Month: December 2019
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Nintendo Switch Control Image Spark RDR2 Port Rumours
With Red Dead Redemption 2 practically available on all platforms now, there is only one notable exception left. Namely, the Nintendo Switch. Now, whether this will happen or not is still entirely open to speculation. Following a post on Twitter, however, a data mine of the texture files has revealed…
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EVGA Launches the SR-3 DARK Motherboard for Xeon W-3175X
If you’re into more hardcore performance than gaming PC setups, then you are undoubtedly aware of the Intel Xeon platform. With such a strong workstation processor, however, you’re clearly going to want it to reside in a motherboard that offers all the functionality required to get the best from it.…
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Intel Expected to Reveal Advanced Cooling for Athena Laptops
While having a thin and light laptop is always a nice feature, there is generally one problem that all manufacturers have to try and overcome. Namely, that with such a small area of space to work with, cooling can often be a big problem. Well, technically, not so much cooling…
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Windows 7 Support (Mostly) Ends in Just 2 Weeks
As the popular phrase goes, all good things must eventually come to an end. When it comes to operating systems, however, it abundantly clear that users are often more than a little reluctant to make the transition to newer versions. Windows 7 users, however, will have some difficult choices to…
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Mikes Rant – Christmas Edition – 5 Tech Predictions For 2020
I’m rather fond of my ‘Mikes Rant’ posts. Largely because it often allows me to spread my wings and make some very bold (and mildly controversial) statements about a wide variety of subjects. It is, after all, an opinion piece. As such, if you have a problem with the content,…
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Witcher 3 Cashes-In on TV Show with Highest Ever Player Count
With the recent launch of the (excellent) Netflix adaptation of ‘The Witcher‘, it was hardly unexpected to see a fair number of people coming (or returning) to the gaming franchise. Even I’ll admit, I’ve been tempted to install it again for the first time in well over 2 years. It…
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Red Dead Redemption Fan Remaster Project is Probably Dead
There is one inescapable truth about fan-based gaming projects. Namely, that the legal sword of Damocles always tentatively hangs above their heads. As such, when we first heard the news of a Red Dead Redemption PC Remaster being created by fans, we doubted it would survive for very long. These…
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Intel 10th Gen Comet Lake-S Specifications Leak
At the risk of venturing into the realms of hyperbole, I can’t help but feel that Intel is in something of a need to release special when they launch their new Comet Lake-S processors. While Intel still has a comfortable market share in the CPU market, the trend since 2017…
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ASRock Reveals its Radeon RX 5600 XT Challenger Specs
ASRock was undoubtedly one of the busiest AIB partners when AMD recently released its RX 5500 graphics card. With it now being around a month since that GPU launched, however, one thing is pretty clear. Namely, that it isn’t proving to be particularly popular with consumers nor indeed the industry…
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Mikes Rant – Christmas Edition – 5 Tech Losers of 2019
2019 has proven to be a hugely successful year for a number of companies and their respective products. That doesn’t mean, however, that it’s been great for everyone. So, who in my opinion hasn’t really hit the mark this year in terms of their actions or, indeed, inactions? – Let’s…
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Mikes Rant – Christmas Edition – The 5 Tech Winners Of 2019
We have seen a lot of amazing tech products released throughout 2019, but (as often is the case) some brands have gone well beyond my expectations for what they have managed to achieve. So, in this very festive edition of Mikes Rant, I’ll take a look at some of the…
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Cougar Revenger RGB 12k DPI Optical Gaming Mouse Review
We haven’t reviewed a lot of Cougar gaming mice here at eTeknix. However, the ones we have had were pretty decent! Even the more affordable models such as the 450M and the 300M we’re pretty impressive. Of course, they’re quite old now, but the new Revenger we have in the…
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Mikes Rant – Christmas Edition – Craziest News From 2019!
As you might expect, there’s more than a few crazy stories we cover over the year that while not always specifically tech-related, are just too mad to ignore! There has led to something of a saying in the eTeknix offices, if it’s a bit mad, give it to Mike! I…
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AlphaSync Canine SPEC-7X Gaming PC Review
The custom PC market is booming, and with PC gaming proving to be more popular than ever, it’s easy to understand why. Sure, many of us love to build our own systems, and that’s awesome. However, not everyone has the time to source compatible components, deal with multiple deliveries, put…
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Mikes Rant – Christmas Edition – The 5 Worst Games Of 2019
So, with 2019 drawing to a close, I think that (on the whole) it’s largely been a very positive year for gamers. We’ve had a lot of truly excellent releases that are certainly pushing PCs to their limits and giving both the PS4 and Xbox One a fine send-off in…
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