Intel has launched the first two CPUs from its Intel’s Skylake architecture, the 6th Generation Core i7-6700K and the Core i5-6600K. A number of reviews have been posted from around the community. Follow the links below to learn more about these new processors.
With Intel announcing its 6th generation Core processors, codenamed “Skylake” along with the new Z170 Express Chipset, a number of motherboard manufacturers have announced their new motherboards built for the new processors and chipset. We have rounded up some of the first reviews for a number of these new motherboards. Click on the links below to find out if one of these new motherboards are destined for your new build.
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.
- Intel Debuts its 6th Generation Core Processor Family and Z170 Express Chipset
- MSI Announces the Z170 Gaming Motherboards
- ASUS Announces ROG Maximus VIII Z170 Series Motherboards
- ASUS Announces Z170 Series Motherboards
- ASUS Announces Z170 Signature Series Motherboards
- ASUS Announces Z170 Pro Gaming Motherboards
- GIGABYTE Launches Its 100 Series Motherboards
- EVGA Announces its Z170 Series Motherboards
- ECS Proudly Announces Z170-Claymore Motherboard
- ASRock Announces its Z170 Motherboard Series
- BIOSTAR Announces its Z170 Motherboards
- HyperX Releases HyperX FURY DDR4 Kits of Two for Intel Skylake Platform
- Corsair and Cherry Develop New ‘Silent’ Cherry MX Red Mechanical Keyboard Switch
- Rivet Networks Unleashes Killer E2400 with Advanced Stream Detect 2.0
- Acer Lifts The Veil On Its Predator G6-710 Gaming Desktop
- Eizo Rolls-out 27” IPS Monitor with 144Hz Refresh Rate, AMD FreeSync
- EK Water Blocks Introduces the CoolStream SE 120 mm Slim Radiator
- EK Announces Intel® Socket H3 (LGA-1151) Skylake Compatibility
- Corsair Evolves Gaming Arsenal with New RGB Keyboards, Mice, and Headsets
- ASUS Announces ROG GX860 Buzzard Gaming Mouse
- Razer Announces DeathStalker Chroma Keyboard
- Infinite Control and 16.8 Million Color Options with The Razer Orbweaver Chroma Mechanical Gaming Keypad
- MSI Adds GeForce GTX 980 and 980 Ti Armor2X Graphics Card
- Creative Announces Sound BlasterX H7: Professional HD 7.1 Headset
- Creative Announces Sound BlasterX G5: 7.1 External Sound Card and Amplifier
- Xilence Introduces New CPU Cooler Series
- Noctua Provides Free Mounting Upgrade for Upcoming Intel “Skylake” Platform
Source: PC Gamer
Here’s the last in Relic’s series of videos introducing the new units of Company of Heroes 2′s upcoming multiplayer expandalone, The British Forces. This time, it’s all about emplacements—that’s your mortars, your anti-tank guns, and your AA. Basically, all the stuff designed to make other stuff explode. Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces will be out on September 3.
Bohemia Interactive released a special Arma 3 developer diary video, providing more details on Tanoa – the new terrain featured in the upcoming Arma 3 expansion, which is scheduled for release in the first half of 2016. The new terrain, a 100 km² South Pacific archipelago, was originally revealed during the PC Gaming Show at E3 2015.
In the developer diary, Arma 3′s Creative Director Jay Crowe and Project Lead Joris-Jan van ‘t Land discuss how the devteam came to a South Pacific destination, describe some of the key characteristics and points of interest on Tanoa, and reflect on development so far and the roadmap ahead.
Tanoa will be the first South Pacific destination featured in the Arma series. Previous Arma locations included the Mediterranean islands of Altis and Stratis (Arma 3), the Eastern-European country of Chernarus (Arma 2), the Middle-Eastern nation of Takistan (Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead), and various other terrains in the fictional Armaverse.
Besides the new Tanoa terrain, the Arma 3 expansion will include new vehicles, weapons, attachments and gear, characters, playable content, and more. The expansion is scheduled to be released in the first half of 2016 and will be distributed as DLC for the base Arma 3 game.
For more information about Tanoa, please visit www.arma3.com/tanoa.
Learn more about Rico Rodriguez in the first of a 5-part series
Today sees the first release in the Just Cause 3 dev diary series. This first video offers insight from Avalanche Studios about who Rico Rodriguez is, what new skills and abilities he’s bringing to the table for his third outing, and how the team have brought him to life.
“He’s gotten older,” explains Game Director Roland Lesterlin in the video, “he’s got his scars from his years in Panau and San Esperito. We wanted to give him that background. What would it be like if you set off a nuke? Twice?”
If you missed it, we’ve also released a ‘Meet the Team’ Vignette’, which offers a glimpse behind the curtain at Avalanche Studios, introducing some of the key team working on Just Cause 3.
Watch ‘Episode 1 – Rico’ dev diary here.
More game information available at the Just Cause 3 website.
Source: Blue’s News
A new “Know Your Units” trailer introduces the Centaur, a tank in Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces, the upcoming standalone RTS expansion. Word is:
“In this third installment in the series of four “Know Your Units” videos for Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces, Relic unveils the Centaur tank. Featuring twin 20 mm Polsten guns, the Centaur helps control the battlefield by serving as an excellent anti-aircraft and anti-infantry tank.”
The new NVIDIA GeForce 353.62 WHQL Game Ready drivers for Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 are now available to download from GeForce Experience and GeForce.com. Featuring launch-day support for Windows 10, tweaks and optimizations for games running on other operating systems, and new SLI profiles, our latest Game Ready driver is a recommended update for all GeForce GTX gamers. You can download the release notes in .PDF form here.
With the release of Windows 10 today, AMD has made available a minor update to its Catalyst drivers, version 15.7.1. This driver provides support for Windows 10 as well as full WDDM 2.0 and DirectX 12 support which is available on all AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) products, – AMD Radeon HD 7000 and newer graphics products. The new 15.7.1 Catalyst drivers also include a number of bug fixes. For more information, check out the release notes here.
You can download the AMD Catalyst 15.7.1 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.
- G.SKILL Conquers 4000MHz Speed Barrier and Releases New Trident Z and Ripjaws V Series DDR4 Memory
- GIGABYTE Unveils GeForce GTX 970 Twin-Turbo Graphics Card
- Mionix Unveils the CASTOR Gaming Mouse
- EK Announces CoolStream CE Series Radiators
- ASRock Unveils Gaming G10 Router – VIDEO
- COUGAR Announces 230M and 250M Gaming Mice
- AOC Reveals U3277PQU and Q3277PQU 32-inch Monitors
- AMD Readies Radeon R7 370X to Counter GeForce GTX 950
- GIGABYTE’S Upcoming Gaming 3 Motherboard With WoT Theme Pictured
- MSI Z170A XPOWER Gaming Titanium Edition Motherboard Pictured