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EKWB is continuing to roll out new and updated D-RGB enabled products, this time around the company has launched the EK-Quantum Vector Strix RX 5700 +XT D-RGB water block for Asus ROG Strix versions of the AMD Radeon RX 5700 and 5700 XT graphics cards. The new EK-Quantum Vector Strix …

The 2019 game release calendar is winding down but before Nvidia's engineers wrap up for the holidays, we have a driver update with support for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries and Detroit: Become Human. The latest driver also expands the number of ‘G-Sync Compatible' monitors, with the list now including 60 displays. …

Extracting the best possible performance from the GPU inside a PC requires great software. AMD has been improving its Radeon Software for many years and since 2015 we have not only seen new features added but also improved performance and stability too. Since AMD moved away from the Catalyst Control …

Qualcomm has officially detailed its latest Snapdragon 865 5G Mobile Platform that combines the world’s most advanced 5G Modem RF system and mobile platform, to deliver unrivalled performance for next-generation flagship smartphones and mobile devices. At the annual Snapdragon Summit this week, Qualcomm announced its new Snapdragon 865 platform and …

DirectX 12 was recently updated with Variable-Rate Shading (VRS), giving developers the ability to improve performance by reducing the level of details in parts of a frame where you are unlikely to notice an impact on image quality. In August, UL Benchmarks added a VRS-specific test to 3DMark, utilising Tier-1 …

It's a feature-rich, high end GTX 1650 SUPER... but is it just too expensive?

AMD has announced it will be deploying an open ecosystem to enable OEMs to create custom, high-performance Mini PCs powered by Ryzen Embedded V1000 and R1000 processors. The new ecosystem will deliver mini PCs for industrial, media and enterprise markets. ASRock Industrial, EEPD, OnLogic and Simply NUC will be the …

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 …

With a rise in popularity of streaming platforms like Twitch and so many people turning to YouTube to broadcast their skills, products aimed at content creation is becoming a large and lucrative market for hardware manufacturers. Gigabyte has a whole host of products available for the growing community of content …

Many of the latest PC chassis' coming to market seem to feature vertical GPU mounting and it is often the case that the chassis does not include all the hardware required for mounting the graphics card in the vertical position. Asus has launched a new product that will help users …

Hardcore gamers' dreams of a white Christmas may have just come true since Asus has officially launched its ROG Strix RTX 2080 Ti White Edition graphics card, with an all-white appearance and the oomph of the Nvidia 2080 Ti GPU core. The new ROG Strix RTX 2080 Ti is lavished …

In late 2017 and over 2018, Intel went on quite the hiring spree for its graphics division. Raja Koduri switched over from AMD to begin developing the Intel Xe discrete GPU architecture, while Chris Hook left AMD's marketing division to help Intel's GPU marketing. Now, there seems to have been …

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

As far as custom RX 5700 XT's go, Sapphire's NITRO+ edition has been one of the best so far but there are still more improvements to come. Today, the Sapphire RX 5700 XT NITRO+ Special Edition has been announced, bringing impressive boost clock speeds, overclocked memory and ARGB fans. With …

Nvidia may have conceded defeat in the variable refresh rate battle, as the company has announced it will open up its G-sync capable monitors to support variable refresh rate over HDMI, enabling the use of the technology with AMD graphics cards on G-sync monitors. Back in January, Nvidia announced that …

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. …

We are just one week away from Halo: Reach coming to PC after a lengthy stint as an Xbox exclusive title. In preparation for the big release, Nvidia has begun rolling out the Game Ready driver with optimisations. In addition, Quake II RTX has had an upgrade to further improve …

Based on the new Navi architecture, could the W5700 prove a compelling purchase for professionals?

Over the past few weeks, EK Water Blocks has been adding new D-RGB enabled GPU water blocks and other custom cooling products to its line-up. EKWB has now announced another D-RGB GPU block specifically designed for the Asus Dual RTX EVO series graphics cards. EKWB has been updating its current …

While Intel is set to become the world's highest-selling chipmaker once again this year, other areas of the hardware market are also doing very well in 2019. Over the course of the year, the GPU market has begun to rise, with discrete graphics cards in particular now found in 32.1% …

Over the last six months or so, Nvidia has been rolling out the ‘SUPER' series of graphics cards, offering some improvements over the original RTX 20-series GPUs and even the GTX 16-series. Currently, the RTX SUPER series tops out at the RTX 2080 Super, but rumours about an RTX 2080 …

EK water blocks is back with another new D-RGB enabled product. The EK-Quantum Vector FTW3 D-RGB water block is specifically designed for the EVGA RTX FTW3 2080/2080 Ti series graphics cards based on the Nvidia Turing GPU. The new EK-Quantum Vector FTW3 D-RGB water blocks utilise EK’s signature single slot …

GTX 1650 SUPER has launched today, and we unbox the ASUS ROG Strix model...

Tile-based rendering isn't new to NVIDIA GPUs, but tile-based rendering in multi-GPU systems is another thing- and it looks like the building blocks are already secretly in place in Nvidia's drivers.

EKWB is expanding its line of D-RGB capable, custom cooling products with more full cover GPU water blocks for specific graphics cards. The EK-Quantum range already covers many of the popular graphics cards available, however, the company has now added another one to its list. EK water blocks has announced …

Could we see three new Super GPUs for laptops as early as next year?

It's ASRock's flagship RX 5700 XT, priced at £470 - but are better options out there?

Those of you that have been experiencing graphical stuttering and stalling issues with Red Dead Redemption 2 will be glad to hear that Nvidia has released a Hotfix driver update to combat the problem. Only just at the weekend, we found out that Rockstar Games had issued a temporary workaround …

Those of you waiting for AMD’s next big GPU reveal will be happy to hear that the company has announced a new graphics card is launching this year. However, this will not be the high-end consumer desktop card previously referred to as the ‘Nvidia Killer' but a GPU for the …

According to leaker Wjm47196, AMD will unveil a new RDNA 2 Navi GPU at CES 2020. This leak comes alongside other rumours regarding the current Threadripper CPUs, the Radeon GPU lineup, and a new line of workstation products. Based on the information posted on Chiphell, AMD will use CES 2020 to …