Is your PC ready for Battlefield 2142's beta? EA has just launched the game's early system requirements

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 4, 2021, 3:26 a.m. | Original

Can you run it?

Published: 4th August 2021 | Source: EA | Author: Mark Campbell

Is your PC ready for Battlefield 2042's beta? EA has just launched the game's early system requirements

Battlefield 2042 is due to release on October 22nd, but this month, many gamers on PC, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 will be able to play the game early through its Technical Playtest.

Selected gamers will be able to play
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3dfx is "scheduled to return this winter with new graphics cards" - Is this real?

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 4, 2021, 1:26 a.m. | Original

Is 3dfx returning to the GPU market?

Published: 4th August 2021 | Source: 3dfx Twitter Account - Possible Fake | Author: Mark Campbell

3dfx is "scheduled to return this winter with new graphics cards" - Is this real?

Over the past few days, a Twitter account called 3dfx Interactive has claimed that the classic video card brand would be making its return to the GPU market. While this is an exciting prospect, it remains to be seen whether or not this account
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Crucial's P5 Plus SSD promises ultra-fast PCIe 4.0 speeds at reasonable prices

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 4, 2021, 12:44 a.m. | Original

Is this the cheapest PS5-ready SSD on the market?

Published: 4th August 2021 | Source: Crucia | Author: Mark Campbell

Crucial's P5 Plus SSD promises ultra-fast PCIe 4.0 speeds at reasonable prices

Crucial has just released its first PCIe 4.0 SSD, the P5 Plus, an M.2 NVMe SSD that utilises Micron's latest 176-layer 3D TLC NAND and the company's latest in-house SSD controller.
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AMD's launches their Radeon Pro W6000X graphics cards for Apple's Mac Pro

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 3, 2021, 11:54 a.m. | Original

AMD's first dual-GPU NAVI 21 graphics card

Published: 3rd August 2021 | Source: AMD | Author: Mark Campbell

AMD's launches their Radeon Pro W6000X graphics cards for Apple's Mac Pro

AMD has just given Mac Pro users some major hardware upgrades, allowing them to benefit from the upgrade within their RDNA 2 graphics architecture by releasing three new graphics cards.

These new GPU models make up the Radeon Pro W6000X series,
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Expect next-generation graphics cards to consume more power

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 3, 2021, 8:28 a.m. | Original

Even if GPUs get more efficient, next-generation cards may still consume over 400 watts

Published: 3rd August 2021 | Source: Various Sources | Author: Mark Campbell

Expect next-generation graphics cards to consume more power

Current-generation graphics cards already consume a lot of power, with Nvidia's RTX 3090 having an official power consumption rating of 350W and AMD's Reference RX 6900 XT models consuming around 300W, we
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Amazon's Lord of the Rings series will premiere next year

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 3, 2021, 3:24 a.m. | Original

Here's what we know

Published: 3rd August 2021 | Source: Amazon | Author: Mark Campbell

Amazon's Lord of the Rings series will premiere next year

Amazon has announced that filming has ended for their Lord of the Rings series, confirming that the series will premiere on Friday, September 2nd 2022. This gives Amazon one year to work with the show's footage and create the first season of their Amazon Prime series.

On Amazon Prime, new episodes of the
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Battlefield V and Battlefield 1 are currently available for free with Amazon Prime

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 3, 2021, 2:33 a.m. | Original

Both games will be available on PC through Origin

Published: 3rd August 2021 | Source: Prime Gaming | Author: Mark Campbell

Battlefield V and Battlefield 1 are currently available for free with Amazon Prime

Need some FPS action this summer? Amazon Gaming's giving away free PC copies of Battlefield 1 and Battlefield V this summer, allowing PC gamers to scratch their FPS itch before the release of Battlefield 2142 later this year.

Right now, both Battlefield V and Battlefield 1 are available for free
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Intel Exec Spills the Beans on Thunderbolt 5 - 80 Gbps over USB Type-C

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 3, 2021, 1:22 a.m. | Original

It looks like Intel's Thunderbolt standard's getting a 2x bandwidth boost!

Published: 3rd August 2021 | Source: Gregory M Bryant - Via Anandtech | Author: Mark Campbell

Intel Exec Spills the Beans on Thunderbolt 5 - 80 Gbps over USB Type-C

Intel's Gregory Bryant has been busy visiting the company's R&D labs in Israel, getting a glimpse at what's coming next from the team behind Thunderbolt, Intel's high-speed interconnect standard
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TEAMGROUP launches Industry-Wide DDR5 modules for high and low temperature environments

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 2, 2021, 11:48 p.m. | Original

These DIMMs are designs for temperatures between -40 and 85 degrees celsius

Published: 3rd August 2021 | Source: TEAMGROUP | Author: Mark Campbell

TEAMGROUP Launches Industry-Wide DDR5 modules for high and low-temperature environments

The era of DDR5 will soon be upon us, and DRAM manufacturers are paving the way to widespread adoption as the new memory type moves towards mainstream usage.

TEAMGROUP, in addition to working on consumer-grade DDR5 modules has revealed that they have created DDR5
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ASUS extends its ROG Strix Gaming Peripherals Lineup with new Moonlight White models

Overclock3D.Net | Aug. 2, 2021, 9:32 a.m. | Original

Minimalist design with maximum impact

Published: 2nd August 2021 | Source: ASUS ROG UK | Author: Mark Campbell

ASUS extends its ROG Strix Gaming Peripherals Lineup with new Moonlight White models

ASUS has just announced that their new Moonlight White colour scheme is now available to consumers with four new ROG series products, giving members of the Republic of Gamers fandom access to white keyboards, mice and audio products.

On the audio side, we have the Moonlight White edition of ASUS' ROG Strix Go Core gaming headset,

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