Hardware

Just Announced Hardware for 29 November 2017

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.

Hardware | Donster | November 29, 2017 |

Just Announced Hardware for 27 November 2017

Hardware | Donster | November 27, 2017 |

Bitfenix Enso Mid-Tower Case Review

By Steven Lynch @ Tom’s Hardware

Originally spotted at Computex 2017, this mid-tower ATX chassis sports a tempered-glass side panel, RGB lighting functionality, and a price tag that won’t break the bank. The Bitfenix Enso is constructed of steel and plastic, measures 210 x 489 x 454mm (W x H x D), and is painted in black inside and out. Tipping the scales at just 15lbs, this chassis is fairly light considering its 4mm thick glass.

Read The Review Here

Cases Hardware | Donster | November 17, 2017 |

Reeven NAIA 240 All-In-One Liquid CPU Cooler Review

By Richard Gouge @ HardOCP

Today we are reviewing Reeven’s first AIO cooler to come to market, the NAIA 240. It breaks with tradition a bit in that it is a refillable system rather than permanently closed as we see in many others. Let’s see if its Frag-Harder lights and custom color liquid help it keep our overclocked Ryzen 7 cool.

Read The Review Here

Hardware System Cooling | Donster | November 17, 2017 |

Next Major AMD Driver Release, ReLive Redux, to Include Performance OSD

Source: TechPowerUp!

Every year, AMD regales its users with a new major version of their driver suite, with added features and, usually, increased performance. In 2015, AMD introduced the Radeon Crimson driver release, which included a hefty performance package for some major titles, the new Radeon Settings design interface, and increased stability over the previous mega-release, Catalyst Omega. Last year, we were treated to the introduction of the ReLive, LiquidVR, and Radeon Chill features. AMD is keeping up with its annual overhauls, even after former RTG head, Raja Koduri, left the company for bluer pastures.

Twitter user Blaze #BlazeK_AMDRT shared some screenshots over Twitter which show that the new driver release will, among other things, include an OSD for performance metrics – not unlike what NVIDIA is offering with its GeForce Experience suite. However, AMD will likely keep ringing the “no registration necessary” bell to increase attractiveness of its software suite over NVIDIA’s. From the screenshots, however, it seems that AMD’s suite will offer more registers than NVIDIA, to polls like VRAM, CPU usage, among others. AMD’s track record with software and drivers has been much improved since Raja Koduri took the helms of RTG, with a much steadier driver release schedule, and pre-emptive releases introducing support for the latest and greatest games. It’s at least comforting to see that there’s no sign of that reverting after he left the company.

Hardware Video Cards | Donster | November 17, 2017 |

AMD Releases Radeon Software Crimson ReLive 17.11.2

Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD has released the Radeon Software Crimson ReLive 17.11.2 beta software. The drivers come with launch-day optimization for “Star Wars: Battlefront II.” The drivers also fix a handful issues related to Radeon ReLive game video capture/streaming software, in which chroma artifacts would show up on the screen, and an issue which caused recording to fail when switching between borderless fullscreen and fullscreen modes. The drivers also address WattMan issues, in which undervolted values wouldn’t correctly apply on some “Polaris” (RX 400 and RX 500 series) GPUs, and underclocked GPU memory values not reflecting in the user-interface.

You can download the Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.11.2 drivers here.

Hardware Video Cards | Donster | November 17, 2017 |

Just Announced Hardware for 17 November 2017

Hardware | Donster | November 17, 2017 |

Be Quiet! Dark Base 700 Review

By Steven Lynch @ Tom’s Hardware

Be Quiet!, best known as the emphatic lower-case manufacturer of power supplies and low-noise PC components, has developed a strong following in the enthusiast community. Today we have the company’s latest installment in its Dark Base line of high-end chassis, the Dark Base 700.

Read The Review Here

Cases Hardware | Donster | November 15, 2017 |

NVIDIA Releases GeForce 388.31 WHQL Game Ready Drivers

Source: TechPowerUp!

NVIDIA today has released the latest version of their GeForce Game Ready Graphics Driver. The new 388.31 drivers are optimized for the latest AAA games, “Star Wars Battlefront II,” and “Injustice 2″. NVIDIA has also added the corresponding 3D Vision profiles for both titles. In addition, they’ve included SLI profiles for Star Wars: Battlefront II and EVE Valkyrie – Warzone as well. According to them, the 388.31 drivers improve Destiny 2 performance by up to a staggering 53%. However, the more notable fixes include the micro-stuttering issue when using GPU monitoring tools to monitor GPU power and the driver not picking up GeForce GTX 1080 on the Alienware Amplifier.

You can download the new GeForce 388.31 WHQL Game Ready Graphics Drivers from GeForce Experience and GeForce.com.

Hardware Video Cards | Donster | November 15, 2017 |

Just Announced Hardware for 15 November 2017

Hardware | Donster | November 15, 2017 |