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Apple TV+ now available in India at just ₹99 monthly

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Being originally announced in March this year, the Apple TV+ service makes its way to India finally. The Cupertino giant’s new step has already teased a lot of trailers regarding its new shows including web-series, movies, original content across a wide range of genres.

It seems the trillion-dollar company won’t stop against the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime Videos. It took a while for the service to India, nevertheless, as it is now available for the Indian users, let’s discuss more of it:

Apple TV+ now available in India at just ₹99 monthly

Apple TV+ Pricing

The Cupertino giant has a lot of users in the US and other European countries, so at March it announced that its Apple TV+ at just $4.99 (around Rs.350) per month in the US, and that too, for the family plan. This plan more for most European and American countries is quite normal as Netflix charges $12.99 per month for its Standard plan in the US.

Apple TV+ now available in India at just ₹99 monthly
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But for India, Apple has taken a bold move this time, pricing the subscription at a jaw-dropping price of Rs.99 per month for up to six users. Now there’s another surprise, if you buy a new Apple device like iPad, iPhone, Apple TV Box or a Macbook or even an iPod, you won’t be even charged that amount also.

This can be a strategic move by Apple to engage more Indian customers reducing the subscription price and also giving a free 1-year subscription of Apple TV+ with all its new hardware sales. The annual pricing falls in the territory of Amazon Prime Videos or Hotstar Premium which won’t have such high budget content that Apple TV+ will offer you.

Apple TV+ Shows & Original Programs

Apple already released the trailer of its original shows which have already gathered combined views of over 100 million on YouTube.  To give you a preliminary look of what shows you can get to see with Apple TV+, here’s a quick look to them:

The Morning Show

The Morning Show is an American drama web television series starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell, that premiered on Apple TV+ on November 1, 2019. The series is inspired by journalist Brian Stelter’s book, Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV.

See

See is an upcoming American drama web television series produced for Apple TV+. It is written by Steven Knight and directed by Francis Lawrence. Executive producers include Knight, Lawrence, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and Kristen Campo.

The show stars the Aquaman aka Jason Momoa from ‘Game of Thrones’, Alfre Woodard from ‘Clemency’, Sylvia Hoeks from ‘Blade Runner 2049’ and others. Reports even say that this Apple TV+ original show has an eye-popping budget of $15 million per episode.

Dickinson

Dickinson is an upcoming American period black comedy web television series about Emily Dickinson, created by Alena Smith and produced for Apple TV+. Starring Hailee Steinfeld as Dickinson, the first season has been released on November 1, 2019. 

Other Apple TV+ shows are expected to feature an array of A-list celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and other. Some of the notable titles of interest include Untitled CIA series, Central Park, Time Bandits, Amazing Stories and more. 

Compatibility

Apple device owners can finally flaunt with the Apple TV+ as it will only be restricted to Apple devices only. The app should be compatible with all types of iPhone, iPad, Mac devices but Apple has not yet officially announced the compatibility devices, so we can assume all of them will support this new streaming app.

Besides the Apple devices, the service will also be available to Samsung’s 2019 smart TV lineup and Amazon Fire TV devices. Apple also confirmed that the future smart TVs from Sony, LG and Vizio will also get Apple TV+ support.

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WhatsApp adds Fingerprint Unlock Feature for Android

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Finally, a worthwhile feature that is pre-bundled with the most popular messaging app on Earth is the new Fingerprint unlock which previously had to be enforced by third-party apps. Android users have been deprived of this useful feature and now finally it seems WhatsApp will add the biometric authentication to its messaging platform.

The FaceBook owned messaging giant has been testing the “fingerprint lock” feature on Android for quite some time now accessible only on the beta build. The latest update at the PlayStore will help users immensely, adding an extra layer of security to your personal conversations.

Now after updating the app, you’ll find it sitting under the privacy settings menu, and will give you the option to either hide or show content from being shown in the notifications as well. Go to Settings->Account->Privacy->Fingerprint Lock.

Locking automatically always can be too annoying, so you can set the locking intervals at 1 minute and 30-minutes. If you disable the show content in notifications, the preview of the message will also be hidden from the lock screen.

This feature will only work on those smartphones which feature a fingerprint scanner physically and no option for face unlock till now. This feature will help you protect your personal messages by other nosy people, a really helpful feature if you have a lot of friends.😂

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 & 1650 Super GPUs are here for budget gamers

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As mentioned in our previous article regarding the two new budget GPUs – the GTX 1650 Super and the GTX 1660 Super, the specs of these GPUs seem absolutely correct. NVIDIA is on a move to refresh its budget GPUs possessing the threat of the upcoming Radeon RX 5500 GPUs.

The GPU manufacturing giant has made the new card’s official as per our previous leaks and the GTX 1660 Super has been priced starting at $229 for the OEM model. It is now widely available at Newegg and other online retailers, also soon the GPU will hit retail stores as well.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 & 1650 Super are here for budget gamers

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super comes with the same 12nm Turing TU116 graphics processor as the standard GTX 1660 but includes a faster 14Gbps GDDR6 memory. It replaces the original 8Gbps GDDR5 memory for a 6GB GDDR6 memory across a 192-bit memory bus.

The GPU is equipped with 1408 CUDA cores, 88 TMUs, and 48 ROPs and has a core clock of 1530MHz. The faster memory corresponds to a higher 336 GB/s of maximum theoretical bandwidth which in turn increases the TDP to 125 Watt.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 & 1650 Super are here for budget gamers

As previously we guessed, the GTX 1660 Super will be available in various configurations via the NVIDIA board partners like Asus, Colorful, EVGA, Gainward, Galaxy, Gigabyte, Innovision 3D, MSI, Palit, PNY and Zotac. 

Talking about the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super, the GPU will be based on the 12nm Turing TU116 graphics processor which features 1280 CUDA cores, same as the GTX 1060 series. It comes with 12Gbps GDDR6 memory instead of the 8Gbps GDDR5 found on the GTX 1650.

The faster GDDR6 memory technology gives the GTX 1650 SUPER a huge boost and puts it right next to GTX 1660 non-SUPER variant if a maximum of 192GB/s bandwidth is to be considered. The GPU processor has a bigger, 284mm2 die size instead of the 200mm2 dies on the standard GTX 1650.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 & 1650 Super are here for budget gamers

This will be NVIDIA’s cheapest SUPER model equipped with a better 4GB of GDDR6 memory onboard. The card will be similar to the GTX 1650’s 128-bit memory bus and 32 ROP count.

On the other hand, the higher specs will come at the cost of 25W higher TDP, as the GTX 1650 Super will now require 100W of TDP. This model is expectedly be clocked 50-60 MHz higher than the non-Super variant. As told previously, NVIDIA will start shipping this budget GPU from 22nd November onwards.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 & 1650 Super are here for budget gamers

Since both the GTX 1650 & GTX 1660 Super is based on the TU116 graphics processor, both of the GPUs will be supporting the Turing NVENC encoder. This is a new feature added by NVIDIA as the GTX 1650 non-SUPER was utilizing VOLTA NVENC encoder.

It will be interesting how these two GPUs perform against the likes of the promising AMD’s Radeon RX 5500 GPUs which are in mass production and are expected to start shipping by the end of this year.

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