AMD released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive 17.8.1 for you to download. The new driver update brings support for Radeon RX Vega Series Graphics, Quake Champions and Early Access Agents of Mayhem. Also a number of big fixes have been adressed. more info on our download pages.

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At it's online press room some new info was posted on Coffee lake (8th gen) processors. Among the things posted are a couple of box shots of the upcoming 8th generation processor, which lists some info.

Intel has released some die shot photos of their latest Kaby Lake-R processors. This news-item has been updated as initially I figured the photos to be Coffee lake with up-to 6 cores, however the photos released clearly show todays released and announced 4-core parts.

Corsair today announced an exclusive OEM partnership with Lenovo to bring performance, overclockable memory to Lenovo’s range of gaming PCs. Combining CORSAIR’s deep engineering expertize in performance memory with Lenovo’s high-performance gaming PC design, CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX high-performance DDR4 memory will be available as an optional performance upgrade for the new Lenovo Legion Y920 Tower.

Samsung, by mistake, posted the product page of the phablet Galaxy Note 8 online. The page has been made offline again. Screen shots show a 64GB version of the phone as well as listing a number of features like the S Pen and the Bixby assistant.

Intel today announces its 8th generation Core processors mobile procs first, but desktop CPU later. Intel launches U model processors for laptops, in quad-core models. A total of four Core i5 and Core i7 8xxxU are being released.

Gigabyte launched its Aorus AC300W Chassis. The casing is tagged VR ready and comes with customizable RGB Fusion functionality.

Over at the Compubench and GFXBench databases some new entries appeared for what likely is the name of Radeon Vega 10, a mobile graphics codename. Two units appeared in the database one with 8 and the other with 11 Compute Units.

Qualcomm has announced its Falkor CPU core, a processor architecture intended for CPUs in data-centers. Though little info is given, this seems to be based upon an ARMv8-processor with 48 cores fabbed at 10nm.

These are  ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:

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No Man's Sky
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Prey
Total War: WARHAMMER II
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Grand Theft Auto V
H1Z1: King of the Kill
Football Manager 2017
LawBreakers

BioWare sends woird that its single player of Mass Effect: Andromeda will not get any new patches and DLC, contrary to the multiplayer version though.

If all pre-announcements and rumors have been right, tomorrow Intel will announce their 8th gen Core desktop processors. In Canada at an etailer called PC Canada, the prices have leaked.

Thermaltake today launched the View 71 Tempered Glass RGB Edition Full Tower Chassis and the View 71 Tempered Glass Edition Full Tower Chassis. The View 71 TG Series features superior performance and expandability with a beautiful case design.

Creative will be showcasing its latest next generation sound card for the first time in Europe at gamescom, the Sound BlasterX AE-5. The Sound BlasterX AE-5 delivers audio performance with custom-designed Xamp – a discrete headphone amplifier that powers each channel individually, coupled with a 122dB 32-bit/384kHz ESS Sabre DAC, audiophile-grade components.

Intel at the moment is trying to create a bit of a viral, they do not talk to media about their Skylake-X series mega-core processors, they did however seed pro-overclockers with 16-core samples. 

Swiftech announced their Komodo waterblock for AMD Radeon RX Vega graphic cards. The Komodo RX (LE and ECO) Vega full cover waterblocks compatible with AMD’s Radeon RX Vega and Frontier reference PCB design cards. 

Ubisoft released a brand new video of Assassin’s Creed Origins, showing combat gameplay and having Game Dirdctor Ashraf Ismail explain how it’ll work. Assassin’s Creed Origins will launch for PS4, Xbox One and PC on October 27th.