This week, the PC gaming service ‘Raptr' announced that it would be shutting down at the end of this month, just one year after AMD officially dropped support for the app. Raptr has been around for close to ten years and for a while, it also came bundled with Radeon …
Read More »Gigabyte’s GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G is “world’s smallest 1080”
Gigabyte's GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G takes the title of "world's smallest GeForce GTX 1080" from last year's ZOTAC GTX 1080 Mini, being over 40mm shorter.
Read More »Acer unveils its new beastly gaming desktop and ultra-wide monitor
Acer is expanding its well received Predator lineup again this week, adding in a brand new desktop system featuring either SLI GTX 1080Tis or CrossFire RX Vega64 graphics cards as well as an all new ultra wide Predator series monitor. The 35-inch Predator X35 is the successor to the X34, …
Read More »RX Vega 56 successfully flashed with Vega 64 BIOS for performance boost
AMD’s RX Vega 56 hit the market earlier this week, bringing Vega down to a more affordable price while still offering solid performance, particularly against Nvidia’s GTX 1070. Now, it looks like those willing to tinker with their GPU may be able to unlock even more performance, as a user …
Read More »MSI launches two new GE Raider 120Hz gaming laptops
This week, MSI is launching a new series of gaming laptops to flesh out its lineup, with two new GE Raider models hitting the market. Both models focus on offering the best gaming display for those on the go, with high 120Hz refresh rates and ultra-low response times. The GE63 …
Read More »Updated: AMD’s RX Vega56 hits retail
AMD's GTX 1070 competitor has hit retail! Launch prices start at £380 in the UK.
Read More »Report claims RX Vega shortages will last until October
While AMD initially planned to launch RX Vega in high volume, it seems that retailers in many countries have been struggling to get stock in. While we know that more stock is coming in, we could be stuck with a shortage until October according to a report this week. According …
Read More »AMD’s official statement on RX Vega64 pricing answers absolutely nothing
AMD's statement on the RX Vega64 pricing fiasco is ambiguous at best. Definitive answers are still nowhere to be found.
Read More »Asus ROG STRIX RX Vega64 O8G Gaming Preview
With Vega firmly upon us - this week we look at an early sample of the upcoming, custom cooled ASUS Vega card.
Read More »AMD Radeon RX Vega56 8GB Review
Can AMD's Radeon RX Vega56 take on Nvidia's immensely-popular GTX 1070?
Read More »Updated: OCUK’s Andrew Gibson clears up RX Vega64 pricing fiasco
Updated with AMD's official statement.
Read More »Report claims GPU VRAM prices have risen by 30 percent in August
We have been hearing about DRAM and NAND prices going on the rise since late 2016, with the most recent update showing that prices won’t be settling down any time soon. Now, it looks like part shortages are also leaking in to the graphics card market, with a report this …
Read More »RX Vega shortage in UK, despite AMD’s previous claims of shipping good volume
Have you not been able to get hold of RX Vega in the UK? Many of our readers are in the same boat.
Read More »Alphacool release cooling solutions for RX Vega cards
First impressions of the new AMD RX Vega 56 and 64 cards have been impressive, with the red team now rivalling Nvidia on most of its high-end cards, however one of the main complaints in our RX Vega64 review is that the cooler is “loud with sub-par cooling” that can …
Read More »AMD RX VEGA – hit or miss?
Earlier this week Luke Hill reviewed AMD RX Vega64. Due to tight time constraints we didn't get our Vega56 review published in time, but its underway as we speak.Today Luke takes a look at VEGA at this point - the crazy prizes, performance characteristics and the noise levels.
Read More »RX Vega 64 launch prices have quickly risen across the board
It looks like retailers have been quick to throw AMD's suggested $499 price tag out of the window...
Read More »Nvidia and TSMC to increase production of 12nm Volta GPUs later this year
We've already had a peek at Nvidia's Volta architecture with the launch of the mega-expensive professional Tesla cards, but gamers are still waiting for this new tech to trickle down to consumer graphics cards. This week, TSMC, Nvidia's silicon partner, announced that it will be kicking off production of its …
Read More »AMD Radeon RX Vega64 8GB (Air) Review
Can AMD assert its authority with a long-awaited return to the high-end GPU market?
Read More »Asus still plans to launch its 4K/144Hz monitor in 2017
The world's first 4K/144Hz display is still arriving this year!
Read More »PNY GTX 1080 Ti XLR8 OC Gaming 11GB Review
PNY goes "back to basics" with the XLR8 OC Gaming GTX 1080 Ti.
Read More »AMD’s RX Vega said to be ‘insanely good’ for mining but retailers hope to avoid stock droughts
Earlier this week, we heard that AMD intentionally pushed the release of the RX Vega back a bit to ensure that there were enough graphics cards to go around at launch. A big reason for this strategy was potential demand from miners. Now it seems that demand may be spurred …
Read More »AMD RX Vega 56 gaming benchmarks and GTX 1070 comparison shows up online
AMD finally unveiled the RX Vega 64 and RX Vega 56 a few days ago but official reviews won’t be going up for a little while longer. While reviewers won’t be able to share their findings, a source this week claiming to have an RX Vega 56 in hand has …
Read More »AMD aims to ‘ensure’ gamers can get their hands on RX Vega despite coin-miners
Over the last few months, crypto-currency mining has had a massive resurgence, which has caused a lot of issues for those building gaming PCs. Not only have prices become inflated, particularly for mainstream GPUs like the RX 500 series, but stock levels have been very low in some countries. With …
Read More »Nvidia launches driver update to boost Titan Xp performance in professional apps
Nvidia aims to make the Titan Xp more appealing to professionals ahead of AMD's Radeon Pro Vega rollout.
Read More »ASUS announces the ROG Strix RX Vega 64
There has been a barrage of AMD news over the last 24 hours, ranging from Ryzen Threadripper to RX Vega. Now that AMD’s next graphics card has finally launched, third-party board partners are starting to show off their own versions. ASUS is the first to show off its own custom …
Read More »AMD announces prices for RXVega64 and 56 graphics cards at SIGGRAPH
Yep, at last, we have them.
Read More »AMD teases Radeon RX Vega exclusively with Linus – press unhappy
AMD has been working with LinusTechTips to showcase an exclusive 'unboxing' of the upcoming RX Vegas graphics card. Some of the press aren't too happy about it either.
Read More »The RX Vega has come out of hiding
AMD will be launching the RX Vega in just a couple of days time but we have already been given a decent idea of performance ahead of time. Now today, we have our first look at two out of the three versions of Vega in the flesh, one featuring a …
Read More »EVGA US clear up EU ‘communication issues’ with Kingpin GTX1080 ti card
Its ok, we can test the air cooler now as well as LN2. EVGA US got in touch.
Read More »EVGA Kingpin GTX1080ti samples refused unless tested with LN2 (only)
Are LN2 results any use to you as a buyer? What do you feel about a company not wanting us to test their supplied cooling system and ONLY delivering LN2 results?
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