We have a handful of new reviews to present today. NVIDIA is launching the 279 USD GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. We've talked about it a lot, it is the more affordable offering, Turing GPU based, yet stripped from RT and tensor functionality. These cards all perform at a GeForce GTX 1070 performance level, yet are priced substantially lower making them fine drop in cards in an up-to 2560x1440 (quad HD) monitor resolution. Pure shader performance. E.g., it's a normal graphics card. We start off today with four reviews, followed by more brand and card reviews soon:

• MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti VENTUS XS review 
• MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Gaming X review
• ASUS ROG STRIX GeForce GTX 1660 Ti review
• Palit GeForce GTX 1660 Ti StormX review

Corsair outs a new Dominator Platinum RGB DDR4 memory kit. Not only do these puppies look awesome, but they are also properly specced as well. We received a 4x8GB DDR4 3600MHz CAS 16 DRAM kit from Corsair, so that is 32GB at your disposal for dual and even quad-channel memory configurations.

Read our review right here.

ASUS today announced four new flavors of the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics card, spanning the ROG Strix, ASUS Dual, TUF Gaming, and Phoenix product lines. This new chipset leverages the unbridled essence of the Turing architecture, making it ideal for gamers seeking an uptick in performance on a budget. 

Equipped with excellent thermal solutions, MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti series are designed to provide higher core and memory clock speeds for increased performance in games. 

NVIDIA's latest GeForce Game Ready driver is optimized for AnthemTM and DiRT Rally 2.0 and introduces support for the new GeForce GTX 1660 Ti.

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Palit Microsystems Ltd, the leading graphics card manufacturer, releases the new NVIDIA Turing architecture GeForce GTX series in Palit GeForce product line-up, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Dual OC, Dual, StormX OC and GTX1660 Ti StormX.

ZOTAC Technology, a global manufacturer of innovation, is pleased to expand the GeForce GTX line of graphics cards with the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce GTX 1660 Ti series featuring GDDR6 memory. 

INNO3D, a leading manufacturer of pioneering high-end multimedia components and various innovations is excited to announce the new Supercharger INNO3D GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Twin X2. 

SK Hynix is showing details on their first DDR5 chip. The standard is officially still under development by Jedec, but seems to make an appearance soon enough..

Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Ghost and Gainward GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Pegasus series. Gainward's new GeForce GTX 1660 Ti series is built with the breakthrough graphics performance of the award-winning NVIDIA Turing architecture. 

As the title says, AMD is lowering the price on their Radeon RX Vega 56 to Battle GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. Starting today you'll see prices in the £249 / 285 EUR ranges for that still pretty dandy graphics card. You get three games as well.

Well, it took them a while, but it is finally patched. You might want to grab the latest build btw as a vulnerability allowed attackers to copy malware into any folder on the computer or network share unnoticed. By copying the file into the startup folder of Windows, the malware would execute every time Windows started.

A Games has released the first post-launch update for Metro Exodus. According to the release notes, this patch brings general stability fixes, as well as DLSS fixes and improvements to sharpness and RTX fixes and optimizations. 

Well, you can tell that the marketing person from AMD who left for Intel to join the GPU team is active. Formerly known as Arctic Sound, now named Intel Xe (or Xᵉ ). We can't wait to see what will happen in 2020 and do wonder if Intel will be able to compete with AMD and NVIDIA. Below the teaser video likely in an effort to build some momentum..

Corsair today announced the launch of Dominator Platinum RGB DDR4 Memory, raising the bar once again for premium, world-class DRAM. Dominator Platinum RGB delivers the high performance that custom PC enthusiasts demand for their cutting-edge systems, while renewing the celebrated and iconic design of Dominator Platinum.

While the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti still has to be released, there already is word out about another SKU that would be released, the GeForce GTX 1650.

Earlier this week you've already read the funny news about a KFC edition, in the upcoming weeks more processors will be added into the lineup from Intel, they, however, all are refreshes mostly 100 MHz increase on the frequency. In the desktop segment, You've already seen the Intel Core i5-9400 / 9400F.

Samsung has finally announced its three models Galaxy S10 models. The company also unveiled the Galaxy Fold, a smartphone with a foldable screen. The smartphones were revealed on Wednesday evening during a Samsung event in New York. The Galaxy S10 shows similarities with the S9 from last year. 

The CMT340 is a compact version of the award-winning CMT510 ATX mid-tower but with several improvements. It features a gorgeous black coated, sturdy SPCC steel frame, which holds the same distinctive features and flexibility as the one in the CMT510. It supports a wide variety of radiators, ranging from 120/140/240/360, for liquid cooling, or air cooling fans. 

MSI RTX SEA HAWK EK X models come with a factory fitted water block made by EK Water Blocks. The water block is CNC machined from high-quality copper cold plate which is then nickel-plated. The top is made of quality acrylic glass-like material with an aesthetic aluminum cover plate designed with an added carbon-fiber pattern.