Hardware

By Peter Donnell @ eTeknix

Gaming mice used to come with ways of adding more weight to balance them and adjust their feel, but it seems those days are long gone. The age of the heavy mouse is making way for the new wave of ultra-light gaming mice! Anything under 100 grams seems to be the goal, and they’re proving extremely popular with gamers around the world. Today, Corsair is having a go at it with the Sabre RGB Pro Gaming Mouse. It clocks in at just 74g, so it should be pretty nimble. That’s certainly not the lightest ultra-light I’ve seen, but it’s certainly packing more features than many of its rivals too.

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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.

• MSI Readies MEG Z590 Unify Series and Spatium M.2 NVMe SSDs
• Netgear Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR1000 WIFI6 Router Available
• GALAX Readies HOF-branded DDR5 Overclocking Memory
• EK Launches Micro Static Extenders for the Quantum Torque Series
• Alphacool Launches its New ‘Extremely Large’ Radiators
• ASUS to Release ROG Strix XG279Q-G GUNDAM EDITION Monitor – Likely in Asia Region Only
• Noctua Confirms Compatibility Kits for Intel Alder Lake-S
• Gigabyte M32Q is a 31.5-inch WQHD Gaming Display with KVM
• SilentiumPC Unveils its Fera 5/Fera 5 Dual Fan CPU Coolers
• ViewSonic Introduces VX18 Series of Budget-Friendly Monitors
• EK Launches Quantum Vector FE RTX 3080 and 3090 Backplates
• ASRock Adds Two Z590 Phantom Gaming Motherboards, one Mini-ITX
• Arctic Introduces Quiet Calm RGB Case Fans with Passive Mode
• TeamGroup Launches T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PCIe 4.0 SSD
• AeroCool Debuts the Dorado Line of 80 Plus Gold Power Supplies
• Bitspower Unveils Premium Mobius VGA Water Block for AMD Radeon Big Navi Reference
• Built for Champions – Introducing the CORSAIR K70 RGB TKL Gaming Keyboard and SABRE PRO Gaming Mice

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.

• AMD Offers a Midnight Black Version of its Radeon RX 6800 XT Graphics Card
• Thermalright Intros TA 120 EX Tower-type CPU Cooler
• Cooler Master Offers MH670 Virtual 7.1ch Surround Wireless Headset
• Gigabyte Preparing Passively Cooled AMD X570S Motherboards
• Creative Announces SXFI AIR GAMER Wireless Headset
• COUGAR Outs Bronze Certified ARGB Power Supply in the VTE X2 ARGB Series
• XIGMATEK Intros the Aquarius S Wide Mid-Tower Case
• Gigabyte Shows Rather Weird Triangular Design Concept Graphics Card Cooling
• PNY Outs XLR8 GeForce RTX 3060 REVEL EPIC-X RGB Single Fan Edition Graphics Card
• Roccat Outs New Vulcan Pro Model Featuring the Fan-Favorite Tactile Mechanical Switch Feeling
• MSI Releases New Gaming Chairs MSI MAG CH130 X
• MSI Sells its 3 Millionth Gaming Monitor in 3 Years, Launches Limited Edition MSI Optix Monitor
• MSI Announces Gaming Desktops Powered by 11th Gen Core “Rocket Lake” Processors
• ELECOM Releases Membrane Gaming Keyboard with Integrated Volume Knob and Wrist Rest

By Hilbert Hagedoorn @ Guru3D

You know it, Corsair has been dominant with their high-end and flagship gaming keyboards. However, they’re still offering some very desirable keyboards in a far more interesting product category in that sub 70 USD space. With the new K55 RGB Pro (XT), Corsair wants to offer a board keyboard series that aesthetically and technically looks like the high-end models, at a far lower and fair price.

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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.

• HyperX Adds Blue Mechanical Switches to Alloy Origins Core Gaming Keyboard
• Cougar Adds 1050W GTX1050 to GEX PSU Series
• Creative Announces Sound Blaster GC7 Gaming DAC and Amp
• Enermax Releases the MAKASHI II MKT50 Case
• Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING OC WATERFORCE WB 10G is Now Available
• Gigabyte Overclocks i9-11900K to 7.3 GHz with Z590 Tachyon
• Cougar Introduces Immersa TI EX Set of Surface-Mounted and Immersion Type Headsets

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.

• ADATA XPG Unveils XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE PCIe Gen4x4 M.2 SSD
• Team Group Launches T-Force Xtreem DDR4 Memory Optimized for 11th Gen Core
• ZADAK Announces TWSG3 M.2 NVMe SSD
• Cougar Releases MX660 Mid Tower Chassis with Extruded Mesh Front Panel
• Thermalright Rolls Out the 47mm-Tall AXP90-X47 Low-profile CPU Cooler
• G.SKILL Unveils its Extreme Speed Memory Kits
• Corsair Refreshes RMx Series PSUs with Magnetic Levitation Fans, Upgraded Warranty
• HyperX Sets DDR4 Memory Breaches the 7156 MHz Marker
• Kingston Introduces NV1 Entry-Level NVMe SSD

Intel today have officially launched its news 11th Generation Core processor family, given the internal name ‘Rocket Lake’,  led by the flagship Intel Core i9-11900K. Reaching speeds of up to 5.3 GHz with Intel Thermal Velocity Boost, the Intel Core i9-11900K delivers even more performance to gamers and PC enthusiasts. We have gathered a number of reviews featuring the Intel Core i9-11900K and Core i5-11600K and the Core i7-11700K processors. Check them out via the links below.

• GURU3D - Intel Core i9-11900K
• GURU3D - Intel Core i5-11600K
• TECHPOWERUP! - Intel Core i9-11900K
• TECHPOWERUP! - Intel Core i5-11600K
• ANANDTECH – Intel Core i9-11900K, Intel Core i5-11600K, Core i7-11700K
• TOM’S HARDWARE - Intel Core i9-11900K, Intel Core i5-11600K
• VORTEZ - Intel Core i9-11900K, Intel Core i5-11600K
• HOT HARDWARE - Intel Core i9-11900K, Intel Core i5-11600K
• PC PERSPECTIVE - Intel Core i9-11900K, Intel Core i5-11600K

Source: TechPowerUp!

NVIDIA today released the latest version of GeForce Software. Version 465.89 WHQL comes with optimization for “DiRT 5″ update with raytracing support; “Outriders,” and “Evil Genius 2: World Domination.” More importantly, the drivers formally introduce Resizable BAR support for GeForce RTX 30-series “Ampere” desktop and mobile discrete GPUs. Priliminary (beta) support is also added for virtualization on GeForce GPUs. Other major changes include support for the new OpenCL 3.0 compute API, NVIDIA SLI support for “Shenmue III” and “The Medium” (on “Turing” GPUs only). Support for 8K TVs is improved by extending the DP-to-HDMI 2.1 PCON clock frequency range.

Among the handful issues fixed with 465.89 WHQL are pixellated smoke with “Rainbow 6 Siege” in Vulkan API mode; a crash with X4 on RTX 30-series; a BSOD when a Samsung Odyssey G9 display is paired with HDMI TV; a BSOD when playing games and watching YouTube videos simultaneously on an RTX 2060; “Sunset Overdrive” showing green display corruption with in-game DOF enabled; Realtek DP to HDMI 2.1 converters being limited to 600 MHz pixel clock, abnormal idle power draw on “Turing” and “Ampere” GPUs with higher refresh-rate G-SYNC monitors; and screenshots captured using GeForce Experience appearing washed out with HDR enabled.

You can download the GeForce 465.89 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.

• 11th Gen Intel Core Unleashes Unmatched Overclocking, Game Performance
• ASRock Launches Z590 OC Formula Motherboard to Push Intel’s 11th Generation Processors to the Max
• ASRock Announces AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT OCF
• CORSAIR Launches K55 RGB PRO and K55 RGB PRO XT Gaming Keyboards
• Mushkin Launches New Delta and Gamma Series Solid State Drives
• Cougar DUAL BLADER Gaming Mouse Announced
• Kingston Announces NV1 NVMe PCIe SSD
• MSI Adds 6 Z590 / B560 Motherboards Compatible with 11th Gen Intel Core

Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD today released the Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.3.2 beta drivers. The drivers come with optimization for “Outriders,” “Evil Genius 2: World Domination,” and the DirectX Raytracing update for “DiRT 5.” A handful issues have also been fixed. Radeon RX 6700 series GPUs incorrectly reporting clock speeds in the Performance tab of Radeon Software, has been fixed. Artifacts noted with shadows in “Insurgency: Sandstorm,” has been fixed. A bug with desktop resolution changing after a power cycle, on certain displays, has been fixed. Screen blacking out when playing games in the borderless fullscreen mode with FreeSync enabled on RX 6000 series GPUs, has been fixed.

The Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.3.2 beta drivers are available online at the AMD driver download page.