Hardware

Source: TechPowerUp!

NVIDIA has released the new GeForce 384.76 WHQL drivers. These drivers come game-ready for “Rise Up” open-beta of “Lawbreakers,” which includes game-optimization and GeForce Experience optimal settings. The “Rise Up” open-beta is live from June 30 to July 3, the game itself releases on August 8. In addition, the drivers come with optimization for “Spiderman: Homecoming – a VR Experience.”

You can download the new GeForce 384.76 WHQL drivers from GeForce Experience and 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.

• Tt eSPORTS unveils the New NEMESIS Switch Optical Gaming Mouse
• MSI Reveals Clutch GM70 & GM60 Wired and Wireless GAMING Mice
• Thermaltake Launches New Core V71 Tempered Glass Edition Chassis Series
• Club 3D Announces 2 New Video Splitters With 2x 4K @ 60Hz Support
• Be Quiet! Announces Their Silent Loop 360 Liquid CPU Cooler
• Cooler Master Launches Mechanical Keyboards with Enthusiast PBT Keycaps
• Philips Offers 241B7QUPEB B-line USB Docking Display
• AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Launched: Starting at $999
• Intel SSD 545s Announced With 64-Layer 3D TLC NAND And 550 MB/s Reads
• Cougar Conquer Chassis Certainly Has The Looks

By Hilbert Hagedoorn @ Guru3D

It is time for our second X299 review, this turn goes to the X299 Prime Deluxe from ASUS. A totally fab looking motherboard in black and white accents with a small embedded LCD display. It’s not just about the looks though as the X299 motherboard can house Kaby-Lake-X and Skylake-X processors, but also is injected with a lot of extra features.

Read The Review Here

By Steven Kean @ Legit Reviews

The AMD Ryzen processor has been out for four months now, and there have been many updates to make things run a little smoother. While many were very upset at the launch issues, we should all acknowledge that these type of issues happen whenever there is a major architecture change; we just tend to forget about them over time. The issues at launch included gaming performance, power usage and memory incompatibility. After the first big update that was to fix gaming performance, we took a look at the AMD Ryzen 1700X and checked how it performed against the Intel i7-7700k in a 14 Game Showdown. We found that Ryzen had indeed stepped up and looked to perform much better than at release in a gaming environment. Gigabyte has been working hard with AMD to resolve the memory incompatibility issues, when we originally tested the Ryzen 1700X our test kit, HyperX Predator 3200MHz, was only able to run at 2933MHz with manual settings. Gigabyte Aorus says they have resolved the memory issues, so we are going to give it another shot and take a closer look at the Gigabyte Aorus AX370-Gaming 5 motherboard which can be purchased online for $189.99 with free shipping.

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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.

• LG 34UC89G-B Offers 34-Inch Curved IPS G-Sync Gaming for $999
• X2 Releases ECLIPSE ADVANCE 900 Series CPU Coolers
• SilverStone Intros the Strider Titanium Line of High-Wattage PSUs
• CRYORIG CPU Coolers Support the New LGA2066 Socket
• Curved AOC AGON Frameless Gaming Monitors Now Available
• G.SKILL Announces New DDR4 Specifications for Intel X299 HEDT Platform
• ASRock Offers ThunderBolt 3 Expansion Card for ASRock 200 Series
• Anidees AI Crystal Cube RGB Case Has Tempered Glass and 5 RGB Fans
• Thermaltake Launches All-New Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition Mid-Tower Chassis

By David Mitchelson @ Vortez

In our first Intel X299 motherboard review we take a look at what GIGABYTE has to offer in the X299 AORUS Gaming 3 – which offers Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X processors a catalogue of enthusiast-grade features.

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By Hilbert Hagedoorn @ Guru3D

We review the X299 Gaming Pro Carbon AC motherboard from MSI. A motherboard with looks and many features on which to embark with that new Core X processor series. This motherboard is intended for Intel’s Skylake-X processors that will be released this summer based on Socket LGA2066, however, the motherboard also supports Kaby Lake-X procs in the form of the quad-core Core i7 7740K and Core i5 7640K.

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Intel lifted the NDA on their HEDT Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X processors today. The processors are part of the latest Core-X series family and will be featuring support on the high-end X299 platform. We have gathered a number of published reviews, and you can visit those sites via the links provided below.

• ANANDTECH
• HOT HARDWARE
• TOM’S HARDWARE
• PC PERSPECTIVE
• OC3D
• HARDWARE CANUCKS
• GURU3D

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 X299 AORUS Motherboards Begins to Ship
• Intel Core i7 and Core i9 “Skylake-X,” Core i5 and Core i7 “Kaby Lake-X” Available
• MSI Unleashes The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z Graphics Card
• EK Releasing Full-Cover Water Blocks for the EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3
• MSI Introduces X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC Motherboard
• GIGABYTE Releases AORUS GTX 1070 Gaming Box
• Cooler Master Offers NVIDIA Edition MasterKeys Pro L Keyboard
• ID-Cooling Announces SE-214L Tower-type CPU Cooler
• AMD Expands Compatibility List of DDR4 Memory for Ryzen
• ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AMP Extreme Core Edition Launched
• GIGABYTE Launches AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition 11G
• ENERMAX Launches AM4-Edition of ETS-T40Fit CPU Cooler Series
• New Microsoft Keyboard Has a Hidden Fingerprint Sensor

Source: TechPowerUp!

AMD late Wednesday released the latest version of Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition. Version 17.6.2 beta is the second release for this month, and comes with a quick-fix for the performance loss noticed in DiRT 4 after its latest game-patch, when the MSAA is cranked up to 8x. The rest of its feature-set appears unchanged from the previous 17.6.1 drivers.

You can download the Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.6.2 beta drivers here.