By AkG @ Hardware Canucks
Is it a router, outer space invader or Cylon Basestar? Linksys’ MAX-STREAM EA9500 may look odd but it also happens to be one of the most powerful routers on the market.
By Nathan Kirsch @ Legit Reviews
Corsair hasn’t been that aggressive in the SSD market recently, but all that changed earlier this month when their announced the Force MP500. This drive marks a number of firsts for Corsair as it is their first drive to ever use the M.2 2280 form factor, PCIe interface, and the NVMe protocol. Since this is Corsair’s first PCIe Gen 3 x4 SSD it has blisteringly fast sequential speeds of up to 3,000 MB/s read and 2,400 MB/s write, which makes it roughly 5 times faster than the Corsair Nuetron Series XTi drives that used to be their flagship storage drive series. Things are also impressive on the 4K Random Read/Write performance as the Phison 5007-E7 controller and 15nm Toshiba MLC NAND Flash are capable of reaching up to 250,000 IOPS for 4K Random Reads and 210,000 IOPS of 4K Random Write performance.
Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.
- In Win Launches X-Frame 2.0 Signature Edition Open Chassis
- Intel Z270 Motherboard Photos from ASRock, Gigabyte and MSI Leaked
- COLORFUL Unveils Feature Preview of its iGame200 Motherboards
- Sharkoon Announces the RapidCase 2.5 Portable HDD Enclosure
- BIOSTAR Reveals Dual-Cooling GeForce Gaming GTX 1050 Ti
- ZADAK511 Updates SSDs with RGB LED Lighting
- Thermaltake Unveils New Toughpower Grand RGB Gold PSU Series
- Genius Announces Super Value KMH-200 Gaming Peripheral Combo
- Thermaltake Reveals New Core X71‧Core X31‧Suppressor F31 Tempered Glass Edition Chassis
- GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 Rock Edition Graphics Card Unveiled
- G.SKILL Announces Revolutionary RGB Lighting DDR4 with Trident Z RGB Series
- Zotac Unveils a Shorter GTX 1070 Mini Graphics Card
- ID-Cooling Intros SE-214C Tower-type CPU Cooler
- GALAX Unveils a Single-slot GeForce GTX 1070 Graphics Card
- ASUS Announces the ROG XG Station 2 External Graphics Enclosure
- COLORFUL Introduces iGame GTX1070 X-TOP-8G Advanced Limited Video Card
- ID-Cooling Releases 140mm Concentric LED Fans
Battlestate Games, developers of the much-anticipated military-themed FPS/MMO Escape from Tarkov have released several screenshots of a new in-game location – the Forest. This vast Forest covers a major section of the city of Tarkov’s immediate outskirts and it hides many secrets. Attentive explorers will discover many locations, most of them dangerous, including an abandoned railroad station, sawmill, the remains of a crashed plane and much more. To succeed in the forest battlefield, players will have to adopt special combat tactics and learn to navigate in dense vegetation and open spaces.
Escape from Tarkov is a hardcore story-driven MMO featuring elements of both FPS and RPGs. The events take place in the Russian city of Tarkov, which has been sealed off by roadblocks after having plunged into chaos of warfare between private military companies. Escape from Tarkov’s Hazardous Environment Combat Simulator employs a number of custom system modules to create incredibly immersive gameplay and lets players feel the reality of what is happening in the game.
Escape from Tarkov is currently in the Alpha testing stage and is being prepared for transition to closed beta. At the moment, most key game mechanics are already in place including trade, handling of weapons/inventory, raid objectives and character leveling/skill upgrades system.
More info on Escape From Tarkov can be found at the game’s official website.
Reinforcements Have Arrived, eh? Together for Victory is Here.
The time has come for all the subjects of his Majesty to stand shoulder to shoulder against Fascism. Will you answer the call?
Together for Victory, the first expansion for Hearts of Iron IV (PEGI 7), is now available on major digital retailers. This add-on for Paradox’s grand strategy epic about the tumultuous years leading to and including WWII puts the British Dominions and Commonwealth nations in the spotlight.
The major new mechanic is the Autonomy system. Nations still subject to a greater power have a range of actions available to them depending on how subservient they are. A Dominion will have some constraints on its foreign policy, but will be more independent than a puppet regime. Through decisions and actions, these subjects can assert themselves and gain full independence.
Together for Victory also includes:
- New National Focuses: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India each receive their own National Focus Trees, bringing their history to life
- Spearheads: A new order simplifies breakthroughs in land invasions
- Continuous Focuses: Choose a National Focus to boost your nation’s capabilities over time, prioritizing one aspect of your military machine over another
- Alternate Histories: Each of the Dominion nations has alternate history branches. Lead South Africa to a Communist revolution that will end segregation but alienate Great Britain. Make Canada a Fascist state warily eyeing the giant to the south.
- Tech Sharing: Cozy up to an advanced great power and take advantage of their research progress to accelerate your own development.
- Combat Log: Extensive details on the performance of your divisions in battle are now available for you, Commander.
- Request Lend Lease: Ask for assistance from across the seas in the form of lend lease, adding new vehicles and equipment to beleaguered armies.
- New Art: New portraits for new leaders, old leaders have some portraits redone, and new unit designs and event pictures make their debut.
Enlist for a new challenge in Hearts of Iron IV: Together for Victory.
For more game information click here.
Watch the atmospheric first video reveal of Target: Führer, the campaign mission for 1-2 players FREE with all Sniper Elite 4 pre-orders (all editions, all platforms).
Catch a world-first look at the daunting U-boat facility you must infiltrate, crawling inside and out with elite Nazi troops and packed with an array of creative environmental kills! There are literally dozens of ways to takedown the Führer – how many can you spot?
For more game info head to the Sniper Elite 4 website.
Source: TechPowerUp!
NVIDIA has released the GeForce 376.33 WHQL drivers. These drivers come with a number of bug-fixes covering the previous GeForce 376.19 drivers, particularly with its Oculus Touch VR game title-specific optimizations. According to the release notes, these drivers seem to disable SLI support for “Titanfall 2,” probably because it’s too unstable at the moment.
UPDATE:
If you’re one of those people who doesn’t regularly update their graphics card drivers, and you’re rocking an NVIDIA graphics card, you really should update your drivers to the latest WHQL version, 376.33. The release notes and a security bulletin issued by the company point towards the fixing of multiple detected kernel layer (nvlddmkm.sys) vulnerabilities in NVIDIA’s previous driver releases, which could “Lead to a Denial of Service, Escalation of Privileges, or Both”.
In total, there are seven reported vulnerabilities as having been fixed, with NVIDIA acknowledging contributions in the issues’ detection from engineers with Google Project Zero and Cisco Talos.
You can download the new GeForce 376.33 WHQL drivers from GeForce Experience and GeForce.com.
Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.
- CORSAIR Unveils Its Fastest Ever SSD range, the Force Series MP500 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD
- BIOSTAR Introduces the AM3 Gaming Mouse
- ASUS Announces the BRT-AC828 Ultra-Fast 802.11ac Router
- Calyos Unveils NSG Passive Cooling Kit for Thermaltake Core P3
- ASUS Release Low-Cost High-Bandwidth SLI Bridge
- LG to Launch 4K HDR Gaming Displays at CES 2017
- ASUS Announces the Xonar U7 MKII USB Soundcard
- Calyos Unveils the NGS Cube Passive-Cooled Gaming Desktop
- DeepCool Introduces Three New DA PSUs
- ZADAK511 Offers Shield RGB DDR4 Intel 200 Series Chipset Compatibility
- Cooltek Unveils The TG-01 Midi-Tower Chassis
- ADATA Releases Ultimate SU900 MLC SSD
- Cooler Master Announces the MasterMouse S and Lite S
- XIGMATEK EDEN Mid-Tower Chassis Unveiled
- AeroCool Announces the LS-5200 Mid-tower Chassis
- SilverStone Unveils 800W SFX-L Power Supply
‘Tis the Season for more incredible Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered content! On 13th December, six additional MP maps are coming to all Modern Warfare Remastered players free of charge, plus the Christmas themed Winter Crash map and two new game modes: Gun Game and Hardpoint. One of the most critically-acclaimed games of all time just got even better.
You can watch the December Update Trailer here.
Pick up the Legacy Edition or Digital Deluxe Edition of Infinite Warfare and get Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered in the ultimate entertainment package here.
Find out more at the Call of Duty Blog!
Source: TechPowerUp!
AMD has just announced their 2016 major software update release (following Catalyst Omega in 2014 and Crimson Edition in 2015). It’s dubbed the “Crimson ReLive” release (numbered 12.6.1), and is purported to bring a lot of features and performance improvements across the board for AMD products, as has been historically achieved by AMD with these annual driver releases. This time, there’s just one other thing: game recording and streaming through the built-in ReLive app. It serves as a streaming app that works for both professional, developer and consumer use cases. It supports major streaming giants (such as Twitch and YouTube), includes an in-app toolbar and custom overlay, and is apparently going to feature its own tab inside AMD’s updated driver suite, with minimal reported impact on performance.
You can download the Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Drivers version 12.6.1 here.
