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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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USPS Loses $7,500+ Worth Of PAL Super Nintendo Games Destined For Digital Preservation

If you think you’ve experienced shipping hassles in the past, you need to hear this story out. A couple of weeks ago, the United States Postal Service managed to lose a very heavy package containing 100 PAL-region SNES games, valued at $7,500 or greater. This story could act as a lesson to…..

Published on February 15, 2017
Higan - Secret of Evermore

AMD, NVIDIA Release GPU Drivers To Support For Honor, Sniper Elite 4

Hot on the heels of the release of Ubisoft’s action fighter For Honor and Rebellion’s tactical shooter Sniper Elite 4 comes some brand-new driver releases from both AMD and NVIDIA. AMD’s ReLive Edition 17.2.1 is said to improve For Honor performance by up to 4%, and Sniper Elite 4 performance by 5%…..

Published on February 14, 2017
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Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg Loses Disney & YouTube Support After Antisemitic Prank

If you’re interested in how you can lose support from both Disney and YouTube in the span of just a few hours, look no further than Felix Kjellberg, aka: PewDiePie. Kjellberg is no stranger to controversy, and in fact he seems to thrive on it. No doubt that’s the reason he’s managed…..

Published on February 14, 2017
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NVIDIA’s Fastest Graphics Card Ever: A Look At The Quadro P6000

NVIDIA’s latest and greatest-ever workstation graphics card has arrived: Quadro P6000. This top-tier card is built around NVIDIA’s Pascal architecture, which is produced on a 16nm FinFET process. The card boasts an impressive 3,840 CUDA cores, and not to mention 24GB of super-fast GDDR5X. Let’s check it out.

Published on February 14, 2017

The Excitement Builds: Leaked AMD Ryzen Pricing Hits The Web

I think it’s safe to say that a lot of people are seeping excitement out of their pores for AMD’s Ryzen series of processors. Fortunately for the world at large, the wait to get a chip in your hands isn’t going to be long, with the first Ryzen models expected to hit…..

Published on February 10, 2017
AMD Ryzen Processor

NVIDIA Looking For VR Projects To Be Featured At GTC 2017

The 2017 iteration of NVIDIA’s US-based GPU Technology Conference is set to take place May 8 – 11, and like last year, there’s going to be a huge emphasis on VR content. That being the case, NVIDIA is once again holding a competition that will see 10 VR startups compete against each…..

Published on February 10, 2017
GPU 2016 - VR Content Showcase

NVIDIA’s SHIELD Tablet (Original & K1) Updated To Android 7.0

SHIELD tablet owners, rejoice! Up to now, it hasn’t been made too clear whether or not either the original SHIELD tablet or its K1 update would ever receive Android 7.0, but the answer to that question has been answered mere hours ago. The introduction of Android 7.0 ‘Nougat’ is the biggest part…..

Published on February 9, 2017

Breaking From Tradition, E3 To Offer 15,000 Paid Passes To The Public

The Electronic Entertainment Expo – AKA: E3 – has long been an event that the gaming community at large has had great interest in, although thanks to the fact that it’s catered only to press and analysts, the general public has never been able to get inside. At least easily. In 2017,…..

Published on February 8, 2017
E3 2017 Promo - Ubisoft

Why Do So Many Companies Not Care About Strong User Account Security?

Companies that seem to not care too much about user security is a major pet peeve of mine, and after updating a password on a certain website this morning, I wound up feeling compelled enough to rant about it. So here we are. Aeroplan is a flight rewards program like many others,…..

Published on February 7, 2017
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Steam Profile Exploit Enabling Phishing Attacks Is Making The Rounds

Valve’s Steam service is no stranger to exploits, but the latest to be discovered is of a severe enough nature to warrant its own warning. According to one of the moderators at Steam’s subreddit, an exploit is making the rounds that directly involves user profiles, in addition to specific community pages. As…..

Published on February 7, 2017
Rob's Steam Profile

DRM Maker Denuvo Doesn’t Bother Securing Its Web Form, Plain Text Log Leaks To The Web

If you loathe DRM in your gaming, then you’re probably going to enjoy this story. Denuvo, makers of some of the most notorious DRM protection around, doesn’t appear to do a good job in securing its Web servers, and has suffered a bit of embarrassment as a result. On Sunday, logs that…..

Published on February 6, 2017
Dead Rising 4

NVIDIA Fills All Remaining Gaps In Its Pascal Quadro Line, Adds Half- & Double-Precision Behemoth GP100

It’s not often we see NVIDIA take care of an entire lineup’s worth of products in two simple blasts, but that’s just what we’re seeing with the company’s latest Quadro series, based on the Pascal architecture. A couple of months ago, NVIDIA ushered in its fastest Quadro ever, P6000, and slotted a…..

Published on February 5, 2017
NVIDIA Quadro Pascal Lineup

OnePlus, Meizu Both Found To Have Tampered With Mobile Benchmark Results

You’d think at this point in time, companies would stop trying to pull a fast one over consumers, because so often, it just results in embarrassment, and potential damage control. But, as OnePlus and Meizu both remind us, if there are benchmarks, there is going to be benchmark cheating. According to XDA-Developers,…..

Published on February 3, 2017
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AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 & WX 4100 Workstation GPUs Review

While AMD is keeping busy with the imminent launch of Vega GPUs and Ryzen CPUs, it’s catering to professional users with its brand-new Radeon Pro WX series GPUs. For our first in-depth look, we’re taking the sub-$500 WX 5100 and WX 4100 models for a spin in the workstation market.

Published on February 3, 2017
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AMD Drops First Radeon Pro Enterprise Driver Of 2017, Bundles It With ReLive Capturing Software

As we covered a couple of months ago, AMD gives its professional users a choice between a standard release Radeon Pro driver and an “Enterprise” one – the latter of which is more hardened, if you want to call it that, without bleeding-edge optimizations and with the highest priority given to stability.…..

Published on February 2, 2017

EVGA Releases New AIO Liquid CPU Coolers: CLC 120 & CLC 280

EVGA teased a handful of its upcoming all-in-one liquid CPU coolers at last month’s CES, and now, the first two models have surfaced. These are the CLC 120 and CLC 280. With its 120mm radiator, we’d recommend a cooler like the CLC 120 to those who don’t have a power-hungry chip (any…..

Published on February 2, 2017
EVGA CLC 280 AIO CPU Cooler

Noctua Offering Free AMD AM4 Mounting Kits To Customers With Proof Of AM4 Motherboard / CPU Purchase

Noctua’s no stranger to helping its customers out when a new major processor architecture hits the market, and with AMD’s upcoming Ryzen, not a thing has changed. The company has just announced that its customers who opt to upgrade to Ryzen will be able to claim a free AM4 mounting kit upgrade…..

Published on January 26, 2017
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Windows 10’s Upcoming ‘Game Mode’ Will Be A Toggle, Not A Forced Feature

A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft revealed lots about its upcoming ‘Creators Update’ for Windows 10, and for gamers, there’s an awful lot to look forward to. At the forefront of this update will be ‘Beam’, an overarching tool for all things game recording and streaming. This comes hot on the heels…..

Published on January 17, 2017
Steam

NVIDIA Launches Its Latest SHIELD TV, Pro Model To Become Available Later This Month

When we talked to NVIDIA a couple of weeks ago at CES, it seemed like its updated SHIELD Android TV device would be launching at some point next month. Well, that notion couldn’t have been more incorrect, as the company has today announced that the device is available for sale right now.…..

Published on January 16, 2017
NVIDIA SHIELD TV Pro

Automotive A/V Device Maker Soundstream Loses Seven Units After CES Teardown Robbery

Hot on the heels of us learning that Razer’s booth lost some expensive gear during CES teardown, we hear that automotive A/VĀ device maker SoundstreamĀ (subsidiary of Epsilon) suffered the exact same fate. When the company’s representatives showed up Monday morning, one day after CES officially ended, it discovered that its booth had been…..

Published on January 10, 2017
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