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I was surprised to see Steam downloading a new 2.4 GB patch to Control Ultimate Edition today, while preparing to do more testing for ourGPU benchmarks hierarchy. Control Ultimate, getting a patch nearly four years after its release — what’s going on here? Looking for additional details and information, it turns out this is arelatively sizeable update, adding newer DLSS 3.7 support, ultra settings for both rasterization and ray tracing, and some other extras....

Cooler Masterhas finally listed its first completelyfanless power supply for sale, with a highly enticing early adopters deal. For a limited time, buyers can get the power supply for $399 and a 27-inch curved gaming monitor for free. The X Silent Edge Platinum 850 is a fully fanless power supply, the largest-wattage ATX power supply without a fan commercially available today. The PSU offers all the standard power supply leads for an 850-watt computer, including a 12V graphics card cable....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict Creality’s K2 Plus 3D printer isn’t a mere clone of the Bambu Lab X1C - it’s better. It’s a larger machine with a heated chamber, an easier to use multi-spool holder, and higher acceleration rates. Four color printing Large build volume Impressive speed Heated chamber Long preheat required for some prints Color unit wastes more than the competition Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

Firmwaresecurityresearch company Binarly has discovered four new vulnerabilities affecting the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) on multiple Gigabyte motherboards. The vulnerabilities with CVE identifiers CVE-2025-7029, CVE-2025-7028, CVE-2025-7027, and CVE-2025-7026 were shared with Carnegie Mellon University’sCERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) for further analysis. The cause of concern is said to lie within the System Management Mode (SMM), a high-privilege operating mode on x86 processors meant for low-level system management tasks. SMM grants UEFI access to the system hardware, where all the code is executed in a secure memory area called System Management RAM (SMRAM)....

Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about how we test. Crucial P310 2TB Performance Results Comparison Products The P310 has stiff competition, which only helps demonstrate how far budget drives have come. The fastest PCIe 4.0 drives are old now, but they’re still performant even if they’re also less power efficient....

Followinglast week’s Nintendo lawsuit against Tropic Haze LLC, developers of Switch emulator Yuzu and 3DS emulator Citra, Tropic Haze LLC has folded in only six days. While this move isn’t technically a ruling coming at the end of a long court case, the evidence ofthe original lawsuitwas clearly so damning that Tropic Haze had no choice but to surrender immediately in the form of a joint filing, which we’ll discuss in more detail below....

If you encounter any system issues on Windows and browse the internet for fixes, people will suggest you use DISM, SFC, or CHKDSK tools. While all these utilities are used to repair system corruption in Windows, they target different types of corruption—SFC repairs corrupted system files, DISM repairs Windows Image, and CHKDSK fixes errors with the disk. So, you might want to know more about them to determine if they work or not....

Facebook is banning posts that mention various Linux-related topics, sites, or groups. Some users may also see their accounts locked or limited when posting Linux topics. Major open-source operating system news, reviews, and discussion site DistroWatch is at the center of the controversy, as it seems to be the first to havenoticedthat Facebook’s Community Standards had blackballed it. A post on the site claims, “Facebook’s internal policy makers decided that Linux is malware and labeled groups associated with Linux as being ‘cybersecurity threats....

The ‘Windows Could Not Start the DHCP Client Service on Local Computer’ error prevents you from accessing the internet as theserver won’t be able to assign an IP addressto your PC. Generally, this happens when there are DHCP and TCPIP permission issues that prevent you from running the DHCP Client service. Moreover, this could also occur due to malware infection or firewall issues. Along with the error, you’ll also encounterError 5: Access Deniedmessage in the dialogue box....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict Formlabs gets a lot of grief for locking customers into a pricey ecosystem, but the results are perfect prints that don’t require a background in engineering or chemistry. The machine is over the top with auto features and sensors while also proving that “high resolution” prints are more than just pixel count. Excellent resolution Graphic interface explains every move Sensors galore Expensive Must use Formlabs materials Why you can trust Tom’s HardwareOur expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you....

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sent letters to three computer companies, namely ASRock, Gigabyte, and Zotac, over their warranty policies. According to the agency, these policies violate the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, which prohibits companies from putting conditions on their warranties based on the use of a product or service, such as a repair service. Furthermore, the FTC said, “Warranty language that implies to a customer acting reasonably under the circumstances that warranty coverage requires the consumer to purchase an article or service identified by brand, trade, or corporate name is similarly deceptive and prohibited....

Without fanfare, Gigabyte has added a new Nvidia-powered graphics card to its lineup. The new GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super Windforce Max OC not only comes with a massive cooling system and high clocks but also positions its ‘hidden’ 16-pin power connector in a rather curious way, reportsVideoCardz. To a large degree,Gigabyte’s GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super Windforce Max OC— based on the AD103 GPU with 8,448 CUDA cores and 16GB of GDDR6X memory — is a revamped and larger variant of its predecessor, the RTX 4070 Ti Super Windforce OC that was released earlier this year (which is already one of thebest graphics cardsaround)....

It almost goes without saying that local AI processing is a huge theme ofCES2024 and nowhere was that more evident than at Gigabyte’s demo suite. There, the company announced seven different gaming laptops in three series, each of which was shown running some kind of local AI workload. Since these are Gigabyte / Aorus laptops, they’re designed for gaming and content creation and all feature discrete, Nvidia graphics cards, ranging from RTX 4060 to RTX 4090....