The bad news: RTX 3080s sold out in a matter of minutes. The good news: more are on the way and Nvidia is manually reviewing orders to ensure it reaches legitimate customers.
Read More »Leak suggests that the ‘Vermeer’ processors will belong to the Ryzen 5000 series
A new tweet posted by software engineer Patrick Schur suggests that AMD will indeed skip the Ryzen 4000 naming scheme for the upcoming Zen3 processors. The decision behind this could be that the company wants to unify the name of the upcoming Ryzen “Cezanne” APUs, which use Zen3 architecture, with …
Read More »Nvidia releases new driver for Ampere graphics cards, SLI support moving to graphics APIs
Nvidia's latest graphics driver introduces support for the recently launched RTX 3080 and the upcoming RTX 3090 cards. The 456.38 WHQL graphics driver also introduces Nvidia Reflex, Nvidia Broadcast, and the typical set of optimisations for some games. Additionally, it disables implicit SLI on Ampere graphics cards, but explicit SLI will …
Read More »Ubisoft announces new Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell games for VR
Ubisoft is set to make another big push into the VR space. Following in the footsteps of Star Trek Bridge Crew, Ubisoft's last major VR game, the publisher has officially announced brand new Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell titles built for VR. These games were announced during Facebook Connect alongside …
Read More »Oculus Quest 2 announced, Rift S is being discontinued
Facebook Connect took place last night and just as previously leaked, the Oculus Quest 2 was the big showstopper. The now official headset is coming in October and will completely replace both the original Quest and the PC-focused Oculus Rift line. The Oculus Quest 2 packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 SoC, …
Read More »MSI RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio Review
MSI's Gaming X Trio is a beast of a GPU, but it is also priced at £759.99
Read More »Gigabyte RTX 3080 Eagle OC Review
We check out Gigabyte's RTX 3080 Eagle - attractively priced at £649
Read More »EEC listings point to MSI Suprim and Corsair graphics cards
Besides the Gaming X Trio and Ventus x3 graphics card series, it seems that MSI is also planning to release a Suprim and Corsair line of GPUs. A listing in EEC made by MSI hints that it's developing two new series of RTX 30 graphics cards and that an RTX …
Read More »Beat Saber announces new multiplayer mode
Despite the continued maturity of Virtual Reality, Beat Saber remains one of the best titles utilising the unique hardware capabilities of VR to its fullest. Thanks to this success, the team has continued to evolve the game, adding new features and songs. The latest addition to Beat Saber has now …
Read More »AMD Radeon RX 6000 pictures show a 2-fan and a 3-fan design, RDNA 2 to support AV1 decoding
New photos of the AMD Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards show two different coolers, one featuring a 3-fan design and the other featuring a 2-fan design. Additionally, a Linux kernel patch submitted by AMD suggests that the upcoming RDNA2 graphics cards will support AV1 decoding. Revealed by JayzTwoCents, the first photo …
Read More »Nvidia RTX 3080: PCIe 4.0 vs 3.0 scaling analysis
Does PCIe Gen4 make a difference for the RTX 3080? Were we wrong to use Intel's Comet Lake-S platform for our RTX 3080 review data? Let's answer that question by directing comparing RTX 3080 performance on AMD's X570 platform with PCIe 4.0, versus Intel Z490 and PCIe 3.0.
Read More »Nvidia RTX 3080 Founders Edition Review
Our RTX 3080 review is here - just how fast is this card really?
Read More »Intel Xe-HPG and DG2 graphics cards specs may have leaked
New reports about the Intel Xe dedicated graphics solutions show that a Xe-HPG graphics card with 960 EUs is being evaluated and that the DG2 graphics card might come with up to 8GB of GDDR6 memory. As per MebiuW, the Intel DG2 is expected to come with 128, 384, and 512 …
Read More »ARM-based Nvidia CPUs are a possibility but regulators need to approve acquisition first
With Nvidia's ARM acquisition, the company is in a good place to start producing its own CPUs. Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, already hinted at it but only time will tell how this goes. Besides, regulators might prevent the acquisition altogether, but Jensen is confident that the “regulators are going to …
Read More »Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 and 3090 reference PCBs have surfaced
With RTX 30 series' imminent launch, we finally get a look at the reference boards of both RTX 3080 and 3090. Both GPUs will be mounted on PG132 reference boards to produce the AiB partners' graphics cards, while the Nvidia Founders Edition will be based on PG133 and PG136 PCBs …
Read More »Corsair 4000D Airflow Review
Corsair has joined the party with its new 4000-series cases
Read More »Corsair iCUE H115i Elite Capellix AIO CPU Cooler Review
The future of RGB is here! Corsair Elite Capellix AIO coolers.
Read More »AMD reveals new cooler design for RX 6000 GPUs
We are roughly six weeks away from AMD's RX 6000 launch, but AMD is bringing the teasers early - this time with an unveiling of the new RX 6000 GPU cooler design.
Read More »Intel Tiger Lake-H processors to feature up to 8 cores
Intel’s corporate vice president of client computing, Boyd Phelps, has confirmed that the company is developing Tiger Lake-H processors with 8-core configurations. These 8-core processors are expected to feature 45W TDP, while the 35W TDP ones should only feature 4-core configurations. In a blog post on Medium, Boyd Phelps confirmed …
Read More »Seasonic will give RTX 30 upgraders a free 12-pin GPU power cable
During Nvidia's GeForce RTX 30 series graphics card announcement, the company also unveiled a new 12-pin power connector for its higher-end GPUs. Seasonic is already prepared to support this new connection and has a plan in place to send out new 12-pin GPU cables to customers free of charge. The …
Read More »Oculus Quest 2 VR headset revealed
Facebook Connect isn't due to take place for another couple of days, but the company accidentally published two key announcement videos early. As rumoured, we will indeed be seeing the Oculus Quest 2 announced and launched later this week. The Facebook Blueprint website accidentally posted two videos, one introducing the …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 4000 “Vermeer” processor specifications leak
A confidential document from AMD showing the specifications of the upcoming Ryzen 4000 “Vermeer” processors has been leaked. Dated from June 10th, the document tells us that the upcoming Ryzen 4000 processors will feature up to 2 CCX with 8 cores each, resulting in a maximum core count of 16 and a …
Read More »Next-generation Quadro RTX rumoured to come with 48GB of GDDR6 memory
In the past couple of weeks, Nvidia has been quite the topic of conversation over its announcement of the upcoming RTX 30 series gaming graphics cards. However, it seems that Nvidia is also getting ready to release its Ampere-based workstation graphics cards, and with GTC 2020 coming up, there's the …
Read More »Selected AMD Big Navi GPUs might come with a USB-C connector
USB-C monitors have become more common with time, but that didn't stop Nvidia from removing the USB Type-C connector from the RTX 30 series graphics cards. On the other hand, AMD seems to believe that USB-C still has a future as a video connector, given what was found in a new update on AMD's open-source AMDGPU kernel driver for Linux.
Read More »Cooler Master MasterBox NR200P – Mini-ITX Done Right!
Cooler Master claims their MasterBox NR200P delivers 'Unlimited Options' which is not quite correct, but neither is it far off the mark as this impressive Mini-ITX case packs in most of the features you associate with a regular ATX tower. You can install a number of storage drives, a 240mm or 280mm radiator and a triple slot graphics card in either the horizontal or vertical position. You may think we're building up to hit you with a high price but no, NR200P is also pretty darn cheap.
Read More »Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 series chips are reportedly split into three binning tiers
The upcoming Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs will reportedly be divided into three tiers, according to their respective quality. The chance of getting a good or a great chip is bigger than getting an “ok” chip, but the probability is expected to increase as the manufacturing process matures. It's known …
Read More »Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti reportedly launching in October
It seems that Nvidia still hasn't shown us everything about the upcoming Ampere graphics cards. A new report suggests that Nvidia will release the RTX 3060Ti right after the RTX 3070, introducing a lower-priced entry point to the RTX 30 series. October is building up to be a very good …
Read More »MSI announces the MAG B550 Torpedo motherboard
MSI is adding a new motherboard to the MAG family of gaming products. The new MAG B550 Torpedo motherboard was “designed to be the best choice in its class” supporting up to an AMD Ryzen 9 3950X thanks to its extended heatsink and 10+2+1 power phase design. Featuring the same …
Read More »Thermaltake TH360 ARGB Sync AIO issue – Consumer Warning
Recently we have received numerous emails and correspondence through our website and via our social media channels asking why our review of the new Thermaltake TH360 ARGB Sync cooler was not published, and why consumers are unable to purchase the cooler when it has been listed at all the big online retailers for some weeks.
Read More »Images of alleged AMD Radeon RX 6000 engineering sample appear online
Images showing an alleged engineering sample of an RDNA2 graphics card have been posted online. It's not known which RDNA2 graphics card this is, but it's quite possibly an engineering sample of one of the upcoming AMD Radeon Navi 2x graphics cards. Spotted by @Avery78 (via VideoCardz) on Bilibili and Chiphell forums, …
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