It's been silent with new graphics card releases from Nvidia. We've mentioned it a couple of times already, we really do not expect Volta with HBM2 to reach consumer grade graphics anytime soon. The chatter is about to get big as the first indications are here that Nvidia will be launching a GA104, a GPU called Ampere, on April 12th.
AMD is soon to release their Ryzen 3 2200G and Ryzen 5 2400G APUs. These are Ryzen based processors with an integrated Radeon VEGA graphics solution. Your 300 Series Chipset motherboard is compatible, manufacturers are supporting the APUs with firmware updates, including ASUS.
It won't be long before Microsoft sets sail for Sea of Thieves, and they just announced accessories themed to match with the game. Granted, they do look pretty cool with that pirate skull appears in the middle of the controller.
EK recently replaced the Predator AOI range with the new revamped Phoenix series, we test the 360mm EK-MLC (Modular Liquid Cooling) Phoenix series liquid cooler and will add a Radeon Vega 56 from AMOD as well to the all-in-one liquid cooling loop. The end result is awesome, even overclocked!
Read the full review here.
EK has replaced the Predator range with the new revamped Phoenix series, we test the 360mm EK-MLC (Modular Liquid Cooling) Phoenix series liquid cooler and will add a Radeon Vega from AMOD as well to the all-in-one liquid cooling loop. The end result is awesome, even overclocked!
It seems that Sapphire outs a special edition of their Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ 8G. The Radeon RX 580 card comes fitted with all the usuals, yet has a light blue themed Dual-X cooler equipped with two 95 mm diameter Blue LED fans.
AMD recently had a small celebration as they moved into their new HQ offices based in California. The new offices are positioned in Silicon Valley. AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su was joined by Santa Clara city mayor Lisa Gilmour and various AMD partners, for an opening ceremony.
TRENDnet has announced the launch of its Powerline 200 AV PoE+ Adapters, models TPL-331EP and TPL-331EP2K. These Powerline adapters allow you to easily add PoE+ support to your existing Powerline network.
ADATA presents the HD710M Pro and HD710A Pro, two new entries in the Durable line of external hard drives. The HD710M Pro and HD710A Pro are based on the toughest designs, but with better specifications than ever, offering protection against dust and moisture that exceeds IP68 standards, as well as military-grade shock-proofing.
A lot has been said and written about Microsofts telemetry data collection. One part of it is that the company collects 'diagnostic data'. It was earlier on hinted that there would be an option to block that functions, which it now can. But in the new Insiders build Microsoft introduces a button that will delete all collected diagnostic data.
At its fourth-quarter financial conference call, Activision confirmed the developer for the upcoming Call of Duty game. Activision officially noted that Black Ops developer Treyarch is the studio behind the upcoming Call of Duty game coming this year.
NVIDIA reported record revenue for the fourth quarter ended January 28, 2018, of $2.91 billion, up 34 percent from $2.17 billion a year earlier, and up 10 percent from $2.64 billion in the previous quarter. GAAP earnings per diluted share for the quarter were a record $1.78, up 80 percent from $0.99 a year ago and up 34 percent from $1.33 in the previous quarter.
Ubisoft released two new Far Cry 5 trailers introducing the game’s “Guns for Hire” and “Fang for Hire” characters. In an effort to take back Hope County from the Project at Eden’s Gate, players must enlist citizens, or animals, across Montana who will help form a resistance. These citizens include Nick Rye, Grace Armstrong, Boomer, Jess Black, Hurk, Adelaide Drubman, and Sharkey Boshaw, as well as Boomer, “The Good Boy.” Far Cry 5 is due out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on March 27.
Interesting, an entry of a product called the "AMD Athlon 200GE" surfaced in the SiSoft database. Athlon is the naming that AMD gained so much popularity with, back in the days. The basis for the new Athlon is Raven Ridge (desktop APU reviews next week).
You likely either love or hate the game, regardless Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise and Fall, the expansion pack for the 2016 award-winning strategy title, is now available for Windows PC.
VAIO Corporation (It's not owned by Sony anymore) has introduced a new line of the VAIO S laptops equipped with the 8th Generation Intel Core Processor and VAIO TruePerformance, a technology designed to maintain higher performance for a longer period of time by increasing CPU power limits and more efficiently eliminating processor heat.
On its website, Intel announced it has released stable patches for the second Spectre variant. Currently, the patches are only available for Skylake processors but Intel notes that patches for other processors will follow in the coming days.
We test and review the be quiet! Shadow Rock TF 2 CPU Cooler. The cooler might not be the strongest performer on the block, but it is ridiculously silent, but hey it still packs enough punch to cool even a Core i7 4790K, which is not an easy task, in any scenario.
Read the full review here.
We test and review the be quiet! Shadow Rock TF 2 CPU Cooler. The cooler might not be the strongest performer on the block, but it is ridiculously silent, but hey it still packs enough punch to cool even a Core i7 4790K, which is not an easy task, in any scenario.
Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it has begun mass production of a 256-gigabyte (GB) embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) solution with advanced features based on automotive specifications from the JEDEC UFS 3.0 standard, for the first time in the industry.
HP has added a number of new monitors towards its EliteDisplay line of products. This involves four products, all IPS panel based available in 27, 32 and 43-inches. All the screens get an Ultra HD resolution.
Software publisher Take-Two has delivered over ninety million copies of the game since the release of Grand Theft Auto V in 2013. The game has been out a while, but sales for Rockstar Games’ behemoth of a title haven’t slowed down. Four years after the game’s initial release, Grand Theft Auto V continues to post immensely strong sales numbers.
BenQ has launched its ZOWIE XL2740 monitor. The XL2740 is a 27 inch PC e-Sports monitor with native 240hz refresh rate providing gamers with another option to suit their personal preference.
The Armor series from MSI are a bit more budget, for the Radeon RX 570 MSI just announced an updated OC edition. The product will get the familiar dual fan cooler with two Torx fans, these are tied to the semi-fanless function "Zero Frozr" which stops the fan RPM when the GPU temperature is 60° C or lower.
Gigabyte presents the new B250-FinTech motherboard based on the Intel B250 Chipset. Featuring GIGABYTE Ultra Durable components and a native 12 PCIe slot configuration, this new crypto mining focused motherboard maximizes efficiency and yield potential for miners.
Ex DICE artist Ren, shared a video on his forest project, showing the graphical capabilities of Unreal Engine 4 and explores the limits of real-time rendering. Ren aims to release a tech demo that combines Scifi, AI, robotics, nature and a story as a first introduction to the universe he is shaping in the near future. This will be a playable experience showcasing that developing high-end 4K graphics is the future, and this tech demo will ignore performance, memory, technical limitations and will purely focus on getting closer to photo-realistic visuals.
AMD released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 18.2.1 driver. Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition, the driver now has been WHQL certified. AMD added support for Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age as well as resolving Freesync issues, Civilization V and others.
Download AMD Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 18.2.1 WHQL driver. Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition, designed to give gamers deeply immersive gameplay and inspired by today’s era of social, connected gaming. AMD added support for Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age as well as resolving Freesync issues, Civilization V and others
It's kind of awkward to see that the Chinese government is involved in this and needs to be involved in this, but hey it's a good thing. The DRAMeXchange reports that Samsung and the Chinese government will be signing a 'memorandum of understanding', to protect dram prices, and to keep them within acceptable ranges pricing wise.
Intel just announced a new series of Xeon D SoCs for servers, these are based on Skylake-SP architecture. The flagship SoC would be the Xeon D-2191 which gets whopping 18 cores and 36 threads. The Xeon D-2100 series support up to 512GB quad-channel ddr4 memory.
AMD's Snowy Owl platform has surfaced. Snowy Owl is a platform based on embedded Epyc server processors that place a focus on networks. BGA chips are fabbed and implemented as SoCs, which can have up to 16 zen cores per SOC and thus 32 threads. All that with a tdp of 35 to 100 watts.
Yesterday we posted news about you talking to a power supply, today it's a liquid cooled one. If there is one part you do not want coolant involved, I bet its the PSU. Don't worry though, at 700 USD you're probably not going to buy it anyway.
Lenovo is recalling a number of models of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon. The laptops can catch fire. Four models of the fifth generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon are affected by the issue at hand. It seems it all comes down to a screw
AMD is soon to release their Ryzen 3 2200G and Ryzen 5 2400G APUs. basically a Ryzen processor with integrated Radeon vega based graphics solution. Motherboard manufacturers are slowly adapting towards the APUs with firmware updates. MSI is now also releasing firmware updates.
If you are in to the genre, this LC is entitled Blade of Galadriel and it picks up after the events that take place during the conclusion of Shadow of War. Rather than filling the usual role of series protagonist Talion, this expansion now finds you in the role of the elf Eltariel–also known as the Blade of Galadriel–a character that those who have played Shadow of War should be familiar with. To coincide with the release of this expansion, Warner Bros. and Monolith Productions released a new trailer for Blade of Galadriel which details more of what players can expect to see take place throughout the course of the DLC.
