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While Nvidia is still sitting high on its throne made of Titan RTX cards and hundred-dollar bills, AMD is ramping up the competition with cards like the Radeon RX 5600...The post Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 2060 sees price drop to $299 appeared first on The Tech Report.

“More for less” is the mantra of every small business. But many are missing opportunities afforded by modern technology to maximize their savings. For lessons in boosting buying power, look...The post What GPOs Can Teach You About Using Tech to Boost Buying Power appeared first on The Tech Report.

Human caused climate change has serious ramifications for the future of civilization. Problems such as sea level rise, increased desertification, reductions in food production, extreme weather events, and other serious...The post Microsoft aims for negative emissions starting in 2030 appeared first on The Tech Report.

In the last couple of years, Microsoft has taken a multi-platform approach to games developed in-house, releasing them simultaneously on Xbox and PC. Now it seems that Sony is starting to lean...The post PS4 exclusive Horizon Zero Dawn to hit PC in 2020 – report appeared first on The Tech Report.

For those of us who keep up with PC hardware news, building a new PC isn’t an intimidating experience, but rather an exciting one. Our question on first boot is...The post Razer unveils Tomahawk, a gaming NUC appeared first on The Tech Report.

Nvidia’s 441.87 Game Ready Drivers are here in time for CES, and they come with a few features more notable than the usual game optimizations. Along with support for Wolfenstein: Youngblood‘s...The post Nvidia’s 441.87 driver brings Max Frame Rate settings appeared first on The Tech Report.

When dream-build PCs start coming together in 2020, Acer’s newest display is likely to find a spot on many of those lists as the ultimate gaming screen. The Acer Predator...The post The Acer Predator X32 is super bright, super expensive appeared first on The Tech Report.

[Update: This article initially used ‘power’ to indicate card performance. We’ve updated the article with clearer wording.] Nvidia is set to unveil its next-gen GPUs, code-named Ampere, in 2020. We’ll...The post Nvidia’s next-gen Ampere GPUs 50% faster, half as hungry appeared first on The Tech Report.

The world is built on data these days, and keeping that data safe and sound is big business. Now, Microsoft is showing off a new proof of concept called Project...The post Microsoft puts Superman on glass with new storage tech appeared first on The Tech Report.

If you play games on PC, chances are very good that you play or have played games created by Blizzard. That means this weekend was a big one, as the developer announced...The post Overwatch 2, Diablo 4 announced at Blizzcon 2019 appeared first on The Tech Report.

[UPDATE: Microsoft has since announced that Edge Chromium will be released on January 15, 2020. ] In a single icon change, decades of training are going down the can. You know...The post Microsoft Edge gets new logo to match new engine appeared first on The Tech Report.

Fast storage drives are small. Big storage drives are slow. But you need a huge swath of fast, local storage. Gigabyte has an answer for you in the Aorus Gen4...The post Gigabyte’s Aorus 8TB PCIe SSD is all-you-can-eat storage appeared first on The Tech Report.

Mobile gaming is seeing something of a renaissance lately, and Razer wants to make the experience of gaming on a mobile device feel more like a handheld gaming device and...The post Razer takes aim at mobile gaming with Junglecat, Hammerhead appeared first on The Tech Report.

(Adopts inspecific phony accent) “Like shooting phish in barrel, da?” Somebody set up us the bomb Most tech-savvy people have a vague idea that it’s a bad idea to get...The post All your Android are belong to xhelper appeared first on The Tech Report.

Trading various skins (and hats) has been a big part of Valve’s small and static stable of games for a long time now. The landscape of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is changing,...The post Counter-Strike microtransactions are mostly used for crime appeared first on The Tech Report.

If you want to play Hideo Kojima’s upcoming right away, or if you like to play your games on a console, the PlayStation 4 is the only place to do...The post Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding comes to PC in 2020 appeared first on The Tech Report.

There’s no question that AMD has gained ground in the home desktop market recently, but Intel is still sitting the throne for consumer gaming processors, and it’s taking a moment...The post Intel announces Core i9-9900KS Special Edition CPU appeared first on The Tech Report.

We wanted to make wordplay on Red Dead Redemption, but everyone else already did. Red Hydrogen: the idea that just couldn’t even It’s rare that a company with so much...The post Red is dead (the phone, that is) appeared first on The Tech Report.

That we use keyboards to play games—and have keyboards designed for gaming—is an accident of history. PCs were designed as general computing machines and we only added games onto them...The post Razer’s Tartarus Pro keypad brings optical analog keys appeared first on The Tech Report.

Just over eight years ago, Electronic Arts waved goodbye to Valve’s digital storefront as it launched its own digital storefront, Origin. Now it looks like EA is getting ready to...The post EA seemingly hints at a return to Steam appeared first on The Tech Report.

Thank you for contacting support. Have you tried turning it off and back on again? My EV has a Flash drive; its name is Vertex 2… A side effect of...The post Battery EV meets OCZ appeared first on The Tech Report.

If you mod your PC games at all, there’s a chance you’ve used ReShade at some point to add in features or change the look of your game. Now, it...The post Nvidia to bring ReShade at driver level appeared first on The Tech Report.

Wi-Fi tech has advanced quickly since it went mainstream in the early 2000s. But anyone in a busy apartment complex or a big house can tell you that wireless still...The post Researchers extend Wi-Fi range through software alone appeared first on The Tech Report.

Intel’s Optane has been on the market for a few years, and has reigned as the fastest SSD for all that time. Now, Micron wants to take the throne with...The post Micron reveals ‘world’s fastest’ 3D XPoint X100 SSD appeared first on The Tech Report.

Pretty much everyone agrees: Nvidia’s Super cards are super good. They’re also super expensive. If you’re looking for a video card refresh and don’t need ray tracing, though, Nvidia’s latest...The post Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER launches October 29 appeared first on The Tech Report.

Razer has laptops, , speakers, keyboards, controllers, and more. Now, the PC gaming company is entering the display market with a screen that has just about every feature a gamer...The post Razer enters display market with Raptor monitor appeared first on The Tech Report.

‘sup dawg, I heard you like motors, so I put a motor in your motor so you can motor with a motor. The EV conversion: instructions not included Battery EV...The post Upgrade your car’s motor with a motor appeared first on The Tech Report.

PC security is an arms race; for each advancement in security, there’s a new way to break in. As companies like Microsoft get better at protecting their software, hackers are...The post Microsoft will use ‘Secured-core PC’ to protect firmware appeared first on The Tech Report.

There’s nothing that can truly replace the magic of couch co-op. Some of my favorite games are local-multiplayer games that require everyone playing to be in the same room. But...The post Steam’s Remote Play Together feature is here appeared first on The Tech Report.

If there’s one phone feature everyone is in love with this fall, it’s dark mode. Google and Apple are scrambling to add dark mode to their apps; everyone I know...The post Dark Mode improves battery life in side-by-side test appeared first on The Tech Report.

If you need a set-top box for your living room and the Roku doesn’t do it for you, Nvidia’s Shield TV is a powerful choice. Now, it seems the graphics...The post New Nvidia Shield TV box leaks on Amazon appeared first on The Tech Report.

InWin has been in the PC chassis game longer than most other companies; I bought my first InWin case when PCs were still beige and my monitor weighed 40-plus pounds....The post InWin’s Alice chassis is curiouser and curiouser appeared first on The Tech Report.

Emulating games is fun, but it’s never perfect. There’s so much weird interaction between a game and its hardware that sometimes you just can’t simulate it; you need the real...The post Analogue’s ‘Pocket’ handheld plays every Game Boy game appeared first on The Tech Report.

Today is launch day for a whole salvo of AMD hardware. There's the new third-generation Ryzen CPUs, of course—go read our review, if you haven't already—but today also marks the release of the Navi-based Radeon RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT. As it happens, our review kit included both CPUs and GPUs. Check 'em out: ...Read more...

AMD began its Zen-aissance with the first-generation Ryzen CPUs in 2017, proving that it was not to be discounted from the high-performance CPU race just yet. While those CPUs weren't perfect, they offered high-end desktop core counts at formerly unheard-of prices.Barely a year later, AMD launched the second-generation Ryzen CPUs . Smarter dynamic voltage and frequency scaling, a lower-latency memory controller, and higher peak clock speeds went ...Read more...

You could call it giving up, but I'm going to call it reaching a conclusion. I know what I would do differently if I were to make a third attempt at a VR face-cooler but I don't think I have the patience for another go after building my second one. This is the story of where I got with take two, shared in the hopes that someone is inspired to do better. Let's start with the plan.

Howdy, gerbils! Bruno is away and so it's amateur hour on Wheel of Deals here at TR today. I hope you're all stuffed full of excellent foods and have had your eyes properly seared by staring directly at the fireworks last night. I know I'm sporting a nice sunburn on my face and shoulders and a little extra in my belly today here on July 5th. Anyway, there are plenty of deals to be had so let's take a look at the best of the best, starting with PC components. ...Read more...

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Corsair's HS50 has been its low-end gaming headset for a couple years now, and Eric had good things to say about it. However, the company just recently released the HS35 as its new low-end gaming headset, pricing it $10 under the $50 HS50. As Eric said in his HS50 review, purchasing a headset in the $50 range can be a risky proposition, and the same is even more so true in the $40 range. Thus, it is quite natural to be skeptical of any headset at that price, but at the same time the low price should lower expectations. A $40 headset isn't going to be the greatest headset in the world, so the question is whether or not the headset is a good proposition at the given price. ...Read more...

In case you've been under a rock since yesterday, Nvidia's GeForce RTX 2060, 2070, and (to a lesser extent) 2080 Super GPUs turned the performance-per-dollar scale on its head. The graphics giant isn't shipping its own cards this time, however. That duty falls to its many partners, and Asus, Gigabyte (along with its Aorus brand), and MSI have lined up at the front door to show you their Super wares as the Super Newsapalooza continues.We'll start with the ways in which every manufacturer's cards are the same. All three vendors have equipped their cards 8 GB of GDDR6 memory that runs at 15.5 GT/s on the RTX 2080 Super variants and 14 GT/s for the 2060 and 2070 models. ...Read more...

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Look up in the sky—it's a bird! It's a plane! It's Super GeForce! Last week's rumors and mistaken Amazon listings were apparently true, because Nvidia has announced the GeForce RTX 2060, 2070, and 2080 family of Super graphics cards. Nvidia's refreshed Turing lineup includes some purportedly meaty boosts to performance which could heavily shift the balance of price vs performance against not only AMD's current Radeon RX Vega lineup but the upcoming Navi-based RX 5700 cards, too.These over-the-top announcement videos always crack me up ...Read more...

It doesn't take long before a few of these floating around on the right night starts looking eerie.

On Friday, Western Digital disclosed that a factory operated by Toshiba Memory Corporation as part of the two companies' joint production operations in Japan's Yokkachi region had been affected by a power outage on June 15. According to to the storage manufacturer, the outage not only affected the facilities and tools used to make its flash storage, but six exabytes of Western Digital NAND that was in production was lost.According to Reuters , the plant has been running at less-than-full capacity since the outage occurred, and won't be able to resume full production until the middle of July. Western Digital says that this will affect the company's bottom line during the first fiscal quarter, which runs July through September. Western DIgital ...Read more...

A little over a month ago, Nvidia released a YouTube teaser indicating that something "super" was on the way. According to a report from Rock, Paper, Shotgun, that something super is a refresh of Nvidia's entire GeForce RTX lineup. They're reportedly coming soon, too—July 9th, to be exact.Thanks to some early product listings on Amazon, several RTX 2000-series Super cards will be available in just over a week. Listings for GeForce RTX 2060, 2070, and 2080 Super editions showed up on the e-tailer earlier today but they've since been removed. From the screenshots captured by RPS, it seems that these cards will have ...Read more...

Gerbils, there are too many games. There are just so many. Even though I already own more than I will likely ever play, I've picked up five more games in the Steam Summer Sale. I imagine you already knew the sale was ongoing whether you're a Steam user or not. Still, I'm going to show you a fair few deals I think you shouldn't skip.This time around, I didn't write a blurb for each game as I normally do; there are simply too many titles, and I'm already overburdened with another, top secret project. Let me note that this is ...Read more...

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As some that venture into our amazing forums may be aware, I kicked off an experiment last month where I asked gerbils to nominate and then vote for something that I could review. I was open to nearly any suggestion, but I put a $100 cap on the expense involved to keep things reasonable.I got some great suggestions and narrowed them down to seven options that I put in a poll. After a week of voting, we had our winner. It turned out that ...Read more...

Rumors indicating that Apple wants to move its Mac lineup to ARM CPUs designed inhouse have been swirling for more than a year. Come to think of it, those rumors started as far back as 2012. It's seemingly been a matter not of "if" Apple would bid adieu to the x86-64 ISA, but "when" that change would take place. Those rumors have spun up once more now that the company has hired former ARM, Intel, and AMD system architect Mike Fillipo last month, according to his LinkedIn profile....Read more...

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