Intel today announced the 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900KS special edition processor that will be shipping later this year. The 9900KS features 8-cores and has been fine-tuned to deliver 5 GHz all-core. That is an Continue reading “Intel Core i9-9900KS Special Edition Runs 5GHz All-Core”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 26, 2019 at 8:17pm
Intel has released new Windows 10 DCH drivers that provide launch support for A Plague Tale: Innocence, Total War: Three Kingdoms, and Conan Unconquered. The latest Intel Graphics driver (version 26.20.100.6861) also has both playability Continue reading “Intel Graphics Released Day 0 Drivers For Total War: Three Kingdoms”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 23, 2019 at 6:45pm
NVIDIA has released a teaser video today letting folks know that ‘Something Super is Coming’ here shortly. The brief video shows a metal “super” logo and not much more. The news has many enthusiasts and Continue reading “NVIDIA Has Something Super Coming”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 23, 2019 at 6:33pm
An unnamed Sapphire product manager and PR director told the Chinese tech press about the plans to launch AMD Navi GPU next week. According to Zhihu over in China, two Navi GPU-based cards will be Continue reading “AMD Will Announce Two Navi Powered Graphics Cards on Monday”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 21, 2019 at 4:12pm
AIDA64 v6.00 Released – SHA3-512 Benchmarks and AMD Matisse Optimizations BUDAPEST, Hungary – May 21, 2019 – FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme 6.00 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool Continue reading “AIDA64 v6.00 Released with SHA3-512 Benchmarks and AMD Matisse Optimizations”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 21, 2019 at 2:27am
Google has begun restricting Huawei’s access to its Android operating system software and services due to the Trump administration blacklist of the number 2 smartphone maker. The latest sanctions from ongoing trade disputes means that Continue reading “Restrictions On Huawei Means Limited Access to Android”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 20, 2019 at 1:21pm
If you are considering purchasing the WD Black SN750 NVMe SSD as your next storage drive you’ll quickly find out that there are two versions to pick from. You have the ‘normal’ version without a Continue reading “WD Black SN750 NVMe SSD with EKWB Heatsink Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 14, 2019 at 7:14pm
AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.5.1 graphics cards drivers are now available. These drivers add optimized launch day support for RAGE 2. AMD saw up to 16% performance gains on an AMD Radeon VII Continue reading “Radeon Adrenalin 19.5.1 Drivers Add Rage 2 Support & Include Over 12 Bug Fixes”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 13, 2019 at 8:47pm
We’ve all been waiting for AMD X570 chipset powered boards for the Socket AM4 platform to come to market this summer. We’ve seen a few leaks, but the leak this week from Biostar is pretty Continue reading “Biostar Shows AMD X570 Motherboard Details – PCIe 4.0 and DDR4 4000MHz”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 13, 2019 at 7:14pm
TechPowerUp forum member (Just Some Noise) was digging around in the latest AMD Radeon Adrenalin driver and found the unannounced AMD Radeon RX 640 listed (twice) within the code. It appears that the AMD Radeon Continue reading “AMD Radeon RX 640 and RX 630 Video Cards Listed in Latest GPU Driver”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 13, 2019 at 6:34pm
Intel Optane Memory H10 with Solid State Storage Explained Last month Intel introduced a new M.2 2280 ‘gum stick’ drive called the Optane Memory H10 that combines Intel Optane (3D Xpoint) memory and Intel QLC Continue reading “Intel Optane Memory H10 Review – Best Cache Drive Ever?”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 13, 2019 at 3:49pm
PC enthusiasts have been been in love with the amazing performance SSDs bring to the table for over a decade, but mainstream users are just getting a taste of them. 2019 looks like it is Continue reading “SSD Pricing Headed To All Time Low – Time to Buy?”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 10, 2019 at 10:47pm
Thermaltake has released the Level 20 RGB Battlestation Gaming Desk that they were showing off earlier this year at CES 2019. The Level 20 RGB BattleStation Gaming Desk is available for $1,199.99 plus shipping. That Continue reading “Thermaltake LEVEL 20 RGB BattleStation Gaming Desk Now Available”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 10, 2019 at 4:05pm
We’ve been waiting two years for the direct sequel for Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Wildlands and the sequel was finally revealed today. Tom Clancys Ghost Recon: Breakpoint is coming out on October 4th, 2019. Breakpoint Continue reading “Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Breakpoint Announced”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 10, 2019 at 3:28am
NVIDIA has released new GeForce Game Ready 430.64 WHQL drivers for download this afternoon. These drivers offer up to an 18% performance improvement due to Vulkan-renderer enhancements to the recently-released game World War Z. This Continue reading “GeForce 430.64 WHQL Drivers Ready Drivers Released”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 10, 2019 at 12:52am