Today, Intel launched Intel Iris Xe MAX graphics, designed for thin-and-light laptops and now available from partners. Intel Iris Xe MAX graphics is based on the same Xe-LP microarchitecture used for Intel Iris Xe graphics in 11th Gen Intel Core mobile processors.
The first end-users (at least we think they are) are getting their hands on an AMD Ryzen 5 600X, some have taken photos and posted the first test results. And yeah, that's not looking bad alright.
And they're all beating the GeForce RTX 3080. AMD released a new set of benchmarks comparing Radeon RX 6900XT, Radeon RX 6800XT, and Radeon RX 6800 with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090, GeForce RTX 3080, and RTX 2080 Ti in WQHD and UHD.
A title that has been topic of discussion is Watch Dogs: Legion. We'll check it out in a PC graphics performance and PC gamer way. We'll test the game on the PC platform relative towards graphics card performance with the latest AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards. Many graphics cards are being tested and benchmarked.
Check out the review here.
A title that has been topic of discussion is Watch Dogs: Legion. We'll check it out in a PC graphics performance and PC gamer way. We'll test the game on the PC platform relative towards graphics card performance with the latest AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards. Many graphics cards are being tested and benchmarked.
Today NVIDIA announced that for a limited time, buyers of GeForce RTX 3080 or 3090-equipped graphics cards and PCs will get a copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
G.Skill are excited to announce extreme low-latency with high-capacity DDR4 memory kits at DDR4-3600 CL14-15-15-35 in 64GB (16GBx4) and 32GB (16GBx2) configurations.
Colorful launches three versions of the GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card, all come with a custom and unique design and all are based on a 3-fan cooler consisting of two 90mm high airflow fans and one 80mm fan.
Activision announced the official requirements for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War for PC. According to the company, gamers will need to have at least 175 GB of free hard drive space to install the different game modes.
Epic Games is giving away feree copies of Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered, an action adventure game based on the legendary movie as well as Blair Witch, a first-person psychological horror game.
Ubisoft delayed two of its significant releases scheduled to later in 2021. Far Cry 6 and Rainbow Six Quarantine will be released in sometime between April and September next year.
Microsoft earlier on wrote an article on its blog, devoted to all the news about Xbox consoles and its ecosystem, where it praised AMD for the launch of its Radeon and took the opportunity to spice up the war between consoles, claiming that the X Series and S are the only ones that use the full capacity of the RDNA 2 architecture.
All other board partners decided to show their custom designs, Sapphire however for no is just showing their products based on the reference design.
Gigabyte today announced two new server motherboards extending the diversity of boards for dual 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ 7002 series processors allowing for incredibly demanding multi-threaded applications used in AI, scientific computations, and more.
SteelSeries announced the Aerox 3 and Aerox 3 Wireless. SteelSeries is bringing together durable, high-end technology into the ultra-lightweight form factor, built from the ground up for performance through speed.
AMD just announced their three Big Navi based graphics cards in the 6800 and 6900 series. Yes RDNA2 is here, you read it right three of them. We have a preview written about what you may expect, you can also browse the video and content.
Read it here (article updated with more insight on Infinity cache).
It is time to review and benchmark the actual higher-end graphics card, say hello to the desirable GeForce RTX 3070. Armed with a shader core count of 5888 units this card is paired with 8 GB of GDDR6 graphics memory.
Read the review here.
* Article updated with corrected Witcher III results as well as added frametime plots.
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Following PowerColor and ASUS, MSI also is displaying their Radeon RX 6800 XT, in the flavor Gaming X TRIO, a design and cooler that you have seen throughout the RTX 3000 series reviews as well.
Corsair is pleased to announce it has acquired smartphone app EpocCam, allowing users to easily turn their iOS device, such as an iPhone or iPad, into a wireless high definition webcam for Windows and macOS.
ASUS today announced a new lineup of ROG Strix and TUF Gaming AMD Radeon 6000 Series graphics cards. The new AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series and the underlying RDNA 2 GPU gaming architecture herald a new era of Radeon graphics power.
Intel in the first quarter of 2021 will release 11th Gen Intel Core S-series desktop processors (code-named “Rocket Lake-S”). In a small press-release they want to share some details.
While it is still uncertain if there will be any AIB based Radeon RX 6900 XT cards, surely there will be custom 6800 and 6800 XT boards. We expect a lot of teasers and a day after announcements, the first up is PowerColor.
We review and benchmark the RTX 3070 from a board partner, yes MSI is back on track with their much-anticipated GeForce RTX 3070 in the revision GAMING X TRIO. Loaded with 5888 shader cores is has the means to game even a bit intoxicating.
Read the review here.
The turn goes to ASUS for whom we review the TUF Gaming RTX 3070. ASUS is heavily promoting the TUF series as its new high-end brand. And we have to admit, they certainly stepped things up a notch or two this year with the series.
Read the review here.
We review and benchmark the RTX 3070 from a board partner, yes MSI is back on track with their much-anticipated GeForce RTX 3070 in the revision GAMING X TRIO. Loaded with 5888 shader cores is has the means to game even a bit intoxicating.
The turn goes to ASUS for whom we review the TUF Gaming RTX 3070. ASUS is heavily promoting the TUF series as its new high-end brand. And we have to admit, they certainly stepped things up a notch or two this year with the series.
This new Game Ready Driver provides support for Watch Dogs: Legion. In addition, this driver provides optimal day-1 support for DiRT 5, Ghostrunner, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered, and Xuan-Yuan Sword VII.
Download GeForce 457.09 WHQL drivers, this new Game Ready Driver provides support for the new Watch Dogs as well as adding support for the GeForce RTX 3070.
If you watched the presentation on the Radeon RX 6800 and 6900 XT series yesterday, you will have noticed that AMD did mention these cards would support DirectX Raytracing, however not much was said about it otherwise in relation to performance.
Researchers Maxim Gorachy, Dmitry Skkylarov and Mark Ermolov have made done something what seemed impossible, they have succeeded in decrypting Intels secret key for CPUs for the first time, allowing them, for example, to fully view the content of security patches and micro-updates.
ZOTAC announced the GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card "ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Edge OC" equipped with a dual fan "IceStorm 2.0" cooler.
Optix MAG274QRF-QD is fitted with a Rapid IPS panel, the latest technology that delivers 4x faster response time than normal IPS panels, the Optix MAG274QRF-QD will give you all the competitive advantages you need. Experience extremely smooth and tear-free gameplay with built-in NVIDIA G-Sync Compatible technology, 165hz high refresh rate, and 1 ms GTG fast response time.
Kioxia Corporation, the world leader in memory solutions, today announced it will begin construction of a state-of-the-art fabrication facility (Fab7) at Yokkaichi Plant in Mie Prefecture, Japan to expand production of its proprietary 3D Flash memory BiCS FLASH. The construction of Kioxia Corporation's Fab7 facility is expected to commence in the spring of 2021.
