One of the missing features when the AMD X399 platform launched was bootable NVMe RAID. AMD knew this was an issue and has managed to enable bootable NVMe RAID arrays in a driver update that Continue reading “AMD NVMe RAID Driver For Threadripper Coming September 25th!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 31, 2017 at 9:30pm
We just found out that Shenzhen Longsys Electronics Co., Ltd has acquired Lexar. Shenzhen longsys Electronics Co., Ltd is a Chinese DMS company (Design, Module, Service) that is headquarter in Shenzhen. Longsys was established in Continue reading “Micron Sells Lexar to Longsys in China”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 31, 2017 at 8:30pm
Most review sites don’t cover the RMA process, but trying to get a motherboard or video card repaired can be a truly painful experience. We recently had an ASUS ROG STRIX-RX480-8G-GAMING video card fail on Continue reading “ASUS Video Card RMA Experience and Turnaround Time in 2017”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 30, 2017 at 9:11pm
The upcoming Intel Coffee Lake H 6C/12T mobile processors are going to take laptops to the next level when it comes to performance and today we get to see what Intel is sitting on. An Continue reading “Intel Coffee Lake H-Series Processor GeekBench Benchmark Appears”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 28, 2017 at 8:46pm
The Intel Core i7-8700K is an upcoming 6-core, 12-thread Coffee Lake processor that will be available this fall from Intel. Many have been waiting to see some performance numbers for this processor, but it looks Continue reading “Sandra Benchmarks on the Intel Core i7-8700K Processor Leak”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 28, 2017 at 2:39pm
The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics cards are available to purchase as of 8am CDT this morning! We noticed the XFX Radeon RX Vega 56 was available and in-stock for purchase for $399 shipped Continue reading “AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Now Available To Purchase”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 28, 2017 at 2:00pm
Starting today, PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds PC gamers can capture and share their best gaming moments using NVIDIA ShadowPlay Highlights. The tool automatically captures the players greatest achievements in video and screenshots, and enables seamless sharing through Continue reading “NVIDIA ShadowPlay Highlights Now Available on PUBG”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 21, 2017 at 12:49pm
Intel has posted up retail packaging images of their upcoming Coffee Lake desktop processor series! The side of the box confirms that these will be 6-core, 12-thread processors with Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. The Continue reading “Intel 8th Gen Coffee Lake Processors Require Intel 300 Series Motherboard”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 21, 2017 at 12:03pm
Intel is ready to launch their 8th generation processors and are starting by releases a handful of ultra-low voltage 15 Watt TDP U-series processors today. These processors are targeted to laptops, 2-in-1 convertibles or any Continue reading “Intel Launches 8th Generation Processors With 40 Percent Performance Gains”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 21, 2017 at 11:52am
BIOSTAR and ethOS have worked out an exclusive partnership to come out with a line of crypto mining motherboards that fully support the 64-bit Linux OS without the need of any additional drivers. BIOSTAR has Continue reading “BIOSTAR Launches ethOS Mining OS Supported Boards For Ethereum”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 18, 2017 at 5:20pm
Radeon RX VEGA 56 versus GeForce GTX 1070 On August 14th, AMD announced three new graphics cards based on the ‘Vega’ GPU architecture: Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooled Edition, Radeon RX Vega 64 with Continue reading “AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 17, 2017 at 8:50pm
It looks like Intel has leaked some information about the successor to the 8th generation Intel Core processor series! Intel has a page up for a new series of processors called ‘Ice Lake’ described as Continue reading “Intel Ice Lake 10nm+ Processors Teased As Coming”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 17, 2017 at 2:05pm
Samsung Portable SSDs Get 64-Layer V-NAND Flash Samsung today announced their newest Portable Solid State Drive (PSSD), the Samsung Portable SSD T5. This portable SSD uses the latest 64-layer V-NAND technology and USB 3.1 Gen Continue reading “Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB and 2TB Performance Review”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 15, 2017 at 10:12pm
AMD Helps Ethereum Miners Keep Hashing Performance Stable AMD has finally released a video card driver for Radeon graphics cards that improves block chain performance! This driver was developed to improve the decreasing hashrate performance Continue reading “AMD’s New Mining Block Chain Optimized Driver Tested”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 15, 2017 at 4:28pm
Qualcomm has re-architected its Spectra Image Signal Processing (ISP) unit for the first time since it was introduced back in 2015 on the Snapdragon 820. Spectra was originally designed to increase the product-to-market time frames Continue reading “Qualcomm’s Spectra Active Depth-Sensing Camera Coming Soon”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 15, 2017 at 11:38am