it's day two of tackling CES coverage but it's actually like day negative one
for CES because the show technically starts on January 5th which is Thursday
at which point everyone was already kind of sick of CES welcome to the pre-show
baby hey you got exclusive backstage access
NVIDIA has started day negative one off with a bang or several Banks the first
bang is RTX 40 series gpus for laptops
with top end RTX 4090 and 4080 equipped
models starting at two thousand dollars and launching February 8th oh someone
called Ricky Martin with the lower end models coming by February 22nd starting
at a thousand bucks you might say that's expensive before you hear that they have
tri-speed memory which you didn't even know you wanted NVIDIA also said they're
bringing GeForce now support to some cars made by Hyundai pole star and byd
which is a brand they're a Chinese brand so the cloud gaming Services New RTX
4080 super pods can deliver Ray Trace
claim Gameplay at 240 frames per second to trust fun kids in the back seat these
are expensive cars well the lovely what
I'm anglicizing it and last but not least NVIDIA's officially unlaunching
the RTX 4080 12 Gigabyte as the RTX 4070
TI on Thursday and they're even dropping the price by 100 bucks to 800 they
didn't have to do that this is nice of course NVIDIA hasn't shown a Founders
Edition model meaning they're probably all going to be partner made cards
priced well above 800 as a cherry on top NVIDIA claimed the
4070 TI performs up to three times faster than the 3090 TI and backed it up
with one of their beloved graphs showing that's maybe true for one game because
DLS S3 doesn't work on the 30 series but pointing that out isn't in the spirit of
CES it's all about making big claims and then distracting the audience with the
next thing which we shall now do right now Intel unveiled 16 more 13th gen
desktop processors meaning the lineup now includes 23 skus ranging from the
core I3 13 100t a little baby guy to the
core I9 13900 KS that's the
that's the Charizard of the line I was
going to use a more modern Pokemon but Typhlosion
the lineup now has low power T models Graphics less F models and deep fried
KFC models I didn't have to do that one I didn't have to I don't I wish I didn't
team blue also thought it was time to let the 13th gen laptop CPUs out of the
bag with nine new Chips featuring 10 to 24 cores including the core I9 13980 HX
the world's fastest mobile processor until AMD says the same thing about one
of theirs but more exciting than that was the announcement that Intel's xcss
upscaling feature would work on integrated Graphics enabling up to a 30
performance boost so hmm I guess it's okay that Intel quietly raised the
listed prices of its 12th gen processors on its Arc online database meaning that
the announced prices for the new 13th gen models are actually lower than their
predecessors meaning that Intel most
likely planned to do things this way so the new Chips don't look as bad from
previous CES announcement this shady I know it's Vegas or someone Linus the box
of 12th gen chips they just dropped it they just dropped them all and Dell
didn't have a big keynote today but they had to get on on the hype by announcing
what might be the world's first publicly available 500 Hertz IPS gaming monitor
depending on what ASUS has to say about their previously announced but not
launched 540 Hertz display at CES you
got to wait for your queue or they'll use the big hook to take you off like in
the olden times Dell subsidiary Alienware also announced a slew of
laptops with upgraded internals and exterior design the G Series in
particular were described by our new techlinked Rider as
what would you say outrun aesthetic no I said you said it was cute oh okay and
there was also an update to alienware's concept NYX Edge Computing system
announced two years ago which involves everybody in a house gaming or Computing
with Edge devices connected to a central PC the new controller design has a
fingerprint reader and other options for personalization and they even threw in a
steam controller style touch pad it hasn't gained traction yet because
people just don't understand it it just needs to be given a chance like our
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below if I call this section quick biscuits do you think LMG could hire
someone to bring me mid-episode snacks I think you confused the South to end the
UK they both have biscuits Acer announced some products that embraced
the spirit of weird CES a bit more there's a new Predator Helios laptop
with a 250 Hertz mini LED screen kind of
unusual it's cool the Acer Halo swing is
a smart speaker equipped with Google Assistant RGB lighting at the base an
understated LED array on the front and a handle for portability
it's weird what is this 2018 and best of
all the econnect a desk with an integrated stationary bike that
generates power to recharge your laptop and phone that's what I'm talking about
it's weird save the planet and your mind
because now you're thinking about this and not how sleazy NVIDIA and Intel are
Apple doesn't usually show up at CES but this year leaks about the company's long
end development mixed reality headset did a report from the information claims
the device will have a waste mounted battery a la the magic leap a 120 degree
field of view like the valve index that's more than 106 degrees fov on the
metaquest pro and a digital Crown like the Apple watch that users will be able
to use to switch between the physical and virtual world which will definitely
not be called a metaverse they said they would like if you look in the mirror
you're wearing a crown you're wearing the headset because you're the king of
this metaverse baby I hope it also has like a siren like the Apple watch Ultra
for if you get lost what server am I on in other Apple news
the company has raised the price of replacing an out of warranty iPhone
battery for the iPhone 13 lineup and older by Twenty Dollars now this is
interesting in the following context in 2018 when it was discovered that Apple
was throttling the speed of older iPhones as their battery degrades Apple
dropped the cost of battery Replacements to just 30 bucks but by 2019 they bumped
it up to 70 bucks and now they're bumping it up again why inflation money
I'm get I think it's money Google has announced jigsaw a free software tool
that smaller websites can use to identify and remove terrorist material
so of course it makes sense to name it after a fictional serial killer many
have expressed concerns about ai-powered moderation tools so hopefully normal
people don't get caught in the crossfire and the tool blocks only actual
terrorists like people who threaten to kill their co-workers over putting up a
Christmas tree too early James isn't here but that is we're throwing shade at
him that's a valid shot and let's end with a weird yet cool CES product the
AWOL Vision vanish it's a short throw laser projector that also packs speakers
and even a retractable self-standing screen into a single cabinet for sixteen
thousand dollars now hold on that's for the 120 inch version Oh So if you're
still waiting on this month's pay you can settle for the 100 inch model at
fifteen thousand dollars it's not you know they understand where you're at I
like my wallet I can't wait to see what other insane products Force themselves
into my Consciousness this week so come back tomorrow to see how I'm holding up
mental health wise