Month: February 2017
- News
AMD Confirms Radeon RX Vega Branding
During their Capsaicin & Cream event live stream today, AMD made a number of announcements concerning their future plans. Despite being mostly a developer focused event, there were a number of consumer-oriented announcements, some of them about Vega. One of the bigs ones to come out is the new name…
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Corsair Launches Ryzen-Ready Hardware
In preparation for AMD’s exciting new Ryzen CPU architecture, Corsair is releasing a range of new Ryzen-ready products, including DDR4 RAM, liquid coolers, and PSUs. The company has unveiled: DDR4 RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB kits running at 2,133 MHz and 2,400 MHz, plus Dominator Platinum 16…
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Open World Parkour Game Downward Gets Demo
Downward, Caracal Games’ new first-person, open-world parkour adventure game set around the medieval ruins of a post-apocalyptic world, has a new demo available on Steam. The game, which is already in Early Access on Valve’s game distribution platform, has been receiving a lot of positive buzz over the past few…
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AMD Capsaicin & Cream Event Live Coverage
Live blog of AMD’s Capsaicin & Cream Event 10:35: Raja Koduri opens event and claims no Vega announcement today 10:40: Review of previous Vega architecture reveals 10:42: AMD partnering with film studio to do live rendering motion capture for VR 10:44: Live capture and rendering done on Ryzen + Vega system…
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Xbox Launches Monthly Game Subscription Service
Microsoft has unveiled a new Netflix-esque monthly gaming pass for Xbox One, which is set to be launched this Spring. The Xbox Game Pass will give subscribers access to a host of Xbox One and Backwards Compatible Xbox 360 games – such as Halo 5: Guardians, Payday 2, NBA 2K16,…
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Watch AMD’s “Capsaicin & Cream” Vega & Ryzen Live Event Here
In just over an hour, AMD is set to host their Capsaicin & Cream Event at GDC. AMD has been on fire lately with their impressive Ryzen Zen based CPU launch last week. Keeping up the momentum, this event draws a number of parallels to last year’s GDC Capsaicin event where we saw…
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Middle Earth: Shadow of War PC Requirements Revealed
The much-anticipated successor of Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor has finally been announced by Warner Bros and Monolith, and it looks like it will come out on August 25 this year. However, we also get to find out exactly what kind of PCs we’re going to need to run this game properly, as…
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Boston Dynamics’ New Handle Robot Can Jump 1.2m and Lift 45kg
The latest robot from Boston Dynamics stands 195 centimeters tall and has a vertical leap of 1.2 meters with the ability to carry 45 kilograms with ease. No, this robot is not trying out for the NBA but it is nonetheless quite impressive, especially since it is a wheeled bipedal…
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Kingston DataTraveler UltimateGT USB Drive Costs More Than Most PCs
Kingston has finally launched what is perhaps the most impressive drive seen at CES 2017 earlier this year: The DataTraveler UltimateGT USB drive boasting a whopping 2TB capacity, currently the largest available. It is also considerably larger physically than most thumb drives, measuring 75.18 x 27 x 21.02mm encased in a…
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UHS-III Interface Sets 624 MB/sec SD Card Transfer Rate Standard
The SD Card association (SDA) has released the SD 6.0 specification which adds a new level of UHS-III bus interface, providing up to 624 MB/sec transfer rates. This update to the Ultra High Speed standard directly answers the demand for 8K, 360-degree and 5G IEEE802.11ax mobile network support. The upgrade…
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Middle-Earth: Shadow of War Announced with Trailer
It has been almost three years since Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor was released and fans have been clamouring for a sequel. After mistakenly leaking on US retailer Target’s website over the weekend however, Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment has finally made the news official on Monday: The sequel Middle-Earth: Shadow of…
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SpaceX Plans to Send Tourists to the Moon in 2018
Elon Musk’s SpaceX currently flies and returns cargo capsules to the International Space Station but the company will soon be heading to a different orbiting satellite, Earth’s own moon, with tourists in tow. Two private citizens whose identities have not been disclosed have approached SpaceX with the idea and have…
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Cooler Master Masterkeys Pro M RGB Keyboard Review
Introduction The final piece of the Cooler Master keyboard range puzzle is in the eTeknix office today, as we celebrate the launch of the new Cooler Master Masterkeys Pro M RGB. The keyboard comes in a 90% of full-size form factor, and two variants, the Pro S, which offers brilliant…
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Windows 10 Cloud May Paywall Win32 Apps
Over the past several weeks, more and more information is building about Microsoft’s upcoming Creators Update to Windows 10. One of the new additions to the lineup are closely linked, the new Windows 10 Cloud and the Windows 10 Win32 App toggle. As we know from previous reports, Windows 10 Cloud…
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AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Beats i7 6800K in 13 Game Benchmarks
During their presentation last week, AMD launched their Ryzen processors with pre-orders starting right away. However, it won’t be until March 2nd that the new CPUs become available and the review NDA lifts. So far, we’ve just had a few synthetic benchmarks leak out and even fewer gaming tests. Luckily…
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