By Brian Nyhuis @ Legit Reviews

There sure aren’t a whole lot of options on the market for WQHD (2560 x 1440) 144 Hz monitors, and even less options when you’re looking for an IPS display panel. Heck, you don’t have a lot of options for WQHD 144 Hz TN panels, either, especially when looking for 27-inches or larger. Today we’re going to take a look at the Acer Predator XB1 (XB271HU), which is a 27-inch WQHD panel capable of a 144 Hz refresh rate, or 165 Hz when overclocked, and 4ms gray-to-gray pixel response times, featuring NVIDIA G-SYNC technology. Some other features include 100% sRGB color gamut, a brightness of 350 nits, and built-in 2 watt stereo speakers. This monitor has been available since November 2015, but has been well received by gamers.

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By Parm Mann @ HEXUS

While fans of the RX 480 patiently await a Nitro, or indeed any other custom-cooled alternative, Nvidia’s army of partners has already unleashed a tidal wave of diverse GTX 1060s. All the big names are lining up to send their cards in for review – heck, we may even have to turn some away at this rate – and though retail volume remains something of a question mark during launch week, there’s no shortage of non-reference designs. First on the HEXUS test bench is the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X.

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Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD on 19th July, released a WHQL-signed version of Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.7.2 drivers. The company first released the RSCE 16.7.2 as a Beta on the 12th of July. The change-log of the new 16.7.2 WHQL drivers don’t say exactly what is different between the 16.7.2 Beta and the 16.7.2 WHQL; so we guess it’s just 16.7.2 with WHQL certification.

You can download the Radeon Software Crimson Edition version 16.7.2 WHQL drivers here.

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.

• ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces Strix RX 480
• PNY Launch Custom GeForce GTX 1060
• PowerColor Announces the Radeon RX 480 RED DEVIL
• Sharkoon Announces the Shark Zone M50 Gaming Mouse
• Phanteks Unveils New Glacier GTX 1080 Water Block
• ADATA Announces SE730, SC660, and SV620 External Solid State Drives
• Tt eSPORTS Announces the New VENTUS R Optical Gaming Mouse
• 6-Core Intel Processors Going Mainstream in 2018 With Coffee Lake

The Command LIVE project has officially taken off. The first release, Old Grudges Never Die, is available for purchase at the Matrix Games Store and on Steam.

We are really proud of this first episode and of the project as a whole. Developers WarfareSim and Bart Gauvin, an experienced designer from the community, have worked hard to bring this project to life and this is only the start. It’s the first time a detailed simulation takes on real life events to create such detailed fictional, but true-to-life scenarios.

Old Grudges Never Die, in particular,features a highly detailed geopolitical what if scenario, set in the present day Syrian Civil War.

Two playable factions, Turkey and Russia, have been engrossed in this conflict, where every false step could further destabilize the entire region. With dozens of actors involved, the slightest incident could ignite a war.

Take command and avoid escalating the conflict to an all out war, or be ready to face the consequences!

Command Live: Old Grudges Never Die now and play history as it happens. Live!

The game is an expansion for Command: Modern/Air Naval Operations and require the base game to be played.

Check for more details from the Command Live: Old Grudges Never Die product page here!

Reviews of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 have hit the web. Starting at just $249, the GeForce GTX 1060 features the same Pascal-architecture technology found on the record-breaking GeForce GTX 1080 and 1070. A number of websites have received copies of the new Founders Edition card for reviews and we have provided links to those sites below.

• TECHPOWERUP!
• GURU3D
• HARDOCP
• HARDWARE CANUCKS
• TOM’S HARDWARE
• LEGIT REVIEWS
• TWEAKTOWN

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.

• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Released
• ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces Strix GeForce GTX 1060
• MSI Announces Custom GeForce GTX 1060 Graphics Cards
• EVGA Introduces its GeForce GTX 1060 Series
• BIOSTAR Announces its GeForce GTX 1080 Graphics Card
• GIGABYTE Adds Radeon RX 480 G1.Gaming Graphics Cards
• Enermax Announces Availability of Platimax DF Series PSUs
• XFX Radeon RX 480 Double Dissipation Pictured
• Jonsbo Unveils UMX4 and RM3 PC Cases
• Seagate Unveils The Industry’s Broadest 10TB Hard Drive Portfolio
• Thermaltake Toughpower DPS G RGB Gold Series Smart PSUs Announced
• Acer Predator G1 Limited Edition Sports Desktop With GTX 1080 Available For Preorder

Source: GURU3D

Real life mode in Battlefield 1. A very cinematic experience playing with the HUD completely turned off and colour correction. View in 4K 60FPS for best quality and wear headphones.

The dude used the BF1 Cinematic Tools to achieve this thanks to Hatti Watti.

Watch the video here via YouTube.

Source: Blue’s News

A new trailer from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered titled “Crew Expendable” shows off gameplay in the remastered edition of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare that will be packaged with the Legacy, Legacy Pro, and Digital Deluxe editions of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Word is: “Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare®, one of the most critically-acclaimed games of all time, is back and better than ever. Relive one of the most memorable missions from the Modern Warfare campaign in this ‘Crew Expendable’ playthrough.” This FAQ answers a dozen potential questions you might have about this project.

By Ron Perillo @ Modders Inc.

Heatsink designs are driven by the fundamental principle that a larger surface area equates to better heat dissipation than a smaller area. Factoring in componential consent, modern aftermarket CPU tower heatsinks had to get creative to compensate and dial-in the efficiency needed, hence the rise of dual-tower cooler designs. By isolating the two ends of the heatpipe set into two separate fin arrays, the active cooling fan can cool faster due to the smaller area. Dual-tower design also results in better performance with two fans since it is pushing cool air into relatively the same fin array size rather than relegating one of the fans to simply pulling hot air. This dual-tower design is utilized in one of Scythe’s latest tower cooling solution called the Fuma.

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