AOC has announced the AG273QX - a variant of the previously introduced AG273QCX, the panel is flat, goes up to 165 Hz and has FreeSync 2 HDR at 2560x1440.

Nvidia just released GeForce 440.97 WHQL drivers for you to download, the new batch offers increased performance and the optimal gaming experience for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and The Outer Worlds.

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Microsoft announced their new Secured-core PC initiative which aims to create highly secure PCs with a deep integration between hardware and software and featuring the most advanced CPUs available.

It's something to look at alright, and I don't mean the actual display panel. In the US the Raptor is selling, a 27-inch screen with an IPS panel and 144 Hz refresh rate at 2560x1440. 

The card can combine four  PCIe4.0 M.2 SSDs connected to PCI-Express 4.0 (x4). The external interface is PCI-Express4.0 (x16), the internal interface is PCI-Express4.0 (x4), and the form factor corresponds to M.2 2242/2260/2280/22110.

Kingston announced it is shipping the KC600 SATA SSD. Designed for use in desktop and notebook workloads, KC600 is a full-capacity SSD that provides remarkable performance. It comes in a 2.5" form factor using the SATA Rev 3.0 interface with backwards compatibility.

Kingston announced it is shipping the Data Center 450R (DC450R) Enterprise SSD, a high performance 6 Gbps SATA SSD with 3D TLC NAND, designed for read-centric application workloads. Built to Kingston's strict QoS requirements, the DC450R is designed to ensure performance consistency over a wide range of read intensive and read caching workloads.

TerraMaster is announcing the TerraMaster F5-422. Thanks to the introduction of the 10 GbE LAN, the TerraMaster F5-422 can deliver data faster. The F5-422 delivers an excellent feature set to any use. The TerraMaster F5-422 has an MSRP of $599.99 USD.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming out on the PC in two weeks, and the first graphics video comparison between the PC and the console versions has surfaced online.

As releases dates are getting closer, we'll see more and more infor leak somehow. New is a 3DMark Firestrike for the Ryzen 9 3950X, which can be compared with Cascade Lake-X. Guess who won?

Gigabyte has jumped embargo by silently leaking a darkened photo of their new Threadripper board, which you can easily brighten up with Photoshop of course. 

Razer announced the Razer Viper Ultimate, its fastest wireless gaming mouse designed for esports. Sporting new Razer HyperSpeed wireless technology and a proprietary intelligent Focus+ Optical Sensor, the Viper Ultimate sets new standards for both accuracy and speed.

EK is releasing an AMD AM4 socket based monoblock belonging to the Quantum Line of products, the EK-Quantum Momentum ROG Crosshair VIII Hero D-RGB. 

SK Hynix has developed 1Znm 16Gb (Gigabits) DDR4 (Double Data Rate 4) DRAM. As 16Gb is the industry's largest density for a single chip, the total memory capacity per wafer is also the largest of the existing DRAMs. 

Here's a real-time tech video for Unreal Engine 4, showing some of the best Storm effects I’ve ever seen. This video was running in real-time on the PC, and showcases what the next-gen experience that PCs can offer. The demo was also running with 35-60fps at 1080p on a GTX970 on Epic/High settings. Moreover, the artist did not optimize this scene, meaning that it could run even better.
 

Let's have a peek at the ten top-selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:

Disco Elysium
Destiny 2: Forsaken
Valve Index VR Kit
Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Digital Deluxe Edition
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Destiny 2: Shadowkeep
Total War: WARHAMMER II
Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Digital Deluxe Edition
Hell Let Loose
Destiny 2: Shadowkeep

MSI joins forces again with the international publisher of interactive entertainment and services Ubisoft to draw gamers deeper into another best-selling video game Tom Clancy's The Division 2 with Mystic Light's next-gen synchronized Ambient Link lighting.