As usual at the end of every month, Playstation reveals the free games for PS Plus subscribers. Without wasting any time, here’s the official list for PS Plus Asia November 2019 free games lineup.
PS Plus Asia November 2019 Free Games Lineup

Nioh
Released back in 2017, Nioh is a game that sees you venture the fictionalized land of Japan in 1600. Without spoiling the game too much, you’ll find yourself navigating around levels and defeating monsters that come your way. The game is not a hack and slash title, where every move you make,counts.
Outlast 2
Outlast 2 is a first-person survival horror game that is set in Northern Arizona, where you play as Blake Langermann. Fight scenes are scarce, you will find yourself running and hiding most of the time in order to survive. You are equipped with a camera that can be used to your advantage and surrounding.

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Since it is still October (at the time of writing), you’ll need to wait a little bit for them to be available next month. Are you happy with the PS Plus Asia November 2019 games lineup?
Pokdepinion: Out of the two, I’d probably play Nioh. Decent combo of games though.
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MSI Gaming Monitors And PC On Sale This 12.12 Year End Promo

If you’re looking to get your hands on gaming monitors or even a desktop, great news as MSI Malaysia will be hosting their End of Year 12.12 Promotion. As you’d expect, you can grab a host of their products at a promotional price.
MSI Malaysia End of Year 12.12 Promotion

As you can see from the promo above, there’s a number of their gaming monitors up for sale as well as their MSI Trident AS and Trident A desktops.

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You’ll find these offers to be available starting from today till the 12th of December 2020 itself. Aside from that, MSI Malaysia is also offering Steam codes from their Be Fast bundles when you purchase them during the 12.12 promo.
For more details on the promotion, you can head down to the website right here.
Pokdepinion: Pretty attractive deals if you ask me. Especially with the Steam bonus that they’re giving away.
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 Leak Reveals New Look

As many of you may know by now, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 will be launching rather soon. Whenever a highly-anticipated smartphone is about to launch, it’s natural to see leaks of them surfacing online and in the latest leak, we get to see new looks for the foldable devices.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 Leak

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The newest Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 leak surfaced online courtesy of infamous leaker Evan Blass, known by his Twitter handle @Evleaks. This time, the leak looks like an official render of the two foldable devices so this may just be the final look that the Korean giant has settled on.
As you might be able to tell by now, Samsung has skipped a number and went from the previous Z Flip straight to the Z Flip 3. This most likely has to do with streamlining the naming convention to avoid confusion as it launched together with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3.
From what we can from the picture, it appears that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 has a similar look to its predecessors but has a slimmer camera bump in the rear. There doesn’t seem to be a silo for the S Pen so they may be using the same approach with the Galaxy S21 Ultra, having a protective case with a slot to store it.

The S Pen in the leak has Fold Edition written on it, so it may be different from previous S Pens, hopefully with air gesture support. Contrary to previous reports, it appears there there will be physical buttons as it comes with a power button which doubles as a fingerprint sensor.
As for the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3, it has a two-tone look with dual cameras and a larger outer display compared to its predecessor. This will make the outer display more practical to use, especially if you plan on taking photos and videos when it comes to framing your shots. Both foldables are said to come with some form of water resistance, but no word on if it’s IP-certified or not.
For now, both foldables are expected to be officially unveiled at the next Galaxy Unpacked event which will take place either in August or September 2021. They’re also expected to be powered by the Snapdragon 888 SoC with 5G support. We will report more on this as soon as information becomes available so stay tuned.
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Pokdepinion: I’m pretty much ready to upgrade my phone, I’m just not sure whether to go for the Fold or the Flip. The latter feels cool when answering calls but the former is more practical. Then again, the Flip would be more space-saving. Will need to see if there’s a big disparity in camera performance as that would be my ultimate deciding factor for me.
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Redmi Buds 3 Review — it’s all about the bass

When I was given the opportunity to review the Redmi Buds 3, I honestly didn’t know what to expect. My colleague did check out the Redmi Buds 3 Pro, which he did find to offer great value, so I am not even sure if this can come close to that. After all, we have seen many products in the past where being cheaper doesn’t exactly translate to better value, and I am quite afraid for the Redmi Buds 3. But hey, let’s not jump to conclusions too quickly. Let’s see what they have to offer.
Unboxing

Packaging wise, Redmi went with a really simple design. I do fancy the iridescent finish they went with for the Buds 3 branding, but aside from that, there really isn’t much to talk about here. There’s also an image of the earbuds itself under the big label, so you know what you are getting in the box.

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Inside you have the absolute basics. Two pieces of documentation and a USB-C charging cable are all you get with the Redmi Buds 3. As the Redmi Buds 3 is an AirPods-style design that doesn’t need to be jammed into your ear canals, you don’t get any replacement tips in the box.
Appearance

If I had to summarize the look of the Redmi Buds 3 in one word, it would be “generic.” Unlike the Redmi Buds 3 Pro, which had a more distinctive design, the charging case here is a smooth pebble-like design that you can easily pass off as a product from the fruity company at first glance. Thankfully the back doesn’t have that same chrome bar, as this glossy plastic finish is used all around. There’s also a single button here that handles pairing and disconnection.

One thing that is I quite like with Redmi’s design is the flat sides that help with grip. The USB-C charging port is also here on the bottom. I also like the fact that we have USB-C charging port here, considering that I have used a much pricier pair of TWS earbuds with microUSB charging for the longest time.

The cover flips open to reveal the Redmi Buds 3 slotted into the charging case vertically.

Once the earbuds are out, the word “generic” comes to mind again. The only minor observable difference from the earbuds that these are clearly inspired by is the slightly flatter profile on the back of the stalks. On the bulbous part that enters your ears, you can see the vent and wear detection sensor, the latter which is a rather nice feature to have at this price point. The flatter area on the back houses the secondary mic for the ENC function for calls. Yes, there’s no ANC on these. The tiny divot you see below it is the touch sensitive controls, which are pretty much what you would expect to see from the average TWS earbuds anyway.
Redmi Buds 3 Specifications

Drivers
12mm

Frequency Response
N/A

Impedance
N/A

Chip
Qualcomm QCC3040

Microphone Sensitivity
N/A

Headphone Type
True wireless, AirPod-style earbuds

Connection
Bluetooth 5.2, AAC
USB Type-C (charging)

Wireless Range
10m

Noise-cancelling
For playback
N/A
For calls
Qualcomm cVc Echo Cancelling
Noise Suppression Technology

Battery
Earphones
35mAh, Up to 5 hours
Charging Case
310mAh, Up to 20 hours

Weight
Earbuds: 4.4g
Total: 42g

Colour
Glossy white

Ingress Protection
IP54

User Experience
Pairing
The initial pairing is very simple. As soon as you open up the case, your nearest active Xiaomi device will detect it and ask if you want to pair with it. If you need to pair the Redmi Buds 3 with another device, all you need to do is long-press the singular button on the charging case and you are set.

Once paired, every time you open the case you will get near-instantaneous pairing. Xiaomi/Redmi/POCO devices running recent version of MIUI will show you a popup with the battery life for not only the earbuds themselves, but also the case. The latter is a pretty good touch, as I have actually experienced several occasions of my TWS earbuds’ charging case running out of battery without me noticing and I didn’t plug them in to recharge before bringing them out.
If you are worried about losing your TWS earbuds, you can enable the missing earphone alert from your MIUI smartphone’s Bluetooth menu to help you find them. You can even make the Redmi Buds 3 produce a loud ring to help you locate the earbuds. Pretty nice to see this sort of integration into MIUI to make the MIUI ecosystem seem more like a thing.
Sound
After letting them burn in for about a week, I started using them as my daily pair of earphones, and the first thing I noticed was that they have way too much bass. The bass will generally overpower everything, to a point that all you hear is possibly just bass. It probably works great as a pair of workout earbuds, where the thumping bass track is probably all you need to keep you pumped up, but I wouldn’t recommend the Redmi Buds 3 for those who want to listen to music for enjoyment.
Aside from the overwhelming bass, the Redmi Buds 3 actually sounds pretty decent. I found that dialing down the bass frequencies in the equalizer can help the Redmi Buds 3 sound decent enough for daily use, without the headache-inducing bass thumping into your skull. You won’t get the sparkly highs out of this due to the open nature, but at least it makes listening to music an enjoyable experience.
Speaking of which, the open nature also means that if you are listening in a particularly noisy area, you might be inclined to turn up the volume. The lack of a seal is both a blessing and a curse, as it lets you hear audio cues like approaching vehicles, but it also means that you can’t enjoy your music in silence in noisy yet relatively safe places like when you are on the train.
Comfort

To know whether the Redmi Buds 3 will work for you, all you need to know is whether you have “normal” ears. As there are no interchangeable eartips, the Redmi Buds 3 is designed with a one-size-fits-all idea in mind. As far as I am concerned, it works quite well for me. I did find myself having to adjust the fit now and then as it does shift around in my ear as I move, but nothing too concerning to write home about. It doesn’t feel uncomfortable to wear for longer hours, aside from the fact that the excessive bass can induce headaches.
I appreciate the addition of the wear detection sensors here, but generally I find it more of an annoyance than useful. I quite often remove my earbuds to talk to someone and I don’t really care whether my music is paused. This is just my preference rather than an issue with the Redmi Buds 3 itself though.
For controls, two taps on the stalk does just about everything. There’s no distinction between the left and right earbuds, with two taps on either side being used for picking up calls and skipping to the next track. Meanwhile three taps is used to end calls and going to the previous track. Pretty simple, which is pretty much in line with my expectations given the sparse feature set on offer here.
Battery life
While Redmi claimed 5 hours of use, it seems that they were rather conservative. I managed to squeeze 6 hours and 10 minutes out of the Redmi Buds 3 before it gave up the ghost. Still, having used earbuds with ANC that lasted longer, this wasn’t exactly impressive to me. As with all TWS earbuds, slipping the earbuds back into the charging case is all you need to do to prepare them for your next listening session. There’s fast charging for 1.5 hours of playback with just 10 minutes of charging, although I honestly never really saw the need for fast charging with my TWS earbuds.
Conclusion

Priced at RM139, the Redmi Buds 3 is a good RM100 less than the Redmi Buds 3 Pro, which might make it seem like a pretty decent deal. While I didn’t particularly enjoy the overly bassy sound, some of you bassheads out there might. With that said, uou can quite easily dial back the bass if your device has an equalizer app though, so I guess it is a decent enough choice if you want an affordable pair of earbuds to go with your Xiaomi/Redmi/POCO smartphone.
The integration with MIUI is quite nice to see, and I hope to see more of it as Xiaomi expands their ecosystem. Aside from that, the Redmi Buds 3 isn’t exactly outstanding in any way. The design is generic, the battery life is just decent and I can’t say much about the comfort when the entire shape is derived from another popular TWS earbuds.
Our thanks to Xiaomi Malaysia for sending us the Redmi Buds 3 for review. You can check out the Redmi Buds 3 on Shopee via this affiliate link to help support what we do here on Pokde.net.
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The New Dell XPS Convertible and Pro Webcam Are Here

Dell announces the release of the new XPS 13 2-in-1, as well as the Dell Pro Webcam (WB5023), an image-quality webcam with intelligent features for everyday professionals who want to look their best on video calls, broadcasts, or live streams.
XPS 13 2-in-1

The XPS 13 2-in-1 convertible laptop allows customers who value adaptability, like students and entrepreneurs, to easily switch between work, education, leisure, and other activities.

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Users may now complete the experience with an optional XPS Folio and XPS Stylus. By connecting the magnetic XPS Folio, users can switch effortlessly and smoothly from consumption to full work mode, and enjoy a natural writing and inking experience with the XPS Stylus.
The laptop features a 13″ 3K touchscreen display with Intel i5-1230U, Intel Iris XE graphics powered by 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD storage.
The starting price of the XPS 13 2-in-1 is RM5,999 and is available in Malaysia this August.
Dell Pro Webcam

The company’s line of personal collaboration devices, such as the recently released Dell Speakerphone and Dell Slim Conferencing Soundbar, continues to grow to meet the various demands of hybrid workers.
They have added the Dell Pro Webcam (WB5023) to its lineup, after the flagship 4K UltraSharp Webcam. This 2K QHD camera provides great picture quality in its class, outperforming an FHD (1080p) webcam in terms of crisp, professional video quality in every lighting scenario.
The Sony STARVIS sensor and multi-element lens capture a lot of light for crystal-clear image quality. The combination of Digital Overlap HDR and Facial Detection Auto Exposure optimises the user’s photograph so that it looks nice at all times.
Advanced Image Signal Processing and 3D/2D noise reduction reduce grainy photographs automatically, ensuring the user appears their best even in low light. The AI Auto Framing function of the camera guarantees that the person is constantly centred in the frame.
This sleek cylinder webcam also has a noise reduction mic for clear conversation, a magnetic shutter cover for privacy, and a built-in mounting clip for convenient connection to a monitor, laptop, or tripod. It is compatible with both Windows and Mac operating systems, and it works well with all major UC platforms, including Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
Users can make the most of the webcam using the Dell Peripheral Manager, which allows you to personalise webcam settings such as Field of View, brightness, sharpness, contrast, and saturation.
The starting price of the Pro Webcam is RM724 and is available in Malaysia this August.
For more information about the laptop and webcam, feel free to visit Dell’s official website.
Pokdepinion: A new convertible laptop for those who need something for work and studies and a webcam for those looking to a great device for streaming.
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RM550 For Raya PC Upgrade!

Great deal PC upgrade with RM550 budget from “Duit Raya”, let us guide you to pick suitable upgrade for your PC. Here’s an article dedicated to giving users some recommendation to fuel and fire up your PC like a brand new. Stop whining about you PC performance and infuse it with new life without breaking the bank. There are some several combos that we at Pokde.net guaranteed to boost you PC performance.

Solid State Drive (SSD)

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Mostly it takes a 7mm or 9mm high form constructed with aluminium case with total weight around 55g to 60g, SSD is the crucial upgrade that would boost your PC response at speed of lightning! Not like you current HDD that become slower everyday, SSD has very good write and read speed up to 555Mbs.
It is time to put SSD into your system and we recommend to get combos 120GB SSD and 1TB HDD and user the hard drive for data storage data only, remember faster hard drive will let you fetch data faster, or upgrade a single 256GB of blazing fast SSD.
Get Samsung Evo 840 Evo 120GB at price  RM299 and Western Digital 1TB Blue for RM 189 or Evo 840 Evo 256GB at price RM499
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An SSD will boot you PC less than a minute!

Random Access Memory (RAM)
DDR3 RAM is the current most popular DIMM in the market and we assume that you have DDR3 enabled motherboard with only 2GB or 4GB occupied, with RM550 budget we suggest 8GB upgrade or why not with 16GB capacity.
With solid 240 pin and clocked from 1333Mhz up to 3000Mhz we recommend Kingston HyperX Fury a solid module clocked at 1600Mhz, choose your favourite colour from black, white, blue and red to match with your system.
8GB kit (4GBx2) selling at price RM255, so with 2 units 8GB kit, total of 16GB still not break our budget RM550
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Kingston is well known for its DRAM

Graphics Card
Not much argument when choosing the right graphic card within RM550 budget, the best in term performance and quality, NVIDIA GTX 750Ti is our bet. Equip with brand new power saving Maxwell chip, with 2GB of GDDR5 discrete memory and DirectX 11.2 support good enough to juice most all latest game in 1080p high setting.
What excited with this NVIDIA GTX 750Ti is it only consume 6 watt idle and 68 watt on load, there is no need to change new power supply to run it.
Leadtek GTX 750Ti is selling at price RM 539 is the best card we can recommend.
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Best card you can grab with the price!

Display
Haven’t feel and enjoy HD display (1080p)? Some people prefer lowest response time (ms), other say bigger is better and we at Pokde.net think that panel used in the monitor is much important. How big is big enough? 23 inches is the suitable size for gaming, and we care about the specification and price, we choosing Dell S2340L which used IPS panel and LED back light, 7 ms response time that we found it reasonable if you are not on competitive gaming.
Dell S2340L selling at price RM569 and yes it over our budget by RM19 but who know you can get less with your sweet words.
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IPS panel display giving you the best viewing angle!

Cooling System
Air cooling, closed loop liquid cooling and water cooling which one did you prefer? Actually any solution is work but depend on your taste some prefer water cooling for maximum cooling and some prefer that air cooling is good enough. We recommend two types cooling solution and both fit our RM550 budget.
First we choose Corsair Hydro H80i closed loop cooling with thick 120mm radiator at 38mm is the best solution for close loop, we did choose H80i because not many cases can mount long 240mm radiator and with a lot review of this product in the net, the H80i will do the job taking care of you CPU temperature.
So how about computer cases that support 240mm radiator? There are two option here that we agree, the Corsair Hydro H100i for who want the closed loop solution but we giving yourself a chance to experience the water cooling solution. The cheapest water cooling we found is the XSPC Raystorm 750 EX240 water cooling kit, come with reservoir, pump, CPU water clock, 240mm radiator along all the accessories and all you need extra is the coolant.
Corsair Hydeo H80i selling at price RM 419
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XSPC Raystorm 750 EX240 selling at price RM 549
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Thick 120mm radiator on H80i is the key!

Best kit if you are new with water cooling!

Keyboard
Clicky sound and tactile response is the main reason why you need to pick mechanical keyboard. With different force for each switch key to register input, most switches key are made from Cherry MX company. There a lot of specification of switches you can differentiate by its colour code, famous and commonly use red cherry MX need 45 gram force to register input.
What type the person you are? Do you spent most of your time typing, gaming or perhaps the one who always smack down the keys? Choose you switch wisely. Most mechanical keyboard also give many features like back light LED’s, programmable macro key and swappable key cap.
We choose the best round up keyboard within the budget with 17.2 x 8.3 inches and weighted around 1.2KG the Corsair Vengeance K70, the reason why we choose K70 because the patented layout and black anodized aluminium shell provide durability and easy to clean, need no key cap puller to plug out the keycap.
Not just that, the Vengeance K70 also included with optimized key cap for gaming (W, A, S, D, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 keys) and offers USB pass-through for attach peripheral directly to the Vengeance K70 keyboard. The Corsair Vengeance K70 equipped with red cheery mx which smooth and linear type suitable for rapid multi taps perfect for gaming worth within our budget.
Corsair K70 is selling at price RM449
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Rapid multi taps and contoured keycaps really make you feel good with K70!

Mouse, Mousepad and Headset Combos
We choose these three peripheral as combos as we can see with RM550, we are good enough to buy great quality built and performance peripheral.
Using high end sensor, we recommend Logitech G402 Hyperion Fury which its calling “the world’s fastest gaming mouse.”. Why G402? It is because the mouse uses multiple sensors, allowing it to accurately track ultra-fast swipes of up to 500 inches per second across your mousepad and of course with good mouse we also recommend to use Logitech G240 mousepad.
Quote from Logitech site “The cloth surface of G240 provides ideal surface friction for low DPI gaming, improving mouse control and precise cursor placement”. Consistent surface texture can improve sensor performance, especially when used with Logitech G gaming sensors. And the soft rubber base maintains stability without sacrificing comfort.
The last peripheral to complete this combo is the headset, we recommend good 2.1 channel audio headset, and in our list Logitech G230 is the one we looking for. Aggressive and fancy looking headset, this is a solid entry level buy. A lot of positive review of this headset we found plus with the price tag, we easily choose this is the best for the buck.
With the price of G402 RM 149, G240 RM69 and lastly the G230 RM 199, total sum of RM 417, we believe this is the best buy you can get.
Logitech G402 is selling at price RM 149
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Logitech G240 is selling at price RM 69
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Logitech G230 is selling at price RM 199
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Multiple sensor used on G402 Hyperion!

G240 cloth surface and fold is a great mobility!

Decent audio quality G230 with 2.1 channel audio with aggressive style!

Audio
Sound reasonable or sound incredible, what is your choice? Gaming, listening music or watching movies, sound card or amplifier really does improve your audio experience if pair with decent quality headset or speaker. Again we assume mostly of you is using headset for gaming and music listen, so with RM550 we would like to recommend the ASUS Xonar U7 which offer precise and immersive 7.1-channel surround.
ASUS Xonar U7 is an external USB based audio device uses 192kHz/24-bit fidelity sound processing for true high definition output, maintaining consistent quality across all surround channels.
Power up by the Cirrus Logic® CS4398 DAC, Xonar U7 promises excellent signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and low total harmonic distortion (THD).
ASUS Xonar U7 is selling at price RM 359
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Among the best external USB sound amplifier you can get in the market the Xonar U7!
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Cooler Master Launches the MasterMouse Pro L RGB – Customizable with 3D printing part

Cooler Master today announced the MasterMouse Pro L RGB, the mouse for all gamers. Whether you are new to PC gaming and have yet to discover your ideal grip or if you’re an established PC user with intimate knowledge of their mouse preferences, the MasterMouse Pro L RGB will meet all your needs. The MasterMouse Pro L RGB was made with customization in mind, making it a mouse that can adapt to any and all situations as quickly as you need it to.
Custom Grip Configuration

The MasterMouse Pro L RGB comes standard with two top panels of different lengths as well as two sets of magnetic side panels with differing grip textures. This gives users the freedom to use the mouse grip that works best for them at a given time rather than being stuck with one grip for all genre of games and play styles. Additionally, users can download a 3D printing file for free and print their own side panels to customize them in any way they see fit. This way, users can literally have a mouse all their own.

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Full RGB Illumination

The MasterMouse Pro L RGB mouse has three RGB illumination zones with 16.7 million color options. These lights aren’t just for show either. You can set them to identify saved profiles you’ve created for specific situations.
Multiple User Profiles

The MasterMouse Pro L RGB is powered by a 32-bit ARM processor with 512KB of on-board memory. This allows users to create and store mouse preferences. Once the profile is saved, you can plug and play on any PC with all your home settings intact. You are able to customize everything you could ever want. The DPI (400 – 12000), button map, colors, and sensitivity are just some of the options you can change when creating up to five different user profiles. Profiles can be swapped in real time with a single press of a button.
Numerous Programmable Buttons

Certain games require more than just two buttons. But to use these buttons effectively players need the ability to hand pick which buttons do what. The MasterMouse Pro L RGB’s body offers eight programmable buttons plus the option to expand that to a total of 14+1 switch button, thanks to the Storm Tactix function.
User-friendly Software
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All these customization options can be intimidating in the pursuit of a perfect mouse grip and setup which is why all Cooler Master peripherals use the same free to download, easy to use customization software, called CM Portal.
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It will automatically update the MasterMouse Pro L RGB when you first plug it in. It’s stress-free, loaded with options, and will help you make the mouse of your dreams.
Pricing & Availability:
The MasterMouse Pro L RGB is now available for purchase locally, priced at RM 249.
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Yoodo turns two and celebrates by throwing 20GB for RM20 promo

Yoodo has just celebrated their second anniversary, marking their position as a the top digital telco. To mark their second anniversary, they have decided to do quite a large sum of announcements, including a new brand logo. The new logo now says Yoodo powered by Celcom.
In addition to the rebranding, they also announced Renew Anytime which lets you customize the data, voice and SMS of their mobile plans at any time according to their needs. Power Pass was also announced, giving you 100GB for an hour for just RM2. There are also data add ons for specific apps while also teasing an add-on for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.
Meanwhile with Roam Like Home, Yoodo users can travel more freely with the 3-day and 7-day passes. You can bring your local mobile plan to use abroad from less than RM5 per day. Yoodo Rewards has just been launched to reward loyal customers. For every 10 Add-Ons you willl get one free, while users who have purchased 10 days worth of Roam Like Home passes will receive an additional day for free. They have also brought back the popular 20GB for RM20 promotion that is available now for all users.

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Yoodo is sponsoring the 2020 editions of PUBG Mobile National Championship (PMNC) and the PUBG Mobile Campus Championship (PMCC), while also being the Official Digital Telco sponsor for the on-going ESL MY Championship 2020. There’s also a new national level competitive fighting game competition, the Yoodo FV Major 2020. For fans of conventional sports, they are also the Official Digital Telco for the Malaysia Premier Futsal League and are the Official Digital Broadcast Partner too, exclusively broadcasting 30 matches on their YouTube channel.
Pokdepinion: Their birthday but we get the presents! Yayy!
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Samsung Galaxy Note10 Pro will have a 6.75″ Dynamic AMOLED display

Samsung may have released multiple variants of the Samsung Galaxy S series, but their Note series were only available in one size. The only exception was when they released the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge, where they had two devices in one generation. Apparently, the Samsung Galaxy Note10 is going to have a larger brethren, and instead of it being called the Samsung Galaxy Note10+, it will be the Galaxy Note 10 Pro.
This comes from a tip by @UniverseIce who shared just the name. And nothing else. From what we know, the Samsung Galaxy Note10 will come in two sizes, with a 4G and 5G variant each for a total of four variants. With that said, we can also expect Samsung to use a mix of the Snapdragon 855 or Exynos 9820 depending on the region, so there will be more variants of the Samsung Galaxy Note10 than you think.

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The Samsung Galaxy Note10 is expected to come in with a 6.28″ Dynamic AMOLED panel, while the Galaxy Note10+ will feature a 6.75″ display. The Samsung Galaxy Note10 devices are also expected to come with a quad-camera setup like the one on the Galaxy S10 5G. What else do you think Samsung will cram onto the Galaxy Note10 devices?
Pokdepinion: Samsung has been pricing their devices really well recently, so maybe we can expect the Galaxy Note10 to not break any price records? Maybe the Galaxy Note10 will though…
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Cooler Master Malaysia Established New Service Centre in Petaling Jaya

Cooler Master has opened its first official Cooler Master Service Center in Malaysia, which is handled by SCX Solutions Sdn Bhd. To accommodate their product line, as well as its corresponding warranty and after-sales service, Cooler Master and SCX Solutions have collaborated to help consumers with Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) claims via the Carex app.
Customers are encouraged to install the Carex app and register their products as soon as they purchased a Cooler Master device to ensure a smooth after-sales care experience. The Carex app is loaded with features and contains everything you need to remain on top of your RMA procedure. This comprises registering a product’s warranty, starting an RMA claim, tracking progress updates, and receiving real-time update notifications.

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When an RMA is required, simply use the Carex app and follow the on-screen instructions. Submit a new RMA request, provide your personal information, and then pick your RMA product. You must mention the date of purchase, proof of purchase, and the problem with the product. After submitting the form, you can return the product to Cooler Master Service Center by mail or in person. For warranty inquiries, technical help, and general information, you can also call the service center at 010 210 7726 from 9AM to 6PM.

The service center also features a Cooler Master Experience Zone where customers can spend time checking out their latest components and gaming peripherals while waiting for RMA testing to be finished, all while enjoying light refreshments offered by SCX Solutions.
The Cooler Master Service Center will be open Monday through Friday from 9AM to 6PM, as well as the first and third Saturdays of each month from 9AM to 1PM. Lunch will be served from 12:30PM to 2PM. On Sundays and public holidays, the service center will be closed.
The company is also offering free RMA pick-up later in the third quarter of this year. When it is released, this free service will be available to all Cooler Master products.
Aside from Cooler Master products, SCX Solutions also handles warranty servicing for brands distributed solely by Sun Cycle Sdn Bhd and Connectex Sdn Bhd. The RMA process for these companies will be identical to the processes outlined above, with the Carex app serving as the primary emphasis moving forward. SCX Solutions will also open hubs in Penang and Johor Bahru in Q4 2022, with a Sarawak branch planned for 2023.
For more information about the Carex app, you can visit their official Facebook or download it from Google Play or Apple Store.
Pokdepinion: Wow their own service center with direct customer service! Current and future customers will get to experience top-notch services soon.
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Dragon Ball FighterZ Season 2 Introduces Gogeta, Broly, and More

With the conclusion of the Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour Finals around, we can now look forward to season 2 of the popular fighting game. In the leaked announcement trailer, we finally see the long-teased Jiren of Universe 11. His playstyle roughly mimics the anime, with counter hits and armor moves accompanied by powerful hits and blasts. We also see a sneak peek at his super finish, which has Jiren completing a destructive blow on Goku.
However, Jiren wasn’t the only character revealed.
In what many didn’t see coming at all, Videl is also being released alongside Jiren. Videl’s appearance is straight from the Great Saiyaman saga, short hair and all. Her moves seem to be a mixture of quick moves, rekkas, and assists from none other than the Great Saiyaman. Videl’s portion capped off with a great finish featuring her and Great Saiyaman dealing out a finishing kick to Majin Buu.

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The announcements don’t stop there as Broly and Gogeta from the new Dragon Ball Super: Broly film are also announced with the line up of new characters. The trailer, however, didn’t have any in-game renders of these two characters, only showing clips from the movie instead.
No word yet on a price for the next season or any other additional content at the moment. Gamers won’t have to wait long for Videl and Jiren however, as the two characters are set to release on 31st January 2019 while the other two characters are still unknown at the moment. That’s just a couple of days away.
Pokdepinion: Personally excited about Jiren, but a lot more so for Gogeta.
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Shopee Mall Celebrates 1st Anniversary With 86.7% Growth

Launched last October, Shopee Mall featured over 300 official brands and distributors, is now reaching their first ever anniversary. They’ve also prepared something special for their fans.
Shopee Mall 1st Anniversary
Shopee Mall provices 100% authentic products or 2x money back guarantee, a 15-day return policy, and a nationwide free shipping. These features add up to why they have recorded an 86.7% growth over the year.
The portal has recorded growth across all retail categories, seeing support from electronic brands such as Xiaomi and Lenovo.

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To celebrate their first anniversary, Shopee is organizing a Super Brands Festival from 24th to 27th September, featuring a host of brands to honor them and give back to the Shopee Mall fans.
For those looking mobile, gadget, or electronic items, you should definitely check out the electrifying deals on Electronics Day, which is on the 26th of September.
If you’re are a shopper who wants to shop in general, look out on the platform on 27th September as all 560 brands will go out as and offer promos as Shopee Mall celebrates their first anniversary.
To find out more on Shopee Super Brands Festival, you can click on the link right here.
Pokdepinion: Great to see that they’ve continued with a promo since their 9.9 Super Shopping Day event :D Be sure to check it out. Maybe you’ll find awesome deals there.
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Major Apex Legends Leak Reveals 9 New Legends and New Map

As a result of a datamine, there has been a major Apex Legends leak revealing 9 new Legends and a new map coming within the next 2 years. Here’s what we know thus far.
Major Apex Legends Leak Reveal 9 New Legends and New Map

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An alleged datamined leak surfaced on an Apex Legends subreddit, ApexUncovered, which reveals a total of 9 unreleased Legends that are expected to arrive in the game within the next 2 years. While many were uncertain about the authenticity of the leak, this was changed when some gameplay footage of new abilities in action came along with it.
Conduit – Empathic Shielder
Conduit is said to be a Support Legend focused on regenerating allied shields at the expense of her own.

Passive: Capacitance – Conduit regenerates shield over time and gains extra regen for each nearby ally.
Tactical: Arc Flash – Heals the shields of targeted allies at the cost of some of her own.
Ultimate: Alternating Current – Conduit launches an arc cluster bomb damaging the shields of people near the blasts. This heals Conduit’s based on the damage dealt.

Scryer – Haunting Stalker
Scryer looks like a Recon Legend that is capable of looking into enemy perspectives and setting traps.

Passive: Spectator – Automatically Optic-Haunt and spectate your killer.
Tactical: Optic-Haunt – Deploy a parasite trap that reveals the Target’s Vision.
Ultimate: Shadow Wall – Unleash a creeping Wall of Darkness that blocks sight and binds enemies.

Caliber – Apex Arms Dealer
Caliber is an offense-type Legend that is capable of storing a third weapon, creating turrets, and providing ammo for their squad.

Passive: Weapon Sling – A sling where you can store a third weapon.
Tactical: Suppressor Turret – Deploy a makeshift turret from a copy of your active weapon.
Ultimate: Auto Loader – Deploy a box that feeds ammo directly into nearby players’ current weapons/

Jester – Tricky Trapper
Jester is a Legend that can cloak themselves and their teammates, as well as setting traps for unsuspecting enemies to walk into.

Passive: Rewire – Jester can turn any grenade into a proximity mine that sticks to surfaces.
Tactical: Spectre Drop – Call in a drop pod with 3 spectres to guard an area. Only 1 set can be active at a time.
Ultimate: Cloak Field – Creates a short-lived cloaking device that hides all players in a small area. Cloak lasts for 6 seconds.

Phantom – Agile Assassin
Phantom is a mobility-focused Legend with a combination of abilities similar to Pathfinder, Wraith, and Octane.

Passive: Double Jump – Pressing the jump button while in the air allows you to jump again.
Tactical: Hook Shot – Hook to a wall and hang off it for a short time.
Ultimate: Void Grenade – A grenade that sends hit players to the void for a short period of time.

Vantage – Survival Sniper
Vantage is a Legend that specializes in long-range combat and even comes equipped with their own custom rifle as an Ultimate.

Passive: Sniper Kit – Tactical info available in ADS unarmed or any long-range scopes (Legend name, shield rarity, team size, and range).
Tactical: Echo Launch – Launch towards your winged companion, Echo. Order Echo by tapping Q. Launch to Echo by holding Q.
Ultimate: Mark to Kill – A custom rifle which scans enemies and boosts damage for Vantage and her squad. Damage doubles for Vantage on successive shots. Team gets 15% bonus on marked targets.

Catalyst – Creative Builder
Catalyst is a character capable of creating platforms and walls with their abilities, providing useful cover for their squad.

Passive: Reinforce – Standing near your ferro fluid structures, doors, and other Legends placeables will strengthen their integrity and allow them to take significantly more damage.
Tactical: Ferro Shot – On impact, the shot creates a ramp of hardened ferro fluid that can be extended with more shots. Can also be used to create platforms on walls (Max 3 structures).
Ultimate: Iron Tower – Ferrofluid rises up from below, pushing you upwards while creating a tall solid column under you.

Uplink – Satellite Savior
Uplink is a support Legend that can boost consumable effects and even prevent teammates from going down temporarily.

Passive: Network Communion – Gain 25% Recovery Effects used in Signal Range.
Tactical: Shield Satellite – Release a Satellite that follows allies to regenerate their shields and revive.
Ultimate: Immortality Relay Beacon – Deployable Satellite Beacon that prevents allies in the signal area from being downed.

Newcastle – Mobile Defender
Newcastle is another Support Legend that specializes in protecting allies with shields and keeping them safe after they’ve been downed.

Passive: Retrieve The Wounded – Drag downed allies as you revive and protect them with your Revive Shield.
Tactical: Mobile Shield – Throw a controllable drone that creates a moving energy shield.
Ultimate: Castle Wall – Leap and slam to a target ally or area and create a fortified stronghold.

It’s worth noting that despite how solid all these details appear to be, they are subjected to change. After all, EA / Respawn Entertainment could rework / rebalance to make sure they don’t break the balance of the game upon launching. For now, do take these information with a grain of salt.
Apex Legends is currently available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
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Pokdepinion: Taking into account how Apex Legends is like right now, and then factoring all those unreleased Legends as is, it really feels like we’re about to experience a whole new game. I expect a lot of major changes by the time every one of the gets launched.
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Microsoft Edge Reveals Kids Mode In Offering A Safer Environment

Have a kid that likes to use your laptop or PC? Well you might want to check out the new Kids Mode feature that’s recently introduced by Microsoft.
Microsoft Edge Kids Mode

As you can probably guess, the new Kids Mode aims to provide a safer browsing experience to children, giving parents a peace of mind. The mode can be enabled by heading to your Edge profile option.

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Once enabled, children who are using the browser will only have access to approved sites. Aside from that, it filters out adult text, images, as well as videos from searches. Currently, they have provided 70 kid-friendly websites on the list. Should you want to add more to it, you will have to individually add them yourself on Microsoft Edge.
If the Kids Mode is turned on and you want to switch back to your normal browsing, you will need to key in your Windows credentials to exit (the mode).
There’s two options in the mode, where it lets you select 5 to 8 years old or 9 to 12 years old option. If you’re wondering on the difference between the two, the latter features a news feed on the new tab page in Kids Mode, providing curated articles from MSN for Kids. They show simple things such as science, fun facts, and animals.
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Pokdepinion: I think we all know that you can never be too cautious when you’re browsing the web. It’s pretty neat that they’ve introduced this to provide a safer environment for young ones out there.
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ViewQwest: 100Mbps But Cheaper Than TIME Fibre? The Plans Are Superbly Affordable

The Singaporean-based ViewQwest has quietly rolled out their Malaysian residential internet plans and it looks superbly affordable.  It’s cheaper than TIME Fibre.

ViewQwest: 100Mbps But Cheaper Than TIME Fibre?

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Sometime last year, a Singapore-based ISP (Internet Service Provider) called ViewQwest announced that they will be expanding their operations to Malaysia. It’s almost the end of 2017 and we haven’t heard from them yet. Well, turns out, they’ve quietly announced, if those 2 words put together even makes sense, their residential internet plans.
The internet plan is called Fibernet, and it’s one of the most affordable home internet plans you can find here in Malaysia. At the moment, they only have 3 plans under Fibernet, which are:

100 Mbps: RM148 per month
300 Mbps: RM188 per month
500 Mbps: RM298 per month

It’s worth noting that the 100Mbps plan from ViewQwest is actually cheaper than what TIME Internet is offering…by RM1. But hey, it’s still cheaper nonetheless. It’s been said that each customer will have round-the-clock tech support, dynamic IP address, and the most interesting part of it all, an ASUS RT-AC1200G+ router.

ViewQwest highlighted 3 key features of their Fibernet offering. The first is Zero Traffic Shaping, which they mentioned that each user will have the full bandwidth available to them and they do not do any traffic prioritization, ever. The 2nd one is Ultimate Bit-Torrent Broadband, where they mentioned that they have absolutely zero restrictions on it and thus, you can have the best P2P experience unlike anything out there. And lastly, Latency Based Routing, where each user will have the best possible latency and thus, faster access to website and serves every single time.
Okay, now here’s the bit of bad news. At this moment in time, ViewQwest’s Fibernet plans are only available in Setia Eco Glades, Cyberjaya. If you’re not staying in that area, you’ll have to wait longer for it to be available at your place.
While they aren’t capable of providing the initially targetted 1Gbps speed for residential areas, having them around is still good for us as it will force everyone in the ISP market to be competitive. Now to pray that it will expand fast so everyone will be able to enjoy it.
For more information on ViewQwest, it’s plans and availability, click here or the button right below here:
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Pokdepinion: Well, things are becoming quite interesting for ISPs here in Malaysia. Too bad it’s limited to just a part of Cyberjaya but hey, if you were planning to move to a new place, maybe Setia Eco Glades is the place to go.
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Naughty Dog Says The Last of Us Part II Will Be Their Longest Game Yet

We now know when to expect The Last of Us Part II to be out but there’s still a lot to be curious about with the game. One good thing that we discovered is the game’s length, which is expected to satisfy many gamers out there.
Following the reveal of the latest trailer for The Last of Us Part II today, the game’s director Neil Druckmann took to the PlayStation Blog to share some more information about the title. Druckmann said that work on the game began over five years ago at this point and that the team at Naughty Dog feels great pressure to live up to the expectations that have carried over after the success of the last title.
Druckmann went on to also explain that The Last of Us Part II’s scope and ambition quickly grew in the early days of the project.

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What we realized pretty early on is that we were putting together Naughty Dog’s most ambitious and longest game in our 35 year history. To tell this kind of story the game needed to be massive.
Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that The Last of Us Part II is going to be this massive. Naughty Dog is a studio that has continually tries to one-up themselves over the years and to see them continue to do so with their latest project is almost expected. Still, it’s a bit crazy to think about a game that will be longer and more ambitious than Uncharted 4.
The Last of Us Part II will be coming exclusively to the PlayStation 4 on 21st February 2020.
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Pokdepinion: I really can’t wait for the game to be out. Been waiting for quite some time now.
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[UNBOXING] ASUS ZenFone 5 (ZE620KL) – Beauty and Brains Coming Together

The latest and what could be their greatest hit yet, the ASUS ZenFone 5 is almost here in Malaysia but for a special sneak preview, we have an unboxing of this new smartphone right here. Welcome to the future.
Unboxing the ASUS ZenFone 5 (ZE620KL) Smartphone

We have seen some rather interesting smartphones in recent times and this is made possible with plenty of technological advances that have happened over time. The fun is not about to end yet as ASUS is about to launch a brand new flagship smartphone in the form of the ASUS ZenFone 5 (ZE620KL).
It is quite an upgrade from last year’s ZenFone 4 smartphone. The ASUS ZenFone 5 (ZE620KL) features a number of interesting things such as the utilization of a Snapdragon 636 chipset, a 19:9 All-Screen Display, AI Cameras, and more. The most interesting part here is the price tag but we are going to keep that a secret for just a while longer. It’s a very competitive price, that much we can say.

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For the full review as well as the revelation of the retail price of the ASUS ZenFone 5 (ZE620KL), stay tuned to Pokde.net as the review will be online on 31st May 2018. Here are the specifications for you to drool over:
ASUS ZenFone 5 (ZE620KL) Specifications

CPU/Chipset:
Snapdragon 636 (4 x Kryo 260 @ 1.8 GHz + 4 x Kryo 260 @ 1.6 GHz), 14nm FinFET
AI Capabilities & AI Boost

GPU:
Adreno 509

RAM:
4GB LPDDR4X

Display:
6.2″, FHD+ (2246×1080) 19:9 All-Screen Super IPS+ display
550nits Brightness
100% DCI-P3 / 96% NTSC colour gamut coverage
2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass

Storage:
64GB eMCP 5.1 (expandable via microSD up to 2TB)

Camera:
Main Camera
12MP f/1.8, 4-axis Photo OIS / Video EIS
Sony IMX363 Sensor, 78° viewing angle, 6-element lens
LED flash, RGB sensor, HDR, 4K video
Secondary Camera
8MP f/2.2, 120° viewing angle
Omnivision 8856 sensor, 5-element lens
Front Camera
8MP f/2.0, 84° viewing angle
Omnivision 8856 sensor, 4-element lens, RGB sensor

Audio:
2nd Generation Dual NXP9874 Smart Amp-powered 5-magnet Dual Speakers
Piezoelectric top speaker, Voice coil bottom speaker
Hi-Res Audio and DTS Headphone: X 7.1 certification
Bluetooth Audio: A2DP / aptX

OS:
Android 8.1 Oreo w/ ZenUI 5.0 (with future upgrades to Android P)

Connectivity:
Wireless
Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4GHz & 5GHz)
LTE CAT12 (up to 600mb/s data transfer)
Bluetooth 5.0 w/ A2DP / aptX
Audio / Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP)
Human Interface Device (HID)
Personal Area Network (PAN)
Object Push Profile (OPP)
FM Radio
Wired
USB 2.0 Type-C
3.5mm combo audio jack

SIM:
Dual nanoSIM (2nd SIM doubles as MicroSD slot)

Battery:
Li-ion 3300 mAh (non-removable)

Dimensions:
75.6 x 153 x 7.7 mm, 155 g

Just a kind reminder for everyone in Malaysia, especially for those looking for a brand new smartphone, waiting out until 1st June 2018 is a great idea as GST will go down to 0%. Yes, you will be paying less for a lot of items out there.
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MSI spice up the GE and GS gaming laptops with the new NVIDIA GTX 965M graphics

Aiming to fulfill its “Gaming No.1” oath, MSI ready to impress its fans again by adding a new graphics SKU option on their GE and GS gaming laptop line-ups with the NVIDIA GTX965M graphics.

MSI suggests that the new pairing between the NVIDIA GTX 965M with an Intel Core i7-6700HQ to have up-to 15% performance enhancement when compared against a NVIDIA GTX 965M on a Intel 4th generation Intel Core i7 platform.

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The NVIDIA GTX 965M is based on the Maxwell GM204 architecture which is manufactured on the 28nm manufacturing process. the NVIDIA GTX 965 can be paired with up to 4GB GDDR5 memory. The NVIDIA GTX 965M is beefy enough to run demanding games with high details at 1080p resolution.
The new NVIDIA GTX 965M graphics SKU will be available on MSI GE and GS gaming laptops as shown in the picture below:

Find out more here.

Pokdepinion: With the 15% performance improvement and latest drivers update, I believe that the NVIDIA GTX 965M could bring more graphical horsepower and improve fps and stability in most games while maintaining a cooler temperature compared to the higher end SKUs.
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GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas Remasters Reportedly Coming This year

There have been reports stating that Rockstar Games is currently in the midst of remastering three classic GTA games which includes GTA 3, GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas. These remasters will supposedly release some time this year on many major platforms including the Nintendo Switch.
GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas Remasters incoming

According to sources cited by Kotaku, these three classic Grand Theft Auto games are indeed in active development and will be remastered via the Unreal Engine. The source also claims that the games will feature a mixture of “new and old graphics”. Maybe the GTA 3, GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas remasters will feature brand new cutscenes?

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One of the sources, who claims to have seen parts of the remaster says that games look like a heavily modded version of the original games. He also claims that the UI has been given a fresh coat of paint but stays true to the classic style of the original games as the developers look to stay true to the PS2-era games as much as they can.

Supposedly, the GTA 3, GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas remasters were to be included in the next-gen versions of GTA V and GTA Online as a “thank you gift” from Rockstar. However, these plans were ultimately scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the remastered GTA games will now see a release around late October or early November this year and will make their way on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, PC, Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch and even on mobile devices.
It is understood that the console release of the GTA 3, GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas remasters will be prioritised with the PC and mobile ports slated for a 2022 release. It is also said that these remasters will be released in one single package rather than individually.
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Pokdepinion: Just like what CJ said, “Ah s**t, here we go again.”
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Leaked — Offers 30 Percent Better Performance Than GTX 1060

Just recently NVIDIA revealed on their new RTX Titan, well it seems that the RTX 2060 is coming soon as a leak showcased details of the card.
The news was made available by Twitter user TUM_APISAK, where he found two recent 3DMark scores that reveal specifications of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q and RTX 2060 Mobile graphics cards.

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Through the leak, it was revealed that the new graphics card is 30% faster than the previous GeForce GTX 1060, which is certainly an upgrade.

It is said that the RTX 2060 is built around the TU106 silicon carved by TSMC under the 12nm FinFET node. The Max-Q version comes with a 975MHz base memory that operates across a 192-bit memory. Where else, with the mobile variant, it comes with a base clock of 960MHz and packs 6GB of DDR6, clocked at 1750MHz.
Reportedly, the RTX 2060 could come with 1,920 CUDA scores. According to TUM-APISAK, the RTX 2060 Mobile puts in a score of 19,000 in the 3DMark 11 benchmark on the Performance test.
We could see the new mobile RTX 20-series soon as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is not far away from now.
Pokdepinion: Well it seems that the card is NVIDIA’s answer to AMD’s Radeon RX590 for the mid-range spot. I wonder how will AMD respond to this. We could be seeing something exciting at next year’s CES.
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As usual when there is a major update coming, miHoYo will be holding a livestream to show off what’s new. Now, we have the official date and time for the Genshin Impact 2.1 livestream.
Genshin Impact 2.1 Livestream Officially Confirmed

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The Genshin Impact 2.1 livestream will be happening on 20th August at 9AM EST / 6AM PST / 9PM GMT+8. Just like the previous livestream, it will be happening exclusively on Twitch, with a recording of it to be uploaded on YouTube hours later.
From what we know thus far, we are expected to learn more about the upcoming banners. Highly likely we will be seeing The Raiden Shogun, Baal, and Sangonomiya Kokomi. The former is likely to be the first given the sheer amount of leaks surrounding the character up to this point.
Apart from that,, we will learn more about the final islands in Inazuma, new Archon Quests, new Weekly and World Bosses, a new Aloy trailer, new events, and the new fishing system. Furthermore, we should be able to learn more on miHoYo’s plans for the 1st year anniversary celebration of the game and some new Primogem redemption codes.
Genshin Impact is currently available for free on the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, and PC. A Nintendo Switch port of the game coming in the near future.
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Pokdepinion: I know for a fact that many of you are saving up your precious Primogems for Baal. I hope all of you manage to get her without much issues, because I know I’ll be trying for that as well.
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Google showing everyone it’s not a follower; Pixel 2 design leak shows single camera, huge bezels

Leaked images of the Pixel 2 has just appeared online, and from what we can see, Google isn’t jumping on the edgeless display and dual camera trends just yet. In fact, the successor to last year’s Pixel didn’t really see much change on its exterior.

Google has decided that stereo front-facing speakers is more important than having edge-to-edge displays, and decided to include them in some of the thickest bezels we have seen in 2017. The single rear-facing camera is really quite huge too, probably borrowed from the top-ranking HTC U11, since HTC is the one given the honors of manufacturing the Pixel 2. Edge Sense is also reportedly going to make an appearance in the Pixel 2, so here’s looking forward to a more intuitive user experience with the Pixel 2. The Pixel XL 2 is also reportedly going to have a squeezable frame despite being manufactured by LG.

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Google might not be following certain popular trends in the Android circle, but they are going to send their 3.5mm ports the way of the dodo. Perhaps this is a bit too much courage from Google? Performance wise, Google will also be following the crowd by packing Qualcomm’s latest and greatest, the Snapdragon 835.
What do you think? Should Google have gone with a dual camera configuration to further add features to the very successful HTC U11’s camera? I mean, Portrait Mode is all the rage now, right?
Pokdepinion: A single camera may be sufficient for impressive photography performance, but a dual camera setup opens up the door to a lot more fun like zoom and true monochrome photography. I will hold my judgement until the Pixel 2 is in my hand though.
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Xiaomi Mi Max 3 And Mi Band 3 Now Available In Malaysia

Xiaomi has today launched their latest Mi Max 3 smartphone and also the Mi Band 3. They are now available for purchase here in Malaysia.
Mi Max 3 & Mi Band 3 Now Available In Malaysia

The new Mi Max 3 features a whopping 5500mAh battery that the company has said to come with a standby time of 474 hours and can even double up as a power bank. Complimenting the battery is Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 and parallel charging, which means multiple charging stream can charge the battery at the same time. It sports a 6.9-inch display with a 18:9 ratio screen, offering FHD+ resolution.

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For cameras, it offers a dual 12MP+5M AI cameras as its main shooter. As for selfies, it has a 8MP shooter which comes with AI Beautify and you can also use its AI portrait mode to take even stunning shots of yourself. Powering the Mi Max 3 is a Snapdragon 636 chipset. Other than that, it packs 4GB RAM that’s paired with 64GB of internal storage.
The Xiaomi Mi Max 3 retails at RM1099 and is available in Black. It will be sold at all authorized MI Stores, Shopee, Lazada starting from 27 September 2018.

Also available now is the company’s new Mi Band 3. It features a 0.78-inch OLED display, it can now display content of messages. Besides your basic functions such as time, date, and steps taken, you can swipe up and down to scroll through menu items and left and right for more options. The touch button at the bottom serves as a home button or for activating more features such as clearing notifications or measuring your heart rate.
For the first time in the Mi Band series, you can now swim with the smart watch, thanks to its 5 ATM water resistance. In addition to that, there’s a dedicated interface that’s activated on the Mi Band 3 when you workout through the Mi Fit app, allowing you to see real-time workout stats by simply glancing at the touchscreen display.
The Mi Band 3 will be available at RM129 at all authorized Mi Stores, Shopee, and Lazada starting from 27th of September 2018.
Pokdepinion: Wow, I personally think that the phone is going to attract a lot of attraction. What more do you want? You get a huge battery, a good chipset, AND the phone has NO NOTCH. That’s a good deal in today’s world, well for me at least. What do you think? Would you buy the Mi Max 3? Let us know down below.

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Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro Review – Excellent for Samsung Users

Unboxing the Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro
Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro Review – Box

Let’s kickoff the Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro review with the unboxing. The box is black in colour, which different from the standard Buds2 clad in white. Inside the box, you can find the following items:
Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro Review – Box content

Quick start guide
USB-C cable
Spare ear tips
Charging case
The Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro earbuds themselves

Specifications

Drivers
Custom Coaxial 2-way Speaker with 24bit Hi-Fi
10mm Woofer + 5.3mm Tweeter

Microphone
2 Outer Mics and 1 Inner Mic + Voice Pickup Unit

Frequency Response
20Hz – 20,000Hz (44.1kHz Sampling)

Headphone Type
In-ear

Connector
Wired
USB-C
Wireless
Bluetooth 5.3 with AAC, SBC, SSC HiFi codec and 24-bit audio support

Wireless Range
10m

Noise-cancelling
Yes, Active Noise Cancellation (ANC)

Battery
Earphones
61mAh
Charging Case
515mAh

Dimensions
Earphones
19.9 x 21.6 x 18.7 mm, 5.5g x 2
Charging Case
50.1 x 50.2 x 27.7mm, 43.4g

Colour
Graphite, White, and Bora Purple

Ingress Protection
IPX7

The Good
Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro Review – Buds (rear)
The Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro is 15% smaller than last year’s Buds Pro. Just by looking at them, it’s hard to tell a difference but when you wear them it becomes very apparent. It’s able to rest in my ears better, providing a more comfortable experience especially with long hours of use.
Unlike their previous earbuds, the Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro has a soft-touch matte finish, which is more pleasing to see. After all, you’re gonna be touching them often to put them on and use the touch controls and with this, you don’t have to worry about fingerprint smudges.

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Being classified with IPX7 just like its predecessor easily puts it a step ahead of their recent TWS earbuds. With it, you can have it submerged in clear water for up to 30 minutes and it will work just fine. While most people won’t actually do that, this means you can easily use this for workout and not worry about breaking it. Just remember to clean up afterwards.
Check out our review of the Samsung Galaxy Buds2 by clicking right here.
Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro Review – Wearing the Buds
While the Korean giant’s previous TWS earbuds have generally been good in the sound department, none of them come close to the Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro. You get a nice punchy bass that is more nuanced rather than a mindless earthshattering boom, which futher emphasizes the mids and highs for excellent clarity, resulting in a balanced sound profile that is unlike anything they have ever produced before.
Of course, you will need a Samsung device running at least One UI 4.1.1 with the Galaxy Wearable app and an a hi-res audio source / streaming service to make full use of it. Otherwise, you won’t be able to make full use of the 24bit Hi-Fi sound and Samsung’s new SSC codec that can do up to 2,304kbps, far surpassing the LDAC standard.
Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro Review – It’s as compact as always
The 360 audio has seen some improvements, giving a wider and more realistic surround sound experience as opposed to the stretched out stereo audio from its predecessor. This is thanks to the Direct Multi-Channel feature that is being promoted for it, allowing you to enjoy virtual 5.1 and 7.1 channel audio. Just use it for games and movies as it doesn’t sound great for music.

Lastly, the active noise cancellation (ANC) has seen great improvements and is multiple steps ahead of the best ANC experience Samsung has offered before. You’d be pressed to hear the sound of a blender just meters away while music is playing. Sure, you can still hear it with no audio being played but the gist of it is that with music playing, it’s easy to be completely immersed in it. I dare say it’s comparable to the Sony WF-1000XM4.

The Bad
Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro Review – Buds (front)
There isn’t much bad things to say about the Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro, but it’s at least worth pointing out as the severity depends on you. For starters, the touch controls can be a bit too sensitive. Whenever I find myself needing to adjust the earbuds, I will almost always accidentally issue a command, either pausing or changing to the next track.
Next up is the lack of an iOS app for it. This means that if you’re an iPhone user and you’re using this, you will not be able to make full use of it. You can still connect to it and enjoy audio just fine but you will be missing out on some features. Then again, it’s worth noting that some of its features aren’t even exclusive to Android but rather, Samsung devices with One UI 4.1.1 at least.
Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro Review – USB-C port
While using the Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro for calls usually give a decent experience, it could be a lot better. Environmental noise gets captured by the mic a bit too easily, and my voice sounds like I’m using a speakerphone, which isn’t great. I personally recommend enabling Ambient Sound when in calls for a less disorienting experience as otherwise, you’d be hearing a muffled version of your own voice, which can feel rather awkward.
Lastly, the battery life isn’t great, particularly with ANC enabled. Samsung claims up to 5 hours with ANC enabled, with at least 3 full charges with the case and for me, I typically get anywhere between 4 to 4 and a half hours. We might see improvements down the road when Bluetooth LE finally gets supported here but for now, this is what you can expect.
Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro Verdict
Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro Review
The Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro was overshadowed by the two foldables it launched with but it’s a great pair of TWS earbuds that you should consider. It brings notable improvements and enhances the audio experience overall compared to previous earbuds. Just remember that it has its drawbacks, and its asking price of RM899 is a bit on the higher side.
At the end of our Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro review, I award this pair of TWS earbuds with our Silver Pokdeward.

Big thanks to Samsung Malaysia for sending us this pair of TWS earbuds for the purpose of this review.
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ROG Conquest Penang Championship Cup Registration Now Open – Ready To Conquer In Dota 2?

ASUS ROG will be holding their ROG Conquest Penang Championship Cup which is set to begin this coming 21st April 2018 where there is a total prize pool of RM20,000 for players to vie for.
ROG Conquest Penang Championship Cup
For the tournament, there will be two type of qualifiers, Open Qualifiers where all members must be Malaysians under 25 years old and there is the University Qualifiers where three members of the team must a Malaysian university student.
The tournament’s format will start of with group stages and later to single elimination. Grand finals will take place at The TOP Komtar in  Penang.

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Here is the schedule for the ROG Conquest Penang Championship Cup:

Online Qualifier – 21st April 2018 (Top 64 teams progress)
Top 32 Finals – 22nd April 2018
Grand Finals – 28th April and 29th April 2018 (Top 8 Teams)

If you win the cup, it means you will be walking away with RM8,000 (to be shared with your team, of course!). Runner up will get RM4,000 while 2nd Runner Up and 3rd Runner Up will be getting RM3,000 and RM2,000 respectively. In addition to that, 5th to 8th placed teams will also be rewarded as they are promised to get RM1,000 for each team in those positions. This means, as long as you’re in the Grand Finals stage, you’ll be confirmed in getting money none the less!
Interested in joining? You can do so by clicking on the link right here. For more details on the tournament, you can check ASUS Republic of Gamers official Facebook page for more updates. Not to forget, registration fee for the tournament is absolutely free.
Pokdepinion: Giving a hint here, Ohaiyo, Mushi, Moon and the likes are banned from the tournament. For those Dota 2 players in Penang, make sure you enter the tournament (it’s free anyways!). You might just win some cold hard cash!
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HONOR 20 PRO’s Score On DxOMark Gets Updated To 113

Previously scored at 111 on DxOMark, it seems that the HONOR 20 PRO has gotten an upgrade in terms of scores where it now scores a higher 113. The new score was revealed yesterday where it adds two marks from the original score.
The score is updated due to DxOMark’s new test protocol, which sees them add wide sub-score and night sub-score to the evaluation. For those of you who don’t know, DxOMark is a benchmark platform for image quality, where they test out multiple criteria such as photo color shading to video exposure stability.
Powered by a Kirin 980 chipset, the HONOR 20 PRO comes with a quad camera setup, offering a 48MP main camera, 16MP super wide-angle, 8MP telephoto, and a 2MP macro lens. If you wish to learn more on the HONOR 20 PRO, do check out our extensive hands-on review here.

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Recently, HONOR Malaysia has brought in the new Icelandic Frost edition of the HONOR 20 PRO.
Pokdepinion: Good to see that after an update, a device gets an upgraded score and not lower down. Any HONOR 20 PRO users around here? What do you make of your device?
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ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 RTX 2070 Review – It Will Get Better With Time

Unboxing the ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 RTX 2070

As this is the essentially the same ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 but with the RTX 2070 instead, we decided to speed things up from our usual thing and tell you what you’ll be getting. Inside the box, it’s the usual AC adapter, charging cable, users manuals, warranty information, the ROG Mechanical Eye sculpture, and the usual small ROG merchandise.
For those of you who are wondering, you are expected to get at least 2 years warranty for the laptop.

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Appearance

Chances are that you’ve already seen the laptop before. After all, it is the same ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 except for some differences in the internal parts, most notable the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 GPU. When you look at the lid, the design is reminiscent of the Zephyrus line of laptops with its clean and sleek brushed metallic finish. It’s worth noting that the ROG logo here does have RGB lighting for those who really want the most in aesthetics.

Open up the laptop and you’ll be greeted with a 17.3-inch display, a full-sized RGB chiclet keyboard, the trackpad below the keyboard, and the new RTX sticker to let you know what you’re about to experience. You can see that it has a light camouflage design to make it more appealing to gamers. The arrow keys for the keyboard shares a bit of space with the numpad, but it’s still well-spaced nonetheless. The trackpad isn’t really centered as it is positioned a bit more to the left, which may feel a little awkward at first unless you’re using a mouse.

Assuming you have turned the laptop on, you will then notice the 4-zone RGB LED light bar across the front edge of the ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 RTX 2070 laptop. This can be customized for use with the ASUS AURA Sync.

On the left side of the laptop, you have the charging port, RJ45 LAN port, a mini DisplayPort, an HDMI port, three USB-A ports, and the combo audio jack. On the right side on the other hand is where you can find the Kensington Lock, another USB-A port, a USB-C port, and a full-sized SD card reader. In between the Kensington Lock and the USB-A port is an air vent, which you don’t have to worry about.

There’s nothing on the back of the ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 RTX 2070 laptop besides a pretty long air vent.

On the bottom of the laptop, there’s really nothing much to see. You have five small rubber stands to give it a bit of a lift for improved airflow, the ROG logo, some stickers, and more air vents. Not gonna lie, touching the bottom part here, especially where you see lines strewn across, does make me feel like it is a bit fragile.
Overall, the ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 RTX 2070 laptop does feel very similar to the Zephyrus line of laptops, albeit thicker, but it’s definitely not a knockoff design of it as soon as you open the lid. It has a clean look and plenty of RGB lighting that will surely satisfy plenty of gamers’ aesthetic needs and wants.
Specifications

CPU
Intel Core i7-8750H @ 2.2 GHz (up to 4.1 GHz Turbo Boost)

RAM
16GB 2666 MHz DDR4 (Dual-channel)-

GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6

Storage
512GB NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD (Intel 660p)

Software
Microsoft Windows 10 Home
ROG Armoury Crate
ROG Aura Core
ROG Sonic Radar III
ROG Sonic Studio III
ROG GameFirst V

Connectivity
Gigabit Ethernet
Intel 802.11ac 2×2 Wave 2 WLAN
Bluetooth 5.0
1x USB Type A 3.1 (Gen.2)
1x USB Type C 3.1 (Gen.2)
3x USB Type A 3.1 (Gen.1)
SD card reader

Display
17.3″ FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS Level, 144 Hz, 3ms, 100% sRGB, Anti-Glare
1 x HDMI 2.0 ([email protected])
1 x mini Display Port 1.2

Audio
2 x 3.5W speakers with Smart AMP technology
1 x 3.5mm combo jack

Keyboard
4-Zone RGB Backlit Chiclet Keyboard

Power
66 Whrs, 4-cell Li-ion Battery, 230W Power Adapter

Dimensions
399.8 x 273.5 x 26.4 mm

Weight
2.9 kg

Price
RM9,299

Performance

As usual with our benchmark suite, we start things off with CrystalDiskMark. Now, on paper, it says that the ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 RTX 2070 laptop has a NVMe PCIe x4 SSD but as you can see from the results above, the speeds seem to be more akin to an PCIe X2 SSD. Upon further analysis, we found out that this was running the Intel 660p SSD. While the results are a bit lower than the expected speeds for that drive, it is essentially around what we can expect from the Intel 660p.
Would’ve preferred a better SSD but at least, it’s faster than your typical SATA 3 SSDs and it does have half a terabyte of storage.

The Intel Core i7-8750H CPU performed just as we expected, reaching a score of 1096 cb. The OpenGL scores weren’t as high as we had hoped, especially since we’ve had GTX 1060-powered laptops that scored higher than this. However, at least it did score easily above 60 FPS and we expect future driver updates to further improve performance of RTX 2070. After all, this is new technology so it is pretty normal.

On Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0 however, it does manage to gain a pretty good score. Perhaps I’ve already expected disappointment coming from Cinebench R15 but this one shows that it is a powerful machine. For the sake of comparison, this one managed to gain almost 800 more points in score, and also roughly 30 FPS more compared to the GTX 1060-powered Zephyrus S.

Moving on to our gaming benchmarks, we first head on to CS:GO. On its highest settings, it did manage a good average of 123 FPS, which means that you should be able to take advantage of the 144Hz display on the ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 RTX 2070 laptop. The temperatures are rather high for both CPU and GPU. Thermal throttling is present as you might expect with a CPU temperature like that. The GPU generally runs around the 80s temperature-wise.

On DotA 2, we managed an average 71 FPS overall including large-scale skirmishes at the highest settings. Honestly, I expected the FPS to be higher but given the fact that there’s little to no benefit of gaming past 60 FPS for a game like DotA 2, I’m okay with it. You can expect a very smooth experience gaming on this laptop. Temperatures are good here with no thermal throttling whatsoever.

When we wanted to test out Final Fantasy XV, we wanted to try it with DLSS in mind. However, DLSS only works with 4K resolution and this laptop used a Full HD display. Since we already had the game anyway, we decided to run the game at the highest settings preset and the game ran pretty well. It was a smooth experience overall with some performance dips when you enter bigger cities like Lestallum and Altissa.
Temperatures are pretty high with the CPU reaching 96°C abd GPU at 87°C. While I’m not so worried about the GPU as it is still very much safe, reaching that high for CPU can feel a bit scary. Thermal throttling is present and the CPU usually runs around the 90°C mark according to HWInfo. Given the quality of the game, I’m not surprised.

Now for Battlefield V, it is one of the few games out there that has support for ray-tracing. As such, we had to do the benchmark twice; one with ray-tracing enabled and another with it disabled. Surprisingly, it performed pretty well for both. With ray-tracing off, it managed to gain an average of 72 FPS while with ray-tracing on, it runs at an average of 58 FPS. The latter option will generally play quite smoothly except for when there’s big explosions or you’re at a place where many players are gathered. Even then, it’s still not too bad.
As for the temperatures, I’m genuinely not surprised by how high it is at this point. It seems that the GPU will reach a max of 87°C and not go past that but as for CPU, it easily goes up to the 90s. Keep in mind that this is on Full HD so if this is on 1440p or 4K, it would be a completely different story. With 4K however, DLSS will make the game more playable but even then, it’s one of those things that will get better in time.
For the battery life, I’m sure you wouldn’t be surprised that it won’t last long given the immense power it’s packing. I’d get about two hours per full charge on rather light to moderate use such as internet browsing, watching videos, and typical office work. Run anything resource-intensive like gaming or video editing, and it would be a miracle to have it last past an hour. You definitely need your AC adapter around whenever you take this machine outdoors.
Overall, the ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 RTX 2070 gaming laptop is a powerful machine but the temperatures are pretty high. In terms of performance, we can expect that it gets better over time as both ray-tracing and DLSS become increasingly available in games. It’s a new technology so with how it performs now, some may have expected it to be better. If you’re buying this, then you’re purchasing something for long-term use if you want to take full advantage of it. Otherwise, you may be better off with the GTX variant.
User Experience

As you may have seen from the Performance and Specifications section of this review, the ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 RTX 2070 gaming laptop is powered by the Intel Core i7-8750H and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 GPU. Together with 16GBs of DDR4 RAM, it certainly packs a lot of firepower under the hood on paper. It certainly is more than enough to run games like Final Fantasy XV smoothly but this is just what we’re getting now.
With more software updates and implementations of ray-tracing and DLSS, we can expect something even better somewhere down the road. In this sense, purchasing this now is more so for something you can fully enjoy later on, but still more than usable at its current state.

For the storage, it is using the Intel 660p SSD, which is an NVMe PCIe x4 SSD. However, the performance seems to be more akin to a PCIe x2 SSD. We initially thought there may be some sort of bottleneck but it turns out that it is generally how the Intel 660p performs. With that being said however, it is still better than your regular old SATA3 SSD and it does have 512GBs of storage.
Given the choice however, I would much rather have a 256GB SSD and a 1TB or 2TB 7200RPM HDD. This way, it would be easier to ensure that the SSD will have a longer lifespan. You can still install another HDD in this thing yourself but that would also mean putting in more money. To my knowledge, ASUS only offers the RTX-based SCAR II and HERO II laptops with a single SSD and no HDD add-ons. In my opinion, it would be a worthwhile upgrade in the long run despite the added weight.

For general use, it is a surprisingly quiet machine. The fans don’t kick in as fast or as rampant as the Zephyrus S, which was a complaint of mine for the latter. But when the fans do start spinning fast such as when I’m gaming, it’s at a very acceptable noise level. This is a major plus in my book.
Of course, that’s as far as noise is concerned because the running temperature can get very hot. While the GPU is still running at easily safe temperatures, I’m not particularly confident with the CPU as it tends to go up to around the 90°C mark. I really do love what this laptop brings to the table but I believe there’s a need to improve the thermals of the machine based on the data I have collected from testing it out.

There is a good array of ports on the ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 RTX 2070 gaming laptop. You have a total of four USB-A ports, a USB-C port, a LAN port, and a combo audio jack. To connect to external displays, you have a mini DisplayPort and a HDMI port, which effectively makes it possible for a tri-monitor setup. It’s worth noting that the USB-C port is not a Thunderbolt 3 port, which may seem like a bit of an odd choice.
The SD card reader is a nice touch especially for those who constantly transfer files from their camera to their PC, and the lack of it is a fairly common complaint for me on other laptops. Despite the USB-C port not being a Thunderbolt port, I personally feel that ASUS nailed on it on the ports. You most likely won’t need an external hubs or dongles for this machine.

The keyboard on the ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 RTX 2070 gaming laptop is very comfortable and an eye candy for gamers. It has 4-zone RGB backlights with Aura Sync, and it’s very well-spaced. It has a 1.8mm travel distance and surprisingly, I type on this just as fast as I would on my usual Cherry MX mechanical keyboard. The position of the arrow keys will require a bit of getting used to since it shares a bit of space with the numpad but personally, no complaints there.

The trackpad itself has nothing much to talk about. It looks and works just like any other trackpad. The only thing I’m glad here is that they opt for this layout instead of the Zephyrus-style layout where the trackpad is right beside the keyboard. This way, you’d have a place to rest your wrists while typing.

Like with newer ROG laptops, the ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 RTX 2070 gaming laptop utilizes the new Armoury Crate software instead of the old ROG Gaming Center. This would be where you will need to be if you plan on checking the status of the machine, adjust the RGB lighting, play around with some of the ASUS exclusive apps, and more. I am still in love with this software. It’s sleeker, sexier, and also easier to navigate compared to the ROG Gaming Center.

If you’re looking to overclock or run some form of “boost” mode, this is where you need to go. It’s safe to use so you don’t have to worry about accidentally killing the machine. You can even add functionality by downloading more tools via the software itself. You can access the Armoury Crate either by opening the software manually or simply pressing the ROG button located above the keyboard.

The 17.3-inch display with its narrow bezels is great for gamers and those who just want to watch plenty of videos. We have a decently bright display with lively colours and excellent viewing angles all around. There are two key factors of the display that will attract gamers; 144Hz refresh rate and 3ms response time. While the high refresh rate may require you to dial down the graphics settings a little bit to enjoy the full experience, the low response time claim seems to be accurate from my experience playing CS:GO and Battlefield V.
The Full HD resolution display is capable of displaying great detail on pretty much anything shown on screen. While some may complain about it not being a 1440p or 4K display, there’s a high chance you won’t notice the difference even if it was in those resolutions given the size of the display. It will also take a bigger toll on the system if it were to run on higher resolutions so I feel that it’s more than enough to be on Full HD. It’s worth noting that there is no G-Sync here, so if you really need that, you will need to look elsewhere.

On the sound department, the ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 RTX 2070 gaming laptop certainly feels surprisingly wholesome. At max volume, it’s still a bit soft to my liking but it still does feel like the audio is being directed to you when you’re seated right in front of the laptop. Of course, the best would still be to use a good headset / headphone but it’s still good to have nonetheless.
ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 RTX 2070 Verdict

The ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 RTX 2070 gaming laptop is a pretty solid choice for gamers. It looks good, it performs pretty well, and it’s packing some firepower that may see vast improvements and more use as time goes by. If you want something easier to carry around, there’s always the 15.6-inch option in the SCAR II GL504G with the same CPU and GPU.
The storage speed isn’t exactly what we expected it to be, and the running temperature is rather high for the CPU, so that’s definitely something worth thinking about if you plan on purchasing it. Also, it may be worth investing in another AC adaptor if you plan on bringing this around; one for home and another for outdoor use.
RM9,299 may sound a bit high but keep in mind that this is one of the earliest RTX laptops to be around. With that being said, I award the ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR II GL704 RTX 2070 gaming laptop with our Silver Pokdeward.

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Food Delivery Riders in Malaysia To Go On A 24-Hour Strike Starting NOW

Food Delivery Riders in Malaysia Going On A 24-Hour Strike

For those of you who are planning to make use of food delivery services on 5th August 2022 in Malaysia, you will likely face some issues as the riders are planning to go on a nationwide strike for 24 hours. The move, which is referred to as “Food Delivery Blackout”, is said to be done as a way to protest against unfair compensation towards the riders.
For those of you who aren’t aware, food delivery riders are paid a flat rate per delivery with incentives based on time and distance of the order. These people are also pressured to complete more deliveries on a daily basis in order to meet their income target. However, the feeling here is that they aren’t being compensated fairly, particularly on the orders that take a longer time to complete.

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Due to the increasing number of food delivery riders available, competition has increased significantly among them, which inevitably resulted in reduced income for a good number of them. Furthermore, the SOCSO (Social Security Organization) and EPF (Employees’ Provident Fund) makes it harder to live by as these riders are considered contract workers rather than employees.
It is unknown as to how many food delivery riders will be taking part in this strike but given how it is trending on social media, we expect plenty of people to have trouble getting their food orders tomorrow. It should last for the entirety of 5th August 2022, starting 12AM.
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Pokdepinion: I was initially planning to stay at home and rest but I guess I have no choice but to head out now. Sure, I could cook but that kinda beats the point of resting, at least for me given how extensive the whole process can get.
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Genshin Impact: How to Get Free Mora, Fragile Resin, and Mystic Enhancement Ore

Looking to get your hands on Mora, Fragile Resin, and Mystic Enhancement Ore in Genshin Impact? Here’s a way to get them for free.
Genshin Impact: Free Mora, Fragile Resin and Mystic Enhancement Ore

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We all know how grindy Genshin Impact can get, and sometimes we all feel instantly getting specific items can help up speed up the process of growing our characters immensely. If you’re looking to get Mora, Fragile Resin, and Mystic Enhancement Ore, here’s a way to get them for free.
As part of their collaboration, miHoYo and Prime Gaming is offering rewards to fans. With it, Twitch Prime / Amazon Prime subscribers can get their hands on specific items / rewards for free. For this month, you will be getting the following items:

1x Fragile Resin
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20,000 Mora

Last month, subscribers got their hands on 60 Primogems, 8 Hero’s Wit, and 5 Mushroom Pizza. Every month until the end of 2022, there will be different rewards so be sure to check out from time to time.
To be eligible for the rewards, simply get the code from the Prime Gaming page, which can be done by logging in to your Prime account and selecting Redeem Code. If you’re not already subscribed, there is a 7-day free trial you can make use of first.
Next up, all you have to do is key in the code in your Account Settings under Redeem Code in Genshin Impact. If you are an iOS user, you will have to visit the gift website instead, log in to your account, and claim the reward there.
Genshin Impact is currently available for free on the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, and PC. A Nintendo Switch port of the game coming in the near future.
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Pokdepinion: Well, it’s free and if you already have a Prime subscriptions, might as well make use of it. Different story if you don’t play the game, in which case, I’d be wondering why you’re reading this.
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