Way back in the first week of December, Sascha Krohn, Global Senior Technical Marketing Manager at Asus made the trek from his office at Asus HQ in Taipei to tease KitGuru with two new laptops that will be launched at CES, early in January. As we said we originally held …
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We've known for some time now that AMD has been working on its next-gen ‘Zen 2' architecture, which will be built on the 7nm process. At the moment, we are expecting this new architecture to debut at some point in 2019, but a recent retail listing has already got the …
Read More »Thermaltake launches Level 20 MT and Level 20 GT ARGB cases
Last year was the 20th anniversary of Thermaltake, which was celebrated with the launch of a brand new Level 20 series of cases. We saw these impressive cases at Computex last year and now, two newcomers are being added to the mix, with Thermaltake launching the Level 20 MT and …
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Read More »Nvidia could face class-action lawsuit over crypto-mining GPU demand
The majority of 2018 was unfortunately quite disappointing for PC gaming enthusiasts. The crypto-mining market had sent graphics card prices into a frenzy and when Bitcoin eventually began crashing back down, prices did not adjust quickly enough. This left Nvidia in an awkward position later in the year, as the …
Read More »Nvidia’s AI-generated graphics hint at an automatically generated gaming future
This month, Nvidia showcased one of the first proof-of-concept demos for the real-time creation of video game graphics. The new tech showcase focuses on a real-time driving simulation that covers a few city blocks, with AI generating in-game graphics based off of real-world footage. The demo is purely focused on …
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It's a high end unit with a 1100W capacity, but at £270 is this worth buying?
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It's got a built in 1.7" OLED screen - but is the Asus ROG Ryujin 360 worth the £249.95 asking price?
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RAM prices have been in a constant state of flux over the last few years. Most of the time, picking up a 3000MHz+ 16GB kit will set you back close to, if not more than £200 here in the UK. Fortunately, memory pricing is predicted to be coming down over …
Read More »Sharkoon Pure Steel Midi ATX Case – White or Black with RGB
It's a well priced case, should you be shortlisting it for a new build in 2019 ?
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Read More »Microsoft reportedly set to launch two next-gen consoles, ‘Anaconda’ and ‘Lockhart’
At this point, it is common knowledge that the next generation of consoles are on the way, with both Sony and Microsoft openly confirming that new hardware is in the works. Microsoft's strategy for next-gen is particularly interesting, as the company will be juggling cloud gaming in addition to standard …
Read More »Zotac Gaming RTX 2070 OC Mini 8GB Review
Zotac is back with another of its Mini cards - this time an RTX 2070. Is it worth £539?
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Is a 4-phase VCore VRM enough for an ROG motherboard?
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Leo has a lot to say this week, and he bought an iPAD PRO, Gen 3. His first Apple product, ever !
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Over the last few months, we've had a rather big list of games set to support Nvidia's new RTX 20-series features, including DLSS and real-time ray-tracing. One of the flagship titles for DLSS has been Final Fantasy XV, support for the technology has been available in benchmark form for a …
Read More »ZeniMax and Facebook’s Oculus VR lawsuit comes to an end
ZeniMax might have settled its legal conflict with Doom co-creator John Carmack in October, but its battle with Oculus has raged on since. Fortunately, the feud with the Facebook-owned company has finally come to an end as ZeniMax and Oculus settle out of court. Way back in 2014, ZeniMax opened …
Read More »Corsair markets RGB RAM modules without any memory
It seems that almost every memory manufacturer has its own RGB offering these days, although prices set a pretty high barrier for entry if users want to spruce up their rig. Corsair has now come up with a temporary solution for those with extra DIMM slots spare, putting dummy RAM …
Read More »Battlefield 5 RTX Tested (Dec 5th Patch) – 417.22 Nvidia Driver
We test the 2070, 2080 and 2080 Ti to see how the game performs with the latest patch and driver.
Read More »BitFenix redesigns its ENSO chassis to include mesh
Last year, BitFenix lifted the lid on its RGB-clad ENSO chassis, however its sleek front panel design seemingly came at the expense of airflow. Having listened to feedback, the company has come back from the drawing board with the ENSO Mesh, replacing the solid front panel with a high density …
Read More »Palit RTX 2070 GameRock Premium 8GB Review
It's a quality RTX 2070 card from Palit - but is it worth £570?
Read More »Nvidia’s GTX 1070 might also be getting the GDDR5X treatment
Back in October, Nvidia began pushing out another variant of the GTX 1060, this time trading out GDDR5 memory for GDDR5X. Now, it looks as though Nvidia is gearing up to give the GTX 1070 the same treatment. We've known for a while now that Nvidia has an excess supply …
Read More »Nvidia makes the Titan RTX official, launches this month for $2,500
Over the weekend, we began seeing teasers for Nvidia's upcoming Titan RTX graphics card. Now, Nvidia has officially announced the new flagship, complete with specs and a $2,500 price tag. As we expected, the Titan RTX is primarily being aimed at creators, AI researchers and data scientists. According to Nvidia, …
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SSD's are so competitively priced now, its mad not to own one. Is this Crucial drive worth £70 ?
Read More »Nvidia RTX Titan GPU is on the way
It has been a few months since the initial launch of Nvidia's new RTX graphics card series. The RTX 2080Ti has been in high demand even with its $1,200 price tag. However, the Ti is going to be usurped soon, as an RTX Titan graphics card is now on the …
Read More »Borderlands 2 VR could launch on PC in 2019
The Borderlands series has been on a bit of a hiatus over the last few years. We've known for quite some time that Borderlands 3 is in the works but so far, there has been very little noise on that front. However, Borderlands 2 is making a comeback this year, …
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