Hardware

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.

• EK Water Blocks Introduces EK-Quantum Momentum² VRM Bridge for ROG Maximus Z690 Formula
• CORSAIR Announces HS65 SURROUND Gaming Headset
• G.SKILL Announces New Extreme Low-Latency DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory Kit
• Razer Debuts World’s First 240Hz OLED Display in a Gaming Notebook
• CORSAIR Announces LGA1700-Compatible RGB ELITE Series CPU Coolers, Featuring New AF ELITE Series Fans
• BIOSTAR Announces New B660M-SILVER Motherboard
• Club 3D Unveils PD 240W USB Type-C Cables
• PATRIOT Unveil its VIPER VENOM RGB & Non-RGB DDR5 Memory Kits
• Akasa Unveil its New Vegas A-series Compound Fans
• TEAMGROUP Releases T-FORCE SIREN GD360E All-in-One ARGB CPU Liquid Cooler

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.

• HEATKILLER Unveils V eBC – active Backplate for RTX 3080/3090 EVGA FTW3
• GELID Announces the Zodiac 120 mm Case Fan
• ASUS Adds 1600W Model ROG-THOR-1600T-GAMING PSU – Ultra-quiet TITANIUM Power Supply
• ID-COOLING Launch its IS-47S Low-Profile CPU Air Cooler
• SteelSeries Unveils the Lightest Multi-Genre and MMO/MOBA Mice on the Planet
• Noblechairs Introduces the JAVA EDITION Gaming Chair with Hybrid PU Leather
• Akasa Unveil its New SOHO AR Dawn Edition Fans
• ASUS RTX 3050 TUF Gaming its First TUF Gaming VGA with RGB Lighting
• MSI Confirms Liquid Cooler Support for AMD’s Upcoming AM5 Socket
• Thermaltake Unveils Divider 550 TG Ultra with Front LCD
• Antec Releases its New Dark League DF800 FLUX ATX PC Chassis
• HyperX Now Shipping Alpha Wireless Gaming Headset with Up to 300 Hours of Battery Life
• EK Launches Evolved ABP-Compatible Vertical GPU Holder With a PCIe 4.0 Riser Cable
• CORSAIR Launches K70 RGB TKL Optical-Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

NVIDIA has launched its new Geforce RTX 3050 graphics card. The review embargo has been lifted, and we have gathered together a number of reviews on various custom cards from different manufactures. Here’s a bit from NVIDIA:

The GeForce RTX™ 3050 is built with the powerful graphics performance of the NVIDIA Ampere architecture. It offers dedicated 2nd gen RT Cores and 3rd gen Tensor Cores, new streaming multiprocessors, and high-speed G6 memory to tackle the latest games.

Check out the reviews via the links listed below.

• TECHPOWERUP! - ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 STRIX OC
• HOT HARDWARE - EVGA GeForce RTX 3050 XC Black
• ETEKNIX - Inno3D RTX 3050 Twin X2 OC 8GB
• GURU3D - Palit GeForce RTX 3050 DUAL OC
• TECHPOWERUP! - Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3050 Gaming OC
• WCCFTECH - MSI GeForce RTX 3050 Gaming X 8 GB
• ETEKNIX - Zotac RTX 3050 Twin Edge 8GB
• TECHPOWERUP! - Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX OC

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 Launches Eclipse P600S and Evolv X Matte White Edition Cases, Along with Gen4 PCIe Riser Cables
• be quiet! Expands Pure Power 11 FM Series with 850 W & 1000 W Models
• BIOSTAR Announces New B660 & H610 Series Motherboards
• Logitech Unveil its G413 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
• G.SKILL and ASUS Sets New DDR5-8888 CL88 Overclocking World Record
• Akasa Announces Alucia H4 CPU Tower Cooler
• Cooler Master Launches HAF 500, MasterBox TD300 Mesh, and MasterBox 500 Cases
• Sharkoon Announces Skiller SGH50 Gaming Headset
• ZALMAN Launches Alpha Series AIO CPU Coolers with “Triple Flow” Pump Innovation
• PowerColor Announces Radeon™ RX 6500 XT Graphics Cards
• Sapphire Announces PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT Graphics Card
• EK Announces Vector² Water Blocks for ASUS ROG Strix Cards
• SilentiumPC Gear Announces the Introduction of Three New Desks
• Antec Unveils its NX700 Mid-Tower Case
• EVGA Announces the Z690 CLASSIFIED Motherboard

AMD is formally launching the entry-level member of its Radeon RX 6000 series of video cards today: the Radeon RX 6500 XT.  AMD has lifted the embargo on reviews of this new video card. We have gathered a number of reviews from various websites and have listed them below.

• ETEKNIX - Sapphire Pulse Radeon 6500 XT 4GB
• GURU3D -   Powercolor Fighter RX 6500 XT 4GB
• HOT HARDWARE – GIGABYTE Eagle RX  6500 XT 4G
• TOM’S HARDWARE - XFX Radeon RX 6500 XT QICK 210
• TECHPOWERUP! - ASUS Radeon RX 6500 XT TUF Gaming

Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD released the latest version of Radeon Software Adrenalin drivers. Version 22.1.2 beta comes with optimization for “Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction,” and support for new graphics cards launching today, including the Radeon RX 6500 XT, RX 6400, RX 6500M, and RX 6300M. The only issue fixed with this release addresses longer-than-expected load times for “Borderlands 3″ in DirectX 12 mode with Radeon Boost enabled, on certain RDNA2-series GPUs.

The Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.1.2 drivers are available online at the AMD driver download page.

Source: TechPowerUp!

NVIDIA has released the GeForce 511.23 WHQL drivers. These drivers introduce support for Windows 11 Dynamic Refresh Rate feature, and formally debut NVIDIA Deep Learning Dynamic Super Resolution (DLDSR). This is an interesting new feature that’s an inverse of DLSS, and works to improve eye-candy of older games. Your game is rendered at a higher resolution than your display head, and the render is intelligently scaled down to enhance detail. Such a feature already existed with DSR, but DLDSR adds certain “smarts” by adjusting the higher render resolution on-the-fly, to improve performance. The drivers also add support for CUDA 11.6, even more OpenCL extensions, and a handful more Vulkan extensions, besides support for even more G-SYNC compatible displays.

As a Game Ready driver, version 511.23 adds optimization for “God of War,” including support for DLSS and Reflex; and “The Anacrusis.” The fixes and known-issues list of this driver appears identical to that of the GeForce 511.17 drivers released earlier last week.

You can download the GeForce 511.23 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.

• Sharkoon Launches the TG7M RGB Case
• KINGMAX Unveils PQ4480 M.2 NVMe Gen4 SSD
• DeepCool Introduces New Mid-towers, Gaming Mice and ARGB Fans
• Thermalright Outs TA120 EX Mini White Compact Tower-type CPU Cooler
• Arctic Launches its P14 RGB & P14 A-RGB Fans
• MSI Announces Three New PC Cases
• MSI Announces Vigor GK71 Sonic & GK50 Low Profile TKL Gaming Keyboards
• MSI Announces Immerse GV60 Microphone & GH50 Wireless Headset
• EK Launches PCIe 4.0 X16 Riser Cable
• EK Water Blocks Unveils EK-Quantum Torque Micro Rotary 90° Fittings for SFF Builds
• EKWB Launch Vector² Water Blocks for Reference 3080, 3080 Ti, & 3090 GPUs
• Genesis Launches the Irid 505 White ARGB PC Case
• Sharkoon Launches The TG4M RGB PC Case
• Biostar Unveil Mini-ITX Racing B660GTN Motherboard
• Turtle Beach VelocityOne Flight System Returns to the Markets
• Silicon Power Announces the XPOWER XS70 PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD
• Scythe Releases SCMK-1700B Mounting Kit for Intel LGA 1700
• Scythe Intros Big Shuriken 3 Rev B CPU Cooler
• Netac Announces Four New NVMe SSDs
• CORSAIR Has Released the K100 RGB OPX GOLD Gaming Keyboard

By Hilbert Hagedoorn @ GURU3D

That is correct, 12 GB! Familiarize yourself to the GeForce RTX 3080 Sumprim X 12GB and revel in the stillness. Join us as we examine the all-new GeForce RTX 3080, a refresh model that features increased memory and even faster-rendering performance. We put MSI’s Suprim X revision to the test. And you’re aware of what that entails: complete silence and enthusiast performance levels. NVIDIA’s refresh RTX 3080 graphics cards include increased graphics RAM and memory bus width. Additionally, the number of shader cores has been increased to 8960, up from 8704 on the RTX 3080 10GB. The GA-102 chip will remain the GPU of choice for the card. A 384-bit memory bus width increase gives the card 912 GB/s of bandwidth, which is comparable to the RTX 3080 Ti (which had 760 GB/s). The GeForce RTX 3080 12GB will have a thermal design power of 340-350W, which is similar to the thermal design power of the RTX 3080 Ti despite having more cores but the same memory configuration.

Read the Review Here

Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD released the year’s first Radeon Software Adrenalin software update. Version 22.1.1 comes with optimization for “Monster Hunter Rise,” and “God of War,” with up to 7% performance increase measured at 4K Ultra settings with the RX 6900 XT, compared to the previous 21.12.1 drivers. A handful issues were also fixed. To begin with, high idle memory clocks noticed on machines with multiple high-resolution monitors, has been fixed. Power Tuning components of a saved tuning profile not correctly loading following a Radeon Software update, has been fixed. Visual corruption noticed with “Halo Infinite” when zoomed-in, on machines with products such as the RX 5600 XT, has been fixed. Flickering noticed in “Fortnite” with RX 6000 series graphics cards in DirectX 12 mode with Radeon Boost enabled, as been fixed.

The Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.1.1 drivers are available online at the AMD driver download page.