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ROG Announces World’s First HDMI 2.1-Certified with 4K 120Hz Gaming Monitor
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) has announced that its upcoming 43-inch gaming monitor is the first monitor to receive HDMI 2.1 certification. The monitor has passed all compatibility and validation tests conducted by leading Allion Labs, Inc — an international company specialising in product testing.
leading test lab in the world, it’s our mission to assure products or services before they are launched. We are thrilled to be part of the success of ROG and this groundbreaking gaming monitor,” said Brian Shih, Vice President of Logo & HW Validation Consulting at Allion Labs.
The new ROG monitor is compatible with next-generation consoles, with HDMI 2.1 giving it a full bandwidth of up to 48 Gbps to support 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) visuals at variable refresh rates of up to 120 Hz. Auto Low Latency also enables the game console to control the processing mode of the display, prioritising low latency or processing quality depending on the content. Allion Labs subjected the monitor to stringent Fixed Rate Link (FRL) tests, including FRL Electrical, FRL Pixel Decoding, and FRL Protocol tests, to ensure full compatibility with upcoming HDMI 2.1 devices.
With the impending arrival of next-generation gaming consoles later this year, ROG has an entire series of HDMI 2.1 gaming monitors for the holiday season. These monitors are available in 27-, 32- and 43-inch models. As one of the world’s leading gaming monitor brands, ROG constantly pushes boundaries to provide gamers with the most advanced display technologies for breathtaking gaming visuals.
“ROG is the first partner to provide a HDMI 2.1 gaming monitor for certification. As a
ROG was the first in the world to offer gamers the ROG Swift PG258Q 240 Hz gaming monitor, ROG Swift PG43UQ 4K 144 Hz Digital Stream Compression (DSC) gaming monitor and ROG Swift 360 Hz gaming monitor.
Nutanix Named a Leader in Hyperconverged Infrastructure Nutanix, Inc. has announced it has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Q3 2020, published by Forrester Research, Inc. The report evaluated 11 HCI vendors on Current Offering, Market Presence, and Strategy, and Nutanix was positioned as a leader with among the highest scores across these three categories. Nutanix believes these results are consistent with additional independent market research from other firms, all of which conclude that Nutanix is an undisputed leader in the fast-growing HCI market and possesses an impressive strategy that is driving innovation in the datacenter and cloud markets. “Our focus at Nutanix has always been to make computing invisible, starting with the datacenter and now expanding to clouds as we move to an increasingly hybrid and multicloud world,” said Dheeraj Pandey, Co-founder and CEO of Nutanix. “This unwavering focus has driven our position as a leader in the market, as we have enabled our customers to be resilient, prepared, and productive. This pandemic underscores the importance of technology companies that obsess over their customers and their needs, including real-time business continuity, handsfree IT, and lift-n-shift to either private or public clouds.” The Forrester Wave report ranked Nutanix as a leader and recognized it for its vision to serve enterprise IT beyond HCI, with its position atop the HCI market maintained with its innovation, R&D investment, sales momentum, partnerships, and acquisition of new customers from all segments and geographies.
ASUS Middle East Announces Premium 5-Year Warranty for ProArt Z490-CREATOR 10G Motherboard ASUS has announced that every ASUS ProArt Z490-CREATOR 10G motherboard sold in Europe, Middle East, and Africa now come with an extended 5-year warranty. Every motherboard purchased on or after May 20 is eligible for the 5-year warranty. In addition, ASUS ProArt PA and PQ series displays that were purchased on or after January 1, 2020, are also eligible for the extended warranty program, upon registration. For more information about the ProArt display extended warranty, please visit https://www.asus.com/events/infoM/
activity_proart5years. Designed for round-the-clock operation, ASUS ProArt Z490Z-CREATOR 10G is put through a 168-hour stress test, during which it is subjected to temperatures of up to 45° C and up to 80% humidity to ensure 24/7 reliability, even in extreme environments. The new 5-year extended warranty provides consumers complete peace of mind when making their purchase. ASUS ProArt Z490-CREATOR 10G packs
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everything a professional creator or software developer needs, with the added bonus of additional connectivity features. The I/O panel features two Thunderbolt 3 USB‑C ports that offer a total of up to 40 Gbps of aggregate interface bandwidth, four USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A connectors that support speeds of up to 10 Gbps, and two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports offering speeds of up to 5 Gbps. There’s also a 2.5 Gb Ethernet controller and a 10 Gb Ethernet card for superfast networking performance.
