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EK’s New RTX 3090, RTX 3080 Waterblocks Are Partially Made Out Of Walnuts

You have to hand it to EK. The watercooling specialist really knows how to think out of the box. The brand just announced its new EK Lignum lineup of products that are partially manufactured out of walnuts (Juglans Nigra). The waterblock itself is based on the company’s EK-Quantum Vector RE RTX 3080/3090 design that’s tailored… Read more

Falling Europe GPU Pricing Suggests Shortage is Easing

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) According to ComputerBase, graphics card prices have begun to drop as much as 50% in Europe. Availability has also improved significantly, with sales of most GPU models from both AMD and Nvidia doubling month-over-month. This report comes on the heels of ASRock, a GPU maker, noting that GPU pricing is… Read more

TeamGroup T-Force Dark Z FPS DDR4-4000 C16 2x8GB Review: Performance Over Eye Candy

Our Verdict The Dark Z FPS DDR4-4000 C16 is a great alternative for Zen 3 CPU owners who want a kit that’s faster than the sweet spot but don’t want to break the piggy bank. For + Quick out of the box + RGB-less design + Room for overclocking Against – Costs more than similarly-specced… Read more

Lenovo’s New ThinkPad Workstations Get Latest Intel Chips, Nvidia RTX A5000

Home News (Image credit: Lenovo) Lenovo’s lineup of ThinkPad workstation laptops are getting more powerful with the launch of the ThinkPad P1, P15 and P17. The notebooks are being bumped up to the latest Intel Core and Xeon mobile CPUs and Nvidia graphics, going up to the enterprise-grade RTA A5000 GPU. The new laptops are… Read more

AMD launches Radeon RX 6900 XT Liquid Edition with a performance bump

AMD is launching a new variant of its Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card that is liquid cooled. This extra cooling allows the card to run at higher clock speeds, delivering better performance in games. Videocardz reports that the Radeon RX 6900 XT Liquid Edition also includes faster memory, at 18Gbps instead of the 16Gbps… Read more

Alphacool Eisblock GPX Aurora RTX 3080/3090 Reference Review

Introduction The TechPowerUp GPU roundup series continues today with Alphacool, after having examined entries from EKWB and CORSAIR to date. Alphacool is high up on the list of large, established DIY watercooling brands, and the company had sent two different takes on its cooling solution for the NVIDIA RTX 3080. We take a look at… Read more

Alphacool Eisblock ES Acetal RTX 3080/3090 Reference Review

Introduction The TechPowerUp GPU roundup series continues today with Alphacool, after having examined entries from EKWB and CORSAIR. Alphacool is high up on the list of large, established DIY watercooling brands, and the company had sent two different takes on its cooling solution for the NVIDIA RTX 3080. We take a look at both today,… Read more

700,000 GPUs Shipped to Miners in the First Quarter of 2021

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) In a new report, Jon Peddie Research sheds some insight on the impact that cryptocurrency mining has had on AIB (add-in board) sales for the start of this year. Needless to say, AMD, Nvidia and their AIB partners have profited hugely from the high demand on the best graphics cards…. Read more

G.Skill Teases New Dual Chamber Tempered Glass ITX Chassis

Home News (Image credit: G.Skill) Popular memory maker G.Skill just announced its first PC case ever, the Z5i, a mini-ITX enclosure that features dual tempered glass side panels and a vertical form factor, with enough room to fit a triple slot RTX 3090. So, not-so-mini-ITX I guess. G.Skill’s first go at building an ITX chassis… Read more

AMD-Based Blade 14 Is Razer’s First Ryzen Laptop

Home News (Image credit: Razer) Razer announced its first AMD-based gaming laptop, the Razer Blade 14, during its E3 keynote. Until now, Razer had been the last major laptop manufacturer that had stuck exclusively with Intel. Razer is calling the new Blade “the most powerful 14-inch gaming laptop.” And with an AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX… Read more

Nvidia Allegedly Readjusts Production Capacity To Make More Ampere GPUs

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) The latest unconfirmed rumor coming out of China is that Nvidia has reportedly adjusted its production strategy to inject more GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards into to the market. It comes from Board Channels, a forum meant for employees at board partners and distributors in China. If accurate, the news… Read more

Aqua Computer LEAKSHIELD Review – No More Leaks

Introduction Would you believe our previous Aqua Computer product review was almost four years ago? That CPU block in many ways heralded modern designs with a lower-profile installation and an integrated OLED display, but the VARIO feature to uniquely fit the installation pressure based on your specific CPU IHS is still a novel thing I… Read more

Colorful Accidentally Reveals Eye-Popping iGame RTX 3090 Kudan

Home News (Image credit: Colorful) Colorful has started a promotion campaign for its upcoming top-of-the-range graphics card, the iGame GeForce RTX Kudan, but the secrecy didn’t last long — the company accidentally leaked its new design in its own blacked-out teaser image. Traditionally Colorful only makes a handful of boards for its Kudan products. They’re… Read more

Folding@Home’s Exascale Compute Power Helped Unravel Covid’s Secrets

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Untold millions of people have rushed to render aid to others as the Covid pandemic has gripped the globe, but those individual contributions took different forms. Some of us did what we could and helped by donating spare computing cycles to distributed computing, which helps researchers use the power of… Read more

Dell: Latest CUDA Core Error Was Just a Typo

Home News (Image credit: Dell) A typo on Dell’s page helping shoppers choose specs for its G15 gaming laptop caused a controversy yesterday, marking the second issue in the company’s CUDA core counts in a week. The typo has been fixed. “We can verify that all CUDA cores in Dell G Series systems have been… Read more