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As we get closer to the launch of the Radeon RX 6700 XT, more performance benchmarks have leaked early. Last week, we saw ray-tracing and 1440p benchmarks up against the RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti. Now this week, we have a fresh batch of RX 6700 XT benchmarks via …

We're all painfully aware of the current GPU stock situation, with shortages impacting both Nvidia's RTX 30 series and AMD's Radeon RX 6900 and RX 6800 series cards. We've got another AMD launch coming up soon – the Radeon RX 6700 XT and early reports indicate that supply will still …

Last month, AMD representatives asked for help to resolve USB connectivity issues found on 500-series motherboards. After investigating these issues, it seems a fix has finally been found and it should be included with the new AGESA 1.2.0.2 firmware update next month.  Since the release of AMD 500-series motherboards, a number …

While AMD hasn't announced its upcoming Ryzen 5000G APUs yet, early engineering samples are appearing in online auctions. Over on eBay, someone is attempting to sell an engineering sample of the Ryzen 3 5300G APU, the listing even links to a video with performance benchmarks, giving us an idea of …

Last month ahead of the RTX 3060 launch, Nvidia announced that it would be limiting mining performance in future GeForce graphics cards and releasing a new set of ‘CMP' cards for crypto miners instead. Now, the first images of an Nvidia CMP graphics card have leaked.  There are going to …

While the rumour mill originally led us to believe that the RTX 3080 Ti would launch as early as January 2021, the current GPU stock situation resulted in delays. Apparently, the RTX 3080Ti is indeed still on the way and the latest reports are pointing to an April 2021 launch …

AMD is currently fleshing out the RX 6000 series of GPUs based on RDNA 2, but as we know, RDNA 3 is already on the way. We may have our first hint towards RDNA 3 this week, with a notable leaker finding references to multiple “Nashira” GPUs.  Roland Quandt of …

While AMD's latest generation graphics cards all support hardware acceleration for ray-tracing, the company has not revealed ray-tracing performance numbers during launch events. In the case of the RX 6700 XT, ray-tracing performance numbers have leaked early. 

We know that Intel plans to release its Alder Lake processors before the end of this year and we've recently heard about Lunar Lake coming in 2023 – so what is happening in 2022? Well thanks to another leak this week, we've learned about Intel “Raptor Lake”, which is planned …

This graphics card is barely longer than a PCIe slot - but can it cool an RTX 3060?

As we get closer to a major launch, there is a good chance that we'll see presentation leaks detailing upcoming tech early. This time around, two slides from Intel's Rocket Lake launch presentation have leaked, detailing the full Core i9 and Core i7 line-up in addition to some gaming performance …

We're still a week away from the release of AMD's Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card, but some new benchmark leaks have given us an early idea of what performance to expect in OpenCL and Vulkan games.  Two Geekbench 5 database entries were spotted by @TUM_APISAK. The benchmarks were run on …

Since AMD announced the Radeon RX 6700 XT, we've been wondering when we might expect to see the non-XT version. As it turns out, the launch might not be too far behind, as board partners have begun listing custom-cooled versions of the RX 6700.  Not much is known officially about …

This graphics card is the same size as MSI's RTX 3090 - so how does it perform?

MSI has added a couple of new RTX 3080 Gaming Trio graphics cards to its portfolio. No major aesthetic changes have been made, but the new design appears to be less bulky and some small tweaks have also been made to the backplate. Aside from that, one of these revisions …

As good as all-in-one liquid coolers can be, there are still plenty of people that prefer air cooling in their rigs. This month, Cooler Master is taking care of the air-cooler crowd with the MasterAir MA612 Stealth and the MasterAir MA624 Stealth. The MasterAir MA612 Stealth (and its ARGB counterpart) …

It looks like Intel's upcoming Ice Lake-SP Xeon processors aren't too far away. Signs of life were spotted this week on the SiSoftware Sandra database, revealing the similarly spec'd Xeon Platinum 8352Y and 8352S. There is one key difference between the two chips, however, as the Y variant is for dual-socket configurations while the …

We've known for a while now that MSI plans to roll out a BIOS update for its motherboards introducing Smart Access Memory (SAM) support to Ryzen 3000 desktop CPUs. Now, this BIOS update is officially available, adding SAM for older CPUs and some small performance improvements for Ryzen 5000 series …

be quiet! is expanding its line-up of PC cooling gear this month with the launch of the Pure Rock Slim 2 CPU cooler and new MC1 and MC1 Pro M.2 SSD coolers.  The Pure Rock Slim 2 is the latest air CPU cooler from be quiet!, featuring compact dimensions, a …

Ever since launching the VIVE headset, HTC has been experimenting with additional VR accessories and modules. At this point, it is possible to turn the HTC VIVE into a wireless headset, add eye tracking and soon, a new module will seemingly bring lip tracking too.  The HTC VIVE Twitter account …

A new driver patch may have revealed Intel's upcoming 14th Gen Core series of processors. Linux driver patch notes for the Intel Gigabit NIC mention a new codenamed microarchitecture – Lunar Lake.  Expected to release after Meteor Lake, Intel Lunar Lake was first mentioned in an Ethernet Linux driver (via Coelacanth's Dream) …

SK Hynix has started to mass-produce 18GB LPDDR5 DRAM modules for mobile devices, offering the largest capacity memory modules within the industry. Targeted at premium smartphones, SK Hynix LPDDR5 memory modules are also expected to be used by high-performance camera applications and AI. The first smartphone to feature SK Hynix LPDDR5 …

AMD has officially announced that it will host a virtual launch event next week to announce new EPYC processors.

It's the long-awaited successor to the Samsung 970 Evo - but is it any good?

Apple's work on AR and VR hardware is one of the company's worst kept secrets. Recently, we've heard of plans for a standalone VR headset in 2022, but this week, an analyst has expanded on what to expect from Apple in the AR and VR space over the next decade.  …

A new power supply from be quiet! - if you can find one in stock, it's well worth a look

The Intel 12th Gen Core “Alder Lake” mobile CPU line-up has been leaked. From 5W to 55W TDP, Alder Lake mobile processors will allegedly feature up to 8x small cores, 8x big cores, and iGPUs with up to 96 EUs, allowing them to be used in a range of devices, including …

A new tool to test the settings of AMD Curve Optimizer has been released. Developed by “sp00n.82” from the ComputerBase community, the new tool tests the AMD Curve Optimizer settings by doing multiple 1-core runs of Prime95 and reports any errors that might occur during testing. According to the developer, …

Just last week, we learned that 120Hz support would be coming to the Oculus Quest 2, with developers estimating a Q1 2021 release window. Unfortunately, things have shifted a bit since then, with 120Hz support being pushed back by several months.  According to UploadVR, Facebook's Quest Platform Roadmap, which is …

Anandtech posted its i7-11700K review early - here are Leo's first impressions