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Nvidia’s RTX 3050 brings ray tracing and DLSS to $800 laptops

Enlarge (credit: Nvidia) Nvidia has added entry-level GPUs to the RTX 30 laptop line: the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and 3050. Nvidia says the chips will be available “this summer” in laptops starting at $799. Like everything else in the RTX 30 line, these cards are based on the Ampere architecture and are capable of ray […]

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The best discounts from Xbox’s “Deals Unlocked” E3 2021 sale

Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) Today’s Dealmaster is headlined by the return of Microsoft’s annual “Deals Unlocked” sale, which brings discounts on a number of Xbox and PC games at both the Microsoft Store and a handful of outside retailers. The promotion kicked off earlier this week, ahead of Microsoft’s E3 2021 conference on June 13, and runs […]