The release of hybrid AMD processors of A series was announced about a year ago, however, their actual appearance in the market was delayed for a few months. It is a well-known fact that a part of those processors for Socket FM1 platform has got idle graphics block; this part of processors has been codenamed Athlon and Sempron. The two processor models from this series Athlon II X2 221 and Sempron X2 198 can be currently found in PCs manufactured by HP company.



Both processors have been observed in the list of specifications of desktop PCs delivered by HP: Athlon II X2 221 is employed in HP Pavillon p6-1169cx and p6-1226cn models, while Sempron X2 198 is employed in HP Pavillion p6-1152cx, 1230cx, 1231cx, and 1159cx models. The major peculiarity of such technological solution is that HP PCs with those processors are delivered only to the Chinese market.


Two-core Athlon II X2 221 operates at 2.8 GHz frequency, and accommodates 1 MB cache memory of the second level. It is …

Today, when the HDR tech is extremely popular, many manufacturers integrate this option into their products. However, often we see just a particular HDR version with less demands. Those looking for a full-rate variant should pay attention to the 32-inch ASUS ProArt PA32UC sample.

 

This professional display utilizes Direct LED illumination, providing max 1,000 cd/m2 brightness. The ASUS LED Driving technology ensures perfect quality of HDR content playback.

 

The specialty got the IPS panel, featuring the 3840 х 2160 resolution, wide viewing angles (178°), regular static contrast (1000:1) and the 5 ms response time. The monitor renders colours in a quality manner, while covering 100% of the sRGB colour gamut, 99.5% of Adobe RGB, more than 95% of DCI-P3 and 85% of Rec.2020. In total it can reproduce 1.07 bln of shades correct to ΔE<2. Calibration is performed with the help of the embedded 14-bit LUT or the homogeneity testing grid …

LG Electronics broadens its displays model range with the 27UK650-W sample, built on the base of the 27-inch IPS panel with the 3840 x 2160 pixels (4K UHD) resolution. The specialty is not claimed to be a gaming solution, however, it can easily perform this function, while supporting AMD FreeSync and several brand technologies, applied solely for gaming purposes. Particularly, one should distinguish the HDR10 standard support.

 

LG 27UK650-W key specs are quite typical for 4K displays with IPS matrix: the 350 cd/m², the 1000:1 contrast, the 5 ms (GtG) response time, the 99% coverage of the sRGB colour gamut and the 60 Hz refresh rate. Viewing angles are 178° horizontally and vertically. Image source can be linked via DisplayPort and HDMI (x2) ports, and there is the 3.5 mm audio jack on the back side.

 

Besides, we should mention the HDCP 2.2 support, and the presence of On-Screen Control and Screen Split 2.0 functions. The stand …