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.

• Phanteks Releases New Glacier G30 STRIX Blocks and Backplates for the ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 30 Series
• Sharkoon Releases the RUSH ER30 USB Gaming Headset
• ASUS ROG Announces Strix Scope RX Keyboard
• Sharkoon Announces SKILLER SGS40 Gaming Chair
• XPG Launches the VENTO PRO 120 PWM Cooling Fan
• Super Flower Intros Neon 122 CPU Cooler
• Lenovo Inserts Two New G27 27inch IPS Gaming Monitors
• Super Flower Also Announced the Neon 240 and Neon 360 AIO Liquid CPU Coolers
• be quiet! Announces Silent Base 802 PC Case
• Highpoint Announces SSD7540 8-port M.2 NVMe SSD RAID Card
• EKWB Unveils the QuantumX Delta TEC Water Block
• XPG Launches STARKER Compact ATX Mid-Tower Chassis
• Cooler Master Introduces the ML360 Sub-Zero with Build in TEC (by Intel)
• Fractal launches Meshify 2 and Meshify 2 XL Cases
• Porsche Design and AOC Unveil the Porsche Design AOC AGON PD27
• HyperX Now Shipping Cloud II Wireless Gaming Headset
• Alphacool Offers New GPU Cooler for RTX 3070/3080/3090
• Sharkoon Announces RUSH ER30 USB Gaming Headset

By Steven Messner @ PC Gamer

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is my favorite Assassin’s Creed, which is saying something considering it’s a series that spans 23 games. It builds on the already excellent RPG foundations laid by Origins and Odyssey, but with meaningful improvements that iron out many of the frustrations I had with both games. Case in point: Not once during the 60-hour story was I told to stop and level up a bunch before I could take on the next quest. That also means Ubisoft isn’t selling optional experience boosts, either. Thank god.

Read the Review Here

Source: TechPowerUp!

NVIDIA today released the GeForce 457.30 WHQL drivers. The drivers come “game ready” (optimized) for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and Godfall. The SLI profile for Black Desert has also been updated. The drivers also add G-Sync support for the Acer CP3271U V, Asus XG27AQ, MSI MAG274QR and Xiaomi Mi 245 HF monitors.

Among the bugs fixed with this release are a drop in performance during gameplay for Warzone; a laptop-only error where the internal panel flashes upon resume from sleep mode or from display off; and a bug specific for Ampere, in a G-SYNC, HDR, Dual-head 8K display environment where the display screen goes black.

You can download the GeForce 457.30 WHQL drivers via GeForce.com.

Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD has released the latest version of Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition. Version 20.11.1 beta comes with optimization for Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War, DiRT 5, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and Godfall. With Godfall, the drivers offer up 7% higher performance as tested with an RX 5700 XT. The driver changelog does not mention any issues fixed with this release, and only a short list of new issues known to AMD, which it’s working on to fix.

The Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.11.1 drivers are available online at the AMD driver download page.

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.

• Sapphire Reveals their Radeon RX 6800 (XT) Nitro and Pulse Series
• INNO3D Announces iChill GeForce RTX 30-series Frostbite Liquid Cooled Graphics Cards
• NZXT Announces the CRFT 07 H510i Mass Effect Chassis
• EK Unveils Special Edition Vector Water Blocks for NVIDIA RTX 3080 FE Graphics Cards
• ID-COOLING Releases ICEFLOW 240 VGA ARGB Water cooler for VGA Cards
• Razer Announces the Kaira Pro Gaming Headset
• Next Level Racing GT Lite Offers a Racing Sim Seat Specializing in GT Positions
• G.SKILL Updates Trident Z Neo DDR4 Specs Up To DDR4-4000 CL16 16GBx2 for AMD Ryzen 5000
• Chieftronic by Chieftec Announces its New Powerup Series PSUs
• ASRock Announces X570 Phantom Gaming Velocita Motherboard
• TEAMGROUP Launches T-FORCE TREASURE Touch External RGB Solid State Drive
• EK Launches New Monoblock for ROG Maximus XII Hero
• EK-Classic Kits Get an Upgrade
• Thermaltake Unveils the AH T200 Micro Chassis
• Corsair Launches the HS70 Bluetooth Gaming Headset
• PowerColor Announces Radeon RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 Graphics Cards
• GIGABYTE Announces AORUS XTREME GeForce RTX™ 30 Series WATERFORCE Graphics Card
• ASRock Confirms its Radeon 6800 and 6800 XT GPUs
• ASUS Announces EKWB GeForce RTX 30 Series Graphics Cards

Battlecruisers and battleships, including HMS Dreadnought, will join the battle

Gaijin Entertainment announces that the next major Content Update will bring battlecruisers and battleships. The Blue-water fleet with destroyers, cruisers and battleships will become the fifth type of military hardware in War Thunder, along with ground vehicles, aircraft, helicopters and coastal fleet.

War Thunder naval battles began with clashes of light and fast coastal forces ships, like torpedo boats, gunships and submarine chasers. Other types of ships including frigates, destroyers and cruisers were added to War Thunder later. The “New Power” update will bring colossal battlecruisers and battleships boasting heavy armor and large calibre guns.

These large ships will include the British battleship Dreadnought (“Дредноут”), the German battleship Westfalen, the US heavy cruiser New Orleans and many other famous ships. Dreadnought is probably the most famous from the list. The construction of this battleship at the beginning of the 20th century made fleets from other nations obsolete because of two key features: an “all-big-gun” armament scheme, with an unprecedented number of heavy-calibre guns, and steam turbine propulsion. Other countries rushed to counter this threat with similar war machines and as a result a whole generation of battleships from that era was commonly referred to as “dreadnoughts”.

The gameplay experience was always quite different for small and large vessels and this difference will only increase when the battleships arrive in the game. This is why the fleet tech trees will be split into two separate trees – coastal fleet and blue-navy fleet with separate progression schemes. Players will be able to use any ships they’ve already unlocked and to train existing ship crews to use any other ships. This decision will allow newcomers that are interested only in larger ships to skip small vessels altogether, start with destroyers and get to cruisers and battleships faster, while the developers will get more freedom to choose the ships for the upcoming updates. War Thunder massive naval battles will still involve all types of vessels from both coastal and blue-navy fleets meaning that fast torpedo boats and gunboats will fight together with large ships and aircraft to achieve team victory.

More information on fleet restructuring in War Thunder is available at the official website.

NVIDIA has released its new RTX 3070 Founders Edition graphics card. And custom cards from various manufactures are also now available. NVIDIA has lifted the embargo on reviews for the new Geforce 3070 card. We have gathered a number of reviews and listed the links below. Here’s a bit from NVIDIA:

The GeForce RTX™ 3070 is powered by Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd gen RTX architecture. Built with enhanced Ray Tracing Cores and Tensor Cores, new streaming multiprocessors, and high-speed G6 memory, it gives you the power you need to rip through the most demanding games.

NVIDIA RTX 3070 Founders Edition Reviews:

• GURU3D
• HEXUS
• LEGIT REVIEWS

NVIDIA RTX 3070 Custom Card Reviews:

• ETEKNIX - ZOTAC GAMING RTX 3070 Twin Edge OC
• GURU3D - ASUS RTX 3070 TUF
• HEXUS - GIGABYTE RTX 3070 GAMING OC
• TECHPOWERUP! - EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 FTW3 Ultra
• WCCTECH - GALAX RTX 3070 SG
• GURU3D - MSI RTX 3070 GAMING X TRIO

Source: TechPowerUp!

NVIDIA has released the GeForce 457.09 WHQL drivers. The drivers come “game ready” (optimized) for Watch_Dogs Legion, DiRT 5, Ghostrunner, and NFS Hot Pursuit Remastered. The biggest change has to be support for the new GeForce RTX 3070 which goes on sale today. The drivers also add G-Sync support for Acer XB323U GX, ASUS VG279QL1A, Dell AW2521HFLA and Gigabyte FI25F displays. Among the bugs fixed with this release are a crash-to-desktop seen with “For Honor,” a random flicker observed on G-Sync multi-monitor setups when playing back YouTube or Twitch at 144 Hz; a black screen observed during game launch on displays with DSC enabled, and a bug with Freesync displays where half the screen goes blank with G-Sync enabled.

You can download the GeForce 457.09 WHQL Game Ready drivers via 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.

• SteelSeries Unveils New Aerox 3 and Aerox 3 Wireless Ultralight Gaming Mice
• EK Partners up With ASUS To Deliver Water-Cooled GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs
• BIOSTAR Introduces the New B450MX Motherboard
• G.Skill Announces Extreme Low Latency DDR4-3600 CL14 64GB Memory Kit
• Genesis Announces the Neon 600 RGB Gaming Headset
• Gigabyte Reveals its 6800 XT and RX 6800 Graphics Cards
• EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 Series Available Now
• MSI Shows Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X TRIO
• ASUS Announces ROG Strix and TUF Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6800 Series Graphics Cards
• EK Water Blocks Readies Radeon RX 6000 and Ryzen 5000 Water Blocks
• GIGABYTE Launches GeForce RTX 3070 Series Graphics Cards
• MSI Offers Optix MAG274QRF-QD Monitor
• HyperX Releases Pulsefire Haste Ultra-lightweight Gaming Mouse
• Noctua Expands chromax.black Line of CPU Coolers
• iiyama Expands Their G-Master Portfolio With Two New Curved Red Eagle Monitors
• ID-Cooling Unveils its SE-225-XT BLACK CPU Air Cooler
• SilverStone Introduces PermaFrost PF360W and PF240W AIO CPU Coolers

Steer Your Path Through Dangerous Waters in Battle for the Bosporus

The fascist powers are to the west. The Russian bear to the north. And the coasts of Egypt and the Levant belong to France and Britain. The independent nations of the eastern Mediterranean live in a dangerous neighborhood . What can Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey do to secure their own safety while the world around them is at war? Seize the reins of power in Hearts of Iron IV: Battle for the Bosporus, available now.

Battle for the Bosporus is a new country pack for Paradox Development Studio’s best-selling strategy wargame about World War II. Armchair generals will find new national focus trees for three nations that border the strategic waterways of the Black and Aegean Seas. Pursue alternate histories alongside major powers in a strong faction, or control your own destiny, free from meddling imperial giants.

Watch the Hearts of Iron IV: Battle for the Bosporus Release Trailer here.

Features of Battle for the Bosporus include:

• National Focus Tree for Bulgaria: Balance the factions in a divided land or reclaim territory lost in 1919. Follow the historical alliance with Germany or resist the German pressures on Tsar Boris, standing up for a free Bulgaria.
• National Focus Tree for Greece: Riven by political division, Greek neutrality is maintained by the controversial Metaxas. Build a strong relationship with the Allies under the guidance of King George II, follow arch-conservatives into fascism or restore the glories of Greek Empire in the east.
• National Focus Tree for Turkey: Robbed of its empire in the last war, what future is there for Turkey in a new one? Continue or halt the reforms of Kemalism, stand as the protector of the Balkans in a new regional faction, restore the Sultan to the throne or found a new Islamic state.
• New Music Tracks
• New 3D Unit Models for Balkan and Turkish Armies
• Unique voice overs for Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey

Hearts of Iron IV: Battle for the Bosporus is available now for a suggested retail price of $9.99/£7.19/€9.99