AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Roundup Review - Referance - Merc 319 - Gaming OC

Overclock3D.Net | March 17, 2021, 5:01 a.m. | Original

Introduction and Technical Specifications

Published: 17th March 2021 | Source: AMD | Price: AMD £419 Gigabyte £430 | Author: Tom Logan

Introduction

Such is the incredible power available from the top range of graphics cards these days that it can't have escaped your attention that they are somewhat difficult to get hold of. Hopefully, with the new launch of the latest additions to the Radeon RDNA2 range of cards - the RX 6700 XT - that situation

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Intel

Micron to abandon its 3D XPoint Memory tech and plans to sell its XPoint fabs

Overclock3D.Net | March 17, 2021, 4:29 a.m. | Original

Will Intel buy Micron's XPoint fabs?

Published: 17th March 2021 | Source: Micron - PR | Author: Mark Campbell

Micron to abandon its 3D XPoint Memory tech and plans to sell its XPoint fabs

Micron has confirmed that they are giving up on their XPoint memory technology, ceasing their research and development onto other areas of the memory market, focusing on emerging standards like Compete Express Link (CXL).

With the move, Micron has also confirmed that they plan to sell their XPoint
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ASUS officially launches its ROG Strix XF 120 series fans

Overclock3D.Net | March 17, 2021, 3:34 a.m. | Original

ROG has new 'Whisper-Quiet' fans for you to try

Published: 17th March 2021 | Source: ASUS | Author: Mark Campbell

ASUS officially launches its ROG Strix XF 120 series fans

ASUS has officially launched their first standalone ROG fans, promising to deliver their users an " optimal combination of airflow and static pressure" as well as "whisper-quiet" noise levels.

With their new ROG Strix XF 120 fans, ASUS is entering the premium fan market, offering
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PowerColor officially reveals its RX 6700 XT Hellhound - A GPU with non-RGB LEDs?

Overclock3D.Net | March 17, 2021, 2:14 a.m. | Original

Blue only LEDs? Is this heresy?

Published: 17th March 2021 | Source: PowerColor | Author: Mark Campbell

PowerColor officially reveals its RX 6700 XT Hellhound - A GPU with non-RGB LEDs?

It's official, PowerColor has officially revealed their RTX 6700 XT Hellhound graphics card, a GPU that appears to feature single-colour LED illumination, moving PowerColor away from the RGB lighting trend. PowerColor's news post on this graphics card doesn't
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A new dimension of cooling - EK launches its first actively cooled GPU backplates

Overclock3D.Net | March 16, 2021, 11:51 a.m. | Original

Nvidia's RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 have never been this well cooled

Published: 16th March 2021 | Source: EKWB | Author: Mark Campbell

A new dimension of cooling - EK launches its first actively cooled GPU backplates

If Nvidia's RTX 30 series and AMD's RX 6000 series have taught us anything, it's that graphics cards are getting larger and more power-hungry. Nvidia's RTX 3080 graphics
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Nvidia's latest Geforce Driver paves the way towards a lower latency Overwatch experience

Overclock3D.Net | March 16, 2021, 8:46 a.m. | Original

Halved latency for a lower lag experience

Published: 16th March 2021 | Source: Nvidia | Author:

Nvidia's latest Geforce Driver paves the way towards a lower latency Overwatch experience

Nvidia has just launched their Geforce 461.92 driver for Windows, and it is paving the way towards a lower latency Overwatch experience. Nvidia's Reflex technology is coming to Overwatch, and it has the potential to cut game latency in half, making the game more responsive on Geforce hardware.

Nvidia
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Intel

Intel launches its 11th Gen Rocket Lake processors - Has Team Blue Reclaimed Gaming Leadership?

Overclock3D.Net | March 16, 2021, 7:26 a.m. | Original

Intel claims that they can beat AMD's 12-core with their new eight cores

Published: 16th March 2021 | Source: Intel | Author: Mark Campbell

Intel launches its 11th Gen Rocket Lake CPUs - Has Team Blue Reclaimed Gaming Leadership?

Intel has finally launched its 11th Gen Rocket Lake processors, bringing the company's Cypress Cove architecture to the forefront with a promised 19% Instructions Per Cycle (IPC) improvement over their last-generation counterparts.

With
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Corsair K65 RGB Mini Keyboard Review

Overclock3D.Net | March 16, 2021, 5:02 a.m. | Original

Introduction and Technical Specifications

Published: 16th March 2021 | Source: Corsair | Price: | Author: Bryan Waters

Introduction

When you think of Corsair keyboards it’s fair to say that for most of us that means their high end models, and this in turn leads to the mental image of an aircraft carrier sized keyboard with all the bells and whistles.

If you are somewhat limited on desk space then instead of a K100 you might go for their standard sized model, the K

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Rockstar's implementing GTA Online's fan-made loading time fix as part of an official update

Overclock3D.Net | March 16, 2021, 4:57 a.m. | Original

The discoverer of this issue has been awarded $10,000 from Rockstar Games

Published: 16th March 2021 | Source: PC Gamer | Author: Mark Campbell

Rockstar's implementing GTA Online's fan-made loading time fix as part of an official update

GTA Online's loading times on PC are incredibly long, and earlier this month, a programmer called T0ST uncovered a bottleneck during the game's initial loading screens that prevent PC gamers from accessing the game
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Intel

Noctua launches its budget-friendly NH-U12S REDUX CPU cooler

Overclock3D.Net | March 16, 2021, 4:16 a.m. | Original

The same Noctua that you love, but at a lower price.

Published: 16th March 2021 | Source: Noctua | Author: Mark Campbell

Noctua launches its budget-friendly NH-U12S REDUX CPU cooler

Noctua is one of the most highly regarded manufacturers of CPU heatsinks, offering its customers precision-engineered designs that often stand amongst the best in the market.

Today, Noctua has launched its REDUX line of CPU coolers, cost-optimised versions of their non-Redux counterparts that
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