Hardware

By Parm Mann @ HEXUS

AMD has returned from the premium graphics wilderness with the launch of its Radeon RX 5700 Series graphics cards. Powered by the 7nm Navi architecture, the first two boards – RX 5700 XT and RX 5700 – have made things interesting in the mid-to-high-end space, and a solid showing from reference boards has left us eager to see how custom partner cards will fare.

That wait ends today with the arrival of Sapphire Pulse variants priced at £425 and £365, respectively. We’re beginning with the dearer RX 5700 XT Pulse, with the RX 5700 Pulse to follow, so let’s get stuck in.

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Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD has released Radeon Software Adrenalin 19.8.1 drivers as the first custom-design Radeon RX 5700-series graphics cards took to the shelves. The drivers add Microsoft PlayReady 3.0 DRM support for the RX 5700 series. The drivers also fix several issues but don’t even acknowledge the elevated idle fan-speeds on reference RX 5700-series graphics cards, in what is shaping up to be a bait-and-switch tactic that’s unbecoming of a company like AMD. Among the resolved bugs are color corruption noticed upon install of Radeon Software on Windows 10 May 2019 Update (1903) without Windows Update KB4505903 in place.

A black screen noticed on RX 5700 series with automatic memory overclocking enabled in games with full-screen display settings, has also been fixed. The drivers also fix Radeon Chill settings not being in sync with game profiles changed in-game using Radeon Overlay. Radeon AntiLag slightly impacting performance in some games has also been fixed. Uninstalling RX 5700 drivers on Windows 7 machines resulting in a black-screen has also been fixed. ReLive recording not working correctly on Windows 7 with RX 5700 series has also been fixed.

The new Radeon Software Adrenalin 19.8.1 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.

• ADATA Expands XPG SX8200 Pro Range with 2 TB Model
• ORIGIN PC Introduces an Internal Liquid Cooling Distribution Motherboard Mount
• Phison Showcases Multiple PCIe Gen4 Storage Products
• LED Lighting Finally Arrives on Falcon Northwest’s New 20th Anniversary Edition Talon PC
• MSI Radeon RX 5700 Mech OC Pictured
• More AIB Radeon RX 5700 Card Photos Leaked (XFX, GIGABYTE and HIS)
• 110°C Hotspot Temps “Expected and Within Spec”, AMD on RX 5700-Series Thermals
• AMD to Continue Offering Radeon RX 5700 Series Reference Design
• Intel “Tiger Lake” Supports PCIe Gen 4 and Features Xe Graphics, Phantom Canyon NUC Detailed

By Krzysztof Hukalowicz @ Guru3D

It’s time to check out the new Cooler Master Silencio S600 mid-tower PC chassis. CM released many new cases recently, including the Masterbox Q500L and the NR600, which we reviewed on Guru3d in May and June respectively. I’ve mentioned the latter on purpose, as the Silencio S600, which is the hero of this test, is very, very similar in overall design to the NR600. The case was announced in mid-June. As the name of the series suggests, it should be a silent chassis, and it comes with several design elements that minimize noise pollution. There’s a soundproofing internal lining, a light frame, and several anti-vibration pads inside. If the external design is sober and consistent with such staples of the Silencio family as e.g. an SD card reader on the I/O panel, then the internal layout has evolved. It’s been adapted to meet modern standards in terms of gaming chassis design and water-cooling compatibility.

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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.

• SilentiumPC Ring-RGB Fan Series Corona HP RGB Receives 140 mm Addition
• Thermaltake S500 Tempered Glass Edition Mid-Tower Chassis Now Available
• ENERMAX Launches a New CPU AIO Cooler, LIQMAX III RGB
• X2 Announces the ABKONCORE Spider Spectrum Fan Kit
• Alphacool Eisball Reservoir Now Available
• Acer Releases Nitro XF2 Series Gaming Monitors
• Kingston Announces Shipment of A2000 Series PCIe 3.0 4x NVMe PCIe SSD – $100 for 1 TB
• Phanteks Launches the Eclipse P400A High Airflow Case
• Cryorig Launches C7 CPU Cooler in RGB and Graphene Flavors
• ASUS ROG Strix XG438Q 4K UHD FreeSync 2 HDR Gaming Monitor Now Available
• ASUS Republic of Gamers Radeon RX 5700 XT ROG Strix and RX 5700 TUF Gaming X3 Pictured
• Samsung Announces Sixth Generation 3D V-NAND SSDs – 136 layers
• Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT Pulse Pictured, Listed
• MSI Breaks Another DDR4 World Record at 5902 MHZ with MPG Z390I GAMING EDGE AC!
• MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT EVOKE Graphics Card Teased
• PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil Pictured

Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD ended July with the fifth release of Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition for the month, version 19.7.5 beta. The drivers address an application crash noticed with “Wolfenstein: Youngblood” on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics cards, which is the only item on the change-log. AMD identified a number of new “known issues,” but the 50 percent increased idle fan-speeds on RX 5700 series isn’t one of them.

The new Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.7.5 beta 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.

• EK Water Blocks Releases EK-Leak Tester – a Superior Leak Testing Solution
• Toshiba Memory Reveal RD500 & RC500 ‘Gaming Grade’ SSDs Ahead Of Q4 Availability
• Custom-design RX 5700 XT to Start at $399: PowerColor
• MMD Unveils the All-new Philips E1 Monitor Series
• AMD Could Launch New Navi GPUs Soon
• Intel Launches Eleven 10nm ‘Ice Lake’ Laptop Processors
• ASUS AMD Radeon 5700 (XT) Graphics Cards Images Leak
• ADATA Launches HD770G External Hard Drive

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.

• GIGABYTE Unveils AORUS GeForce® RTX 2080 SUPER™ WATERFORCE Graphics Card
• Acer’s New Predator XN253Q X Monitor Touts a 0.4ms Response Time
• NVIDIA RTX 2060 Super and RTX 2070 Super Chips Come in Three Variants Each. Flashing Possible?
• Fractal Design Introduces the Whisper Quiet Ion+ Platinum PSU
• ASUS 300 and 400 AM4 Motherboards Fully Support AMD Ryzen 3000 Processors
• LG Introduces New UltraFine 5K Display
• G.SKILL Releases Optimized DDR4-3800 CL14 Memory Kit for AMD Ryzen 3000 & X570 Platform
• XFX Radeon RX 5700 Non-reference Card Pictured
• Antec Announces NeoECO Series Power Supplies
• Thermaltake Presents WaterRAM RGB DDR4-3600MHz 32GB Memory Kit

Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD late Monday released the latest version of Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition. Version 19.7.4 Beta fixes a bug that caused “Grand Theft Auto V” to crash on machines with Radeon RX 5700-series graphics cards. The rest of its feature-set is identical to that of the 19.7.3 drivers. There’s no mention in the change-log of the worsened idle fan-noise of RX 5700-series graphics cards observed from the upgrade to 19.7.3.

The new Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.7.4 beta 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.

• CORSAIR Launches CORSAIR 220T RGB Airflow Smart Case and iCUE SP RGB PRO Fans
• Thermaltake Unveils Pacific CL360 Max D5 Hard Tube Water Cooling Kit
• ADATA XPG GAMMIX S50 PCIe Gen 4.0 x4 M.2 SSD Launched
• ASRock’s Custom RX 5700 XT Challenger OC Will Release in Early-August
• ZOTAC Refreshes MEK Mini Gaming PCs with RTX Super GPUs
• Glorious PC Gaming Race Unveils the Model O- Mouse Weighing 58 Grams
• EK-Vector RTX GPU Water Blocks are Compatible With the New RTX Super Series Cards
• Phanteks Announces Glacier D140 Distributor and Glacier R-series Reservoirs
• Sharkoon Launches Pure and Power Monitor Stands
• ASUS Adds New ROG STRIX Power Supplies
• Biostar Launches the X570GT micro-ATX Motherboard