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.

• G.Skill Releases the Trident Z Royal Display Box
• BIOSTAR Intel 300 Series Motherboards Ready for the New Stepping of 9th Generation Intel Core Processors
• NVIDIA Extends DirectX Raytracing (DXR) Support to Many GeForce GTX GPUs
• NVIDIA Also Releases Tech Demos for RTX: Star Wars, Atomic Heart, Justice Available for Download
• AOC’s Agon AG353UCG 35” Curved 200Hz G-Sync HDR Gaming Monitor Unveiled
• ASRock Strengthens Steel Legend Series With New Z390 Motherboard
• Raidmax Unveils the Atilla Mid-tower Case
• AOC Q27T1 and U32U1 Monitors Announced, Designed by Porsche
• ADATA Launches Elegant UV350 USB Flash Drive
• BIOSTAR Announces Windows 7 support for AMD and Intel Motherboards
• Intel’s Optane-cached H10 SSDs Launching this Quarter
• NETGEAR Announces Four Wi-Fi 6 Routers (802.11ax)
• Asetek Launches 645LT: A Miniature Closed-Loop Liquid Cooler
• EVGA GeForce 2080 Ti K|NGP|N – Now Available
• FSP Launches Liquid-Cooled Hydro PTM+ 850W Power Supply
• HyperX Announces First Wireless Headset Under $100
• Apacer Debuts the AS2280P4 M.2 NVMe SSD
• EK Water Blocks Announces EK-Vector Trio for MSI RTX 20-series Gaming Trio
• EK Updates EK-Vector Lineup with Extended Compatibility EK-Vector RTX RE Blocks for Reference 2080 and 2080Ti GPUs
• Cooler Master Intros TUF Gaming Alliance ML120L and MA410P Variants
• Colorful iGame RTX 2080 Ti Neptune Card Released
• GIGABYTE Bundles Overclocked, Cherry-picked Intel Core i9-9900K with $900 Z390 Aorus Xtreme Waterforce Mobo
• ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces ROG Strix Scope Series Keyboard

Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD has released their Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.4.1 Drivers. This beta release features no performance enhancements, and it also doesn’t add any support for new games. Instead, it is centered around fixing various issues seen within AMD’s software and a couple of games. The biggest of these fixes is the elimination of crashes and application hang in World of Warcraft with Patch 8.1.5 or later when using MSAA. They have also eliminated graphical corruption seen in World of Tanks when in-game settings are set to the minimum when using Radeon RX Vega graphics products. Considering how popular both of these titles are it is likely more than a few gamers will be quite happy with these fixes. AMD has made sure to note a few unresolved problems as well. The most annoying of which is likely going to be screen flicker with multiple displays at the desktop or with applications running on AMD’s Radeon VII.

The new Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.4.1 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.

• SilentiumPC Announces Signum SG1X TG RGB Case
• Cooler Master Launches the MasterBox Q500L
• EK Water Blocks Announces EK-Scalar Quantum Line Multi-GPU Terminals
• Roccat Unveils the Noz Ultra-light Gaming Headset
• ADATA Announces SD600Q Rugged External SSD
• EK Water Blocks Releasing Gold-plated EK Vector Titan RTX Full Cover GPU Water Block for NVIDIA Titan RTX
• Alphacool Outs Eisbaer Refill Kit
• Team Group Releases MP34 M.2 Solid State Drive (3000MB/s)
• EK Water Blocks Releasing New Quantum Line Series EK-Velocity sTR4 Water Blocks for AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPUs
• ASUS Rolls Out ROG Swift PG349Q, a 120Hz Curved Ultrawide
• Corsair Issues Recall for Lot of H100i RGB Platinum SE Coolers
• Galax to Launch HoF Phison PS5012-E12 Based M.2. and Add-in SSDs
• Silverstone Unveils Compact Krypton KR02 CPU Cooler
• Phanteks Announces Universal Fan Controller PH-PWHUB 02
• Silverstone Adds More Strider Plus Bronze Modular PSUs to Its Lineup
• Spire Intros LCG-HSR Line of AIO Liquid CPU Coolers
• Patriot Launches Viper VPN100 SSDs: Up to 2TB, Massive Heatsink
• COLORFUL Officially Announces CVN B365M Gaming Pro V20 Motherboard
• Netgear Nighthawk AX4 Wi-Fi 6 Router Arrives on April 9th

COMBATSIM.COM enters the 21st century with its first video review.

The subject of this review is Thrustmaster’s T.Flight HOTAS 4, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Edition.

Check it out on our new Combatsim YouTube channel.

Review Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMVWY3D-4ow

By Krzysztof Hukalowicz @ Guru3D

The Patriot brand is known more widely for making flash drives, SSDs, and RAM. On the 24th of October last year, they announced a new gaming keyboard with RGB backlighting – the Viper V765. It will be the next model in the Viper gaming series, which includes not only keyboards, but also mice, headphones, and other accessories. The V765 is, next to the V760, a keyboard designed for intermediate users, which means that it offers not only basic but also some more advanced functions, while keeping the price reasonable. The Patriot Viper V765 is priced at only USD 99, and for this amount you get Kailh White Box mechanical switches, water resistance, RGB backlighting, and a detachable magnetic wrist rest – which sounds like a good package.

Read The Review Here

Source: TechPowerUp!

After the oddity that was its GeForce 419.67 WHQL Creator Ready drivers, NVIDIA launched new GeForce drivers with the same 419.67 version number, but with “Game Ready” branding. It’s now clear that Creator Ready is a fork of the GeForce software, released at a slightly lesser frequency, targeting creativity and productivity software that don’t quite need Quadro feature-set or certifications. GeForce 419.67 WHQL Game Ready, on the other hand, add day-one optimization for “Battlefield V: Firestorm,” a new update that brings the highly addictive Battle Royale gameplay mode to the Battlefield franchise. Optimization is also added or refined for “Anthem,” “Shadow of the Tomb Raider,” and “Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.” NVIDIA expanded the list of Adaptive Sync monitors that are now capable of G-Sync.

Among the bugs fixed are a performance drop noticed in DaVinci Resolve, overexposed brightness and color seen in “Far Cry: New Dawn” with HDR turned on; performance issues with “Total War: Warhammer 2″ with AA turned on; artifacts seen in certain Adobe applications; screen corruption when switching display modes with HDR turned on in “Apex Legends,” FOV reduction when recording with GeForce Experience; flickering noticed in “Star Citizen” followed by a CTD on “Turing” GPUs, abnormal time taken on GeForce GTX 980 responding to NVAPI calls; TITAN RTX overheating when enabling TCC mode via NVLink; and second monitor flickering with two monitors connected to an RTX 2070.

You can download the new GeForce 419.67 WHQL Game Ready drivers through GeForce Experience or 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.

• DIYPC Introduces the DIY-Line-RGB Chassis
• Thermalright Intros Silver Arrow IB-E Extreme Rev. B CPU Cooler
• ASUS Unveils 27-Inch QHD Gaming Monitor With 165 Hz Refresh Rate
• EK Water Blocks Releases EK-Vector Series Water Blocks for AMD Radeon VII
• ENERMAX Announces LIQMAX III AIO Liquid CPU Cooler
• TP-Link Introduces New Line of Value Packed Archer A Series Routers
• ENERMAX Readies SABERAY ADV, the Top-end Addressable RGB Gaming Case
• Roccat Announces the Kova AIMO Gaming Mouse
• EK Releases Aluminum Based Water Blocks for NVIDIA RTX Series Graphics Cards
• Nitro Concepts Releases the New S300EX Gaming Chair
• Scythe Presents Kotetsu Mark II & Choten TUF Gaming Alliance Coolers
• Zotac Releases Compact MEK Mini PC with RTX 2070 Video Card
• ASUS TUF B450M-Pro Gaming Motherboard Released

Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD has released the latest version of their Radeon Adrenalin 2019 Drivers with beta version 19.3.3. This release adds support for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Generation Zero. In regards to performance improvements AMD made no mention of any with this release; however, a few fixes were implemented. Up first is Rainbow Six Siege which should no longer have texture flickering or intermittent corruption issues. Meanwhile, in DOTA 2 VR AMD has managed to eliminate stutter problems on HMD devices when the game is utilizing the Vulkan API. They also made mention of two known issues as well. The first issue impacts AMD Ryzen mobile processors with Radeon Vega Graphics, on which the mouse cursor can disappear or go beyond the top boundary of a display. While the second problem pertains to WattMan gauges along with the performance metrics, overlay being inaccurate on systems with an AMD Radeon VII installed.

The new Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.3.3 beta drivers are available online at the AMD driver download page.

Source: TechPowerUp!

NVIDIA today surprised us with the curiously named GeForce 419.67 Creator Ready drivers. These are client-segment graphics drivers, and only support GeForce and TITAN graphics cards, and not a single Quadro product is supported. Their version numbering also aligns with the GeForce trunk. The way we read this, “Creator Ready” is a new moniker like the existing “Game Ready,” and while the latter is timed to release with major AAA game launches, the former aligns with major productivity apps relevant to the client-segment that doesn’t need too many professional features or certifications exclusive to the Quadro series. These drivers support GeForce GTX 10-series “Pascal,” GeForce GTX 16-series “Turing,” GeForce RTX 20-series “Turing,” and TITAN products based on the “Pascal,” “Volta” and “Turing” architectures. 900-series “Maxwell” support is removed.

These drivers introduce performance optimization for recently launched productivity applications Autodesk Arnold, Unreal Engine 4.22, REDCINE-X PRO, Adobe Lightroom, and Substance Designer by Adobe. The drivers also improve performance of existing applications. You can expect a 13 percent performance improvement with Blender Cycles, up to 9 percent with Photoshop CC and Premier Pro CC, and up to 8 percent with Maxon Cinema 4D. NVIDIA also added G-Sync certifications to ASUS VG278Q and VG258 monitors, which are adaptive-sync capable. Installing these drivers won’t change the gaming feature-set of your existing drivers. These very much still are GeForce drivers, and your settings can carry forward.

You can download the new GeForce 419.67 Creator Ready drivers at GeForce.com.

Source: Blue’s News

NVIDIA announces that the GeForce Experience Ansel RTX and Freestyle are now available through a new in-app version 3.18 update. The Ansel update brings a new version of the screenshot tool to over 200 games without requiring and SDK update, while Freestyle offers image adjustments that can be accessed on-the-fly from within games. Here’s word:

NVIDIA Freestyle – Change The Look and Feel of Games In Real-Time
NVIDIA Freestyle gives you the power to customize the appearance of a game in real-time through the application of post-processing filters. Add sharpening, adjust color and contrast, or make your own filter by stacking and tweaking any of the 17 available filters.

GeForce Experience Update Adds New Creative Tools For Your Games
To apply Freestyle filters in any of the 200+ games currently supported, simply press Alt+F3 during gameplay.

Ansel RTX – Even More Tools and Features For In-Game Photos
Ansel RTX expands select Ansel Photo Mode features to hundreds of games, allowing you to add stackable filters, save in HDR format, and capture photos at up to 8K resolution using AI Up-Res on GeForce RTX graphics cards.