We're days away from AMD properly unveiling its new Ryzen 7000 series processors. Some samples already seem to be out in the wild, leading to benchmark leaks. In a recent leak, we get Cinebench R23 results for the Ryzen 7 7700X and the Ryzen 5 7600X, showing significant gains over …

Recently, a retailer leaked what looked to be the full launch line-up for AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7000 series CPUs. Now, two retailers have leaked Intel's launch line-up for its 13th Gen Core “Raptor Lake” processors.  The listings found by @momomo_us (1, 2) on two different Canadian store websites suggest the …

Rumours have pointed to an October launch for the first RTX 40 series graphics cards and today, Nvidia announced plans to unveil its next-gen GPU architecture at GTC in September. Previous rumours have indicated that the RTX 4090 will launch first, and according to new sources, production has already begun.  …

A leaker has recently shared what may well be the first Cinebench R20 results for the Ryzen 7 7700X. As expected, the upcoming CPU was considerably faster than its predecessors, scoring 20% higher than the Ryzen 5000 series flagship in the single-core test. The CB R20 results shared by Extreme …

While the rumoured specifications of the RTX 4090 seem more or less set in stone, that has not been the case with the RTX 4070 and 4080, both of which appear to have had several revisions already. The RTX 4080 specs were recently updated again, and this time, it looks …

A few years ago, Funcom obtained the rights to make three games based on Dune. We've already seen the release of Dune: Spice Wars and now, at Gamescom, Funcom has unveiled its next game – Dune: Awakening, a new survival MMO set in the Dune universe.  The new trailer comes …

Earlier this year, rumours claimed that Sony was working on its own ‘Pro' version of the DualSense controller, similarly to Microsoft's Xbox Elite controller. This week at Gamescom, Sony officially unveiled the DualSense Edge, a high-end version of the controller with more buttons and customisation options.  As you may expect …

VESA announced a new certification to evaluate the motion blur performance of virtually any LCD and emissive display products. Called ClearMR, this specification has its own logo program, so monitor makers will need to submit their new and old models to a certification test. The new metric created to evaluate …

If you're a fan of Lord of the Rings, there's a chance you're going to like Drop's new keyboards. In collaboration with Middle-earth Enterprises, the company has just announced the first-ever official LOTR-themed keyboards, featuring keycaps in either dwarvish or elvish, themed colours and Holy Panda X mechanical switches. Drop …

Spider-Man Remastered has been out on PC for a little while now and the game has been well received so far. Not only did the game garner positive reviews for the PC version, but it has also gone on to become PlayStation's fastest-selling PC title in the UK, beating out …

Intel has used the same design for the NUC Extreme Compute Element for some time, but a new photo suggests some radical changes will be in place for the upcoming Raptor Lake-based NUX 13 Extreme.  A leaked roadmap shared over a month ago suggested Raptor Canyon, Intel's next-gen NUC, would …

By now, it's clear that Meteor Lake will bring many architectural changes over Raptor Lake. Unlike the latter, which is basically a revised version of Alder Lake, Meteor Lake will have new components, including a VPU (Versatile Processing Unit) for AI workloads and likely a new integrated graphics architecture. Intel …

Back in January, Ubisoft announced it would bring its Ubisoft+ subscription service to the Xbox platform. Seven months have passed since then, and we are still waiting for Ubisoft+ to arrive, but new evidence suggests launch is just around the corner. Twitter user @ALumia_Italia is known for datamining and sharing interesting …

The AMD X670 and X670E chipsets were announced earlier this month, with each of the leading manufacturers showcasing their flagship models. Asus was at this event, where it introduced the ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme and X670E Hero motherboards. However, the company has plans to launch other boards, including the ROG …

Intel is expected to reveal the 13th generation of Core series desktop processors fairly soon, but we're already seeing leaks surfacing across the web. This time around, a leaker has revealed what looks to be the full launch line-up for Raptor Lake on desktop.  Over on Bilibili, ExtremePlayer (via VideoCardz) …

ASUS has issued a recall through the US Consumer Products Safety Commission, asking consumers and retailers to send back their ROG Maximus Z690 Hero motherboards due to a misplaced memory capacitor. Due to the error, the capacitor poses a fire risk, leading to the recall of roughly 10,000 units in the US. 

Dell Alienware has recently unveiled two new high-refresh-rate gaming monitors. If you prefer a higher refresh rate over resolution, the AW2523HF is the one to go for. If you choose to sacrifice some Hz to increase the resolution, then you'll likely pick the AW2723DF. Starting with the smaller of the …

Intel has new high-performance HX laptop CPUs on the way. Recently, an unannounced 13th Gen Core i5-13600HX was spotted in a database, suggesting that engineering samples are now being circulated for testing.  The BAPCo entry shared by @momomo_us shows the unreleased processor will pack 14x cores and 20x threads, meaning …

Intel already launched an Arc A300 series desktop GPU and is currently focused on spreading the word on the A700 series. There is a middle ground here that Intel hasn't spoke about much - the A500 series. The Ashes of the Singularity benchmark database was recently updated with results for the Arc A580. 

Fractal Design is finally updating the Focus case. The new Focus 2 promises to deliver good airflow in a straightforward, easy to build in chassis, with an affordable price tag to boot.  The new Fractal Design Focus 2 is the company's entry-level chassis, offering what it considers to be the …

With two more platforms supporting the PCIe 5.0 standard coming over the next few months, Corsair has decided it was time to start teasing its fastest SSD to date, the MP700. This will be Corsair's first PCIe 5.0 SSD and the company is aiming high, with plans to reach 10,000 …

Earlier this week, AMD announced that it will be holding its Ryzen 7000 launch event this month, matching what we've previously heard through rumours. It was also expected that Ryzen 7000 CPUs would be available by mid-September, but this has apparently shifted to late September. According to one reviewer, this …

There has been a huge rise in the number of large gaming displays in recent years and Samsung may have just revealed the most impressive one yet. The new Odyssey Ark is a massive, 55-inch gaming display with Quantum HDR 2000, a 165Hz refresh rate and a very capable stand, …

It's starting to look like September will be a good month to get a current-gen graphics card. New reports claim AMD and Nvidia will reduce the prices of their graphics cards, just in time to make room for new-gen GPUs.  The prices of GPUs have been steadily dropping since early …

Intel's first desktop Arc Alchemist GPU, the A380, has been available in China for a while now, but had not launched elsewhere. That is finally starting to change, with the ASRock Arc A380 Challenger ITX graphics card set to arrive in the US starting this month.  Newegg recently began listing …

In January of this year, Nvidia introduced the RTX 3080 12GB, a slightly more powerful RTX 3080 with more memory and a small bump in CUDA cores. Back then, Nvidia launched this SKU to create an alternative to the RTX 3090, which was too expensive to produce at the time. …

DXRacer will soon launch new models of its Air and Master series gaming chairs. In addition to a revamp to the Master series with its 2023 model, there will also be a Pro variant of the DXRacer Air.  Starting with the 2023 Master model, this gaming chair is supposed to …

It seems it will take a bit longer than expected to see Ryzen 7000 CPUs in action. According to a new rumour, the launch has been postponed by a couple of weeks, with availability now apparently planned for late September.  There was already plenty of proof that AMD would reveal its …

We seem to be rapidly approaching launch for AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7000 desktop processors and the first 600 series motherboards. Ahead of AMD's official unveiling, retailers have begun listing multiple processors and X670 motherboards online complete with pricing.  The listings are no longer online, but they were shared by @momomo_us. Looking …

Intel appears to be having trouble with DX9 on its new, modern GPUs. As a result, Intel is changing things up and will drop DirectX 9 support on Arc and Xe GPUs, and will instead use an open-source mapping layer to emulate DX9 using DX12.