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AMD today released Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.10.1 drivers. Released for Windows 10 and Windows 7, these beta drivers add optimization for “Middle Earth: Shadow of War,” and “Evil Within 2.” The optimization includes Radeon Chill profiles, which tell the GPU exactly when to downclock, for the best thermals and power-usage, without sacrificing performance. The drivers also fix bezel-compensation application on mixed-mode Eyefinity setups, and rare flickering issues noticed with “DiRT 4″ on certain multi-GPU setups.

You can download the Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.10.1 drivers here.

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 Releasing 140 and 280mm CoolStream Slim Radiators
• MSI Announces the X399 SLI Plus: Budget Threadripper
• Patriot Launches Viper Series LED Gaming Mousepad
• EK Water Blocks Releasing All New X Series FC Terminals for Multiple GPU Connectivity
• ASUS Announces ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 EVO Graphics Card
• Logitech Boosts Precision of G203 Prodigy Mouse to 8000 DPI via Firmware Update
• SilverStone MS09C Converts Your M.2 SSDs into USB 3.1 Flash Drives
• Apacer Launches COMMANDO DDR4 Memory
• Xtrfy Announces K3 Mem-chanical Gaming Keyboard
• Silicon Power Introduces the Armor A62 Rugged Portable Hard Drives
• Acer Releases New 27-inch Curved Liquid ED273
• German Company to Sell Binned Core i7 8700K With 99.9% Silver Heatspreader
• Cooler Master MasterCase H500P Case Now Available

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NVIDIA today released the GeForce 387.92 Game Ready Graphics Drivers, which presents a more comprehensive package than most Game Ready drivers. This time, the changes aren’t mostly limited to new, upcoming games support, though that’s still part of the package. On that front, you can count on these drivers being optimized for the upcoming Middle-earth: Shadow of War and The Evil Within 2, as well as Forza Motorsport 7, on which NVIDIA expects anywhere between 15% and 25% performance improvement (which should help improve NVIDIA’s situation). On the VR space, this driver package brings the optimal experience for 4A Games’ Artika.1 (if you recognize the studios’ name, it’s probably because they’re the ones behind the Metro game series.

Also interesting, however, are the feature updates that come with this driver package. Fast Sync is now supported for SLI configurations, though Maxwell architecture users should steer clear of 4K resolution, which isn’t supported for this feature. There’s also NVIDIA GameStream support for HDR under Windows 10. On the renderer side, we see added support for OpenGL 4.61, as well as for DirectX Intermediate Language (DXIL). This includes full support for DirectX 12 Shader Model 6.0 ( for features such as Wavemath), and the DirectX Shader Compiler, though it’s only supported on NVIDIA Kepler and later GPUs. There are also some improvements to full-screen Vulkan applications, though this particular change may cause more errors while leaving and entering full-screen mode (Alt-Tab).

You can download the new GeForce 387.92 Game Ready Graphics Drivers from GeForce Experience and GeForce.com.

Intel has released their Coffee Lake generation processors. The new desktop processor family includes the new 8th Gen Intel Core i7 processor, which is the best desktop gaming processor ever from Intel, along with the first-ever 6-core Intel Core i5 desktop processor and 4-core Intel Core i3 desktop processor. A number of reviews are now available on the Intel Coffee Lake i7-8700K & i5-8400 CPUs. Click on the links below to read all about how these new Intel processors perform.

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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.

• Step Into a New World With New MSI Z370 Motherboards and Intel 8th Gen
• EVGA Introduces Z370 Series Motherboards
• G.SKILL Releases New DDR4 Specifications for Intel Coffee Lake Platform
• Alphacool Introduces Eisstation Series Compact Reservoirs
• CyberPowerPC Lights-Up Gaming: New Crystal PCs Based on Corsair, Intel 8th Gen
• Sharkoon Announces the PureWriter Kailh Mechanical Keyboard
• BIOSTAR Announces 3rd Generation RACING Z370GT6 Brings Luxury Design to Gaming Motherboards
• ASUS Intros Hyper M.2 x16 Riser Card
• Be Quiet! Releases AMD TR4 Mounting Kit for Silent Loop Coolers
• Intel Rebrands Kaby Lake Pentiums as Pentium Gold
• Patriot Launches Blackout Edition Of Its Viper V570 RGB Laser Gaming Mouse
• WD HGST Offers 14 Terabyte Hard Drive

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AMD has released the WHQL version of their latest game-ready drivers. The Radeon Software Crimson ReLive 17.9.3 WHQL drivers bring the same change-log, with fixes, performance improvements, and known issues, as their latest Beta release of the same driver package. However, for those who don’t want to use Beta-state software on their computers, AMD has now released a properly-signed WHQL driver.

You can download the Radeon Software Crimson ReLive 17.9.3 WHQL drivers here.

By Paul Johnson @ HardOCP

If you are looking for a powerhouse of a PSU that is shoehorned into what is a tiny ATX package for the wattage, the Platimax D.F. (Dust Free) PSU may be worthy of your short list. As the name suggests, this PSU sports excellent power efficiency and is fully modular and that could make your HEDT build a lot easier.

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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 X399 SLI PLUS Motherboard for Ryzen Threadripper Pictured
• GIGABYTE Releases AORUS GTX 1080 Gaming Box
• GIGABYTE Unveils Flagship TR4 X399 Designare EX Motherboard
• ASUS Jumps On The Z370 Motherboard Train
• Creative Launches Aurora Reactive SDK for Sound BlasterX Products
• GIGABYTE Radeon RX Vega 64 GAMING OC Pictured
• Cougar Introduces Puri and Puri TKL Gaming Keyboards
• ECS Elitegroup Announces Z370 Lightsaber Motherboard
• Sharkoon Introduces SKILLER MECH SGK2 Keyboard
• BIOSTAR Teases Upcoming 3rd-Gen RACING Series with Z370 Chipset Motherboards
• ASRock Shakes Up Z370 Motherboard Market With Ten Board Assault
• Team Group Announces T-Force Cardea Zero M.2 SSD and T-Force Sable Mousepad
• ASRock X299 Taichi XE Arrives with Beefed-up VRMs
• Thrustmaster Launches the T.Flight Hotas One Joystick for PC & Xbox One
• SteelSeries Releases APEX 150 RGB Gaming Keyboard
• ENERMAX Intros RevoBron, Master of Bronze-rated PSU
• Phanteks Announces Universal Extension Cable Kits
• SteelSeries Introduces the TrueMove1 Sensor in The New Rival 110 Gaming Mouse
• Corsair Launches Vengeance RGB White DDR4 Memory Kits
• ASUS Intros ROG Swift PG27VQ Curved 27-inch Gaming Monitor
• MSI Launches Force GC30 and GC20 Game Controllers

Intel has released the Core i9-7980XE 18-core flagship processor, and the i9-7960X 16-core processor. At a price of $1999 and $1699, these new processors are for the multi-tasker and gamer with very deep pockets. We have gathered a number of published reviews, and you can visit those sites via the links provided below.

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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.

• Gigabyte Announces Z370 Chipset based AORUS Motherboards
• Intel Unveils the 8th Generation Core Desktop Processor Family
• Intel Announces Availability of Core i9-7980XE and Core i9-7960X
• GeIL Announces EVO X ROG-certified RGB Gaming Memory
• HyperX Starts Shipping Cloud Alpha Headset with Dual-chamber Technology
• Colorful Announces New CP600 iGame Series PCIE SSD with SMI Controllers
• G.SKILL Releases New GDS v2.0 Software Update for KM780 RGB & KM570 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboards
• GeIL Announces EVO X ROG-Certified RGB Gaming Memory
• G.SKILL Releases AMD Compatible Trident Z RGB Kits
• MSI to Launch New Custom Version of GTX 1080 Ti – The Gaming X Trio
• Enermax Releases Their Equilence Tempered Glass PC Case