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Snaps of alleged AMD RX 460, RX 470 show up online

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Pictures of two of AMD's more mainstream RX series graphics cards, the 460 and 470 have shown up online, potentially giving us our first look at what the GPUs will look like at release. Both cards shown are however Sapphire branded, so this isn't necessarily an indication of what stock …

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Sapphire supercharges Polaris with RX 480 Nitro+

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Today marks the launch of the Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro+, combining features and a thoughtful cooler design to deliver the best value for gamers looking to upgrade to Polaris this year. The latest Nitro card comes with an improved Dual-X cooler, which allows for higher out of the box …

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Nvidia unveils Pascal GTX Titan X a month early

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By all accounts, Nvidia was expected to unveil its uber-high-end Pascal GTX Titan-X at Gamescom in August, but out of the blue it dropped last night. Nvidia came bearing images, specs and a swanky video trailer. At this point it would be weird if hardware launched without one. Nvidia terms this …

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Intel begins shipping Kaby Lake CPUs to device makers

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Intel officially began shipping out its Kaby Lake processors out to device makers this week, meaning we may see the 7th generation Intel Core CPUs popping up in PCs and laptops in a few months time. Intel confirmed that its Kaby Lake CPUs had begun going out to OEMs this …

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Asus launches ROG Strix RX 480 and GTX 1060

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The first waves of custom AMD Radeon RX 480 and Nvidia GTX 1060 graphics cards are starting to land and Asus is diving straight in with its new ROG Strix offerings, which promise higher levels of performance and much better cooling compared to the reference versions of these GPUs. First …

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Nvidia GTX 1060 launch prices and availability

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The Nvidia GTX 1060 officially launched today, with reviews showing it offering similar performance to a GTX 980 at a more budget friendly price point. Now that retailers have some stock in, it is a good time to check the prices and availability of certain custom cards here in the UK. …

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Rumour claims Nvidia may stick with 16nm for Volta

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Now that Pascal is out in the open, the rumour mill has turned its attention to Nvidia’s next currently planned architecture on the roadmap, known as Volta. According to a report, Nvidia may be planning to stick with the same 16nm process used for Pascal for its next architecture jump. …

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Japanese firm Softbank, will purchase ARM for £24 billion

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One of the biggest technological deals in the UK's history is set to take place later this year, after it was agreed that Japanese telecoms company, Softbank, will purchase ARM Holdings for £24.3 billion. Although it still needs shareholder approval, the buyout would overvalue stock by more than 43 percent. …

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AMD and Firaxis team up for DirectX 12 renderer in Civ VI

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AMD and Firaxis studios have decided to team up for Sid Meier's Civilization VI, creating a new DirectX 12 renderer specifically optimised to bring an in-game performance boost to Radeon graphics cards. This means that Civ Vi will support technologies like Asynchronous Compute and Explicit Multi-Adapter. Right now, AMD's Graphics …

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Cooler Master revamps its liquid coolers, fans and thermal paste

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This week, Cooler Master is revamping its range of liquid coolers, fans and even thermal paste with the new MasterLiquid, MasterFan and MasterGel series of products. Later this month, the company will begin selling the MasterLiquid Pro 120 and 240, revamped all-in-one liquid coolers that optimise flow in order to …

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