Water cooling a system can be a daunting task if it’s something you have never attempted before. If you've built your own PC and felt comfortable doing that however, then taking that next step isn’t as hard as it seems. Today, we will showing you how to take a standard build and converting it over to a full soft tubing loop so you can see just how easy it can be!
Read More »Alleged AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT PCB diagram leaks out
There's still much to learn about the upcoming Radeon RX 7000 series, but as the release of the new GPUs approaches, rumours and leaks will become more frequent. Just yesterday, a PCB diagram of a Radeon RX 7900 XT card leaked, revealing some of the components on the graphics card.
Read More »Leo talks PC gaming, Arc graphics and Far Cry with Marcus Kennedy of Intel
Our man Leo is currently out in Israel visiting Intel and got a chance to sit down with Marcus Kennedy. Marcus has possibly the longest job title we have ever seen, as the General Manager of the Gaming, Creator and Esports Segment in the Client Computing Group at Intel Corporation. Leo and Marcus talk all things PC gaming, including Intel's strategy for game developers and studios, cloud gaming and Arc graphics.
Read More »Ubisoft is bumping up the price of new ‘AAA’ games to $70
Ahead of the PS5's launch, Sony announced plans to increase the cost of its first-party titles from $60 at launch to $70, pointing to the "rising cost of game development" as the primary reason. We've seen a few publishers jump on this new price standard already, including the likes of Take-Two and Square Enix. Now, Ubisoft is joining that growing list.
Read More »Gigabyte is planning 11 RTX 4090 models
It looks like Gigabyte is getting ready for the RTX 4090 launch. New listings on the EEC database point to eleven Gigabyte RTX 4090 models, including Aorus, Windforce, Gaming and Eagle versions.
Read More »Mystery GPU runs at 3GHz in Time Spy Extreme & scores 20K points, probably RTX 4090
A while ago we heard reports the RTX 4090 would score over 19K points in Time Spy Extreme. That was already a significantly higher score than the likes of the RTX 3090 Ti, but new screenshots have been uploaded of what is claimed to be the RTX 4090 running Time Spy Extreme, showing the GPU scoring just over 20K points...
Read More »Intel finally reveals full specs for its Arc Alchemist GPU lineup
After many months of speculation, rumours and reports, Intel has finally revealed what's under the hood of its yet unreleased Arc Alchemist Arc GPUs. We've known about the specifications of the A380 since it was first launched in China, but up until now we've been kept in the dark about the A580, A750 and A770...
Read More »Nvidia announces ‘GeForce Beyond Special Broadcast’ at GTC 2022
In the early hours of this morning, Nvidia's GeForce social media accounts posted a cryptic 'Project Beyond' teaser trailer. Now the company has announced that CEO Jensen Huang will kick off his GTC 2022 keynote with a dedicated GeForce 'Special Broadcast', with the RTX 40-series likely to be unveiled for the first time...
Read More »iPhone 14 Pro announced with ‘Dynamic Island’ camera cut-out
For months we have heard various leaks and rumours surrounding Apple’s iPhone 14/Pro, but the Cupertino-based company has now officially announced their latest and greatest generation of iPhones. While the 14 serves as a modest upgrade over last year’s model, the iPhone 14 Pro comes with a whole host of improvements and changes, including what Apple is calling ‘Dynamic Island’...
Read More »Is It Cake or GeForce? Nvidia Deals Week at OCUK
Nvidia approached us last week and posed the question - if they hired one of the UK's finest bakers, could we tell their cakes apart from the GeForce RTX 30 series? Today we put that theory to the test, and find out if it is cake, or if it is GeForce.
Read More »Leo Says Ep.65 – AMD Zen 4 is go, go, go
Luke gave us the low-down on AMD Zen 4 during his recent visit to Austin, Texas where the chips were officially announced. The fact of the matter is that AMD has been talking about Zen 4 for quite some while, so we now have the final pieces of the puzzle in place and are eagerly awaiting the launch date of 27th September...
Read More »Corsair Xeneon Flex OLED – hands-on with the bendy screen!
I had a chance to visit Corsair's UK HQ and get hands-on with the Xeneon Flex 45in OLED display. We spoke with Corsair about this new screen and asked them plenty of questions, including several submitted by our own readers and viewers. Want to know more about this rather bonkers monitor? We've got the answers...
Read More »Halo Infinite scraps local co-op, delays Season 3 to March
Halo Infinite's first year has been rough to say the least. Content droughts, progression system issues and delayed features have really soured the overall opinion of the game and unfortunately, 343 still hasn't managed to get on top of it.
Read More »Win a Gigabyte RX 6900 XT Gaming OC graphics card! (closed)
Entries close TONIGHT so don't miss out on your chance to win this RX 6900 XT graphics card!
Read More »AMD Details Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 and AM5 – Launch September 27th
AMD has today given more details on its upcoming Ryzen 7000 Series - Zen 4 - processors and the AM5 platform. Launching 27th September, the Ryzen 9 7950X flagship is touted as having a 29% faster core for gamers versus Ryzen 5000 Series whilst also enhancing power efficiency thanks to the application of TSMC's 5nm process node. Four chips launch on September 27th alongside DDR5- and PCIe 5.0-capable X-Series motherboards, with B-Series boards to follow-up in October.
Read More »Win a PC game of your choice this weekend! (closed)
Fancy winning a PC game of your choice this weekend? To celebrate the recent release of Spider-Man Remastered on PC, we are running a screenshot competition - all you need to do is show us your favourite in-game screenshot, and a winner will get a free game of their choice on us.
Read More »KitGuru Games: Insomniac’s Spider-Man reaches new heights on PC
Back in 2018, Insomniac Games impressed us all with the release of Marvel's Spider-Man for PS4. Even then in its graphically limited, 30FPS form, the game was something special. Now, Sony has brought the game over to PC, unlocking higher graphical settings, ray-tracing, and unlocked frame rates, allowing us to get the smoothest, high-fidelity gameplay possible. In today's KitGuru Games, we're going to be looking at the PC version to see if it delivers where it counts.
Read More »Corsair launches world’s first bendable OLED gaming display
Corsair has been making a name for itself in the monitor market recently with its Xeneon line of gaming displays. Today, Corsair revealed its most impressive display yet - the Corsair Xeneon Flex, a flexible OLED monitor that you can keep flat or bend into a curved display.
Read More »Asus showcases new AM5 motherboards at Gamescom
At Gamescom this week, we swung by Asus's massive ROG booth to get the low-down on upcoming hardware. AMD is currently gearing up to launch its Ryzen 7000 series processors soon, and motherboard makers are beginning to show off what they'll have available at launch. At the event, we got to see the first full set of Asus motherboards for AMD's next-gen CPUs.
Read More »PlayStation VR2 is launching in early 2023
Sony has been sporadically dropping details about the PlayStation VR2 all year long. In a surprise move, at 11PM last night, Sony announced that PlayStation VR2 is launching in early 2023.
Read More »UK lawsuit claims Sony owes £5 billion for ‘ripping off’ PlayStation gamers
It would seem that Sony has a new lawsuit to contend with, as the company is reportedly being sued in the UK for 'ripping off' PlayStation customers by as much as £5 billion.
Read More »Asus recalls ROG Maximus Z690 Hero motherboards over safety concerns
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.
Read More »Intel Arc A580 benchmarked in Ashes of the Singularity
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.
Read More »Thermaltake SWAFAN AMD Gaming System Build
Thermaltake's unique SWAFANs have swappable blades but are they any good for building a system? We find out.
Read More »You will no longer need a Facebook account for your Quest VR headset starting this month
Back in 2020, upon launching the Quest 2 headset, Meta made it a requirement that Facebook accounts be used to log in to the headset, a policy that caused a lot of issues and controversy at the time. Just one year later, the company changed its mind and began working on a new Facebook-less login system. It has been a while since the last update, but later this month, Facebook logins will no longer be required for VR headsets.
Read More »Modders are already teaming up to work on a big Starfield bug patch
With every major Bethesda game comes a flurry of mods and typically, one of the most installed mods is an unofficial patch that fixes bugs that have persisted in Creation Engine games. There were heavily-downloaded unofficial patches for Skyrim, Fallout 4 and soon, Starfield will join that list.
Read More »Win a new be quiet! 20th anniversary FX case and cooler bundle this month! (closed)
Today is your LAST DAY to enter our be quiet! 20th anniversary competition. There are five prizes up for grabs so get your last minute entries in!
Read More »Intel drops DX9 support for Arc and Xe GPUs in favour of an open-source workaround
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.
Read More »Intel benchmarks Arc A750 and RTX 3060 in 48 games at 1080p and 1440p
A few weeks ago, Intel shared the first gaming benchmark results for the Arc A750 graphics card. At the time, we only had performance comparisons between the A750 and RTX 3060 in five games, but now, Intel has benchmarked almost 50 titles and released the results today.
Read More »Microsoft claims Sony pays for ‘blocking rights’ to keep certain titles off of Game Pass
Just over a week ago, we learned the official opinions of Sony, Ubisoft, WB, Riot and other companies regarding Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Sony naturally had a lot to say and was particularly concerned with Microsoft's growing hold on the subscription market with Game Pass. Now, Microsoft has had a chance to respond, calling Sony for buying 'blocking rights' to keep certain games off of Xbox.
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