Intel wants overclocking to be offered as the unique property of the processors marketed as such; in other words, the more expensive Skylakes.
The first Oculus Ready PCs: the PCs powerful enough to handle Oculus Rift
Oculus has announced the launch of a range of gaming PCs which are “Oculus Rift Ready”.
Cheap USB Type-C cables may kill your PC: avoid them
Recent reports are warning users away from cheaply produced, improperly-certified USB Type-C cables.
Intel Core i7-6700K overclocked to over 7GHz
Not only is the Intel i7-6700K capable of besting a number of Intel’s higher tier enthusiast/extreme CPUs, but it overclocks like an absolute beast.
AMD demonstrates its 12 TFLOP dual-GPU monster, the Fury X2
For all of the acclaim the R9 Fury X2 has garnered, AMD hasn’t done much more than wave a dual-chip PCB in the year and call it a day. No more.
What gaming PC could you get for the price of a current-gen console and a couple games?
Throw in an extra game or two and you’re probably looking at around R8,000 in total for a current-gen console, so what gaming PC could you get for that?
AMD and NVIDIA’s latest desktop GPUs to arrive by end of 2016
There’s a rumour suggesting NVIDIA’s mighty Pascal architecture will release in the 2nd half of this year, and so will AMD’s Polaris.
AMD Zen to reach high-end desktops by the end of 2016
According to AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su, Zen processor architecture will arrive for high-end and enthusiast gaming PCs first at the end of this year.
NVIDIA readying more powerful GTX 980M and GTX 970M
Intel’s integrated GPUs are certainly more prevalent in the mobile market, but NVIDIA’s mobile graphics cards are by far and away superior.
Corsair reveals its fastest DDR4 RAM kits yet
Corsair’s latest Vengeance RAM makes even Sonic look like a slowpoke.
Intel rumoured to be working on 5.1 GHz quad core processor
We’d guess that AMD’s Zen has almost certainly gotten to Intel because they’re reportedly working on a 5.1 GHz quad core Xeon processor.
Mainstream gamers no longer require discrete GPUs, says Intel
According to Intel’s Gregory Bryant, integrated GPUs are all mainstream gamers need these days, and only enthusiasts actually need discrete GPUs.
Some of the coolest gaming hardware from CES 2016
The best gaming announcements made at CES 2016 were hidden under layers and layers of over-priced tech in its infancy. But there were some great finds.
AMD’s Zen CPUs, and why you should care
Today’s technology topic: what’s in store for that loneliest segment of the tech world, fans of AMD’s processors? And should we care about the launch of Zen?
Foveated rendering may drastically reduce the minimum requirements for VR headsets
The fancy displays and high refresh rates used to power virtual reality tech means expensive PC hardware. SMI, thanks to foveated rendering, argues otherwise.
NVIDIA adds Rise of the Tomb Raider to GTX bundles
Not that you need a reason to purchase one of these splendid GeForce GTX cards, but NVIDIA’s giving you one anyway.
More than we expected: the Oculus Rift is priced at R9,500
There’s no doubt about it, the Oculus Rift is a great piece of tech, but you’re going to have to pay through the nose to get one.
This monstrous PC can run seven games on seven monitors at once, and costs a cool R475, 000
For a rig that can handle six Unigine benchmarks as well as Crysis 3 at 60fps running in unison, can you blame us for drooling at the mouth?
Oculus Rift available for pre-order tomorrow, January 6th
And that means a price, finally. Gird your loins.
The most powerful All-In-One PC on the market: Maingear’s Alpha 34
It’s dreadfully expensive too, but that’s to be expected with specs like these.