Archive for June 2017

When Bitcoin Mining Gets REALLY serious :)

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So a couple of photos just flew by from a company called Rambox Technology. No clue as who they are or what they do, but they are based in Hong Kong and apparently are a bit serious about cryptocurrency mining :)


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Vulkan to be Included into CryEngine

Published by Hilbert Hagedoorn 12

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CryEngine will be adding Vulkan to their 3D graphics engine. This information is based up-on a blog post on their CryEngine 5.4 (which would be released late next month). 


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QNAP Offers more cost-effective TS-831X and TS-531X NAS

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QNAP announced that its cost-effective, 10GbE-ready TS-831X and TS-531X business NAS now support QNAP’s innovative QM2 PCIe expansion cards. By installing a QM2 card, users can easily configure M.2 SSDs for the NAS to enjoy boosted performance with SSD caching or a caching pool, or add additional 10GbE 10GBASE-T connectivity. 


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Wolfenstein II Dev Sees Series As Trilogy

Published by Hilbert Hagedoorn 28

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One of the big announcements from E3 2017 was that a new Wolfenstein game is in development. According to creative director Jens Matthies, this may not be the last game in the modern Wolfenstein series--and Mecha-Hitler may one day return to the games.


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MSI: Radeon RX Vega needs a lot of power

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Over at some Dutch forums MSI Marketing Director Eric Van Beurden made a bit of a slip of the tongue. In a reaction (written in Dutch) he commented on the specs of the consumer edition(s) Radeon RX Vega. 


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Shuttle Announces Fanless 3-litre PC

Published by Hilbert Hagedoorn 6

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Shuttle is offering a fanless barebone PC in a versatile 3-litre format. Under the name XC60J, the range of the mini PC manufacturer now adds a 7 cm tall mini PC with an Intel Celeron J3355 dual-core processor (2 GHz) in 14 nm architecture.


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Microsoft adds GPU utilization Tab in Windows 10 task manager

Published by Hilbert Hagedoorn 56

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The new Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16226 adds a GPU utilization Tab in Windows 10 task manager.  The Performance tab shows GPU utilization information for each separate GPU component (such as 3D and Video encode/decode), as well as graphics memory usage stats.


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Review: ASUS PRIME X299 Deluxe (w/ Core i9 7900X)

Published by Hilbert Hagedoorn 1

We put  the X299 Prime Deluxe from ASUS to the test. This motherboard in black and white accents with a small embedded LCD display is awesome looking . It's not just about the looks though as the X299 motherboard can house Kaby-Lake-X and Skylake-X processors, but also is injected with a lot of extra features.

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ASUS X299 Prime Deluxe review

Mainboards 328 Published by Hilbert Hagedoorn 1

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We review the X299 Prime Deluxe from ASUS. A gorgeous looking motherboard in black and white accents with a small embedded LCD display. It's not just about the looks though as the X299 motherboard can house Kaby-Lake-X and Skylake-X processors, but also is injected with a lot of extra features.


ENERMAX Launches GraceMESH

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GraceMESH featuring meshed front-top panels is designed for extremely high airflow throughout the entire case to cool down high-performance systems. The PSU-Tunnel design (aka PSU Shroud) is great for cable management. What’s more, GraceMESH comes with a 4 mm tempered glass side panel for DIY modders to show their rigs.


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Monster Hunter World Gets First Gameplay

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Capcom showcased the first gameplay of Monster Hunter World. Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto explained that the subtitle 'World' indicates the fact that the game includes the world of Monster Hunter as a fully dynamic one. 


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Sound Blaster Roar Classic Lite

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Creative announced the availability of the Sound Blaster Roar series: the Sound Blaster Roar Classic Lite. The unit retains the acoustic DNA of the original Sound Blaster Roar but now features a cleaner, edgier look with graphite black grills and anodized gray radiator enclosure edges.


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Radeon Instinct MI25 Launches + specifications

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AMD has officially introduced Radeon Instinct family accelerators for deep learning. By doing so they introduced the Radeon Instinct MI25, which has 16GB of HBM2 memory based on a Vega 10 GPU with 4096 Stream cores and a 300W TDP. 


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Thermaltake Launches Core G21 Tempered Glass

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Thermaltake today announced the latest lineup of watercooled gaming chassis, the Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition Mid-Tower Chassis. Designed for price-conscious customers, the Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition Mid-Tower Chassis is a more budget-friendly case. 


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Hunt: Showdown - First Gameplay Video

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Developer Crytek has released the first gameplay footage for its upcoming PvP monster hunter game: Hunt: Showdown. The new footage features the game’s Creative Director Magnus Larbrant and Level Design Director Chris Auty as they hunt down a monstrous spider in a dark Louisiana swamp. 


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GeForce prices on the rise as well due to cryptocurrency mining

Published by Hilbert Hagedoorn 39

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Much like the Radeon Rx 400 and 500 series, NVIDIA cards are getting less available as well due to increased interests in mining. Though the price increase is relatively low, some specific GTX 1060 models are going for $20 or $30 more than MSRP, which doesn't seem that bad. The GTX 1070 however increased from $380 to $472, with some going for more than $600.


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AMD Introduces Epyc server processors

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AMD launched the EPYC 7000 series of high-performance datacenter processors. AMD EPYC processors get up to 32 cores and 64 threads on a single socket (1P) and on dual-socket (2P) server platforms - that would be 64 cores and 128 threads. Each EPYC processor has 128 PCIe Gen 3 lanes for I/O.


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