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 •
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
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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
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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
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The opportunity has come for serious Overwatch players to dish out damage against each other in the new Competitive Play mode (released in an update on 28 June 2016). Competitive Play mode is available to Continue reading “Overwatch’s Competitive Play Released in New Update!”. …more
By Immanuel Decano •
We all knew the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card was coming, but did anyone know it might be here next month? This would be great news as NVIDIA is facing supply issues on the Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition Video Card Pictured”. …more
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The AMD Radeon RX 480 graphics card is getting ready to launch and just like all video card launches a handful of sits are leaking out information about the new features to get a boost Continue reading “AMD OverDrive Replaced by AMD WattMan Technology”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Steam launched their Summer Sale of 2016 on June 23 and you have until July 4th, 2016 at 10pm PDT to get in on the specials. One of the two (summer and winter sales) largest Continue reading “Steam Summer Sale 2016 Has Started!”. …more
By Immanuel Decano •
Futuremark has released the first official trailer and screenshots from 3DMark Time Spy, their latest DirectX 12 benchmark test. With its pure DirectX 12 engine, built from the ground up to support new features like Continue reading “Futuremark Releases Trailer For 3DMark Time Spy DirectX 12 Benchmark”. …more
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Raja Koduri, Senior VP and Chief Architect at AMDs Radeon Technology Group (RTG) has posted images about his trip to Shanghai on Twitter. The images and associated text make it clear that he is there Continue reading “AMD Radeon Vega 10 Coming Along Nicely – Raja Koduri Celebrates in China!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Our AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB reference card has shown up for testing! We got the card this morning, gave it a quick photo shoot in the light box and and already have it running Continue reading “First Look At The AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB Video Card”. …more
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Newegg made the listing live for VisionTek’s AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB video card a bit too soon and a reader noticed it and grabbed a screenshot before it was pulled down. The listing was Continue reading “AMD Radeon RX 480 Clock Speeds and Card Listed On Newegg By Accident”. …more
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ASUS and MSI were accused of sending out NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTX 1070 video cards to the media that weren’t the same as the retail versions that consumers can buy in the Continue reading “ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Press Samples Sent in OC Mode”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Earlier this week at E3 the folks over at Alienware showed off an early design of their portable VR-ready PC that is built into a fairly slick-looking backpack. Legit Reviews got a chance to see Continue reading “Alienware’s Mobile VR Backpack The Future Of PC Gaming?”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Alienware promoted their Area-51 Gaming PC among other products at their station during E3 2016. The Area-51 is a high end gaming PC which features Intel’s i7 processor with each model in the line starting Continue reading “Alienware Displays Area-51 Desktop Gaming PC at E3 2016”. …more
By Immanuel Decano •