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Warner series, franchises and business units that will be owned by Netflix

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Netflix did not need to demonstrate creative capacity: its own production had become the reference for global streaming. However, the announced agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business introduces a change in scale if regulators end up approving the operation. It is not about adding a few more series, but about integrating a studio with decades of history, the area where HBO is located and a very relevant part of its catalog, in addition to several franchises that have marked popular culture. Faced with such a move, the inevitable question is what, exactly, will become under the control of Netflix, without this meaning that everything will appear tomorrow in its application. The agreement is not closed yet and depends on several formal steps. Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery have announced that the operation, valued at $72 billion in capital and some $82.7 billion in enterprise value, can only be completed after spinning off the new Discovery Global company. From there, the process will be in the hands of the regulators, which could take between 12 and 18 months to review an integration of this magnitude and could impose additional conditions or, in the worst case scenario, block it. The perimeter of the deal: what actually goes into the package. Official communications and media analysis agree that the operation covers the historical core of the study. That includes Warner Bros. Pictures, responsible for its film catalog, and Warner Bros. Television, the basis for some of the most influential series of recent decades. Added to that block are HBO and the HBO Max platform, which are part of the streaming business that Netflix intends to integrate, as well as DC Studios. The inclusion of Warner Bros. Games is not detailed in the first press release. What’s left out: the new Discovery Global. The operation does not cover the entire Warner Bros. Discovery. Before completion, the company must spin off a block of channels and services that will not come under Netflix control. Warner Bros. Discovery’s corporate plans indicate that this group will be integrated into the new Discovery Global, an independent company that will maintain assets such as CNN, Discovery Channel, TBS, TNT in the United States, Food Network, HGTV, Discovery+ and part of the sports operations, including TNT Sports US. Film franchises: from Hogwarts to Gotham. Netflix and Warner’s own joint communication serves as a guide to understanding the caliber of the film franchises involved. It mentions specific titles such as ‘Harry Potter’, the DC Universe, ‘The Wizard of Oz’, ‘Casablanca’ and ‘Citizen Kane’, along with television brands such as ‘Friends’, ‘The Big Bang Theory’, ‘The Sopranos’ and ‘Game of Thrones’, as a sample of the archive that accompanies the study. From that base, media like Newsweek and What’s on Netflix broadens the focus and they point out that, within Warner’s recent filmography, sagas such as ‘Dune’ or ‘The Matrix’ also appear as part of the fund that would remain under the management of the studio controlled by Netflix, always with the caution that it is not an official list title by title. Warner’s animated treasure. Among the assets least visible to the general public, but widely cited in coverage of the agreement, There is the extensive animation catalog that accompanies the Warner studio. There, icons like ‘Looney Tunes’, ‘Tom and Jerry’ and ‘Scooby-Doo’ are mixed with series that defined Cartoon Network’s identity, from ‘The Powerpuff Girls’ and ‘Dexter’s Laboratory’ to ‘Adventure Time’, ‘Regular Show’ and ‘Steven Universe’. The interactive leg of the deal is best understood if we look at what it means, in practice, for Warner Bros. Games to change ownership. Although the first corporate communication did not go into that level of detail, specialized media such as GameDeveloper have cited to a company spokesperson to confirm that the video game division is entering into the operation with Netflix. What is confirmed and what remains unknown. At this point we can draw a relatively clear line between what is confirmed and what still depends on third parties. The perimeter of the agreement falls into the first group: Netflix and Warner have explained that the package includes film and television studiosthe area where HBO and HBO Max and the video game division are included, while the linear channels are grouped into Discovery Global. We also know that franchises such as ‘Harry Potter’, the DC Universe, ‘Friends’ or ‘Game of Thrones’ are mentioned by the parties themselves as examples of the archive they provide. What remains open is when and how this will be reflected in the catalog of each country, what will happen with co-productions and previous licenses already signed and to what extent regulators will impose additional conditions or, in the most extreme scenario, decide to stop the operation. The real impact of this operation will be noticed over time, not from one day to the next. If the agreement receives the approval of regulators, Netflix will manage a studio with a historical weight that is difficult to replicate and a library that has defined much of recent audiovisual culture. What the viewer will see will be a gradual transition, marked by pre-existing licenses and agreements that must be respected, with different schedules depending on the country and type of content. Even so, the movement anticipates a stage in which the platform will stop depending so much on third parties and will consolidate its own base of content that, until now, it could only license. Images | Netflix | Warner In Xataka | All the unanswered questions left by Netflix’s purchase of Warner: a huge mess

Now we know Russia’s trick to multiply his drones. It is called “cooling units” and comes direct from China

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If the question is how far Beijing’s help comes to Moscow with the Ukraine War in the background, the answer is very wide. We knew through documents obtained By Bloomberg that the production of Russian drones was being favored by the use of intermediary companies with China as main actor bound. Now we know something else. The engineering of deception to overcome sanctions. Clandestine flow. I told it in Exclusive Reuters. Apparently, Russia has managed to maintain and expand the production of its drones Kamikaze Garpiya-A1despite the sanctions imposed by the West, thanks to a sophisticated undercover import scheme that involves Chinese companies. Customs documents, internal contracts and invoices reviewed by the medium reveal that the L550E engines manufactured by the Chinese company Xiamen Limbach Aviation Engine Co. continue to arrive at the Russian state company IEMZ KUPOLnow through a Signature called Beijing Xichao International Technology and Trade. To avoid detection, engines are tagged as “Industrial cooling units” in transport documents, which has allowed Your shipment From Beijing to Moscow (and from there to Izhevsk, headquarters of the Kupol plant) without alerting Chinese customs authorities or formally infringing the country’s export legislation. Mass expansion. An internal Kupol document confirms that the company has signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense to manufacture More than 6,000 Garpiya In 2025, tripling the production of the previous year. For April, more than 1,500 units had already been delivered. These drones, long -range and great precision, are regularly employed to Attack civil infrastructure and military deep in the Ukrainian territory. According to kyiv’s intelligence, Russia is using some 500 Garpiya per month. Based technologically on the Iranian Shahed, the Russian model has become a fundamental tool of Kremlin’s war effort, now enhanced by Chinese components that include not only the engine, but also Navigation and control systems. Ghost Companies Network. The path of engines to Russia is carefully disguised. After initial shipping from China, He had Reuters that engines are received by a Russian cover company called SMP-138owned by Abram Goldman, which in turn forwards them to another Russian company, Libss, final responsible for supplying Kupol. A contract between Libss and Kupol Reviewed by means Specifies specifically that the products should be identified as these “cooling equipment” to avoid suspicions. Chinese commercial companies Sichuan Airlines and China Southern Airlines have been used to transport these pieces Criticism of Russia since October 2023, despite the penalties in force. None of these airlines or the companies involved answered the Reuters questions. Ambiguous position. The Chinese Foreign Ministry, in response to the environment, He denied knowledge of these shipments and reiterated that the country strictly apply export controls of double -use goods, in addition to oppose sanctions Unilateral not endorsed by the UN. However, the reality of the continuous flow of military technology towards Russia calls into question that narrative. The Xiamen Limbach company was sanctioned in October of 2023, after an earlier Reuters report that already identified its role in the manufacture of the Garpiya, which caused new intermediaries such as Xichao They assumed the relief. In spite of these measures, or Xiamen or Xichao have given explanations, and the trail of responsibility is more than diffuse among layers of screen companies, documentary opacity and legally ambiguous trade routes. Diplomatic warnings. Plus: Revelation arrives at a time of Growing diplomatic tension Between the European Union and China. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will meet with Xi Jinping and Li Qiang at a summit marked by Chinese support suspicions to Russian military machinery. European diplomacy, headed by Kaja Kallas, He has warned Beijing that allowing this type of trade puts the security of the continent at risk. China, meanwhile, insists that He has not exported Lethal weapons and that, if Russia uses its civil products for war, the same could be said of Ukraine. However, according to three senior European security officials, the case of Garpiya demonstrates that the Chinese supply It is not accidental or marginalbut part of a functional network that actively supports Kremlin’s military effort. European deterrence and strategic game. Experts Like Meia Nouwensof the International Institute for Strategic Studies, point out that China’s priority interest is to keep the United States focused on Ukraine, thus avoiding a direct confrontation in the Indo-Pacific. The implicit strategy would be to prolong the European conflict to gain margin of maneuver in Asia. For Brussels, however, the immediate priority is Cut the flow of critical components. Although the EU does not require China to break economic relations with Russia, it does insist that it reinforces its customs and financial controls to avoid the transit of sensitive products. For now, the proliferation of undercover engines and fictional companies shows that, on the Ukrainian battlefield, the China’s technological shadow is increasingly difficult to ignore. Image | Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine In Xataka | Ukraine has opened Russia’s last drone and does not leave his astonishment: it is the first time that China does something like that In Xataka | Ukraine has found a solution to China’s veto in drones: it’s called Hell, it’s a “home” missile and bends the scope of the attack

From batteries and supports to SSD units

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From the launch of the PlayStation 5 More and more compatible accessories have come. There are many who are quite interesting, and not only to have a better experience but because it also offers good comfort when using the console. In this article we will review five very useful accessories to accompany the PS5. Remote5 by 24.95 eurosan external battery for the dualsense that offers an autonomy of up to 12 hours. Crucial SSD by 145.99 eurosa 2 -TB SSD with a dissipator compatible with the PlayStation 5. Universal Razer Quick Charging Stand by 29.95 eurosa load base for the dualsense that is available in various colors. KDD Support by 24.95 eurosa wall support in which two dualsense can be placed, some headphones and several accessories. Disc reader by 79.95 eurosthe official record reader that allows you to reproduce videogames in physical format. Remote5 The PlayStation 5 dualsense battery can last more or less depending on whether a video game makes use of haptic vibration functions and adaptive triggers. Therefore, one of the most interesting accessories is the Remote5which can be found in PCComponent for a price of 24.95 euros. The Remote5 is an external battery that is attached to the dualsense through the port USB-C. The interesting thing is that it offers a Autonomy of up to 12 hours – In practice, it is similar to the autonomy that the command has – and also its design is ideal for the least possible space to occupy and that is not uncomfortable if used while we play video games. * Some price may have changed from the last review Crucial SSD Many video games occupy a large portion of the internal storage of the console, so on certain occasions some video game must be removed to install another. Therefore, internal SSDs are ideals of the console. Among them, a very good purchase option is Crucial SSD P310 whose price at Amazon is from 145.99 euros. The crucial SSD P310 that we can find in Amazon comes with a dissipator – very eye because in other stores it comes without it. It is a SSD PCIE GEN4 NVME M.2 of 2 TB which offers speeds of up to 7100 MB/s. Of course, it is compatible with PlayStation 5 and install it It is quite simple, you just need to follow a few steps. Crucial SSD P310 (2TB), PCIE GEN4 NVME M.2 * Some price may have changed from the last review Universal Razer Quick Charging Stand If you do not usually play the console for many hours in a row, instead of an external battery it is possible that you are more interested in a load base. In stores like Amazon there are many, but one of the most popular is the Universal Razer Quick Charging Standwhich can be found by 29.95 euros and that is available in various colors. Its operation is very simple: The dualsense control should only be placed at the top of the load base. It has a fairly compact design and also, as the brand mentions, it is able to recharge the Dualsense battery in less than three hours. Universal Razer Quick Charging Stand * Some price may have changed from the last review KDD Support If you have several dualsense and you also want to use headphones and the occasional accessory, in Amazon there are many supports that have a fairly adjusted price. One of the most interesting-due to its value for money-is the KDD brand supportwhose price is 24.95 euros. This support is placed on the wall by means of screws – yes, the paste is that the wall must be drilled. It is quite interesting because It has a support to place two dualsense controlscomes with another support for headband headphones and also in the upper part includes a box in which different accessories can be placed, such as the TV command. * Some price may have changed from the last review Disc reader If you have one PlayStation 5 Slim Digital or one PlayStation 5 Proit is possible that at some point you are interested in Disc reader Because you have seen a good offer in some physical game in physical or simply because you want to play a physical game in the PlayStation 4. The official price of the record reader dropped a few months agoso you can currently be found in stores like XTralife by 79.95 euros. The record reader is Compatible with both PS5 Slim Digital and PS5 Pro. It is interesting not to be limited to buying only video games in digital format, but it is also to play video games in the PlayStation 4 (if we have them, of course). Disc reader (PS5 Slim and PS5 Pro) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | John Tones and Juan Carlos López (header), Sony, PlayStation In Xataka | PlayStation 5 Pro vs PlayStation 5: These are all the differences between the two Sony consoles In Xataka | Two years ago I bought a PS5. I wish someone would have told me that I also needed these accessories

The tariff war will shoot the price of a component that nobody speaks: the SSD units

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The tariff war that has triggered the entire planet The US government led by Donald Trump is wreaking havoc in the markets. Consumers are already noticing Price increase Of many products, and presumably in the short term we will perceive it in many more. There is no doubt that the world is entering In an unexplored terrain. If we stick to technology, much is being talked about the impact of tariffs on chips for applications of artificial intelligence (AI), CPU and other components, but storage solutions have gone unnoticed. Until now. And it is that US tariff policy will cause with high probability a very important increase in the price of mechanical hard discs and solid state storage units. Mechanical hard drives can be worse stopped than SSD units Seagate, Toshiba and Western Digital are the main manufacturers of mechanical hard drives. The supply chains of these three companies are very complex because the components they use to assemble their units come from a very wide range of countries. And, to anyone’s surprise, many of these nations are among those subject to The highest US tariffs. In principle the most disadvantaged company at the current situation is Seagate. As we have told you, the US administration has increased tariffs for products from China up to 145%and Seagate produces a good part of his porpholio in the country led by Xi Jinping. In current circumstances the best option for these companies is Move your production to the USeither one of the countries that are receiving a slightly friendlier treatment from the Government of Donald Trump. The manufacturers of solid state units have an advantage that the mechanical hard drives companies do not count However, for mechanical hard drives manufacturers it is not easy to move from one country to another. And it is not because these devices are assembled in clean rooms similar to Those used to manufacture semiconductors with the purpose of ensuring that dust particles do not spoil them. The panorama faced by the producers of solid state storage units is not very different. Samsung, Micron or Kioxia supply chains, among other companies that manufacture NAND 3D memory chips or SSD units, are as complex as those of companies that produce mechanical hard drives. However, manufacturers of solid state units They have an advantage With which the mechanical hard drives companies do not count: the assembly of the SSD does not have to be carried out in a clean room. In practice it is relatively simple to transfer the production of SSD from China or Vietnam to Mexico, Canada or the US. Whatever the price of storage units, whether they are going to increase perceptibly over the next weeks. Only a return to the prior market to tariffs could avoid it, and right now this possibility is remote. More information | Blocks & Files In Xataka | China responds again to US tariffs and rises to 125%: from here it would be a “joke” to keep climbing

If you did not buy the Echo Pop in the Amazon campaign, Mediamarkt has a good pack with two units and several bulbs

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Amazon devices dropped a few weeks ago during the spring offers party campaign, but since then we have been able to find some offer. Now, during the campaign “April, save“From Mediamarkt, we can buy the Echo Pop pack with wiz bulbs by 99 euros. Pack (2 echo pop + 2 wiz bulbs) * Some price may have changed from the last review What does this Mediamarkt pack bring? First, the pack that the store has includes two units of the Echo popone of the last smart speakers launched by Amazon. Each of them comes with Alexathey can be connected between them to place them in different areas of the house and You can connect other compatible external devices or accessorieslike one sound bar or one Surveillance Chamber. On the other hand, the pack also comes with Two wiz bulbs. They can be connected to Echo Pop to be able to turn them off, turn them off or create routines and timers – through the Amazon Echo – by voice commands using the Alexa voice assistant. It is a good way to make contact with smart devices at home. Mediamarkt has also dropped the price of Another similar pack: It comes with two pop echo, but in this case it includes two Wiz smart plugs instead of bulbs. Personally, it seems more interesting because we can connect any device that goes cable to an electricity, also allowing to create routines or timers. The “bad” is that it costs more, since its price has dropped to the 129 euros. You may also interest you TAPO P100 – Smart Wifi Plug, Remote Control via app, timers and configurable schedules, energy savings link, compatible with Alexa and Google Home, 10 A, 2300 W * Some price may have changed from the last review Philips Hue – Smart LED bulb, E27 cap, warm adjustable light, 9W – 800 Lumens, Bluetooth, compatible with Zigbee and Alexa * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Amazon, Wiz In Xataka | The six best LED bulbs to save on the light bill In Xataka | Best “intelligent” loudspeakers Amazon Echo. Which to buy and recommendations depending on the use

The Xiaomi Su7 Ultra has unleashed madness by registering 7,000 reservations in 10 minutes. They planned to sell 10,000 units throughout 2025

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Xiaomi aspires to sell 10,000 units of your Xiaomi Su7 Ultra. Those were the words of Lei Jun, CEO of the company, a few days ago in his account of the Chinese social network Weibo, as they collect in South China Morning Post. The announcement warmed a little more the event of yesterday, February 27, in which the company was expected to finally reveal all the details of its faster, powerful and radical electric car. The same as has broken the record in the green hell and in Three other circuits. Finally, and although it almost seemed that we already knew everything we could know in advance, Lei Jun in person was by disagreeing All the detailsone by one, what they have in hand. With direct references to Porsche and Tesla He told us that his electric car will be faster and more efficient than German and American models and, if that were not enough, he demonstrated some autonomous driving capabilities that seemed really advanced. And all this for a fraction of its price. Not just that. Also the Xiaomi Su7 Ultra was a car announced at an even cheaper price than expected. And the results did not wait. They wanted to produce 10,000 units … And everything indicates that they will have to expand (if they can) the plans. As we said, Lei Jun affirmed a few days ago that the company hoped to place this number in the market of its most expensive electric car. An electric car that will finally have the following prices: Xiaomi Su7 Ultra: 529,000 Chinese yuan (about 70,000 euros to direct change) Xiaomi Su7 Ultra with the Racing package: 629,000 Chinese yuan (about 83,200 euros to change) Xiaomi Su7 Ultra Nürburgring: 814,900 Chinese yuan (about 107,000 euros) It should be noted that The price of the base model is 34.97% lower to which the first reserves of the car opened when it was announced last October. Then all the characteristics were specified. To get these three versions, there are two ways. The first is to reserve the car for 20,000 Chinese yuan (about 2,700 euros) for seven days. At that time the client can back and guarantee the reimbursement. It is not guaranteed that you want to ensure one of the first units. In that case, the reserve is 40,000 Chinese yuan (about 5,400 euros) but will receive one of the units already manufactured. In addition, if you commission a unit before March 31, “you will be entitled to advantages worth up to 90,000 rmb (12,000 euros) “, in the words of the brand. These prices have led to reservations to shoot. In 10 minutes the company said that 6,900 reservations had already been registered, our colleagues collect Xiaomi world. This does not mean that there have been 7,000 sales but it is confirmed that almost 7,000 people are already thinking about it. The figure gives an idea of back towards the product and the good performance that Xiaomi is taking out at the price of its vehicles. In comparisons they put as a reference to Tesla Model S Plaid, a car that in China is sold for 814,900 Chinese yuan, the same price as the edition Nürburgringthe most radical and in two -seater format. And they were not cut when pointing out that their xiaomi su7 ultra, with the package Racing It already improves the figures of the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT, a car knows for 1,998,000 Chinese yuan (263,046.69 euros). That is, three times more than the price of the “with chucheías” version of the Xiaomi Su7 Ultra. Photo | Lei Jun in X In Xataka | Tesla sales in Europe have sunk 45% and their shares are paying expensive. It’s not even your worst news

16,000 units have to be reviewed

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About a month ago, we told you that the Renault 5 had entered as a missile in the lists of the best selling electric cars. Its mixture of a good design, a point of nostalgia and that The car is really good They have been the ingredients to get it. However, something had stopped them in dry. Some French buyers had begun to point out that they had a software problem that prevented the car from moving. He bug detected completely blocked the car and prevented The user will unlock the car Beyond position N (neutral). That is, the car did not move forward (D/B on the transmission lever) or backward (R). So the first complaints They arrived at some forums And one of the users already pointed out that he was not the first to have had that same problem because the crane driver who had collected one of these drivers had already warned him that he had happened to other drivers. Now we know that there are thousands of affected cars and some are in Spain. Renault’s answer In response to these first complaints, Renault published an official response in France in which the user was explained to suffer this unforeseen event, did not scare. What had to do in that case was to take the car to the official service where the software is updated in an operation that can take between 20 and 30 minutes and the problem should be solved. Now we know that from France they want to stop the problem and have ordered that 15,722 Renault R5 units sold in Europe and that another 10 units of the Alpine A290 (You are in France) have a review call to solve this possible problem. Specifically, it is specified that they are the cars produced in the French plant of Douai (where those of the rhombus exclusively manufacture this vehicle) between September 1 and December 23, 2024. In Spain there are 500 affected units, as confirmed by the company itself. The process is very simple. The driver has to carry his car so that The main ECUs of the investor is reprogrammed of the electric motor. The problem has been found in the system that converts the continuous current of the battery to the alternating current that is used by electric motors. If this failure occurs, a red light will be presented in the instrument box that is accompanied by the phrase “electric motor failure”. Despite this, from the brand confirm that it does not imply any security problem and that the customer should not fear possible damage to the vehicle. The review has an estimated time less than one hour and Renault is getting in touch with affected customers. If you doubt whether your vehicle is affected or want to arrange an appointment, you can enter the frame number in this official Renault page to know all the details. Photo | Xataka In Xataka | Someone has taken a Renault 5 and sausage a rotary Mazda engine. And the result is already paid at a stratospheric price

Some GeForce RTX 50 graphics cards are missing rop units. Nvidia has explained why

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The family of graphics cards GeForce RTX 50 developed by NVIDIA continues to occupy the Center for Care in the field of PC hardware some more than a month and a half After your presentation. On this occasion we do not propose to talk about how difficult it seems to be to achieve one of these graphic solutions; We invite you to investigate A manufacturing defect which affects a small amount of GPUs installed in these graphics cards. Shortly after their launch some users observed that the number of rankization units, identified in English as ROP (Raster Operations Pipeline either RASTER OUTPUT PROCESSOR), integrated in some GPU GeForce RTX 50 was lower than that indicated by NVIDIA in the specifications. These units are responsible for executing the operations required by the rendering by rankization with the purpose of delivering the images formed by the final pixels to the monitor. Nvidia explained what is happening Several buyers They assure that their GeForce RTX 5090 and 5070 TI have a number of functional ROP units lower than the one indicated in the specifications. Days later a user of Reddit He denounced this same problem on his graphics card with GPU GEFORCE RTX 5080. In the latter case the graphic chip should integrate 112 ROP, but that particular card incorporates only 104 ROP, which has a downward impact on its performance. “Affected consumers can contact the graphics card manufacturer to obtain a new one. This production anomaly has already been corrected” Unfortunately it is not possible to solve this problem by resorting to an update of the BIOS or the controllers because it is a hardware defect. Nvidia has confirmed Tom’s hardware that, in effect, the problem exists, and that It is a manufacturing defect which affects a small amount of GEFORCE RTX 50 family chips. According to the company led by Jensen Huang, the amount of affected graphics cards is somewhat less than 0.5%. “We have identified a rare problem that affects less than 0.5% of the GeForce RTX 5090, 5090D and 5070 TI. They have a lower ROP than specified (…) The average impact on graphic performance is 4% and does not affect the workloads of artificial intelligence (AI) and calculation. Affected consumers can contact the graphics card manufacturer to obtain a new one. This anomaly in production has already been corrected “, explains the official Nvidia statement. The ideal in these circumstances is that all players who have bought one of the GeForce RTX 50 that can presumably be affected by this anomaly in the manufacturing process check if Your GPU has appropriate rop units using Techpowerup Gpu-Z or other similar diagnostic application. If your GPU is one of the defective ones they have the right to claim the change of their graphics card in the store in which they have bought it. An important note: some Founders Edition cards sold directly by Nvidia are also affected. Image | Nvidia More information | Tom’s hardware In Xataka | Nvidia “has broken the deck”: it is leading the creation of a memory standard for the PCs with AI

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