The recent case of a returned NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 should not only interest tech-savvy eBay users, but also point to the increasing professionalization in the field of hardware recycling – at least in its less legal form. What at first glance looks like a banal “no picture – return” case turns out, on closer inspection [...]
Ray tracing. For most people, this has so far meant pretty reflections in puddles, soft shadows, blinding rays of sunlight – and a GPU fan that spontaneously switches to runway mode. But now it’s getting thick – this time for the ears. The developer Vercidium, previously more at home in the niche market, is focusing on a concept [...]
White components with RGB lighting are all the rage at the moment. And be quiet! is getting in on the act with the Light Loop 360mm White, promising not only a stylish look but also first-class cooling performance. But does this all-in-one water cooling system deliver what it promises? I put it to the test to see whether it has more than just a [...]
NVIDIA is now officially releasing the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti onto the end customer market, which means that the previously theoretical discussions about features, positioning and market strategy are now being put into practice. The classification of this card within the existing portfolio is likely to depend largely on how well it can hold its own [...]
Sometimes a few sober figures are enough to explain the market reality of an entire GPU generation. 245 RX 9070 XTs sold at Mindfactory – compared to 25 RTX 5070s and 24 RTX 5080s, which quickly sums up the current sales week, at least from the retailer’s perspective. And yes, you don’t have to do rocket science to recognize who [...]
With the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, NVIDIA is bringing its new Blackwell architecture to the particularly price-sensitive mid-range segment. The new models will be available in stores from April 16, 2025 – in two variants with 8 GB and 16 GB GDDR7 memory. The target group is primarily gamers who are planning to upgrade from older generations such [...]
With the release of the Dark Mount and Light Mount keyboards, be quiet! is expanding its portfolio into the area of gaming peripherals for the first time. This step comes at a time when the market seems saturated, but at the same time is open to new approaches – especially with regard to noise reduction and modularity. be quiet! is making [...]
Recently, you were able to catch a first glimpse of this mini PC in the review of the EX docking station, and now, of course, a dedicated article for the GTi13 Ultra will follow. If you want to take another look at the EX Dock, you can find my opinion here: Packaging and scope of delivery We already know the two boxes, but this time it’s [...]
While others are still trying to conceal the lack of real innovation with AI logos and colorful bars, Intel is apparently currently relying on an old-fashioned virtue: learning from mistakes. This is new. Ori Lempel, Senior Principal Engineer in the Core Design team at Intel, has confirmed to KitGuru that they are now well beyond Cougar Cove and [...]
What has long trickled through the usual channels as an inconspicuous leak is slowly becoming more tangible: AMD is preparing its next attack on the upper mid-range with the Radeon RX 9060 XT – and without any big show, but with a portion of tactical calculation. Navi 44 is the name of the chip on which the whole thing is based, and if you [...]
There are growing indications that MSI will no longer rely on Intel for the next generation of its Claw handhelds, but will instead use AMD’s new Ryzen Z2 AI Extreme APU in the future. This step would not only mean a technological reorientation, but would also mark the end of the previous exclusive relationship with Intel’s “Core [...]
The AM5 socket is now firmly established on the market and has become even more important since the release of the Ryzen 9000 series. Accordingly, there are already a large number of motherboards that support this socket. Asus has also already released several models with an AM5 socket and is now introducing another model: the X870 Gaming Wifi7 [...]
ASUS has unveiled two new monitors aimed specifically at competitive gamers and eSports enthusiasts. The ROG XG248Q5G-P, a 24.1-inch model with a Super TN panel and a maximum refresh rate of 610 Hz (via overclocking), is particularly striking. This places ASUS clearly in the extreme range, where response time and sharpness of movement take [...]
At the end of last year, we took a look at Anycubic’s answer to the popular Bambu Lab A1, so it was only a matter of time before another competitor to the P1S was launched. Because what is being targeted here is obvious in more than one place. So let’s take a look together at what this CoreXY printer has to offer. If you want to read [...]
ZOTAC stays on the carpet with the power supply design of the RTX 5060 Ti series and shows itself to be unexpectedly conservative. Anyone who thought that after the 12VHPWR debacle, all board partners would march towards new power specifications will be proven wrong. Because: All leaked models of the ZOTAC RTX 5060 Ti – whether AMP, Twin [...]
It’s spring 2025, and the graphics card market has become a bizarre hybrid of carnival, lottery, and geopolitical chessboard. Anyone looking to buy a new GPU today needs not only a solid grasp of technical fundamentals, but also patience, an above-average income—and ideally, an insider’s understanding of the economic backrooms in Washington, D.C [...]
Update from 12.04.2025 The MCT is now also compatible with RDNA4 (download see below). A different SDK was used in today’s update to avoid incompatibilities with the latest Microsoft update -ADLX 1.4 support -RDNA4 bugfixes -ImageSharpening Sharpen Desktop feature Preliminary note and introduction Since AMD massively restricted the use of [...]
As part of the “Google Cloud Next ’25” event, Google presented its latest generation of specialized computing accelerators, the Ironwood AI Accelerator. It is the company’s first TPU chip that has been optimized from the ground up for inference tasks. While training units have been the main focus of chip development to [...]
We recently published a detailed review of the Liv Plus Onyx White Wireless. Now it’s time to put its two more compact siblings in the spotlight – in this short article, we’ll take a closer look at them. There are a few differences compared to the Liv Plus. However, there are no differences in terms of appearance, design or [...]
While industry giants such as LG, Samsung and ASUS are increasingly focusing on the premium segment with QD OLED technologies, AOC is continuing its strategy in the entry-level and mid-range segment – and with the new 25G4SXU and CU34G4Z models is presenting two screens that are explicitly aimed at e-sports enthusiasts. Anyone thinking of [...]
