It looks like Oculus has one less lawsuit to worry about as this week, a judge dismissed a breach of contract suit levied against the company by Total Recall Technologies. We first learned about the lawsuit back in 2015, when TRT claimed that Oculus founder Palmer Luckey had violated a …
Read More »The ASUS Maximus IX Extreme packs integrated water cooling and super fast DDR4 support
There has been so much talk about Ryzen lately that it might be easy to forget that Intel's Kaby Lake processors are still relatively new. With that in mind, there are still new motherboards coming out for the Z270 platform and this week, we have one from ASUS- the ROG …
Read More »The GTX 1080Ti is officially available to buy, accompanied by 1080/1070 price drops
The announcement has been and gone, the reviews are in and now we are finally at the official launch day for the GTX 1080Ti. Nvidia's latest flagship gaming GPU manages to bring Titan X levels of performance down to a card that is almost half the price and from 6PM …
Read More »Study finds long-term playing of violent video games does not make you more aggressive
As silly as it might seem, violence in video games and its effect on players has been the subject of much debate over the years but this week, the psychologists over at Frontiers published a study to try and come to a conclusion once and for all. This team used …
Read More »Nvidia’s latest driver is all about boosting DirectX 12 performance
It looks like Nvidia is starting to focus on boosting its DirectX 12 performance as today's latest ‘Game Ready' driver includes a bunch of refinements intended to significantly boost GeForce performance in DX12 titles. This driver is the ‘Ghost Recon Wildlands' Game Ready driver but it packs in much much …
Read More »Update: ASRock and Gigabyte X370 boards coming, Biostar delayed by BIOS issues
This is intended to be an update to an earlier breaking story. For the full details on our original coverage, go HERE. Yesterday, we reported on the apparent mass stock shortage of AM4 X370 chipset motherboards. According to our industry sources, prior to the Ryzen launch and positive reviews, there …
Read More »Valve plans to refocus its efforts on software, next wave of games inbound
Now that virtual reality is out there and in consumer hands, more companies are choosing to invest in it. In fact at GDC right now, LG is showing off its very own SteamVR-supported competitor to the HTC Vive. So with all of this new hardware coming in, Valve plans to …
Read More »What is going on with AM4 X370 motherboard stock?
Can't find the high end motherboard you want for a new Ryzen processor? You aren't the only one.
Read More »WikiLeaks’ Vault 7 dump puts the CIA in a glass cage, reveals operations and spyware tactics
This week, WikiLeaks dropped the largest intelligence agency leak in history with the release of 8761 confidential CIA documents, going over the agency's illicit activities. This is just the beginning too, with Julian Assange claiming there will be a series of additional leaks to follow. At the moment this operation …
Read More »AMD’s 32-core Zen-based ‘Naples’ CPU aims to bring innovation and choice back to server market
Now that AMD has worked its way through the Zen architecture launch with its mainstream Ryzen processors, the company can now start turning its attention to other markets. It has been around a year since we first heard whispers of AMD's lofty ambitions for Zen in the server/datacentre market but …
Read More »Zelda: Breath of the Wild is already running on PC but there’s a catch
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild finally released on both the Nintendo Switch and the Wii U last Friday and since then, the game has gone on to get plenty of praise from fans and critics alike. However, it looks like the developer behind the Cemu Nintendo Wii …
Read More »Fresh image leaks show Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and S8+ in full, confirms headphone jack
Update: Just yesterday we got our first proper look at the Samsung Galaxy S8+ thanks to some fresh image leaks showing off the smartphone in full view. However, one thing many were curious on was how the standard Galaxy S8 looks compared to a larger Galaxy S8+. Fortunately, we now …
Read More »Cooler Master’s MasterWatt Maker 1200 MIJ brings uncompromised quality for £899
Cooler Master has been making power supplies for a long time now and while many of them have been great in their own right, they usually need to hit an affordable price point, which means things like component selection need to be carefully considered to hit a budget. So what …
Read More »Biostar shows off first Mini-ITX X370 AM4 motherboard
AMD's new Ryzen 7 processors are already turning out to be very popular with 60 percent of our own polled readers apparently planning to buy one. With that in mind, if any of you happen to be looking at putting together a Mini-ITX build, then it looks like Biostar has …
Read More »Nvidia GTX 1080Ti benchmark results leak out ahead of reviews
Unless you have been living under a rock this past week, you should be aware that Nvidia officially confirmed the GTX 1080Ti last week, sporting a GP102 GPU core with a claimed 35 percent performance advantage over the standard GTX 1080. Reviewers already have their hands on these cards and …
Read More »Nintendo’s recommended fixes for Joy-Con connection issues are bizarre
About a week before the Nintendo Switch officially launched, those with early review units began reporting connectivity issues with the left Joy-Con, which appeared to be desyncing during regular play with the Switch docked in TV mode. That problem unfortunately still persists even after the Switch's day-one patch, leading to …
Read More »Riot Games awarded $10 million in lawsuit against cheat service
Riot Games has settled its lawsuit with League of Legends cheating service ‘Leaguesharp', which would take a monthly subscription fee from users in exchange for scripts and bots to help win matches or artificially level up. Leaguesharp would take anywhere between $15 and $50 a month depending on which cheats you …
Read More »Final Fantasy XV PC version finally shown off at GDC
The Game Developers Conference is underway right now and it appears that Final Fantasy XV director, Hajime Tabata had something very interesting to show off. After months of talking about a PC version of Final Fantasy XV in interviews, we finally got to see a public demonstration of what the …
Read More »AMD explains why Ryzen doesn’t seem to keep up in 1080p gaming
Today was the official launch day for AMD's Ryzen 7 CPUs and as you may have noticed already, plenty of reviews are now up, including our own review of the Ryzen 7 1800x. While the flagship 1800x has been deemed by many as an excellent CPU for productivity, 1080p gaming …
Read More »Seasonic is upgrading PRIME power supplies to an industry-leading 12 year warranty
Seasonic is highly regarded as one of the best power supply makers in the world, with the current PRIME series offering impressive efficiency levels excellent efficiency levels and quality components. In fact, many of Seasonic's power supplies will last more than a few CPU and GPU generations, with that in …
Read More »Price drops are coming in for GTX 1080s and Intel CPUs at UK retailers
Earlier this week we heard that retailers in the US were starting to offer reduced pricing for Intel's desktop processors in the build up to AMD's Ryzen launch today and now it looks like UK retailers are joining in the fun. However, it's not just CPUs going on sale this week …
Read More »The GTX 1080 is now $100 cheaper and comes with faster RAM
Last night, Nvidia finally announced the GTX 1080Ti, delivering up to 35 percent higher performance than a GTX 1080 with a $699 MSRP in the US. However, this new addition to the Pascal lineup has also prompted some reshuffling of other GPUs, which is why Nvidia is lowering the base …
Read More »Amazon cloud outage downs vast swathes of the internet
As much as there are many advantages of using a massive cloud infrastructure for your website, when that service crashes, it can take a lot of the internet with it. Take yesterday's downing of Amazon's S3 cloud service, which pulled down a lot of popular websites and services. Ironically enough, …
Read More »Nvidia announces GTX 1080 Ti: Faster than a Titan X, $699
Nvidia has launched the long-rumoured GTX 1080 Ti - $699 and faster than a Titan X.
Read More »Middle Earth: Shadow of War is an ‘Xbox Play Anywhere’ title, PC requirements confirmed
Yesterday we received the official announcement for Middle Earth: Shadow of War, a sequel to the highly rated 2014 game, Shadow of Mordor. We have already had an awesome looking trailer and confirmation of an August release date but now, we have a few more details about the game, including …
Read More »Studio Wildcard to pay modders $4,000 a month to complete their mods
If you've ever wanted to invest more time in a modification but can't afford to because of work commitments, Studio Wildcard wants to help. Moving forward, it will select 15 modders a month to give $4,000 (£3,220) to, to help them complete their mods, with the potential that they become …
Read More »Boston Dynamics’ wheeled robot shows the revolution may not be bipedal
Boston Dynamics has for years been helping us towards the eventual robot revolution that will see us turned into slaves, or batteries – whatever our new magnanimous overlords decide. But its bipedal, walking robots aren't the only kind we'll have to bow to in the centuries to come. Boston's latest …
Read More »Kingston’s 2TB USB drive is ready to ship if you can afford it
Back at CES in January, Kingston first revealed its brand new DataTraveler Ultimate GT USB drives, packing a massive 2TB of storage into a well-built thumb drive. Now after a couple of months of finalising details, Kingston is finally ready to start shipping the world's highest capacity USB drive, though …
Read More »Reminder: Nvidia to announce the GTX 1080Ti tomorrow
Last week, Nvidia announced that it would be holding a livestreamed ‘Ultimate GeForce' event on the 28th of February. The announcement was accompanied by a countdown timer, leading us to tomorrow evening but on further investigation, we found multiple references to the GTX 1080Ti on the countdown's source code, alongside some …
Read More »22% of KitGuru readers would spend more than £500 on a graphics card
How much would you spend on a graphics card? More than £500? KitGuru readers would agree.
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