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Rob Williams

Rob founded Techgage in 2005 to be an 'Advocate of the consumer', focusing on fair reviews and keeping people apprised of news in the tech world. Catering to both enthusiasts and businesses alike; from desktop gaming to professional workstations, and all the supporting software.

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Stunning, Small: Corsair’s VR-Ready ONE Gaming PC Boasts Creative Design, Great Aesthetics

Have you ever noticed that Corsair produces a lot of different PC components? We at Techgage sure have. In fact, we’ve often joked in the past with the idea that Corsair should just go ahead and craft its own PC. Well, with the ONE, that’s just what’s happening. The ONE hasn’t been a huge…..

Published on March 23, 2017
Corsair ONE Gaming PC

Futuremark Adds Vulkan Support To Its API Overhead Feature Test

Almost exactly two years ago, Futuremark introduced an “API Overhead” feature test as part of its 3DMark suite, and now, it gets a major update. In March 2015, the industry was still scrambling to figure out just how important these low-level APIs were, with DirectX 12 being at the top of most…..

Published on March 23, 2017
Futuremark 3DMark - API Overhead Test

EVGA’s k|ngp|n Overclocks GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Beyond 3GHz

When NVIDIA unveiled its GeForce GTX 1080 Ti to the world a couple of weeks ago, it gave us the big promise of the card being quite the overclocker. I found that to be the case, with excess of 2GHz being possible with the Founders Edition cooler, without touching the voltages. But…..

Published on March 22, 2017
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti - Top Angle

Corsair Infuses Some RGB Into Its VENGEANCE DDR4 Memory

If you’re looking to add a bit (or a lot) of bling to your PC, you sure don’t have to look far for appropriate product nowadays. Corsair itself offers a staggering number of RGB products, from keyboards to mice to chassis to even mousepads. And now? Some high-performance VENGEANCE DDR4 memory makes…..

Published on March 22, 2017
Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR4 Memory

Star Citizen’s Developers Choose Vulkan Over DirectX 12

I think few would argue the fact that Vulkan is an excellent graphics API, and one that all game developers should consider supporting. Why? For starters, it’s lightweight, designed to offer better gaming performance than we’ve ever seen from the likes of heavier APIs, a la DirectX 11. Beyond that, Vulkan is…..

Published on March 20, 2017
Star Citizen - Promo 1

Is The Road To The Future Of Windows 10 Paved In Ads?

There’s a lot to love about Windows 10. It’s the most advanced version of Microsoft’s OS to date, and I dare say it’s the most attractive, as well. However, with the good comes quite a bit of bad – or, at least “annoyance”. Sure, the entire Windows Update mechanic is more annoying…..

Published on March 17, 2017
Windows 10 - Switching Default Web Browser

Need More JPEG? Google’s New Guetzli Algorithm Could Cut JPEG Sizes Down By 35%

In case it (somehow) isn’t obvious, Google cares a lot about reducing the size of webpages, and the images on those webpages. On one hand, smaller webpages and images means that both of those things will download quicker, and at the same time, it means that the hosting provider isn’t pushing more…..

Published on March 17, 2017
Google Research Logo

Microsoft Blocks Windows 7 & 8.1 Updates On Current Generation AMD & Intel Processors

Have you upgraded to Intel’s Kaby Lake or AMD’s Ryzen, but still refuse to give up on Windows 7? Going forward, that’s going to become a bit of a problem, as Microsoft has said that it’s cutting off Windows Update support for such a configuration – one that also includes Windows 8.1. In…..

Published on March 16, 2017
Windows 10 Update Limbo

NVIDIA Releases Advanced VR Benchmarking Tool ‘FCAT VR’

At a press and analyst briefing held a couple of weeks ago in San Francisco, NVIDIA talked at length about some of its latest technologies, and in particular, what exactly it is that makes the company’s brand-new GeForce GTX 1080 Ti so damn powerful. Beyond that, we were also shown some development…..

Published on March 16, 2017
FCAT VR SportsBarVR Test

Intel Jumps Into The Autonomous Deep End With $15.3 Billion Mobileye Acquisition

If you have any lingering doubt about whether or not autonomous vehicles are going to become a big part of our future, consider this: Intel just shelled out an impressive $15 billion to acquire a company to help it break into the autonomous market in a big way. That company is, as…..

Published on March 13, 2017
Intel Acquires Mobileye

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Review: A Look At 4K & Ultrawide Gaming

If you want to dial your gaming to 11, the ideal GPU has just landed: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. This card might sport an odd-sized 11GB framebuffer, and memory bandwidth of 11Gbps, but what ultimately matters is that it becomes the most suitable 4K gaming card to date (and not to mention, an amazing ultrawide card.)

Published on March 9, 2017
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti - Angled

Linux Benchmarking Gets Even Better With Phoronix Test Suite 7.0

Long story short: following the launch of AMD’s first Ryzen processors, I decided to throw all of our previous CPU results in the garbage and start a suite anew. I’ll give more verbose reasoning in a future post, but what this means to you is: TG hopes to offer a selection of great…..

Published on March 7, 2017
Phoronix Test Suite 7

AMD Aims To Shake Up Enterprise Server Market With New Zen-based Naples Platform

Leading up to the launch of AMD’s first Ryzen CPUs, the hype was pretty mind-blowing. I’ve gone through and dealt with a slew of hyped launches, but I’m pretty sure Ryzen’s takes the cake. One of the big reasons for that hype is the fact that people have been craving for something…..

Published on March 7, 2017
AMD Naples Enterprise Platform

Bungie Confirms Destiny 2 Will Feature A New Start With Majority Of Character Data Staying Put

In an update posted to the official Destiny website, Bungie gives us a preview of the game’s final major content update, and also informs us about some caveats to expect when Destiny 2 drops later this year. First and foremost, Destiny fans have been anxious for many months to learn about the…..

Published on March 3, 2017
Destiny - Vault of Glass Raid Thumb

Sony’s New SF-G SDXC Memory Cards Can Write At Up To 299MB/s

If you’re looking to capture high-resolution video and refuse to let the storage become a bottleneck (no one could blame you), Sony’s brand-new SF-G series is worthy of note. The cards will be available in densities of 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB, and offer freedom-inspiring read speeds of 300MB/s, and write speeds of…..

Published on February 27, 2017
Sony 128GB SF-G SDXC 299MBs Write Memory Card

NVIDIA Teases ‘Ultimate GeForce’ Announcement To Coincide With GDC

If you pay a visit to NVIDIA’s website right now, you’ll be greeted to a splash page that teases ‘Ultimate GeForce’ with a countdown timer. When that timer finishes, it’ll be Tuesday, the 28th, 7PM PST (10PM EST). So of course, the big question is: what in the heck is going to…..

Published on February 23, 2017
NVIDIA 'Ultimate GeForce' Teaser

AMD Divulges Ryzen Information You’ve All Been Waiting For

It’s a secret to no one who follows the PC hardware industry that AMD is about to launch its most ambitious processor series in a decade in the form of Ryzen, and finally, we’re able to share some of the information you’ve been craving. Well, if you haven’t seen it in leaks…..

Published on February 22, 2017
AMD Ryzen Processor

A Look At CyberPowerPC’s GUA2400BST AMD VR Gaming PC

Can an affordable AMD-powered PC handle VR? With CyberPowerPC’s help, we find out that the answer is “yes”. Despite being priced at $700 USD, this PC looks anything but budget. It sports a beautiful Phantek’s chassis, glows with RGB lighting, and even includes a mouse and keyboard. Did we mention it can also handle VR?

Published on February 19, 2017
CyberPowerPC GUA2400BST AMD VR Gaming PC

The FCC Would Love For Everyone To Have FM Radio Access On Their Smartphones

You might not even realize it, but that smartphone in your hand probably contains an FM radio which would allow you to listen to local stations, and more importantly, receive important alerts in the event other communications services go down. Despite that, many smartphones do not actually include a way to listen…..

Published on February 17, 2017

Bill Gates Thinks Robots That Replace Human Workers Should Be Taxed

In a new Quartz video, Bill Gates makes a suggestion that on one hand, seems obvious, but on the other, isn’t one most people would have even thought of. A big worry right now is that robots are going to be replacing jobs en masse in the future, leaving people scrambling to find…..

Published on February 17, 2017
Bill Gates on Taxing Robots

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