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NES ‘Classic Edition’ Reviews Begin To Hit The Web, With Obvious Conclusions

Posted on November 8, 2016 12:21 PM by Rob Williams

This past summer, as hoards of people were waiting with bated breath for Nintendo to announce a new console, it did. Well, to say that what we saw was not what we expected would be an understatement. Rather than the (finally announced) Nintendo Switch, the big N decided to pull on the…..

See Ya, FirePro: AMD’s Radeon Pro Workstation Graphics Cards Have Landed

Posted on November 7, 2016 10:30 AM by Rob Williams

Today is a very special day for AMD and its Radeon Technologies Group, as the Radeon Pro series they revealed this past summer is finally ready to penetrate shopping carts the world over. As we covered in our announcement post, the “Radeon Pro” name replaces FirePro, which has been used since 2008…..

Microsoft Refunds Windows Store CoD: Infinite Warfare Buyer Due To Lack Of Online Players

Posted on November 6, 2016 2:09 PM by Rob Williams
Call Of Duty Infinite Warfare

When Microsoft launched its “Xbox Play Anywhere” program, which sees select Xbox One titles ported over to the PC, it felt like a great move. Who doesn’t want Halo and Forza on the PC? Well, little did most of us realize, playing these games through the Windows Store brings with it a…..

G.SKILL’s Latest Trident Z DDR4 64GB Memory Kit Blazes At 3600MHz

Posted on November 4, 2016 12:48 PM by Rob Williams
Gskill Trident Z 64gb Ddr4 3600 Benchmark

If your workloads require not only a lot of memory, but a lot of crazy fast memory, then it’s almost certain that G.SKILL has exactly what you’re looking for. We’ve reported time and time again on the company’s latest and greatest kits, and things continue to become even more ludicrous – a…..

ZOTAC’s Magnus ERX480 A VR-Ready PC That Can Fit Just About Anywhere

Posted on November 3, 2016 1:42 PM by Rob Williams
Zotac Magnus Erx480 Mini Pc Packaging

It’s impossible to ignore the push of VR right now. It seems like every PC vendor has a system available touting amazing VR support, and even Sony’s PlayStation 4 just gained its own VR solution. Admittedly, though, given the sheer amount of VR news that’s trickled out over the year, it’s hard…..

Fnatic Releases eSports-grade Clutch G1 Gaming Mouse & Duel TMA-2 Gaming Headset

Posted on November 2, 2016 3:02 PM by Rob Williams
Fnatic Clutch G1 Gaming Mouse And Duel Tma 2 Gaming Headset

The folks at Fnatic have just released two new peripherals that aim to help gamers improve their skill – or at least their enjoyment. The Clutch G1 gaming mouse isn’t littered with a billion buttons, but is instead designed to offer what most gamers actually need, while making it easy to use…..

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Gets Hit With New DirectX 12 Patch To Add mGPU Support

Posted on November 1, 2016 3:41 PM by Rob Williams

About two months ago, Square Enix’s Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was treated to a long-awaited DirectX 12 patch. Unfortunately, that patch introduced almost nothing new outside of the basic fact that the game would now support the DX12 API. Well, the game has been treated to another patch today, which is much…..

Lian Li’s PC-Q37 Mini-ITX Chassis Proves That Small Doesn’t Have To Be Boring

Posted on November 1, 2016 3:05 PM by Rob Williams
Lian Li Pc Q37 Mini Itx Chassis Angled

Building a standard PC at this point is dead simple. It’s a matter of shoving components (gently, of course) into a chassis, and then putting the door back on. Things are quite different where smaller systems are concerned, though. Even if a mini-ITX chassis has a good design, it could still prove…..

Master & Dynamic Launch MW50 Wireless Headphone With 100 Foot Range

Posted on November 1, 2016 8:00 AM by Jamie Fletcher
Mw50 Black And Silver Headphones

You’re going to be seeing a lot more wireless headphones and audio gear over the next few years, due in no small part to Apple ditching the 3.5mm audio jack from its latest iPhones. But ask anyone what they think of wireless audio, especially Bluetooth, and you’ll often get the same response.…..

EA Has Proven Why We Should Be Worried About Our Ownership Of Digital Collections

Posted on October 31, 2016 12:07 PM by Rob Williams
Origin Game Client Fall 2016

EA’s Origin game client hasn’t been showered with the same kind of love people have shown towards Steam, but over its lifetime, it has gotten better – a lot better. But while that’s the case, the Internet never forgets, so when EA or Origin slips up somehow, it’s almost impossible to avoid…..

Bungie Actively Testing The Limits Of What Gamers Are Willing To Pay For

Posted on October 28, 2016 1:05 PM by Rob Williams
Destiny Festival Of The Lost

It’s that time of year when game publishers infuse their games with Halloween flair, and Bungie’s Destiny is no exception. With its “Festival of the Lost” event, the company promises that players will get to wear masks based on their favorite characters, and perhaps even get lucky enough to score a new Sparrow (mount)…..

Apple Unveils What Could Be Its Most Ambitious MacBook Pro Ever

Posted on October 27, 2016 3:49 PM by Rob Williams
Apple MacBook Pro 2016 Top View

Apple’s latest MacBooks have just been announced, and as anticipated, there are a few surprises in store – and not to mention confirmation of some rumors. The biggest rumor that’s proven true is that Apple decided to remove the dedicated Esc key. Ordinarily, that’d seem insane, but another change helps negate the loss:…..

Qualcomm Acquires NXP Semiconductors For $47 Billion, Bolstering Its Impact On IoT & Automotive Markets

Posted on October 27, 2016 11:21 AM by Rob Williams
Qualcomm At MWC

It’s not often we wake to the news of a record semiconductor acquisition, but today is one of those days. Further proving its intent on ruling multiple markets, Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) has today announced its plans to acquire NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) for $47 billion, representing debt and shares valued at $110…..

HyperX Begins Selling Its First Gaming Keyboard, The CHERRY MX Blue-equipped ALLOY FPS

Posted on October 24, 2016 10:54 AM by Rob Williams
HyperX ALLOY FPS Gaming Keyboard

We’re not sure how it happened, but somehow, the fact that HyperX would be releasing its first-ever gaming keyboard flew right under our radar. But, while on one hand, it would have been nice to anticipate its launch, on the other, we’re able to learn about it at the exact same time…..

Nintendo Baits Players With The Console Formally Known As NX: Nintendo Switch

Posted on October 20, 2016 11:31 AM by Rob Williams
Nintendo Switch

After months and months of rabid anticipation, Nintendo has finally unveiled its NX – or rather, “Switch”. As has been anticipated, Switch is a hybrid console; it’s meant to be both played at home in front of the TV, and on-the-go. With Nintendo giving us a truly on-the-go portable gaming system, it…..

NZXT Unveils the All New Kraken Series of All In One Liquid CPU Coolers

Posted on October 19, 2016 10:00 AM by Ryan Perry
Kraken X52 RGB Lighting

When NZXT released the original Kraken all-in-one liquid CPU cooler, it proved that it could hang with the big boys.  Today the Los Angeles-based company is upping the ante by announcing the all new 240mm Kraken X52, and updated versions of the 140mm X41 and 280mm X61 named the X42 and X62, respectively.…..

NVIDIA Rounds Out Its Lower End Pascal Line-up With GeForce GTX 1050 Ti & GTX 1050

Posted on October 18, 2016 3:06 PM by Rob Williams
ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

The rumors that have permeated throughout the Internet these past few weeks have been proven true: NVIDIA doesn’t have just one new graphics card to unveil; it has two. As you might have gleaned from the title of this post, that unveiling includes the GeForce GTX 1050, and GeForce GTX 1050 Ti.…..

Samsung Opens Pre-orders For Its 960 EVO And 960 PRO M.2 SSDs

Posted on October 17, 2016 12:07 PM by Rob Williams
Samsung 960 Evo Nvme Ssd

We wrote about Samsung’s newest high-end M.2 solid-state drives last month, and fortunately, unlike a certain smartphone, these SSDs are keeping Samsung in the headlines for good reasons. In fact, this post is being made for a good reason: if you want one of these new top-end SSDs, you’re able to place a pre-order right…..

NVIDIA & Techgage Team Up To Give You A Chance To Win Shadow Warrior 2

Posted on October 14, 2016 8:00 AM by Rob Williams
Shadow Warrior 2 Logo

CONTEST CLOSED – The winners pulled from the hat are: Toocool Maranux Marc Klazek Dimitris Prountzos Nanang Sugiarto Winners, pay attention to your email address. Everyone else, stay tuned for future contests! Who wants some Wang??? If you do, then you’re in luck. We’ve teamed up with our friends at NVIDIA to offer…..

Shadow Warrior 2 Releases Today With Two Cutting-edge Graphical Features

Posted on October 13, 2016 5:40 PM by Rob Williams
Shadow Warrior 2

It’s interesting that in the same week in which Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary gets released, a new Shadow Warrior title shows up as well. Why is that interesting? It’s because one year after Duke 3D came out (1997), its engine was used to build what’s in effect an “Asian Duke Nukem”,…..

Are You A Gamer Security Buff? Tt eSPORTS’ Latest Gaming Mouse Might Be For You

Posted on October 12, 2016 2:21 PM by Rob Williams
Tt ESPORTS Advanced BLACK FP Security Gaming Mouse

It’s interesting that while finger print readers are far from a “new” technology, we still don’t see them used all too often in tech products – despite their beneficial uses. Sure, we have some packed into some modern smartphones, but they’re largely exclusive to $400+ models. We also see them featured on…..

ENERMAX Announces The STEELWING Small Form Factor Chassis

Posted on October 12, 2016 1:15 PM by Ryan Perry
ENERMAX STEELWING Thumbnail

If you’re the type of PC enthusiast who’s always on the lookout for something different, then today is your day as ENERMAX announces its new STEELWING micro-ATX/mini-ITX aluminum chassis. Don’t let the name fool you. Other than the tempered glass panel on the left side, the rest of the chassis is made…..

Yahoo Makes It Harder To Escape Its Service By Disabling Automatic Email Forwarding Feature

Posted on October 11, 2016 1:19 PM by Rob Williams
Yahoo Campus Sign

If you thought that it couldn’t possibly get even worse or weirder for Yahoo, think again. We offered a summary a couple of days ago of what’s been going down, from massive security breaches being kept a secret to the company caving in and catering to government intelligence agencies. Given all this…..

Samsung Halts Galaxy Note7 Production, Urges Customers To ‘Take Advantage Of Remedies Available’

Posted on October 11, 2016 12:56 PM by Rob Williams

Following a few weeks of reports of replacement Galaxy Note7 smartphones catching fire, Samsung has done the inevitable and requested that global retailers stop selling and replacing the model, while it ceases all production and while “further investigation takes place”. Simply put: if you own a Note7, it’s important to stop using…..

ASUS’ XG-U2008 Switch Helps Make 10Gbps Networks More Affordable

Posted on October 10, 2016 2:00 PM by Rob Williams
ASUS XG U2008 10Gbps Ethernet Switch

One of the constant thorns in my side in computing over the past couple of years has been the fact that 10Gbps Ethernet is still not common in the home. Heck – its use could barely be measured, simply because 10Gbps gear costs so much. In effect, if you happen to enjoy a…..

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