Graphics, graphics, graphics! If it wasn't for the humble graphics card and the pursuit of improved gaming visuals, we probably would be playing board games. Instead, since the concept and initial applications of a graphical interface and "moving pictures" in electronic games began, the consumers demanded more, and in general the engineers in the respective hardware and software companies have tried to deliver. Fast forward to 2019 and finally in consumer game titles and graphics hardware, here is a mainstream attempt at Ray Tracing, a long standing visual effects promise that's just about to come true.
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Intel's Coffee Lake was released not even a year ago and it already feels like the standard enthusiasts Intel motherboard, unless you stuck to your Z270 you only just bought! With no backwards compatibility with Skylake or Kaby Lake CPUs, Intel forced you to upgrade to the Z370 if you wanted a piece of the new 8700K for example. You can count on PC enthusiasts to flame about this, and also find a way to actually make the new CPU's work on Z270 motherboards, it's all been a bit cynical.
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Ballistix, a leading global brand of gaming memory, today announced the immediate availability of Ballistix Sport AT memory in support of ASUS’ TUF Gaming Alliance. Developed as a collaboration between ASUS, Ballistix, and other trusted industry partners, TUF Gaming Alliance...
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The ASRock Z270 Pro4 motherboard is a familiar site. ASRock is a familiar brand and since the birth of the ASRock company, it has secured a healthy and immediately identifiable place in the component market. With the recent launch of mainstream graphics cards, it's also clear that ASRock is looking for more. The Intel Z270 is getting on a bit now, and though it wasn't apparent at the time of launch, it has become a small part of Intel's chipset masterplan, with the release of the 3xx and other chipset models.
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It’s been a bit of an ill-received launch, the Radeon RX Vega series graphics cards that is. AIB cards apparently is what it is all about, better cooling / lower noise levels. Today is that day, ASUS is the first...
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We’ve posted some video of the new Battlefield 1 Night Map Prise De Tahure in 1080p using the trusty Nvidia GTX970. FPS is in the top right corner and the game settings are “Ultra”. This is using Nvidia Driver Version 384.76, with...
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If you search the internet looking for information on your next build, maybe some advice and pointers, from the experiences of people in your shoes, you’ll probably come away with more questions than answers. Lots of these posts ask the same question, “is this ok?” System builders, first timers or experienced, will also read reviews like this one and wonder if this is objective and impartial. The internet is a minefield of fake everything, and real everything too.
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Network-attached Storage products are everywhere these days. It’s still a relatively new area for the end user market, but NASes have been around for a while. Normally the main market was for the serious networking fan, or your typical AV engineer who needed a lot of network storage without too much of a fuss. In the last few years the popularity of NASes has grown a lot, and number of consumer-focused companies have seen this, one of them being Asus. In 2011 Asus established Asustor, with the name describing “ASUS” and “Storage”. Though a little later than their main rivals, there was still plenty of market space available for a NAS rookie, albeit, with the strength of Asus behind them.
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MSI – Sapphire and ASUS Radeon RX 570 and 580 reviews Guru3D have three reviews ready, locked and loaded for you to check out: ASUS Radeon RX 580 STRIX review Sapphire Radeon RX 570 Nitro+ 4GB review MSI Radeon RX...
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In this article we’ll look at the fastest graphics card your money can get you, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti based on Pascal architecture. Armed with 11GB of GDDR5X graphics memory and an all new GP102-350 GPU, we are...
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Join us as we check out the all new ASUS Maximus IX Hero. Though very little RGB bling is injected, this motherboard is compatible with the new generalized ASUS AURA SYNC, which is a software suite that allows for multiple...
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The release of NVIDIA’s 10-series Pascal-based graphics cards has been one of their strongest demonstrations to date; particularly for the mid-high end which has likely been heightened due to AMD’s delay with their next-gen series. The GTX 1060 has remained...
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Great news for all modding-fans out there. We add an RGB version of our highly popular Rigid LED bars to our product portfolio. And not just that, we also offer you an RGB-Controller with an infrared receiver, a remote and...
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Theresa May’s controversial Investigatory Powers Bill, the so called “snoopers charter”, has been passed despite over 145,000 signatures on the UK government's own UK Petitions website. While it's going to be UK law from the 31st December 2016, a law that demands all UK ISPs to record all internet traffic history for 12 months, it’s not the only threat to your privacy, you still have the United States federal government ‘legal hacking’ bill due to become available for federal usage on the 1st December 2016. All a bit right wing for us, and a lot of people around the world.
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We test and review the new Asus X99 DeLuxe II motherboard, you can pair it with Haswell-E and Broadwell-E series processors and get your gaming groove on to 10-cores processors. Yes ASUS hits back in all black and white, but...
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