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New Intel Core i9-11900K benchmark shows improved performance

Home / Component / CPU / New Intel Core i9-11900K benchmark shows improved performance João Silva 1 day ago CPU, Featured Announcement, Featured Tech News We’ve already had one Intel Core i9-11900K benchmark leak, but an updated test run this week shows improved performance. In a new Geekbench 5 run, the Core i9-11900K scored over… Read more

Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Tachyon Motherboard Lands Overseas at $600

Home News Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Tachyon (Image credit: Geizhals) Gigabyte’s Z590 Aorus Tachyon has yet to debut in the U.S. market, but the overclocking-oriented motherboard has already emerged at overseas stores. Tto Austrian retailers, (as spotted via momomo_us), have listed the Z590 Aorus Tachyon for €509 (~$612.59). Deducting the 20% VAT rate would bring the… Read more

Nvidia is requiring laptop makers to be more transparent about RTX 30-series specs

Nvidia is now requiring, not just encouraging, companies selling laptops with its new RTX 30-series graphics chips to be more transparent about the kind of power people can expect. Nvidia tells The Verge these companies will have to disclose specific clock speed stats and total graphics power on online product pages — all of which… Read more

Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Master Preview: Remastered for Z590

Home News (Image credit: Gigabyte) While we still don’t have an Intel Rocket Lake-S Core i9-11900K CPU to use for testing, the Intel Z590 motherboards are arriving in our labs and on store shelves. So while we await the ability to talk benchmarks, we’ll be walking in detail through the features of these brand-new boards…. Read more

Alienware m17 R4 Gaming Laptop Review: Can’t Get Much Faster

Our Verdict A speed demon that prioritizes raw performance, the Alienware m17 R4 puts plenty of pop into a sleek but bulky chassis. For Unrivaled performance Snappy keyboard Attractive design At present, RTX 3080 is the fastest laptop graphics card around, but not all RTX 3080-powered laptops are created equal. Many vendors use Nvidia’s Max-Q… Read more

Nvidia is making buying a gaming laptop more confusing

Gaming laptops that have Nvidia’s powerful RTX 30-series graphics chips inside are now shipping. I have a first look at MSI’s 2021 GS66 Stealth with the RTX 3080, and my colleague Monica Chin published two reviews for launch day: the Asus ROG Flow X13 (with its detachable RTX 3080 eGPU) and the MSI GP66 Leopard… Read more

Two Monstrous Gigabyte and Aorus Radeon RX 6900 XT GPUs Take Flight

Home News Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G (Image credit: Gigabyte) Custom Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics cards are slowly invading the hardware market, and Gigabyte has just announced a couple of its own. The Aorus Radeon RX 6900 XT Master 16G and Radeon RX 6900 XT Gaming OC 16G are designed to release… Read more

Gigabyte Aorus 17G Review: Ampere and a Blazing Screen

Our Verdict The Gigabyte Aorus 17G pushes out solid RTX-30 series performance while offering a mechanical keyboard. For 300 Hz Screen Physical Mechanical Keyboard Against Not much faster than prior-gen laptops Slightly dim screen Slightly low color gamut Ampere has finally landed on laptops, with Gigabyte’s 2021 refresh of the Aorus 17G in particular representing… Read more

Alienware m15 R4 Gaming Laptop Review: RTX 30-Series Performance, Eye-Popping Color

Our Verdict The Alienware m15 R4 packs plenty of RTX 30-series performance in an attractive design with an amazing screen. For Sleek design Strong performance Snappy Keyboard Vibrant optional OLED Screen Against Warm temperatures Relatively short battery life Nvidia’s RTX 30-series “Ampere” graphics cards have been burning up the desktop market since they launched last… Read more

Aorus Adds Quad Slot GeForce RTX 3090 Master To the Family

Home News (Image credit: Gigabyte) If you thought Gigabyte was done making new RTX 3090 SKUs, you’d be wrong, Gigabyte has just released a new RTX 3090 model to the family, the Aorus Master: a huge quadruple slot card with a beefy triple-fan heatsink. Specs-wise you get the RTX 3090 GPU we all know, GA102… Read more

Gigabyte Aorus RGB Memory DDR4-3600 C18 2x8GB Review: Unexpected Strong Performer

Our Verdict Gigabyte’s Aorus RGB Memory DDR4-3600 C18 is a very nice memory kit that’s thwarted by a high price tag and limited availability. For Excellent performance Faster than the similarly-specced competition Against Too expensive Little room for overclocking Lighting requires proprietary software In today’s world, computer hardware vendors have to venture into new markets… Read more

Gigabyte’s Z590 Aorus Tachyon Blasts Rocket Lake With 1300A of Power

Home News (Image credit: Overclocking.com) Gigabyte presented nine Intel Z590-based Aorus-branded motherboards at CES earlier this month, but didn’t actually showcase perhaps the most ambitious model in the lineup: The Z590 Aorus Tachyon, which can deliver up to an almost-ridiculous 1300A of power to Intel’s upcoming Rocket Lake chips. For reference, most flagship motherboards top out around 1000A. … Read more

Intel Core i9-11900K @ 5.3 GHz beats competitors in Geekbench. Here comes the single thread performance leader

Upcoming 11. the generation of Intel Core processors promises to be very intriguing. So far, the results of the engineering samples of the new chips have promised a big leap in performance, but the grain of uncertainty in this topic has been sown by the recent leaks on the 6-core Core i5 model – 11400… Read more

Gigabyte unveils the RTX 3080 Gaming OC WaterForce WB graphics card

João Silva 10 mins ago Featured Tech News, Graphics Gigabyte is getting ready to launch a new RTX 3080 card with a waterblock. The Gigabyte RTX 3080 Gaming OC WaterForce WB is the second RTX 3080 graphics card of this type launched by the manufacturer, but while the first one belongs to the Aorus series, this one… Read more

Gigabyte Drowns RTX 3080 Gaming GPU Under Beefy Waterblock

Home News (Image credit: VideoCardz) The RTX 3080 is a wonderful GPU to begin with in its ‘stock’ Nvidia Founder’s Edition variant, but slap a waterblock on it and you’ve got something truly wonderful. But not everyone is comfortable with the procedure — not always because of the danger, but also warranty concerns. With that… Read more