We’ve been talking about the limited edition Intel Core i7-8086K 6-core 5GHz processor lately, but Intel caught many off guard today by showing a 28-core CPU running at on a single socket platform at Computex 2018. Gregory Bryant, SVP and GM of Intel Client Computing Group, demoed the 28-core processor running at an impressive 5GHz on …more
Apple has announced the deprecation of OpenGL and OpenCL! Apps built using OpenGL and OpenCL will still work in macOS 10.14 Mojave, but this is the beginning of a grace period for transitioning from those two APIs and to newer and more modern replacements. Deprecated APIs may be removed entirely from a future version of the operating system. This …more
ASUS is looking to raise the bar when it comes to mobile gaming with the introduction of the ROG Phone. The ASUS ROG Phone needed to be powered by a powerful processor to ensure the ROG Phone’s 6.0-inch 2160×1080 HDR AMOLED gets silky smooth frame rates as it has a 90Hz refresh rate and a 1ms response …more
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang hosted a Computex 2018 media event and was asked during the open Q&A session about the launch date for the next GeForce graphics card series. Many think this will be kicked off with the launch of the GeForce GTX 1180. According to rumors from Toms Hardware, the GTX 1180 is going …more
For a limited time, when you purchase select EVGA Power Supply your warranty length will automatically be extended by an additional 2 Years for free! That means you can get up to a 12 Year Warranty! This upgrade applies to the EVGA Power Supplies listed below that were purchased on or after June 5th, 2018. …more
Acer is rolling out some of its slick gaming computer systems at Computex 2018. Among the hardware is the Predator Helios 500 (PH517-61) gaming laptop. That machine packs in the latest Ryzen processor and Radeon RX graphics. The Ryzen 7 7200 CPU has eight cores and 16 threads and works with the RX Vega GPU …more
EVGA is showing off a new semi-closed loop liquid nitrogen cooling setup at Computex 2018 that was created by Vince “KINGPIN” Lucido and Illya “TiN” Tsemenko that looks like it will change liquid nitrogen (LN2) overclocking forever. The pair of EVGA employees became tired of how labor intensive extreme overclocking is as you constantly have to monitor …more
Sony split off the VAIO laptop range four years ago now and we haven’t heard much from VAIO since then. At Computex 2018 VAIO a new range of notebooks that it is tossing into the limelight. The machines all fall into the S Series and are Intel-powered machines reports MSpoweruser. As you would expect with …more
Grand Theft Auto fans will have a new backward-compatible game for the Xbox One game console to enjoy come June 7. The new game is GTA: San Andreas and the version coming to the Xbox One is the Xbox 360 flavor. That means that ownership and cloud saves will transfer over. If you played the …more
Assassin’s Creed fans have something to look forward to at E3 when it kicks off. Ubisoft has confirmed a new game in the franchise for E3 unveil and the game is called Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. The name of the game and its logo had leaked previously so Ubi just confirmed the title before the E3 …more
Developer Sumo Digital has confirmed that it is working with Sega on a game that Mario Kart fans should be excited about. The game is called Team Sonic Racing and it was first tipped by toymakers letting details leak out than then Walmart also leaked details on the game. Along with the confirmation is word …more
Last December we talked about what was then called the Ataribox, the retro gaming console from Atari. The console was set to go up for preorder in mid-December, but that never happened. Somewhere along the way, Atari decided to change the name to Atari VCS and if you want one, pre-orders are finally open. There …more
Legit Reviews attended an Intel Data Center Group (DCG) tech briefing this morning where Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory was announced. Intel Optane DC persistent memory is a new class of memory and storage technology architected specifically for use in the data center, where more and faster memory is needed to drive innovation. Intel Optane DC …more
The AMD Radeon Technologies Group has released Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.5.2. This release contains support for the launch of Budget Cuts as well as updates to stability with new end user issue fixes. It looks like Budget Cuts just announced a delay today, but AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.5.2 drivers are still being released since they …more