AMD released the following statement regarding the Radeon RX 480 drawing excess current from the PCIe bus. They promised an update on July 5th, but we didn’t get it until 12:20am ET and was sound Continue reading “AMD Driver Update for RX 480 To Fix Power Issue – Radeon Software 16.7.1 Coming in 48 Hours”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 6, 2016 at 11:43am
Legit Reviews let the world know that when the AMD Radeon RX 480 video card launched that all at-launch RX 480 cards had 8GB of memory on them due to a number of reasons. It Continue reading “AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB vBIOS Now Available – Flash Your 4GB Card to 8GB!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 6, 2016 at 1:07am
We missed it due to the 4th of July holiday in the US, but images of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition graphics card leaked out yesterday! The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 images that Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Video Card Pictures Leaked”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 6, 2016 at 12:59am
X2 introduces the RINDJA gaming chassis series Maarheeze, The Netherlands, 05 July 2016. An accompaniment for all the computer gamers, X2 proudly presents the astounding RINDJA. The all new RINDJA 8020 full-tower pc enclosure is Continue reading “X2 RINDJA 8020 Full Tower Gaming Case Announced”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 5, 2016 at 6:41pm
GIGABYTE, Intel and Corsair Press Update June 2016 For those of us that were not fortunate enough to attend Computex 2016, Gigabyte, Intel and Corsair held a private press event. At this event, they went Continue reading “Gigabyte, Intel and Corsair Summer Press Event Highlights”. …more
By Steven Kean •
Jul. 5, 2016 at 2:33pm
ASUS has just released a video for their new ROG (Republic of Gamers) Ranger Backpack. The Ranger Backpack will provide gamers, students, and enthusiasts the convenience of storing all their gear within a single bag. Continue reading “ASUS announces new ROG Ranger Backpack”. …more
By Immanuel Decano •
Jul. 5, 2016 at 2:15pm
The AMD Radeon RX 480 has already proven itself to be an affordable solution for 1080P and 1440P gaming displays in our launch review and then later when we looked at 4GB versus 8GB frame Continue reading “AMD Radeon RX 480 Undervolting Performance”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 4, 2016 at 1:51pm
The Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro OC 8GB is listed up on Overclockers UK and should be widely available later this month. This is Sapphires first custom Radeon RX 480 cards and for the time Continue reading “Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro OC 8GB Video Card Pictured”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 3, 2016 at 8:34pm
AMD has been looking into the power concerns on the Radeon RX 480 graphics card since concerns over power were brought to light and up and it appears that they were able to replicate it Continue reading “AMD Issues Statement on Radeon RX 480 Power Concerns”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 2, 2016 at 11:35am
There are a number of gamers that are claiming that the AMD Radeon RX 480 is killing their motherboards due to overdrawing power on the x16 PCIe slot. Some of the failed board reports are Continue reading “Is The Radeon RX 480 Pulling Too Much PCIe Power And Killing Motherboards?”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 1, 2016 at 9:09pm
Meet the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX OC video card that has come to market under part number GV-N1070IXOC-8GD. This card measures in at just 6.7-inches in length (17cm) and still manages to fit Continue reading “Gigabyte’s GeForce GTX 1070 Mini ITX OC Video Card Looks Mighty”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 1, 2016 at 2:33pm
Performance and specification slides have been leaked out by VideoCardz! The slides show that the upcoming NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 will have ‘the power of GTX 980 for every gamer’ and that it is coming Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Video Card Specifications Leaked – Faster than Radeon RX 480”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jul. 1, 2016 at 12:15pm
4GB versus 8GB of Memory on the Radeon RX 480 Yesterday we took an in-depth look at the new AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB reference card and found that it was a great card for Continue reading “AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB versus Radeon RX 480 8GB”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 30, 2016 at 4:45pm
SteelSeries Celebrates 15 Years of Gaming Innovation with Massive Giveaway Birthday extravaganza featuring $40,000 in prizes CHICAGO June 29, 2016 SteelSeries, a leader and innovator in gaming peripherals, celebrates 15 years of gaming innovation with Continue reading “SteelSeries is Giving Away Prizes for their 15 Year Anniversary!”. …more
By Immanuel Decano •
Jun. 29, 2016 at 6:02pm
Want in on a little secret? AMD and their board partners had some problems sourcing enough 8Gbps GDDR5 memory for the Radeon RX 480 launch today. That caused AMD to lower the clock speeds at Continue reading “AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB Video Cards At-Launch Have 8GB of Memory”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 29, 2016 at 2:51pm