A new monitor from Asus has appeared on Taobao, a Taiwanese retail store. Part of the TUF Gaming family, the new VG279QM uses a IPS panel with a 280Hz refresh rate, clearly aimed at competitive gamers. This IPS panel measures 27 inches, a resolution of 1920×1080 and 1ms G2G response time. …

Gothic is an ARPG made by the German studio Piranha Bytes, which launched back in 2001. Earlier this year, THQ Nordic acquired the studio behind Gothic and the rights to the video game series from Piranha Bytes. Now, THQ Nordic has launched a playable teaser for a remake of Gothic, made using Unreal Engine 4. …

Silverstone is adding a new power supply to its already extensive portfolio. The upcoming ET700-MG is part of SilverStone's Essential Series, focusing on delivering the best price-to-performance possible. The SilverStone ET700-MG is certified with 80 Plus Gold efficiency. It also is fully modular and comes with flat black cables for …

Last week, Microsoft announced its new console platform, the Xbox Series X. This new console will use the “next generation RDNA” architecture (RDNA2) from AMD, which will have ray tracing and variable-rate shading (VRS).  Xbox Series X will use an SoC made by AMD, with a CPU component made of “Zen 2” …

After the launch of AMD's new Radeon RX 5500 XT, ASRock has launched its RX 5500 XT Phantom Gaming D 8G OC model. Similar to the Challenger OC we reviewed last week, this graphics card uses a twin-fan cooler, but with a different shroud design incorporating the company's signature Phantom Gaming aesthetic. …

AOC China has unveiled its latest addition to the AGON monitor family, with product details posted on its website. The monitor is the AOC AGON AG273FCZE, a 27-inch curved display with a whopping 240Hz refresh rate. The VA panel used in this monitor has a curvature of 1500R, a resolution of 1920 …

Pearl Abyss has released the mobile version of its acclaimed MMORPG, Black Desert. Initially available only on PC and later released for consoles, the game is available now on Android and iOS for free. The first tests ran in a handful of countries, such as Japan, Taiwan, and Korea, and …

Following yesterday's leak, a new listing of a Comet Lake processor has appeared in 3DMark's database. This listing shows a Core i5-10600, detailing some of its specifications, and new Z490 motherboard, the MSI Z490 Gaming Carbon. The entry of the new processor was reported by Twitter user momomo_us, who got …

A group of academics from different European universities have reported a new vulnerability for Intel processors, named Plundervolt. The report was made on June 7 2019, and Intel has already released firmware patches for this bug. Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions) uses enclaves, an isolated area, to protect sensitive computations. …

A new leak regarding the release date of Comet Lake-S CPUs and Z490 motherboards has been revealed. According to industry insiders, the upcoming Intel CPUs and respective motherboards will release in April 2020. Like any other rumour, this should be taken with a grain of salt. As usual, while the …

AOC is once again expanding its gaming monitor portfolio with new products. The new AOC CU34G2 and the AOC CU34G2X are both 34in ultrawide curved monitors, part of the gaming-oriented G2 series, but there's one key difference between the two. These two monitors have a 34-inch VA curved (1500R) display …

After the recent announcement of the Snapdragon 865, Qualcomm has unveiled its new 7c and 8c SOCs to the public. These SoCs will be joining the 8cx and will be used on premium, mainstream and entry-level notebook PCs. With these three products, Qualcomm is covering all “price points allowing partners …

The engineers at Intel Labs have created a cryogenic control chip, code-named Horse Ridge. This chip is a step in the right direction for the creation of the first commercially viable quantum computers. Horse Ridge will be able to manage multiple qubits (quantum bits) and define the next steps for …

TSMC has been in the news a fair bit recently, with updates regarding its process nodes advancements and financial investments. As reported by ChinaTimes, TSMC has over 50% yields on 5nm process node, outperforming the 7nm process back when it was at this stage. AMD, Apple and Huawei are expected to be …

The EV2460 and the EV2360 are the two latest additions to the EZIO's FlexScan lineup, the company's line of monitors aimed at business environments and for general-purpose usage. The FlexScan EV2360 is EIZO's smallest frameless model. Both these monitors come in black or white colour palette and use EcoView technologies. …

AMD's AIB partner HIS has developed a new series of graphics cards, the HIS Radeon RX 5700 XT Pink/Blue Army. These cards feature the previously used IceQ X² cooling system from the company and, as the name suggests, come in a blue or pink camouflage pattern. Both cards have a 2.5-slot …

The next-generation X670 chipset from AMD will be produced by a third-party, according to insider sources. These same sources also revealed that X670 would release in late 2020, alongside the 7nm+ Ryzen 4000 CPUs. The current X570 platform is manufactured in-house, by AMD, unlike the previous 300-series and 400-series motherboards. …

AOC has added two new entries to its AOC's AGON gaming lineup. There's the AGON AG493UCX, a 49-inch curved monitor that comes with a 32:9 aspect ratio, and the AGON AG323QCXE, a 32-inch curved monitor with a WQHD resolution. The AOC AGON AG493UCX has a 1800R curvature and uses a VA …

Sharkbay, a user from the PTTWeb forum, has posted what appears to be a list of specifications for Intel's upcoming Rocket Lake-S CPU. The successor to Comet Lake is currently rumoured to cap out at eight cores while using the 14nm process node. As with any rumour though, all of …

Samsung researchers have found a new way to create self-emissive QLED diodes that extends their lifespan and efficiency, but it's still not certain that displays with self-emissive diodes will come to the consumer market. Dr. Eunjoo Jang and Dr. Yu-Ho Won, both researchers at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, published a paper …

Following the growing ultrawide monitor trend, BenQ is expanding its DesignVue lineup with the BenQ PD3420Q Designer Monitor, aimed at multimedia professionals and content creators who need accurate colour representation for their work. On the outside, the PD3420Q is similar to the latest PD models from BenQ, with a borderless …

ASRock announced its new range of mini PCs, the Mars Series. These new compact PCs are targeted at users with limited space requirements that want a computing device with a small footprint. The ASRock Mars Series of mini PCs come in three models, each with a different processor: the Intel …

Yesterday, Codemasters announced the acquisition of Slightly Mad Studios, the developers behind the Project Cars series.  Codemasters had to pay $30 million upfront, “$25 million in cash, and $5 million in stock”,  to acquire the studio. Considering Slightly Mad's EBITDA over the next three years, this value can reach as high …

Cherry, a well-known manufacturer of computer input devices and mechanical switches, has announced the release of its new keyboard, the Secure Board 1.0. This keyboard was designed with security in mind, introducing various security features to reduce risks and threats to its users. The Secure Board 1.0 comes with a …

While Nvidia may still announce the 2080 Ti SUPER, it seems some people don't want to wait for that to happen...

Intel has launched its second generation QLC 3D NAND SSDs, succeeding the 660p series with the 665p series. The new Intel SSD 665p series is the “first 96-layer QLC-based PCIe SSD” to be manufactured. The 665p series comes with in a 1TB or 2TB capacity, offering “great value for everyday …

Nvidia has expanded its lineup of datacenter graphics card with the new Tesla V100s. This new GPU is designed for AI acceleration, high performance computing (HPC), data science and graphics, much like the previously released Tesla V100, which was hailed by the company as the most advanced datacenter graphics card. …

G.Skill has announced its new quad-channel memory kits for HEDT platforms, both Intel X299 and AMD TRX40, with capacities of 64GB DDR4 RAM and 256GB DDR4 RAM. The 256GB memory kits use high-density 32GB modules, maximising the amount of RAM in your system. There is a total of four memory kits …

Yesterday, Corsair announced a set of components that have been validated to work in a 3rd Gen AMD Threadripper build, just in time for the new Threadripper processors' release. All of these components were tested and validated to work with the new HEDT CPUs. Readying for the new AMD Threadripper …

A couple of weeks ago, we covered the leak of Sony's patent for what looked like a new game cartridge. Now, we have information to which system this new cartridge is for – Toio. This is a console designed for children and is currently available in Japan only. After the …