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By Kevin Lee Apple announced external GPU support for Macs at WWDC 2017, and now the company teamed up with the cinema company Blackmagic to develop a new eGPU designed specifically for the new MacBook Pros announced today. Simply named the Blackmagic eGPU, this external graphics card enclosure is powered by a AMD Radeon Pro…

By Matt Hanson At this year’s E3 gaming expo, Bioware’s Anthem astounded us with stunning 4K graphics that were running at a beautifully smooth 60 frames per second, and it’s now been revealed what kind of hardware was used to power the demo: two Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti graphics cards. The revelation comes courtesy of…

By Kevin Lee The whole computing world is practically holding its collective breath for a new graphics card launch, but according to ASRock’s official AMD GPU roadmap it seems we still have quite a while to wait. ASRock recently revealed a graphics card roadmap up to February 2019 that only includes the existing Radeon Polaris…

By Darren Allan According to a fresh leak, AMD’s flagship Ryzen Threadripper 2nd-Generation processor with a monster 32-cores will launch on August 13, alongside a 24-core sibling CPU. We are talking about the Threadripper 2990X (with 32-cores and 64-threads) along with the Threadripper 2950X (which has 24-cores and 48-threads), and the release date was provided…

By Matt Hanson Hot on the heels of announcing the new affordable Surface Go tablet, Microsoft has revealed the Surface Mobile Mouse. This small and light mouse weighs just 78g (with two AAA batteries installed), and has been ergonomically designed to fit comfortably in either hand. It will be available in three colors: Platinum, Burgundy…

By Darren Allan A fresh leak claims that AMD is preparing to release a pair of new Ryzen 2nd Generation processors, which aim to drive forward on the low power usage front. According to spilled details from motherboard manufacturer ASRock, as highlighted by Wccftech.com, the power-efficient CPUs in question are the Ryzen 5 2600E and…

By Bill Thomas In 2017, Intel reacted to the threat of Threadripper by pumping out high core count (HCC) Skylake-X processors in the consumer space. And, while processors like the Core i9-7980XE outperformed the highest-end Ryzen Threadripper 1950X, they were also much more expensive, leading more enthusiast consumers to go with AMD’s high-end desktop (HEDT)…

By Kevin Lee Seagate arguably got back into the SSD game earlier than Western Digital, but the storage company worked primarily in the enterprise space – but finally at long last it’s introducing a BarraCuda SSD for PC enthusiasts. Before you get too excited, know that the BarraCuda SSD is only a SATA III drive,…

By Bill Thomas Before we dive into any of this, let’s just get one thing out of the way: Intel Coffee Lake-X isn’t confirmed to exist in any way, shape or form. This is all just speculation at this point. Intel has had a rough couple of years. Ever since the onset of AMD Ryzen…

By Kevin Lee Just the other day, we reported on the AMD Ryzen 3 2300X being benchmarked, and now it looks like another low-cost AMD processor is getting its due. The Hong Kong-based XFastest got its hands on an unannounced and unreleased Ryzen 5 2500X chip. The processor is supposedly a four-core, eight-thread chip, featuring…

By Kevin Lee Razer’s new Optomechanical switch is possibly the most revolutionary thing we’ve seen in a desktop keyboard for years. The hybridized key switches gains the speed of a laser-based optical system while still maintaining the clicky, tactile feel of a mechanical key. While we were blown away by the technology in our recent…

By Darren Allan Serious flooding in the Chinese province of Sichuan has disrupted cryptocurrency mining operations located there, which could potentially have something of a knock-on effect in terms of increased demand for graphics cards, to replace boards which have been damaged. This could be bad news for the average consumer in terms of GPU…

By Kevin Lee A new budget AMD Ryzen 2nd Generation processor is on the horizon, according to rumors. A yet-to-be-released AMD Ryzen 3 2300X has appeared in photos and benchmarks in a forum post on Chiphell. The post lists the processor as a four-core, four-thread CPU with a base clock of 3.5GHz and a 4.0GHz…

By Darren Allan New sales stats from a popular German tech retailer have cast some light on the current state of the processor market, showing that while AMD has fought back with the recent launch of its Ryzen 2nd Generation chips, the firm hasn’t done enough to break the dominance of Intel’s Coffee Lake CPUs.…

By Kevin Lee The Nvidia GTX 1180 could be officially announced in less than a month, with rumors suggesting it will make an appearance at Gamescom. Nvidia has reportedly sent out event invites for Gamescom to the press. Supposedly, the invitation makes no mention of a new GeForce graphics card, and only promises hands-on presentations…