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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.

• Inno3D Unveils the iChill X4 Ultra Cooling Solution for Next-gen Graphics Cards
• In Win Launches Its All New 303 Chassis
• Colorful & Bykski Announces First Water Block for GTX 1080 Founders Edition
• GELID Announces the Tranquillo Rev. 4 CPU Cooler
• DEEPCOOL Debuts DUKASE V2 ATX Chassis
• EK Water Blocks Releases New XRES Liquid Cooling Pump Reservoir Combo
• DEEPCOOL Launches Upgraded CPU Liquid Cooler CAPTAIN EX WHITE Series
• Crucial MX300 SSDs with 3d-nand Coming in July
• DEEPCOOL Debuts RGB 360 Lighting Kit
• NVIDIA Releases Specs on GeForce GTX 1070 Video Card
• ThermalTake Versa N26 Offers Clean Design for $60
• ASUS Teases Upcoming G Series Notebooks Powered by “Pascal” GPUs

Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD today released its third Radeon Software Crimson Edition update for this month. Version 16.5.2.1 provides a massive 35 percent performance increase for Radeon R9 390 series graphics cards (R9 390, R9 390X) on “Doom” (2016), compared to version 16.5.2, released earlier this month. The change-log does not mention whether this is also applicable to the nearly identical Radeon R9 290 series (R9 290, R9 290X, and R9 295X2). Not much else has changed, which explains the version numbering.

You can download the Radeon Software Crimson Edition version 16.5.2.1 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.

• Cooler Master Flagship Maker Series Launched
• Lian Li Builds Its First Steel Cases: Meet The Ebonsteel Series
• EVGA Announces the X99 FTW K Motherboard
• ENERMAX Ostrog ADV LED Chassis Now Available
• G.SKILL Announces Trident Z DDR4-4266MHz 16GB (8GBx2) 1.35V Extreme Speed Memory Kit
• TP-Link Announces Talon AD7200 802.11 ad Router
• BIOSTAR J3160MD Motherboard Featuring Intel Braswell Refresh SoC Debuts
• EK Releases Monoblock for ASUS SABERTOOTH Z170 S Motherboard

Reviews of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition have hit the web. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is the first gaming GPU based on the company’s new Pascal™ architecture — providing up to 2x more performance in virtual reality compared to the GeForce GTX TITAN X. Pascal offers massive leaps in performance, memory bandwidth and power efficiency over its predecessor, the high-performance Maxwell™ architecture. And it introduces groundbreaking graphics features and technologies that redefine the PC as the ultimate platform for playing AAA games and enjoying virtual reality.  We have collected a large number of reviews and we’ve posted the links to them below for your convenience.

• HARDOCP
• HARDWARE CANUCKS
• PC PERSPECTIVE
• TECHPOWERUP!
• TWEAKTOWN
• GURU3D
• HOTHARDWARE
• OVERCLOCKERS CLUB
• TOM’S HARDWARE
• NEOSEEKER
• EUROGAMER

Source: TechPowerUp!

NVIDIA released its latest GeForce “Game Ready” drivers. Version 365.19 WHQL comes with optimization for “Doom” (2016), “Homefront: The Revolution,” and “Master of Orion.” This includes optimization, SLI profiles (if the game engine supports it), and GeForce Experience optimal settings. This is perhaps the last driver release before NVIDIA GeForce 10 Series.

You can download the new GeForce 365.19 WHQL drivers from GeForce Experience and GeForce.com.

Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD posted its second Radeon Software Crimson Edition release for this month, version 16.5.2 Beta. The drivers add optimization for “DOOM” (2016), the season’s hottest shooter and a revival of the epic FPS franchise. The drivers also add CrossFire profiles for “Battleborn,” letting it take advantage of multiple GPUs, and dual-GPU graphics cards, such as the Radeon Pro Duo. The drivers also fix texture corruption issues in “Star Wars: Battlefront,” and “League of Legends” in CrossFire mode.

You can download the Radeon Software Crimson Edition version 16.5.2 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.

• ZOTAC Teases GeForce GTX 1080 PGF Edition and New FireStorm Utility
• MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON with Front USB 3.1 Type-C and U.2 Released
• Colorful Announces One of the First GeForce GTX 1080 Video Cards
• First Custom GeForce GTX 1080 is here, GP104-400 Confirmed
• NVIDIA to Focus on 2-way SLI with GeForce “Pascal”
• New Polaris10 and Polaris11 Specifications
• Lian Li PC-09 Dual Compartment Chassis Announced – VIDEO

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.

• Cooler Master’s MasterCase Maker 5 Available Today
• GIGABYTE, GALAX, and Inno3D Announce GTX 1080 Founders Edition Cards
• ASUS Announces All-New ROG Strix Motherboards
• Thermalright Releases Le Grand Macho RT CPU Cooler
• CRYORIG Unveils Origami Case Depth Checker, Case Compatibility Made Simple – VIDEO
• Be Quiet! Equips its Power Supplies with Black Cables
• Phanteks Introduces Enthoo Pro M Acrylic Titanium Green and Anthracite Grey Cases
• FSP Announces 80PLUS Gold Certified Hydro X Power Supply Series
• ASUS Announces the ROG Sheath Deskpad
• EK Water Blocks Releases AMD Radeon Pro Duo Full-Cover Water Block
• Noctua Expands 5V Fan Line-up
• MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON Motherboard Teased – VIDEO
• HyperX Begins Shipping New Cloud Revolver Gaming Headset – VIDEO

Powered by Pascal Architecture, Delivers up to 2x Performance and 3X Efficiency of GeForce GTX TITAN X - NVIDIA also announced Ansel, a powerful game capture tool.

NVIDIA today announced the NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1080 — the first gaming GPU based on the company’s new Pascal™ architecture — providing up to 2x more performance in virtual reality compared to the GeForce GTX TITAN X. Pascal offers massive leaps in performance, memory bandwidth and power efficiency over its predecessor, the high-performance Maxwell™ architecture. And it introduces groundbreaking graphics features and technologies that redefine the PC as the ultimate platform for playing AAA games and enjoying virtual reality.

“The PC is the world’s favorite gaming platform, and our new Pascal GPU architecture will take it to new heights,” said Jeff Fisher, senior vice president of NVIDIA’s PC business. “Our first Pascal gaming GPU, the GeForce GTX 1080, enables incredible realism in gaming and deeply immersive VR experiences, with dramatically improved performance and efficiency. It’s the most powerful gaming GPU ever built, and some of our finest work.”

NVIDIA also announced Ansel, a powerful game capture tool that allows gamers to explore, capture and share the artistry of gaming in ways never before possible. With Ansel, gamers can compose the gameplay shots they want, pointing the camera in any direction and from any vantage point within a gaming world. They can capture screenshots at up to 32x screen resolution, and then zoom in where they choose without losing fidelity. With photo-filters, they can add effects in real time before taking the perfect shot. And they can capture 360-degree stereo photospheres for viewing in a VR headset or Google Cardboard.

Learn more about the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 here.

By  E. Fylladitakis @ AnandTech

Nearly every PC component company is now coming out with their own line of gaming peripherals, and Patriot, the known manufacturer of memory-related products, decided to jump into the bandwagon with the release of one keyboard, one mouse and one headset. In this capsule review we are going to have a close look at one of the trio: the Viper V760 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard.

Read The Review Here