Guide: Guru3D PC Buyers Guide Autumn 2018

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/15/2018 01:32 PM | 13 comment(s) ]

The leaves are getting brown and rusty, Welcome, all to the autumn 2018 edition of Guru3D's PC Buyer's Guide. With the changing PC landscape, we've overhauled the buyers guide into five categories. So if you need some assistance in choosing the right components for your build, have a read.

You can read the guide right here.

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Dell Releases Dual Quad HD (5120x1440) UltraSharp 49 Curved Monitor and others

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/15/2018 04:49 PM | 0 comment(s) ]

The super-wide Dell 49-inch dual QHD Curved Monitor (U4919DW) delivers a rather immersive experience that can replace two of your traditional 27-inch QHD displays. With an ultrawide 32:9 aspect ratio and a total resolution of 5120 x 1440, the Dell IPS display allows you to view more content

AMD Radeon RX 590 Spotted in 3DMark Time Spy?

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/15/2018 03:35 PM | 13 comment(s) ]

Man, what are the odds of that, an Alleged AMD Radeon RX 590 has surfaced in the 3DMark results browser 24 hours prior to an NVIDIA RTX 2070 Embargo? The 12nm Polaris is gossipped to be released soon and is the same Polaris, yet fabbed on a smaller 12nm node and thus it'll get some extra frequency on the clocks.

NVIDIA Shows Lunar Landing demo with RTX Real-Time Ray Tracing

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/15/2018 02:39 PM | 13 comment(s) ]

It’s been almost fifty years since the Apollo 11 moon landing, and the controversy of its staging followed it for many decades after. Four years ago, using Maxwell GPU technology, NVIDIA addressed the controversy by showing how it would have been impossible to stage.

FMA4 instruction set hidden, but is working on AMD Zen processors

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/15/2018 11:06 AM | 9 comment(s) ]

In an interesting find, it has been discovered that AMD processors based on ZEN architecture actually support the latest iteration of FMA, the FMA4-instruction set. The theory is that the FMA3 supplement instruction set would have been disabled for unknown reasons, however as it seems, it at the very least is partially working and active.

Numerous fake Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 graphics cards sold on Ebay

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/15/2018 08:54 AM | 13 comment(s) ]

Fake versions of Nvidia graphics cards are currently being offered on eBay at rather low prices (which should be your first hint), a report by c't uncovers quite a bit. Chinese traders mark old Fermi graphics chips as GeForce GTX 1060.

Turtle Beach has announced its flagship Elite Pro 2 + SuperAmp

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/15/2018 08:39 AM | 0 comment(s) ]

Turtle Beach has announced its flagship Elite Pro 2 + SuperAmp Pro Performance Gaming Audio Systems for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 have started hitting retail stores. Developed in collaboration with top pro esports teams, including OpTic Gaming, Splyce, and the Houston Outlaws.

Gigabyte XCC Ready Motherboard Opens New Opportunities For Multi-Core Processors

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/15/2018 08:35 AM | 1 comment(s) ]

Gigabyte teamed up with Inte® to successfully overclock the Intel Extreme Core Count (XCC) processor past 5GHz across all cores during an Intel Keynote. Even without liquid nitrogen (LN2) cooling, the combination of a GIGABYTE motherboard and Intel XCC processor managed to shatter records for single processor socket overclocking.

Updated: MSI RTX 2070 cards surface, Armor and triple-fan models

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/15/2018 08:32 AM | 12 comment(s) ]

MSI now has officially announced its line of GeForce RTX 2070 cards. There will be three Gaming models with Armor, Aero and Duke versions.

Facebook Seeks to Place Video Cameras in Your Private Space

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/15/2018 08:31 AM | 13 comment(s) ]

Like the Echo, the Portal is powered by Amazon, so advanced features we are used to accessing on our digital assistants are accessed with "Hey Alexa". Facebook's hand in the Portal lies in its main feature: video calls. Available in two sizes, the Portal acts as a centrepiece of connectivity in our homes, enabling users to connect with friends and family seamlessly with great ease.

Steam Steam Weekly Top Selling Titles October 15th 2018

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/15/2018 08:31 AM | 0 comment(s) ]

Here's an update of the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:

Assassin's Creed Odyssey
MONSTER HUNTER: WORLD
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Grand Theft Auto V
中国式家长 / Chinese Parents
太吾绘卷 The Scroll Of Taiwu
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Frostpunk
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen & Tactical Legacy Pack

DRAM and NAND Flash Products to See Price Decline in 4Q18 and 2019

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/12/2018 02:24 PM | 21 comment(s) ]

Good news for consumers, at least if it turns out to be correct, but the DRamExchange has a new Q4 prediction for NAND and DRAM prices. DRAM products are expected to see a decline by 5% or more QoQ in 4Q18, terminating the super cycle of price growth for nine consecutive quarters.

EA is working on the remaster of Command & Conquer

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/12/2018 02:19 PM | 49 comment(s) ]

Can you believe it's been nearly 25 years since the original was released? EA will be developing a remaster of the strategy game Command & Conquer, in honor of the upcoming 25th anniversary of the game.

Review: TeamGroup MP32 M2 NVMe 480GB SSD

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/12/2018 07:38 AM | 2 comment(s) ]

We review the TeamGroup MP32 256GB M2 NVMe SSD. With this Phison 5008-E8 controller based product and Toshiba NAND, the company releases an affordable M2 NVMe SSD. The performance is wat faster than your normal SATA3 SSD, but restricted by making use of just x2 lanes PCIe Gen 3.0. That does not mean this is a slow product though if you can settle for 1500 MB/s reads and 800 MB/sec writes, this might be a well worth SSD.

Read the full review here.

Cooler Master Debuts the World’s First Analog Keypad (via Kickstarter)

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/12/2018 06:59 AM | 27 comment(s) ]

Alright first this, I don't get it? Why does a company with plenty enough cash flow need to create cash flow from a Kickstarter in the first place? Anyway, they announce the debut of ControlPad, the world’s first PC keypad with analog Aimpad technology, designed for gamers, content creators, musicians, and more.

Synology Demos New Mesh Router and Enterprise Data Backup Solution

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/12/2018 06:54 AM | 0 comment(s) ]

Synology unveiled the company's latest hardware and software innovations at their annual event Synology 2019 in New York. Synology debuted its first mesh Wi-Fi router, MR2200ac, along with the updated Synology Router Manager (SRM) 1.2.

Download: NVIDIA GeForce 416.34 WHQL driver

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/12/2018 06:49 AM | 101 comment(s) ]

You can now grab the Nvidia GeForce 41.34 WHQL driver as released by NVIDIA. The drivers have support for Windows 10 October 2018 Update, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, SOULCALIBUR VI, and GRIP.

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Download: Radeon Adrenalin Edition 18.10.1 Driver

By Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/12/2018 12:17 AM | 51 comment(s) ]

You can now download new Radeon Adrenalin Edition 18.10.1 Drivers, this batch is intended as Windows® 10 October 2018 Update as well as the optimized driver for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.