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4 GB LPDDR4x and 10nm SuperFin: Intel gives details about the Iris Xe Max

Last week ASUS and Acer presented their new notebook models with the first dedicated GPU from Intel. Technical details about the Iris-Xe-Max-GPU (previously called DG1) were not provided by either the notebook manufacturer or Intel. Today they come from Intel and people are talking about the alternative to the entry-level GPUs, which are used when… Read more

The Hardwareluxx-Webwatch: The articles from our partners from KW44 / 2020

Published on: Saturday, 31. October 2020 at 15: 00 from Andreas Stegmüller

ASUS ROG Strix LC 360 RGB White Edition in the test: Not only scores with style

Side 1: ASUS ROG Strix LC 225 RGB White Edition in the test: Not only scores with Style The ROG Strix LC 360 RGB is one of the current top AiO cooling systems from ASUS. The – mm model promises a high Cooling performance, but should also be eye-catching. This applies even more to the… Read more

B450 R2.0: ASRock shows three new B450 boards

After Gigabyte started adding new B 550 – also new B 450 boards, ASRock is now taking up this idea and has listed three new boards on its website. The B 450 M Pro4, the B 450 Pro4 and the B 450 M / ac, i.e. three budget boards. ASRock has marked the new models… Read more

ASUS equips GeForce RTX 3000 series cards with water coolers from EKWB

The collaboration between a graphics card and water cooling manufacturer is nothing new. ASUS has now announced one with EK Water Blocks. Models of the GeForce RTX 3070, GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 3090 come with a full cover from the manufacturer -Water cooler equipped by EKWB. The water coolers are the EK-Quantum Vector… Read more

New BIOS for B450 mainboards: Gigabyte releases AGESA 1.1.0.0 for Zen 3

Actually, the BIOS updates of the B 450 and X 470 – Mainboards for Zen 3 (Vermeer) follow only at the beginning 2021, because the current B 550 – and X 570 – mainboards. But first of all, new BIOS versions for the B 450 motherboards have been published on Gigabyte’s website, which, according to… Read more

Western Digital WD_Black AN1500 in the test: successful PCIe4 alternative

Page 1: Western Digital WD_Black AN 1500 in the test: successful PCIe4 alternative As Specialist in mass storage, Western Digital comes with the WD_Black SN 850 already comparatively late for the PCIe4 party. But in addition to the announcement of the SN 730 WD surprised especially with the announcement of the WD_Black AN 1500, an… Read more

AMD in talks with partners about custom models of the Radeon RX 6900 XT

At least ASUS and MSI gave a first preview of their custom designs yesterday. While MSI focuses on the Gaming X Trio versions of the Radeon RX 6800 and Radeon 6800 XT limited, ASUS showed the expected ROG Strix and TUF gaming variants as well as a water-cooled ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6800 XT… Read more

Epic Games Store: After The Ghost Hunters, there will only be one free title for the coming week

In addition to the action game Ghostbusters: The Video Game, the psycho-horror game Blair Witch can currently be purchased for free in the Epic Games Store . The Spieleschmiede also announced the next free title for the coming week. With Wargame: Red Dragon there will only be one free game in the Epic store on… Read more

HiFive Unmatched: Mini-ITX board with RISC-V processor

RISC-V designs are on the advance and are already used in many chips as co-processors – often without the hardware user knowing. SiFive is a startup that is currently driving development particularly aggressively. As a hardware open source development, RISC-V is just as important a step as Linux is in the software world. SiFive offers… Read more

MSI shows first custom design of the Radeon RX 6800 (XT)

As part of a live stream, MSI has a first preview of the Gaming X Trio versions of the Radeon RX 6800 and also the Radeon RX 6800 given. Similar to the ASUS announcement, there are still no technical details about the individual cards – at least not beyond what AMD said about the cards…. Read more

The GeForce RTX 3070 was also sold out quickly

Today we were not only able to present the first comparison test of the GeForce RTX 3070, the cards also went in the sale. This also applies to the GeForce RTX 3070 in the Founders Edition, which we looked at two days ago. According to our own According to NVIDIA, the launch of the GeForce… Read more

ASUS shows custom models of the Radeon RX 6000 series

ASUS is one of the first manufacturers to show the first details of the planned custom designs for the Radeon-RX – 6000-Series. Among other things, a water-cooled ROG Strix LC Radeon RX is planned 6800 XT OC Edition. Air-cooled models from the TUF Gaming and ROG Strix series will also be shown. Officially named: ASUS… Read more

Intel provides further details on Rocket Lake-S, Cypress Cove and the associated chipsets

Just before AMD launched its new Ryzen – 5000 – Series based on the Zen 3 architecture and in it also proclaimed Intel’s last domain – gaming performance – for itself, Intel gave the first details on the next core generation for the desktop. Except for a rough time frame in the first quarter 2021… Read more

ASUS, EVGA, MSI and ZOTAC: Four custom models of the GeForce RTX 3070 in the test

Page 1: ASUS, EVGA, MSI and ZOTAC: Four custom models of the GeForce RTX 3070 in the test After we checked out the Founders Edition of the GeForce RTX 3070, the first custom models will follow today. These differ mainly in terms of clock rate, power limits and cooling. We take a look at the… Read more