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The Aorus GTX 1080Ti Xtreme Edition is a quality entry into Gigabyte's GPU lineup. It won in the EHA awards this year and we were impressed too, praising it highly in our own review. Now, Gigabyte is kicking things up a notch with the launch of the Aorus GTX 1080Ti …

Back when Destiny 2 was officially unveiled, many fans of the series were excited to finally see a PC version in the works. Bungie has already promised a bunch of great PC-centric features but unfortunately, this version of the game won't be out in September alongside consoles. Instead, Destiny 2 …

Palit delivers an affordable and high-end GTX 1080 Ti - consumers should rethink brand loyalties.

Futuremark, the company behind the widely used PCMark, 3DMark and VRMark benchmarking tools has now released PCMark 10. This is an updated version of the benchmarking tool for Windows 10, featuring new and improved workloads all wrapped up in a faster, more user-friendly application. PCMark benchmarks measure overall system performance …

Computex is officially over and while we have already covered most of the big announcements, there are some smaller but interesting things we spotted at various booths over the course of the week. In this article, we will be rounding up some of the bits we saw at MSI, ASRock, …

We are continuing to wrap up our Computex coverage today with a look at Sapphire's booth. Here, we got to take a look at new Nitro branded graphics cards as well as some new gaming accessories from Sapphire, which will also fall under the Nitro brand. Going forward, Nitro is …

An excellent GTX 1080 in all regards, but encroaching on GTX 1080 Ti prices.

At its press conference in Taipei, AMD has announced that the RX Vega consumer GPU will launch at SIGGRAPH 2017 which starts on July 30th. Also confirmed was the summer 2017 launch date for Threadripper and the X399 high-end platform, with further details being given. Vega: AMD will launch the Frontier …

ASUS made a few big announcements at Computex yesterday, though the lack of ROG news did leave enthusiasts wanting more. Fortunately, today, ASUS ROG had its own conference, lifting the lid on some excellent new gear, ranging from an all new ultra-wide HDR monitor, to new Nvidia Max-Q laptops and …

Not only did we get some major announcements from Intel at Computex today but Nvidia has also taken to the stage with a rather bold announcement. Today, Nvidia introduced Max-Q, a new GPU design that aims to redefine gaming laptops by making them thinner, quieter and faster. This is essentially …

Faster 11Gbps GDDR5X memory for the GTX 1080 is here, we take a look at the MSI Gaming X Plus.

With Computex 2017 now almost upon us, companies are starting to unveil new products and ideas that will be shown off in Taipei. Sapphire, the Hong-Kong based graphics card manufacturer, is launching a new range of graphics card accessories called Nitro Gear. Essentially, these Nitro Gear accessories let you change …

Just ahead of Computex, a lot of companies are giving sneak peaks of what they will be showing off during the week. Zotac is no different as the company has unveiled two GTX 1080 Ti cards, claiming that these are the two smallest GTX 1080 Ti cards in the world. …

Computex 2017 kicks off in just a few days time but it looks like MSI is generating some buzz early. This year, we can expect to see new Gaming and GODLIKE motherboards on the show floor but there will also be a new GTX 1080Ti Lightning edition card, alongside a …

Last week, AMD released a ton of information surrounding upcoming CPUs and GPUs. Unfortunately, the gaming-oriented RX Vega was nowhere to be seen, which was a disappointment to many. However, we now have a better idea as to when the RX Vega is coming, as AMD CEO Lisa Su, has …

Another RX 570 card- but this time it's catering specifically for ITX and SFF builds.

Update: Last week, we learned that AMD would definitely be heading to Computex this year, with the company's own panel scheduled to take place on the 31st of May. Obviously, we didn't know exactly what would be shown during the panel at the time but last night, Radeon Technology Group …

Reports of Intel's switch to the red team appear to have been greatly exaggerated...

The RX 580 - a new mid-range king? Today we analyse the Sapphire Pulse card, priced at £239.99.

Like its bigger brother, The Sapphire RX 570 is stripped down and cost effective. Is it any good?

Last night, AMD held its Financial Analyst Day meeting, all with the purpose of clearly outlining its product roadmaps and unveiling the rest of its 2017 release plans. Not only did we hear about AMD's upcoming ‘Threadripper' and ‘EPYC' CPU launches, but the company also updated its GPU roadmap from …

Nvidia Ansel - a great tool for taking in-game screenshots. Here's our 'how to' guide to get you taking snaps in no time.

Those of you who have been holding out for AMD's RX Vega launch may not have to wait much longer. This week, a report based on ‘reliable sources within AMD's HQ' has come out, claiming that the initial paper launch for three RX Vega GPUs will occur during AMD's Computex …

Today Nvidia kicked off the GPU Technology Conference, with CEO Jen-Hsun Huang taking the stage to announce its very first GPU based on the Volta architecture- the Tesla V100. This is the most advanced accelerator ever built, powered by 5120 CUDA cores, over 21 billion transistors and 16GB of HBM2 …

2017 has been a very busy year for AMD already, but the company still has quite a bit to reveal to us from behind the scenes and some of that information may be coming as soon as next week. Earlier today, invites started going out for an AMD event on …

It looks like there have been some interesting developments behind the scenes in the tech industry this week, as a former engineer at TSMC has been accused of stealing trade secrets. TSMC has been a supplier for GPUs made by both AMD and Nvidia over the years and yesterday, one …

Last month, we learned that Apple would soon be ending its long-running deal with UK GPU maker, Imagination Technologies. At the time, Apple said its plan was to start designing and producing its own GPUs for iOS devices, similarly to how it brought CPU design in-house a few years ago. …

Following on from the first RX Vega benchmark leak earlier this week, a Linux graphics driver patch has released, in which traces of the GPUs specs have been found. Cracking open the driver and scrolling through its many, many lines of code reveals the number of shader engines, compute units, …

Earlier this year, 4K Netflix streaming finally started making its way to PCs, in part due to Kaby Lake and its support for HEVC decoding. Fortunately for those not planning to make the jump to Kaby Lake, 4K Netflix streaming is now expanding to more systems, with UHD streaming support …

Last week, it was confirmed that AMD's next high-end graphics card, the RX Vega, would release within the next two months and now, it seems like the launch is closer than ever with benchmark results now landing online. This week, a new entry was spotted in the 3DMark TimeSpy database, …