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Last month, AMD took its first steps into the AI/Deep Learning world by teaming up with Google to supply GPUs for the Google Compute Engine. Following that news, AMD stock began to rise but the company isn't done just yet as today, AMD unveiled the Radeon Instinct, a GPU for …

Last month, Oculus and Microsoft announced that their Xbox One VR streaming app would finally be coming to the Oculus Rift. This streaming app allows console owners to stream their Xbox One games directly to the Oculus Rift to be played in a virtual cinema environment. It has taken quite …

Aerocool Project 7 C1 is a mid-tower case with a windowed side panel, integrated lighting in the front panel and a PWM hub behind the motherboard tray. These are all useful features however none of them is unique so the simple fact is that Aerocool faces a stiff battle in …

Looking to become the Angry Birds of virtual reality, the developer of Flushy Fish VR, Silvermile, has said that it's targeting a billion downloads of its simple puzzle game by 2020. This is perhaps the most ambitious claim by any virtual reality developer to date and suggests some real confidence …

It looks like Intel and AMD are getting into the holiday spirit with a new CPU/GPU/Game bundle for Christmas, before January hits and the two have to become rivals once again. This month, AMD Radeon is joining forces with Intel to offer a bundle that includes a Core i5 6600K, …

Microsoft is set to get into the Virtual Reality space next year with new Windows 10 based headsets that are geared towards creative use. The most exciting part about Microsoft's plan was the low $299 price tag but as it turns out, the minimum system requirements are also helping keep …

With its aggressive, angular fascia – and a name to match – the Corsair Carbide SPEC-ALPHA is certainly a case that grabs your attention. While the SPEC-ALPHA does have an emphasis on its ‘modern' styling, Corsair are also keen to point out the range of features included with the case …

There has been a lot to talk about in the world of AMD recently, with plenty of leaks and rumours surrounding upcoming graphics cards. Yesterday, we caught a glimpse of Polaris 12, Polaris 10XT2 and Vega 10 in a new AMD driver and today, it is being claimed that Vega …

We have had Broadwell-E for around six months now, which means its about time we started hearing rumours about its replacement. This week, reports have begun popping up with new details on Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X, which will feature a new socket and a new chipset. The initial report comes …

KitGuru despatched Leo Waldock for an exclusive interview with Andrej Zdravkovic, Corporate Vice President for Software and Platform Engineering at AMD and Terry Makedon, Director – Product Management at AMD about the latest release of their latest graphics software. In 2014 AMD launched Catalyst Omega In 2015 we had Crimson …

It looks like a bunch of companies are currently scrambling to become the authority on virtual reality standards, with Razer co-founding OSVR, Khronos launching its own VR standards effort and now, Google, HTC and Oculus have teamed up to create the ‘Global Virtual Reality Association, which could make VR software …

The one thing that was missing from Samsung’s range of SSD’s was a low price value oriented drive.  This has been rectified by the arrival of the SSD750 EVO product line. To keep production costs and therefore the cost of the drive down, Samsung has forsaken the 3D V-NAND of …

It looks like Qualcomm is getting competitive with Intel in the server market by launching the ‘world's first' 10nm FinFET Centriq 2400 CPU featuring 48-cores. Qualcomm is primarily aiming this processor at datacenter use and the first 48-core samples are ready. The Centriq 2400 is the second generation of Qualcomm's …

We have been coming across plenty of leaks from AMD over the last week or so, not only did we get a benchmark for a previously unseen GPU and learn that Intel may license Radeon tech for future iGPUs, but now we have also found references to Polaris 10 XT2, …

We have already had the opportunity to take a good look at Cooler Master's new case line with the MasterCase Pro 5 but this week, a new wave of cases are arriving in the form of the MasterCase maker 5t. The 5t puts the unique FreeForm modular system back at …

At the end of last month we reported on a Nvidia blog entry which claimed that a single Quadro P6000 was capable of powering four VR simulations on Oculus Rifts and HTC Vives at the same time. However it turns out this was based on a mistake in the original …

Micron has unleashed its new 5100 Series of enterprise Solid State Drives, which go all-in on 3D TLC NAND, paving the way for configurations with as much as 8TB of capacity. This will be a strong step towards data centres switching to flash, as SSDs keep becoming faster and increasing …

If you've been thinking about upgrading to an SSD at some point, you may want to do it sooner rather than later as analysts this week are claiming that prices are about to spike due to increased demand and lower supply. It looks like the pricing of NAND Flash has …

Just last week we learned that Razer would be joining the Khronos Group, which is behind open-source graphics technologies like Vulkan, OpenGL and OpenCL. Now it looks like we may have a good idea as to why, because today the Khronos group announced their new VR Standards Initiative with the …

Earlier this year, Intel ended up cutting its workforce down by 11 percent, pushing 12,000 or so people out of the company. As it turns out, a heck of a lot of graphics engineers may have been caught in the line of fire back in April, which has since spurred …

With the release of Oculus Touch controllers today, there are over 50 new, supporting games hitting digital distribution platforms like Steam. To make sure that VR stays inclusive, developer CrossVR has updated their Revive compatibility layer, which makes it possible to play all of those Touch games on a HTC …

Today marks the day when Oculus catches up to the HTC Vive in the controller department. Nearly eight months on from the initial release of both headsets, Oculus Touch controllers are now out in the wild and by most reviews, they seem to be pretty great. Getting your hands on …

Kingston's DC400 series are the latest additions to the companies Enterprise range of SSDs and have been designed as entry level drives for data centers. The new drives have been built with read-intensive applications in mind for use in a mixed workload environments. The DC400 treads down a well-worn path …

Just recently, we began hearing whispers about a potential RX 490 again after months of silence. While at the time these rumours didn't seem so credible, we have since come across a mysterious, previously unseen GPU in a benchmark database listing, showing an unnamed AMD card matching the GTX 1080 …

In just one week, we will be getting our best look at AMD's upcoming Zen processors yet at the ‘New Horizon' event, just before the rumoured January launch. However, Zen will be just one element, we will also be getting a good look at the new X370 chipset and some …

The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive have been going head to head all year but so far there has been a clear, defining difference between the two headsets- motion controllers. The HTC Vive has often been applauded as the better buy as many prefer using motion controllers within VR, rather …

Razer has been a big proponent of Open-Source development for a while now, with its biggest push for open standards coming from OSVR, an open-source virtual reality initiative founded by Razer and supported by quite a few studios. Now, Razer is getting involved with open-source graphics technology by joining the …

Update: We've spoken with registered optometrist, Simon Matthews MCOptom BSc(Hons) FBDO CL, who tells us that from the photo the swelling looks to be an “oedema” of the lids, which is more likely to be caused by an allergic reaction than an infection or pressure from the headset itself. He …

Spoilt for choice would be an understatement for any prospective buyers of the X99 platform. MSI alone has a motherboard for almost every possible price point, use-case scenario and type of user. Add other motherboard vendors into the mix and the amount of choice is dizzying. With its high-end price …

It has been over a month since we saw the launch of Nvidia's new low-power GTX 1050Ti and GTX 1050 graphics cards. However, we have yet to see these more affordable options make their way to laptops for gamers who require the portability. Fortunately, if this week's rumours are correct, …