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Yes, what have we here? With the GeForce RTX 5070 FE, NVIDIA has now launched a new graphics card on the market that leaves me somewhat perplexed in many respects. I’m deliberately putting this up front, because you have to read today’s review carefully and also get involved in the subtleties, which I will highlight more visually this [...]
Our forum member Gurdi has done it again and provided us with his experience with the manual OC of a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. Most people believe that NVIDIA’s GPUs are not suitable for extreme overclocking without LN2. Or are they? NVIDIA and overclocking is a story full of misunderstandings. For years, Team Green only offered minimal OC [...]
Today we have another affordable monitor from the Far East, the Titan Army P2710S. This is the big brother of the P2510S, which I have already presented to you. The P2710S comes with a 27-inch IPS panel and offers a resolution of 2560 x 1440p with a refresh rate of 240 Hz. The built-in panel has an RGB subpixel layout and offers 10 bits (8 2 FRC) [...]
More and more Mini-PCs with the new Intel N150 are finding their way into my test chamber, today the first model from NiPoGi. After we recently saw very different benchmark results in the two computers tested so far, a few more candidates will hopefully make the classification clearer. Packaging and scope of delivery We will probably see this [...]
It is a personal concern of mine to always find the best and cheapest products for you. That’s why I regularly carry out tests, especially when I receive more and more feedback from users who are suddenly dissatisfied with the quality of a product. Unfortunately, in this context I have to withdraw the purchase award for the Thermalright TF8 [...]
The MSI RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Trio presented today offers a balanced mix of performance, cooling and design and positions itself as the ideal middle ground between the simple Ventus series and the high-end Vanguard variant. Thanks to the powerful Tri-Frozr 3 cooling system with three fans, the card ensures low temperatures and low noise levels [...]
With the RTX 5070 Ti, NVIDIA has now launched a new graphics card on the market that is intended to position itself in the mid-range and promises both performance and modern features. The MSI RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 16 GB is available for me to test today (the better OC models will be available tomorrow). Incidentally, the artificial name [...]
The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 represent the next generation of Radeon graphics cards and are based on the RDNA-4 architecture. These models are deliberately positioned as upper mid-range, with AMD consciously avoiding a high-end flagship and instead aiming for high volumes in the mid-range segment. Both cards are based on the RDNA-4 [...]
First of all, tactful greetings to all those who want something more than just an off-the-shelf card! As is customary with a new generation, here on igor’sLab I present you with some detailed tips and techniques for overclocking (OC) the latest Nvidia RTX 5000 series and so you can see that this is a guest article. This article is aimed at [...]
Today we have something completely different to marvel at, namely the ASUS ProArt PA27JCV. This is a monitor that has its genes not in gaming – but in content creation. In other words, the focus today is more on color accuracy and not on response times or latency. This becomes clear when you look at the data of the installed panel. The [...]
The following article is intended solely to provide an objective and critical discussion of the topic of hacking software and hardware manipulation in online games. It aims to highlight the technical challenges for game publishers as well as the possible legal and moral consequences for players who use such methods. For this reason, we cannot and [...]
I had actually decided not to write anything more about the 12V2X6 connector (formerly 12VHPWR). But after the numerous reports and discussions on the subject, I decided to take another look at it and record my thoughts. In view of the whole issue, where even the (surely accidental) loss of a connector due to the unequal load was documented in a [...]
The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM SOC is, alongside the previously reviewed MSI RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC, another high-end graphics card from MSI based on NVIDIA’s Blackwell architecture. Both models aim to offer first-class performance for demanding 4K gaming, but differ in certain specifications and features, with the SUPRIM representing the [...]
Thermal interface pads (also known as thermal interface materials or TIM) are widely used solutions for transferring heat between uneven or different height components in electronic devices. Their use offers both advantages and potential disadvantages, depending on the choice of material, the quality of workmanship and the specific conditions of [...]
I tested the Seasonic Prime Noctua TX-1600 some time ago and found it to be a good power supply. However, I was concerned by the fact that the fan was replaced without making any internal adjustments. Therefore, I decided to test it again and this time perform a full thermal analysis. For this investigation, I used a commercially purchased [...]
Testing the prototype of the Thermal Grizzly Duronaut, which I had internally dubbed “Paste X” at the time, hopefully marked the beginning of the end of an era that could almost be described as paste procurement crime. In the past, it was a real adventure to find good and durable thermal pastes – especially if you were looking [...]
It is important to emphasize that this report is not intended to be sensationalist, but should be seen as a suggestion for manufacturers to pay more attention to the thermal load of circuit boards. Individual board partners are not mentioned by name, as this problem occurs in a similar form on almost all entry-level boards from all manufacturers [...]
It wasn’t that long ago – two years to be precise – that I went from being a PC gaming enthusiast to a cozy couch potato. Where once I absolutely had to have an SLI team in TI form, today comfort, user-friendliness and 60 FPS at medium details are enough for me. How did it get this far? I have no idea. But it feels practical and [...]
After testing over 100 different thermally conductive pastes, of which almost 80 are already available in my online database, I was able to gather extensive experience that calls into question some common assumptions in this area. Of particular interest was the analysis of contradictions between my generalized measurement data, the frequently [...]
With the MSI RTX 5080 Vanguard SOC, MSI has slightly reduced the price of the rather serious-looking SUPRIM and is looking for a different target group (purely visually) for an otherwise pretty much identical product. If you can still say that with an RRP of 1469 euros. The SUPRIM relies on the same inner workings and will therefore have to wait [...]
Today’s article offers a comprehensive review of the GeForce RTX 5080 and builds on the launch article for the RTX 5090, which I will of course also link to below. But I’ll save myself redundant content and concentrate more on the card. Various performance values have already been reported and leaked and it will certainly be more [...]
So that the diligent readers of Igor’sLAB know the “truth” and we will of course follow Elon Musk’s post ourselves, here is an exciting story today that has been spreading like wildfire in the Path of Exile gaming scene and x.com community over the past few days. I’ll take you with me on this journey and we’ll [...]
