ASUS has announced a lot here at CES 2020 so far, but gaming and PC hardware is only part of the story. ASUS has also announced its new ZenWiFi device lineup, utilising WiFi 6 and Mesh WiFi technologies. There are three new devices announced here; ZenWiFi AX (WiFi 6, mesh), …
Read More »CES 2020: MSI launches GAMING and MECH custom-cooled RX 5600 XT graphics cards
With AMD's announcement of the RX 5600 XT last night, the doors have opened for board partners to start announcing their custom cooled versions. We've already seen the Sapphire Pulse announced here at CES 2020 and now, MSI is bringing two additional cards to the lineup- the RX 5600 XT …
Read More »CES 2020: Razer unveils first desktop gaming PC new wireless router, mobile game controller and racing sim
Razer always brings a lot of interesting new gear to CES, often including prototype products that don't always see a consumer release. For CES 2020, Razer brought four key products to show- a mobile game controller paving the way for cloud gaming, a new wireless router, Razer's very first desktop …
Read More »CES 2020: Sapphire Pulse RX 5600 XT announced
Last night during its CES 2020 presentation, AMD officially announced the RX 5600 XT for desktop systems, describing it as “the ultimate 1080p gaming card”. Now, we are starting to see what the board partners are doing with this new GPU, with the Sapphire Pulse RX 5600 XT being amongst …
Read More »CES 2020: Thermaltake launches first CPU and RAM all-in-one liquid cooler
At CES 2020, Thermaltake is launching a bunch of new hardware. We've already seen some new cases and TOUGHRAM modules but now we get to shine a spotlight on the company's latest AIO cooler, with the RC360/RC240 entering as the world's first all-in-one liquid CPU & RAM cooler. The Thermaltake …
Read More »CES 2020: AMD’s 64-core TR 3990X is coming in February for $3990
Last night AMD revealed the final details for the 64-core Threadripper 3990X, including its release date and price tag...
Read More »CES 2020: AMD announces Ryzen 4000 mobile series processors
At CES today, AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, proudly proclaimed that 2020 is going to be an even bigger year, with the company focused on delivering the very best, That battle is starting off in the laptop sector, with the brand new Ryzen 4000 mobile series processors, spearheaded by ‘the …
Read More »CES 2020: AMD launches Radeon RX 5600 XT, RX 5700M and RX 5600M GPUs
After plenty of leaks and rumours over the last few weeks, today AMD officially announced the Radeon RX 5600 XT.
Read More »CES 2020: ASUS launches Ryzen 4000 powered laptops, new gaming monitors and more
Our CES 2020 coverage kicks off today with ASUS, who had a lot of new gear to show off. In our first video, Leo and Luke take a look at new ROG gear, including two highly impressive gaming monitors, Ryzen 4000 powered laptops, an all-new ITX chassis and more. The …
Read More »CES 2020: New Nvidia driver introduces new features, more G-Sync compatible displays and RTX in Wolfenstein
We've already covered Nvidia's CES 2020 announcements for content creators but now, we get to turn our attention to the gaming side of things. Today, the latest GeForce ‘Game Ready' driver dropped, packing in support for ray-tracing in Wolfenstein: Youngblood, as well as support for 17 new ‘G-Sync Compatible' displays …
Read More »CES 2020: Nvidia RTX Studio desktops and laptops to come with free Adobe Creative Cloud
At CES this week, Nvidia's RTX Studio initiative began to expand once again with the introduction of new laptops and desktop systems from top system builders. To sweeten the deal on the latest round of systems, buyers will be getting a free limited-time Adobe Creative Cloud membership. The latest RTX …
Read More »Crytek moves to temporarily dismiss lawsuit against Star Citizen studio
Back in late 2017, we learned that Crytek was suing Cloud Imperium Games over a licensing dispute. The dispute came into play after CIG switched from using the CryEngine to Amazon’s Lumberyard engine. Crytek claims CIG undersold CryEngine’s impact and used it in two games without permission. CIG has always maintained that …
Read More »CES 2020: ASUS announces world’s first 360Hz G-Sync gaming monitor
ASUS is starting off CES the right way, with announcements for the world's first 360Hz gaming monitor and a 4K/144Hz display with 1400 nits of peak brightness for HDR.
Read More »MSI details upcoming gaming monitors, PCs and AIO coolers ahead of CES 2020
CES kicks off tomorrow but MSI has given us a sneak peek at what new launches to expect over the coming days.
Read More »Analysts predict NAND Flash price increases for 2020
The NAND flash market has been through plenty of ups and downs over the last few years. Unfortunately for consumers, we are looking at another period of price increases, with analysts predicting flash memory prices to rise by as much as 40 percent. DRAMeXchange, a division of Trendforce, started off …
Read More »Thermaltake will be showing off new TOUGHRAM memory at CES
ThermalTake began showing off its new TOUGHRAM DDR4 modules at Computex last year, with enhanced RGB lighting features, a 10-layer PCB and pre-binned memory ICs to ensure performance. Over the second half of 2019, speeds were consistently improved, with kits now available all the way up to 4400MHz. Each of …
Read More »Square Enix hopes to create games ‘only possible in the cloud’
Square Enix has always had a penchant for new technology and with the rise of mixed reality and cloud streaming, that won't be changing any time soon. This week, Square Enix president, Yosuke Matsuda, issued an open letter on the year ahead, specifically addressing the publisher's ambitions for cloud streaming …
Read More »Riot communications lead talks about how to announce risky or controversial games
Riot Games has announced a lot of new titles recently, rapidly expanding beyond its core game, League of Legends. Some of the titles announced could be considered risky but there was no Artifact or Diablo Immortal level backlash to speak of. It turns out that a lot of thought went …
Read More »Dragon Ball Z Kakarot trailer teases brand new story moments
Dragon Ball Z Kakarot is just a couple of weeks away from releasing and while we've seen some gameplay snippets, the trailers so far have been mostly story-focused. This Time on Dragon Ball Z Kakarot changes that a bit, running down the playable characters, side activities and even teasing some …
Read More »KitGuru Folding@Home team ranks in top 200, you can join too!
Long-term KitGuru readers from the early 2010s will remember that we used to have our own forum. While that section of the website is on hiatus for now, the KitGuru Folding@Home team is actually still going. Andrew, otherwise known as ‘LimeyGeorge' reached out to us this week to let us …
Read More »AMD reportedly set to double TSMC 7nm wafer order in 2020
AMD had the jump on the 7nm generation, pushing out several 7nm-based GPUs and CPUs. In 2020, AMD is expected to push its 7nm product line further, with expectations that the company will become TSMC's biggest 7nm customer for the year, edging out the likes of Apple, Qualcomm and Nvidia. …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S11 launch event scheduled for February
Earlier this week we took our first look at the recent slate of Samsung Galaxy S11 leaks and rumours doing the rounds. Now, the official launch date for Samsung's next flagship has been revealed thanks to a leaked promotional video for the Samsung Unpacked event. Just as expected, Samsung will …
Read More »Early XFX product listing shows upcoming RX 5600 XT Thicc II Pro
The XFX RX 5600 XT Thicc II Pro has appeared online in yet another leak for AMD's next GPU launch.
Read More »The Humble Choice January bundle has been revealed
Last month, Humble officially launched Humble Choice, a replacement for the old Humble Monthly Bundle that gives different tiers of subscribers up to 10 games to choose from and add to their libraries. December's Humble Choice was headlined by Shadow of the Tomb Raider and January;s bundle has now been …
Read More »The Witcher 3 surpasses 100,000 concurrent players for the first time
It is incredibly rare for a single-player game to break its launch-day concurrent player records without some form of update but The Witcher 3 has defied the odds… twice. After beating out the game's launch-day peak player count on Steam last week, it seems that even more people became interested, …
Read More »New documentary will showcase Valve’s cancelled game ‘F-STOP’
Over the years, Valve has worked on many unannounced game prototypes, many of which we may never hear about. We will be learning about one particular game soon though, F-Stop, a prequel to Portal that never ended up making its way to the finish line. LunchHouse Software, an indie studio, …
Read More »Samsung announces its first ‘Odyssey’ gaming monitors
While Samsung has been building up a strong line-up of gaming monitors for a while now, none of them have carried the ‘Odyssey' badge. That will start to change this year, with the Samsung Odyssey CTG9, a flagship 240Hz ultra-wide display with a massive 5120×1440 resolution. While pricing has yet …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V is the latest surprise addition to Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft has been adding some big games to the Xbox Game Pass service in recent weeks and 2020 is starting off strong with third-party partnerships. Aside from The Witcher 3 being added to the library, today Microsoft shadow dropped Grand Theft Auto V. Grand Theft Auto V coming to Game …
Read More »Report claims Nvidia ‘Ampere’ GPUs will be 7nm and provide 50% more performance
Taipei-based investor analysts hint at next-gen Nvidia 'Ampere' launch in 2020 with a 50 percent performance increase on 7nm.
Read More »S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will use Unreal Engine but won’t necessarily be an EGS exclusive
Way back in May 2018, GSC Game World announced that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 was back in development after some lengthy downtime. News on the sequel has been pretty quiet since then but this week, the developers gave an update, confirming that the game is being built on the Unreal Engine. This …
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