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It looks like AMD has issued a new statement regarding the “support” for the upcoming Zen3 processors on previous B450 and X470 motherboard chipsets. AMD today confirmed that their upcoming Ryzen 4000 series CPUs codenamed “Vermeer”, will have proper support on the B450 and X470 motherboard chipset series. Continue reading AMD’s B450 and X470 chipset boards will have proper Zen 3 CPU Support
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In a surprise move made by “Gigabyte Japan”, the company has just confirmed on Twitter that the Ryzen 5 1600 AF and Ryzen 3 1300 AF CPUs are compatible with their current X570 motherboards. Continue reading Gigabyte now offers support for “first-gen” RYZEN AF CPUs on X570 motherboard chipsets
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Epic Games Store recently updated its policy on their storefront and now features a self-service ‘refund” policy for gamers. Epic has also changed how the “ownership authorization” works for games bought on EGS. Continue reading Epic Games Store has updated its policy, now allowing self-service “refunds” and other features to gamers
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Have you ever thought of buying a motherboard having a discrete GPU ? Worry not, because a Chinese motherboard vendor Zeal-All has recently revealed its new ZA-KB1650 motherboard, featuring an Intel LGA1151 CPU socket and the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 GPU in a single package. Think of this as an all-in-one motherboard for a compact “gaming” PC. Continue reading Intel’s H310 motherboard chipset now comes with an integrated GeForce GTX 1650 GPU
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As I explained before in one article, ASRock is allowing overclocking on non-K Comet Lake S CPUs, and non-Z motherboards, mostly the B460/H470 chipsets. Continue reading ASRock’s “Base Frequency Boost” technology is now extended to 300 series chipset Motherboards
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AMD is planning to launch their next-gen Ryzen 4000 series of “Zen 3” CPUs for the mainstream desktop and HEDT market later this year. Zen 3 is expected to offer “gamers” and end users a huge uplift in overall performance as well as efficiency. Continue reading AMD Ryzen 4000, ZEN 3 Desktop CPUs rumored to feature up to 15-20% IPC increase
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It looks like we have some confirmation regarding the AMPERE GPU architecture from Nvidia. NVIDIA’s CEO” Jensen Huang” has just confirmed during a keynote press briefing that the upcoming Ampere architecture is going to launch for both “consumer” as well as the datacenter/HPC markets. This confirms all the previous rumors we have been hearing so far. Continue reading NVIDIA confirms that the Ampere architecture will also launch for the GeForce Gaming series
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Here is some good news for hardcore overclockers. It looks like INTEL has just updated it’s Performance Tuning Protection Plan. In case you weren’t aware the Performance Tuning Protection Plan (PTPP) is an additional plan to cover processor failures caused by operating the eligible processor outside of Intel’s published specifications. Continue reading Intel offers Overclocking “insurance” for unlocked K series COMET LAKE-S CPUs
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The core i9 10900K is going to be the flagship gaming CPU in the “Comet Lake S” lineup from INTEL. With the launch date coming nearer, it would be hitting shelves soon. Continue reading Intel i9-10900K 10 Core flagship CPU tested, runs very hot & consumes 235W at 4.8 GHz with over 90C temps
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INTEL has been on top of everyone’s mind since they have disclosed their plans to enter the “Discrete” GPU market, though little is known about Intel’s final roadmap. Continue reading Intel’s desktop “XE DG1” GPU has been spotted having 768 cores in the SiSoftware database
