For Day 4 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020, we’re teaming up with the folks at DEEPCOOL to give away a fantastic case and cooling bundle to kickstart your next build!
Read More »KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020 Day 3: Win a Cougar Gaming Chair and Peripheral bundle! (closed)
For Day 3 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020, we’re teaming up with the folks at Cougar to give away a fantastic gaming chair and peripheral bundle!
Read More »KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020 Day 2: Win an AOC U28G2AE/BK 4K IPS gaming monitor (closed)
For Day 2 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020, we're teaming up with the folks at AOC to give away a gaming monitor, packing 4K resolution and an IPS panel!
Read More »Leo Says 56 – Did Nvidia sell $175 million of GPUs to miners?
The web is awash with reports that Nvidia may have sold US$175 million of GPUs to crypto miners. If true this would have a significant knock-on effect that hurt supplies of graphics cards for gamers. This leads to the inescapable conclusion that you are unable to buy an RTX 3080 …
Read More »KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020 Day 1: Win a Sapphire RX 6800 or RX 5700 XT! (closed)
We are kicking off the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020 today and we're going big for the first giveaway of the month. We have teamed up with Sapphire to give away TWO graphics cards - one RX 6800 NITRO and one RX 5700 XT PULSE!
Read More »Announcing the KitGuru Advent Calendar 2020!
We are pleased to announce that the KitGuru Advent Calendar is returning once again this year! Stay tuned for daily hardware giveaways, starting on December 1st!
Read More »Luke & Leo (Ep9) – Intel attack AMD in media presentation
Leo recently sat through an Intel briefing relating to benchmarking laptops and focusing on performance both with and without the power adapter connected. Throughout, Intel was keen to highlight the AMD drops performance by a higher percentage in their own testing. Luke and Leo discuss this briefing and wonder why Intel is so keen to publicise AMD's weaknesses rather than focusing on its own strengths.
Read More »Luke & Leo (Ep8) AMD Ryzen 5000 Pricing
Ryzen 5000 has launched and both Luke and Leo are impressed by the performance offered up by the chips. Some of AMD's pricing decisions seem a bit bizarre, though, and have let Intel back into the picture with some of their ageing refined 14nm processors. Let's discuss Ryzen 5000, Zen 3, Intel competition, and more availability woes.
Read More »Black Friday: Best PC Gaming Peripheral deals
With Black Friday officially upon us, we break down some of our favourite PC gaming peripheral deals.
Read More »Luke and Leo Get Technical (Ep7) – AMD & Nvidia Supply Problems
Leo is loving life with his AMD RX 6800 XT graphics card to go alongside his liquid cooled Nvidia RTX 3080. Is he the luckiest graphics card enthusiast around by having managed to bag both cards? And what is exactly is going on with supply? Let's have a discussion...
Read More »The world’s first QHD/165Hz gaming laptops have been revealed
Until now, QHD high refresh rate displays were usually associated with desktop PCs, but it seems Eluktronics is about to change that. The company has announced the world's first QHD 165Hz laptops, offering "the most crisp and snappy experience out of any laptop on the market".
Read More »Khronos announces final specification for Vulkan Ray Tracing extension
Khronos Group's alternative to DXR is almost here, as Vulkan Ray Tracing gets its final specifications detailed ahead of release next month.
Read More »Cyberpunk 2077 ray tracing won’t be supported by AMD GPUs at launch
We recently got our first look at the ray tracing requirements for Cyberpunk 2077, although there's no mention of AMD GPUs. CD Projekt Red's Global Community Lead, Marcin Momot, has now confirmed that ray tracing won't be supported on AMD cards at release...
Read More »Leo Says 55 – Oh Yeah, AMD RX 6800 XT
At the end of October I showed you the Palit RTX 3080 graphics card I had recently bought and then I told you I was also going to buy an AMD Big Navi. That decision was based purely on AMD’s marketing material so as you might imagine, I was waiting with keen interest for Dominic’s reviews of Big Navi to land!
Read More »AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT sets the new 3DMark Firestrike world record
AMD has just launched the Radeon RX 6800 XT and it's already breaking world records. The widely known extreme overclocker Alva Jonathan aka "LUCKY_NOOB" has set a new world record for the 3DMark Firestrike using a reference design Radeon RX 6800 XT.
Read More »Win an AMD Ryzen processor and Seagate SSD/HDD bundle this month! (closed)
This month, we have teamed up with BOX and Seagate to give KitGuru readers a chance to win a bundle of new hardware. This includes a new PCIe 4.0 SSD, an AMD Ryzen processor and a Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD for mass storage.
Read More »PlayStation CEO calls £70 a fair price for PS5 games
One of the biggest changes arriving with the PlayStation 5 is the increase in the standard price for some games from $60 to $70. This has created an even bigger jump in some markets such as the UK, which has seen the price of games such as Demon’s Souls go for £70 (~$92). In a recent interview, PlayStation’s CEO called this price ‘fair’ relative to “hours of entertainment provided.”
Read More »AMD isn’t planning to bring Smart Access Memory to older hardware
Following the announcement that Nvidia is developing a Smart Access Memory alternative, AMD has released a statement sharing new information about its technology. According to the company, Smart Access Memory won't be supported on older hardware, but AMD is welcoming other hardware vendors to use it.
Read More »AMD Radeon RX 6800 allegedly overclocks to over 2.5GHz
As the release of the Radeon RX 6000 series comes closer, leaks and early details have begun frequently coming out. This time, it's regarding the overclocking potential of the Radeon RX 6800, which should also extend to the Radeon RX 6800XT and the RX 6900XT.
Read More »NVIDIA RTX supported games don’t use ‘proprietary’ tech
With AMD entering the ray-tracing capable GPU market this month, there has been some confusion around what games will be supported and whether or not previous RTX-supported titles are using proprietary technology for ray-tracing. Fortunately, Nvidia has begun clearing the air.
Read More »MSI discounts some of its best gaming laptops in early Black Friday deals
If you are looking to pick up a new laptop at the moment, then it is worth shopping around as many retailers and laptop makers are doing early Black Friday deals this year. MSI is one of them, with five popular laptop models discounted early for November.
Read More »RTX 3080 Ti rumoured to launch in January
A new report suggests that Nvidia will launch the RTX 3080Ti in January 2021. The alleged specifications of this new SKU have already been leaked, and based on them, it will rival the AMD Radeon RX 6900XT.
Read More »Acer Aspire 5 with Ryzen 5 5700U APU spotted on Amazon Italy
AMD's next-gen laptop processors aren't expected until early 2021, but listings for them are already popping up in the wild.
Read More »Opinion: The Best Games of the Generation!
As we approach the final weeks of the Eighth generation of consoles, it's high time that we took a deep breath, looked back, and showed appreciation for all of the fun, exciting and emotional experiences that we’ve gone through over the past 7 years. Here we look back at some of the best PlayStation 4 and Xbox One video games.
Read More »EHA Community Awards 2020 – Winners Announced
No other award takes into account the individual preferences of so many hardware enthusiasts, early adopters and influencers from across the European continent. After extensive voting, the results are in...
Read More »KitGuru Reader Awards 2020: Winners Announced!
As always, we've had a huge response to our annual reader awards. With the polls closed, votes tabulated and logos created - we're now ready to announce the winners in all 39 categories, as selected by you!
Read More »Nvidia has reportedly delayed RTX 3060Ti launch to December 2nd
Rumours suggest that we'll be waiting until December for the RTX 3060Ti as AMD takes over November with RX 6000 GPU launches.
Read More »Leo Says – What The Heck is Intel Iris Xe Max?
In the last week of October we heard about the Acer Swift 3x laptop with Intel Iris Xe Max graphics and were at a bit of a loss as this was a new name that Intel had not yet revealed. A few days later we had a call with Intel that made things clearer and now, on 1st November, you will find a handful of laptops that use Intel Max. Leo took the opportunity to address the question 'What the Heck is Intel Iris Xe Max?'
Read More »Intel Answer Leo’s Questions on Rocket Lake S
In the latest video from Leo, he discusses Intel Rocket Lake S and the possible problems Intel might have. Leo also took the time to ask Intel a couple of questions about the upcoming launch. Leo, as always speaks his mind and asks the tough questions. Leo discusses his thoughts on the new platform, including the Rocket Lake S maximum core count of 8 (16 threads) as well as some of their claims, The Intel XE graphics, Intel Deep Learning, the new Intel 500 Series chipset and their new memory controller with official support of DDR4 3200 memory speeds. But what about the clock speeds?
Read More »Intel launches Iris Xe MAX graphics for laptops
Intel is expanding its Xe graphics line-up with Iris Xe MAX featuring Deep Link and PCIe Gen 4 support.
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