AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT to launch on March 18th

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AMD Radeon RX 6700XT has a release date

According to a tweet from Cowcotland, AMD is set to launch its next graphics card on March 18th.

AMD Radeon RX 6700 series were already rumored to launch in March. We have only heard that the launch would happen in mid-March, but now it seems that the date has already been confirmed by Cowcotland. AMD would launch its next graphics card based on RDNA2

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MSI & Intel review kit with Z590 motherboard and Rocket Lake-S CPU pictured

MSI & Intel review kits for Rocket Lake-S launch

It looks like MSI is stepping up its marketing game.

The official review kit from MSI will feature MEG Z590 ACE motherboard, DDR4-5333 memory, MSI’s new MPG Coreliquid K360 cooler, and supposedly an Intel Rocket Lake-S CPU. The kit was first shown during a live stream by a Japanese YouTuber, who was got a visit from an MSI employee. The kit that is shown in the

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(Driver) INTEL Graphics Driver 27.20.100.9313

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SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6900 XT TOXIC listed at Newegg at 1639 USD

Sapphire graphics card has a Toxic price

The new TOXIC model from Sapphire is now listed by Newegg.

Newegg already lists the upcoming Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card from the Sapphire TOXIC series. This model (11308-06-20G) will retail at 1,639 USD, which is 640 USD over MSRP. While the increased pricing is not a surprise to anyone, the fact that this model is listed at a higher price than NVIDIA GeForce RTX

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 tested in fanless mode

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 heats up to 87C in a fanless case

Mical Wong, the founders of the Turemetal brand specializing in fanless PC hardware, published interesting photos with GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card in one of their cases. The Turemetal UP10 is an ultra-premium fanless case that retails at 770 USD. This in combination with never-in-stock and never-at-MSRP GeForce RTX 3080 simply means that we are looking at a very

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Microsoft unveils FPS Boost technology for XBOX Series X|S

FPS Boost: Improved performance for older titles on new consoles

Microsoft today announced a new technology called FPS Boost, which improves performance in select games.

Officially five games will receive FPS Boost support at launch: Far Cry 4, New Super Lucky’s Tale, Sniper Elite 4, UFC 4 and Watch Dogs 2. As you can see the list is not very long, but it shows that the company is still focusing on improving the performance of older titles. XBOX Senior Program Manager claims that the company will launch more

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Intel Rocket Lake-S to be available on March 15th, Alder Lake-S to feature 10nm Enhanced SuperFin architecture

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Intel Rocket Lake-S to be available on March 15th

HKEPC has new information on Intel’s upcoming Core series.

According to the article, Intel would launch its 11th Gen Core series codenamed ‘Rocket Lake-S’ on March 15th. Intel has only so far confirmed that the series will be introduced in the first quarter, but the availability was not expected till early April. The new information would apparently suggest that the launch


SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 6900XT TOXIC features AIO cooling with 360mm radiator

Sapphire Radeon RX 6000 TOXIC pictured

We have the first renders of the new Sapphire TOXIC graphics card.

As we suspected , the card features an AIO cooling solution. Similarly to other enthusiast graphics, such as EVGA RTX 3090 KINGPIN, the Sapphire TOXIC will feature a 360mm radiator. This is the first liquid-cooled TOXIC graphics card by Sapphire.

At this moment it is unclear if the graphics card has a hybrid cooling design, which would allow using liquid cooling and air cooling

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US Consumer Product Safety Comission announces a recall of 32,000 NZXT H1 computer cases

CPSC announces NZXT H1 computer case recall

More than 32,000 cases are to be repaired by NZXT.

Usually, we do not write about computer cases, but this particular NZXT model is simply dangerous to use. In fact, the problem that has emerged is related to the PCI Express raiser for the graphics card.

NZXT acted very slowly after the first videos were published showing H1 cases going into flames. The overheating problem was caused by a short circuit on the raiser PCB. NZXT initially only


ZOTAC publically endorsing GPU mining farm, tags it #PcGaming

ZOTAC promotes mining farm, tags it #Gaming

If you were hoping to get a ZOTAC graphics card to play games, you may need to wait a bit longer. The company is now publically endorsing GPU mining farms featuring their own graphics cards.

These days it is not easy to be a gamer. Not only new graphics cards and high-end CPUs are out of stock, but even the consoles are hard to get in some regions. In the end, gamers are either expected to wait for things to normalize or