Arctic launches its MX-5 Thermal Compound

A refined Thermal Interface Material that's easier to apply

Published: 15th March 2021 | Source: Arctic Cooling | Author: Mark Campbell

Arctic launches its MX-5 Thermal Compound

Arctic has just revealed its MX-5 Thermal Compound, a new Thermal Interface Material (TIM) designed for CPUs, graphics cards, PCs, laptops and consoles. Starting today, the thermal compound is officially available worldwide, offering users increased viscosity when compared to Arctic's MX-4, making it easier to

Nvidia's anti-Ethereum Mining Lock is a Joke, and we aren't laughing

Nvidia broke their own mining lock...

Published: 15th March 2021 | Source: HardwareLuxx | Author: Mark Campbell

Nvidia's anti-Ethereum Mining Lock is a Joke, and we aren't laughing

Last month, Nvidia proclaimed that "Geforce Is Made for Gaming" and its RTX 3060 graphics card would ship with an Ethereum mining lock that cripples the GPU's mining performance. Today, Nvidia's problem is that they launched a driver that bypassed their mining
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Everything you need to know about AMD's 3rd Gen/Zen 3 EPYC processors

3rd Gen EPYC - Zen 3 arrives at Data Centers

Published: 15th March 2021 | Source: AMD | Author: Mark Campbell

Everything you need to know about AMD's 3rd Gen/Zen 3 EPYC processors

Today is a big day for AMD, as they have just launched the " world’s h ighest - p erform ing s erver p rocessor". AMD's 3rd Generation EPYC processors are here, and they are delivering enterprise customers more performance, new features and
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Watch AMD's 3rd Gen EPYC Reveal Here - Zen 3 for the modern Data Center

Is AMD the new leader of the enterprise market?

Published: 15th March 2021 | Source: AMD | Author: Mark Campbell

Watch AMD's 3rd Gen EPYC Reveal Here - Zen 3 for the modern Data Center

AMD has been talking about its 3rd Generation EPYC processors for some time, delivering their Zen 3 CPU cores to their enterprise-grade EPYC family of products.

Today, AMD has confirmed that they will be launching their Zen 3 EPYC processors on Monday, March 15th
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Ethereum miners have reportedly bypassed Nvidia's RTX 3060 mining lock

Nvidia shouldn't have called their lock

Published: 15th March 2021 | Source: Videocardz | Author: Mark Campbell

Ethereum miners have reportedly bypassed Nvidia's RTX 3060 mining lock

Update - It has been confirmed that Nvidia's Geforce 470.05 developer driver has bypassed Nvidia's Ethereum lock. Yes, Nvidia broke their own mining lock... More information is available here .

Reports have started to appear online claiming that Ethereum miners have bypassed Nvidia'

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Sapphire's RX 6700 XT NITRO+ and PULSE smile for the camera

Sapphire's custom RX 6700 XT GPUs are here!

Published: 15th March 2021 | Source: Videocardz | Author:

Sapphire's RX 6700 XT NITRO+ and PULSE smile for the camera

AMD's launching its RX 6700 XT series of graphics cards on March 18th, and Sapphire has already prepared two custom GPU models for the occasion, the RX 6700 XT NITRO+ and the RX 6700 XT PULSE
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NZXT plans enter the Gaming Monitor Market - Job Listing Confirms

NZXT wants a Display/Monitor Engineer

Published: 15th March 2021 | Source: NZXT Job Listing | Author: Mark Campbell

NZXT plans enter the Gaming Monitor Market - Job Listing Confirms

NZXT is expanding, and the company has plans to enter new areas of the custom PC market, with a new job listing confirming that the brand has plans to enter the Display/Monitor market.

Within their job listing, NZXT has asked for applicants with a deep understanding of various display technologies, such as OLED,
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DLSS Tested - Is it worth it in Crysis Remastered?

Introduction

Published: 14th March 2021 | Source: OC3D Internal Testing | Price: | Author: Mark Campbell

DLSS Tested - Is it worth it in Crysis Remastered?

Crysis Remastered has been transformed since the game's September 2020 launch, addressing most of the major issues which plagued the game's early versions. Performance is better across all systems, framerate stutters have been lessened, Ascension has been re-added to the game and a huge number of bugs have been
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Crysis Remastered has been patched to improve DLSS compatibility and disables motion blur

Additional patches are incoming

Published: 14th March 2021 | Source: Crysis - Twitter | Author:

Crysis Remastered has been patched to improve DLSS compatibility and disables motion blur

Crysis Remastered's 2.1 DLSS patch has two problems, DLSS hardware compatibility and a dodgy implementation of Motion Blur. Thankfully, Crytek has been quick to repatch the game to mitigate these issues, though it is clear that more patches will be needed before Crysis Remastered can reach its fullest potential.

Before Crysis Remastered's March
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Techland plans to break its silence on Dying Light 2 next week

Expect to hear more next Wednesday

Published: 13th March 2021 | Source: Dying Light | Author:

Techland plans to break its silence on Dying Light 2 next week

It has been a long time since Techland last discussed Dying Light 2, a fact that has left a lot of gamers concerned about the state of the project and whether or not the game would ever be released.

Today, Techland has confirmed that they will be sharing some development updates for Dying Light 2 next Wednesday, starting a new

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