Archive for July 2021


3dfx to return after 20 years with a 'big announcement' ?

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3dfx Interactive, the former GPU maker, announced via its a Twitter account mentions that it will return to the market after 20-years, at least a big announcement is to be expected.


Sapphire reveals an air-cooled version of its RX 6900 XT Toxic

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Sapphire has announced a new air-cooled version of its Radeon RX 6900 XT Toxic graphics card.  This new edition of the RX 6900 XT Toxic uses the same cooling system from the Nitro + line, simply replacing its color scheme with the color from the Toxic line.


Renders of AM5 socket for AMD Zen 4 processors

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Zen 4 processors will use a land grid array (LGA) socket, according to Twitterer ExecutableFix. Raphael chips would also reportedly have a heat spreader with recesses to accommodate more capacitors.





HUAWEI P50 Pro supports up to 200x zoom

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We hardly cover smartphone news, but this zoom feature is certainly is impressive.  Huawei announced the latest flagship smartphone "HUAWEI " including "HUAWEI P50 Pro" equipped with a high-performance camera with a maximum zoom of 200x.


GIGABYTE Introduces AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Series Graphics Cards

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Gigabyte announced new AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics cards with AMD RDNA 2 gaming architecture. The Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING OC PRO 8G, Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING OC 8G and Radeon RX 6600 XT EAGLE 8G graphics cards are engineered to deliver incredible high-framerate 1080p gaming performance.



Introducing the Radeon RX 6600 XT Series from MSI

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MSI is proud to officially announce the MSI AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X and MECH 2X graphics cards. Equipped with AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT GPUs powered by the breakthrough AMD RDNA 2 gaming architecture, the new graphics are designed to deliver the ultimate in 1080p gaming for a wide range of enthusiast gamers.



Gigabyte teases two custom Radeon RX 6600 XTs

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An increasing number of sources indicate that AMD will introduce the Radeon RX 6600XT, the smallest RDNA 2 video card, very soon. Gigabyte changed that today by releasing official images of its custom models. On its Spanish Twitter page, the brand posted a picture of two RX 6600 XT cards.


AOC launches AGON PRO AG254FG with 360 Hz and Nvidia Reflex

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AOC rebrands its entire gaming segment to AGON by AOC and launches a whole new category for the esports and pro players with the latest technologies including 360 Hz refresh rate, 1 ms GtG response time and Nvidia Reflex Latency Analyzer.


Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB review

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It has been a while since we have tested an Arctic liquid cooling unit. Let's check out how well they do with the Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB, fitted with a 360mm radiator, silent cooling, and new aRGB fans.




Thermalright releases Frost Commander 140 WHITE

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Thermalright released a side-flow CPU cooler with a twin tower design that unifies not only the heat sink but also the heat pipe and fan in white.


KIOXIA Announces Exceria PRO and Exceria G2 Series Client M.2 NVMe SSDs (PCIe4.0 (x4))

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Kioxia has released the consumer NVMe M.2 SSD "EXCERIA PRO SSD" that supports PCI-Express4.0 (x4). It is a high-end model targeting importance on speed, and it is said that sequential reading will reach about twice that of the existing model "EXCERIA PLUS SSD" with PCI-Express3.0 (x4) connection. 


JEDEC Publishes the New LPDDR5X Memory Standard

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JEDEC announced the publication of JESD209-5B, Low Power Double Data Rate 5 (LPDDR5). JESD209-5B includes both an update to the LPDDR5 standard that is focused on improving performance, power and flexibility, and a new LPDDR5X standard, which is an optional extension to LPDDR5.