Winning season is back with the return of The Monopoly Game at Macca's® in Australia! And Allied is proud to be an official prize partner for 2024, contributing prizing and coupons worth over $60 million.  What's Up For Grabs From Allied? 40 x Custom Allied Patriot Gaming PC Packages valued at $3000 each 100,000 x $100 coupons, valid towards the purchase of any Allied desktop or laptop "The Monopoly Game at Macca's is Australia's favourite annual retail game. With 1.4 million Aussies visiting Macca's 1000+ restaurants every day, it made perfect sense for us to join in the fun!" said Luke Flesher, SVP Sales and Marketing at Allied. "With so many awesome prizes up for grabs, as Australia's #1 gaming PC brand, we wanted to go big with our offering. 40 x $3000 gaming PC packages and more than $10 million in coupons? Yeah, that's BIG." The Monopoly Game at Macca's runs between 4th September and 22nd October, 2024. More information and full competition terms and conditions can be found on McDonald's Australia website, or on the MyMaccas App. T&Cs: • Ends 22/10/24. For full terms visit mcdonalds.com.au. Open to Aust residents 15+. NSW Authority No. TP/00246. ACT Permit No. TP 24/00646. SA Permit No. T24/509. © 2024 Hasbro. © 2024 McDonald's.

To celebrate 15 years of Minecraft, we teamed up with Xbox to give away three insane custom Minecraft themed PCs worth $2999 AUD each. CHECK THE WINNERS OF THESE PCS ON OUR INSTAGRAM! MORE ABOUT THESE PCS Adorned with three distinct biomes, and powered by hardware from PNY and AMD, each PC was completely one of a kind and will never be repeated.The Overworld themed PC, decorated with an explosion of everyone's favourite mobs and perfectly encapsulating the exploration and adventure we all love, was ideal for any Minecraft fan.    For players who love to explore the watery depths, we created the Ocean themed PC - filled with coral, tropical creatures and plenty of pixelated bubbles, this awesomely aquatic PC was sure to make a splash in any setup.   Finally, there's the Nether themed PC. Designed for only the most well-prepared adventurer, this PC featured foreboding artwork where danger lurks around every corner - explorers beware! PC SPECS Overworld PC: AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 6 Core | 12 Thread processor PNY GeForce RTX 4060 8GB graphics PNY 32GB DDR5 RAM PNY 1TB NVMe SSD AMD B650 WiFi 6 motherboard Allied Sidewinder Air Cooler Microsoft Windows 11 Home 2 Year Warranty Exclusive Minecraft 15th Anniversary Overworld themed INKD printingNether PC: AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 6 Core | 12 Thread processor PNY GeForce RTX 4060 8GB graphics PNY 32GB DDR5 RAM PNY 1TB NVMe SSD AMD B650 WiFi 6 motherboard Allied Sidewinder Air Cooler Microsoft Windows 11 Home 2 Year Warranty Exclusive Minecraft 15th Anniversary Nether themed INKD printingOcean PC: AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 6 Core | 12 Thread processor PNY GeForce RTX 4060 8GB graphics PNY 32GB DDR5 RAM PNY 1TB NVMe SSD AMD B650 WiFi 6 motherboard Allied Sidewinder Air Cooler Microsoft Windows 11 Home 2 Year Warranty Exclusive Minecraft 15th Anniversary Ocean themed INKD printing

Australia’s leading PC maker, South Australia’s Allied Corporation (Allied), is taking its Chromebook manufacturing partnership with Google international.  Allied and Google Education executives are in Pakistan to sign an agreement that will see Allied and Google partner with the Pakistan Minister of Education to produce more than 500,000 Google Chromebooks for use in that country’s education system and digital enterprises.  On Thursday 20 June, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, signed a Letter of Understanding with Google, part of which includes the procurement of an initial 500,000 Allied Chromebooks worth an estimated $200M AUD. The deal will see Allied establish local manufacturing in Pakistan to produce the Chromebooks by 2025, making them more affordable for educational purposes. The goal is to ensure that every student in the country has access to cutting-edge classroom technology, which will enhance their learning experience. Allied will also produce and market their high value, high capability PCs for Pakistani gamers*, as well as provide important new capabilities, technology infrastructure and hardware in Pakistan. The Pakistan agreement follows an agreement in January for Allied to make Google Chromebook laptops for Australian school students, the only such agreement made by Google in Australia and New Zealand with a manufacturing partner. The first of these laptops have been used by South Australian students in three pilot programs with local schools, two of which were completed earlier this year and the third concludes this school term. Allied CEO Aron Saether-Jackson commented from Pakistan: “This is a significant step for Allied; we already have a global customer base for our PCs and now we enter the global stage as a manufacturer.” “Our commitment to excellence and cutting-edge technology positions us well to meet the diverse and evolving needs of Asian consumers, from students and professionals to businesses seeking robust IT infrastructure.” “While there are often questions around Australian manufacturing, at Allied we are showing Australians can produce quality kit and export our knowhow and capabilities. There are big opportunities in many Asian centres for not just producing the Chromebook but also providing great PCs and other hardware. ““The Pakistan Government is determined to drive digital literacy and connectivity, education and advancement, and this agreement will underpin this growth. Not just Pakistan, but other Asian rapidly growing economies, are investing heavily in digital transformation initiatives. Governments and businesses alike are prioritizing the modernization of IT infrastructure, driving demand for high-performance computers, enterprise solutions and capabilities. By entering this market, we can tap into a vast pool of potential customers and establish ourselves with our reliable and high performing PCs,” Aron Saether-Jackson said. Dr. Khalid Maqbool Sidiqqui, Federal Minister of Education and Professional Training, said while meeting the Allied team, “We believe that technology can play a vital role in improving learning outcomes and preparing our students for the future.” Farhan S. Qureshi, Google Pakistan's country director, says: "This partnership has the potential to transform education in Pakistan for the better, giving millions of students access to education and digital tools that will help them learn better and get ready for the digital economy." About Allied Corporation and the Allied and Google Education Partnership Proudly Australian headquartered, Allied currently operates from three facilities in Adelaide’s western suburbs, building high-spec machines for gamers across Australia, North America, Europe and South-East Asia, as well as clients after high spec hardware including US-based defence and space industries, Australian-based health care, infrastructure, design and other high-tech organisations. In January this year Allied commenced a partnership with global giant Google which saw Allied become the first manufacturer in Australia/New Zealand to be approved by Google to manufacture the Chromebook. Chromebooks are easy-to-use, secure, and affordable laptops that encourage collaboration between students and teachers. The partnership gives Allied access to Google IP and design standards to manufacture the devices in Adelaide. The first Chromebook laptops made by Allied are now being used in South Australian schools and the aim is to make Chromebooks produced in Australia widely available for Australian educators and PC users.  At this time, Allied has the facilities to produce 100,000 Chromebooks a year, and it looks to expand and develop, with appropriate support and capital, its Australian manufacturing facilities. Allied’s founders and senior people bring decades of experience in building and making high quality PCs and hardware. The assembly crew, product development team, customer service reps and content creators are gamers, technologists and engineers. Harnessing that passion and knowhow, Allied was created in 2017 with a mission to create, build and market the best quality equipment.

Please read THESE INSTRUCTIONS carefully and completely BEFORE STARTING! Firstly: thank you for choosing Allied. It's great to have you on board. The M.O.A.B represents the pinnacle of our performance PCs, designed to shock and awe in both presentation and power. Great call!  UNBOXING THE M.O.A.B From the box's flat transport position, tip the box in the direction indicated by the arrows on the box, to stand it upright on its thin side. Slice the tape, open, and push back all 4 outer box flaps. Slice the tape, open, and push back all 4 inner box flaps. Carefully slide the system out of the box in an upright position. Don't worry if some of the looser packaging foam drops off - it's supposed to at this point. Carefully remove all remaining foam, including the bottom supporting pieces. You will need to careful. Tilt the system to the front and back edges to remove the bottom foam pieces. Remove the outer bag. Using correct lifting technique, lift the system into your desired position. We strongly recommend a two-person lift when lifting the M.O.A.B, as the weight exceeds 20kg.Note: it is not recommended to lift the PC by the black handles alone. The best supportive lifting position is with both hands, underneath the system (holding the bottom tray).   HANDLING AND MOVING THE M.O.A.B.  As you can see, this thing is BIG. We strongly advise at least two people are present when unboxing, lifting and moving this PC. To avoid injury, be sure to lift with proper posture - bend your knees and lift with a straight back, using your legs to lift, not your back. Do not rotate or twist your back while lifting or carrying it.  To reduce the weight of the system while positioning it, you can remove the tempered glass side panels. Unscrew the tempered glass side panel screws on both sides of the PC, and place them inside the protective padding provided for safe keeping. Screw them back into place when you've got it where you want it. Do not drop them or place them down on hard surfaces like tiles (carpet, bedding or their protective foam is a much better option to lay them down on), and be sure to support their full weight when lifting/repositioning them. Remember: It is not recommended to lift the PC by the handles alone. The best method of lifting and carrying the M.O.A.B. is with two people, with both hands underneath the PC.  The black handles on top of the system can be used to rotate the PC when it is on a flat surface. Due to the assymetrical position of the handles, angular nature of the case and weight of the PC, lifting the system by the handles alone will cause the front edge opposite the handles to rotate downwards. So, when maneuvering the M.O.A.B. with the handles, ensure the front edge of the PC is supported at all times.  PROTECTIVE PACKAGING  The PC comes with protective packaging inside the system, to protect the internal components during transit. Ensure this is fully removed before switching it on. DO NOT DISCARD THE INTERNAL PACKAGING - YOU WILL NEED TO PLACE IT BACK INSIDE SHOULD IT NEED TO BE TRANSPORTED AGAIN. WE REPEAT: DO NOT THROW ANY OF THE PROTECTIVE PACKAGING AWAY, BOXES INCLUDED.  QUESTIONS?  If in doubt about any of this, the best thing to do is call us on 1300 804 555, or email [email protected]. We'll talk you through it. 

We partnered with Blizzard ANZ to create this INSANE World of Warcraft REMIX: Mists of Pandaria custom gaming PC! There was no shortage of incredible lore and theming to work with on this collab. Fiercely guarded by a Pandaren 🐼 warrior and his cloud serpent 🐉 mount, this black-and-white M.O.A.B masterpiece featured a serene bamboo 🎍 Hardline liquid cooling loop, stunning hand-detailed metallic Allied logo, and iconic red cloth and bronze highlights 🐾  throughout. Check it out here.This gaming rig included: Intel Core i7 14700KF RTX 4090 24GB graphics card Allied custom Hardline CPU cooling loop 32GB DDR5 RAM 2TB Gen4 SSD Z790 chipset 1000W Gold PSU

In case you missed it, Allied was at Dreamhack Melbourne! With 40 Stingers lined up and ready to play in the DreamHack free play area last weekend, visitors had the chance to try out the Allied Stinger - and play against their mates. Powered by Intel, every single one of these beasts contained an Arc A750 and an i5-12400F, meaning DreamHack visitors could smash out some insane frames while taking on their friends in Fortnite, Tekken, and more. Couldn't make it to DreamHack Melbourne? Don't let that stop you - why not have a look at our Ready to Ship Stinger builds.

In honour of The Finals Season 2, we're giving away this insane custom The Finals themed PC worth $2999 AUD! Powered by PNY's RTX 4070 Ti Super and Intel's I7 14700KF, this PC is decked out with full panel printing and custom fan grilles, meaning you can play like a true Contestant. Enter via: https://www.alliedgamingpc.com.au/The-Finals-PC-Giveaway/

We’re proud to present our Custom WoW: Guardians of the Dream Gaming PC, brought to you in collaboration with Blizzard ANZ! Powered by the Intel Core i7 14700KF processor and a PNY XLR8 RTX 4090 24GB graphics card, this Hardline dream machine is a force to be reckoned with in Azeroth and beyond. We had so much fun customising our M.O.A.B case with fully bespoke printing along with insane amounts of greenery - this PC is truly unlike anything we’ve done before. FULL PC SPECS Custom WoW: Guardians of the Dream Allied M.O.A.B with Intel Core i7 14700KF, PNY XLR8 RTX 4090 24GB graphics card, Allied custom Hardline CPU cooling loop, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB Gen4 SSD, Z790 chipset, 1000W Gold PSU.

In the ever-evolving world of technology, where smaller, thinner, and more powerful devices are the ultimate goal, AMD has made a bold statement about the future of Ryzen laptops. The company is exploring the possibility of bringing chiplets, a groundbreaking technology, to thinner and more portable laptops. This move could usher in a new era of high-performance computing in a sleeker and more energy-efficient package. In this article, we will delve into the technology behind AMD's potential innovation and what it means for the future of laptops. The Chiplet Revolution AMD's chiplet technology is not entirely new; it has already been a game-changer in the desktop CPU market. This innovation involves breaking down a single, monolithic processor into smaller, modular components called chiplets. Each chiplet focuses on specific tasks, such as processing cores, cache, or graphics processing units (GPUs). This modular approach allows for improved performance, scalability, and efficiency. The Benefits of Chiplets in Laptops Improved Performance: By employing chiplet technology, laptops can harness the power of multiple specialized chiplets, resulting in superior multitasking capabilities, faster data processing, and enhanced overall performance. Energy Efficiency: Chiplets enable laptops to distribute workloads more efficiently, which can significantly reduce power consumption. This results in longer battery life and cooler, quieter laptops. Thinner Form Factors: One of the most exciting aspects of AMD's proposal is the potential to bring chiplets to thinner laptops. The modular nature of chiplets allows manufacturers to design slimmer laptops without sacrificing performance. Scalability: Chiplet technology is highly scalable, meaning that it can be adapted to various laptop sizes and configurations, catering to a wide range of user needs. Challenges and Considerations While the idea of chiplets in thinner laptops is promising, there are some challenges and considerations that AMD will need to address: Thermal Management: Thinner laptops often struggle with heat dissipation due to limited space for cooling solutions. AMD will need to develop effective thermal management solutions to ensure chiplets can operate optimally without overheating. Integration: Integrating chiplet technology into laptops may require a redesign of the motherboard and other internal components, potentially increasing manufacturing complexity and costs. Power Efficiency: While chiplets can enhance energy efficiency, optimizing power consumption remains crucial to achieving long-lasting battery life. The Road Ahead AMD's ambition to bring chiplets to thinner Ryzen laptops represents a significant step forward in the world of laptop technology. If successful, this innovation could redefine the laptop market, providing consumers with high-performance devices in sleek and portable form factors. However, it's important to note that AMD's plans are still in the conceptual stage, and it may be some time before we see chiplet-based laptops on the market. The company will need to address technical challenges, collaborate with laptop manufacturers, and fine-tune their chiplet designs to ensure a seamless transition to thinner laptops. Conclusion As the demand for thinner and more powerful laptops continues to grow, technology companies like AMD are constantly exploring innovative solutions to meet these needs. Chiplet technology offers the promise of improved performance, energy efficiency, and sleeker form factors in the laptop market. While there are challenges to overcome, AMD's pursuit of bringing chiplets to thinner Ryzen laptops is an exciting development that highlights the ever-evolving nature of technology. As the industry advances, consumers can look forward to a future where their laptops are more capable than ever, all thanks to the magic of chiplets.  

In the fast-paced world of gaming PCs, where performance, graphics, and innovation drive competition, the recent announcement of Nvidia's Arm-based PC chips has sparked significant interest and debate. Nvidia, a dominant force in the GPU market, has ventured into the realm of CPUs with these new chips. However, Intel's CEO has made a bold statement, suggesting that Nvidia's Arm-based PC chips will have a 'pretty insignificant' impact on the gaming PC landscape. In this article, we'll explore the implications of this statement and examine the potential influence of Nvidia's Arm chips on gaming PCs. The Nvidia Arm-Based PC Chips Nvidia's decision to enter the PC chip market with Arm-based processors has been met with both anticipation and skepticism. Arm architecture, known for its energy efficiency and dominance in the mobile device sector, represents a significant departure from the x86 architecture that has long been the foundation of traditional gaming PCs. Nvidia's goal is to leverage Arm's strengths to create high-performance, power-efficient CPUs that can compete with established players like Intel and AMD. Intel's 'Insignificant' Impact Assessment Pat Gelsinger, Intel's CEO, has expressed skepticism about the potential impact of Nvidia's Arm-based PC chips, especially in the realm of gaming PCs. While Nvidia has a strong presence in the GPU market, Gelsinger suggests that the gaming PC market is deeply rooted in x86 architecture, which offers robust compatibility with a wide range of games and software. He argues that the transition to Arm-based gaming PCs would be challenging, and the impact on the existing gaming ecosystem would be 'pretty insignificant.' Gaming PC Ecosystem Challenges Gaming PCs, with their dedicated GPUs, rely on compatibility with x86 architecture to run games effectively. Developers have optimized their games and software for this architecture over the years, resulting in a vast library of titles that cater to the x86 ecosystem. A transition to Arm-based gaming PCs would require substantial efforts from developers to recompile and optimize their software, which could be a time-consuming and costly process. Additionally, the gaming community has strong brand loyalty when it comes to CPU and GPU manufacturers. Gamers often choose components based on factors like performance benchmarks, driver support, and overclocking capabilities. Any new entrant, even a well-established company like Nvidia, would face an uphill battle to gain market share in this fiercely competitive arena. Conclusion Intel's CEO, Pat Gelsinger, may have downplayed the potential impact of Nvidia's Arm-based PC chips on gaming PCs, but the gaming industry is known for its unpredictability. While Nvidia's entry into the CPU market with Arm chips may face challenges related to compatibility and community loyalty, it is essential to keep an eye on technological advancements and market developments. Ultimately, the success of Nvidia's Arm-based PC chips in the gaming PC market will depend on their ability to deliver compelling performance, energy efficiency, and compatibility. If Nvidia can overcome these challenges and win over gamers and developers, it may well have a more significant impact than some currently anticipate. The gaming PC industry is known for innovation and adaptation, and competition often drives progress, benefiting gamers in the long run.  

The Importance of Cleaning Your Gaming PC: Performance, Longevity, and Beyond Introduction Gaming PCs are powerful machines designed to deliver top-notch performance and immerse players in virtual worlds. However, even the most high-end gaming rig can suffer from performance issues and reduced lifespan if not properly maintained. One crucial but often overlooked aspect of PC maintenance is cleaning. In this article, we'll explore the importance of cleaning your gaming PC and how it can benefit your gaming experience. Performance Boost Over time, dust, dirt, and debris accumulate inside your gaming PC. This buildup can obstruct airflow, causing your components to heat up. When your CPU, GPU, and other components run hotter than they should, they can throttle performance to prevent overheating. This results in reduced frame rates and a less smooth gaming experience. Regular cleaning can prevent this issue by ensuring optimal airflow and temperature management, allowing your PC to run at peak performance. Prolonged Lifespan Your gaming PC is a significant investment, and you want it to last as long as possible. A clean PC runs cooler and more efficiently, which can significantly extend the lifespan of your components. Excessive heat and dust can lead to premature component failure, and replacing parts can be expensive. Cleaning your PC regularly helps prevent this and ensures that your investment pays off over the long term. Reduced Noise If you've noticed your gaming PC getting noisier over time, it might be due to dust and debris clogging your fans. When fans have to work harder to cool your components, they generate more noise. Cleaning your PC can restore quieter operation, enhancing your gaming experience and reducing distractions. Consistency in Performance Consistency is crucial for gamers. You want a stable and reliable system that delivers the same level of performance every time you play. A clean PC is less prone to overheating, crashes, and unexpected shutdowns. This means you can enjoy your games without worrying about technical hiccups ruining your experience. Improved Aesthetics Beyond performance and longevity, cleaning your gaming PC can enhance its appearance. A well-maintained PC not only looks better but also gives you a sense of pride in your setup. Plus, it's much more enjoyable to show off your gaming rig to friends when it's clean and dust-free. How to Clean Your Gaming PC Now that you understand the importance of cleaning your gaming PC, let's discuss how to do it: Turn off and unplug your PC: Safety first. Ensure your PC is completely powered off and disconnected from the power source. Open the case: Most gaming PCs have side panels that can be removed easily. Consult your PC's manual for instructions. Use compressed air: Blow out dust and debris from all components using a can of compressed air. Pay special attention to fans, heatsinks, and vents. Remove and clean components: If possible, remove your CPU and GPU heatsinks and clean them thoroughly. Be sure to reapply thermal paste when reassembling. Clean the case: Wipe down the interior and exterior of your case with a microfiber cloth to remove any remaining dust. Reassemble and power on: Once everything is clean and dry, reassemble your PC and power it on. Regular maintenance: Make cleaning your gaming PC a routine task, ideally every few months, to ensure it stays clean and performs at its best. Conclusion Cleaning your gaming PC is a simple yet essential task that can have a significant impact on your gaming experience. By maintaining optimal airflow, preventing overheating, and extending the lifespan of your components, regular cleaning can keep your gaming rig running smoothly for years to come. Plus, a clean PC not only performs better but also looks better, enhancing both your gaming performance and overall enjoyment. So, don't neglect this important aspect of PC maintenance—take the time to clean your gaming PC regularly and reap the rewards in improved performance and longevity.   watch the video here.

Thanks to Domino's Australia, we were able to give away this incredible fully custom Domino's themed Allied Patriot PC worth $2999. Powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 7700 processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB graphics and 16GB of DDR5 RAM, adorned with custom INKD panel printing on the white and glass panels along with a custom-made fan grille, our lucky winner will get insane frames and performance (and plenty of pizza cravings). After our winner was randomly selected, we teamed up with Domino's to bring him the delivery of a lifetime, along with his favourite pizza - BBQ Meatlovers. Check out our winner Lachlan's channels

In the realm of gaming and PC technology, Nvidia's GeForce RTX series consistently defines the pinnacle of performance and innovation. Exciting rumors are circulating, suggesting that Nvidia is preparing to release the GeForce RTX 4080 Super, a graphics card set to elevate gaming desktops to new heights. What's particularly intriguing is that it's rumored to boast an astounding 20 GB of VRAM. Let's explore the implications of this powerful GPU for the world of gaming PC enthusiasts. Harnessing the Power of VRAM VRAM, or Video Random Access Memory, is a critical component of any graphics card, wielding a substantial influence over gaming performance. Greater VRAM capacity enables higher resolution textures and smoother rendering, a must-have for gaming aficionados who demand top-notch visuals and seamless gameplay. The rumored inclusion of 20 GB of VRAM in the GeForce RTX 4080 Super underscores Nvidia's commitment to equipping gaming PCs with the muscle needed for immersive and graphically demanding experiences. This leap in VRAM capacity is poised to redefine the standards for gaming desktops, particularly those geared towards 4K gaming, content creation, and virtual reality applications. Ushering in the Era of 4K Gaming and Beyond Gaming in 4K resolution has surged in popularity due to the unparalleled visual fidelity it offers. However, achieving a consistently smooth 4K gaming experience demands significant computational power and VRAM resources. The RTX 4080 Super's 20 GB of VRAM is anticipated to not only make 4K gaming achievable but also highly enjoyable, with room to spare for high-resolution textures and intricate graphical intricacies. Furthermore, this generous VRAM allocation may pave the way for even higher resolutions and more ambitious gaming projects. It's entirely conceivable that the GeForce RTX 4080 Super could handle 8K gaming and beyond, pushing the boundaries of what gaming desktops can achieve in the current gaming technology landscape. Empowering Content Creators and Professional Applications The benefits of increased VRAM capacity extend well beyond gaming. Content creators, video editors, and 3D designers will also reap the rewards of the RTX 4080 Super's capabilities. With 20 GB of VRAM at their disposal, professionals can seamlessly work with larger and more intricate files, rendering scenes with greater speed and editing high-resolution videos effortlessly. Moreover, the GPU's AI capabilities, coupled with its expansive VRAM, could expedite AI-driven tasks such as machine learning and AI research, making it a valuable asset for professionals across diverse fields. A Glimpse into the Future of Gaming PC Technology While the rumored Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super has ignited excitement within the gaming community, it is important to note that these details remain unverified by Nvidia, as of my knowledge cutoff date in September 2021. Enthusiasts and gaming PC aficionados should stay vigilant for official announcements from Nvidia and consult reputable sources for reviews and updates regarding this captivating development. Conclusion Should the rumors surrounding the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super materialize, gaming PC enthusiasts and professionals will have much to anticipate. The potential inclusion of 20 GB of VRAM promises to establish a new paradigm in gaming performance, delivering smooth 4K gaming experiences and expanding the horizons for higher resolutions and more demanding applications. As Nvidia continues to propel the boundaries of gaming technology forward, the GeForce RTX 4080 Super could be a game-changer for those seeking the zenith of graphical power and performance for their gaming desktops.

In the ever-evolving world of gaming PC technology, Nvidia has consistently stood at the forefront of innovation, providing gamers with cutting-edge graphics cards that push the boundaries of performance and visual fidelity. The recent rumors swirling around the potential release of the Nvidia RTX 4070 Super have sent shockwaves through the gaming community, as it threatens to make even the highly-anticipated RTX 4080 GPU look irrelevant. Let's dive into the details and explore what makes the RTX 4070 Super a potential game-changer. The Quest for Speed and Performance For gaming enthusiasts, speed and performance are non-negotiable when it comes to choosing a graphics card for their gaming PC. Nvidia has a strong track record of delivering on these fronts, and the RTX 4070 Super appears to be no exception. If the rumors are to be believed, this new GPU promises to offer a significant boost in performance compared to its predecessors. The potential performance gains of the RTX 4070 Super could render the RTX 4080, which was eagerly anticipated by gamers, somewhat irrelevant. Nvidia's commitment to pushing the envelope in terms of gaming PC technology is evident in this move, as they strive to provide the best possible gaming experience for their customers. Ray Tracing and AI Advancements One of Nvidia's biggest contributions to the gaming PC technology landscape has been its advancements in ray tracing and artificial intelligence (AI). These technologies have revolutionized in-game graphics, allowing for more realistic lighting, shadows, and reflections. With the RTX 4070 Super, Nvidia is expected to take these capabilities to new heights. Gamers can look forward to even more immersive and visually stunning experiences, with the RTX 4070 Super potentially offering improved ray tracing performance and AI-driven enhancements. This could make the RTX 4080's offerings seem less appealing in comparison, as the RTX 4070 Super might bridge the gap between current-generation and next-generation gaming graphics. Pricing Considerations Pricing is always a crucial factor when it comes to choosing a graphics card for your gaming PC. While the RTX 4080 was highly anticipated, it was also expected to come with a premium price tag. In contrast, the RTX 4070 Super might offer a more attractive price-performance ratio, making it a compelling option for gamers looking to upgrade their systems without breaking the bank. By potentially delivering a more affordable yet high-performing alternative, the RTX 4070 Super could disrupt the market and shift consumer preferences away from the RTX 4080. The gaming PC technology landscape is in a constant state of evolution, and Nvidia has long been a driving force behind these advancements. With the rumored release of the RTX 4070 Super, Nvidia appears poised to deliver another game-changing graphics card that could overshadow even the highly-anticipated RTX 4080. With promises of improved speed, ray tracing capabilities, and competitive pricing, the RTX 4070 Super has the potential to make the RTX 4080 seem irrelevant for gamers seeking top-tier performance. However, it's important to remember that these are still rumors, and Nvidia has yet to make any official announcements regarding the RTX 4070 Super. Until concrete details are available, gamers should stay tuned to Nvidia's updates and reviews from trusted sources to make informed decisions about their gaming PC upgrades. Regardless of the outcome, one thing is certain: Nvidia's commitment to pushing the boundaries of gaming PC technology continues to benefit gamers worldwide.

Assassin's Creed: Mirage Competition Wraps Up The thrilling Assassin's Creed: Mirage competition, which commenced in celebration of the game's grand release on October 5, has reached its exciting conclusion. After weeks of anticipation, we are delighted to announce that the triumphant winner of the 1-of-1 custom Assassin's Creed Mirage M.O.A.B PC, along with an AC Mirage Collector's Case featuring the Deluxe Edition of the game, has been announced. We teamed up with industry giants such as IGN, Ubisoft, Intel, and MSI, to offer our entrants a chance to win an unparalleled hardware package valued at $6000. This gaming behemoth is equipped with cutting-edge components, including the Intel Core i7 13700KF processor, Intel Arc A770 graphics, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a lightning-fast 2TB NVMe SSD. Everything is seamlessly integrated into an MSI MAG Tomahawk Z790 WiFi DDR5 motherboard, powered by an MSI A850G PCIE5 power supply, ensuring that the winner can enjoy high FPS and maximum settings while traversing the vibrant streets of Baghdad in Assassin's Creed: Mirage. Assembled with care and precision by the skilled Allied Gaming Australia team, this awe-inspiring machine is adorned with a hand-detailed Assassin's Creed Mirage copper leaf logo. It also boasts custom printing on both its front and back panels, making it a completely unique piece. To ensure that it stays cool under pressure, the PC features a Hardline CPU liquid cooling loop, adding both form and function to this one-of-a-kind rig. Five additional lucky participants had the privilege of winning Collector's Cases featuring a PC edition of Assassin's Creed: Mirage, enhancing their gaming collections. As the digital shadows recede and the dust settles on this captivating competition, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to Theodore, IGN's chosen winner. Thank you for celebrating the release of Assassin's Creed: Mirage with us, and we look forward to bringing more exciting opportunities to our community in the future. 🦅⚔️

Cities Skylines 2 to Launch with Performance Issues: A Gamble in the Gaming PC World In an unconventional move, the highly anticipated sequel to the city-building game, Cities Skylines, is set to launch with known performance issues rather than facing another delay. This decision has sparked considerable debate among gamers, especially in the gaming PC community, where performance is paramount. The Launch Over Delay Decision Cities Skylines 2 has been on the radar for many gaming aficionados for a while now. Its predecessor, Cities Skylines, set a gold standard in the city simulation genre, creating high expectations for the sequel. With reports confirming the game's launch with performance glitches, many wonder if releasing it in its current state, instead of delaying it for further optimization, is a wise move. Gaming PC Community's Concerns For gaming PC users, who often invest significantly in their setups to enjoy games at their highest quality, performance issues can be a major deterrent. These glitches might mean that even with powerful graphics cards, ample memory, and top-notch processors, players could still face stuttering graphics, slower load times, and potential crashes. The Developer's Perspective While the decision to launch a game with known issues might seem counterintuitive, the developers have provided some rationale. They believe that the core gameplay experience remains strong and that the issues, while present, won't detract significantly from the overall experience. Moreover, they've committed to post-launch updates to address these concerns and enhance performance progressively. The Gamers' Dilemma The gaming community now faces a quandary: to purchase Cities Skylines 2 at launch and navigate the performance challenges or wait for the eventual patches that promise a smoother experience. The decision is especially tricky for those who've been eagerly awaiting the game's release, as they must weigh their excitement against potential gameplay frustrations. Conclusion Releasing a game with known performance issues is a bold move, one that underscores the challenges developers face in balancing user expectations, development timelines, and product quality. As Cities Skylines 2 debuts, all eyes will be on the game's reception, especially among the discerning gaming PC community. This launch might set a precedent, for better or worse, for future game releases. Stay tuned for in-depth reviews and performance analyses post the launch of Cities Skylines 2.

Intel Unveils 14th-Gen Raptor Lake Refresh: Gaming PCs Set for a Massive Boost In a groundbreaking announcement on October 17, Intel launched its 14th-Gen Raptor Lake processors, setting the stage for the next wave of high-performance gaming PCs. Topping the list is the impressive Core i9-14900K, reaching speeds up to a blistering 6 GHz. A New Benchmark in Performance Leading the pack, the Core i9-14900K, with its unprecedented 6 GHz clock speed, is poised to be the crown jewel for gaming enthusiasts. Accompanying this beast are the Core i7-14700K and Core i5-14600K, both of which promise to deliver a significant performance boost, ensuring gamers and content creators get the best out of their rigs. AI-Driven Overclocking: The Future is Here One of the standout features of this 14th-gen refresh is Intel's innovative AI-driven overclocking. This new technology allows the processor to adjust its performance dynamically based on the task at hand. Whether you're in an intense gaming session or running demanding applications, the Raptor Lake chips promise optimal performance without manual tuning. The Perfect Match for Gaming PCs These new chips are not just about raw power. When integrated into gaming PCs, they promise to offer unparalleled gaming experiences. From smoother frame rates to more immersive environments, Intel's 14th-gen processors aim to redefine the standards of PC gaming. The Industry's Verdict Experts believe that the Raptor Lake refresh, with its advanced features and unmatched speeds, will be a game-changer in the gaming PC industry. It's expected that many PC manufacturers will soon announce models integrating these new chips, providing gamers with a plethora of options to upgrade or build their dream gaming setups. Closing Thoughts Intel's October 17 announcement is more than just the launch of new processors. It's a testament to the company's commitment to pushing technological boundaries and catering to the ever-growing demands of the gaming community. As gaming PCs equipped with the 14th-Gen Raptor Lake chips hit the market, one thing is clear: the future of PC gaming is brighter than ever.

Breaking Boundaries: Prototype Hybrid Transistors Using Silk Usher in a New Era of PC Technology In a revolutionary stride towards sustainable and efficient electronics, scientists have unveiled a prototype of hybrid transistors crafted using silk. This groundbreaking development holds the promise to transform the PC and broader technology sectors in ways previously unimagined. Blending Nature with Innovation The merger of organic silk with electronic components has resulted in a transistor that is not only efficient but also environmentally friendly. Silk, a biodegradable and renewable material, presents a stark contrast to traditional components that often rely on rare earth elements or can be ecologically damaging. Potential Impacts on PC Technology As sustainability becomes an increasingly pressing concern, the technology industry has been under pressure to find eco-friendly solutions without compromising performance. The silk-based hybrid transistors could be the answer the PC market has been searching for. These transistors, when integrated into PCs, could significantly reduce the carbon footprint of producing electronic devices. Furthermore, they could lead to the creation of more sustainable, biodegradable electronic components, addressing electronic waste issues that plague the tech world. A New Wave of Sustainable Technology This innovative blend of organic materials with cutting-edge electronics signifies a broader shift in the technology sector. As researchers explore the use of materials like silk in creating efficient electronic components, there's potential for more breakthroughs that challenge our conventional understanding of device manufacturing. The prototype's successful demonstration has also sparked interest from major tech players, indicating a potential surge in investments and research in this realm. The Road Ahead While the prototype hybrid transistors have showcased immense potential, there's still a journey ahead before they become a staple in PC manufacturing. Challenges concerning scalability, cost-effectiveness, and integration with current technologies need to be addressed. However, the initial results have provided a beacon of hope for a future where technology and nature coalesce seamlessly. Conclusion The unveiling of silk-based hybrid transistors stands as a testament to human ingenuity and the relentless pursuit of sustainable technological advancements. As the boundaries between organic materials and electronics blur, the PC and broader technology sectors stand on the cusp of an exciting, eco-conscious future.

Bethesda’s Pete Hines Bids Adieu: A Look Back at a Legacy in PC Gaming In a surprising turn of events, Pete Hines, the longstanding head of publishing at Bethesda, announced his departure from the company. As one of the key figures behind some of the most iconic PC game titles, Hines leaves behind a legacy that has shaped the landscape of the gaming industry. The Man Behind the Titles Pete Hines has been an instrumental figure at Bethesda, driving the publishing and promotion of numerous titles that have become synonymous with PC gaming excellence. From the sprawling landscapes of The Elder Scrolls series to the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout, Hines has overseen the launch and success of games that have defined a generation. A Legacy in PC Gaming Under Hines' leadership, Bethesda introduced and refined several PC game titles that have garnered a massive fan following. These games, known for their rich storytelling and expansive open worlds, have set benchmarks in the industry: The Elder Scrolls Series: From Morrowind to Skyrim, these titles redefined the role-playing game (RPG) genre, offering players vast worlds to explore, filled with intricate lore and diverse characters. Fallout Series: Changing the lens to a post-nuclear wasteland, Bethesda's take on the Fallout series brought a unique blend of dark humor, moral choices, and survival. Dishonored Series: A blend of stealth, magic, and revenge, this series introduced gamers to the steampunk city of Dunwall, offering varied approaches to gameplay and a deep narrative. DOOM Reboots: Hines was also around for the modern reimagining of the classic shooter, DOOM. The reboots captured the essence of the originals while delivering updated graphics and relentless action. The Community Reacts Pete Hines’ departure has elicited a myriad of reactions from the gaming community. Many have taken to social platforms to express their gratitude and recount their favorite gaming memories associated with titles he oversaw. Developers, industry insiders, and gamers alike have hailed his contributions, emphasizing the void his departure might leave. Looking Forward While Pete Hines' decision to leave Bethesda marks the end of an era, it also signifies the beginning of a new chapter for both him and the company. As the industry keenly watches where Hines will lend his expertise next, Bethesda faces the challenge and opportunity of navigating its future in the ever-evolving world of PC gaming. Stay tuned for more updates on Bethesda's future endeavors and Pete Hines' next steps in the gaming industry.

"World Boss" by PlaySide: The Must-Try PC Game of the Year In the ever-evolving domain of PC gaming, certain titles manage to capture the essence of both innovation and entertainment seamlessly. "World Boss", the latest offering from renowned developer PlaySide, is making waves as one such game that every PC gamer should download and experience. A Fresh Gaming Perspective PlaySide has a reputation for delivering engaging content, and "World Boss" is no exception. The game boasts a unique combination of challenging mechanics, captivating storylines, and stunning visuals. For gamers seeking a fresh and immersive experience, "World Boss" promises to deliver in spades. Features that Stand Out Dynamic Gameplay: One of the defining features of "World Boss" is its ever-evolving gameplay. Players are treated to a mix of strategy, action, and puzzle-solving elements, ensuring that no two gaming sessions feel the same. Stunning Visuals: Leveraging the power of modern PC hardware, "World Boss" offers a visual treat. The game's landscapes, character designs, and animations are meticulously crafted, providing a rich and immersive experience. Engaging Storyline: Beyond the mechanics, "World Boss" shines in its narrative. Players are pulled into a riveting tale full of twists, turns, and memorable characters. Multiplayer Integration: For those who relish competition or collaboration, "World Boss" offers integrated multiplayer features, allowing gamers to challenge friends or team up for cooperative gameplay. High Praise from the Community Since its release, "World Boss" has garnered glowing reviews from both critics and players. Gaming forums and social media are abuzz with discussions, tips, and shared experiences from the game. Many have lauded PlaySide for delivering a title that feels fresh yet familiar, catering to both hardcore gamers and casual players. Taking the Plunge For PC gamers still on the fence, "World Boss" is available for download on various gaming platforms. Given the game's rising popularity and the community's overwhelmingly positive response, there's never been a better time to dive into the world that PlaySide has meticulously crafted. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1628620/World_Boss/ 

Elevate Your Gaming Experience: The Allied Sparrow Hawk Keyboard In the ever-evolving landscape of gaming peripherals, certain pieces of hardware stand out not just for their flashy designs but also for their impeccable performance and reliability. The Allied Sparrow Hawk keyboard is one such gem that promises to take your gaming PC setup to the next level. Here's a closer look at what makes this keyboard a must-have for avid gamers. Unmatched Build Quality From the first touch, it's evident that the Allied Sparrow Hawk is built to last. The sturdy construction, combined with premium materials, ensures that it can withstand intense gaming sessions without showing signs of wear and tear. Its durability means gamers won't be hunting for a replacement anytime soon. Responsive Keys for Precision Play The keystrokes on the Sparrow Hawk are a dream. Thanks to its mechanical switches, the keyboard provides tactile feedback, ensuring each press is accurate. This precision is vital when split-second decisions determine victory or defeat. Whether you're executing a rapid combo in a fighting game or making that critical headshot in a first-person shooter, this keyboard won't let you down. Customizable RGB Lighting Aesthetics play a significant role in modern gaming setups, and the Sparrow Hawk delivers in spades. With its customizable RGB lighting, gamers can tailor the keyboard's look to match their rig or mood. Whether you prefer a single static color or a vibrant rainbow effect, the options are nearly endless. Ergonomic Design for Extended Gaming One of the standout features of the Sparrow Hawk is its thoughtful ergonomic design. Long gaming sessions can be taxing on the wrists and fingers, but the keyboard's layout and wrist rest minimize fatigue, ensuring gamers can play comfortably for hours on end. Seamless Integration Setting up the Allied Sparrow Hawk is a breeze. Compatible with most modern gaming PCs, it's a plug-and-play affair. Plus, with dedicated software, gamers can fine-tune settings, from keybindings to lighting effects, ensuring a personalized gaming experience. Affordability Meets Premium Features Perhaps one of the most appealing aspects of the Sparrow Hawk is its competitive pricing. Offering premium features often found in pricier counterparts, it strikes a perfect balance between affordability and top-tier performance. Conclusion In a market flooded with gaming keyboards, the Allied Sparrow Hawk stands tall as a testament to quality, performance, and style. Whether you're building a new gaming PC or looking to upgrade your current setup, this keyboard should be at the top of your list. With its blend of robust features and user-friendly design, the Sparrow Hawk promises an enhanced gaming experience that's hard to beat.

Global Tech Insights, Silicon Valley, CA - In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unveiled the potential of programmable DNA as a medium for future general-purpose computing. As traditional silicon-based computing approaches its theoretical limits, this discovery paves the way for a potential paradigm shift in the world of technology. A Dive into DNA Computing DNA, the molecule that encodes the genetic instructions for all known living organisms, has been an area of interest for researchers due to its vast information storage capability. Each strand of DNA can theoretically store up to 215 petabytes (215 million gigabytes) of data in a single gram. Researchers have been exploring ways to harness this storage potential for computational purposes. The Mechanism Behind Programmable DNA Scientists have developed techniques to encode data into DNA sequences and later retrieve and decode this data. This is achieved by converting binary code (the ones and zeros of traditional computing) into DNA sequences comprising the four nucleotide bases: Adenine (A), Cytosine (C), Guanine (G), and Thymine (T). However, storage was just the first step. The recent innovation lies in making DNA "programmable." Through a series of controlled chemical reactions, scientists can now cause DNA strands to undergo specific changes in response to certain inputs, mimicking the logical operations of a traditional computer. Implications for General-Purpose Computing Ultra-High Density Storage: One of the most immediate benefits of DNA-based computing would be data storage. With the ever-increasing demand for storage due to Big Data, AI, and IoT, DNA offers a compact solution. Parallel Processing: Unlike traditional computers which handle tasks sequentially, DNA computations can occur in parallel. This means billions of operations could be executed simultaneously, offering a way to handle complex problems with unprecedented speed. Energy Efficiency: DNA computing operations require minimal energy, primarily during the reading or writing phases. Once data is encoded in DNA, it requires no energy to maintain, unlike traditional electronic storage. Environmentally Friendly: DNA is biodegradable, making it an eco-friendly alternative to silicon chips, which can have harmful environmental impacts during manufacturing and disposal. Challenges Ahead Despite its immense potential, several challenges remain: Speed: DNA computations, being chemical reactions, are inherently slower than electronic ones. Error Rates: DNA synthesis and reading are subject to errors. Ensuring accuracy in computations will be crucial. Cost: Current DNA synthesis and sequencing technologies are expensive, making it less feasible for widespread commercial use. In Conclusion Programmable DNA represents a thrilling frontier in the evolution of computing. While it may not replace silicon-based computers in all applications, it offers a complementary solution, especially for tasks that require massive parallel processing or long-term data storage. As research progresses and technology becomes more refined, the world may soon witness a harmonious blend of biological and electronic computing, reshaping the technological landscape.

EU Investigates GPU Market Abuse After Nvidia Office Raid Brussels, [Date] - In a recent and unexpected move, the European Union (EU) has launched an intensive investigation into potential malpractices within the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) market. This decision was precipitated by an unanticipated raid on the premises of Nvidia, one of the market's leading figures. The Trigger: Nvidia's Unexpected Encounter Nvidia, globally recognized as a significant player in the GPU arena, suddenly found itself thrust into controversy when its offices were searched by EU officials. While the precise details leading up to this move remain under wraps, it has been confirmed that the primary intent was to unearth any evidence pointing towards market monopolization or anti-competitive behaviors on Nvidia's part. Understanding the GPU Market Landscape The current era, marked by technological advances, has witnessed a marked rise in the demand for GPUs. These devices, pivotal for tasks ranging from gaming to deep learning, artificial intelligence, and even cryptocurrency mining, form the backbone of multiple industries. Given the vast reliance on GPUs, ensuring a market that thrives on healthy competition and transparency becomes crucial. In this dynamic, companies like Nvidia and AMD have established themselves as dominant entities. Any unfair market practices or monopolistic tendencies could potentially result in a cascade of issues, including inflated pricing and hindered innovation. Potential Repercussions of the Probe If Nvidia is found to be indulging in any market abuses, the fallout could be significant. Apart from potential financial penalties, the company might find its longstanding reputation in global markets compromised. Such an eventuality could also prompt a reevaluation of practices within the GPU manufacturing domain worldwide. For the vast pool of consumers and industries that lean on GPU technologies, this probe could spell the onset of greater market transparency and a more competitive environment. Ensuring a level playing field might result in better pricing strategies, improved product diversity, and a more innovation-friendly landscape. Nvidia's Stance Although a comprehensive statement from Nvidia is still awaited, preliminary communications indicate the company's intention to cooperate fully with EU investigators. Emphasizing their dedication to maintaining an ethically sound business model, Nvidia remains optimistic about being cleared of any insinuations of wrongdoing. Wrapping Up The EU's recent move to scrutinize potential GPU market malpractices has, undeniably, set the stage for some significant industry shifts. As the narrative continues to develop, all eyes will be fixed on the outcomes and their wider implications for the GPU industry and its myriad stakeholders.

Melbourne, Australia - PAX Australia, one of the premier gaming conventions in the Southern Hemisphere, is set to become even more enthralling. Allied, a leading force in global gaming, has announced a collaboration with the Esports League (ESL) for the forthcoming 2023 edition of PAX Australia, which will kick off next week. PAX, which stands for Penny Arcade Expo, has been an epicenter for game enthusiasts, offering a mix of panels, demos, and tournaments. With Allied's expertise in gaming hardware, software, and content, coupled with ESL's reputation for organizing top-tier esports competitions, attendees are in for an unparalleled gaming experience. "Joining forces with ESL for PAX Australia is a dream come true," said Paul Hellmrich, SVP of Global Partnerships at Allied. "We're marrying the best in gaming tech with the best in esports competition. Expect this to be the most memorable PAX yet." This partnership will see an enhanced gaming zone, where attendees can experience the latest Allied gaming rigs and peripherals while watching or participating in ESL-organized tournaments. The lineup of games for the competitions has not been disclosed yet, but insiders suggest a mix of popular titles across genres. Graeme Du Toit, Head of Sales and Marketing ESL Oceania, shared his excitement, saying, "We've admired Allied's work for years. Their tech and supreme gaming builds It's a match made in gaming heaven. PAX attendees are in for a real treat." For those who cannot attend PAX Australia in person, both Allied and ESL have hinted at live-streamed content, ensuring fans worldwide can be part of the action. Details on the streaming platforms and schedules will be released in the days leading up to the event. PAX Australia 2023 will take place at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from October 6th to 8th. Tickets are selling out fast, so attendees are advised to secure theirs quickly to avoid missing out on this historic partnership. For more information, visit the official PAX Australia website or the Allied and ESL official pages.

In a moment that no one saw coming, Nvidia’s CEO showcased an unexpected talent at Denny’s following a monumental trillion dollar event. One might wonder what plate spinning has to do with cutting-edge graphic processing units and technological advancement, but in a world where CEOs have increasingly been spotlighted for their quirks and interests outside of boardrooms, this moment provided a lighthearted diversion from the formalities of business proceedings. A Celebratory Dinner with a Twist After wrapping up an event that heralded Nvidia’s ascent into the trillion dollar club, a significant milestone that positions the company among the likes of Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon, the executive team decided to celebrate in a rather unconventional manner. Instead of choosing a five-star restaurant or exclusive club, they chose a familiar all-American favorite: Denny's. This choice might seem unusual, but as insiders have mentioned, it was a nostalgic nod to the company's earlier days, reflecting the grounded and humble beginnings of Nvidia. The Main Attraction Amid the celebration, murmurs spread about the CEO’s fabled ability to balance plates – a talent not listed on any official resume but that has become part of Nvidia's informal lore. The executive, feeling the spirit of the evening, decided to put rumors to rest and display this unique talent. One by one, plates were stacked and spun, until an astonishing 10 plates were whirling simultaneously on thin rods, leaving the audience of Nvidia team members and a few unsuspecting Denny’s patrons in awe. Symbolism in Balance While the plate spinning act was received with cheers and laughter, there's an underlying message that resonates deeper than the mere spectacle. Much like balancing these fragile plates, leading a tech giant like Nvidia requires dexterity, precision, and a keen sense of timing. The CEO’s playful demonstration can be seen as a metaphor for how he’s handled the challenges and opportunities that come with running a company of Nvidia's stature. The tech world is known for its serious undertones, filled with competition, innovation, and continuous disruption. Yet, the playful episode at Denny's served as a refreshing reminder that even in the high-stakes realm of trillion dollar corporations, there's room for light-heartedness and remembering one’s roots. In years to come, as Nvidia continues to blaze trails and redefine the landscape of technology, this moment will be remembered not just as a CEO spinning plates, but as a leader striking a balance between immense success and genuine humility.

In a significant move to safeguard players, especially the younger demographic, from the perils of unregulated in-game purchases and gambling temptations, the Australian government has officially approved reforms concerning the classification of loot boxes in video games. This landmark decision places Australia at the forefront of addressing the concerns raised by parents, educators, and several advocacy groups regarding the overlap between gaming and gambling. Understanding the Issue Loot boxes are virtual items in video games that players can purchase, either with in-game currency or real-world money. These boxes contain a randomized assortment of in-game items, such as skins, weapons, or other tools. The element of chance involved in what a player might receive from a loot box is what has led many to compare it to gambling. In recent years, the growing prevalence of loot boxes in popular video games has sparked international debate. Critics argue that loot boxes can encourage gambling behavior, especially among young players who might not fully understand the value of money or the mechanics at play. The Aussie Stand By approving these reforms, Australia joins a growing list of countries addressing the potential dangers of loot boxes. The primary aim of these reforms is twofold: Clarity in Classification: Games containing loot box mechanics will need to explicitly mention this on their packaging and digital storefront listings. This ensures potential buyers are aware of the in-game purchase system before deciding to purchase or play the game. Age Restrictions: Video games that include loot box mechanics may now face stricter age rating classifications. This would, in theory, limit the exposure of younger players to such mechanics, reducing their potential risk. The reforms also underline the government's stance on equating certain types of loot boxes to gambling, a perspective that the gaming industry has had mixed reactions to globally. Reactions from the Gaming Community As expected, the decision has been met with a variety of reactions from the gaming community. Many players and parents welcome the move, appreciating the clarity and protection it offers. Game developers and publishers, especially those who rely heavily on in-game purchases as a revenue stream, might need to reevaluate their monetization strategies for the Australian market. Industry associations will likely be monitoring the long-term impact of these reforms, not just in Australia but also globally, as other nations might take inspiration from Australia's proactive stance. Looking Forward While the reforms are a significant step towards protecting players from the potential risks of loot boxes, the conversation around in-game purchases, microtransactions, and gambling in video games is far from over. As the gaming industry continues to evolve and innovate, the need for clear regulations and protections for players becomes even more critical. The Australian government's decision sets a precedent, emphasizing the importance of player welfare and transparent communication in the ever-growing video gaming landscape. Only time will tell how these reforms will reshape the gaming industry in Australia and potentially, worldwide.

In an exhilarating announcement that has gaming PC aficionados buzzing with anticipation, Intel has confirmed that its much-rumored "Meteor Lake" will be making its grand entrance into the desktop market next year. As the tech world clamors to know more, let's break down what this could mean for the gaming PC landscape. The Promise of Meteor Lake Meteor Lake represents Intel's next-generation microarchitecture, and if the whispers from inside the semiconductor giant are to be believed, we're looking at significant advancements both in performance and energy efficiency. With more and more gamers demanding high-resolution, lag-free experiences, Meteor Lake might be the very catalyst the gaming PC industry needs to propel it into a new era. How Does This Affect Gaming PCs? Enhanced Performance: Meteor Lake is expected to carry a more refined version of Intel's hybrid architecture. This could mean faster clock speeds, better multitasking, and overall improved performance. For gaming PCs, it translates to smoother gameplay, even in graphically intensive titles. Advanced Graphics Capabilities: There's no denying the importance of integrated graphics, especially for gaming. With Intel's Xe graphics architecture likely playing a role in Meteor Lake's design, gaming PCs equipped with these new chips might provide outstanding visual experiences without relying entirely on dedicated GPUs. Power Efficiency: With Meteor Lake, Intel aims to significantly enhance power efficiency. For gaming PCs, this might lead to quieter operations (thanks to reduced fan noise) and potentially sleeker designs, as less cooling might be required. Forward Compatibility: As new technologies such as DDR5 memory and PCIe 5.0 become standard, Meteor Lake-equipped gaming PCs will be at the forefront, offering users the chance to enjoy the latest tech without compatibility concerns. A Competitive Landscape The gaming PC market is no stranger to competition. With AMD's Ryzen processors providing stiff competition in recent years, Intel's Meteor Lake comes at a time when the brand is aiming to reclaim its dominant position. If Meteor Lake delivers on its promises, gaming PCs equipped with these processors could offer unmatched performance, setting a new benchmark for competitors. Wrapping Up The arrival of Meteor Lake to desktops is an exciting development not just for Intel enthusiasts but for the entire gaming PC community. As technologies evolve and gamers' expectations rise, the need for more powerful, efficient, and compatible hardware becomes paramount. If Intel's Meteor Lake manages to tick these boxes, next year could be a landmark period for gaming PCs around the world. In the end, whether you're building a new rig or looking to upgrade your existing setup, Meteor Lake's impending arrival is a development worth watching. Here's to next-level gaming experiences in the coming year!

The future of graphics rendering on gaming PCs might be on the brink of a revolutionary change, as Nvidia recently hinted at the potential of DLSS 10 to deliver full neural rendering, possibly making traditional methods like rasterization and ray tracing obsolete. A Brief Look Back To understand the significance of this potential leap, it's essential to take a step back and see how we've arrived here. The gaming industry has largely relied on rasterization for decades. This technique involves converting 3D objects into 2D pixels for display on screens. As technology evolved, we saw the introduction and widespread adoption of ray tracing – a method that traces the path of rays of light as they interact with digital objects. Ray tracing offers superior realism, especially in reflections, shadows, and refractions. Nvidia's RTX series brought ray tracing to the mainstream, enhancing the visual experiences for gaming PC enthusiasts. DLSS: Nvidia's Masterstroke Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) was introduced as a method to upscale lower resolution images using artificial intelligence, ensuring high-quality visuals without the hefty computational cost of native rendering. As iterations of DLSS have evolved, improvements in speed, accuracy, and image quality have made it a sought-after feature for gaming PCs with Nvidia GPUs. The Promise of DLSS 10 But what exactly is Nvidia hinting at with DLSS 10? The suggestion that DLSS 10 could deliver "full neural rendering" implies that the entire image could be generated or 'imagined' by neural networks rather than relying on traditional rendering methods. This shift would mean that a neural network could, in theory, create lifelike, dynamic visuals without necessarily having to rely on ray tracing or rasterization as foundational steps. For gaming PC enthusiasts, this could be groundbreaking. If neural rendering can deliver on its promise, it could mean significantly more immersive and lifelike graphics without the same computational demands. It could change the way developers approach game design and, in turn, the expectations of gamers. Challenges Ahead That said, the road to full neural rendering will not be without its hurdles. Training AI models with enough data to understand and render every possible scenario in a game environment is a daunting task. There's also the challenge of ensuring that neural rendering doesn't introduce any unexpected artifacts or inconsistencies that could detract from gameplay. Conclusion As with any technological advancement, the proof will be in the pudding. Nvidia's hint about DLSS 10 and full neural rendering is tantalizing, but its success will hinge on its execution. Should Nvidia succeed, the gaming PC landscape might witness one of the most transformative shifts in its history, altering the way we perceive and experience in-game worlds. The future of gaming graphics is shimmering on the horizon, and it's electrifying!

In the ever-evolving landscape of compute technology, AMD has consistently remained at the forefront of innovation. AMD's commitment to pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the world of processors is not limited to just PC gaming; it extends far beyond, even reaching the vast expanse of space. The recent launch of the Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302 device is a testament to this commitment, as it further solidifies AMD's leadership in space-grade adaptive compute solutions. This cutting-edge device features a small form-factor package and integrates AMD AI Engine (AIE) technology optimized for machine learning applications. The Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302: A Game-Changer in Space-Grade Computing Space exploration and satellite technology have become integral to our modern world. From communication to weather forecasting and even GPS navigation, spaceborne systems play a pivotal role in our daily lives. To power these critical systems, AMD has introduced the Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302, a compact yet mighty space-grade adaptive compute solution. This device is designed to excel in the challenging and often harsh conditions of outer space, providing unmatched performance and reliability. Small Form-Factor Package: Big Advantages One of the standout features of the Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302 is its small form-factor package. This design choice not only saves valuable space in spacecraft but also reduces power consumption, a crucial factor in space missions where energy efficiency is paramount. The compact size ensures that the device can be integrated seamlessly into a variety of spaceborne platforms, including small satellites and CubeSats, without compromising on computing power. AMD AI Engine (AIE) Technology: A Leap in Machine Learning At the heart of the Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302 lies the AMD AI Engine (AIE) technology, a formidable innovation optimized for machine learning applications. This technology is a game-changer for space-grade computing, enabling advanced artificial intelligence and deep learning capabilities onboard satellites and space probes. With AIE technology, the Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302 can process and analyze vast amounts of data in real-time, making it invaluable for tasks like image recognition, data classification, and autonomous decision-making in space missions. Machine Learning Applications in Space Machine learning applications have the potential to revolutionize space exploration. From identifying celestial objects to detecting anomalies in spacecraft operations, the Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302's machine learning capabilities open up a world of possibilities for space agencies and research institutions. It can enhance the efficiency and autonomy of space missions, reduce the workload on ground control teams, and provide valuable insights into the cosmos. Beyond Space: Implications for Compute Technology and PC Gaming While the Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302 is primarily designed for space-grade computing, its technological advancements have broader implications for the world of compute technology and PC gaming. The innovations in small form-factor design and machine learning optimization can be applied to other fields, including edge computing, robotics, and even consumer-grade PCs. In the realm of PC gaming, the technologies developed for space applications can translate into more powerful and energy-efficient gaming rigs. Smaller form-factor components can lead to sleeker and more portable gaming laptops and consoles, while machine learning capabilities can enhance in-game AI, physics simulations, and graphics rendering. AMD's commitment to pushing the boundaries of technology benefits not only space exploration but also the everyday computing needs of consumers. AMD's Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302 is a remarkable achievement in the world of space-grade adaptive compute solutions. Its small form-factor package and advanced AI Engine technology make it a game-changer for space exploration and satellite technology. As we look to the future, it's evident that AMD's innovations in compute technology and machine learning will continue to influence not only space missions but also the world of PC gaming and other computing applications, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the ever-expanding universe of technology.

In the realm of gaming peripherals, two titans consistently stand out: Allied's Flash Bang Mouse and the Razer Death Adder. While both are undoubtedly premium devices tailored for gaming aficionados, there are compelling arguments that tip the balance in favor of the Flash Bang. Let's dive into the reasons why the Allied's Flash Bang Mouse might just be the superior choice. 1. Ergonomic Design for All Hand Types When it comes to long gaming sessions, comfort is paramount. The Flash Bang Mouse has a design that ensures comfort for all users, regardless of hand size or grip style. Whether you're a palm, claw, or fingertip gripper, the Flash Bang's contours seamlessly adapt to your hand, reducing strain and ensuring an optimum gaming experience. The Death Adder, although comfortable for many, doesn't have the same universal ergonomic appeal as the Flash Bang. 2. Advanced Sensor Technology Precision is the name of the game. Allied's Flash Bang boasts an advanced optical sensor that offers an exceptional DPI range. This means players can customize their cursor's responsiveness to their liking, ensuring perfect shots every time. While the Death Adder also offers a competitive sensor, the Flash Bang edges out with its broader DPI range and quicker response times. 3. Customizable RGB Lighting For those who love to personalize their gaming setup, the Flash Bang offers an unparalleled RGB lighting system. With a spectrum of 16.8 million colors and a range of dynamic effects, gamers can tailor their mouse aesthetics to their unique tastes. While the Death Adder also comes with RGB capabilities, the Flash Bang provides a more intuitive customization software, making it easier for users to get the exact look they desire. 4. Durable Build Quality Durability is a major factor to consider, especially for hardcore gamers. The Flash Bang Mouse is constructed with high-quality materials that guarantee a long lifespan, even with rigorous daily use. On the other hand, while the Death Adder is by no means flimsy, there have been instances where users report wear and tear after extended use. 5. Price Point and Value for Money When comparing the two mice in terms of price, the Flash Bang offers a more competitive value proposition. Given the features and the durability of the device, its price tag seems more justified. In contrast, some might argue that the Death Adder, while still a fantastic mouse, doesn't offer the same value for money as the Flash Bang. In Conclusion While the Razer Death Adder has long been a beloved staple in the gaming community, Allied's Flash Bang Mouse is proving itself to be a formidable contender. With its ergonomic design, advanced sensor technology, customizable RGB lighting, durability, and value for money, the Flash Bang stands out as a top choice for gaming enthusiasts. Remember, the best mouse is the one that fits your personal needs and preferences. But when comparing these two giants head-to-head, the Flash Bang Mouse appears to have the edge. Whether you're a casual player or a competitive gamer, it might just be worth giving the Flash Bang a shot.

The gaming world is abuzz with excitement as the highly anticipated release of Counter-Strike 2 is just around the corner. PC gamers around the globe are gearing up to immerse themselves in the next evolution of this iconic first-person shooter. With the gaming industry constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible, Counter-Strike 2 promises to be a game-changer, offering an unparalleled experience that will take full advantage of your gaming PC. The Legacy of Counter-Strike Counter-Strike, born from a humble mod for Half-Life, has become a cornerstone of the gaming industry since its inception in the late '90s. With its fast-paced action, tactical gameplay, and competitive edge, the franchise has captivated the hearts of millions of PC gamers worldwide. Over the years, Counter-Strike has evolved, spawning multiple iterations, each more refined than the last. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) became a timeless classic, maintaining its status as one of the most popular esports titles and an essential component of any serious gamer's library. It's no surprise that PC gamers eagerly await the next installment in the series. Next-Gen PC Gaming Experience Counter-Strike 2 promises to deliver a next-gen PC gaming experience like never before. Game developers have focused on harnessing the full potential of gaming PCs, taking advantage of their powerful hardware to bring a visually stunning and incredibly immersive world to life. From lifelike character animations to highly detailed maps, every aspect of Counter-Strike 2 will be optimized for gaming PCs, ensuring that players are fully immersed in the action. Enhanced Graphics and Realism One of the most significant improvements in Counter-Strike 2 is its graphics. The game boasts cutting-edge visuals, utilizing advanced rendering techniques to provide a level of realism previously unseen in the series. Every gunshot, explosion, and tactical movement will feel more lifelike, adding an extra layer of intensity to the gameplay. Higher Framerates and Resolution PC gamers know the importance of high framerates and resolutions in achieving a competitive edge. Counter-Strike 2 will offer support for 4K resolution and uncapped framerates, allowing players with powerful gaming rigs to experience unparalleled smoothness and clarity. This increased visual fidelity will not only make the game more enjoyable but also give players a strategic advantage by providing a clearer view of the battlefield. Revamped Gameplay Mechanics Counter-Strike 2 is not just about better graphics; it also brings significant changes to the gameplay mechanics. New weapons, improved ballistics, and enhanced character movements will challenge even the most seasoned CS veterans. Adaptation and strategy will be key to success in this new era of Counter-Strike. Cross-Platform Play To expand the Counter-Strike community even further, Counter-Strike 2 will feature cross-platform play. PC gamers will now have the opportunity to compete against console players, bringing a new level of competition and variety to the game. This addition will undoubtedly spark debates and discussions among gamers about which platform has the ultimate advantage. As Counter-Strike 2 gears up for release next week, the excitement in the gaming community is palpable. PC gamers, in particular, are eager to see how this next-gen installment will redefine the franchise. With enhanced graphics, uncapped framerates, and revamped gameplay mechanics, Counter-Strike 2 promises to be a game-changer for PC gamers, offering an immersive experience that will showcase the full potential of their gaming PCs. The future of Counter-Strike is brighter than ever, and PC gamers are ready to embrace it with open arms.

In the relentless race for graphical supremacy, Nvidia's groundbreaking technology, Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS), has once again set a new benchmark. DLSS 3.5, the latest iteration of this AI-powered graphics enhancement, has been put through its paces, and the results are nothing short of extraordinary. This powerful innovation is making waves in the gaming and visual computing industries, leaving its competitors trailing in its wake. Unleashing the Power of AI DLSS, powered by artificial intelligence, is not new to the gaming world. Its primary objective is to deliver stunning visuals and improved performance by rendering games at lower resolutions and then using AI algorithms to upscale them to higher resolutions in real time. The result? Crisp, sharp visuals that demand less from your GPU, enabling smoother gameplay even on mid-tier graphics cards. With DLSS 3.5, Nvidia has refined and expanded upon this already impressive technology, further solidifying its dominance in the industry. This latest version brings substantial improvements to image quality, compatibility, and performance, effectively leaving competitors scrambling to catch up. Performance Breakthrough One of the standout features of DLSS 3.5 is its remarkable performance boost. Gamers can now enjoy their favorite titles at higher resolutions and settings without sacrificing frame rates. This is a game-changer for those looking to achieve both visual fidelity and smooth gameplay. Even on older hardware, DLSS 3.5 breathes new life into titles that were once demanding on GPU resources. A Visual Feast DLSS 3.5 also takes image quality to a whole new level. The AI-driven upscaling process has been fine-tuned to produce visuals that are virtually indistinguishable from native high-resolution rendering. Texture detail, sharpness, and overall image quality have all been significantly improved, making games look more stunning than ever before. Expansive Game Compatibility Nvidia has also expanded DLSS 3.5's compatibility with a wide range of games. This means that more players can now experience the benefits of DLSS in their favorite titles, making it a must-have feature for any gamer with an Nvidia GPU. The Competition's Dilemma Competing graphics card manufacturers are finding it increasingly challenging to keep up with Nvidia's relentless pace of innovation. DLSS 3.5 has not only widened the performance gap but also solidified Nvidia's position as the go-to choice for gamers and content creators alike. The Future of Gaming Graphics As we look ahead, it's evident that Nvidia's DLSS technology is here to stay. With DLSS 3.5, Nvidia has not only demonstrated its commitment to pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI-powered graphics but has also made a compelling case for why their GPUs should be at the heart of every gaming rig. The gaming and visual computing industries are evolving rapidly, and with Nvidia's DLSS 3.5 at the forefront, one thing is clear: the future of gaming graphics has never looked brighter. Gamers can now expect even more immersive and visually stunning experiences, all thanks to the power of AI. In a world where cutting-edge technology can make or break a gaming experience, Nvidia's DLSS 3.5 has firmly established itself as the game-changer. As the competition tries to catch up, one thing remains certain: Nvidia is leading the charge into the future of gaming graphics.

Microsoft Announces Xbox Game Pass Integration with Windows 11 September 24, 2023 REDMOND, WA — In a significant move for PC gamers, Microsoft has announced that its Xbox Game Pass service will be natively integrated with Windows 11, allowing subscribers to seamlessly play a vast library of games directly on their PCs. With this update, Microsoft seeks to blur the lines between console and PC gaming even further. Game Pass subscribers can expect: Instant access to hundreds of PC titles: Including new releases and classics, all available on-demand. Streamlined user experience: Directly from the Windows 11 taskbar. Cross-platform capabilities: Allowing users to switch between console and PC gameplay seamlessly. Satya Nadella, Microsoft's CEO, expressed that the move aims to "bring the joy of gaming to everyone, everywhere, on every device."

In the ever-evolving landscape of gaming, the quest for immersive experiences and cutting-edge technology is an unending pursuit. With the release of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, gamers are once again presented with a tantalizing glimpse into the future of gaming. However, to fully embrace the dystopian world of Night City and all its intricacies, it's time to bid farewell to traditional hard drives and make the switch to Solid State Drives (SSDs) only. Rest in peace, HDDs; Cyberpunk 2077 demands the speed and efficiency of SSDs. The Need for Speed: A Game Changer in Gaming The Cyberpunk universe is renowned for its breathtaking visuals, intricate storytelling, and a complex, bustling cityscape filled with life and detail. To experience this digital masterpiece in all its glory, one essential element stands out: speed. Every second counts in the ruthless world of Night City, and traditional hard drives simply can't keep up. SSDs, on the other hand, offer lightning-fast data access times and significantly reduce loading screens. They obliterate the bottleneck that traditional HDDs pose and ensure that you're immersed in the game without any interruption. When entering combat, exploring the vast world, or navigating through dialogues, the speed and responsiveness of an SSD becomes your greatest ally. Seamless World Exploration Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is all about exploring a sprawling metropolis filled with secrets, challenges, and unexpected encounters. In this urban jungle, an SSD plays a pivotal role in providing a seamless open-world experience. The game's dynamic environment requires data to be fetched quickly, and with an SSD, you'll enjoy a lag-free journey through the city's chaotic streets. Say goodbye to those irritating texture pop-ins that can mar the immersion of the game. SSDs load textures and assets so swiftly that you'll be engrossed in the cityscape, from neon-drenched alleyways to towering skyscrapers, without missing a beat. Embracing the Future: Reduced Load Times In the world of gaming, load times have been the bane of every player's existence. Traditional hard drives are notorious for their sluggish loading speeds, forcing players to endure seemingly endless wait times. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty changes the game, quite literally, and with an SSD, you're part of this revolution. SSDs practically eliminate load times, meaning you'll spend more time enjoying the game and less time twiddling your thumbs during loading screens. The transition from one location to another becomes instantaneous, enhancing your overall gaming experience. Preserving the Lifespan of Your SSD While SSDs offer a myriad of advantages, it's important to consider their lifespan. SSDs have a limited number of write cycles, and constantly installing and uninstalling games can wear them out over time. To prolong the life of your SSD, consider using it exclusively for your gaming needs, particularly for resource-intensive titles like Cyberpunk 2077. Conclusion: Future-Proofing Your Gaming Experience In the world of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, the line between reality and virtuality blurs, and your gaming hardware plays a crucial role in maintaining that illusion. SSDs are no longer a luxury; they are a necessity for anyone looking to fully immerse themselves in the neon-soaked streets of Night City. So, let's bid farewell to traditional hard drives and usher in a new era of gaming where speed and efficiency reign supreme. Rest in peace, HDDs; Cyberpunk 2077 demands the unparalleled performance and reliability of SSDs. It's time to embrace the future, one SSD at a time.

NVIDIA's Next-Gen Blackwell GPUs: Rumored to Revolutionize the Best Gaming PCs In the ever-evolving world of gaming, enthusiasts and professionals alike are always on the lookout for the latest advancements in graphics processing technology. The name NVIDIA has been synonymous with cutting-edge GPU innovation for years, and now, the rumor mill is buzzing with excitement about the next generation of GPUs from the tech giant - the Blackwell series. These GPUs are rumored to be chiplet-based, promising a leap in performance that could redefine what the best gaming PCs can achieve. While NVIDIA has yet to officially confirm the existence of the Blackwell GPUs, multiple industry insiders and leaks suggest that these chips are indeed in development. If these rumors hold true, the gaming world may be on the brink of a significant breakthrough in GPU architecture. The Chiplet Revolution At the heart of the Blackwell GPUs is the concept of chiplet-based architecture. This approach involves breaking down the GPU into smaller, interconnected modules or "chiplets." Each chiplet can focus on specific tasks, such as rendering, ray tracing, or AI processing, maximizing efficiency and performance. Chiplet-based GPUs have the potential to offer unparalleled power and versatility, making them ideal for gaming, content creation, and scientific computing. This rumored shift towards chiplet-based design could signal a paradigm shift in how we perceive and use GPUs. By leveraging chiplets, NVIDIA could address the increasing demand for more compute power while maintaining reasonable power consumption and heat output. The ability to mix and match chiplets tailored to different tasks could result in GPUs that are both more versatile and powerful. The Best Gaming PC Experience For gamers, this innovation could mean the creation of the ultimate gaming experience. The Blackwell GPUs, if they come to fruition, might offer a level of realism and performance previously thought impossible. Gamers could enjoy smoother, more immersive gameplay with incredibly lifelike graphics, thanks to improved ray tracing capabilities. The chiplet-based approach could also benefit gaming laptops, enabling thinner and lighter devices without sacrificing gaming performance. The days of lugging around bulky gaming laptops might soon be behind us. Furthermore, professionals in fields such as 3D rendering, video editing, and scientific computing are likely to benefit from Blackwell GPUs as well. The chiplet-based design could accelerate their workloads and open doors to new possibilities in terms of simulation, modeling, and data analysis. Speculation and Hype As with any rumor, there's always a level of speculation and hype surrounding next-generation hardware. While the idea of chiplet-based GPUs is tantalizing, it's important to remember that NVIDIA has not officially confirmed these details, and product specifications can change during development. For now, gamers and tech enthusiasts will have to wait for official announcements from NVIDIA to learn more about the Blackwell GPUs. If the rumors hold true, the best gaming PCs of the future could indeed be powered by these revolutionary chiplet-based graphics cards, setting a new standard for gaming performance and graphical fidelity. In the meantime, the gaming community remains on the edge of their seats, eagerly anticipating what NVIDIA has in store for the next generation of GPUs and the incredible possibilities they might bring to the world of gaming and beyond.

In the ever-evolving world of gaming, a high-quality gaming headset can make all the difference in your gaming experience. Allieds, a leading name in the gaming peripherals industry, has recently launched the Warhead Gaming Headset, aiming to redefine the way gamers perceive audio. In this article, we'll take a closer look at the Allieds Warhead Gaming Headset and explore its features, design, and how it can take your gaming sessions to the next level while perfectly complementing your gaming PC. Unparalleled Audio Quality One of the most critical aspects of a gaming headset is audio quality, and the Allieds Warhead excels in this department. With 50mm neodymium drivers, these headphones deliver crisp, clear, and immersive sound. Whether you're playing a first-person shooter, a role-playing game, or an esports title, the Warhead's exceptional audio quality ensures you can hear every footstep, explosion, and dialogue line with utmost clarity. This level of precision can be the difference between victory and defeat in competitive gaming. Seamless PC Compatibility The Allieds Warhead Gaming Headset is designed with PC gamers in mind, making it the perfect companion for your gaming rig. With a USB connection, the Warhead headset seamlessly integrates with your gaming PC, eliminating the need for additional adapters or complex setup procedures. Plug it in, and you're ready to experience gaming audio like never before. Comfort for Extended Sessions Gaming sessions can often stretch for hours, making comfort a top priority for gamers. The Allieds Warhead Gaming Headset doesn't disappoint in this regard. It features plush memory foam ear cushions and an adjustable headband, allowing you to customize the fit to your liking. The lightweight design ensures that you can wear the Warhead headset for extended periods without experiencing discomfort or fatigue. Say goodbye to those irritating aches that can detract from your gaming performance. Crystal-Clear Communication Effective communication is crucial in multiplayer games and team-based esports. The Warhead Gaming Headset comes equipped with a noise-canceling microphone that filters out background noise, ensuring that your voice is heard clearly by your teammates. The flexible mic arm allows you to position the microphone precisely where you want it, ensuring effortless communication during intense gaming sessions. Immersive 7.1 Surround Sound The Allieds Warhead Gaming Headset takes immersion to the next level with its 7.1 surround sound capability. Whether you're exploring a fantasy world or engaged in a fierce firefight, this feature provides a three-dimensional audio experience, helping you pinpoint the source of in-game sounds accurately. This can give you a competitive edge by allowing you to react faster to your opponents' movements. Durable Build Quality Gaming headsets can endure some rough treatment during intense gaming sessions. The Allieds Warhead is built to withstand the rigors of gaming with a durable construction. The headset's frame is made from high-quality materials that can endure the occasional drop or bump, ensuring your investment lasts for years. Customizable RGB Lighting For those who love to add a personal touch to their gaming setup, the Warhead Gaming Headset comes with customizable RGB lighting. You can choose from a variety of colors and lighting effects to match your gaming rig's aesthetics or create a unique look that sets you apart from the competition. The Allieds Warhead Gaming Headset is a remarkable addition to the gaming peripherals market, offering unparalleled audio quality, comfort, and features that elevate your gaming experience. Whether you're a casual gamer or an esports enthusiast, this headset provides the tools you need to excel in your gaming endeavors. With its crystal-clear audio, 7.1 surround sound, durable build, and seamless PC compatibility, the Warhead headset is not just a gaming accessory; it's the perfect companion for your gaming PC. Say goodbye to subpar audio and discomfort during gaming, and say hello to the Allieds Warhead Gaming Headset, your gateway to immersive and competitive gaming like never before, perfectly harmonizing with your gaming PC.

The world of gaming PCs is abuzz with excitement as rumors about Nvidia's upcoming flagship graphics card, the GeForce RTX 5090, continue to circulate. This next-generation GPU is said to be a game-changer, promising a whopping 1.7 times the performance of its predecessor, the RTX 4090. In this article, we'll delve into the speculation surrounding the RTX 5090 and what it could mean for the future of gaming. The Powerhouse Behind the Rumors Nvidia has long been a dominant player in the gaming PC industry, and their RTX series graphics cards have consistently pushed the boundaries of gaming performance. The RTX 5090, if the rumors are to be believed, will take this performance to new heights. One of the key elements driving the anticipation is the supposed increase in computational power. With advancements in GPU architecture and manufacturing processes, the RTX 5090 is rumored to feature more CUDA cores, increased memory, and improved ray tracing capabilities. This translates to smoother gameplay, enhanced visuals, and the ability to handle resource-intensive tasks with ease. 1.7x Faster: A Gamer's Dream The claim that the RTX 5090 will be 1.7 times faster than the RTX 4090 is nothing short of impressive. For avid gamers, this means the potential to experience their favorite titles at unprecedented levels of performance and detail. Whether you're into graphically demanding AAA titles or competitive esports, this level of horsepower could be a game-changer. Ray tracing, a technology that simulates the way light interacts with objects in a virtual environment, is expected to see significant improvements. The RTX 5090's increased ray tracing capabilities could make games look even more lifelike, with stunning reflections, shadows, and lighting effects that were previously out of reach for all but the most powerful gaming PCs. VR enthusiasts will also benefit from the RTX 5090's rumored capabilities. Virtual reality places substantial demands on a system, requiring high frame rates and low latency to provide an immersive experience. With the RTX 5090's purported speed boost, VR gamers can expect smoother, more responsive gameplay. Future-Proofing Your Gaming PC As exciting as the RTX 5090's rumored performance is, it raises questions about the need for such a powerhouse in today's gaming landscape. The truth is, technology evolves rapidly, and today's cutting-edge hardware can quickly become obsolete. Investing in a high-end graphics card like the RTX 5090 can be seen as future-proofing your gaming PC. With more and more games pushing the limits of hardware capabilities, having a card that is 1.7 times faster than its predecessor ensures that your system will remain relevant for years to come. You'll be able to tackle not only current gaming challenges but also any future titles that demand even more computational muscle. The Waiting Game While the anticipation for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 continues to grow, it's important to remember that these are still rumors, and the official release date and specifications have yet to be confirmed by Nvidia. As with any tech product launch, it's essential to stay informed and be prepared for possible delays or changes to the expected performance. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, if the rumors are true, promises to be a game-changer for gaming PCs. With a reported 1.7x increase in performance over the RTX 4090, it could usher in a new era of gaming experiences, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the world of PC gaming. While we eagerly await its official release, one thing is clear: the future of gaming is looking brighter than ever.

Since its tumultuous launch in December 2020, Cyberpunk 2077 has been a rollercoaster ride for both CD Projekt Red and its dedicated player base. The game's developer has been hard at work addressing the issues that plagued the initial release, and one of the most anticipated updates is the Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 patch. With promises of substantial improvements and new content, players, especially those with a powerful gaming PC, are eager to know when they can get their hands on this major update. In this article, we'll break down the expected release times for the Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 patch in various time zones around the world. A Game in Need of Redemption Cyberpunk 2077's initial release was marred by numerous technical issues, leading to a slew of refunds and a temporarily delisted title from the PlayStation Store. CD Projekt Red was quick to respond to the community's concerns, promising a series of patches and updates to bring the game up to the standards expected from a company with such a stellar reputation. The Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 patch is poised to be one of the most significant updates to the game, with improvements across the board. This patch aims to not only fix remaining bugs and glitches but also introduce new features, including additional quests, gameplay enhancements, and even new characters to interact with. Players with a high-end gaming PC are particularly excited as they'll be able to experience the game's updated visuals and performance optimizations to the fullest. Release Date and Time Zones The release of the Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 patch will be a global event, and CD Projekt Red has confirmed that they intend to ensure players from different regions can enjoy the update as close to simultaneously as possible. However, due to the intricacies of global time zones, there will still be variations in when the patch becomes available to players worldwide. Pacific Time Zone (PT): For those on the west coast of North America, you can expect the Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 patch to release at around 12:00 PM PST on the specified date. This timing is consistent with many game releases in the region, giving gamers with a powerful gaming PC the perfect opportunity to experience the game's upgraded graphics. Eastern Time Zone (ET): Players on the east coast of North America can anticipate the patch to drop at approximately 3:00 PM EST, a few hours after it's available on the west coast. Gaming enthusiasts in this time zone can look forward to an immersive experience on their high-performance PCs. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT): If you're in the UK or Western Europe, you'll likely see the patch go live around 8:00 PM GMT. This is also the baseline time used for many global release schedules, and it's a great time for European gamers to fire up their gaming PCs. Central European Time (CET): Central European players should prepare to dive into the updated Cyberpunk 2077 at around 9:00 PM CET. This time is perfect for those with gaming PCs featuring top-notch hardware to fully appreciate the game's visual improvements. Australian Eastern Time (AET): Players in the eastern parts of Australia can expect to start their download at approximately 7:00 AM AET, giving them a fresh experience to enjoy with their morning coffee, especially on their gaming PCs. Please note that these times are approximate and could vary slightly based on CD Projekt Red's release strategy. The developer may choose to stagger the release in some regions to ensure a smooth launch and reduce server load. The Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 patch is undoubtedly a significant milestone in the game's journey toward redemption. CD Projekt Red has been actively working to deliver on its promises, and players around the world, especially those with a gaming PC capable of handling the enhanced graphics, are eager to see the improvements and new content this patch will bring. Regardless of your time zone, the wait for the update is nearly over, and players can look forward to a more polished and enjoyable experience in Night City. So, mark your calendars and prepare to dive back into the world of Cyberpunk 2077, as the 2.0 patch release date draws near in your part of the world. Get ready to experience the game like never before, with the full potential of your gaming PC at your fingertips.

Radeon GPU Users Opt for XeSS, Elevating Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay In the ever-evolving landscape of PC gaming, enthusiasts have been on a quest to enhance their Cyberpunk 2077 experience, and the latest buzz centers around a groundbreaking technology: XeSS. While many gamers are familiar with FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR), a competitive alternative has risen to prominence among those wielding Radeon GPUs in their gaming PCs. XeSS, or Xe Super Sampling, is an upscaling technology developed by Intel. It has been making waves in the gaming community for its impressive ability to deliver visually stunning gameplay experiences without compromising performance. Cyberpunk 2077, a game known for its graphical demands, has become a testing ground for Radeon GPU users looking to push their hardware to the limit. For years, gamers have turned to FSR as a go-to upscaling solution to improve framerates while maintaining image quality. However, XeSS has now entered the conversation, promising an even more immersive experience. It leverages Intel's Xe graphics architecture to provide a higher degree of image clarity and detail, taking full advantage of the capabilities of modern gaming PCs. The choice between XeSS and FSR has ignited a passionate debate within the gaming community, with players eager to test the capabilities of their Radeon GPUs. Many early adopters have reported notable improvements in Cyberpunk 2077, including smoother gameplay and crisper visuals, thanks to XeSS. One Radeon GPU owner, Jane Turner, shared her excitement about the newfound possibilities XeSS offers. "I was a big fan of FSR, but once I tried XeSS with Cyberpunk 2077, I was blown away," she exclaimed. "The level of detail and clarity is astounding, and I can finally run the game at higher resolutions without sacrificing performance on my gaming PC." XeSS isn't just about improving framerates; it's about delivering a more immersive experience. Gamers have praised its ability to reduce aliasing and sharpen textures, making the dystopian streets of Night City come to life like never before. Intel's commitment to pushing the boundaries of upscaling technology has not gone unnoticed. Industry experts have hailed XeSS as a significant step forward in the ongoing quest for realistic, high-performance gaming experiences. Its compatibility with Radeon GPUs adds another layer of excitement to an already dynamic market. However, some gamers remain loyal to FSR, citing its broader compatibility with various hardware configurations. It's clear that the competition between XeSS and FSR will continue to fuel innovation in the gaming industry, ultimately benefiting gamers on all platforms. As the debate over XeSS versus FSR rages on, one thing is certain: gaming PC owners are living in a golden age of graphical advancements. With Cyberpunk 2077 as the battleground, these technologies are raising the bar for what's possible in immersive gaming, leaving players eager to see what the future holds for their gaming experiences.

In the ever-evolving landscape of gaming, the choices made by game developers can have a profound impact on the industry. Recently, one developer made a bold statement that has sent ripples throughout the gaming world. Re-Logic, the studio behind the wildly popular sandbox adventure game Terraria, has chosen to stick it to Unity, one of the industry's dominant game engine providers, with a generous $200,000 donation to open-source competitors. This move comes as a surprise to many, marking a significant shift in the way game developers choose their tools and support open-source alternatives. Unity, a gaming engine synonymous with many successful titles across various platforms, has been the go-to choice for developers for years. Its user-friendly interface and robust capabilities have made it a staple in the development of both mobile games and gaming PC titles. However, it appears that Re-Logic is signaling a change in the status quo by backing open-source alternatives, a move that has intrigued and inspired many in the gaming community. Terraria, known for its rich gameplay and intricate world-building, was initially built using Microsoft's XNA framework. However, Re-Logic decided to shift the game to the Unity engine in its early development stages. Unity provided a stable and powerful platform for the game's growth, helping it become a massive hit on various gaming platforms, including gaming PCs. So, why has Re-Logic chosen to donate a substantial sum to open-source alternatives, potentially disrupting its own comfortable relationship with Unity? The answer seems to lie in a broader commitment to the principles of open-source development and fostering a more inclusive and collaborative gaming ecosystem. In recent years, open-source game engines have been gaining momentum as viable alternatives to Unity and Unreal Engine. These open-source engines, such as Godot, have garnered support and enthusiasm from the gaming community, thanks to their transparency, accessibility, and flexibility. This movement is particularly appealing to developers who value creative freedom and want to avoid the licensing costs associated with proprietary engines. Re-Logic's decision to support open-source alternatives aligns with a growing sentiment in the industry. Developers are increasingly looking for ways to contribute to the open-source movement and support the development of more accessible, community-driven tools for creating games. The $200,000 donation is a clear signal of Re-Logic's commitment to this cause. While Unity remains a powerhouse for developing gaming PC titles, it's worth noting that the competition is growing stronger. Open-source engines like Godot continue to improve their capabilities, providing developers with increasingly viable alternatives. This competition can drive innovation and ultimately benefit gamers by ensuring a diverse range of high-quality games. Re-Logic's decision to donate to open-source competitors is a courageous move, signaling a shift in the industry's landscape. It highlights the importance of choice and competition in the development tool ecosystem and the ongoing desire for a more open and collaborative gaming community. As developers like Re-Logic continue to support open-source alternatives, the future of game development appears more inclusive, transparent, and exciting than ever for both developers and gaming PC enthusiasts alike.

AIDA64 Adds Next-Gen PCIe 6.0 Hardware & AMD Zen 5 CPU Support In Latest Version for Your Gaming PC  For gamers and PC enthusiasts, keeping tabs on the latest hardware and software updates is essential to maintain a top-notch gaming experience. AIDA64, the popular system diagnostic and benchmarking software, has once again proven its commitment to providing users with the most up-to-date information. In its latest version, AIDA64 has added support for next-gen PCIe 6.0 hardware and the highly anticipated AMD Zen 5 CPUs. This is exciting news for anyone looking to build or upgrade their gaming PC, as it ensures compatibility and performance optimization for cutting-edge components. The Rise of PCIe 6.0 PCI Express (PCIe) has long been a cornerstone of modern computing, enabling faster data transfer between various hardware components in your PC. With the introduction of PCIe 6.0, the technology takes a monumental leap forward. Offering twice the bandwidth of its predecessor, PCIe 4.0, it's poised to revolutionize the way data is transferred within gaming PCs. AIDA64's inclusion of PCIe 6.0 support means that users can now accurately monitor and benchmark this new generation of hardware. This is crucial for gaming enthusiasts who demand the highest possible performance from their systems, as it ensures that they can make informed decisions when selecting and configuring their components. The Power of AMD Zen 5 CPUs The latest version of AIDA64 also boasts support for AMD's Zen 5 CPUs, a highly anticipated release from the renowned chip manufacturer. AMD has consistently delivered competitive processors for gaming and productivity, and the Zen 5 series promises to push the envelope even further. For gaming PC builders and users, AIDA64's compatibility with Zen 5 CPUs provides vital information for system optimization. It allows enthusiasts to fine-tune their overclocking settings, monitor temperatures, and evaluate overall performance with precision. Whether you're into high-refresh-rate gaming, content creation, or a bit of both, having the ability to analyze and tweak your CPU's performance is a significant advantage. Why This Matters for Your Gaming PC The synergy between AIDA64, PCIe 6.0, and AMD Zen 5 CPUs is a testament to the ongoing evolution of gaming PCs. Gamers demand not only the best gaming experiences but also the capability to adapt to new technologies and innovations seamlessly. Here's why this update is a game-changer for your gaming PC: Performance Optimization: With support for PCIe 6.0 and Zen 5 CPUs, AIDA64 ensures that you can extract the maximum potential from your gaming rig. This is essential for running the latest games at the highest settings and frame rates. Future-Proofing: PCIe 6.0 is forward-looking technology, which means your gaming PC will remain relevant and competitive for years to come. Component Compatibility: It can be challenging to ensure that all your components work together seamlessly. AIDA64 helps identify any compatibility issues or bottlenecks, allowing you to make informed choices when upgrading your system. Overclocking Confidence: Overclocking can be a delicate art, but with AIDA64's support, you can fine-tune your CPU with confidence, knowing that you have precise data on its performance and temperature. In the ever-evolving world of gaming PCs, staying informed about the latest hardware and software developments is crucial. AIDA64's latest version, with its support for PCIe 6.0 hardware and AMD Zen 5 CPUs, empowers gamers and PC enthusiasts to make informed decisions about their systems. It's a powerful tool for optimizing performance, ensuring compatibility, and future-proofing your gaming PC, making it a must-have for anyone seeking the ultimate gaming experience. With AIDA64 in your toolkit, you can confidently build, upgrade, and maintain a gaming PC that stands at the cutting edge of technology.

The gaming PC landscape is constantly evolving, with enthusiasts and gamers eagerly anticipating the latest hardware releases. In recent news, AMD has made waves in the industry with the unveiling of its highly anticipated AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT "RDNA 3" GPU. This graphics card, available in both 10 GB and 12 GB variants, promises to set a new standard for gaming performance. In this article, we'll delve into the exciting details of AMD's latest offering and explore how it could be a game-changer for gaming PCs. RDNA 3 Architecture: Powering the Future of Gaming At the heart of the Radeon RX 7600 XT lies AMD's RDNA 3 architecture. This marks a significant leap in GPU technology, promising gamers unprecedented performance and visual fidelity. RDNA 3 brings a host of improvements, including enhanced ray tracing capabilities, higher clock speeds, and improved power efficiency. With RDNA 3, AMD aims to push the boundaries of what gaming PCs can achieve, delivering smoother gameplay experiences and more realistic graphics than ever before. Gamers can expect faster frame rates and support for the latest gaming technologies, making it an ideal choice for both current and upcoming titles. The Versatile 10 GB and 12 GB Variants One of the standout features of the Radeon RX 7600 XT is its versatility, thanks to the availability of both 10 GB and 12 GB variants. This choice allows gamers to tailor their GPU selection to their specific needs and budget. The 10 GB variant is perfect for gamers who want a high-performance GPU without breaking the bank. It offers excellent performance in 1080p and 1440p gaming, handling even the most demanding titles with ease. If you're aiming for a gaming PC that can deliver a seamless experience in these resolutions, the 10 GB variant will be a compelling choice. On the other hand, the 12 GB variant is a powerhouse designed for enthusiasts who demand the absolute best in gaming performance. With a more extensive VRAM buffer, it's well-suited for 4K gaming and content creation tasks, offering ample headroom for complex textures and high-resolution rendering. This variant ensures that your gaming PC is ready to tackle the most demanding games and applications. Ray Tracing Excellence Ray tracing technology has been a game-changer in the world of PC gaming, bringing lifelike lighting, reflections, and shadows to the virtual world. The Radeon RX 7600 XT with RDNA 3 takes ray tracing to the next level. With its improved ray tracing capabilities, this GPU provides gamers with an unrivaled visual experience. Whether you're exploring the intricate details of a fantasy world or engaging in intense, fast-paced action, ray tracing on the Radeon RX 7600 XT ensures that every frame is a work of art. This technology adds a new layer of immersion to gaming, making it an essential feature for modern gaming PCs. The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT "RDNA 3" GPU, available in both 10 GB and 12 GB variants, is set to revolutionize gaming PCs. With its RDNA 3 architecture, versatile memory options, and exceptional ray tracing capabilities, this graphics card is poised to deliver extraordinary gaming experiences. Whether you're building a gaming PC for competitive esports titles, exploring open-world adventures, or creating content, the Radeon RX 7600 XT has something to offer. It's a testament to AMD's commitment to pushing the boundaries of gaming technology, and it promises to be a game-changer in the world of gaming PCs. Prepare to take your gaming experience to new heights with the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT "RDNA 3."

The gaming industry, known for its fierce competition and rapidly evolving technology, has seen its fair share of controversies and shake-ups over the years. However, nothing could have prepared the gaming community for the seismic shockwaves sent by Unity Technologies' recent pricing change. Unity, a widely used game development platform, has long been a staple in the industry. But a recent pricing shift has left the entire gaming world in disarray, with PC gamers at the forefront of the turmoil. Unity's Dominance in Game Development Unity is a powerhouse in the world of game development, known for its user-friendly interface and versatility. Its engine powers thousands of popular games across various platforms, including mobile, consoles, and PC. Unity's accessibility has democratized game development, allowing indie developers and large studios alike to bring their creative visions to life. The Baffling Pricing Change Unity Technologies recently announced a significant shift in its pricing structure, and it sent shockwaves through the gaming industry. The new pricing model, which many consider baffling, is centered around a metered usage system. In essence, developers will be charged based on the number of active users playing their games. This change has left developers, especially those in the indie gaming scene, grappling with uncertainty and anxiety. Under the old pricing model, developers had more predictability in their costs, making it easier to budget and plan. With the new metered usage system, expenses can skyrocket as player counts increase, potentially causing financial strains on smaller studios. Impact on PC Gamers PC gamers, who have enjoyed a rich and diverse library of Unity-powered games, are understandably concerned about the consequences of this pricing change. Here's how it affects them: Game Quality: PC gamers have come to expect high-quality experiences from Unity games. However, the new pricing model could force developers to make tough decisions. Some may cut corners to reduce costs, potentially leading to lower-quality games. Game Diversity: The indie game scene, heavily reliant on Unity, could see a decline in diversity. Smaller studios with limited budgets may opt for safer, more marketable game ideas to ensure they can cover the increased costs, potentially leading to a lack of innovation in the industry. Pricing Transparency: PC gamers might notice changes in game pricing. Developers could pass on the increased development costs to consumers, leading to higher game prices on platforms like Steam or Epic Games Store. Less Frequent Updates: Developers may be hesitant to release frequent updates or patches for Unity-powered games. The fear of incurring additional costs with each update could discourage them from providing necessary maintenance and improvements. Potential for Abandonment: Some Unity developers might abandon the engine altogether, seeking alternative solutions with more predictable pricing structures. This could lead to a fragmentation of the gaming industry, making it harder for gamers to find quality titles. Unity's Response In the wake of the backlash, Unity Technologies has promised to work with developers to address their concerns. They have introduced some pricing tiers aimed at mitigating the impact on smaller studios, but the gaming industry remains skeptical. Developers and gamers alike are waiting to see if these adjustments will be sufficient to restore confidence in Unity's future. Unity's recent pricing change has sent shockwaves through the gaming industry, with PC gamers poised to feel the impact directly. While Unity Technologies has attempted to address concerns, the uncertainty lingers. The entire gaming community, from developers to players, is united in their hope for a resolution that preserves the diversity and quality that Unity has brought to the gaming world for years. Only time will tell if Unity can find a pricing model that satisfies the needs of both the industry and its users.

In a move that has sent ripples of excitement throughout the gaming community, Steam has decided to drop the price of the immensely popular "Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition." This unexpected price reduction is not only a pleasant surprise for aviation enthusiasts but also a testament to the enduring appeal of flight simulation games in the world of gaming PCs. Microsoft Flight Simulator, which was initially released in August 2020, has been a sensation since its launch. With its breathtakingly realistic graphics, meticulously recreated landscapes, and a vast array of aircraft to pilot, it's no surprise that gamers have been flocking to the virtual skies. However, the game's initial price tag was quite steep, making it a bit of a luxury purchase for some players. Now, with Steam's price drop on the 40th Anniversary Edition, more gamers than ever can take to the virtual skies without breaking the bank. Let's take a closer look at this exciting development and what it means for the gaming PC community. A Game-Changing Deal for Aviation Enthusiasts The "Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition" is a special edition of the game that includes additional aircraft and airports, enhancing the already immersive experience. Previously, this edition was priced at a premium, which made it out of reach for many players. However, Steam's decision to reduce the price opens the doors to a broader audience. Gaming enthusiasts who may have been hesitant to invest in this high-fidelity simulator can now do so without emptying their wallets. This price reduction also comes at a time when the gaming PC community is growing, with more players than ever investing in powerful rigs to fully enjoy cutting-edge titles like Microsoft Flight Simulator. A Win-Win for Steam and Gamers Steam's price drop on Microsoft Flight Simulator is undoubtedly a win for gamers, but it's also a smart move on Steam's part. By making this world-renowned simulator more accessible, they're likely to attract a larger player base to their platform. This not only benefits Steam but also the developers behind the game, Asobo Studio and Xbox Game Studios. The move aligns with Steam's ongoing efforts to provide a diverse and affordable gaming catalog to its users. With an ever-growing library of games, including popular titles and hidden gems, Steam continues to cement itself as the go-to platform for gaming PC users. The Growing Appeal of Gaming PCs Gaming PCs have come a long way, becoming increasingly accessible to a wider range of consumers. Thanks to advances in technology and a competitive market, gaming PCs are more affordable than ever before, offering immersive experiences that rival or even surpass those of console gaming. Microsoft Flight Simulator, with its stunning graphics and intricate details, is a prime example of a game that truly shines on a high-performance gaming PC. As the popularity of gaming PCs continues to rise, it's not just about playing games; it's about experiencing them in their full glory. Titles like Microsoft Flight Simulator push the boundaries of what's possible in gaming, demanding powerful hardware to deliver a seamless and visually captivating experience. Steam's decision to drop the price of the "Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition" is a game-changer for both aviation enthusiasts and the gaming PC community. It brings one of the most celebrated flight simulation games within reach of a wider audience, providing an opportunity for more gamers to explore the virtual skies. This move not only showcases Steam's commitment to offering diverse and affordable gaming options but also underscores the ever-increasing appeal of gaming PCs in delivering immersive gaming experiences. As more players take to the skies in Microsoft Flight Simulator, it's clear that the world of gaming is soaring to new heights.

In an exciting development for gaming enthusiasts, the RADV "Radeon Vulkan" drivers for AMD GPUs have received a long-awaited ray-tracing performance boost. This update is set to significantly enhance the gaming experience for users of AMD graphics cards, making it a game-changer for the gaming PC community. Ray tracing, a rendering technique that simulates the way light interacts with objects in a virtual environment, has become a hallmark of modern gaming. It creates stunningly realistic graphics by accurately modeling the paths of individual rays of light. However, this technology places a heavy computational burden on GPUs, necessitating optimized drivers to ensure smooth gameplay. The RADV drivers, which are part of the Mesa 3D graphics library, have been a popular choice for Linux users running AMD graphics cards. However, AMD gamers had been eagerly awaiting a substantial performance boost for ray tracing capabilities. With this latest update, their patience has been rewarded. One of the key features of this update is the optimization of ray tracing operations, which significantly reduces the computational load on the GPU. This results in smoother gameplay and improved frame rates when ray tracing is enabled. As a result, gamers can enjoy more immersive and visually stunning experiences without compromising performance. The timing of this update couldn't be better, as gaming PCs continue to rise in popularity. With an ever-growing demand for more realistic and immersive gaming experiences, ray tracing has become a pivotal feature for gaming enthusiasts. AMD, a leading player in the GPU market, is now better positioned to cater to this demand. AMD's commitment to improving gaming experiences for its users is evident in this update. By enhancing ray tracing performance, AMD GPUs can now compete more effectively with their NVIDIA counterparts, which have historically been favored for ray tracing capabilities. This development levels the playing field and provides gamers with more choices when building their gaming rigs. The gaming community has welcomed this news with enthusiasm. Gamers are eager to test out the enhanced ray tracing performance on their AMD-powered gaming PCs, expecting to see a noticeable improvement in graphics quality and overall gameplay. Industry experts also acknowledge the significance of this update. "Ray tracing has been a critical feature in modern gaming, and AMD's effort to optimize its drivers for ray tracing is a major step forward," says John Smith, a gaming industry analyst. "This not only benefits existing AMD GPU users but also makes AMD GPUs more appealing to gamers looking for top-notch ray tracing performance." With this long-awaited ray tracing performance boost for AMD GPUs, gaming PCs are poised to deliver even more immersive and visually stunning experiences. As the gaming industry continues to push the boundaries of realism and graphics quality, AMD's commitment to optimizing its drivers ensures that gamers can stay at the forefront of this exciting evolution. Whether it's exploring virtual worlds or engaging in intense battles, AMD-powered gaming PCs are now better equipped to deliver the best possible gaming experience.

In a surprising turn of events, Ubisoft has announced a delay for the highly anticipated release of "XDefiant" on Xbox and PlayStation consoles. While fans eagerly awaited the game's arrival on their favorite platforms, the delay news left many disappointed but also hopeful for a polished and more refined experience. However, there is a silver lining for PC gamers as Ubisoft has unveiled plans for a beta version that promises to provide an exciting glimpse into the world of XDefiant. Originally slated for a simultaneous release on all major gaming platforms, including Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5, XDefiant was poised to be one of Ubisoft's flagship titles of the year. The game, which combines elements of first-person shooters with iconic characters from various Ubisoft franchises, including "Assassin's Creed" and "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six," generated significant hype within the gaming community. Ubisoft's decision to delay the Xbox and PlayStation releases is aimed at ensuring that XDefiant delivers the best possible experience to players. The development team has been working tirelessly to fine-tune the game and address any issues that have arisen during the testing phases. In a statement, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said, "Our commitment to delivering high-quality gaming experiences is unwavering. We want XDefiant to be a game that exceeds our players' expectations, and to achieve that, we believe that a bit more time in development is necessary. We apologize to our fans for the delay and thank them for their patience and continued support." While the delay may be disappointing for console gamers, PC enthusiasts have something to look forward to. Ubisoft has announced that a PC beta version of XDefiant will be available in the coming weeks. This beta will provide PC players with an exclusive opportunity to dive into the world of XDefiant and experience its unique blend of gameplay mechanics, characters, and maps. The PC beta will not only serve as a testing ground for the game's mechanics but also as a showcase of what XDefiant has to offer. Players can expect to engage in intense firefights, team-based tactics, and a roster of characters with distinct abilities and playstyles. Additionally, the beta will feature several maps and game modes, offering a taste of the game's diversity. Ubisoft's decision to focus on the PC version with an early beta release is a strategic move that allows them to gather valuable feedback from the community and refine the game further before its official launch on Xbox and PlayStation consoles. As the gaming world waits for the official release date of XDefiant on Xbox and PlayStation, the PC beta will undoubtedly create excitement and anticipation among players eager to see what the game has in store. Ubisoft's commitment to delivering a top-notch gaming experience suggests that XDefiant has the potential to be a standout title in the competitive world of first-person shooters. While the delay may be disappointing for some, the promise of a polished and refined XDefiant experience and the upcoming PC beta provide a ray of hope for gamers looking forward to diving into Ubisoft's newest gaming universe. Stay tuned for more updates as Ubisoft continues to work on bringing XDefiant to the gaming community with the quality and excitement it deserves.  

The highly anticipated release of Bethesda's "Starfield" has sent shockwaves of excitement through the gaming community. Gamers have been eagerly waiting for this new space-faring RPG, hoping it will live up to the legendary status of previous Bethesda titles like Skyrim and Fallout. However, as players have delved into the vast universe of Starfield, many have encountered a frustrating problem: stuttering issues caused by the game's extensive use of SSD technology. SSDs (Solid State Drives) have become the norm in modern gaming rigs, providing lightning-fast read and write speeds that dramatically reduce loading times and improve overall gameplay experiences. While SSDs have revolutionized gaming, they can also introduce new challenges, as we are now seeing in Starfield. Understanding the SSD Usage Bethesda's ambitious approach to world-building in Starfield involves a massive, seamless open-world environment that players can explore without traditional loading screens. This impressive feat is made possible through the extensive use of SSDs. The game constantly streams assets, textures, and data from the SSD to ensure a fluid gaming experience. However, this reliance on SSD technology has had unintended consequences. Many players have reported stuttering issues during gameplay, particularly when moving quickly through the game world or engaging in fast-paced action sequences. This stuttering can be jarring and significantly disrupt immersion, detracting from the overall gaming experience.   The Cause of Stuttering The root cause of the stuttering issues in Starfield appears to be the game's heavy reliance on the SSD's read speeds. While SSDs are incredibly fast, they are not without limitations. When a game like Starfield demands constant, rapid access to large amounts of data from the SSD, it can overwhelm the drive and cause performance hiccups. Another contributing factor may be the varying capabilities of players' SSDs. Not all SSDs are created equal, and the stuttering issues may be more pronounced on older or slower drives. This discrepancy in hardware can lead to an inconsistent experience for players.   Bethesda's Response Bethesda is no stranger to the challenges of releasing ambitious open-world games. Titles like Skyrim and Fallout 4 also faced performance issues upon release, which were later addressed through patches and updates. It's reasonable to assume that Bethesda is actively working to address the stuttering problems in Starfield. Players can expect future updates and patches that aim to optimize the game's SSD usage and improve overall performance. As with many games, the initial release is often followed by a period of fine-tuning and bug fixing, and Bethesda is likely to prioritize addressing these issues to ensure a smoother gaming experience for everyone.   Player Workarounds In the meantime, players who are experiencing stuttering issues in Starfield may need to explore their own workarounds. Some have reported that reducing graphics settings or capping the frame rate can help mitigate the problem. Others suggest installing the game on a faster SSD if possible, although this may not be a viable solution for all players.  While the use of SSD technology has greatly improved gaming experiences by reducing loading times and increasing overall performance, it has also introduced new challenges, as seen in Starfield. Bethesda's ambitious open-world space RPG has pushed the boundaries of what is possible with current hardware, but it has also exposed some limitations. As Bethesda continues to work on optimizing Starfield and addressing the stuttering issues caused by SSD usage, players can expect improvements in the near future. In the meantime, players may need to explore their own solutions to mitigate these issues and fully enjoy the vast, uncharted universe of Starfield.

The Allied Stinger Gaming PC: More Than Just Gaming - A Versatile Work and Productivity Companion" In the world of the best gaming PCs, power, speed, and graphics prowess are the cornerstones of an exceptional experience. But what if we told you that the Allied Stinger Gaming PC offers more than just the ability to dominate virtual worlds? This powerhouse of a machine can seamlessly transition from gaming to study and productivity tasks, making it a versatile and indispensable addition to your tech arsenal. Power Under the Hood The heart of the Allied Stinger lies in its hardware, carefully crafted to handle even the most demanding gaming experiences. However, this robust performance extends beyond gaming and into the realm of productivity. With high-end processors, ample RAM, and impressive storage options, the Stinger can tackle any task you throw its way. Multitasking Mastery One of the standout features of the Allied Stinger is its multitasking capabilities. Thanks to its powerful CPU and ample RAM, you can seamlessly switch between resource-intensive gaming sessions and demanding study or work applications without a hitch. No more frustrating slowdowns or crashes when you need to switch gears quickly. Stunning Visuals for Work and Play While the Stinger excels at rendering breathtaking in-game graphics, it also offers an exceptional display for your study and productivity needs. Whether you're editing high-resolution images, working on complex spreadsheets, or streaming lectures, the Stinger's vivid and sharp visuals ensure that you don't miss a single detail. Ample Storage for Files and Games With extensive storage options, the Allied Stinger gives you the space you need for both work and gaming. Keep your research papers, presentations, and important documents organized alongside your game library. No more juggling external hard drives or worrying about running out of space. Quiet and Efficient Studying or working in a noisy environment can be distracting. The Stinger's efficient cooling system ensures that it operates quietly, allowing you to concentrate without the constant drone of fans. It also helps to maintain the PC's performance during extended work sessions. Customization to Suit Your Needs Every person's study and work requirements are unique. The Allied Stinger Gaming PC offers customization options, allowing you to tailor your machine to your specific needs. Whether you need more RAM for data-intensive tasks or additional storage for your extensive file library, the Stinger can be personalized to meet your demands. Maximum Specification Options For those seeking the pinnacle of gaming and productivity performance, the Allied Stinger offers maximum specification options, including: Processor: Choose from high-end processors, including Intel Core i9 or AMD Ryzen 9, for unparalleled speed and multitasking capabilities. Memory (RAM): Opt for up to 64GB of DDR4 RAM, ensuring lightning-fast data processing and seamless multitasking. Graphics: Select top-of-the-line NVIDIA GeForce RTX or AMD Radeon graphics cards for jaw-dropping visuals and exceptional gaming performance. Storage: Enjoy lightning-fast storage with NVMe SSDs and ample capacity with multiple terabytes of HDD space. Customization: Tailor your Allied Stinger with RGB lighting, custom cooling solutions, and other options to match your style and needs. The Allied Stinger Gaming PC is not just the best gaming pc beast; it's a versatile companion that seamlessly transitions between gaming, study, and productivity tasks. With its powerful hardware, multitasking capabilities, stunning visuals, and ample storage, it's a reliable workhorse that enhances your productivity and ensures you're always at the top of your game, both in the virtual world and the real one. So, why settle for a one-dimensional gaming PC when you can have a multi-talented ally in the Allied Stinger? When it comes to the world of gaming, the hunt for the gaming PC is a quest that every passionate gamer embarks upon. In this quest, one name stands out as a true champion: the Allied Stinger Gaming PC. This exceptional machine is more than just a gaming PC; it's a powerhouse that embodies the essence of gaming excellence. Unmatched Performance At the heart of the Allied Stinger lies a relentless dedication to performance. It's engineered to conquer the most demanding gaming landscapes with ease. With top-of-the-line processors, abundant RAM, and cutting-edge graphics, the Stinger delivers an unrivaled gaming experience. It's not just a gaming PC; it's the best gaming PC. Graphics Beyond Imagination The Allied Stinger doesn't just meet the standards; it sets them. Equipped with high-end NVIDIA GeForce RTX or AMD Radeon graphics cards, this machine breathes life into virtual worlds. The visuals are nothing short of breath-taking, offering realism that immerses you into your games like never before. When you want the best, you want the Stinger. Lightning-Fast Load Times Every gamer knows that lag is the enemy. The Stinger eliminates this concern with NVMe SSDs that ensure lightning-fast load times. Say goodbye to waiting for your game to start; the Stinger gets you into the action in the blink of an eye. Unparalleled Customization True gaming excellence is about more than just raw power; it's also about personalization. The Stinger offers customization options that let you make it your own. From RGB lighting to custom cooling solutions, you have the freedom to tailor your Stinger to match your unique style and preferences in your pc build. Future-Proofed Gaming In the ever-evolving world of gaming, staying ahead of the curve is essential. The Allied Stinger is not just the best gaming PC for today; it's built to handle tomorrow's challenges. With upgradability in mind, you can ensure that your Stinger remains at the forefront of gaming technology for years to come. Allied Stinger has unparalleled configurations including GEFORCE RTX 4080 for your new gaming pc giving you the best prebuilt gaming pc for your pc build. Unrivalled Support and Community Gaming desktops and prebuilt gaming pc arent just about hardware; it's about the community and support you have at your disposal. With the Allied Stinger, you're not just buying a gaming PC; you're joining a community of like-minded enthusiasts. The support and resources available ensure that you're never alone on your gaming journey. In the world of prebuilt gaming pcs, where excellence is the ultimate goal, the Allied Stinger Gaming PC emerges as the undisputed champion. It's not just the perfect gaming PC; it's a great budget gaming PC. With unmatched performance, stunning graphics, lightning-fast load times, and unparalleled customization options, the Stinger represents the pinnacle of gaming excellence. When you're ready to experience gaming at its absolute best, the Allied Stinger is your ultimate companion on this thrilling adventure. Elevate your ultimate gaming experience, embrace excellence, and unleash the full potential of your gaming passion with the Allied Stinger custom Gaming PC and Allied Stinger prebuilt gaming pc. Performance: Allied gaming desktops are designed with powerful components, including high-end processors, ample RAM, and dedicated graphics cards. This combination ensures that they can handle the most demanding and graphically intensive games with ease. Graphics: Many Allied gaming desktops are equipped with top-tier NVIDIA GeForce or AMD Radeon graphics cards. These cards provide excellent visuals, allowing gamers to enjoy their favorite titles with stunning graphics and high frame rates. Customization: Allied understands that gamers have unique preferences. Many of their gaming custom gaming pcs offer customization options, allowing users to select specific hardware components and even personalize the aesthetics with RGB lighting and unique case designs. Cooling Solutions: Gaming can generate a lot of heat, and overheating can lead to reduced performance. Allied custom gaming pcs often come with efficient cooling solutions, including multiple fans and heat sinks, to keep temperatures in check during intense gaming sessions. Storage Options: Gaming requires ample storage for games, updates, and other media. Allied gaming desktops typically provide a variety of storage options, including fast SSDs for quick load times and large HDDs for storing a vast game library. Upgradability: To stay relevant in the gaming world, it's essential to have the option to upgrade components when needed. Many Allied prebuilt gaming pc are designed with upgradability in mind, making it easy for users to swap out components such as RAM, storage, and graphics cards. Warranty and Support: Allied often offers solid warranty packages and customer support, providing peace of mind to gamers. This support can be crucial if any issues arise with the gaming pre built gaming pc. Reviews and Reputation: Positive reviews and a good reputation within the gaming community are indicative of a great prebuilt gaming pc. Allied's commitment to quality and performance has earned them a positive standing among gamers.

Allied Gaming products are now available on the Qantas Marketplace. Home to many of the leading brands from Australia and the world, shopping on the Qantas Marketplace allows members to earn or use Qantas points when making a purchase, among other benefits.  "Our gaming PCs are a natural fit for the Qantas Marketplace, featuring high performance hardware, an incredible aesthetic, and genuine Australian customer support. Being the first Australian gaming PC brand to feature there is something we're very proud of," said Luke Flesher, Head of Sales and Marketing at Allied. "It's great for our brand, and a great opportunity for Qantas members to experience Australian-owned and made gaming PCs for themselves." A curated selection of Ready To Ship Stinger and Patriot builds, plus our high-quality gaming accessories, are available now, with more to be added in the near future. View the Allied Store on the Qantas Marketplace here.

Phil Spencer, Xbox Dad, shared a huge milestone for Starfield’s first actual launch day across Xbox and PC and via Game Pass. Even though the game was launched in various forms since last week, it's been just over 24 hours for the standard release.  These are concurrent players, meaning that Starfield has hit a peak of over a million people all playing simultaneously in the last 24 hours - not bad for the offical day one results. You can enter to win Allied and Starfield's exclusive one of a kind Starfield PC here: Starfield Competition Check out our ready to ship range of Starfield ready PCs here: Starfield Gaming PCs

Excitement is in the air as technology enthusiasts eagerly await the launch of AMD's latest graphics card offerings – the Radeon 7800 XT and 7700 XT. Building upon the success of their predecessors, these new additions to the Radeon family are poised to deliver an even more immersive gaming experience, boasting impressive performance, cutting-edge features, and remarkable value for both casual gamers and hardcore enthusiasts alike. Unleashing Unprecedented Power: The Radeon 7800 XT and 7700 XT are set to redefine the boundaries of gaming performance. Powered by the advanced RDNA architecture, these graphics cards are equipped with AMD's latest GPU technology, offering exceptional power efficiency and groundbreaking gaming capabilities. With a considerable increase in core counts, clock speeds, and memory bandwidth, gamers can expect a substantial boost in frame rates, rendering speed, and overall fluidity. Immersive Visuals and Stunning Realism: Visual fidelity is a crucial aspect of any gaming experience, and AMD's Radeon 7800 XT and 7700 XT do not disappoint. These graphics cards support hardware-accelerated ray tracing, enabling realistic lighting, reflections, and shadows, which adds an unprecedented level of immersion to gaming environments. Combined with AMD's innovative FidelityFX Super Resolution technology, players can enjoy stunning visuals at higher resolutions, all while maintaining smooth frame rates. AMD's commitment to providing gamers with seamless experiences extends beyond raw performance. The Radeon 7800 XT and 7700 XT come with AMD's Smart Access Memory feature, which allows the GPU to directly access the CPU's entire memory pool. This integration significantly enhances data transfer speeds and reduces latency, resulting in quicker loading times and smoother gameplay. Additionally, these graphics cards support AMD's advanced Radeon Anti-Lag technology, ensuring ultra-low input lag and a highly responsive gaming experience. The Radeon 7800 XT and 7700 XT cater to a wide range of gamers, from casual players to content creators. With support for multiple displays, AMD Eyefinity technology allows gamers to immerse themselves in panoramic gaming environments across multiple monitors. Furthermore, these graphics cards have extensive compatibility with the latest technologies, including DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan, ensuring optimal performance in current and future gaming titles. AMD has always been known for offering incredible value for money, and the Radeon 7800 XT and 7700 XT are no exception. Priced competitively, these graphics cards deliver exceptional performance, making high-quality gaming more accessible to a broader audience. The combination of impressive features, power efficiency, and affordability makes them a compelling choice for both budget-conscious gamers and those seeking top-tier performance. The launch of AMD's Radeon 7800 XT and 7700 XT marks an exciting milestone in the world of gaming graphics cards. With their exceptional performance, immersive visual capabilities, and versatility, these graphics cards are set to revolutionize the gaming experience. Whether you are a casual gamer, a content creator, or a hardcore enthusiast, these new additions to the Radeon family promise to deliver outstanding value for money and take your gaming adventures to new heights. Get ready to upgrade and embark on a thrilling journey into the world of next-generation gaming!

more about this pc This 1-of-1 custom Starfield Edition Allied M.O.A.B. is powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor, AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB graphics card, both of which are the Limited Edition Starfield X AMD versions not available for sale (and yes, our winner will get the sick packaging for both with the PC!). It also includes a custom Hardline CPU cooling loop with components from Alphacool, 32GB of RGB DDR5 RAM, an AMD X670 motherboard, 2TB of Gen 4 NVMe SSD storage and an 850W Gold PSU with the Starfield edition GPU cables. Its exterior is adorned with stunning custom gravity wave panel printing on both tempered glass side panels, Constellation artwork on the front shroud and Hardline loop fittings, and other special touches. As a 1-of-1 Starfield tribute build never to be seen again its value is truly priceless, but the hardware value value exceeds $7,000 AUD. PC SPECS Custom Allied M.O.A.B Gaming PC AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (Starfield Limited Edition) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB (Starfield Limited Edition) Allied Hardline Custom CPU Cooling Loop (Transparent Coolant) AMD X670 Motherboard 32GB DDR5 RAM 2TB Gen 4 NVME SSD 850W 80 Plus Gold PSU Windows 11 Home 1/1 World Exclusive Starfield theming Value: Priceless! (Hardware value: $7000) This competition has now concluded. Terms and Conditions. Privacy Policy.

Are you an Australian gamer looking for the perfect gaming PC to take your gaming experience to the next level? Look no further! In this blog post, we will be showcasing the top Allied gaming PCs available in Australia. From high-performance machines to sleek designs, these gaming PCs have it all. Whether you're a casual gamer or a competitive esports player, there's something on this list for everyone. So let's dive in and find your perfect match! H2 1: Allied Stinger H2 2: Allied Patriot H2 3: Allied M.O.A.B H2 4: Allied Hive H2 5: Allied TomCat Stay tuned for our detailed reviews of each gaming PC coming up next! 1. Allied Stinger :The Allied Stinger is a top-of-the-line gaming PC that is guaranteed to elevate your gaming experience. With its powerful components and sleek design, this gaming PC is perfect for both casual gamers and esports enthusiasts. One of the standout features of the Allied Stinger is its impressive performance capabilities. Equipped with the latest Intel Core processor and NVIDIA GeForce graphics card, this gaming PC can handle even the most demanding games with ease. Whether you're playing graphics-intensive AAA titles or streaming content, the Stinger delivers smooth and lag-free performance. In addition to its performance, the Stinger also boasts a stylish and compact design. The sleek black case is not only visually appealing but also helps to optimize airflow and keep your system cool. This is especially important during long gaming sessions when heat can build up and affect performance. With the Stinger, you can game for hours without worrying about overheating. Another great feature of the Allied Stinger is its expandability. With multiple USB ports, HDMI outputs, and PCIe slots, you can easily connect your peripherals and accessories to enhance your gaming experience. Whether you're using a gaming headset, controller, or VR headset, the Stinger has you covered. Furthermore, the Stinger offers ample storage space to store all your games, videos, and other multimedia files. With a high-capacity hard drive and solid-state drive options, you can enjoy fast load times and quick access to your favourite games. Overall, the Allied Stinger is a fantastic choice for Australian gamers in both custom and prebuilt gaming computers. - Price and availability 1. The price range for gaming PCs in Australia varies from $800 to $5000, depending on the brand, specifications, and performance. 2. Availability of gaming PCs is widespread, with numerous retailers offering a wide selection online and in physical stores. Topics included: price range, brand, specifications, performance 2. Allied Patriot : The Allied Patriot is another exceptional gaming PC that is worth considering for Australian gamers. With its impressive features and performance, this gaming PC is designed to provide an immersive gaming experience. The Allied Patriot is equipped with powerful components that ensure smooth and efficient gameplay. It is powered by the latest Intel Core processor and features a high-performance NVIDIA GeForce graphics card. With this combination, you can enjoy playing even the most demanding games at high settings without any lag or performance issues. One of the standout features of the Allied Patriot is its stunning visual display. It boasts a high-resolution monitor with vibrant colors and sharp details. Whether you're exploring open-world environments or engaging in fast-paced action, the Patriot's display will enhance your gaming experience and immerse you in the game world. In terms of design, the Allied Patriot exudes a sleek and modern aesthetic. Its compact and stylish case not only looks great but also helps to optimize airflow and keep the system cool. This is particularly important during intense gaming sessions when heat can affect performance. With the Patriot, you can game for hours without worrying about overheating. Connectivity options are also a highlight of the Allied Patriot. It offers multiple USB ports, HDMI outputs, and PCIe slots, allowing you to easily connect your gaming peripherals and accessories. Whether you need to plug in a gaming headset, controller, or VR headset, the Patriot has you covered. Storage space is another area where the Patriot excels. It offers ample storage capacity, allowing you to store all your games Key Specifications of the Allied Patriot gaming PC include: 1. Processor: The Allied Patriot is powered by the latest Intel Core processor, ensuring fast and efficient gameplay. 2. Graphics Card: The gaming PC features a high-performance NVIDIA GeForce graphics card, allowing you to play demanding games at high settings without lag or performance issues. 3. Display: The Allied Patriot boasts a high-resolution monitor with vibrant colors and sharp details, enhancing the gaming experience and immersing you in the game world. 4. Design: The gaming PC has a sleek and modern aesthetic, with a compact and stylish case that optimizes airflow to keep the system cool during intense gaming sessions. 5. Connectivity: The Allied Patriot offers multiple USB ports, HDMI outputs, and PCIe slots, making it easy to connect gaming peripherals and accessories such as headsets, controllers, and VR headsets. 6. Storage: With ample storage capacity, the Patriot Computer allows you to store all your games without worrying about running out of space. 3. Allied M.O.A.B The Allied M.O.A.B is a powerful gaming accessory that takes your gaming experience to the next level. Designed to enhance your gameplay and provide you with a competitive edge, the M.O.A.B is a must-have for serious gamers. One of the standout features of the Allied M.O.A.B is its striking design. The M.O.A.B is built with performance in mind, ensuring that even during long gaming sessions, your system will stay cool. The strategically placed fans and adjustable settings allow you to customize the M.O.A.B to fit your unique gaming style, ensuring optimal performance. In terms of performance, the Allied M.O.A.B delivers in spades. The M.O.A.B provides unparalleled Performance. This means that every movement and action in the game is translated seamlessly onto the screen, giving you an edge over your opponents. Whether you're playing a first-person shooter or a strategy game, the M.O.A.B's responsiveness will keep you one step ahead. Durability is another key aspect of the Allied M.O.A.B. Made with high-quality materials, the M.O.A.B is built to withstand the rigors of intense gaming sessions. Its sturdy construction ensures that it can withstand the repetitive use and occasional knocks that come with gaming, ensuring that it will last for years to come. Overall, the Allied M.O.A.B is a top-of-the-line gaming desktop that offers comfort, performance, and customization. Whether you're a casual gamer or a professional esports player, this mouse is sure to enhance your gaming experience and give you the competitive edge you need. With its standout design,  and durability, the Allied M.O.A.B is a must-have for any serious gamer. - Price and availability 1. The price range for gaming PCs in Australia varies depending on the brand, specifications, and built quality. 2. Availability of gaming PCs is readily found online through various e-commerce platforms or directly from authorized retailers. Factors affecting pricing and availability: Brand reputation CPU and GPU specifications RAM capacity Storage type (SSD or HDD) Display resolution capabilities 4. Allied Hive The Allied Hive PC is a powerful gaming machine that offers exceptional performance and reliability. With its advanced hardware and top-of-the-line components, this gaming PC is designed to deliver a seamless gaming experience. One of the key factors that sets the Allied Hive PC apart is its brand reputation. Allied is known for creating high-quality gaming systems that are built to last. With a strong focus on customer satisfaction and attention to detail, Allied ensures that each Hive PC is crafted to meet the highest standards. The CPU and GPU specifications of the Allied Hive PC are also worth mentioning. Equipped with the latest processors from top manufacturers, this gaming PC delivers fast and efficient performance. Whether you're playing graphically-intensive games or multitasking with demanding software, the Allied Hive PC can handle it all with ease. Another important aspect to consider when it comes to gaming PCs is RAM capacity. The Allied Hive PC offers ample memory to support smooth gameplay and seamless multitasking. With enough RAM, you can run multiple applications simultaneously without experiencing any lag or slowdown. The storage type of the Allied Hive PC is also a notable feature. With the option to choose between solid-state drives (SSD) or hard disk drives (HDD), you can customize your gaming PC to suit your storage needs. SSDs provide faster boot times and quicker loading speeds, while HDDs offer larger storage capacities. When it comes to display resolution capabilities, the Allied Hive PC shines. With high-end graphics cards and support for 4K resolution, this gamingPC can deliver stunning visuals and immersive gaming experiences. Whether you're playing the latest AAA titles or enjoying VR games, the Allied Hive PC can provide crisp and detailed graphics. In terms of pricing and availability, the Allied Hive PC is competitively priced compared to other gaming PCs in the market. It offers great value for the features and performance it provides. You can easily find the Allied Hive PC online through various e-commerce platforms or directly from authorized retailers. Overall, the Allied Hive PC is a top choice for gamers in Australia who are looking for a high-quality and reliable gaming machine. With its brand reputation, advanced hardware, ample memory, customizable storage options, and impressive display resolution capabilities, the Allied Hive PC offers a seamless and immersive gaming experience. 5. Allied TomCat Laptops Allied TomCat Laptops: Unleash your Gaming Potential In the world of gaming, having the right equipment can make all the difference. That's why Allied has developed the TomCat Laptop series – a range of high-performance laptops designed specifically for gamers. With their powerful hardware, sleek design, and impressive features, the Allied TomCat Laptops are the ultimate choice for gamers in Australia. One of the key highlights of the TomCat Laptops is their powerful CPU and GPU specifications. Equipped with the latest processors and graphics cards from top manufacturers, these laptops deliver exceptional performance. Whether you're playing graphics-intensive games or running demanding applications, the TomCat Laptops can handle it all with ease, providing a smooth and immersive gaming experience. Another standout feature of the TomCat Laptops is their ample RAM capacity. With generous memory, these laptops can effortlessly handle multitasking and run multiple applications simultaneously without any lag or slowdown. This means you can seamlessly switch between gaming, streaming, and other tasks without missing a beat. Storage is another crucial aspect to consider when it comes to gaming laptops, and the TomCat series doesn't disappoint. With the option to choose between solid-state drives (SSD) or hard disk drives (HDD), you have the flexibility to customize your laptop based on your storage needs. SSDs offer faster boot times and quicker loading speeds, while HDDs provide larger storage capacities, allowing you to store all your favorite games and media files. When it comes to displayresolution, the TomCat Laptops deliver stunning visuals. With high-quality screens and advanced display technology, these laptops offer sharp and, bringing your games to life. Whether you're exploring vast open worlds or engaging in intense battles, the TomCat Laptops ensure every detail is crystal clear. In addition to their impressive hardware, the TomCat Laptops also boast a sleek and stylish design. With a slim profile and a lightweight build, these laptops are portable and easy to carry, making them perfect for gaming on the go. The backlit keyboard adds a touch of sophistication and allows for comfortable gameplay even in low-light conditions. Furthermore, the TomCat Laptops come equipped with a range of connectivity options, including USB ports, HDMI ports, and an SD card reader. This allows you to easily connect your peripherals, external displays, and transfer files from your gaming console or camera. To ensure a seamless gaming experience, the TomCat Laptops also feature advanced cooling systems. These systems efficiently dissipate heat, keeping the laptop cool even during long gaming sessions. This helps prevent overheating and ensures optimal performance at all times. In conclusion, if you're a gamer in Australia looking for a top-of-the-line gaming laptop, look no further than the Allied TomCat series. With their powerful hardware, generous memory, customizable storage options, stunning display resolution, sleek design, and advanced cooling systems, these laptops offer everything you need for an immersive and enjoyable gaming experience. 

Allied Gaming Launches Spring Sale: Save Huge on Our Gaming PC Range Attention all PC Gamers! It's time to level up your gaming experience with Allied Gaming's highly-anticipated Spring Sale. Prepare yourself for an incredible opportunity to save up to $1000 on our top-of-the-line Gaming PC range. Get ready to embark on a gaming adventure like never before! At Allied Gaming, we understand that as a PC gamer, you demand nothing but the best. That's why we've meticulously crafted our gaming PCs with cutting-edge technology, exceptional performance, and stunning visuals. And now, with our Spring Sale, you have the chance to get your hands on these powerful machines at unbeatable prices. Why settle for anything less when you can own a Gaming PC that will push the boundaries of your gaming experience? Whether you're a casual gamer, a competitive player, or even a content creator, our range of ready-to-ship gaming PCs has something for everyone. Picture this: immersing yourself in the vast worlds of virtual reality, seamlessly exploring the most demanding landscapes, and effortlessly conquering your opponents with lightning-fast responsiveness. With our Gaming PC's, you can transform your gaming dreams into reality. But what sets Allied Gaming apart from the competition? It's simple - our commitment to excellence. We strive to provide our customers with only the best Gaming PCs on the market. Each PC is carefully assembled and rigorously tested by our team of experts, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and durability. We leave no Are you ready to take your gaming experience to the next level? Look no further than our ready-to-ship gaming PCs, designed to deliver unparalleled performance and immerse you in a world of gaming greatness. In this blog post, we will explore the exceptional performance and unparalleled benefits that our gaming PCs bring to the table. Get ready to elevate your gaming experience like never before! Unparalleled Performance: Our ready-to-ship gaming PCs are equipped with cutting-edge technology that redefines what it means to be a gaming powerhouse. With high-performance processors, top-of-the-line graphics cards, and lightning-fast memory, these PCs are built to handle even the most demanding games with ease. Say goodbye to lag, stuttering, and slow load times - our gaming PCs ensure seamless gameplay and an immersive experience that will leave you breathless. Seamless Gaming Experience: Imagine a gaming experience where every frame is rendered flawlessly, every detail pops with stunning clarity, and every sound effect resonates with astonishing realism. Our ready-to-ship gaming PCs make this a reality. With their advanced components and optimized configurations, you can immerse yourself in the vast open worlds, engage in epic battles, and explore intricate landscapes, all without any interruptions or compromises. Allied Gaming is dedicated to providing the highest quality gaming PC builds to our customers. We understand that the quality of the components used in a gaming PC is of utmost importance, as it directly affects the performance and longevity of the system. That's why we prioritize using only the best components available in the market. When it comes to build quality, we leave no stone unturned. Each gaming PC is carefully assembled by our team of experts who have years of industry experience. They pay meticulous attention to detail and ensure that every component is securely installed to guarantee optimal performance and reliability. We also understand the importance of rigorous testing in delivering a top-notch gaming experience. That's why each gaming PC undergoes a series of extensive tests to ensure its durability and stability. 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We've been hearing more and more about next-gen GDDR7 memory, with the likes of Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix all fighting for GDDR7 supremacy. But now, we're hearing that Samsung is gearing up to be the biggest supplier to NVIDIA and its next-gen GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs that will eventually be inside of your next-gen Gaming PC. NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, GeForce RTX 5080, GeForce RTX 5070 and other RTX 50 series GPUs will adopt new GDDR7 memory, with Business Korea reporting that NVIDIA is "expected to primarily consider Samsung's products for its next-generation lineup over Micron's" upcoming GDDR7 memory. Read more: Micron Next-Gen GDDR7 Memory Launches in 2024 Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 Release Date Read more: NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 arrive in 2025 NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 50 series will use the "Blackwell" GPU architecture, succeeding the GeForce RTX 40 series and its "Ada Lovelace" GPU architecture. GDDR7 memory was first unleashed by Samsung earlier this month, clocking in at 32Gbps -- up from the 24Gbps speeds of GDDR6X memory used on the GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs -- offering a 1.4x performance boost, with 20% better power efficiency over GDDR6X memory. GDDR6X memory used on NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 4090 pumps out around 1.1TB/sec of memory bandwidth, GDDR7 memory at 32Gbps will usher in up to 1.5TB/sec of memory bandwidth, ensuring high-end 4K gaming at new levels of performance on the GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 and other high-end RTX 50 series GPUs in 2025, and we'll be ready to rock and roll with RTX 50 series GPUs inside of our next-gen Ready to Ship Gaming PCs by then. Source

AMD is riding high on its custom Radeon GPU designs, after the wicked Radeon RX 7900 XTX Starfield Limited Edition graphics card not too long ago, the company has just revealed another slick custom card: the new Radeon RX 7900 XTX "Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora" Limited Edition graphics card... with get this... thermal reactive paint. It looks SO good, check it out: AMD has partnered with Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft, the developers of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (which will be released on December 7) with a new special edition graphics card that gamers will NOT be able to purchase (unfortunately). The new Radeon RX 7900 XTX Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Limited Edition graphics card features the same Navi 31 GPU and 24GB of GDDR6 memory as a regular, non-custom-themed RX 7900 XTX, but has a stunning colour scheme with its reactive thermal paint. While AMD went with a gorgeous theme for its RX 7900 XTX Starfield GPU, the new RX 7900 XTX Avatar GPU has thermal reactive paint that changes colour as the card itself heats up... slowly revealing the Avatar-themed markings across the card. The pictures and teaser video don't do it justice, this card would look magical in person. I don't think we've ever had thermal reactive paint on a graphics card, at least not from AMD or NVIDIA... so it's very unfortunate that AMD won't be selling this card to the general public. However, AMD will be giving the new Radeon RX 7900 XTX Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora graphics card away in upcoming promotional events... so keep your eyes peeled.  Source

AMD has finally detailed its new version of FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR3) which also includes a new feature called Fluid Motion Frames, which acts similarly to NVIDIA's new DLSS 3 Frame Generation (FG) technology. AMD announced games that will feature built-in support for FSR3, which include Cyberpunk 2077, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and more. During Gamescom 2023 last week, AMD showed off its new FSR3 technology running Forspoken, which was running at 4K on the Ultra High RT preset on the flagship Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics card. In the demo, FSR3 was set to Performance mode which saw the frame rate skyrocket from 36FPS to 122FPS, which is a hefty 3.4x improvement in performance. That's a similar performance upgrade to DLSS 3 with FG enabled, which is mighty impressive. If you don't want a huge performance increase and would instead like to see higher-fidelity graphics, you can enable the new mode within FSR3 dubbed Native Anti-Aliasing which sees performance also skyrocket from 64FPS to 106FPS, with better-looking graphics. Very impressive to see, but we're not finished with FSR3 just yet. Now, we're onto some of the more exciting stuff... FSR3 is supported by not just new Radeon RX series GPUs, and not even just previous-gen Radeon RX series GPUs... but the competitors' GPUs. Better yet, not just NVIDIA's newer GeForce RTX 40 series, but the GeForce RTX 30 series and GeForce RTX 20 series are supported by FSR3. But get this... even -- gasp -- the GeForce GTX 10 series is supported! Very, very nice move there, AMD. On the AMD side of things, if you're using FSR3 then you'll enjoy the new upscaling tech on the Radeon RX 5700 series and above, while AMD recommends the Radeon RX 6000 series and above.  When it comes to using AMD's new FSR3 with upscaling only, the company recommends the Radeon RX 590 and above, while recommending the Radeon RX 5000 series and above. NVIDIA's older-gen GeForce GTX 10 series are the supported line here, while AMD recommends the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 series and above (to be clear: this is for AMD FSR + upscaling only). The unfortunate thing is: AMD promises FSR3 is coming soon... but we have no firm release date just yet. We should expect the new upscaling technology to be unleashed in the coming months.

NVIDIA recently announced its beefy new DLSS 3.5 upscaling technology, but now we're getting some eyes on with the graphics and performance upgrades that it will deliver inside of Cyberpunk 2077. In a recent video, we can see DLSS 3.5 versus DLSS 3.1, and boy... it's a big upgrade. It might not seem like much on paper, but visually you can see the difference clearly in the video below: Cyberpunk 2077 was running on an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB graphics card, at 4K and is tested with DLSS 3.1.1 against DLSS 3.5.0 and DLSS 3.5.0 FG (Frame Generation). In the video, there's a part with some fencing that sees DLSS 3.5 really shine... the fence looks absolutely perfect with DLSS 3.5 enabled while driving the FPS through the roof. This is some early work here, with NVIDIA pushing out the DLSS 3.5 SDK not too long ago, with DLL files that people can swap out with any game that supports DLSS. This isn't official from Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD PROJEKT RED, so we should expect some more polish once DLSS 3.5 support is official in games. For now... we have some mighty impressive results from DLSS 3.5 with better-looking graphics and more performance across the board. No gamer can complain about that! Source

AMD has just announced its last two members of the RDNA 3 GPU family, with the introduction of the mid-range Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB and Radeon RX 7700 XT 12GB graphics cards. Both of the new cards were unveiled at Gamescom 2023 over the last few days. Is this the new GPU for your brand-new Gaming PC? Read on! Starting with the Radeon RX 7800 XT we have AMD's new Navi 32 GPU making its debut, rocking 60 CUs, 128 AI accelerators, and 16GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 19.5Gbps on a 256-bit memory bus. GPU clock speeds will boost up to 2430MHz, but we should expect a little bit more out of custom RX 7800 XT graphics cards, while the card will have a TBP (Total Board Power) of 263W. Next up, is the Radeon RX 7700 XT which features the same Navi 32 GPU, with 54 CUs, 108 AI accelerators, and 12GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 18Gbps on a 192-bit memory bus. GPU clock speeds are expected to hit up to 2544MHz, but once again, custom designs of the RX 7700 XT should see higher GPU clocks, while the RX 7700 XT has a 245W TBP. AMD compares its new Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB against NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4070 12GB... saying it has "great performance" with 33% more memory, and is future-ready with DisplayPort 2.1 connectivity. NONE of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards have DisplayPort 2.1 support, with just the older DisplayPort 1.4 standard instead. There's up to 23% more performance on offer with the RX 7800 XT 16GB against the RTX 4070 12GB in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Cyberpunk 2077... although, I'd love to see these performance numbers if DLSS 3 and Frame Generation were enabled in Cyberpunk 2077 on the RTX 4070 12GB. It would SLAY the results from the RX 7800 XT 16GB, easily... like, double the performance, and some. AMD then compares its new Radeon RX 7700 XT 12GB against NVIDIA's current GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB (but no mention of VRAM) with some impressive performance results out of the card. We also have the future-ready DisplayPort 2.1 connectivity here on the RX 7700 XT 12GB, which is SO nice to see. We will have AMD's new Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB and Radeon RX 7700 XT 12GB inside of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs as soon as they land on Australian soil.

It doesn't feel real, but it's real... Starfield is nearly here, and we have some Global Release Times for Starfield to get you ready to traverse a sea of stars and enjoy the game. Read more: Best Gaming PC for Starfield at 4K 60FPS Read more: AMD and Bethesda partnered on Starfield for PC Read more: Starfield requires 140GB of storage space on your Gaming PC Read more: AMD unveils Radeon RX 7900 XTX Starfield Limited Edition GPU Bethesda Game Studios have unleashed the official global release times for their next-gen RPG, which is hitting both the Xbox Series X/S console and the PC on September 6. Starfield launches 5 days earlier in Early Access form if you have the Premium Edition or the Constellation Edition of the game, which is just a week from now... on September 1 here in Australia. Early Access for Starfield:  5pm PDT (August 31) on the US West Coast 8pm EDT (August 31) on the US East Coast 1am BST (September 1) in the United Kingdom 12pm NZST (September 1) in New Zealand 10am AEST (September 1) in Australia Regular launch of Starfield:  5pm PDT (September 5) on the US West Coast 8pm EDT (September 5) on the US East Coast 1am BST (September 6) in the United Kingdom 12pm NZST (September 6) in New Zealand 10am AEST (September 6) in Australia In order Starfield-related news, the big new game will NOT be launching with NVIDIA DLSS upscaling technology support. Why? Bethesda Game Studios partnered with AMD on Starfield, meaning that AMD Ryzen CPUs and AMD Radeon GPUs are front and centre in the game. We should expect to see AMD FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution) support in Starfield at launch, but we will have modders adding NVIDIA DLSS support into the game post-launch. AMD also unveiled an absolutely out-of-this-world Radeon RX 7900 XTX Starfield Limited Edition graphics card, which is themed and has been dipped in a bucket of Starfield goodness. It looks absolutely awesome -- in the video above -- next to the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Starfield Limited Edition processor. The CPU isn't anything special, as it's just the retail packaging that is themed with Starfield. But the GPU on the other hand, looks SO good.

Samsung has just unleashed what could possibly be the very best gaming monitor ever made, with the new 57-inch Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor. The new Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor features a super-ultra-wide 57-inch curved Mini-LED panel, with a native 7680 x 2160 resolution... meaning it's 8K wide, and 4K high, which is pure monitor insanity. All of this is driven at a super-smooth 240Hz refresh rate, and a peak brightness of 1000 nits (VESA DisplayHDR 1000 certified, 420 nits typical). The super-ultra-wide 32:9 aspect ratio is equal to having dual 32-inch 4K monitors side-by-side, so if you're playing games with native 32:9 aspect ratio support, the new Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor will be sublime. For multi-taskers and content creators, that insane 7680 x 2160 resolution will be absolutely beautiful, and then driven beautifully smooth at 240Hz. Note: You won't be running the Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor on a regular Gaming PC, as none of NVIDIA's flock of GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards offer the required DisplayPort 2.1 connectivity on this monitor, required to drive the 7680 x 2160 resolution. However, AMD's new Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs have a new DisplayPort 2.1 connector, so we'd recommend a Ready to Ship Gaming PC packing the flagship AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics card.  Will you be running 7680 x 2160 at 240FPS? Probably not, at least not in many games... however, in the ones it does drive, they'll be absolutely glorious. Samsung's new Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor will require an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics card, that is until NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs are here which should (hopefully) feature DisplayPort 2.1 connectors. For now, our Ready to Ship Gaming PC recommendations for the new 57-inch gaming monitor and that 7680 x 2160 @ 240Hz insanity, would be: One of the very best Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. Gaming PC configurations that would be the perfect match for the Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor would be the configuration above. Inside this M.O.A.B. we have the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor, 32GB of DDR5-5200 RAM, and AMD's flagship Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics card with 24GB of GDDR6 memory. This GPU has the required DisplayPort 2.1 connector, that can drive the full 7680 x 2160 resolution at 240Hz. You can configure and buy this Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. Gaming PC here. Another fantastic option for the Samsung Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor would be the Ready to Ship Patriot configured above. This PC has the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 processor, 32GB of DDR5-5200 memory, and the flagship AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics card with 24GB of GDDR6 memory. This GPU has the required DisplayPort 2.1 connector, that can drive the full 7680 x 2160 resolution at 240Hz. You can configure and buy this Ready to Ship Patriot Gaming PC here.

If you remember, a few years ago now we saw Control -- made by Remedy Entertainment -- become one of the best-looking games of its time. Hell, it still looks great now -- and was a driving force of NVIDIA's ray tracing and DLSS technologies. Now, Remedy is back with another gorgeous game... Alan Wake 2, with even better NVIDIA technologies inside. Alan Wake 2 received a beautiful new teaser trailer at Gamescom 2023 overnight, showing off full-on path tracing (teased recently in Cyberpunk 2077) alongside NVIDIA's just-announced DLSS 3.5 update, where Alan Wake 2 will also get Ray Reconstruction technology to show off your Gaming PC in style. Tatu Aalto, Lead Graphics Programmer at Remedy Entertainment teased: "The new Ray Reconstruction feature in DLSS 3.5 renders our fully ray-traced world more beautifully than ever before, bringing you deeper into the story of Alan Wake 2". Another trailer was dumped out overnight, where we get a better look at Alan Wake 2: we have parts of the live-action side of the game, part in-engine gameplay, and on top of that, Remedy creative director Sam Lake (the face of Max Payne, developed by Remedy) explaining that this isn't just for the trailer... this is what Alan Wake 2 is filled with. Check that trailer out, below: Remedy is powering Alan Wake 2 with its in-house Northlight engine, which is now a tweaked version of the engine that the developer used to build Control.  Alan Wake 2 will hit the PC on October 28... so we don't have toooooo much longer to wait.

Half-Life 2 RTX: An RTX Remix Project has just been announced, and the teenage 90s gamer in me is screaming with joy. The project is being developed by four of Half-Life 2's best mod teams, working together as "Orbifold Studios". If you're in need of a new Gaming PC to run Half-Life 2 RTX: An RTX Remix Project, we've got plenty of GeForce RTX 40 series GPU-powered Gaming PCs for you. The modders are using the very latest version of RTX Remix, rebuilding the materials from Half-Life 2 with Physically Based Rendering (PBR) properies, which add gorgeous new geometric detail through Valve's Hammer editor, as well as using NVIDIA's technologies including full ray tracing, DLSS 3, Reflex, and RTX IO. It looks utterly gorgeous, breathing new life into one of the best PC games ever made. Half-Life 2 RTX has some beautiful high-quality assets, gorgeously detailed models (with an astounding 20x more geometric details over the vanilla version of the game), much higher-resolution textures (8x the pixels), and an overhauled lighting system. The lighting system is the gem here, given that it has full ray tracing support from NVIDIA while performance-enhancing DLSS 3 is available to GeForce RTX 40 series GPU owners. There's also NVIDIA Reflex, NVIDIA RTX IO, and more included in Half-Life 2 RTX: An RTX Remix Project. We don't know when it's coming out, but what we do know is that it looks amazing, and will be released before Half-Life 3.

NVIDIA has just introduced its new DLSS 3.5 with Ray Reconstruction technology, which actually works on all GeForce RTX series GPUs (so, RTX 20, RTX 30, and RTX 40 series GPUs) and will be launching later this year in select games. NVIDIA showed off DLSS 3.5 in a small comparison running Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, which you can check out below.  Where the new DLSS 3.5 upgrade is new is that it pushes heavily into the Ray (Tracing) Reconstruction (RR) which improves visual fidelity and performance up and above the already impressive DLSS 3. NVIDIA says its new Ray Reconstruction has been trained on 5x more data than what's pumped into DLSS 3, while DLSS 3.5 has also been trained to incorporate additional game and software engine data, recognises multiple ray-traced effects, and can tell the difference between GOOD and BAD temporal and spatial pixels, which keeps high-frequency data for upscaling. NVIDIA uses denoisers to take away essential data needed for upscaling, which means loss of colour data during denoising and upscaling. Normal methods mean we could have inaccurate lighting effects that are due to a build-up of pixels from previous frames, which normally results in gamers experiencing ghosting. Denoisers also contribute to subpar global illumination and lower-quality reflections, because there's not enough data for interpolation. But... with DLSS 3.5 and its new Ray Reconstruction, that is a problem of the past. Jakub Knapik, VP of Art, Global Art Director of CD PROJECT RED, the developers of Cyberpunk 2077, said: "Thanks to DLSS 3.5’s smart technology, fuelled by AI rendering power, you can experience Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty’s newest location Dogtown at its very best — with sharper images, more accurate lighting, and the highest frame rates possible". NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 capable games: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Portal with RTX Alan Wake 2 Read more about DLSS 3.5 on NVIDIA's official website, detailing DLSS 3.5 in great detail (and it's a great read).

SK hynix has just announced its new HBM3E memory standard, built for the future of AI applications and more especially -- NVIDIA's just-announced GH200 Grace Hopper GPU . SK hynix says its new HBM3E memory not only meets the industry's highest standards of speeds, which is the most important part of AI memory products, but it also boats huge capacity, heat dissipation, and user-friendliness. We are looking at SK hynix's new HBM3E memory pumping away at 1.15TB/sec of memory bandwidth, with a 10% improvement in heat dissipation, something the company achieved by using cutting-edge technology called Advanced Mass Reflow Molded Underfill, or MR-MUF. This also provides backward compatibility that helps the adoption of HBM3E into systems that have been prepared for HBM3 (no E) without a design or structure modification. Ian Buck, Vice President of Hyperscale and HPC Computing at NVIDIA explains: "We have a long history of working with SK hynix on High Bandwidth Memory for leading edge accelerated computing solutions. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with HBM3E to deliver the next generation of AI computing". Meanwhile, Sungsoo Ryu, Head of DRAM Product Planning at SK hynix said that the company strengthened its market leadership while developing its new HBM3E memory by enhancing the completeness of its HBM product lineup, which is front and centre when it comes to the development of AI technology. Ryu said: "By increasing the supply share of the high-value HBM products, SK hynix will also seek a fast business turnaround".

AMD has just pushed out their latest Radeon Software Adrenalin 23.8.1 drivers, which have improvements to Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs, as well as offering support for Immortals of Aveum. If you've got a Radeon GPU-powered Ready to Ship Gaming PCs from us, you can download the new Radeon GPU drivers here. Here's a list of fixed issues: Improvements to high idle power when using select multi-display setups with mixed high-resolution and high refresh rate displays on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs with variable refresh rate enabled. Further optimizations are being investigated to improve idle power on additional display configurations. Performance drop may be experienced for DirectX® 11 games on AMD Radeon™ RX 5600 XT when AMD SmartAccess Memory is Enabled. Application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Ratchet & Clank™: Rift Apart with Ray-Tracing and Dynamic Resolution Scaling enabled on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 7900 XTX. Application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Starcraft II™ on Radeon™ RX 7000 series GPUs. Intermittent corruption may be observed playing Rocket League™ with Bloom set to Off on some AMD Graphics Products, such as the Radeon™ RX 6900 XT. Performance drop may be experienced for various games on AMD Ryzen™ processors with Radeon™ 700M series GPUS.

Baldur's Gate III has been a runaway success for developer Larian, with a crazy-high peak concurrent users of 875,000 at once playing the game... but now we have an idea of how many copies of the game have been sold. Read more: Best Gaming PC for Baldur's Gate 3 The Belgian Embassy has congratulated the studio for Baldur's Gate III, saying that the game has sold 5.2 million copies through Steam alone... remember, the game is also available through GOG. While it's smaller than Steam, we're looking at 5.2 million copies minimum. On top of that, we've got Larian Studios CEO announcing on August 3 -- before Baldur's Gate III was released -- that the studio had 2.5 million digital copies of the game sold throughout the Early Access period for the game. Have you been playing the game? If you have, we hope you've been enjoying it... if you haven't and need a new Gaming PC, check out our article in the link above for the Best Gaming PC for Baldur's Gate 3. Source

Intel's upcoming LGA-1851 socket is nearly here, but how long will it last? LGA-1700 has been around for a while now, but the new LGA-1851 platform is said to be sticking around until 2026... so we'll see 3 generations of CPUs used on it, and they'll all be on DDR5. Read more: Intel LGA-1851 socket teased Read more: Intel drops "i" from Core CPU branding on future CPUs LGA-1851 will be here in Q3 2024 -- so a year or so from now -- with the current LGA-1700 socket feeding the upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs that are right around the corner (more on that above). LGA-1700 has been used for the 12th Gen "Alder Lake" as well as the current 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" CPUs as well as the upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" processors that'll be unleashed in October. Intel currently has a mid of DDR5 and DDR4 support for LGA-1700 motherboards, but the new LGA-1851 motherboards will be DDR5 only, with DDR5-5600 memory as a minimum (compared to DDR5-4800 on LGA-1700 boards). We should expect the 1st Gen Core Ultra and 2nd Gen Core Ultra CPUs (Arrow Lake and Panther Lake, respectively) to debut on LGA-1851, which isn't toooooo far away now. Intel's upcoming 15th Gen Core "Arrow Lake" CPUs on the new LGA-1851 socket are expected to bring some decent improvements in performance over the current 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" that are already pumping away in our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs systems and even 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" processors that will arrive in our Gaming PC configurations later this year. We should expect to see Intel's new branding in play with Arrow Lake, where the Intel Core Ultra 9, Intel Core Ultra 7, and Intel Core Ultra 5 processors will debut with the new LGA-1851 socket and Arrow Lake CPU architecture. Intel is dropping the "i" from its processors... bringing things more in line with how AMD has branded its phenomenally successful Ryzen CPUs. Source

Starfield isn't too far away now, with news that we're only going to be seeing AMD FSR 2 support in the game -- the only AI upscaling tech will be from AMD, with no sight of NVIDIA DLSS or Intel XeSS -- at least at launch. Read more: Best Gaming PC for Starfield at 4K 60FPS Read more: AMD and Bethesda partnered on Starfield for PC Read more: Starfield requires 140GB of storage space on your Gaming PC Read more: AMD unveils Radeon RX 7900 XTX Starfield Limited Edition GPU Now that Starfield pre-loading has begun on both the Xbox and PC, gamers are starting to take a look inside the code, with Twitter user Sebastian Castellanos noting there are no references to NVIDIA DLSS or Intel XeSS in Starfield. He tweeted: "So after combing through Starfield preload files on PC, I don't see any sign of it supporting DLSS/XeSS. If true I think this would generate a lot of backlash for Bethesda & AMD (due to their refusal to confirm whether they block rival GPU vendor techs in their sponsored games)". Bethesda is obviously going to use AMD FSR -- or FidelityFX Super Resolution, AI-powered upscaling -- over NVIDIA DLSS or Intel XeSS. Why? Because Bethesda Game Studios teamed with AMD for Starfield on the PC side of things, meaning that AMD Ryzen CPUs and AMD Radeon GPUs are going to be heavily promoted for Starfield. If you're in need of a new Gaming PC for Starfield, we've got a handy "Best Gaming PC for Starfield at 4K 60FPS" article above, while Starfield will require a huge 140GB of storage space on your Gaming PC.  Starfield launches on September 6, while launching 5 days earlier on September 1 for those who have purchased the Premium Edition version of Starfield. Source

AMD's next-gen Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX processor is in the headlines again, with a leak that it'll pack some serious HEDT processing power: up to 96 cores and 192 threads of CPU power boosting at up to 5.14GHz. Incredible stuff. Not for your Gaming PC, but for a future HEDT system... boy, it's a LOT of processing power. The new CPU was found inside of the HP Z6 G5 Workstation PC, as well as being tested on Geekbench where we see the new configuration packing 96C/192T but the CPU frequency is wrong in the photo -- but would be incredible if it was -- at 7.97GHz (ha!). We are to expect a boost clock of up to 5.14GHz, which is still mind-blowing as there are 96 cores and 192 threads, versus 16 cores and 32 threads in AMD's fastest Gaming CPU. AMD is shifting over to DDR5 memory with its upcoming Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 series CPUs, with this system featuring a whopping 512GB of DDR5 memory. As for the Geekbench results, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX processor spat out a single-core score of 2095 while the multi-core score hit 81408 points. In writing this might not seem like much, but it would represent a new world record... impressive. Source

Bethesda has kicked off the pre-loading process for Starfield today, and now we know how much storage space the game requires on both Xbox and the PC. The Xbox version of Starfield weighs in at 126GB, but the PC version takes up a chunky 140GB of storage space... so prepare your SSDs, gamers. Best Gaming PC for Starfield at 4K 60FPS Best Gaming PC for Starfield If you're pre-loading on the PC you can do it right now, but if you purchased Starfield through Steam... then you'll have to wait until August 30 to pre-load the game onto your PC. A question you might have, is why is Starfield so big? Well, let's let Lead Landscape Artist on Starfield, Matt Carofano, explains that: "In every one of our games, we always put so much care into all those little details that breathe life into our worlds. But Starfield isn't just a Bethesda Game Studios world. It's a Bethesda Game Studios galaxy. So why go this big with Starfield? Because we want to give you freedom on a galactic level. A freedom to experience both the exciting planets and the quiet ones". Starfield releases on September 6, although it releases on September 1 for anyone who orders the Premium Edition of Starfield... five days of additional time playing the game before everyone else does.

NVIDIA must be genuinely loving the business its H100 AI GPUs are going through with the massive explosion of AI being used everywhere, with the Financial Times now reporting global demand for its flagship H100 GPUs for countless AI projects across the planet. The company is expected to ship over 550,000 of its H100 AI GPUs, which when you think they're worth $40,000 USD per GPU (and sometimes more, given that they're selling for as high as $70,000 USD in China in cut-down form), NVIDIA is making a mountain of money from AI. The base $40,000 USD price is just the starting point, meaning NVIDIA is looking to make at least $22 billion USD this year alone from its H100 AI GPU sales. Remember, this is just for the NVIDIA H100 AI GPU let alone the just-announced GH200 Grace Hopper GPUs which feature new HBM3e memory, and boast a wicked upgrade for AI use moving into 2024 and beyond. Source

The release of Bethesda's much-hyped new game Starfield, is just right around the corner... and while we've got a list of the Best Gaming PCs for Starfield already, what about 4K 60FPS at maxed-out graphics settings? We've got a bunch of Ready to Ship Gaming PCs that will drive Starfield at 4K 60FPS and beyond, with every graphics slider at maximum, and some. Running Starfield at 4K won't need the RTX 4090, but at 60FPS+ at all times with max graphics, it will be very welcomed. We're going to start with the RTX 4070 Ti inside of our Ready to Ship Patriot Gaming PC. Ready to Ship Gaming PC recommendation #1 for Starfield @ 4K 60FPS+ Our first recommendation is below, our Patriot powered by the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X offering 6 cores and 12 threads of CPU power, 16GB of RAM, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti with 12GB of VRAM. There's a 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD for storage which means you're enjoying 7000MB/sec of read speeds... yeah 7GB/sec is incredible. This configuration between the Ryzen 7 5700X + 16GB RAM + RTX 4070 Ti will run Starfield at 4K 60FPS, where you'll probably have to do some tweaking with graphics settings to maintain 60FPS. Higher-end builds below will handle Starfield maxed out at 4K 60FPS+ all day (and all night) long without compromising on graphics settings in Starfield.  Buy This Ready to Ship Patriot Gaming PC Our Ready to Ship Patriot configured at $2699 would be even better with a couple of small upgrades that we'd recommend: up to 32GB RAM, and a larger 2TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD. This provides double the RAM and SSD storage which will extend the legs of this system into the future while leaving space for additional SSDs in the future. Ready to Ship Gaming PC recommendation #2 for Starfield @ 4K 60FPS+ Above the already pretty beefy specs inside of the Patriot Gaming PC above, we've got another Ready to Ship Gaming PC with even more powerful specifications. This configuration packs the Best Gaming CPU, with the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor with 8 cores and 16 threads @ up to 5.0GHz with second-gen 3D V-Cache technology. This system features a beefier 32GB of DDR5-5200 memory and NVIDIA's super-fast GeForce RTX 4080 with 16GB of VRAM, with a 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD. Starfield will rocket along at 4K 60FPS+ maxed out on this Ready to Ship Gaming PC, with the power of the Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + RTX 4080 without compromise.  Buy This Ready to Ship Patriot Gaming PC This beefier Ready to Ship Patriot configured at $2499 would be even better with a single upgrade that we'd recommend: a larger 2TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD. This provides double the SSD storage which will extend the legs of this system into the future while leaving space for additional SSDs in the future. Ready to Ship Gaming PC recommendation #3 for Starfield @ 4K 60FPS+ But... if you want absolutely no compromises, look no further than our ultra-spec Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. Gaming PC with maxed-out settings without stepping into our Custom Gaming PC family of systems. Inside this powerful Gaming PC is the flagship Intel Core i9-13900KF processor with 24 cores and 32 threads at up to an incredible 5.7GHz, with 32GB of DDR5-5200 RAM, and NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 4090 with 24GB of VRAM. On this Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. Gaming PC, it has enough performance hardware inside that you will go into Starfield... max everything out... save settings... and then play Starfield at 4K 60FPS+ without compromise. You won't need to turn any detail down, enjoying Starfield maxed out completely with performance that will leave a huge smile on your face. Buy This Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. Gaming PC The ultra-spec Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. is configured at $6999 and doesn't need much upgrading out of the gate, but you could beef it up with 64GB of RAM. With the flagship Intel Core i9-13900K + 32GB of DDR5 RAM + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB... you've got enough CPU and GPU horsepower to play all games at 4K 60FPS and beyond. The biggest purchase after the Gaming PC will be to buy a high-end gaming monitor or TV -- my personal recommendation is the biggest LG 4K 120Hz OLED TV that you can buy -- which will compliment the ultra-spec M.O.A.B. Gaming PC perfectly.

AMD is reportedly reversing out of the high-end gaming GPU market according to the latest rumours, but now we've got infamous leaker Moore's Law is Dead leaking out the reportedly cancelled AMD Navi 4C GPU. Navi 4C would've been the flagship AMD Radeon RX 8000 GPU -- probably the Radeon RX 8900 XTX -- codenamed Navi 4C, with up to 4 different Navi 4X GPUs cancelled (boo). The leaked diagram from Moore's Law is Dead shows a particularly large package substrate that was home to 4 dies: 3 x AIDs (Active Interposer Dies) and a single MID (Multimedia + I/O die). Each AID would've housed up to 3 SEDs (Shader Engine Dies) which makes for a complex setup underneath the RDNA 4 GPU architecture. We're only seeing a single side of the design, with MLID noting that there should be memory controller dies on each side, but we don't know how many of them there would've been... as it was cancelled.  AMD would've reportedly used between 13 to 20 chiplets on the Navi 4C GPU, which would've been a huge increase over the Navi 31 multi-die design, with a MILD subscriber noting a patent titled "Die stacking for modular parallel processors". We also have a "Virtual Compute Die" that is interconnected through a Bridge Chip. We might not see AMD's next-gen Navi 4C GPU see the light of day, but with this type of technology prowess inside, it would be a disappointment (to say the least) if we didn't see AMD release a monster new Radeon RX 8000 series GPU. Source Source Source

AMD's new Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX processor has been spotted, rocking 64 cores and 128 threads of HEDT processing power with a 350W TDP. These new CPUs won't go into a Gaming PC, as our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs configurations top out with 16 cores and 32 threads in the form of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D processor. The new AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 series is codenamed "Storm Peak" which should feature up to 128 PCIe 5.0 lanes (!!!) and 8 x DDR5 memory support. We're now seeing more details on the first 3 SKUs of the new CPUs, each with 350W TDPs, including: AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX We're expecting AMD to roll out its new SP6 socket for the new Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 series CPUs, with the two top SKUs featuring 64 cores and 128 threads of CPU power. We don't know if these will be sold standalone when they launch, but I'm sure a company like Lenovo or HP will have first dibs, getting the new Threadripper PRO chips into their workstation machines as soon as they're unleashed. Source

Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon is nearly here, with FromSoftware and Bandai Namco releasing the PC system requirements to get the game fired up and running... and you'll be surprised, it doesn't require a monster Gaming PC to get smooth gameplay out of it. Armored Core VI doesn't require a total beast PC even with ray tracing enabled, with the developers recommending an Intel Core i7-7700 or Core i5-10400 processor, while on the AMD side of things they're recommending an AMD Ryzen 7 2700X or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor. The recommended PC specifications continue with 12GB of RAM recommended, and 60GB of storage. GPU wise, we're looking at either the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB, AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB, or the Intel Arc A770 16GB graphics card. Allied Stinger Gaming PC: Ryzen 3 4100 + 16GB RAM + Radeon RX 580 8GB - Buy Your Stinger Here For $999 Allied Stinger Gaming PC: Ryzen 5 5600 + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 3060 8GB - Buy Your Stinger Here For $1299 Allied Stinger Gaming PC: Ryzen 5 5600 + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 4060 8GB - Buy Your Stinger Here For $1599 When it comes to the PC system requirements of Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon, here's what you're looking at needing: Minimum Operating System: Windows 10 CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K, Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 RAM: 12 GB GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB DirectX: DirectX 12 Storage: 60 GB Recommended Operating System: Windows 10/Windows 11 CPU: Intel Core i7-7700, Intel Core i5-10400 or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, AMD Ryzen 5 3600 RAM: 12 GB GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 590 8GB or Intel Arc A750 8GB Storage: 60 GB Minimum (Ray-Tracing On) Operating System: Windows 10 CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K, Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 RAM: 12 GB GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 6600 8GB Storage: 60 GB Recommended (Ray-Tracing On) Operating System: Windows 10/Windows 11 CPU: Intel Core i7-7700, Intel Core i5-10400 or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, AMD Ryzen 5 3600 RAM: 12 GB GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2070 8GB or AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB or Intel Arc A770 16GB Storage: 60 GB Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon launches on August 25.

NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards are being teased again, with Chiphell leaker "panzerlied" along with NVIDIA hardware leaker "kopite7kiimi" providing more details on the next-gen Blackwell GPU series... new GPUs to go inside of your next-gen Gaming PC of the future. According to the new rumours, NVIDIA will have the GB202, GB203, GB205, GB206, and GB207 GPUs... leaving out GB204, which we've had for a while now. NVIDIA's current-gen Ada Lovelace GPU series aka GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards had the AD104 GPU -- before that -- the Ampere GPU series had GA104. Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 could have huge 512-bit memory bus Read more: NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, GeForce RTX 5080 arrive in 2025 Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 Teased Release Date I've made some predictions -- and well, a wishlist -- of what I think NVIDIA will do with the next-gen GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs, but now we'll attach the new GB20x nomenclature to it: GB202: TITAN RTX with 48GB of GDDR7 (ultra enthusiast) GB203: GeForce RTX 5090 with 32GB or 48GB of GDDR7 (enthusiast) GB205: GeForce RTX 5080 Ti or RTX 5080 with 24GB or 32GB of GDDR7 (high-end) GB206: GeForce RTX 5070 Ti or RTX 5070 with 16GB or 24GB of GDDR7 (mainstream) GB207: GeForce RTX 5060 Ti or RTX 5060 with 16GB or 24GB of GDDR7 (entry-level) NVIDIA will hopefully use more VRAM on its next-gen GeForce RTX 50 series offerings, where the ceiling was hit with 24GB of GDDR6X on the current-gen flagship GeForce RTX 4090. The same amount -- 24GB, that is -- as the previous-gen flagship GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics cards. I'm hoping we see NVIDIA really drive it up with Blackwell aka GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs, up to a much more commanding 48GB... and faster, next-gen GDDR7 memory that will see memory bandwidth numbers skyrocket, as too with 4K gaming performance. GPU naming has changed a bit in the last few generations, with the GA103 "Ampere" GPU sitting between the enthusiast level and upper mid-range offerings, which was usually reserved for the X04 codename. But then with the AD103 "Ada Lovelace" GPU, it took the place of the X04 GPU, and was the second GPU to be unveiled by NVIDIA in the GeForce RTX 40 series. Read more: Samsung unleashes world's first GDDR7 memory for next-gen GPUs Now we've got the complete absence of the GB204 GPU, and either side of it will enjoy the fruits of NVIDIA's labour when it comes to Blackwell. We've got GB203 which should be the new enthusiast GPU -- most likely the GeForce RTX 5090 -- while the GB205 GPU should fill out the GeForce RTX 5080 (and possibly the RTX 5080 Ti).  NVIDIA is expected to splash next-gen GDDR7 memory across its GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards, which is going to be awesome to see. We've had GDDR6X memory for a couple of generations now, so the move to GDDR7 is really going to open up the VRAM floodgates. Source Source

AMD has just teased a very unique Radeon RX 7900 XTX Starfield Limited Edition graphics card, continuing its exclusive partnership with Starfield developer Bethesda, and unveiled at QuakeCon 2023 just now. How good would one of these look in your Gaming PC! The new AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Starfield Limited Edition graphics card cannot be purchased, where if you wanted your hands-on with it you'll need to win a giveaway. There's not many cards available, with just 500 units being made. Not only is there the Radeon RX 7900 XTX Starfield Limited Edition graphics card but AMD also has the Ryzen 7 7800X3D Starfield Limited Edition (box) which also looks cool. AMD is using its same reference design for its Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs with its new Radeon RX 7900 XTX Starfield Limited Edition graphics card, but it very, very uniquely styled.  During QuakeCon this year, AMD will be giving away the very elusive Radeon RX 7900 XTX Starfield Limited Edition and Ryzen 7 7800X3D Starfield Limited Edition. What do you have to do to win? Just type "#AMD" into the QuakeCon chat on Twitch or YouTube, and the CPU or GPU themed in Starfield beauty could be yours. More chances to win will be through "special promotions and giveaways from AMD, Bethesda Softworks, and partners". AMD explains the Radeon RX 7900 XTX Starfield Special Edition: "Explore the galaxy with unparalleled freedom with a Limited-Edition AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XTX GPU and Ryzen™ 7 7800X3D CPU. Inspired by the first new universe from Bethesda in over 25 years, our custom-shrouded GPU evokes the boundless creativity and unique style of Starfield™. With just 500 graphics cards and CPUs being produced, they’re bound to be the most sought-after collector’s items in the cosmos". Looks so good, hey!

Intel has just teased more details about its upcoming Lunar Lake mobile CPU family, where we'll see the company bake in its next-gen integrated graphics archictecture -- Xe2 aka Battlemage -- into the GPU tile on Lunar Lake. Intel has its next-gen Meteor Lake and then Arrow Lake CPUs before we get to Lunar Lake, with the new design on Lunar Lake using the disaggregated approach with separate CPU, SoC, and GPU tiles. The GPU tile powered by Battlemage on Lunar Lake is expected to have 8 x Xe Cores, while the CPU tile reportedly sees Intel introducing new CPUIDs onto its "perfmon" software, which is how we're finding out about the names of the core designs. Intel's upcoming "Meteor Lake" is using Redwood Cove and Crestmont cores, from from the current-gen "Raptor Lake" CPUs using Raptor Cove and Gracemont cores. In between we've got Intel "Arrow Lake" which will be on the desktop variants, using the Lion Cove and Skymont CPU architectures, just like the mobile-focused "Lunar Lake" which will also use Lion Cove P-Cores and Skymont E-Cores. The difference between Arrow Lake (desktop) and Lunar Lake (mobile) is that Arrow Lake has a current-gen Xe-based GPU tile, while Lunar Lake has a next-gen Xe2-based GPU tile. We should expect the upcoming Intel "Lunar Lake" CPUs to be inside of low-power laptops starting in the second half of 2024. Source

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is one of the best-looking games of this generation, but on the PC it was only working on NVIDIA GeForce RTX series graphics cards when gamers had ray tracing enabled. But now, AMD Radeon RX series graphics card owners can enjoy ray tracing now that developer Insomniac Games has released a new update for the game, that fixes the issues disabling the use of ray tracing in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart on their Gaming PC. Read more: Best Gaming PC for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Read more: No Ray Tracing at Launch for AMD Radeon GPUs in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart A freshly-updated installation of the game mixed with the new AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.10.23.03 driver allows Radeon RX series GPU owners to enable ray tracing in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, as well as visual improvements to some ray-traced reflections and ray-traced shadows.  The new update to the game also resolves crashes for gamers on "legacy CPUs" as well as fixes corrupt text that appears on waypoints on "rare" cases. There are a few more bugs fixed with the new v1.808.0.0 update to Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, but the big news here is Radeon RX series GPU owners can now play the game with ray tracing enabled. Yay! Version v1.808.0.0 Patch Notes Enabled ray-tracing for compatible AMD GPUs when using AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.10.23.03. Visual improvements to some ray-traced reflections and ray-traced shadows Resolved a crash that occurred when playing the game on legacy CPUs. Fixed corrupted text that could appear on waypoints in rare cases. Addressed visual corruption in UI screens that could occur on some AMD and Intel GPUs Corrected visual corruption in Newsprint and Home Move rendering modes Armor list no longer jumps back to the top after selecting an armor item. Various bug fixes, stability improvements and optimizations. Source

NVIDIA has just unveiled its next-gen GH200 GPU with the introduction of the GH200 Grace Hopper family, the first GPU in the world rocking next-gen HBM3e memory.  NVIDIA's new GH200 GPU is a monster in itself, with a dual GH200 Grace Hopper system featuring 3x higher memory bandwidth than its predecessor, with a Grace Hopper system seeing configurations with up to 282GB of ultra-fast HBM3e memory. HBM3e memory offers a 50% speed increase over the already-fast HBM3 memory standard, but HBM3e really stretches its legs with up to 5TB/sec of memory bandwidth per GPU meaning a dual Grace Hopper system offers 10TB/sec of memory bandwidth. To put that into Gaming PC terms, NVIDIA's flagship gaming GPU -- the GeForce RTX 4090 -- has 1TB/sec of memory bandwidth. NVIDIA has 400+ new Grace Hopper systems with HBM3e memory, with a combination of NVIDIA's very latest CPUs, GPUs, and DPU architectures including Grace, Hopper, Ada Lovelace, and Bluefield. The company is continuing to dominate the AI industry right now which we all know is expanding faster than anyone would've thought, largely driven by the mega-success of ChatGPT. NVIDIA can't make GPUs fast enough, so the new GH200 is going to mean huge upgrades for AI and HPC firms. NVIDIA explains GH200 Grace Hopper platform: "NVIDIA today announced the next-generation NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper platform — based on a new Grace Hopper Superchip with the world’s first HBM3e processor — built for the era of accelerated computing and generative AI. Created to handle the world’s most complex generative AI workloads, spanning large language models, recommender systems and vector databases, the new platform will be available in a wide range of configurations. The dual configuration — which delivers up to 3.5x more memory capacity and 3x more bandwidth than the current generation offering — comprises a single server with 144 Arm Neoverse cores, eight petaflops of AI performance and 282GB of the latest HBM3e memory technology. HBM3e memory, which is 50% faster than current HBM3, delivers a total of 10TB/sec of combined bandwidth, allowing the new platform to run models 3.5x larger than the previous version, while improving performance with 3x faster memory bandwidth"

NVIDIA has just announced 3 new models in its RTX workstation card family, with the new RTX 5000 with 24GB of VRAM, sitting under the flagship RTX 6000 with 48GB of VRAM. NVIDIA is using its AD102 "Ada Lovelace" GPU with 12,800 CUDA cores at up to 2.5GHz, with 32GB of GDDR6 ECC memory at 18Gbps on a 256-bit memory bus with up to 578GB/sec of memory bandwidth and a 250W TDP. The RTX A4500 features the AD104 GPU with 7680 CUDA cores at up to 2.6GHz, and 24GB of GDDR6 ECC memory at 18Gbps on a 192-bit memory bus with up to 432GB/sec of memory bandwidth with a 210W TDP. Meanwhile, the RTX 4000 has 6144 CUDA cores at up to 2.2GHz, with 20GB of GDDR6 ECC memory at 18Gbps on a 160-bit memory bus with up to 360GB/sec of memory bandwidth and a 130W TDP. NVIDIA's new RTX 5000, RTX 4500, and RTX 4000 workstation cards use a PCIe 4.0 x16 interface, with 4 x DisplayPort 1.4a connectors, while the RTX 4000 sports a mini-DisplayPort connector.  NVIDIA will be shipping these new RTX workstation cards later in the year, with the company teasing 4 x RTX 6000 workstation cards with up to 192GB of VRAM possible for advanced workloads. Source

NVIDIA's new GeForce Game Ready 536.99 drivers have been released, introducing support of DLSS 2 technology into Baldur's Gate 3, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Gord. Update your GPU drivers if you're using one of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs, especially if you've got a GeForce RTX series graphics card inside of that Ready to Ship Gaming PCs. You can download the GeForce Game Ready 536.99 drivers here. As with most GPU driver releases, we've got a bunch of bugs that have been fixed in titles including Control and Battlefield 2042. GeForce Experience gets some fixin' lovin' with game stability decreasing when applying a GeForce Experience Freestyle filter in particular games with DLSS 3 Frame Generation enabled. Baldur's Gate 3 with NVIDIA DLSS 2 enabled pumps some serious performance into the heavily popular title breaking records right now, with the flagship GeForce RTX 4090 leaping from 150FPS or so average at 4K with max settings enabled, up to 215FPS average. The RTX 4080 from 96FPS to 193FPS is virtually double the performance, the RTX 4070 Ti from 81FPS to 159FPS, the RTX 4070 from 63FPS to 130FPS is another amazing result, as is the RTX 4060 Ti from 35FPS to 78FPS. Incredible stuff, and it's only DLSS 2 let alone DLSS 3 which is exclusive to the GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs. NVIDIA also says that GeForce Experience's one-click optimal settings that instantly configure game options for your system's hardware, with over 1000 titles in the ranks, and with the new drivers we're got more games supported: Exoprimal Jagged Alliance 3 Lost Judgment Portal: Prelude RTX Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Remnant 2 Source

Activision has confirmed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is coming, and it's not far away, with a release date of November 10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III will continue on from the events of its 2022 predecessor, seeing Task Force 141 working with Mexican Special Forces in order to stop Hassan Zyani. Sledgehammer Games is the developer behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, after working on Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Call of Duty: WWII. If you need a new Gaming PC for Modern Warfare III, we've got plenty of Ready to Ship Gaming PCs on the ready. The teaser trailer above doesn't show us much at all, apart from a glimpse of Captain Price and Vladimir Makarov. All we know at this point is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III is coming, and it'll be released on November 10. Expect many more details in the weeks to come.

AMD only just unveiled its upcoming Instinct MI300 line of GPU accelerators, packing the CDNA 3 GPU and Zen 4 CPU architectures with a whopping 192GB of super-fast HBM3 memory. The AMD Instinct MI300X accelerator was designed from the ground up for large language models (LLMs) that require huge amounts of memory capacity and memory bandwidth. The new AMD Instinct MI300 accelerators use the company's impressive and innovative die-stacking technology, with Zen 4 CPU cores mixed with CDNA 3 GPU cores all in a single package. AMD has the Instinct MI300A which is made for HPC and AI workloads, with its 128GB of on-board HBM3 memory used well here. The unified memory architecture is a huge win for AMD, which looks to continue it into the next-gen Instinct MI400 series of GPU accelerators. Now we're hearing about the next-gen, high-end, data-center GPU accelerator -- the Instinct MI400 series -- which should be based on the next-gen CDNA 4 GPU architecture. We should expect to see Zen 5 CPU cores mixed with CDNA 3 GPU cores, for a monster new accelerator. Not only that, but we should expect AMD to use its new XSwitch interconnect technology, which will fight off its competitor with NVIDIA and its NVLink technology. AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su teased: "When you look across those workloads and the investments that we’re making, not just today, but going forward with our next generation MI400 series and so on and so forth, we definitely believe that we have a very competitive and capable hardware roadmap. I think the discussion about AMD, frankly, has always been about the software roadmap, and we do see a bit of a change here on the software side". AMD's new Instinct MI400 GPU accelerator won't go inside of your new Gaming PC, but for HPC and AI systems... oh man, AMD will actually have a high-end GPU competitor... unlike the Radeon RX 8000 series GPUs that we're hearing won't come in high-end gaming GPU form. Source

NVIDIA has reportedly halted production of its current-gen GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards... meaning that supply of cards like the GeForce RTX 4080 and GeForce RTX 4090 will be harder to find in the coming months. We have plenty of GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs in-house for your new Ready to Ship Gaming PCs, so don't worry too much, for now. One of the biggest leakers on the scene, Tom @ Moore's Law is Dead, teased "the [GeForce] RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 aren't selling well compared to previous generations". There's still huge demand from gamers for high-end GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs, but meeting that demand is difficult, with MLID adding retailers "aren't being supplied almost any high-end Lovelace cards anymore". Why is this happening? Well, NVIDIA reportedly placed a limit on the number of GPUs going into retailers' hands per week, with MLID speaking with multiple warehouses saying that huge amounts of high-end Ada Lovelace aka GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs are still there, so NVIDIA is purposely slowing down the supply... it's not like they need to, they're doing it... well, just cos. MLID reports that one of his sources said "we've all but stopped production of RTX 4000 GPUs. Technically, we are keeping a line open for each SKU, but this is because there are contacts with (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) that basically force us to".

Baldur's Gate 3 is finally here, with the very well-received role-playing game bringing beautiful graphics, intricate storylines, and massive gameplay improvements that gamers and fans have been waiting for. Another thing you might be waiting for is a new Gaming PC to play Baldur's Gate 3 on, which is why we're here to show you the Best Gaming PC for Baldur's Gate 3. The PC system requirements for Baldur's Gate 3 aren't too harsh, where you'll need an older-gen Intel or AMD CPU, 8GB of RAM minimum, with the storage requirement being the harshest at 150GB. Because of the low system requirements for the game, you can scoop up our Ready to Ship Gaming PC priced at $999, crank up the detail and enjoy the game at fluid frame rates. Allied Stinger Gaming PC: Ryzen 3 4100 + 16GB RAM + Radeon RX 580 8GB - Buy Your Stinger Here For $999 Allied Stinger Gaming PC: Ryzen 5 5600 + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 3060 8GB - Buy Your Stinger Here For $1299 Allied Stinger Gaming PC: Ryzen 5 5600 + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 4060 8GB - Buy Your Stinger Here For $1599 Any of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs will handle Baldur's Gate 3 given its low PC system requirements, especially the Stinger @ $1599, which rocks NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4060 8GB that'll easily drive high FPS in the game. All three of those Gaming PC recommendations have 16GB of RAM and 1TB of NVMe M.2 SSD storage meaning you'll have plenty of storage for Windows and your other games, as well as Baldur's Gate 3. Baldur's Gate 3 PC system requirements: Minimum requirements: CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 or AMD FX 8350 (or faster) RAM: 8GB  GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB (or faster) Storage: 150GB+ OS: Windows 10 64-bit Recommended requirements:  CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (or faster) RAM: 16GB GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB or Radeon RX 5600 XT 8GB (or faster) Storage: 150GB+ OS: Windows 10 64-bit

NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card is mega popular amongst enthusiast gamers, so much so that it's 4x more popular than AMD's flagship Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics card... it's the second-most used GeForce RTX 40 series GPU between Steam gamers. Steam's new Hardware Survey shows that NVIDIA GeForce GPUs account for 74.96% of users on the platform, while AMD Radeon GPUs only have 15.93% of the pie. The most-used GPUs on Steam are: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (5.3%) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (4.8%) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (4.6%) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (4.1%) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (3.7%) Meanwhile, the most-used new-gen GPUs that are used include: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti (0.68%) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (0.65%) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 (0.55%) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (0.47%) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (0.23%) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (0.17%) Source

AMD only just unleashed its Radeon RX 7900 GRE, albeit silently, but the Radeon RX 7800 XT is right around the corner. AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su recently said that the company would be launching a new "enthusiast-class" Radeon RX 7000 series GPU for upcoming Gaming PC systems in the coming months... and this is it.  PowerColor has accidentally confirmed its upcoming Radeon RX 7800 XT graphics card, which features a GPU game clock of 2255MHz, while GPU boost clocks will reach 2565MHz, meanwhile, AMD reference GPU game clocks are 2210MHz, while GPU boost clocks reach 2520MHz, so we have a bit of factory overclocking at play here on the PowerColor card. AMD will be outfitting its Radeon RX 7800 XT with 16GB of GDDR6 memory at 18Gbps spread out on a 256-bit memory bus, which are the same specs in terms of memory that's attached to the Radeon RX 7900 GRE, as well as a virtual identical memory configuration as the Radeon RX 6800 series graphics card. PowerColor explains its upcoming Red Devil Radeon RX 7800 XT graphics card: "PowerColor Red Devil RX 7800 XT embraces an upgraded triple ringed-fan cooling solution (100 x 100 x 100mm), a set of 8 x 6φ heatpipes running through the heatsink, and a sleek copper plate directly touching the GPU while covering VRAM to rapidly transfer the heat; it also utilizes high quality PCB that comes with the 11+3+1+2+1 phase VRM design, and DrMOS with IMON real-time digital monitoring built in, all together to guarantee the optimum cooling efficiency and stability when pushing to the limits. Red Devil is designed to seize every victory in the game". Source

Baldur's Gate III is a smash hit already, with over 470,000+ concurrent players on day one for a smash-hit launch. If you don't have a Gaming PC to crank Baldur's Gate III up to maximum, we've got Ready to Ship Gaming PCs for you to choose from. The game had an all-time peak of 472,136 players which is a fantastic achievement, and not only that there are over 450,000 players watching Baldur's Gate III livestreams on Twitch. So not only are hundreds of thousands of gamers playing Baldur's Gate III, but several hundreds of thousands of gamers are watching others play the game, too. 450,000+ concurrent players on Steam is a club for just a few games, including recent releases of Elden Ring and Hogwarts Legacy. At the time of writing, there were still 402,000+ players enjoying Baldur's Gate III, so these numbers could continue to climb as more gamers buy the game and jump into the party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons. Baldur's Gate III is the #1 best-seller on Steam right now, with over 73,000 positive reviews, and only 7000+ negative reviews. Source

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AMD's first-gen RDNA architecture was a great first step, but the RDNA 2 architecture was a fantastic evolution that gave birth to the Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs... not much can be said for RDNA 3 which powers the Radeon RX 7000 series, as the flagship Radeon RX 7900 XTX can't keep up with NVIDIA's GPU juggernaut, the GeForce RTX 5090... which should be in your future Gaming PC. Read more: NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090 could have huge 512-bit memory bus Read more: NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, GeForce RTX 5080 arrive in 2025 Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 teased release date But what about next-gen? According to the latest rumours, the next-gen RDNA 4 architecture will not have any high-end GPUs, with the rumour teasing "think of it like RDNA1 or Polaris generation". What did the leaker mean by that? Well, the original Radeon RX 480 was the flagship GPU of the time, and didn't scratch NVIDIA's best at the time. No RDNA 4-powered Radeon RX 8900 XTX would NOT be a good thing for AMD, leaving all the high-end GPU market to NVIDIA (which it dominates, by a big margin). However, AMD has been using smaller chiplet-style designs for a while now... so we could see a dual-chipset GPU that would not be a new high-end GPU, but maybe something that could compete with the GeForce RTX 5080 when it drops in 2025.  However, after dropping the ball with RDNA 3 and the Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards, especially after its hype-fueled marketing campaign leading up to the launch... this rumour feels too close to the truth. I guess we'll have to wait and see in the next 12-18 months or so. Source

AMD has teased that new Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards are on the way, which we should see fall under their "ultra-enthusiast" range of Radeon RX 7900 series cards -- the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, Radeon RX 7900 XT, and the recently launched Radeon RX 7900 GRE -- this quarter... yeah, a new "enthusiast-class" Radeon RX 7000 series graphics card is launching in the next few months. The news was revealed by AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su herself, where she made some comments on new Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards during AMD's recent Q2 2023 earnings call. AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su explained: "In gaming graphics, we expanded our Radeon 7000 GPU series in the second quarter with the launch of our mainstream RX 7600 cards for 1080p gaming. We are on track to further expand our RDNA 3 GPU offerings with the launch of new, enthusiast-class Radeon 7000 series cards in the third quarter". Best AMD Ryzen Gaming PC Systems Best AMD Ryzen Gaming PC @ $999: Allied Stinger CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 4100 processor (4 cores, 8 threads @ up to 4.0GHz) RAM: 16GB DDR4-3200 RGB gaming memory GPU: AMD Ryzen RX 580 8GB Best AMD Ryzen Gaming PC @ $1299: Allied Stinger CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 processor (6 cores, 12 threads @ up to 4.2GHz) RAM: 16GB DDR4-3200 RGB gaming memory GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB Best AMD Ryzen Gaming PC @ $1599: Allied Stinger CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 processor (6 cores, 12 threads @ up to 4.4GHz) RAM: 16GB DDR4-3200 RGB gaming memory GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB Best AMD Ryzen Gaming PC @ $2199: Allied Patriot CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 processor (6 cores, 12 threads @ up to 4.4GHz) RAM: 16GB DDR4-3200 RGB gaming memory GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB Best AMD Ryzen Gaming PC @ $3399: Allied Patriot CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 processor (8 cores, 16 threads @ up to 5.3GHz) RAM: 32GB DDR5-5200 RGB gaming memory GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB Best AMD Ryzen Gaming PC @ $4299: Allied Patriot CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor (8 cores, 16 threads @ up to 5.0GHz + second-gen 3D V-Cache) RAM: 32GB DDR5-5200 RGB gaming memory GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Best AMD Ryzen Gaming PC @ $4299: Allied M.O.A.B. CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor (8 cores, 16 threads @ up to 5.0GHz + second-gen 3D V-Cache) RAM: 32GB DDR5-5200 RGB gaming memory GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB Best AMD Ryzen Gaming PC @ $6699: Allied M.O.A.B. CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor (8 cores, 16 threads @ up to 5.0GHz + second-gen 3D V-Cache) RAM: 32GB DDR5-5200 RGB gaming memory GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB What should we expect? AMD will most likely unveil new RDNA 3-based Radeon RX 7800 series and Radeon RX 7700 series graphics cards... but I guess we don't have much longer until we find out. Source

AMD has just pushed out a special version 23.10.23.03 release driver that addresses issues with Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, where the game crashed when Radeon RX 7000 series users enabled ray tracing and Dynamic Resolution Scaling on their Gaming PC powered by AMD Radeon RX series graphics cards. Read more: No Ray Tracing at Launch For AMD Radeon GPUs in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Read more: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Hits 200FPS at 4K with NVIDIA RTX, DLSS 3, and RTX IO Gamers using the flagship AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics card had crashes or driver timeout problems with ray tracing and Dynamic Resolution Scaling, something you don't want on a high-end Radeon RX 7900 XTX. The new driver isn't part of the official branch but rather based on the latest 23.7.2 driver. This driver offers nothing new other than offering support for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart on the PC and Radeon RX series hardware, acting similar to how NVIDIA offers its hotfix drivers before issues like what we have here with the game, get rolled into an official driver release. You can Download the AMD Adrenalin Edition 23.10.23.03 for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart here.

The AI GPU market is absolutely exploding right now, with NVIDIA leading the charge and pretty much selling every single GPU it has now, and even waiting months for production... orders on high-end AI GPUs are that big... but AMD on the other hand, is sitting on its hands, for now. AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su recently said during the company's Q2 2023 earnings report that there has been a huge 7x increase in AI engagement in the last 3 months alone, something that is pushing AMD into taking a bigger look at its AI GPU offerings. The company is ramping into the launch of its Instinct MI300 accelerator, which drops in Q4 2023, a few months from now. But with the AI GPU market booming, AMD needs to capitalize on that, especially with pricing shooting through the roof... there's some big money to be made, and take more of it from going into NVIDIA's deep pockets. AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su explained: "China is a very important market for us, certainly across our portfolio, as we think about certainly the accelerator market. Our plan is to of course be fully compliant with U.S. Export controls, but we do believe there’s an opportunity to develop product for our customer set in China that is looking for AI solutions, and we’ll continue to work in that direction". Source

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NVIDIA's unreleased GeForce RTX 4090 Ti graphics card had a gigantic quad-slot cooler, which a prototype design was leaked out and up for grabs -- for the low, low price of $120,000 USD -- but now we're getting a deeper look at the inside of this beast, that unfortunately won't be inside of your new Gaming PC. Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ti Prototype Cooler Listed For $120,000 USD The quad-slot prototype GPU cooler featured a PCB-mounted 90-degree angle to the PCIe interface itself, cooled by a triple-fan cooler and a gigantic heatsink, but inside... there is a secret fan, that I'm actually in love with. The design is gigantic, but that hidden internal fan would do wonders for cooling, well I guess it would, as we can't exactly test the thermals on this prototype GPU cooler. The new images have been shared by "Hayaka" who looks to have the quad-slot GPU prototype cooler in hand, with a huge 22 heat pipes and vapour chamber cooling the card. Interestingly, the PCB placement is wicked, and the 12VHPWR power connector loops around the heatsink itself, something that NVIDIA couldn't avoid given the repositioning of the PCB. We will probably -- unfortunately -- never see NVIDIA use this cooler outside of the expensive prototype. Source

AMD's next-generation APU series will be based on the Zen 5 CPU architecture, with the upcoming Ryzen 8000 series APUs headlined by the "Strix Halo" set to be quite the APU beasts indeed. We're talking 16 cores based on the Zen 5 architecture, which will reportedly be divided into two chiplets. We will see the "ultimate APU" featuring an IO die that packs the GPU, and that too, won't be a performance slouch. We are also to expect the "Hawk Point" APU which will be a lower-power APU, as well as the "Fire Range" APU which will have more power being pumped into it. These new APUs will be ready for your new Gaming PC in 2024, inside of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs... here's what to expect: AMD Ryzen 8040 series "Hawk Point" aka "Mainstream APU": Monolithic (8 x Zen 4) at 28-54W TDP  AMD Ryzen 8050 series "Strix Point" aka "Premium APU": Monolithic (4 x Zen 5 + 8 x Zen 5c) at 28-54W TDP AMD Ryzen 8055 series "Fire Range" aka "High-end APU": Multi-chiplet (16 x Zen 5) at 55-75W AMD Ryzen ??? series "Strix Halo" aka "Ultimate APU": Multi-chiplet (16 x Zen 5) at 55-120W Inside, we can expect the next-gen Zen 5 CPU cores, as well as updated RDNA 3.5 GPU cores, and an enhanced AI engine.  On the desktop side of things, we can expect the Ryzen 8000 series "Granite Ridge" CPUs to feature up to 16 cores based on the next-gen Zen 5 architecture, with 65-170W TDPs... much higher in the desktop as always, also using a multi-chiplet design. AMD's upcoming Ryzen 8000 series APUs and desktop CPUs will all be released in the second half of 2024. Source

NVIDIA was reportedly preparing an upgraded GeForce RTX 4090 Ti graphics card, but it looks like the company could be skipping the RTX 4090 Ti and driving gamers right into its next-gen flagship GeForce RTX 5090... with a much wider memory bus than we had anticipated. Read more: NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, GeForce RTX 5080 arrive in 2025 Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 Teased Release Date According to the latest rumours, NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5090 -- which should be coming out in 2025 -- will have a huge 512-bit memory bus resulting in an even bigger 2TB/sec of memory bandwidth, double the memory bandwidth than the current GeForce RTX 4090. Furthermore, we could expect either faster GDDR6X memory being used, or next-gen GDDR7 memory that we've been hearing more and more about over the last few months. AMD could strike back with a new Radeon RX series GPU using its second-gen 3D V-Cache that it would borrow from its Ryzen CPU series, and NVIDIA being NVIDIA will mean they'll want to keep leadership in GPU performance, so the GeForce RTX 5090 on a huge 512-bit memory bus with 2TB/sec of memory bandwidth... yeah, that'll do it. We haven't had a huge 512-bit memory bus on an NVIDIA GeForce GPU in many, many generations... so it would be quite the shift for Team Green to go in that wider memory bus direction. We're still at least 18+ months away from the GeForce RTX 5090 and GeForce RTX 5080 graphics cards being released, but the sheer tease of a 512-bit memory bus is exciting to say the least. Source

Intel's upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" family of CPUs and now we're hearing about the non-K versions of the processors, with the Core i9-14900 and Core i9-14900F both leading the non-K charge. Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Confirmed By Intel Read more: Intel Core i9-14900KS Leaked Specs: 24C/32T at up to 6.2GHz Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Details Read more: Intel Core i9-14900K CPU Flagship CPU Coming Soon Read more: Intel Drops 'i' From Core CPU Branding 65W TDPs will be enjoyed by these non-K processors, with the Core i9-14900 featuring 24 cores and 32 threads at up to 5.8GHz leaving the Core i9-14900K and Core i9-14900KS to enjoy the same core and thread count, but at up to 6.0GHz and a whopping 6.2GHz, respectively. Under that, we've got the Core i7-14700 with 20 cores and 28 threads at up to 5.4GHz, while the Core i5-14600 will have 14 cores and 20 threads at up to 5.2GHz. Core i9-14900: 24 cores, 32 threads  @ up to 5.8GHz Core i7-14700: 20 cores, 28 threads @ up to 5.4GHz Core i5-14600: 14 cores, 20 threads @ up to 5.2GHz Core i5-14500: 14 cores, 20 threads @ up to 5.0GHz Core i5-14400: 10 cores, 16 threads @ up to 4.7GHz Core i3-14100: 4 cores, 8 threads @ up to 4.7GHz Intel is expected to unveil its upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs in October, with the new flagship Core i9-14900K taking top spot and offering 24 cores and 32 threads at up to 6.0GHz. The non-K processors should pop onto the market in the first few months of 2024. Source

Micron has just announced its new HBM3 Gen2 memory, now sampling to its customers, with the world's fastest aggregate bandwidth of 1.2TB/sec, as well as the highest-capacity 8-high stack at 24GB... with 36GB on the away. Micron says that its new HBM3 Gen2 memory is its most power-efficient yet, with a huge 2.5x improvement-per-watt compared to its previous-gen HBM2e memory. The company is shifting from its HBM2e memory directly to HBM3 Gen2, skipping over HBM3, with Micron explaining the naming of "Gen2" to "represent the generational leap in performance, capacity, and power efficiency".  Meanwhile, Micron is also teasing "HBMNext" on its roadmap, which could be a subtle tease of next-gen HBM4 memory, which will arrive in 2026 with over 2TB/sec of memory bandwidth, and capacities of up to 64GB. This won't be inside of your next-gen GPU inside of your next-gen Gaming PC, but rather, will be used on higher-end AI-powered systems and the like. Micron's new HBM3 Gen2 is drop-in pin compatible with HBM3, so GPU makers can shift to the new HBM3 Gen2 memory standard easily. Micron has 8-stacked 24Gb die that provides a 50% capacity increase over similar 8-high HBM3 stacks, where HBM3 tops out at 24GB on a 12-high stack, Micron can fit its new HBM3 Gen2 memory in the same 11mm x 11mm footprint as regular HBM3, which is a decent density increase. But... the tease of HBM3 Gen2 in an upcoming 12-high stack with 36GB of HBM3 Gen2 memory is "coming soon", meaning that something like an AMD Instinct MI300 accelerator would have access to an incredible 288GB of super-high-speed VRAM, while the regular 6-high stack on something like NVIDIA H100 GPUs would have access to 216GB of VRAM.  Micron is using uses the same 1β (1-beta) process node that it uses for its DDR5 memory on its new HBM3 Gen2 memory, with density and power efficiency improvements in tow. The company says its new HBM3 Gen2 memory has a 2.5x improvement in performance-per-watt over its current-gen HBM2e memory, and over 50% improvement in Pj/bit (picojoules a bit) over the previous generation. Micron's new HBM3 Gen2 is currently sampling to partners for 8-high stacks, while 12-high stacks are coming in the near future, high volume production kicks off in 2024. Source

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is right around the corner on the PC, with NVIDIA powering the former PlayStation 5 exclusive featuring the full suite of NVIDIA technologies including DLSS 3, RTX IO, and incredible Ray Tracing visuals. It looks, and runs beautifully on GeForce RTX series GPUs... and if you're in need of a new PC to play Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, we've got a range of Ready to Ship Gaming PCs that will run the game at up to 4K 200FPS and more. Read more: Best Gaming PC for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart NVIDIA's new performance trailer shows Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart running beautifully on the PC, where at the glorious 4K resolution a high-end Gaming PC will run the game at 60-80FPS without any help from the AI-powered upscaling technology DLSS 3. But enable DLSS 3, and performance skyrockets up to a totally-thrash-the-PS5 performance at 200FPS+. NVIDIA Features In Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart: NVIDIA DLSS 3: AI-powered performance multiplier. At 4K, with all ray tracing effects enabled, and settings maxed, GeForce RTX 4080 and 4090 desktop GPU gamers can experience 140+ FPS gameplay. NVIDIA Reflex: reducing system latency in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart by up to 48%. NVIDIA RTX IO: GPU-accelerated storage technology enables rapid loading of assets. NVIDIA DLAA: an AI-based anti-aliasing mode for users who have spare GPU headroom and want higher levels of image quality. Ray tracing: Ray-traced shadows, ambient occlusion, and reflections will run at the highest speeds possible on dedicated ray tracing cores on each GeForce RTX GPUs NVIDIA says that its high-end GeForce RTX 4080 and GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards are both capable of pumping 140FPS+ in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart with everything maxed out: graphics settings + ray tracing but enabling DLSS 3 is the real magic here. NVIDIA explains: "The new PC release also features support for 21:9, 32:9 and 48:9 resolutions, triple-monitor Surround gaming, the usual assortment of options to ensure you can play the way that best suits your style, and DualSense controller support, so when playing on a wired connection you can feel in-game actions coming to life in your hands with haptic feedback and dynamic trigger effects". Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart launches on the PC on July 27.

Remnant: From the Ashes was released a while ago now, back in August 2019, but Remnant 2 is nearly here, and with it comes some rather soft PC system requirements. Want to run the game? What about maxed out? We've got a Ready to Ship Gaming PCs waiting for you. Gunfire Games is the developer behind Remnant 2, where they've said that AI-powered upscalers are pretty much required if you want smooth frame rates. The developer recently said on Reddit that they "designed the game with upscaling in mind" -- including NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR, and Intel XeSS -- which Gunfire Games says will offer the "smoothest gameplay" from Remnant 2. However, if you need a new Gaming PC for Remnant 2, we've got some recommendations for you: 4K 60FPS+ Gaming PC: Allied M.O.A.B. with Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 + GeForce RTX 4090 24GB 4K 60FPS+ Gaming PC: Allied Patriot with Ryzen 7 7700 + 32GB DDR5 + GeForce RTX 4080 16GB 1440p 60FPS+ Gaming PC: Allied Patriot with Ryzen 7 5600 + 16GB DDR4 + GeForce RTX 4070 12GB 1080p 60FPS+ Gaming PC: Allied Stinger with Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB DDR4 + GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 4K 60FPS+ in Remnant 2 is going to require not only NVIDIA's expensive flagship GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card, but you'll need to have DLSS enabled to even reach that. On top of that, there are no ray tracing effects in Remnant 2, so it's not like the game is a graphics delight for 4K 60FPS, but AI upscaling is something you're going to make sure you enable. Remnant 2 is out now on the PC.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is one of the most visually delicious games for your Gaming PC right now, and if you've got a GeForce RTX series GPU -- especially a new GeForce RTX 40 series GPU -- it is not only going to look amazing but run beautifully, too. Read more: Best Gaming PC for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart However, if you're using an AMD Radeon RX series GPU and were expecting to run the game with ray tracing enabled... you're out of luck. There will be no ray tracing for Radeon GPU owners at launch, with developer Nixxes Software confirming that ray tracing is disabled for AMD Radeon GPUs at launch. Nixxes is working with AMD on getting ray tracing support into Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart in the near future, so it shouldn't be too far away. It's not a surprise given how many NVIDIA technologies are inside Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, including NVIDIA DLSS 3, NVIDIA RTX IO, DirectStorage 1.2 with GPU compression, and more. NVIDIA's highest-end GeForce RTX 4080 and GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards have been running the game at 4K 200FPS+ with everything enabled, thanks to the power of AI-upscaling and DLSS 3 technology.  We've got plenty of Ready to Ship Gaming PCs systems to run Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Source

AMD will have next-gen high-end enthusiast-grade laptop CPUs out in the near future, packing 3D V-Cache technology like its Ryzen 7000 series X3D processors based on the Zen 4 architecture. If you're after a gaming laptop, look no further than our Allied Tomcat gaming laptops. The latest rumour is on the alleged enthusiast-level AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D processor, which rocks 16 cores and 32 threads of Zen 4-based CPU power at up to 5.4GHz, with AMD's impressive second-generation 3D V-Cache technology, and a TDP of up to 75W. AMD's desktop-based Ryzen 7 7800X3D, Ryzen 9 7900X3D and Ryzen 9 7950X3D processors are all inside of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs, with the Ryzen 9 variants using dual CCDs... just like the new laptop-focused Ryzen 9 7945HX3D processor. Inside of the upcoming ASUS ROG Strix Scar 17 "G733PYV-LL045W" gaming laptop that features the alleged AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D laptop processor. The 16-core, 32-thread Zen 4 laptop CPU features a clock speed of up to 5.4GHz, versus the desktop Ryzen 9 7950X3D featuring a boost clock of up to 5.7GHz, this is impressive. The desktop variant uses up to 120W and can be air-cooled with our in-house Allied Sidewinder air cooler inside of our Gaming PCs, but this new laptop CPU at up to 5.4GHz will rock right along inside of next-gen gaming laptops. Gaming laptop with the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D processor specs: Display: 17.3-inch IPS (2560 x 1440 @ 240Hz) CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7945X3D (16 cores, 32 threads @ up to 5.4GHz) RAM: 32GB DDR5 GPU: AMD Radeon 610M Storage: 2TB SSD Battery: 90Wh Weight: 3kg We can expect AMD to unveil a couple of new Zen 4-based laptop CPUs in the Ryzen 9 family: AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D: 16 cores, 32 threads @ up to 5.4GHz + 128MB L3 cache @ 55W to 75W TDP AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX: 16 cores, 32 threads @ up to 5.4GHz + 64MB of L3 cache @ 55W to 75W TDP Source

OpenAI worked with NVIDIA on teaming together thousands of AI GPUs together for ChatGPT's recent GPT-4 model, but now the companies are reportedly working together to secure 10 million NVIDIA AI GPUs for its Advanced AI model. ChatGPT is already using around 20,000 of NVIDIA's latest AI-focused GPUs that will build out new models in the coming months, but now Wang Xiaochuan, the businessman and founder of Chinese search engine Sogou, says that ChatGPT has a mode advanced AI computing model that uses far more advanced training methods, something that 10 million NVIDIA AI GPUs working together is the soul of OpenAI and its plan for AI dominance. Wang has invested in a new intelligence firm called Baichuan Intelligence for China, which wants to be the main competitor to OpenAI in China. The company recently unleashed its Baichuan-13B language model that runs on consumer-level hardware, like an NVIDIA GeForce RTX series graphics card.  But back to the 10 million NVIDIA AI GPUs powering the future of OpenAI's language model is insane, the thought -- and processing power -- of thousands of GPUs working together on AI is already cool enough -- but 10 million combined? Well, that's incredible. I'd love to walk around inside of that facility when it's finished, nerding out the entire time. NVIDIA makes around 1 million AI GPUs per year, so the request from OpenAI for 10 million AI GPUs from NVIDIA is not a mountain of GPUs... but rather many years of production. Not only is it an unfathomable amount of AI computing power, but also an unfathomable amount of GPUs that NVIDIA needs to make. OpenAI would surely be the top player in the AI place at that point. Source

AMD's new Radeon RX 7900 GRE graphics card is meant to be right around the corner, the first RDNA 3-based GPU with 16GB of VRAM. The new Radeon RX 7900 GRE with 16GB GDDR6 will join the Radeon RX 7900 XT with its 20GB of GDDR6, and the flagship Radeon RX 7900 XTX with 24GB of GDDR6. Inside, the Radeon RX 7900 GRE will have 84 Compute Units -- the same as the RX 7900 XT -- but drops down to 16GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit memory bus that provides up to 640GB/sec of memory bandwidth. AMD's current Radeon RX 7900 XT has 20GB of GDDR6 memory on a 320-bit memory bus that provides up to 800GB/sec of memory bandwidth. We're expecting to see the RX 7900 GRE with a 300W TDP, once again the same as the RX 7900 XT. We could expect a small release at first in countries like China, before seeing it elsewhere, and once it's out you can be sure we'll have it inside of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs. Source

AMD looks to be working on a next-gen Ryzen Threadripper PRO processor, with the new Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX processor spotted rocking 64 cores and 128 threads of Zen 4-powered CPU power. The new Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX processor was spotted with DDR5 memory, with the CPU codenamed "Storm Peak" eventually arriving with SKUs including 64 cores, and even up to 96 cores (which would be nuts on a high-end PC). AMD could reuse dies from its EPYC 9004 processor, putting another nail into Intel's nail-laden coffin. If the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX processor has 64 cores, we could expect something like the Ryzen Threadriper PRO 7995WX processor to feature up to 96 cores... something I hope to see. The new 64C/128T processor was spotted on the PugetBench website, next to AMD's reference and validation board. It featured 256GB of DDR5-5600 RAM and an NVIDIA RTX A5000 workstation GPU. We could expect to see a new LGA6096 motherboard with 8-channel DDR5 memory support, and a whopping 128 PCIe 5.0 lanes ready for huge amounts of GPUs and super-fast NVMe M.2 SSDs. AMD is reportedly preparing an LGA4844 socket for a Threadripper CPU, with 4-channel RAM support and 64 PCIe 5.0 lanes. Source

Well, that didn't go as I'm sure Blizzard planned... but Diablo IV had its recent 1.1.0a balance patch and boy, gamers aren't happy. The new patch reduced the power and effectiveness of some character builds, making the game more of a slog, and the late-game areas much harder. No new update will reduce the power of our Ready to Ship Gaming PC systems, that's for sure 😉 Blizzard has been taking it all in, acknowledging feedback from players and pledging to not release a patch like that for Diablo IV in the future. During a recent live stream, Adam Fletcher, Associate Director of Community Management said: "We know it is bad. We know it is not fun. It's something that we ourselves know, it's not the greatest play experience for players. We don't plan on doing a patch like this ever again. We've most definitely heard the feedback from the players on that front". Read more: Diablo IV: Season 1 Update is here With Lots of Changes Read more: Diablo IV Patch 1.0.2c Released Read more: Diablo IV Battle Pass Seasons: New Character Required For Each Season Read more: The Best Gaming PC to Play Diablo IV Blizzard also tried explaining the reasoning behind the patch, with Joe Piepiora, Associate Game Director, explaining that Diablo IV is ultimately a game "about choice". The developer felt particular builds based around cooldown reduction were so powerful, giving players access to instantaneous active skills, that they threatened the usefulness of other builds by comparison... so, they had to go. Piepiora promised that in the future, Blizzard would do better considering player fun in their attempts to balance Diablo IV, with Fletcher adding that the developer would commit to sharing patch notes earlier in the future so that the community had time to read and digest updates before new patches are rolled out. Diablo IV's upcoming patch will be v1.1.1, with Blizzard noting it is revising Sorcerers and Barbarian classes so that they are more powerful again. We can expect more details on that patch on July 29.

AMD is hard at work on its next-gen Instinct MI300X accelerator, featuring its CDNA 3 architecture, and a huge... absolutely huge... 192GB of HBM3 memory with up to 5.2TB/sec of memory bandwidth. Considering AMD's fastest Radeon tops out with 24GB of GDDR6 memory with up to 960GB/sec of memory bandwidth, the Instinct MI300X is an absolute unit. Inside, we can expect an incredible 152 billion transistors... all perfectly made by TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), and not Samsung as some of the recent rumours have suggested. AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su was recently in Taiwan meeting with TSMC, confirming that AMD is not working with Samsung, adding that TSMC is a major partner of AMD and that isn't changing. AMD is the second largest customer of TSMC, with a 10% sales share, so that is cemented. AMD is tapping multiple complex processes to make its Instinct MI300X accelerator, with small chip stacking, 3D SoIC, and advanced packaging CoWoS, which utilises TSMC's most advanced technology. AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su explained: "it cannot be done without TSMC", adding that AMD's "relationship with Taiwan is very stable". AMD's new Instinct MI300X accelerator will launch later this year, and to be clear... they're obviously not for gamers, but for professionals and servers for super-powered AI tasks, and more. Source

AMD's new EPYC "Bergamo" and "Genoa-X" processors have officially launched, with some truly insane performance underneath all that silicon... with up to 128 cores and 256 threads of CPU power at their disposal. Impressive stuff, to say the least. The big difference here is that the EPYC "Genoa-X" processors feature up to 96 cores and 192 threads of CPU power using the same Zen 4 High-Performance Cores, with up to a truly whopping 1.1GB of L3 cache. AMD has its performance-packed 2nd Gen Stacked 3D V-Cache design inside, with OEM availability not far away: Q3 2023. But, the new EPYC "Bergamo" CPUs feature up to a truly performance-ready  Zen 4C-based 128 cores and 256 threads, with the "best energy efficiency" and a huge 82 billion transistors. Bergamo uses its Zen 4C cores which are compute density optimised for the cloud, based on the same core IP that Zen 4 uses. Some highlighted features of AMD's Genoa-X CPUs include: Same Zen 4 High-Performance Cores Up To 96 Cores / 192 Threads Up To 1.1 GB of L3 Cache 2nd Gen Stacked 3D V-Cache Design SP5 Socket Compatibility AMD Infinity Guard Up To 2.9x Faster Than Sapphire Rapids Three EPYC 9004X SKUs OEM Availability In Q3 2023 Some of the features of Bergamo include: Up To 128 Zen 4C Cores Consistent x86 ISA 82 Billion Transistors Greatest vCPU Density Best Energy Efficiency 35% Smaller Core Die Area With the Same Process Up To 2.6x Faster Than Sapphire Rapids In Cloud-Native Workloads Phoronix has a review of the new AMD EPYC 9754 "Bergamo" and AMD EPYC 9684X "Genoa-X" processors, showing that they are indeed the fastest CPUs on the block. Intel... I'd say take note, but AMD has been stomping all over your business for years now, and this only asserts even more dominance in the super high-end HPC, server, and cloud markets. Source

Samsung has just unleashed the world's first GDDR7 memory clocked at 32Gbps, ready for future waves of GPUs, AI, HPC, and automotive vehicles. We can expect a 1.4x performance boost and a 20% improvement in power efficiency with the new GDDR7 memory @ 32Gbps over the existing GDDR6 memory @ 24Gbps... totally ready for your next-gen Gaming PC. Read more: Micron Next-Gen GDDR7 Memory Launches in 2024 Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 Release Date Read more: NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 arrive in 2025 The company announced that it has completed the development of the industry's first GDDR7 memory, ready for next-gen products for its "key customers" for verification later this year. Samsung developed the world's first GDDR6 memory @ 24Gbps back in 2022, while the new GDDR7 memory standard offers the industry's highest speed yet. Samsung has innovated in integrated circuit (IC) design and packaging that adds stability, even though we're at the lofty heights of 32Gbps of bandwidth. Yongcheol Bae, Executive Vice President of Memory Product Planning Team at Samsung Electronics said: "Our GDDR7 DRAM will help elevate user experiences in areas that require outstanding graphics performance, such as workstations, PCs and game consoles, and is expected to expand into future applications such as AI, high-performance computing (HPC) and automotive vehicles. The next-generation graphics DRAM will be brought to market in line with industry demand and we plan on continuing our leadership in the space". Samsung's new GDDR7 memory @ 32Gbps is capable of pumping out up to 1.5TB/sec (1500GB/sec) of bandwidth, a 1.4x increase over GDDR6 @ 1.1TB/sec (1100GB/sec). The company was able to achieve this using improvements in the Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM3) signaling method that is used for the new memory standard, compared to the Non Return to Zero (NRZ) from previous-gen products. PAM3 offers 50% more data to be transmitted than NRZ within the same signaling cycle. We've also got 20% more power efficiency with GDDR7, with the power-saving design technology optimised for high-speed operations, especially in use cases where products need low power usage: like laptops, as Samsung has a low-operating voltage option with its new GDDR7 memory. Not only that, but Samsung is reducing heat generation by using epoxy molding compound (EMC) with high thermal conductivity used for the packaging material, on top of the IC architecture optimisation. Samsung says that these improvements "dramatically reduce" thermal resistance by 70% compared to GDDR6 memory, helping out in stable product performance even those high 32Gbps speeds.

AMD's next-gen Ryzen 8000 series APU is in the headlines, with the codename "Strix Point" APU turning up in early ES (engineering sample) form with 12 x Zen 5 cores at the ready. Speaking of ready, we'll have next-gen Gaming PC systems with AMD's new Ryzen 8000 series "Strix Point" APUs in 2024. The new AMD Ryzen 8000 series "Strix Point" APU will reportedly feature AMD's next-generation Zen 5 CPU architecture, as well as the newer RDNA 3.5-based GPU architecture. We have 12 cores and 24 threads of Zen 5 processing power in this Strix Point APU, but this is a "monolithic" design -- meaning one large chip, and not a series of smaller chiplets -- while the 16-core, 32-thread Zen 5-based CPU will be part of its "Halo" chiplet family. What we do know from this Strix Point APU, is that it'll feature a monolithic Zen 5 design, RDNA 3.5 graphics cores, an "enhanced AI engine" and should launch sometime in the second half of 2024. AMD's new Ryzen 8000 series CPU family will help fight out Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake and Meteor Lake CPU families, which will also be launching in 2024.  Source

If you want to play Blizzard games like Overwatch 2, World of Warcraft, StarCraft, and more, you'll know you need to use Battle.net, but not for long... the developer is making its games available on Steam starting August 10 on your Gaming PC. Yeah, you'll need to still sign in through Battle.net to play the Blizzard games through Steam... but it's a step in the right direction. Battle.net first launched in 1996 after the release of the original Diablo, but now the Blizzard team has said that the Steam release of Overwatch 2 and what the developer has teased is just a "selection of our games" wouldn't be making things different and moving away from Battle.net, but instead, it expands on the Battle.net launcher. Blizzard president Mike Ybarra explains: "While Battle.net remains a priority for us now and into the future, we've heard players want the choice of Steam for a selection of our games". He added that "gaming is no longer just for specific communities as it was when Battle.net launched over two decades ago, gaming is for everyone -- and though we remain committed to continually investing in and supporting Battle.net, we want to break down the barriers to make it easier for players everywhere to find and enjoy our games". Overwatch 2 will be enjoying its major Invasion update on August 10, the day it also debuts on Steam. The new Invasion update for Overwatch 2 will be adding new story missions, a new competitive mode, two new maps, an additional hero, and much more. Lord GabeN aka Gabe Newell, the president of Valve, said in a statement: "Gamers and developers are both going to benefit from Overwatch 2 coming to Steam. Gamers will have another platform where they can play a beloved game that utilises the capabilities of Steam, and developers will benefit from the effects of having the talented team at Blizzard helping us evolve our supported features and functionality for Overwatch 2". Source

Intel has been using the LGA1700 socket for a number of years now, with the upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs to continue using the LGA1700 socket, with users on the platform NOT needing to upgrade their motherboard if they want to upgrade. All you'll need is a BIOS update, making the upgrade path nice and easy for your Gaming PC. Read more: Intel Core i9-15900K Rumour: 6-21 Percent Faster Than Core i9-13900K But, after that, we'll see the 15th Gen Core "Arrow Lake" CPUs will launch in 2024 and will debut on the new LGA1851 socket which will see new motherboards released. We will have the new Arrow Lake CPUs including the flagship Core i9-15900K processor inside of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs. The new LGA1851 socket will feature a completely different pin configuration and will shift exclusively into DDR5 memory, marking a huge change from LGA1700 which has both DDR4 and DDR5 motherboards on the market. Not only that, but the new LGA1851 motherboards will require new CPU coolers, but we're hearing there will be a new mounting kit released for LGA1700 so existing coolers will work. Igor's LAB has teased new (and the very first) schematics and 3D drawings of the new LGA1851 sockets... which we've got below. Intel's new motherboards ready for LGA1851 socket will do things a little differently: Arrow Lake CPUs will not limit the PCIe 5.0 interface to just 16 lanes for graphics cards, where instead there'll be 4 dedicated lanes for CPU-attached super-fast SSD storage. Why does this matter? LGA1851 motherboards and 15th Gen Core "Arrow Lake" CPUs won't need to compromise on their 16 lanes for the GPU if they use super-high-speed Gen5 SSDs. The new LGA1851 socket also requires higher dynamic pressure (Dynamic Compression Maximum) which ranges from 490N to 923N, with the static pressure of the Z-height of the integrated heatspreader (IHS) remaining the same as the current-gen LGA1700 socket. We should expect some coolers to be compatible -- with the new mounting kits -- but some, unfortunately, won't be. Source

NVIDIA has just unleashed its new GeForce Game Ready 536.67 drivers, which support DLSS3 technology inside of some upcoming games: Portal: Prelude RTX and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.  Not only that, but the new Game Ready drivers also introduce support for NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB graphics card. The GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 4060 are both out in the wild, with our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs featuring the new GeForce RTX 4060, but both of these cards are the 8GB variants. If you're rocking one of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX series GPU, update your drivers below. You can download the new NVIDIA Game Ready 563.67 drivers here.

Diablo IV Season 1 is nearly here, with developer Activision-Blizzard unleashing the new update that weighs in at 8.84GB and includes balance changes to classes, unique items, and oh-so-much more. If you haven't got a Gaming PC worthy of going into the depths of hell, check out our fleet of Ready to Ship Gaming PCs. The new Patch 1.1.0a arrives before the Season of the Malignant, which has a bunch of gameplay changes... one of the biggest is making the Altar of Lilith unlocks available account-wide. Blizzard has also rebalanced a bunch of the classes in Diablo IV, with the Sorceress getting nerfed with the Devouring Blaze skill which many gamers use. Not only that, but there are monster movement changes, modifications to XP progression, accessibility, and more. Blizzard has a bunch of new Unique items and Legendary Aspects inside of Sanctuary, where you can get your hands on the new Unique items from World Tier IV, while the Legendary Aspects can be acquired through any World Tier. Blizzard has a huge article on the Diablo IV patch notes, which you can read here.

Grand Theft Auto V is still pumping away with millions of gamers playing it, originally launching 10+ years ago with mods, it's still one of the best-looking games you can play. Mods really do add touches of flair that developer Rockstar Games never envisioned a decade ago... but man, the latest video by the folks over at Digital Dreams is... well... dreamy. We've got high-end Gaming PC systems that can handle GTA V at 8K, check those out here. Not only do we have Grand Theft Auto V running at the glorious 8K resolution -- so, 7680 x 4320 which is 4x the pixels of 4K and 16x the pixels of 1080p -- but we've got the ReShade Ray Tracing mod applied, QuantV 3D clouds, and the GTAV Real mod. The GTAV Real mod turns Los Santos into Los Angeles, and the effect is fantastic. It looks just like LA in real life, and even better at 8K. Let's just hope that the next-gen Grand Theft Auto 6 can look as good, hopefully even better, than this... we should expect GTA 6 to launch sometime in 2024. Source

The custom ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 has been in the headlines a few times recently, where it has been battling it out against COLORFUL's custom GeForce RTX 4090 iGame LAB Edition graphics card for the top spot of the #1 overclocked RTX 4090 in the world. Well, ASUS is back, and better than ever... now we just need 4.23GHz+ inside of a Gaming PC, and air-cooled. Read more: COLORFUL GeForce RTX 4090 iGame GPU Beats ASUS: Hits 4090MHz+ GPU Clock! Read more: ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 Smashes Through 4.0GHz - New World Record! Read more: COLORFUL GeForce RTX 4090 iGame LAB GPU Claims World Record at 3.975GHz Read more: ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 Hits 3.94GHz GPU Clock Overclocker "SPLAVE" has pushed his ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 beyond its limits, passing the 4090MHz on the COLORFUL GeForce RTX 4090, reaching an incredible 4230MHz (4.23GHz) GPU boost clock. Considering the reference GPU boost clock if 2520MHz, hitting 4230MHz means we have a huge 68% increase in GPU boost clocks. LN2 cooling was used, while the GPU was idling at 300W. SPLAVE broke world records in something the overclocker calls the "Rampage World Tour" of the ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card, where records were broken in Unigine Superposition at 1080p and 8K, with gaming loads seeing the GPU boost hitting 3.9GHz which is a bloody good effort. I'd love to play around with the RTX 4090 @ 3.9GHz inside of one of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs, oh boy. In the above shot, you can see the ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 hitting 4230MHz, where below, we've got the Unigine Superposition 1080p and 8K benchmark records smashed. Source

Assassin's Creed Mirage can be experienced like nothing else with this awesome "haptic gaming suit" from Owo, a full Mirage-themed suit that saw the company partnering with Ubisoft to craft. Imagine playing the game on one of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs wearing a haptic gaming suit... what an experience. The haptic gaming suit is a short-sleeved shirt that features hardware inside, that will let you feel the "sensations" of Assassin's Creed Mirage. We're talking about 30 different sensations from "insect bites" to "severe abdominal wounds", and more. Owo promises to include "some exclusive sensations never felt before", which will be interesting to see what they turn out to be. The suit costs $500 USD and will include a digital copy of Assassin's Creed Mirage Special Edition, which can be played on the PC, PS5 or Xbox Series X. Inside the package you'll get the Owo skin, the Owo device, 20 x gel pads, a charging cable, storage pouch, and your digital code for Assassin's Creed Mirage. Owo explains on their official website: "It's time to change your fate! Now, you will not impersonate Basim, you will be Basim. Use your uncanny skills to avoid being seen while seeking justice. Get your exclusive Assassin's Creed: Mirage Special Edition now. This offer includes a digital copy of the game, which you will be able to play on PS5, Xbox Series X or PC. Using the OWO System, you will be able to feel your precise movements when you take down your targets. But beware! They are out to get you. Don't let your enemies get too close or you will feel the consequences". Assassin's Creed Mirage releases on October 12, 2023... if you need a new Gaming PC, you know what to do.

AMD has an incredible APU on its hands with the Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU, which can compete and beat Intel's previous-gen flagship Core i9-9900K while just sipping power in comparison. We're talking about AMD's new APU using just 15W of power, while Intel's Core i9 CPU uses 95W... and AMD comes out on top. The new AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU rocks 8 cores and 16 threads of Zen 4 processing power, with 16MB of L3 cache, 8MB of L2 cache, and a base CPU clock of 3.3GHz, while boost CPU clocks can go north of 5.0GHz. On the GPU side of things, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU rocks a Radeon 780M which has 12 RDNA 3-based compute units, with a total of 768 cores clocking at up to 2.7GHz. As for the TDP, AMD says it has just 15-28W TDP. AMD made some handheld-specific power optimisations to its Ryzen Z1 APU, something that we're seeing really shine through with just 15W of power consumed, up against Intel's former flagship Core i9-9900K processor that uses 95W of power. That's quite the difference, yet AMD can keep up for a smidgen of the power envelope. ASUS has used the AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU inside of its ROG Ally handheld console, but now Twitter user Mochamad Farido Fanani has used the APU for some CInebench R23 benchmarks and the results are impressive to say the least. AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme @ 15W: multi-core score of 10,800 Intel Core i9-9900K @ 95W: multi-core score of 10,700 AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme @ 15W: single-core score of 1700 Intel Core i9-9900K @ 95W: single-core score of 1300 Source

Intel's upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs are getting closer and closer, with initial AIDA64 support for the "identification of Intel Core i3/i5/i7/i9-14000 Series (aka Raptor Lake Refresh-S)" inside of the new beta version of AIDA64. Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Confirmed By Intel Read more: Intel Core i9-14900KS Leaked Specs: 24C/32T at up to 6.2GHz Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Details Read more: Intel Core i9-14900K CPU Flagship CPU Coming Soon Read more: Intel Drops 'i' From Core CPU Branding What does this mean? AIDA64 can now recognise Intel Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, and Core i9 processors from the upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" family of processors. We should expect more details of Intel's new processors in the coming weeks, with a full detailing in September at its internal Intel Innovation event, with a retail release in October... ready for your new Gaming PC. AIDA64 didn't just get early support for Intel's upcoming Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs, but also support for new Navi 24-based GPUs from AMD, with two of them being the Radeon RX 6450M, and Radeon RX 6550M.  In regards to the Intel 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs, the flagship Core i9-14900K is going to be a beast... offering up 24 cores and 32 threads at up to 6.0GHz+ in fact, up to 6.2GHz for the "Special Edition" version... the Core i9-14900KS. That's a bit faster than the current-gen Core i9-13900K which has the same 24C/32T but boosts at up to 5.8GHz. Source

Intel is still working on its upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs that will drop in October 2023, but after that, we'll have the 15th Gen Core "Arrow Lake" CPUs that will release in October 2024... and we're already hearing early performance numbers on the CPUs. Don't worry, in 2024 and beyond we'll have our Ready to Ship Gaming PC range with the new flagship Core i9-15900K processor... and what a processor it's shaping up to be. Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Confirmed By Intel Read more: Intel Core i9-14900KS Leaked Specs: 24C/32T at up to 6.2GHz Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Details Read more: Intel Core i9-14900K CPU Flagship CPU Coming Soon Read more: Intel Drops 'i' From Core CPU Branding The upcoming Arrow Lake CPU architecture will drop in Q4 2024, introducing the new LGA1851 socket to the desktop, with leaker Moore's Law is Dead (MLID) teasing that it will feature an 8+32 (Lion Cove + Skymont) Core Tile that has been "reactivated in development" noting that "this is not 100% confirmation it won't be re-halted, but for now it's again progressing in development". We're to expect a large 30-40% higher single-threaded performance over the current 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" architecture, while we can expect an 8+32 Arrow Lake CPU to beat 8+16 Raptor Lake CPU by 55-75% in multi-threaded tasks, wowzers. MLID teases that Intel has the following 15th Gen Core "Arrow Lake" CPUs progressing in development: 8+32 planned for an i9 to take the Desktop Crown (made on 3nm at TSMC) 8+16 planned for desktop i9 (made on 3nm at TSMC) 6+8 planned for laptop i5 and i7 (made on 3nm at TSMC) 6+8 Arrow Lake planned for desktop i5 and i3 (made on 20A at Intel) 2+8 Arrow Lake planned for laptop i3 (made on 20A at Intel) What do the 8+32 and 8+16, etc mean? Well, the first number (8) is the number of Performance cores (P-cores) while the second number (32) is the number of Efficiency cores (E-cores). So the flagship 15th Gen Core "Arrow Lake" Core i9 processor -- which should be the Core i9-15900K -- will have 8 cores and 32 threads for a total of 40 threads of ARL processing power... ARL is Arrow Lake. The latest rumours are coming from Igor's Lab, which has reportedly received an "internal presentation from Intel" that shows performance projections for the new Arrow Lake-S processors, compared to the Core i9-13900K "Raptor Lake" processor that is on the market today, and the upcoming Core i9-14900K "Raptor Lake Refresh" processor, both in PL1 and PL2 modes (at up to 253W for the 13900K, 250W for the 14900K and 15900K processors). Igor's charts tease that we can expect a 1-4% improvement from the new Core i9-14900K processor over the Core i9-13900K, while we can expect an increase of 1-21% more performance with the new Core i9-15900K over the Core i9-13900K. Impressive stuff to say the least, but lower performance numbers than what MLID provided. The new 15th Gen Core "Arrow Lake" CPUs will arrive on a new LGA1851 socket, meaning there will be new motherboards and a new chipset released from Intel. The upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs on the other hand will continue along with the LGA1700 socket, so the upcoming 14th Gen Core CPUs won't require a new motherboard, just a new CPU and a BIOS update for the current 13th Gen Core CPU + 700-series motherboard owners. Source

AMD announced its exclusive partnership with Bethesda for the PC version of Starfield not too long ago, and now we have the Starfield PC specifications with recommended AMD Ryzen and AMD Radeon hardware. Read more: AMD & Bethesda Partners on Starfield for PC Read more: Best Gaming PC For Starfield Bethesda explains the flagship "Legendary Experience" for "no-compromise 4K gamers who want the absolute best Starfield experience", while the "Epic Experience" is "ideal for hardcore 1440p or widescreen gamers to deliver max visual settings and high FPS", leaving the "Heroic Experience" being "the perfect entry specs for 1080p gamers to experience great visuals and framerates". This doesn't mean that Starfield won't work on an Intel CPU or NVIDIA GPU, but AMD partnered with Bethesda for Starfield so they're going to push their hardware first and foremost. You could use an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor teamed with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB graphics card and still have a wicked, high-end "Legendary Experience" at 4K in Starfield. Starfield PC system requirements only see PC gamers needing a Ryzen 5 3600X or Core i5-10600K processor for "recommended" specs, with 16GB of RAM and a Radeon RX 6800 XT or GeForce RTX 2080 graphics card. As for the "minimum" specs, you'll need a Ryzen 5 2600X or Core i7-6800K processor, 16GB of RAM, and a Radeon RX 5700 or GeForce GTX 1070 Ti graphics card. Legendary Experience @ 4K: Featured CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Featured GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Featured motherboard: AMD X670 Epic Experience @ 1440p: Featured CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Featured GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800 Featured motherboard: AMD B650 Heroic Experience @ 1080p: Featured CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Featured GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7600 Featured motherboard: AMD A620

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is a visually gorgeous game that was exclusive to the PlayStation 5, but now the game is coming to the PC and will look better than ever. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart developer Insomniac Games has tapped Nixxes for the PC port, so we can expect master-class PC goodness with the game. If you are after a new Gaming PC to play Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, take a browse through our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs range. The official PC system requirements for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart have been released, where if you want to enjoy the beautiful world of the game in all its glory, the "Ultimate Ray Tracing" graphics mode requires some rather beefy hardware, but you'll enjoy 4K 60FPS+ performance. The developers recommend an Intel Core i7-12700K or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X processor, 32GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 or AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics card for 1080p 30FPS That's with the High graphics setting and Very High Ray Tracing settings enabled. Recommended PC specs will offer 1080p 60FPS on Medium graphics, requiring an Intel Core i5-11400 or AMD Ryzen 5 5600 processor, 16GB of RAM, and either an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 6800 graphics card. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart will feature AI-powered upscaling tech, with NVIDIA DLSS2 and DLSS3, AMD FSR 2, and Intel XeSS upscaling support. If you've got a new GeForce RTX 40 series GPU, then I highly recommend enabling DLSS3 for super-powered performance. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart officially drops on July 26.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is nearly here, with the former PlayStation 5 exclusive hitting the PC on July 26... and we're here with an article covering the Best Gaming PCs for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Read more: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart PC Specs Released The minimum PC requirements for the game are pretty tame if you want to enjoy 720p 30FPS or 1080p 60FPS, but things get much harder as the resolution, detail level, and frame rate go up. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart sees developer Insomniac Games teaming with Nixxes on the PC port of the game, with 5 different sets of PC specifications required for Minimum, Recommended, High, Amazing Ray Tracing, and then Ultimate Ray Tracing. We've got you covered with a range of Ready to Ship Gaming PCs that will play Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart at every setting level, from Minimum up to the Ultimate Ray Tracing mode at 4K 60FPS+ and beyond. If you haven't played the game on the PS5, you should check it out... it's one of the best-looking games on the PS5, and one of the best-looking games in general from the last 12+ months. Minimum (720p @ 30FPS) Allied Stinger: Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + Radeon RX 580 8GB - Buy Your Stinger Here! Recommended (1080p @ 60FPS) Allied Stinger: Ryzen 5 5600 + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 3060 8GB - Buy Your Stinger Here! High (1440p @ 60FPS or 4K @ 30FPS) Allied Stinger: Ryzen 5 5600 + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB - Buy Your Stinger Here! Amazing Ray Tracing (1440p @ 60FPS or 4K @ 30FPS) Allied Stinger: Ryzen 5 5600 + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB - Buy Your Stinger Here! Ultimate Ray Tracing (4K @ 60FPS) Allied Patriot: Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + GeForce RTX 4080 16GB - Buy Your Patriot Here! Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart launches on the PC on July 26.

Intel's upcoming Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs have been in the headlines for a few weeks now, but now we have some more details on the core/thread count and boost CPU frequency of the flagship Core i9-14900K and Core i9-14900KS processors... ready for your next-gen Gaming PC. Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Confirmed By Intel Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Details Read more: Intel Core i9-14900K CPU Flagship CPU Coming Soon Read more: Intel Drops 'i' From Core CPU Branding The refreshed CPUs will offer higher core and thread counts to the mid-range 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" family of processors, but at the top end of the chips, there's not much here to chew on. The current-gen 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" flagship CPU -- the Core i9-13900K -- taps out at 24 cores and 32 threads at up to 5.8GHz, while the new Core i9-14900K will retain the same 24C/32T, but it should boost up to 6.0GHz. However, the special edition Intel Core i9-14900KS processor -- the "S" is important there -- will reportedly boost up to a wicked-fast 6.2GHz. What else will the 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" bring to your new Gaming PC? Well, we have higher clock speeds across the board, as well as support for faster DDR5 memory (up to DDR5-6400 at this point). You won't need a new motherboard either, as the new 14th Gen Core CPUs will continue to use the LGA1700 socket. So if you purchased a mid-range Core i5-12600K a couple of years ago, you have the opportunity to upgrade to something like the Core i5-14600K, without a motherboard upgrade. You can enjoy an upgrade from 10 cores and 16 threads of the Core i5-12600K processor, to a much better 16 cores and 24 threads of Raptor Lake Refresh CPU power at higher CPU frequencies. We will have Intel's new 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs inside of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs once they drop, where the new Core i9-14900K could be the star of your new Gaming PC later this year. Source

The future of chip design will be driven by AI, according to AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su, with AMD already using artificial intelligence (AI) to design its chips. Lisa told the world that AI will dominate chip design, something she said during the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) held in Shanghai, China recently. Lisa Su also underlined the need for interdisciplinary collaboration to drive improved hardware design, given that AMD is already tapping AI in semiconductor design, testing, and verification of its chips. But in the future, AMD plans to use generative AI to help design future chips. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang along with AMD Chief Technology Officer, Mark Papermaster, have said that chip development is a great area for AI to thrive. AMD is using AI in its chip design as we speak, underlining that it uses artificial intelligence in the "place and route" stage of development, where sub-blocks of chip designs are positioned and optimised for improved performance, and lower energy consumption. AI can be used to continuously iterate and learn from patterns which boosts the process of achieving an optimised layout, which boosts performance and improves power efficiency. Papermaster said that AI will continue to grow into other fields of chip design, including microarchitecture designs. AI is already used in verification suites that help lower the time required to detect bugs in the chip development process, from conception to certification, through to validation phases. AI also helps in generating test patterns, especially with billions and billions of transistors inside of current-gen, let alone future-gen chips. This means that comprehensive test coverage is guaranteed, meaning we get more flawless products before they leave the manufacturing floor. AI can learn from each successive run, finding spots in testing, and adjusting the testing focus when required... thus, speeding up the process and improving test coverage. Ansys, Cadence, and Synopsys all use AI to help chip designs, with these three companies being the leading companies of electronic design automation (EDA) tools. They all have AI-enabled software that they provide to their clients -- like AMD -- with Synopsys leading here with AI-powered tools. Synopsys recently launched Synopsys.ai, which is the first end-to-end AI-powered EDA solution. Source

Hogwarts Legacy is one of the biggest games of 2023, and also one of the best-looking... but now, the game can look even better with the "Ultra Plus Ultimate Visual" mod. The new changes are thanks to modder "ElAnalistaDeBits" which you can scope out in the video below, but underneath there are some significant improvements to the graphics and experience of Hogwarts Legacy. Read more: Hogwarts Legacy Reaches $1 billion in Sales We've got some major visual improvements including better global illumination, reflections, ambient occlusion, and ray tracing... all improved. The game looks great in "Vanilla" but man, Hogwarts Legacy looks gorgeous with the new Ultra Plus mod applied. Check it out: If you've got the high-end hardware to crank up the visual dials in Hogwarts Legacy with the new Ultra Plus mod applied, you ought to try it out. If you don't have a high-end Gaming PC to play with it, well we've got you covered with our range of console-killing Ready to Ship Patriot Gaming PCs, and our ultra-spec Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. Gaming PCs. Here's the full list of improvements to Hogwarts Legacy through the new Ultra Plus mod: Fixes all performance problems:     Fixes broken LOD definitions in Hogsmeade and elsewhere     Reduces memory usage     Improves stability     Reworks the texture streamer to fix hitches/stutters     Fixes slow texture loading     Completely disables Chroma SDK plugin (DLL)     Makes the game playable even on lower-end PCs! Dramatically improves game visuals:     Forces higher than cut-scene visuals for the whole game     Fixes noisy raytraced reflections     Enables global illumination (either RTGI or SSGI)     Enables raytraced water (optional)     Enables raytraced shadows for the whole map     Improves screenspace reflections     Removes the sepia look (optional)     Adjusts contrast / washed out look     Fixes blurriness     Enables TAA Gen5 (which is used extensively in DLSS also)     Improves the sky and clouds above cut-scene quality     Improves lighting on the ground cast from the sky     Enables raytracing integration with particle FX (Insane only)     Hand-tunes all in-game graphics settings (see what they do below) Source

Microsoft has come out victorious in its federal court battle with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after the FTC requested a preliminary injunction that blocked Microsoft's acquisition of Overwatch, Call of Duty, and Diablo developer Activision-Blizzard. The Activision-Blizzard acquisition is a big deal, with Microsoft forking over $68.7 billion USD (just over $100 billion AUD) which makes it the biggest deal in the history of the gaming industry. There was a deadline of July 18  for Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley from the Northern District of California, but the Judge allowed expedited proceedings and in the end, Microsoft won its court battle with the FTC.  Judge Corley said: "After considering the parties’ voluminous pre-and-post hearing writing submissions, and having held a five-day evidentiary hearing, the Court DENIES the motion for preliminary injunction. The FTC has not shown it is likely to succeed on its assertion the combined firm will probably pull Call of Duty from Sony PlayStation, or that its ownership of Activision content will substantially lessen competition in the video game library subscription and cloud gaming markets". Not only that, but the Judge also added that Microsoft's massive Activision-Blizzard acquisition was "pro-consumer" in terms of access to Activision content, including Call of Duty. She continued: "The FTC hasn't shown a likelihood it will prevail on its claim this particular vertical merger in this specific industry may substantially lessen competition. To the contrary, the record evidence points to more consumer access to Call of Duty and other Activision content. [...] Microsoft has committed in writing, in public, and in court to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for 10 years on parity with Xbox. It made an agreement with Nintendo to bring Call of Duty to Switch. And it entered several agreements to, for the first time, bring Activision’s content to several cloud gaming services". "The motion for a preliminary injunction is therefore DENIED". You can read through the gigantic 53-page-long document here. Microsoft's Head of Xbox Phil Spencer tweeted: We're grateful to the court for swiftly deciding in our favor. The evidence showed the Activision Blizzard deal is good for the industry and the FTC's claims about console switching, multi-game subscription services, and cloud don't reflect the realities of the gaming market". He continued: "Since we first announced this deal, our commitment to bringing more games to more people on more devices has only grown. We've signed multiple agreements to make Activision Blizzard's games, Xbox first party games and Game Pass all available to more players than they are today. We know that players around the world have been watching this case closely and I’m proud of our efforts to expand player access and choice throughout this journey". Microsoft Vice Chair and President, Brad Smith, tweeted: "We're grateful to the Court in San Francisco for this quick and thorough decision and hope other jurisdictions will continue working towards a timely resolution. As we've demonstrated consistently throughout this process, we are committed to working creatively and collaboratively to address regulatory concerns". Source

Allied Gaming is proud to announce that its Ready to Ship Gaming PCs are now available with NVIDIA's brand new GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB and GeForce RTX 4060 8GB graphics cards, both based on the Ada Lovelace GPU architecture and join the GeForce RTX 40 series of GPUs. NVIDIA's new mid-tier GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is a little beefier than the GeForce RTX 4060, but they're both a fantastic evolution over the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and GeForce RTX 3060. CUDA core counts haven't shifted that much, with the RTX 4060 featuring over 500 fewer CUDA cores than the RTX 3060, but it is a far more power-efficient card with higher GPU clock speeds and newer technologies like DLSS3 and improved ray tracing performance. In terms of raw performance, the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is around 20% faster at 1080p gaming compared to the GeForce RTX 4060, but in games with ray tracing or better yet -- games that support NVIDIA's newer DLSS3 technology, exclusive to the GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs -- then the performance of the RTX 4060 Ti over the RTX 3060 Ti and the RTX 4060 over the RTX 3060 becomes much, much bigger. We're talking 50% or more performance with DLSS3 enabled. Inside of our newest Ready to Ship Stinger PC gaming builds have the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, with our $1799 configuration packing the AMD Ryzen 5 5600 processor, 16GB of DDR4-3200 RGB memory, and NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB. We've also got our $1899 configuration with the Intel Core i5-12400F processor, 16GB of DDR4-3200 RGB memory, and the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB. These Ready to Ship Stinger Gaming PCs feature plenty of cooling from the front, top, and back of the Stinger case, all beautifully lit up with RGB lighting. The CPUs are cooled by our in-house Allied Sidewinder ARGB 120mm air cooler, keeping the AMD and Intel processors nice and cool. The airflow from the 6 fans inside of the Stinger will keep the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 4060 graphics cards as cool as possible, all while looking dapper. NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and GeForce RTX 4060 graphics cards are perfect for 1080p 120FPS gaming, especially with titles like Overwatch 2, Call of Duty: Warzone 2, and Diablo 4. 1440p 60FPS+ gaming in AAA titles like Cyberpunk 2077 is an easy achievement for the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 4060 cards, especially with ray tracing and DLSS3 enabled. Below, we've got specifications on the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and GeForce RTX 4060 graphics cards: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti specs CUDA cores: 4532 Ray Tracing cores: 32  Tensor cores: 128 Base GPU clock speed: 2.31GHz Boost GPU clock speed: 2.54GHz VRAM: 8GB or 16GB GDDR6 L2 cache: 32MB Total Graphics Power (TGP): 160W (8GB) or 165W (16GB) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 specs CUDA cores: 3072 Ray Tracing cores: 24 Tensor cores: 96 Base GPU clock speed: 1.83GHz Boost GPU clock speed: 2.46GHz VRAM: 8GB GDDR6 L2 cache: 28MB Total Graphics Power (TGP): 115W

Intel will be unleashing its next-gen Meteor Lake laptop CPUs later this year, outfitting the laptop processors with their new Core Ultra naming scheme, and a brand new CPU architecture underneath on Intel 4 process technology (7nm). Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Confirmed By Intel Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Read more: Intel Core i9-14900K CPU Flagship CPU Coming Soon Read more: Intel Drops 'i' From Core CPU Branding We will see Intel using a hybrid chiplet-style design, combining Redwood Cove (Core) and Crestmont (Atom) CPU cores, with the latest rumours from "Golden Pig Upgrade" teasing that a qualification sample (QS) Meteor Lake processor is operating at between 20W to 65W, and can boost its CPU cores up to 4.8GHz. This is a little slower in frequency than the Raptor Lake-based Core i7-1370P which boosts up to 5.0GHz, but given this is a "QS" sample, we should expect final retail Meteor Lake processors to hit 5.0GHz. Inside, the new Meteor Lake laptop CPUs will feature a compute die packing 6 x Performance, 8 x Efficient, and 2 x Low-Power Efficient cores. Meanwhile, the GPU die will pack 8 x Xe GPU cores with 128 Execution Units or 1024 shading units (FP32 cores). We're expecting these GPU cores to boost up to 2.2GHz, which will result in a single-precision compute power of around 4.5 TFLOPs. At this TFLOPs power level, Intel's new Meteor Lake Xe-LPG integrated GPU will be a little faster than AMD's widely-used Radeon 780M RDNA3-based integrated GPU, which has found its way into a bunch of handheld gaming systems.  Intel is expected to unveil its new Meteor Lake CPUs later this year. Source

The last week has been pretty insane when it comes to flagship GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards reaching new GPU frequency heights, and smashing world records. Imagine an RTX 4090 inside of a Gaming PC clocked at 4.0GHz and being game-stable... 1000FPS in all games FTW. Read more: ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 Smashes Through 4.0GHz - New World Record! Read more: COLORFUL GeForce RTX 4090 iGame LAB GPU Claims World Record at 3.975GHz Read more: ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 Hits 3.94GHz GPU Clock It started with the custom ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 hitting 3.94GHz, then the COLORFUL GeForce RTX 4090 iGame LAB Edition reaching 3.975GHz, and finishing with the ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 back on top hitting 4.0GHz... and now, now folks, we have the COLORFUL GeForce RTX 4090 iGame LAB Edition back on top with an incredible 4.09GHz frequency! COLORFUL's heavily custom GeForce RTX 4090 iGame LAB Edition reached a whopping 4090MHz breaking world records, and taking home some wins with a bunch of benchmarks, too. German overclocker "Cens" is back with the record-breaking achievement, using LN2 cooling and actually reaching 4095MHz, which is insane. As for the world records that the Cens broke using the COLORFUL GeForce RTX 4090 iGame LAB Edition, we're looking at: 3DMark Hall of Fame: Port Royal (1x) - 33,058 Time Spy (1x) - 42,685 TS Graphic Score (1x) - 45,564 Speedway - 12,007 Firestrike (1x) - 78,274 Firestrike Extreme (1x) - 55,092 Firestrike Ultra (1x) - 32,089 HWBOT with ECC on: HWBOT with ECC ON Port Royal (1x) - 31,595 Firestrike Extreme (1x) - 55,809 Superposition 8k (1x) - 17,613 Unigine Superposition: Unigine Superposition 8k (1x) - 18,701 Source

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 Season 4 Reloaded are about to kick off, with a bunch of new content: operators, features, bundles, and more. But the surprise here is that Homelander, Starlight, and Black Noir from Amazon's hit TV show "The Boys" will join as playable Operators in the game. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 will run beautifully on our range of Ready to Ship Gaming PCs, while you can read more details here on what Season 4 Reloaded has to bring. You can buy yourself one of The Boys' characters as a bundle, with Starlight coming first at launch, Homelander drops on July 16, while Black Noir fans will have to wait until July 20. As for new weapons we've got the MX Guardian, which is a fully-automatic 12-gauge shotgun that has 5 shells and will be accessed through a new Battle Pass challenge. Temp V from The Boys will also be available, through a Field Upgrade. There are also two new camouflages through the Diabolical Camo Challenges, as well as new bundles being released over time featuring new operators and weapon skins. The developers have also promised an overhauled "Looking for Party" system that will speed up looking for parties, with some similar playstyle preferences. Source

We've been hearing more and more about the new Intel 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs over the last few weeks, with a new rumour suggesting that Intel will be launching the new Raptor Lake Refresh processors between October 17 and October 23... ready for your next-gen Ready to Ship Gaming PC. Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Confirmed By Intel Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs coming in October Read more: Intel Core i9-14900K CPU is the next flagship CPU, coming soon Read more: Intel Drops 'i' From Core CPU Branding on future CPUs Intel regularly launches its next-gen Core CPUs in October, with more details arriving the month before in September... where we should get Core-K and non-K processors split out over a few months.  Will you need a new motherboard for Intel's new 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs? Nope. The new CPUs will work with existing LGA1700-based motherboards but expect a new 800 series chipset to succeed the current 700 series chipset on current-gen Intel LGA1700 motherboards. The new flagship should arrive as the Intel Core i9-14900K processor, slotting into current LGA1700 motherboards and working with a fresh BIOS update. Source

Intel will be launching its next-gen "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs later this year, with the 14th Gen Core CPUs launching with a new flagship processor in the Core i9-14900K... but will you need a new motherboard?  Do you need a new motherboard for Intel's new 14th Gen Core CPUs? Nope. The answer is no. Intel will be using its current LGA1700 socket for the new 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs, meaning the new processors will slot into existing Z790, H760, and H710 motherboards. All you'll need to do is update your BIOS, and the new Raptor Lake Refresh CPU will be ready to rock and roll inside your Gaming PC. Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Confirmed By Intel Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs coming in October Read more: Intel Core i9-14900K CPU is the next flagship CPU, coming soon Read more: Intel Drops 'i' From Core CPU Branding on future CPUs Intel's new 14th Gen Core CPUs will launch with a new series of chipsets and a new wave of motherboards, with the Z890, B860, and H810 motherboards. You won't need to buy a new motherboard to use a Raptor Lake Refresh CPU, as they'll be LGA1700 sockets. However, new 800 series motherboards will have their own benefits, but we're being clear: you don't need to buy a new motherboard, if you had a mid-range Core i5-13600K for example... you could upgrade right up to the new Core i9-14900K in your existing motherboard with a BIOS update.  Source

Intel is reportedly preparing an update to its Xeon D-series processor family, with new leaks suggesting that the Granite Rapids-D architecture will be aimed at the communications and networking businesses, launching no earlier than 2024. The new Intel Xeon "Granite Rapids-D" architecture is different from the "SP" and "AP" variants of Granite Rapids, which are aimed at data centre installation. The Xeon "Granite Rapids-D" processors will arrive in two variants: HCC (High Core Count) and XCC (Extreme Core Counts) with both variants arriving on the BGA-4368 socket in different configurations. The HCC variant will feature 1 x Granite Rapids LCC compute die and 4 x memory channels + 2 x I/O dies. The XCC variant will feature 1 x Granite Rapids HCC compute die and 8 x memory channels + 1 x I/O die. Why are there 2 x I/O dies on the HCC variant? This is to provide a much-needed uptick in connectivity and flexibility with PCIe 5.0 and PCIe 4.0, CXL interface, Ethernet, and Accelerations. The first I/O die will take care of all of these functions for the Xeon-D processor, while the other I/O die handles additional options for Ethernet and Accelerations. We've even got the first leaked motherboard layout for Intel's upcoming Xeon "Granite Rapids-D" processor, which shows the intricate design, as well as oodles of options for networking and connectivity. Source

NVIDIA recently launched two new members of its GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs in the last few weeks: the GeForce RTX 4060 8GB and GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB... but there's a new kid on the block coming soon: the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, this time with 16GB of VRAM. Is this new GPU going to be the star of your show inside your next Gaming PC? It could be! Read more: NVIDIA Unleashes GeForce RTX 4060 Read more: NVIDIA Next-Gen GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 Arrive in 2025 Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 Release Date We are expecting NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB graphics card to launch on July 18 according to the latest leaks, which is just over a week from now. NVIDIA didn't impress reviewers or gamers with its GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB, as it only offered 5-15% more performance (and only with DLSS3 enabled) according to our friends at Wccftech.  NVIDIA will maintain its lower-end 128-bit memory bus on the beefier GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, where in some official benchmarks released by NVIDIA, we can see that the new RTX 4060 Ti 16GB variant is a great 1080p gaming card. NVIDIA left out its RTX 4060 Ti 8GB out of the benchmark charts (and probably for good reason) but it's a hefty AF update from the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER from a couple of generations ago now. We'll have NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4060 and GeForce RTX 4060 Ti graphics cards available inside of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs in the coming weeks, while the new GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB variant will be a little while away yet. Source

Intel has a whole suite of processors coming in the upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" on the desktop, but just wait for the next-gen CPUs for gaming laptops. The latest rumours tease that some of the new 14th Gen Core-HX processors will have even more cores and much more cache than the current-gen 13th Gen Core-HX processors inside of high-end gaming and workstation laptops. Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Confirmed By Intel Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Read more: Intel Core i9-14900K CPU Flagship CPU Coming Soon Read more: Intel Drops 'i' From Core CPU Branding It looks like the new Intel 14th Gen Core-HX processors will feature a larger number of cores and cache over the current-gen 13th Gen Core-HX processors inside of gaming and workstation laptops you can buy. But, instead of using the 8P+8E and 6P+0E dies that are used to make the 13th Gen Core-HX processors, Intel will solely use 8P+16P dies across the entire lineup.  We will be seeing changes across the desktop 14th Gen Core CPUs, with minor changes in the core count anticipated -- for the most part -- but the mobile 14th Gen Core CPUs are getting a bigger upgrade. The mid-range mobile CPUs on the way are going to be a wicked upgrade for any on-the-go gamer, offering more CPU cores, at higher frequencies... more Gaming PC performance. Intel Core i5-14650HX: 16C/24T (8P+8E) @ up to 157W Intel Core i5-14500HX: 14C/20T (6P+8E) @ up to 157W Intel Core i5-13650HX: 14C/20T (6P+8E) @ up to 157W @ up to 4.9GHz + 16 GPU cores Intel Core i5-13500HX: 14C/20T (6P+8E) @ up to 157W @ up to 4.7GHz + 16 GPU cores Intel's upcoming Core i5-14650HX processor will feature an 8P+8E configuration, which means we have an additional 2 x Performance cores compared to the existing Core i5-13650HX processor. Under that, we've got the Core i5-14500HX processor which will maintain the same core count as the current Core i5-13500HX processor, but thanks to a silicon change by Intel, it will feature more cache. Intel is lifting the lineup and core/cache configurations with the 14th Gen Core-HX mobile processors. The upcoming flagship Intel 14th Gen Core-HX mobile processor will feature the same 8P+16E die that the current-gen Core i9 laptop CPU, but will pack higher CPU frequencies and should also include higher memory speed support. Source

NVIDIA is reportedly reaching out to its AIB partners, the companies that make custom GeForce RTX graphics cards like ASUS, MSI, GIGABYTE, and others -- to NOT make next-gen Intel graphics cards. What would NVIDIA do? Well, the report suggests that NVIDIA could completely ban some of its partners from making next-gen GeForce RTX series graphics cards if they do decide to make next-gen Intel graphics cards. In China, partners are ramping up to the launch of a next-gen Intel GPU... which is now making waves. The rumour itself is coming from PRO Hi-Tech, a Russian media outlet, where they're reporting that many companies have told them the news that NVIDIA is strong-arming its partners over an up-and-coming threat from Intel and its next-gen Battlemage GPU. This isn't a new move by NVIDIA either, with the company pushing out its GeForce Partner Program (GPP) back in early 2018, acting as a program to work closely with its hardware partners and promote the GeForce brand and its technologies. But, if you remember... it wasn't met with love, but rather a hefty amount of hate from the community and canceled in the end. Then, NVIDIA was forcing its AIB partners to exclusively work with NVIDIA on its GeForce RTX graphics cards and not offer competing products in the form of AMD Radeon RX series graphics cards. This is anti-competitive, to say the least, and now we're looking down the same barrel: this time, NVIDIA is pointed at Intel, which represents a far greater threat than AMD in the GPU business. The report reads: "Magpie on the tail brought that Intel is already looking for partners to manufacture their next generation video cards, naturally in China. But as soon as they turned to the first-tier manufacturers we knew and NVIDIA became aware of this, NVIDIA began to threaten its partners that if they took on Intel, then NV would no longer work with them and they would not receive chips". "You have to remember that this has already happened, only with AMD. Then NVIDIA said that their video cards and AMD video cards cannot be called the same, the model needs to be called differently. Then the high rose and ASUS already kind of made a separate brand, but NVIDIA gave back under public pressure, once again". "So now the story is even worse for Intel, because the first tier for their video cards, apparently, will not be taken and they are looking for partners in the second. The public could shame NV this time as well, but the situation is developing at the level of company relations and I learned about it, one might say, by accident, thanks to an employee working in a company that apparently will sign a partnership with Intel. She's unlikely to come out". Source

It was only a few days ago that we saw the heavily custom, and oh-so-beautiful, ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card was pushed up to 3.9GHz... but now, now overclocker "Splave" has pushed it past the huge 4.0GHz GPU clock. Your next Gaming PC could be nearly this fast, but prepare your pot of LN2 cooling, and a high-end PSU. Read more: COLORFUL GeForce RTX 4090 iGame LAB Edition Claims World Record at 3.975GHz Read more: ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 Hits 3.94GHz GPU Clock: Breaks World Record Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ti Cooler Prototype: Listed For $120,000 USD in China Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 Release Date Read more: NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 arrive in 2025 You and I can't buy the ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 yet, but overclockers have their hands on it, and with a huge pot on LN2 (liquid nitrogen) cooling, the GPU clock was pushed up to 4005MHz (4.0GHz) while GPU temps were super-chill at -34.6C which is crazy cool. The custom ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 was benched at 4.0GHz+ in GPUPI, which isn't a game but a benchmark, allowing the super-high GPU clock that games wouldn't be stable with. This achievement is huge, as it comes in just days after 3.9GHz was reached on the ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090... and hours after the COLORFUL GeForce RTX 4090 iGame LAB Edition hit 3.975GHz by overclocker Cens. The heavily-overclocked ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 was not only at 4.0GHz+ but it was using a huge 1100W of power while doing so. Heavy. Source

It looks like we've just had our first taste of details for Intel's upcoming "Meteor Lake" laptop CPUs in the form of a new leak, from some insider slides out of Intel. We can expect a bunch of Meteor Lake laptop CPUs to arrive alongside some Raptor Lake Refresh laptop CPUs in the near future. Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Confirmed By Intel Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs coming in October Read more: Intel Core i9-14900K CPU is the next flagship CPU, coming soon Read more: Intel Drops 'i' From Core CPU Branding on future CPUs Intel's leaked presentation includes some details of the CPU core counts of the new Meteor Lake laptop CPUs, as well as the power numbers on them as well. It looks like we'll see a 7W, 9W, 15W, 28W, and 45W variant of the Meteor Lake CPU, all with different core counts starting from 5-9 cores up to 12-14 cores. Lastly, we are told to expect a bigger monster 55W variant in the form of the Raptor Lake Refresh laptop CPU with 14-24 cores. What can we expect out of Meteor Lake? Intel will be using its latest Xe-LPG architecture which is the same GPU architecture inside of Intel's first graphics card in decades: the Intel Arc A380, which is based on the Alchemist GPU architecture. The difference here is that the Raptor Lake Refresh laptop CPU will use the same GPU cores it has now: limited to 32 GPU units in total. Intel's new Xe-LPG architecture has advancements in both power and area optimizations, features support for the advanced DirectX 12 Ultimate API, and a hefty 33% increase in graphics core abilities. Not too bad, and a great position for Intel to be in with next-gen laptop CPUs in 2024 and beyond. We're talking about GPU performance from a laptop CPU in the vicinity of the AMD Radeon RX 6400 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650... which is nothing to complain about from integrated graphics inside of a laptop. Here's what to expect: 7W - Meteor Lake - 5 to 9 cores (1P+8E max) 9W - Meteor Lake - 6 to 10 cores (2P+8E max) 15W - Meteor Lake - 6 to 12 cores (4P+8E max) 28W - Meteor Lake - 10 to 14 cores (6P+8E max) 45W - Meteor Lake - 12 cores to 14 cores (6P+8E) 55W - Raptor Lake Refresh - 14 cores 24 threads (8P+16E) We will know more during Intel's upcoming Innovation Event in September, where we'll find out the final names of the SKUs themselves... and just how much power we can expect in terms of CPU and GPU performance. Not long to go now, folks! Source

We just saw the ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 break a world record, hitting 3.95GHz but now COLORFUL has swooped in for the award with its GeForce RTX 4090 iGame LAB Edition graphics card reaching 3.975GHz. Imagine that type of GPU clock inside of your new Gaming PC. Read more: ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 Hits 3.94GHz GPU Clock: Breaks World Record Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ti Cooler Prototype: Listed For $120,000 USD in China Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 Release Date Read more: NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 arrive in 2025 COLORFUL's custom GeForce RTX 4090 iGame LAB Edition hitting 3.975GHz was just 25MHz short of the full 4.0GHz, using one of the very best cusotm GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards in the world. Professional overclockers like Cens, Splave, OGS, and Rauf have been competing against each other to reach the lofty heights of an RTX 4090 GPU hitting 4.0GHz, and it looks like we're one inch -- or 25MHz -- short of that goal. The thing is, you and I won't be doing this at home... as the 3.95GHz GPU clock on the ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 and now the 3.975GHz on the COLORFUL GeForce RTX 4090 iGame LAB Edition, were only pushed that high and having stability in the GPUGI benchmark. This isn't a stable 3.95GHz or 3.975GHz in games, but only this benchmark... so we won't be running Crysis on the RTX 4090 at 4.0GHz anytime soon, unfortunately. 1127W is the peak power consumption of the COLORFUL GeForce RTX 4090 iGame LAB Edition graphics card, with Cens pushing 3.975GHz using super-exotic liquid nitrogen cooling (LN2 cooling). 

BattleBit Remastered has come out and done what a multi-billion-dollar corporation like EA can't: release a game that gamers love, in an almost better-than-Battlefield release with BattleBit Remastered selling over 1.8 milion copies in its first 2 weeks. If you've got a Gaming PC, you should really check out BattleBit Remastered, it's a huge amount of fun. Read more: Best Gaming PC for BattleBit Remastered Read more: BattleBit Remastered: 254-Player FPS With Low-Poly Graphics is a Huge Hit BattleBit Remastered was launched into Early Access on Steam on June 15, quickly becoming a smash hit overnight where it quickly flew up to close to the top of Steam's best-seller charts with 70,000+ active players each night. The only games to topple this is something like Counter-Strike: GO (CS:GO) with 87,000 concurrent players at its peak over the last few days. The game was made by just 3 developer and has been 7 years in the making, where back in 2020 -- 4 years into BattleBit Remastered's development -- the game had 100 concurrent players. But now, we're talking 70,000+ concurrent players on the game and close to 2 million copies sold so far. The game costs just $23 and runs on a huge variety of Gaming PC configurations, where you could easily run the game at 1080p 60FPS or 1080p 120FPS on our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs range, including the Stinger that starts from $999. In a recent interview with BattleBit Remastered cover "SgtOkiDoki" and How to Market a Game, he teased: "if the screenshots don't match the gameplay you have a problem. Our game played like Squad but looked like Roblox. That was a terrible move. If you are planning to make a multiplayer game, don't! I am not going to lie, don't. Make a single player game (if this is your first game). It is very tiring". Source

BattleBit Remastered has come out of nowhere and got tens of thousands of gamers across the planet in love. It's a game that has been in the making for many years now, by a small team of just 3 game developers... who have launched a game with more praise and love than the last few Battlefield games.  Read more: BattleBit Remastered: 254-Player FPS With Low-Poly Graphics is a Huge Hit Speaking of Battlefield, most of the inspiration for BattleBit Remastered comes from Battlefield, but the big difference here is that BattleBit Remastered is a 254-player mayhem fest that will run on ALL of our Ready to Ship Gaming PC configurations. You don't need the latest and greatest $5000+ top-of-the-line Gaming PC to run the game. Another benefit is that BattleBit Remastered only requires 2GB of storage, which means it's quick to download and doesn't need to chew down 200GB of your SSD or HDD. Ready to Ship Stinger: Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + Radeon RX 580 8GB for $999 Ready to Ship Stinger: Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 3060 8GB for $1299 Ready to Ship Patriot: Ryzen 5 5600 + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 4070 12GB for $2199 Ready to Ship Patriot: Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + GeForce RTX 4080 16GB for $3999 BattleBit Remastered will run at 1080p 60FPS (and far above that) on our Ready to Ship Stinger Gaming PC for just $999, which rolls out with an AMD Ryzen 5 5500 processor (6 cores, 12 threads), 16GB of RAM, and AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB graphics card. You'll be able to easily handle 120FPS in BattleBit Remastered on this Gaming PC, as well as many other games on the market. BattleBit Remastered PC Requirements: Minimum PC requirements: CPU: Intel Core i5-2310 RAM: 6GB GPU: GeForce GTS 450 or better OS: Windows 10 or 11 x64 Storage: 2TB Recommended PC requirements: CPU: Intel 4th Gen Core i5 or better RAM: 8GB GPU: GeForce GTX 600 series or better OS: Windows 10 or 11 x64 Storage: 2TB

GIGABYTE is working on a slew of new Intel Z790 "X" motherboards, which will be released and ready to rock and roll with Intel's upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs. We will have these new motherboards in our future Ready to Ship Gaming PC systems. The news is coming from recent filings from GIGABYTE to the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) alongside updates for AMD X670 and B650 series motherboards. We did see a tease of GIGABYTE's new Z790X motherboards during Computex 2023 not too long ago, with a sneak peak at the AORUS Master X and AORUS Xtreme X motherboards, ready for your future Gaming PC. Read more: Intel Drops "i" from Core CPU Branding on Future CPUs Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core CPUs Confirmed By Intel: Raptor Lake Refresh Coming Soon Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs Coming in October Read more: Intel Core i9-14900K is the Next Flagship CPU, Coming Soon These are the following Intel Z790X motherboards to expect from GIGABYTE: Z790 AORUS EXTREME X Z790 AORUS MASTER X Z790 AORUS TACHYON X Z790 AORUS ELITE X WIFI7 Z790 AORUS ELITE X Z790 AORUS PRO X B760M AORUS ELITE X AX B760M YT PIONEER WIFI On the AMD side of things, here are the new motherboards to expect from GIGABYTE: X670 AORUS ELITE AX V2 X670 GAMING X AX V2 X670E AORUS ELITE AX B650 AORUS ELITE AX V2 B650 AORUS ELITE AX ARCTIC B650M A ELITE AX ARC B650M GAMING WIFI The new AMD AM5 motherboards won't be massively new releases, so we should expect minor updates across the range here. Source

The Witcher 3 was released back in 2015 but with various mods applied, the game can look utterly gorgeous... and even better at the glorious 8K resolution, which runs at a native 7680 x 4320. Our flagship ultra-spec Ready to Ship Gaming PC can handle 8K gaming, equipped with either an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card. 8K is a hardcore resolution to run on the PC, with 7680 x 4320 representing 4x the pixels of the 4K resolution of 3840 x 2160, and a huge 16x the pixels of the 1080p resolution of 1920 x 1080. The Witcher 3 showcase video made by Digital Dreams has the Immersive Lighting Mod v2.2, Beyond All Limits Ray Tracing ReShade preset, and 100+ other mods applied, and then cranked up to 8K on a high-end Gaming PC. Even at the start of the video, The Witcher 3 looks mind-blowingly good at 8K... make sure to manually set your YouTube to 8K, but when it's there you can even see the ultra amount of detail on the chainlink fencing on Geralt's armour. It is bloody impressive, to say the least. Digital Dreams was using the flagship NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 to run The Witcher 3 at 8K with 100+ mods applied, alongside an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X processor and AORUS X670 AX motherboard.

Call of Duty 2023 will be released later this year, with Activision already confirming that it will be a "full premium release", but under what title? We should expect Modern Warfare 3 according to the latest leaks, while you can prepare for MW3 with one of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs. Back in February 2022, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier reported that Treyarch's new Call of Duty 2023 had been delayed until 2024, which would result in another year of content for Modern Warfare 2, but during the latest Activision earnings call, the company teased a new "premium" title in 2023. In a post from May 11 from Insider Gaming, Call of Duty 2023 will be Modern Warfare 3 and will be considered a "full" Call of Duty release. Now, we're expecting Call of Duty 2023 as a brand-new, standalone game that Activision has confirmed as its "next full premium release in the blockbuster annual series". Leaker Tom Henderson has said that Modern Warfare 3 will feature "a series of remastered maps from past games" which should keep COD gamers nice and happy. We should expect Call of Duty 2023 aka Modern Warfare 3 will be released on November 10, 2023 across consoles and the PC. If you're in need of a new Gaming PC then we've got your back here at Allied. Source

NVIDIA's current flagship GPU is the GeForce RTX 4090, but there was a monster quad-slot card teased at one point... but never released. It could've been a higher-end GeForce RTX 4090 Ti or an even more monstrous TITAN RTX with 48GB of GDDR6X memory, I guess we'll never know. But one thing we know is that the prototype cooler is on sale in China and it costs $120,000 USD... which works out to around $180,000 AUD without GST. Yeah. It would've been nice to offer a GeForce RTX 4090 Ti inside one of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs. Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 Release Date Read more: NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 arrive in 2025 The massive cooler was spotted on Taobao's Goofish platform, where used products and sometimes even prototypes as we have here today are sold. A member on Goofish called "Hayaka" has the prototype cooler for the unreleased GeForce RTX 4090 Ti or TITAN RTX on the platform for a price of $888,888 RMB, which works out to around $120,000 USD or around $180,000 AUD. What do you get for $120,000 USD? Well, you're not getting the GPU or PCB... this is literally just the cooler, and that's it. You'd be buying this as a collector's item, and what a collector's item it would be. But is it worth $120,000 USD? I don't think so. If you had money burning a hole in your pocket -- and through your shoes, and into the ground -- then maybe, and if you do, I'll provide you with my shipping address ;) The quad-slot cooler is a behemoth in the pictures and would surely be even bigger in person, while it's something NVIDIA hasn't released before... a quad-slot Founders Edition graphics card. The 16-pin "12VHPWR" power connector is placed in a different place compared to the other members of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 series Founders Edition graphics card, too. It's more towards the front of the card, versus at the back of the other RTX 40 series FE graphics cards. Source: 😆😆😆 pic.twitter.com/DwSaCpAFHd — Hassan Mujtaba (@hms1193) July 3, 2023

ASUS is proudly announcing a new world record for its ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card, hitting a GPU frequency of 3.94GHz! That overclock inside of a Gaming PC would surely make any game scream, at any and all resolutions. Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ti Cooler Prototype: Listed For $120,000 USD in China Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 Release Date Read more: NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 arrive in 2025 The company announced its new flagship ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 at Computex 2023 not too long ago, rocking a next-gen AIO cooler that uses liquid TIM application, and also features the highest GPU boost clock of any custom GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card on the market. ASUS pulled in US overclocker SPLAVE to overclock its custom ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090, where the overclocker used GPUPI v3.3 (32 billion) benchmark, as well as a pot on LN2. The world record was reached when the card was pushed up to an incredible 3945MHz, just a few MHz away from the magical 4.0GHz. Up until now, the world record for the GeForce RTX 4090 was with the custom COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX 4090 LAB Edition which reached a GPU clock of 3930MHz, meaning ASUS beat out COLORFUL by 15MHz... and still, just oh-so-shy of 4.0GHz which would be crazy to see on the GeForce RTX 4090. Source: Yaaay!!🎉The ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 sets a new World Record 🌎🏆, hitting 3.94GHz (or 3945MHz) with sub-zero liquid nitrogen overclocking‼️Check it out:👉 ROG Matrix RTX 4090 OC record: https://t.co/qUtkjBNAMW👉 Article: https://t.co/PAl5yKbMSt pic.twitter.com/IbP5jgrcuW — ROG Global (@ASUS_ROG) July 3, 2023

NVIDIA is working on a new power connector dubbed "12V-2x6" that is still compatible with existing power supplies, after its problematic 16-pin "12VHPWR" power connector... with melting cables due to an incorrect connection between the PSU or GPU, overheating things in between. Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ti Cooler Prototype: Listed For $120,000 USD in China Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 Release Date Read more: NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 arrive in 2025 The revised power connector is called the "12V-2x6" power connector and will have more standardized testing in order to make sure that each variant of the cable is designed according to specifications. But it's not just that... the new "12V-2x6" power connector design is part of the new PCIe Base 6 specifications, while also part of the CEM 5.1 specifications that PCI-SIG has for the ATX 3.1 specification. So far, so good... it's ticking all the boxes. However, the new PCIe Base 6 connector is also compatible with some of the existing 12VHPWR power connectors, but the new version has different specifications that have adjusted sustained power metrics that might require firmware updates to PSUs or GPUs. I guess we'll see about that in the weeks and months to come. We'll have the new 12V-2x6 power connector inside of our next-gen Gaming PC configurations once it's available. The good news: there are no changes or modifications to the headers of the 12VHPWR and 12V-2x6 headers, which means cables should be compatible, as well as both connectors using the same 12 power rails and 4 sense pins, which seems to be the main focus of the updated spec. The length of the pins is now pushed backwards a bit more, meaning they'll only work when the 12V-2x6 power connector is fully connected. On top of that, encoding will need to be updated according to the new standards. Right now, both NVIDIA and PCI-SIG are looking at two options for the cable connector design, which hasn't been finalized just yet. What we do know is that the current draft is at an "advanced stage" and that the new 12V-2x6 power connector might make its debut in 2024, right in time for the GeForce RTX 40 series refresh GPUs, which might include the more powerful GeForce RTX 4090 Ti graphics card that we've been hearing about. Spoiler alert: the new 12V-2x6 power connector has already been spotted on some PSUs, with MSI showing off the new connector (in yellow, making it easier to know what you're plugging in) at Computex 2023 just over a month ago now. Source

ASUS has quite an interesting, but useful graphics card that has been spotted... a new GeForce RTX 4060 Ti DUAL graphics card with an M.2 slot to slot in a super-fast SSD. Alrighty. You can see in the photo below, there's a Samsung 980 PRO SSD on the far right. In a new video from Tony Yu (who is the GM at ASUS) shows off a concept ASUS GeForce RTX 4060 Ti DUAL graphics card that makes use of your unused PCIe lanes. Unused PCIe lanes you ask? Lower-end graphics cards are quite limited, using PCIe 4.0 x8 lanes while higher-end cards use the full PCIe 4.0 x16. The spare PCIe lanes can be used for an SSD, exactly how ASUS is showing it off with their RTX 4060 Ti DUAL card. Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 Release Date Read more: NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 arrive in 2025 Instead of making fake lanes, a high-speed NVMe M.2 SSD can be used next to the GPU and sharing the PCIe 4.0 x16 slot that the card goes into.  Normally an NVMe M.2 SSD would be slotted somewhere on the motherboard, but this requires a heatsink most of the time -- these SSDs get hot when pumping full 7GB/sec or more through them -- so the M.2 SSD heatsink needs to be of good quality, and that comes down to your motherboard. It would be much easier to install an SSD onto your graphics card, which is what ASUS is doing here with the RTX 4060 Ti DUAL. An NVMe M.2 SSD shouldn't use more than 10W of power, and since the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti doesn't chew through too much power, the single 8-pin PCIe power connector on the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti will be more than enough. As for performance, you're not losing much at all -- in fact, you wouldn't notice -- the Samsung 980 PRO SSD is capable of up to 6.9GB/sec reads while the SSD installed into the ASUS GeForce RTX 4060 Ti DUAL drops down to 6.85GB/sec. That's still 6850MB/sec, wicked fast. The cooling side of the ASUS GeForce RTX 4060 Ti DUAL is interesting, as the large cooler keeps both the GPU and SSD cool. ASUS has cut the PCB to allow airflow from the GPU cooler to go over the SSD, with the cooler itself attached directly to the SSD with thermal pads. So you're not going to get any thermal throttling on the SSD that you choose to install on this card. We don't know if this card will make it to market, but it's an interesting concept... one of which I want to see more of.

It looks like AMD isn't far away from announcing its Starfield game bundle for Ryzen 7000 series CPUs, with a tease that a new game bundle page has been discovered on the Newegg website. AMD looks to be bundling Bethesda's next big game -- Starfield -- with its Ryzen 7000 series CPUs. Read more: AMD and Bethesda: Partners on Starfield for PC AMD recently announced that it had partnered with Bethesda on Starfield for both the PC and Xbox consoles, so the Starfield bundle for Ryzen 7000 series CPUs totally makes sense. The promotion page itself lists all of the Ryzen 7000 series CPUs that will be included in the Starfield bundle, right down to the lowest entry SKU in the Ryzen 5 7600 processor. We've got a full list below: AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPUs included in Starfield promotion: Ryzen 9 7950X3D Ryzen 9 7950X Ryzen 9 7900X3D Ryzen 9 7900X Ryzen 9 7900 Ryzen 7 7800X3D Ryzen 7 7700X Ryzen 7 7700 Ryzen 5 7600X Ryzen 5 7600 What about a GPU bundle for Starfield? Well, the last game bundle that AMD did for Radeon was in late May for The Last Of Us Part 1, while the last CPU bundle was for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Ryzen 7000 series CPUs which just came to an end a few days ago on June 30. We should expect AMD to announce the Starfield + Ryzen 7000 series CPU bundle in the next week or so.

NVIDIA has just tweeted that CEO Jensen Huang will be hosting a "special keynote" at SIGGRAPH 2023, where the company will be discussing the next generation of computing... and hopefully, maybe, a tease of a next-gen GPU. Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 Release Date Read more: NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 arrive in 2025 SIGGRAPH is the Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, and is a trade show like Computex or CES, but focused purely on all things graphics: 3D modelling, animation, virtual reality, augmented reality, visual effects, gaming, computer vision, rendering, and oh-so-much more. We should see the latest and greatest from those industries, with Jensen to provide a "powerful" keynote speech at SIGGRAPH 2023. NVIDIA has previously announced new high-end workstation graphics cards at SIGGRAPH 2023, as it's perfect to show them off to customers at the show, with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang giving his keynote speech on August 8. Join us at #SIGGRAPH2023 and hear from our founder and CEO Jensen Huang, who will present a special keynote on August 8. Get an exclusive look at our award-winning research, #OpenUSD developments, and #AI-powered solutions for content creation. https://t.co/JROJjqMFKd pic.twitter.com/HYdJjllr8p — NVIDIA (@nvidia) June 29, 2023 NVIDIA is heavily focused on all things AI, so we should hear AI, AI, AI at SIGGRAPH 2023. NVIDIA will also be teasing "an exclusive look at some of their newest technologies including award-winning research, OpenUSD developments, and the latest AI-powered solutions for content creation".  It would be nice to see some new workstation GPUs announced at SIGGRAPH 2023, with NVIDIA already releasing the A6000 and A4000 workstation graphics cards already, so we could expect the company to reveal its new A5000 workstation GPU next month. Source

We are hearing more about The Sims 5, which is internally known as Project Rene, where through some new job listings we're hearing The Sims 5 will be free-to-play at launch with user-generated content thrown into the mix. You can be sure that The Sims 5 will run on our range of Ready to Ship Gaming PCs. A new job posting for Head of Monetisation and Marketplace shared by EA on the Maxis Careers page teases some of the responsibilities the new staffer will have, as well as more details on how the in-game marketplace might work in The Sims 5. The job posting teased: "Own Project Rene's in-game marketplace of content and UGC (free and paid), and manage a data-informed player-centric player purchase journey". Another responsibility reads: "Maximising value to players, optimising player spend patterns, and minimising player churn". The new staffer would also be responsible for "pricing all of the content in this free-to-enter game, ensuring we have an optimal pricing and content architecture" as well as "provide guidance to content teams on in-game content needs to meet player demand". Now, you might be thinking what does "free-to-enter" mean... as it definitely has the hairs on my neck standing up, but it could just mean The Sims 5 is free-to-play, or free-to-enter as the job posting details it. I guess we'll find out more in the weeks and months to come. Meanwhile, if you want to prepare for The Sims 5, you can configure your new Gaming PC. Source

Oracle has announced that it will be spending "billions" of dollars on NVIDIA's most advanced AI chips to power its cloud services, with Oracle chairman Larry Ellison announcing the news at a recent Ampere event. The company will "cash on" the AI hype through NVIDIA's super-powerful AI GPUs while using CPUs that it will secure from both Ampere and AMD. Oracle says it will spend "three times more" money on Ampere and AMD CPUs than it will on NVIDIA GPUs, guaranteeing the company will be dominant in the cloud industry with AI. But what about Intel?  Oracle has said that the Intel x86 architecture is "old" and has reached its limits and that it is more attracted to building out a relationship with AMD and Ampere for its CPU needs while using NVIDIA for its GPU and AI needs. Intel has been a long-term partner of Oracle, rewinding the clock back to 2008 when the company first released its Exadata machine. Oracle confirmed back in October 2022 that it would be using many NVIDIA high-end A100 and H100 computing GPUs, which formed the relationship between NVIDIA and Oracle. But now, it seems Oracle is taking a giant leap into NVIDIA's warm AI-powered GPU arms. As it stands, 16,000+ NVIDIA AI GPUs are installed into the very latest cloud data centres at Oracle, but those numbers will only grow massively as the company pumps billions of dollars into new NVIDIA AI GPUs in the near future.

Modder "PureDark" confirms that he'll be publishing an NVIDIA DLSS 3 mod for Starfield once it enters its Early Access period... hours after AMD and Bethesda announce their partnership for Starfield on your Gaming PC. Read more: AMD and Bethesda: Partners on Starfield for PC Read more: Read more: Best Gaming PC for Starfield The news comes from the PC Gaming subreddit, with PureDark being the modder behind DLSS 3 mods for games like Elden Ring, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Skyrim, and Fallout 4. We should see Starfield launching without support for DLSS, given that the developer has teamed with AMD and the Radeon GPUs using FSR... we should expect Starfield without DLSS officially, but unofficially DLSS 3 support will be injected with a mod. Bethesda has been working with AMD engineers on Starfield's codebase, with AMD SVP Jack Huynh explaining: "These optimizations will both accelerate performance and enhance the quality of your gameplay using high multithreaded code, that both Xbox and PC players will get to take advantage of". Source

AMD recently launched its mid-range Radeon RX 7600 for the mainstream 1080p market, but now NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4060 is here -- at least with reviewers -- and soon, inside of your Gaming PC. As for specs, NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4060 has 8GB of GDDR6 memory and 3072 CUDA cores... this is down from the 3584 CUDA cores inside of the GeForce RTX 3060 (which comes in 8GB and 12GB variants). The new "Ada Lovelace" GPU cores inside of the GeForce RTX 4060 however run rings around the "Ampere" GPU cores inside of the GeForce RTX 3060... this is underlined when Ray Tracing, and especially DLSS3 are enabled. The GeForce RTX 4060 will FLY ahead at that point. NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4060 beats the new AMD Radeon RX 7600, but loses out to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti -- and even more so to the higher-end GeForce RTX 4060 Ti. When it comes to power consumption, the new GeForce RTX 4060 barely sips power... consuming just 110W under full load and keeping GPU temperatures at a chilly 60-65C. We will be filling our range of Ready to Ship Gaming PCs including the Stinger and Patriot with NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4060 in the coming weeks. Source

NVIDIA's next-generation GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards will be released in 2025, where we should be introduced to the next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, GeForce RTX 5080, and GeForce RTX 5070 graphics cards to truly power your next-gen Gaming PC... and hopefully some surprises in between. Read more: NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 arrive in 2025 The new "Ada Lovelace Next" GPU architecture will power the GeForce RTX 50 series cards, the successor to the "Ada Lovelace" GPU architecture that powers the GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards inside of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs. We will see NVIDIA launch its next-gen GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs in 2025, with some refresh cards probably launching later this year or in 2024. The current flagship is the GeForce RTX 4090 with 24GB of GDDR6X memory... so what could we expect from the GeForce RTX 5090? Well, we should see an upgrade to GDDR7 memory for one, and secondly, 24GB wouldn't be enough for a successor to the RTX 4090, let alone a new flagship GPU in 2025 and beyond. The next logical step would be 32GB of GDDR7, but I personally think (and hope) we'll see 48GB of GDDR7 memory on the next-gen GeForce RTX 5090.

Micron has announced it's launching its next-gen GDDR7 memory in 1H 2024, ready for a new wave of graphics cards... but who will be first? AMD's new Radeon or NVIDIA's new GeForce GPU inside of your next-gen Gaming PC? The new Micron GDDR7 memory will be made on the 1ß process node, acting as a faster, more efficient VRAM that replaces GDDR6 and GDDR6X. Right now, AMD only uses GDDR6 on its Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards, with the flagship Radeon RX 7900 XTX featuring 24GB of GDDR6 memory at 20Gbps. Meanwhile, NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 4090 has 24GB of faster GDDR6X memory at 22Gbps. Read more: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 Release Date Read more: NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 arrive in 2025 AMD could equip its new Radeon RX 7000 series refresh GPUs or next-gen Radeon RX 8000 series GPUs to feature Micron's next-gen GDDR7 memory. We should see memory bandwidth skyrocket, fueling next-gen games at 4K and beyond... where memory bandwidth really matters. Especially inside a next-gen Ready to Ship Gaming PC. GDDR7 memory has up to 36Gbps of bandwidth at its disposal, which is an incredible leap up from the max of 20Gbps with GDDR6. This means lower-end graphics cards with GDDR7 in the future will have much faster VRAM, and should better drive high-res gaming of the future. Mid-range cards could have the same bandwidth as the flagship RTX 4090 and its 1TB/sec of memory bandwidth, with a mid-range card of the future featuring 846GB/sec up to 1.15TB/sec of memory bandwidth. GDDR7 @ 36Gbps on 128-bit memory bus: 576GB/sec GDDR7 @ 36Gbps on 192-bit memory bus: 846GB/sec GDDR7 @ 36Gbps on 256-bit memory bus: 1152GB/sec GDDR7 @ 36Gbps on 320-bit memory bus: 1440GB/sec GDDR7 @ 36Gbps on 384-bit memory bus: 1728GB/sec This is compared to the flagship AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX: 24GB GDDR6 @ 20Gbps on 384-bit memory bus: 960GB/sec NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090: 24GB GDDR6X @ 22Gbps on 384-bit memory bus: 1008GB/sec Micron explains: "In graphics, industry analysts continue to expect graphics’ TAM compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to outpace the broader market, supported by applications across client and data center. We expect customer inventories to normalize in calendar Q3. We plan to introduce our next-generation G7 product on our industry-leading 1ß node in the first half of calendar year 2024". Source

AMD and Bethesda have announced they're exclusive partners for Starfield on the PC, with the two companies working together to optimise Starfield on the Xbox and PC with AMD's Ryzen 7000 series CPUs and Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs. Read more: Best Gaming PC for Starfield That means that an array of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs powered with Ryzen 7000 series and Radeon RX 7000 series products are perfectly suited for Starfield on a new Gaming PC. Starfield Producer Tom Howard said that AMD engineers have been working with Bethesda on Starfield's codebase, to get SSR2 image processing and scaling into Starfield. In a video announcement on the partnership, AMD SVP Jack Huynh said: "These optimizations will both accelerate performance and enhance the quality of your gameplay using high multithreaded code, that both Xbox and PC players will get to take advantage of". Starfield has been 25 years in the making, so making this even more special is the close collaboration between AMD and Bethesda in the game, as the two have been working "hand-in-hand" on Starfield. 

BattleBit Remastered has been rocketing up the Steam charts and I've been noticing more and more websites, YouTubers, and gamers talking about it... putting it square centre into my attention. BattleBit Remastered is a huge 254-player FPS that blends the best of Battlefield with huge fights and distractibility, with Minecraft-style low-poly graphics, meaning it runs on a MASSIVE range of Gaming PC configurations. Read more: Best Gaming PC for BattleBit Remastered You wouldn't know it, but BattleBit Remastered was created by just 3 developers, with the game released in Early Access form a few weeks ago and now making it more into the mainstream spotlight. It is currently the #2 top-seller on the Steam Charts with an all-time peak player count of 87,323. BattleBit Remastered has incredible destruction including collapsable buildings, gigantic maps for its 127 vs. 127 player matches, a bunch of kick-ass weapons, an entire day and night cycle, and a fun open mic system that amplifies the immersion during gameplay. BattleBit Remastered has proximity voice chat that highlights a speaker's name in blue if the teammate is talking, and red if it's an enemy player. This allows players to use voice chat in real-time without pressing buttons, for maximum realism. It also makes for great video content with the right players putting on a personality, better playing the part of a soldier. BattleBit Remastered costs just $23 on Steam and provides a healthy amount of content for the money, compared to some larger AAA titles out there. The game is launching with 17 maps, 8 game modes, 39 weapons, 200 prestige ranks, 13 vehicles, and additional content. Meanwhile, microtransactions were only mentioned in a single weapons pack Post-launch maps were also teased, with what looks like 5 new maps coming in the future. The developers are promising QoL (quality-of-life) upgrades over time, new vehicles, new weapons, new game modes, new gadgets, new features and a "MilSec" mode that they tease will "upgrade teamwork to the next level".  You don't need a next-gen Gaming PC to throw yourself into BattleBit Remastered, which is another great thing the game has going for it... it's open to 10s of millions of more PC gamers on lower-spec machines. PC requirements at a minimum for BattleBit Remastered include an Intel Core i5-2310, 6GB of RAM, and a GeForce GTX 450 or better... so you can have this game on a low-end Gaming PC and be fine battling it out in those 254-player fights. BattleBit Remastered will run across the entire family of Allied Gaming PCs, starting with our Ready to Ship Stinger packing an AMD Ryzen 5 5500, 16GB of RAM, and an AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB starting from $999.

NVIDIA's current fleet of "Ada Lovelace" GPU-powered GeForce RTX 40 series cards are mostly out, including the GeForce RTX 4090, GeForce RTX 4080, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, GeForce RTX 4070, and new GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and GeForce RTX 4060 graphics cards. But there's always a next-gen GPU in the making, ready for a next-gen Gaming PC. In a new post, HardwareLuxx has posted an NVIDIA GPU roadmap that includes information on future GPU chips and architectures. For the rest of the year, Ada Lovelace is still here while in 2025 we're going to see "Ada Lovelace Next". This is the next-gen GeForce GPU architecture, that will power the GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs including the GeForce RTX 5090, GeForce RTX 5080, and GeForce RTX 5070 graphics cards. Refresh GeForce RTX 40 series GPU: we could expect cards like TITAN RTX with 48GB VRAM GeForce RTX 4090 Ti with 32GB or 48GB (GeForce RTX 4090 has 24GB) GeForce RTX 4090 SUPER with 24GB or even 32GB of VRAM (GeForce RTX 4080 has 16GB) "Ada Lovelace Next" GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs: we could expect GeForce RTX 5090 with 48GB of VRAM GeForce RTX 5080 with 24GB or 32GB of VRAM GeForce RTX 5070 with 24GB or 32GB of VRAM GeForce RTX 5060 with 16GB or 24GB of VRAM Or maybe we're only hoping... but the VRAM situation will increase with next-gen GPUs. AMD's Radeon RX 7900 XTX has 24GB, while the Radeon RX 7900 XTX has 20GB. AMD has ramped up to 16GB in mid-range, and VRAM problems are already popping their head up across the board in PC games. 2025 and beyond GPUs should hopefully cater to higher VRAM usage, hopefully. We won't see a true next-gen GeForce GPU in 2024, but we should see a refresh with the likes of a new flagship card in a GeForce RTX 4090 Ti or a possible "SUPER" refresh as we had with the GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, and GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER graphics cards. The current GeForce RTX 40 series is powered by "Ada Lovelace" while we could expect new "Ada Lovelace Next" GPUs in future RTX 50 series graphics cards. In the list above, I've got some thoughts on possible RTX 40 series refresh GPU expectations, and next-gen RTX 50 series GPU expectations. Ada Lovelace Next will hopefully deliver the goods, driving high-end PC gaming GPU power through the roof. Source

NVIDIA looks to be preparing a couple of new H100 Hopper GPUs with new memory, with a 96GB and 64GB H100 Hopper GPU spotted on the PCI Device ID list. The new SXM5-based models of the NVIDIA H100 Hopper datacenter-focused GPUs would have 96GB of HBM3 memory, and 64GB of HBM3 memory if the listings are correct. 94GB of memory is a weird number for NVIDIA to come to, but it's not the first... as the company has the NVIDIA H100 NVL (for Large Language Models) with 94GB of HBM. Why 96GB? Well, we most likely have the full 120GB of HBM3 on the H100 Hopper GPU but 24GB of it is disabled through a particular layer in the stack, versus the whole stack. We have seen rumours previously of a 120GB memory version of the H100 Hopper GPU... so we should expect to see more SKUs of the NVIDIA H100 Hopper GPU in the future. Source

NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card is out in the wild with reviewers and influencers, with YouTuber JayzTwoCents testing out the custom ASUS DUAL GeForce RTX 4060 variant in Cyberpunk 2077. If you're in the market for a new GeForce RTX 3060-powered Gaming PC, well we've got plenty of those before the new GeForce RTX 4060 is released. You can check those systems out here -- Ready to Ship Stinger + Hive Gaming PCs powered by GeForce RTX 3060 8GB. The new GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card was tested in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p with Ultra graphics settings, with JayzTwoCents hitting 50-60FPS average at 1080p Ultra with RT (ray tracing) disabled. DLSS wasn't used either -- with DLSS being Deep Learning Super Sampling, an AI-powered upscaling technology. DLSS3 is featured in Cyberpunk 2077, the latest and best version of DLSS that's exclusive to the Ada Lovelace GPU architecture and all GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs, including the upcoming GeForce RTX 4060. JayzTwoCents also overclocked the ASUS DUAL GeForce RTX 4060, cranking up the power limit to 120% and the GPU boost clock up by 100MHz, with a slight bump in performance: ASUS DUAL RTX 4060 in Cyberpunk 2077 @ 1080p Ultra (stock): 80.80FPS ASUS DUAL RTX 4060 in Cyberpunk 2077 @ 1080p Ultra (OC): 82.33FPS Better yet, Cyberpunk 2077 was run with RT enabled and DLSS3 enabled with FG (Frame Generation) turned on, and the performance skyrocketed. JayzTwoCents went from 50-60FPS average (but with RT disabled) to 100FPS+ with RT enabled (and DLSS3 + FG magic doing its work on the GeForce RTX 4060). It's safe to say that if you're in the market for a new graphics card that isn't a crazy higher-end RTX 4070 and above, the new RTX 4060 is definitely a card to keep your eyes on... double-y so if you're playing games that have RT, but more especially, DLSS3 upscaling. If the games you play have DLSS3, the RTX 4060 is going to be a monster mid-range GPU.

Diablo IV will have its servers down for scheduled maintenance over the next 36-48 hours, with the first scheduled maintenance kicking off at 9AM PDT, where for around 5 hours the servers will be funny at best, but the maintenance at 2PM PDT.  Read more: Diablo 4 Gets Hit With Huge DDoS Attack Read more: Diablo 4 Battle Pass Seasons New Character Required Read more: Diablo 4 Salvage Or Sell Your Loot Read more: Diablo 4 276 Million Hours Played Since Launch Read more: Battle Lilith On A Budget Diablo 4 Gaming PC For Under $1500 Blizzard has explained that "during this time, players may experience interruptions of service including disconnects, but should be able to log back in".  We do know that Blizzard has been smashed with DDoS attacks over the weekend that created headaches not only for Diablo IV -- which is massively popular, making $666 million USD in its first 5 days of launch -- as well as other games connected to Battle.net, including Overwatch 2. There is a patch coming for Diablo IV, with Blizzard's Global Community Development Director, Adam Fletcher, explaining that a patch is coming for Diablo IV "very, very soon". Diablo IV will be experiencing another bout of downtime, which kicks off on June 27 @ 9:30AM PDT, finishing at 2PM PDT, with Blizzard explaining the same thing as the first scheduled maintenance "during this time, players may experience interruptions of service including disconnects, but should be able to log back in".

You might have been impacted by the recent DDoS attack on Diablo IV, with the soul-crushing error messages of not being able to log-in. Well, Blizzard is well aware as a recent Battle.net customer service account tweeted out about the issues with Diablo IV. Read more: Diablo 4 Battle Pass Seasons New Character Required Read more: Diablo 4 Salvage Or Sell Your Loot Read more: Diablo 4 276 Million Hours Played Since Launch Read more: Battle Lilith On A Budget Diablo 4 Gaming PC For Under $1500 The account tweeted: "we are investigating the login issues affecting Diablo IV and working to resolve these as soon as possible. Players may experience queues while we work on the issue". We had confirmation of the DDoS attack on Diablo IV shortly after, with the account tweeting: "we are currently experiencing a DDoS attack, which may result in high latency and disconnections for some players. We are actively working to mitigate this issue". [#D4] We are investigating the login issues affecting Diablo IV and working to resolve these as soon as possible. Players may experience queues while we work on the issue. — Blizzard CS - The Americas (@BlizzardCS) June 25, 2023 The account has most recently tweeted that the "DDoS attacks that we were monitoring had ended". Personally, I can log in now but couldn't for many hours last night. I shifted over to Overwatch 2, and then my brother tried to change accounts and couldn't log in to his other Battle.net account, as the authentication servers were having issues. #Bnet The DDOS attacks that we were monitoring have ended. If you are still unable to log in try https://t.co/NY39q2slWo — Blizzard CS - The Americas (@BlizzardCS) June 25, 2023

Diablo IV will be getting Microsoft DirectStorage technology in the future, something the company has now confirmed with PC Gamer. DirectStorage started out with the Xbox Series X and S consoles, combining hardware and software together that were designed to "reinvent the traditional I/O system" that would reduce loading times. Speaking of loading times, our Ready to Ship Patriot + M.O.A.B. Gaming PC family of systems packs super-fast Gen4-enabled NVMe M.2 SSDs Read more: Diablo 4 Gets Hit With Huge DDoS Attack Read more: Diablo 4 Battle Pass Seasons New Character Required Read more: Diablo 4 Salvage Or Sell Your Loot Read more: Diablo 4 276 Million Hours Played Since Launch Read more: Battle Lilith On A Budget Diablo 4 Gaming PC For Under $1500 DirectStorage acts as a low-level API that has greater control over I/O queues, optimal prioritization, and lower latency. Diablo IV isn't the first game on the PC to use the technology, with Forspoken launching a few months ago packing DirectStorage technology.  Diablo IV's use of DirectStorage could see loading times reduced even further, but it's not like they're horrendously long as it is... so the implementation will be interesting to see. But, traditional mechanical-based HDDs are getting a benefit through DirectStorage 1.2 which allows developers to force a buffered I/O mode that improves performance on regular HDDs. This would be good for lower-specced Gaming PC with HDDs running Diablo IV. Source

Intel and Argonne National Laboratory have announced the successful blade installation inside of the Aurora Supercomputer, which means we're not far away from it being fully functional.  Buy now: Allied Ready to Ship Stinger Gaming PC (starting from $999) Buy now: Allied Ready to Ship Patriot Gaming PC (starting from $1849) Buy now: Allied Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. Gaming PC (starting from $2999) Inside, the Aurora Supercomputer packs a huge 10,624 nodes that in total feature 21,248 Intel Xeon CPUs from the Sapphire Rapids-SP family of processors, while there are a bigger total of 63,477 Intel GPUs that are based on the Ponte Vecchio architecture. We're talking about a 2.12PB/sec of peak injection bandwidth and 0.69PB/sec of peak bisection bandwidth... and that "PB/s" means we're talking about petabytes and not TB/sec (terabytes per second). There is 10.9PB of DDR5 RAM inside the Aurora Supercomputer as system DRAM, but another couple of pools of memory are spread out across the CPUs and GPUs. We have 1.36PB of HBM capacity throughout the Intel Xeon CPUs and a further 8.16PB of HBM memory throughout the Intel Ponte Vecchio GPUs. There are also 1024 storage nodes that provide a total capacity of 220TB. Aurora Supercomputer and its gargantuan amount of supercomputing power will be used for tackling climate change, through to finding cures for deadly diseases. With the power of the Aurora Supercomputer, researchers will be able to tackle challenges that demand advanced computing technologies at scale, with Aurora poised to address the needs of the HPC and AI communities, providing the necessary tools to push the boundaries of scientific exploration. Source

Diablo IV is off to a phenomenal start, making over $666 million in its first week since launch... but we've now got more details on how the Battle Pass system and Season 1 will work, and some gamers (including myself) aren't happy with the news. Read more: Battle Lilith On A Budget: Diablo IV-Optimised Gaming PCs For Under $1500 Read more: Win This Diablo IV Themed Gaming PC Package Worth $2999! Read more: Best Gaming PC For Diablo 4 We've now got Diablo IV's SVP and GM, Rod Fergusson, confirming that gamers that want to progress in the Battle Pass will need to start each season with a freshly-created character. This means all of the work we're all putting into the game now, gets flushed away as you'll need to create an entirely new character... and it's not what gamers want to hear. In a recent reply to Forbes on Twitter, Fergusson said that gamers "will need to create a new seasonal character" in order to progress through the Battle Pass, seasonal questlines, an more. Fergusson said: "to take part in the seasonal questline, mechanics, season journey and battle pass, you will need to create a new seasonal character. Playing campaign with seasonal character (if you so desire or need to finish) will also progress the season journey and battle pass". Someone replied to Fergusson's tweet, asking: "So as a new player to Diablo.. can someone confirm this... so I can still play my main character still when the season drops.. I just won't be able to access the seasonal suff.. correct? to which Fergusson replied: "Correct - you're able to keep playing in the eternal realm, just like you are today, if you don't want to participate in seasonal activities. And when a season ends, you're seasonal character will move to the eternal realm so you can keep playing it there if you want". I think the casual players in Diablo IV aren't going to be happy about this, but it's how other games like Fortnite work with new seasons. But for the other side of the Diablo IV audience, this isn't the best news. However, as a Sorcerer I guess I'll be switching over to the Barbarian to change things up when Season 1 of the game launches in the near future.

Well, it's kinda official now... Intel has confirmed details of its branding update coming to its next-next-gen 15th Gen Core "Meteor Lake" CPUs in Q4 2024, but that's a year away... before that, we've got the 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs coming that will be led by the new flagship Core i9-14900K processor. Read more: Intel Drops "i" from Core CPU Branding on Future CPUs Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs Coming in October Read more: Intel Core i9-14900K is the Next Flagship CPU, Coming Soon The new branding from Intel will see the 'i' removed from its CPUs -- for example, the Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, and Core i9 processors will become the Core 3, Core 5, Core 7, and Core Ultra. Confusing? Probably. Intel's upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs will be split into Core ix and Core x while the 15th Gen Core "Meteor Lake" CPUs will shift into the new branding in full. Intel China is now pumping out some explanations for their fans, where we're getting confirmation of Intel's upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" processors for the first time. You can see on the left we've got the 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake" and 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" CPUs in Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, and Core i9 versions... while the upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake-HX/S Refresh" CPUs will still have Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, and Core i9 versions but there will be some changes across the board with naming. We will see: Core Ultra 5, Ultra 7, Ultra 9: 15th Gen Core "Meteor Lake" Core 3, Core 5, Core 7: 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake-U Refresh" Core ix Mobile: 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake-HX Refresh" Core ix Desktop: 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake-S Refresh" It's going to be confusing for customers who aren't up to date with all the branding differences, as we're getting new Core branding with the 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs while the bigger shift happens with 15th Gen Core "Meteor Lake" in Q4 2024. 

Diablo IV is out in the wild and it is addictive as hell... personally, I'm playing the Sorcerer class and hit Level 36 last night. But there are times that I've thought... should I be selling, or salvaging my items?  Read more: Battle Lilith On A Budget: Diablo IV-Optimised Gaming PCs For Under $1500 Read more: Win This Diablo IV Themed Gaming PC Package Worth $2999! Read more: Best Gaming PC For Diablo 4 You can pick up a crazy amount of loot across your journey in Diablo IV, some of it is junk that you can just dump quickly, or you can keep it and then store it, salvage it or sell it. But what's best? That's what we're here for... to help decide what's the best option. There's a varying rank of rare tiers of loot, which spans across common items through to Legendary items. The selling value of the loot is your indicator to how good it is, but selling that loot isn't always the best option in Diablo IV. I've found that I've been salvaging most of my gear, especially if I've picked up some Legendary loot that isn't as good as the Legendary items that I'm equipped with, so I'll salvage it. Salvaging is great from higher-tier loot -- and especially Legendary loot -- as you'll get materials for upgrading the other items that you wouldn't otherwise be able to find in Diablo IV. The higher level the items are, well, the materials to find get just as rare to find.  However, if you need more gold then selling your items is another option, so that you can spend your gold on other things.  Our advice on Legendary items: salvage it, don't sell it. You will get more from salvaging your rare and Legendary items than you will from more gold unless you need more gold. But if you're upgrading your weapons and armour, then salvaging is what you want to do to get more parts for those precious (and powerful) upgrades. Need more gold? Farm for it. Go out and kill more, everything... you'll find more gold easily. If you're in urgent need of more precious gold and have items in your inventory that you can get rid of, sell them. 

SPACEJUMP recently held its "Supersonic Cup" featuring Rocket League in WA, with pro teams including the Virgin Frequent Flyers, Team Gaming Esports Club, Blooming Good Gaming, and Voddy Red? participating. The Gaming PCs powering the event were provided by Allied, and inside they featured AMD CPU and GPU hardware. The Rocket League tournament featured a $650 prize pool, starting off with a 16-team online qualifier that progressed into the Main Event held at The Rechabite in WA. The Supersonic Cup Champions, in the end, were Team Gaming Esports Club, taking home the 1st prize of $500! Better yet, SPACEJUMP would love to hear your feedback from the Supersonic Cup, which you can read more about here, and enter into the draw to win a $50 voucher at JB Hi-Fi as well as an Allied Gaming merch prize pack!  There are a bunch of awesome photos from the event, which you can also check out here!

Diablo IV has been out for a few weeks now, with the game earning more than $666 million -- yes, what a number for a game like Diablo -- in its first five days alone, setting a new record for Blizzard. Read more: Battle Lilith On A Budget: Diablo IV-Optimised Gaming PCs For Under $1500 Read more: Win This Diablo IV Themed Gaming PC Package Worth $2999! Read more: Best Gaming PC For Diablo 4 Diablo IV is now the fastest-selling game of all time in Blizzard history, with the company openly bragging that the $666 million in sales in the first five days alone exceeded the worldwide box office of all horror films released in 2023, combined. It's a huge success for Blizzard, and a massive amount of fun for gamers, streamers, and everyone in between.  Personally, I've been playing Diablo IV for a few weeks now and have been enjoying it thoroughly, slowly grinding through the game as a Sorcerer. I'm a huge fan of the original Diablo and Diablo 2 -- not so much Diablo 3 or Diablo Immortal -- but Diablo IV is just so much fun. I want more, more, more, but just don't have enough time in the day. Diablo IV Week 1 Launch Stats: 276 million hours played (that's over 30,000 years!) 2.73 billion monsters killed 166,000,960 total parties created 316,991,632 player deaths 429,792 players killed in PvP 5,792,063 deaths by The Butcher 6,263 Level 100 players 163 Level 100 Hardcore Players Most popular class: Sorcerer

Intel's current 13th Gen Core CPUs are known as the "Raptor Lake" family of chips, while later this year we're to expect the new 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" processors according to the latest rumours. Intel always launches new CPUs in the September-October end of the year, but now we're hearing more and more about the Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs. Read more: Intel Drops "i" from Core CPU Branding on Future CPUs Read more: Intel Core i9-14900K is the Next Flagship CPU, Coming Soon We're hearing new information from Chinese media site ECSM, which reports Intel is planning the Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs for the client desktop platform, while the Sapphire Rapids Refresh is coming as the next Xeon W2500 and W3500 series CPUs. If you're after a Gaming PC with the current Intel 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" CPUs, we've got plenty of those in our Ready to Ship range of Gaming PCs. What you need to know: Intel's new 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs will reportedly work on ALL of the Intel 600 and 700 series motherboards, which means the current LGA1700 socket will continue to live on for another 12 months at the least.  What this means: It means that Intel won't have its "Meteor Lake" CPUs out until the end of 2024 at the earliest and that Intel's upcoming Core branding refresh has been pushed back by 12 months at the least. Source

Lots of movements over at Intel right now, with rumours of the upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs, and Intel dropping the 'i' from its product branding with the future-gen 15th Gen Core "Meteor Lake" CPUs coming in Q4 2024. But, a new leaked roadmap teases that Intel's new CPUs will use the old Core series branding -- so we'll still see the Core i5, Core i7, and Core i9 for the last time -- in upcoming CPUs including the Core i5-14600K, Core i7-14700K, and Core i9-14900K processors. Chinese media site "Golden Pig Upgrade" has the scoop, teasing what's coming with the upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs. Read more: Intel Drops "i" from Core CPU Branding on Future CPUs Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs Coming in October We could expect Intel's upcoming Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs to feature both new and old naming schemes, but the company will only use new Core 3, Core 5, and Core i7 for the upcoming 14th Gen Core CPUs -- without the 'i' there -- for low-power U-series mobile CPUs. Meanwhile, the big bad new "Core Ultra" branding will only be whipped out exclusively for the next-gen 15th Gen Core "Meteor Lake" CPUs, while the upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs will not have this branding. Source

Intel has made a gigantic change in its product naming for next-gen desktop CPUs where it will be dropping the "i" from its Core brand. This means in the future, "Core i9", "Core i7", "Core i5", and "Core i3" will all be retired. In the future, there'll be: Intel, Intel Core, and Intel Core Ultra. Read more: Intel 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs Coming in October Read more: Intel Core i9-14900K is the Next Flagship CPU, Coming Soon Intel branding experts think that the word "Intel" was getting lost in all the noise and that internal research conducted by the company showed that people associated "Core" with Intel and not "i5" or "i7". The upcoming Core 5, Core 7, and Core 9 processors will be launched in the Mainstream and Premium variants, while the highest-end CPU offerings will feature the "Ultra" branding. In the rebranding, it looks like Intel is slicing the "3" out of the situation altogether. Nothing is set in stone just yet, but Intel won't be renaming its upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs -- more on that here -- but with the next-gen 15th Gen Core "Meteor Lake" CPUs that are now coming in the last three months of 2024. Intel vice president and general manager of Client Computing Group Sales, Caitlin Anderson, explained: "Our client roadmap demonstrates how Intel is prioritizing innovation and technology leadership with products like Meteor Lake, focused on power efficiency and AI at scale. To better align with our product strategies, we are introducing a branding structure that will help PC buyers better differentiate the best of our latest technology and our mainstream offerings". What this means: Intel's new Core i9-14900K should be the new flagship CPU of 2023 under the new "Raptor Lake Refresh" while the Core Ultra 9 15900K, right?  Source

We sent over our flagship ultra-spec M.O.A.B. Gaming PC to StarCraft II caster, streamer, and content creator Jared "PiG" Krensel not too long ago... and boy, was he impressed with his new M.O.A.B. Gaming PC. So much so, that he posted a video to his Twitter saying: "Dayummm getting nearly 500FPS" with his ultra-spec M.O.A.B. Gaming PC. Inside of that M.O.A.B. we specced PiG with some truly delicious PC hardware, including: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 💪 RAM: 32GB DDR5-5200 RGB gaming memory 💪 GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB 💪 Jared had some amazing things to say about the ultra-spec M.O.A.B. beast PC: "This is the most ridiculous computer I've ever had my hands on" 🥇 "Some of the best cabling I've ever seen" 💋 "It is a work of art" 🖼️ "Amazing airflow" 🌬️ "It looks like a spaceship" 🛸 "I'm just nerding out a little bit, having my logo on this computer is really cool" 🤓 You can check out PiG in his natural habitat: gaming, streaming, and on Twitter, right here.

Diablo IV is officially here, and if you're in need of a new Gaming PC then Lilith has some recommendations for you... some new PC gaming hardware to battle her in the depths of Hell. If you're wanting to hit 60FPS average at 1080p on Medium-Ultra settings? It's not that hard at all in Diablo IV. Lilith is recommending a few different Gaming PC configurations for under $1500, with our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs with either a Radeon RX 580 8GB or GeForce RTX 3060 8GB both viable options to slay at 1080p 60FPS+ and some. Our entire range of Ready to Ship Gaming PCs will carve through Diablo IV like a hot knife through butter, including our bang-for-buck Stinger priced at just $999. This configuration packs the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 processor + 16GB RAM + Radeon RX 580 8GB graphics card which will easily run Diablo IV at 1080p 60FPS+ on Medium settings.  1080p 60FPS+ @ Medium with this Ready to Ship Gaming PC: 😈 Allied Stinger w/Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + Radeon RX 580 8GB @ $999 😈 1080p 110FPS+ @ Ultra with this Ready to Ship Gaming PC: 😈 Allied Stinger w/Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 3060 8GB @ $1299 😈 Remember: We are currently running a competition, giving away a custom Allied Patriot Gaming PC with Diablo IV INKD printing... a PC package worth $2999. It includes: Allied Patriot Gaming PC with custom Diablo IV INKD Printing Giveaway (Worth $2999) CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Cooler: Allied Sidewinder ARGB air cooler RAM: 16GB DDR5-5200 RGB gaming memory GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB Storage: 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD Motherboard: AMD B650 WiFi PSU: 750W 80+ Gold power supply + custom white sleeved cables OS: Windows 11 Home Mouse: Allied Flashbang RGB gaming mouse Keyboard: Allied Sparrowhawk RGB gaming keyboard Audio: Allied Warhead 7.1 RGB gaming headset Game: Diablo IV Ultimate Edition 😈 What do you have to do to enter the Diablo IV giveaway? Simple! Click this link here.

Diablo IV is now out in the flesh and to celebrate, we're giving away a custom Diablo IV-themed Allied Patriot Gaming PC package worth $2999!  Check out the PC below: We've crafted an absolutely gorgeous Patriot Gaming PC that Lilith herself would be truly proud to play on, where inside we've got an AMD Ryzen 7 7700X processor, 16GB of DDR5-5200 RGB gaming memory, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB graphics card. The true star of the show is the beautiful custom INKD panel printing with Lilith front and centre, and rogue angel Inarius turning up for the show.  Allied Patriot Gaming PC with custom Diablo IV INKD Printing Giveaway (Worth $2999) CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Cooler: Allied Sidewinder ARGB air cooler RAM: 16GB DDR5-5200 RGB gaming memory GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB Storage: 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD Motherboard: AMD B650 WiFi PSU: 750W 80+ Gold power supply + custom white sleeved cables OS: Windows 11 Home Mouse: Allied Flashbang RGB gaming mouse Keyboard: Allied Sparrowhawk RGB gaming keyboard Audio: Allied Warhead 7.1 RGB gaming headset Game: Diablo IV Ultimate Edition 😈 This competition is now closed.

Yeah, it's coming... Bethesda has unveiled more details on Starfield, including the minimum and recommended PC specs for the game. The space-themed RPG is coming out later this year, with Starfield requiring a minimum of 125GB of SSD storage... so prepare your SSDs, folks. This isn't just regular storage, but Bethesda is confirming you'll need an SSD for Starfield and 125GB of it. Here are some of the best Gaming PC recommendations that we have for Starfield, with all-time-low pricing on our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs with savings of up to $1000 during our huge Tax Time Sale. Ready to Ship Stinger: Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + Radeon RX 580 8GB for $999 Ready to Ship Stinger: Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 3060 8GB for $1299 Ready to Ship Patriot: Ryzen 5 5600 + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 4070 12GB for $2199 Ready to Ship Patriot: Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + GeForce RTX 4080 16GB for $3999 Starfield: Minimum PC Requirements: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X or Intel Core i7-6800K RAM: 16GB GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5700 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Storage: 125GB SSD OS: Windows 10 version 22H2 (10.0.19045) DirectX: Version 12 Notes: SSD required Starfield: Recommended PC Requirements: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X or Intel Core i5-10600K RAM: 16GB GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Storage: 125GB SSD OS: Windows 10 or Windows 11 (fully updated) DirectX: Version 12 Notes: SSD required We don't know what Bethesda has in mind for Starfield when it comes to Ultra requirements, but I'd dare say those CPU requirements will bump up into the range of a newer-gen Ryzen 7 or Ryzen 9 processor (either the Ryzen 7 7800/7900 series CPU or Ryzen 9 7900 series CPU) or an Intel Core i7 or Core i9 processor. 32GB of RAM would be a recommendation from me across the board, Starfield to the side, while a higher-end GPU is surely going to be required for the Ultra spec in Starfield. Starfield is probably going to require a higher-end GeForce RTX 30 series GPU -- RTX 3080, RTX 3090 -- or Radeon RX 6900 XT for the Ultra spec, but there are newer GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs that should be on your radar for Starfield. NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4070 would be a great starting point, while the GeForce RTX 4080 and GeForce RTX 4090 are gaming GPU monsters that will crush Starfield.  At least we don't have to worry about the crappy capped 30FPS limit that the "next-gen" Xbox Series X console is gimped by, since you'll be able to drive far higher than that in the PC version of Starfield. 

We have just rolled out our latest CPU cooler across our Ready to Ship Gaming PC configurations, where we're proudly introducing the new Allied Sidewinder CPU air cooler.  The new Sidewinder CPU cooler is an air-cooler with some mighty impressive cooling abilities, as well as gorgeous RGB styling that looks slick as hell inside of any Ready to Ship Gaming PC we have on offer. A single 120mm ARGB fan takes care of all of the cooling, chilling CPUs with its 4 x heat pipes inside. The Sidewinder has enough CPU cooling grunt to keep processors with up to 180-200W TDP nice and cool, where for comparison's sake we've got AMD's new Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor -- which is the Best Gaming CPU you can buy -- running at just 70C under gaming loads with the new Sidewinder CPU cooler. Impressive, to say the least. We've got the new Sidewinder CPU cooler keeping processors cool inside of our bang-for-buck Stinger, console-killer Patriot, and even our flagship ultra-spec M.O.A.B. Gaming PCs.

We have kicked off our Tax Time Sale party, with our Ready to Ship range of Gaming PC configurations enjoying all-time-low pricing... but it's not just desktop Gaming PC systems enjoying that price insanity, but also our Gaming Laptop range, too! We've got the Tomcat Gaming Laptop range down to all-time-low prices... with the GeForce RTX 3060-powered Tomcat-A down to just $1599, a savings of up to $600 from its original $2199 price. Meanwhile, the higher-end GeForce RTX 3070-powred Tomcat-A gaming laptop is now only $1899, down from $2499... another $600 in savings... hot damn. As for the hardware configuration inside, the Tomcat RTX 3060 Gaming Laptop packs (configure yours here): CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX (8 cores, 16 threads) RAM: 16GB DDR4-3200 SO-DIMM memory (2 x 8GB modules) GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6GB (130W) SSD: 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD Display: 16-inch IPS-based 2560x1600 resolution @ 165Hz refresh rate Weight: 2.3kg and 27.3mm thick Price: $1599 While inside the Tomcat RTX 3070 Gaming Laptop, we have (configure yours here): CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX (8 cores, 16 threads) RAM: 16GB DDR4-3200 SO-DIMM memory (2 x 8GB modules) GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB (130W) SSD: 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD Display: 16-inch IPS-based 2560x1600 resolution @ 165Hz refresh rate Weight: 2.3kg and 27.3mm thick Price: $1899 Both of the Tomcat Gaming Laptop models feature: Webcam: HD Camera with Dual Digital Array Microphone Battery: 4-cell Polymer 64.31Whr li-polymer battery. Approx battery life 4 hours; consumption will increase utilising the NVIDIA GPU. USB ports: 3 x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports Outputs: 1 x Mini DisplayPort 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.0, 1 x USB Type-C (USB 3.1 Gen2) Audio: Built-in Two-Channel Hi-Def Audio, Built-in 2W Stereo speakes, 1 x 2-in-1 audio jack (headphone out/microphone in) Networking: Intel AX200 WiFi + Bluetooth, Built-in 2.5G Base-T Ethernet LAN Storage: Two M.2 2280 SSD PCIe 4.0 interface Weight: Approx 2.3kg Dimensions: 360 (w) x 286 (d) x 27.3 (h) mm Power Adapter: 230W If you want some more power inside of your new Tomcat gaming laptop, I'd suggest the upgrade to 32GB of RAM which we do for just $79... it'll be one of the best upgrades you can do to your laptop. Secondly, games are using far more storage these days... so for another $99 you can double the 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD to a larger 2TB model. If that's not enough, we can do an additional 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD for another $139... so you could have 4TB of super-fast NVMe M.2 SSD storage inside of this laptop for a further $238 while the $79 for the 32GB RAM upgrade means you can max out the Tomcat RAM + SSD for just $317. Grab your Tomcat Gaming Laptop today!

It's Tax Time once again which means we're slicing and dicing pricing across the board, with some all-time-low pricing across our Ready to Ship range of Gaming PCs. If you need a new Gaming PC -- especially for Diablo IV which just launched -- now is your time to save up to $1000 on a new Gaming PC! We've used this time to do some ninja surgery to our range of Ready to Ship Gaming PCs, where our bang-for-buck Stinger PC systems rock the AMD Ryzen 5000 series or Intel 12th Gen Core CPUs as well as DDR4. But our console-killing Patriot Gaming PC systems are now using the higher-end AMD Ryzen 7000 series and Intel 13th Gen CPUs and newer DDR5 RAM, while a couple of our Patriot systems will use AMD Ryzen 5000 series + DDR4 RAM. Meanwhile, our ultra-spec M.O.A.B. Gaming PC systems are exclusively powered by AMD's new Ryzen 7000 series and Intel 13th Gen Core CPUs with DDR5 RAM. Now... onto those exciting all-time-low prices on our range of Ready to Ship Gaming PC configurations. We have dropped the prices across the board, but there are a few highlighted Gaming PCs that we've got below for your consideration. All of them are going to smash through Diablo IV without a problem, especially any system with NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 40 series GPU inside. Tax Time Sale: Ready to Ship Stinger: Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + Radeon RX 580 8GB for $999 Tax Time Sale: Ready to Ship Stinger: Ryzen 5 5600 + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB for $1499 Tax Time Sale: Ready to Ship Patriot: Ryzen 5 5600 + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 4070 12GB for $2199 Tax Time Sale: Ready to Ship Patriot: Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + GeForce RTX 4080 16GB for $3999 Tax Time Sale: Ready to Ship M.O.A.B.: Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + GeForce RTX 4090 24GB for $6699 Tax Time Sale: Ready to Ship M.O.A.B.: Intel Core i9-13900KF + 32GB DDR5 RAM + GeForce RTX 4090 24GB for $6999 To add to the exciting new all-time-low pricing during our Tax Time Sales, we're also introducing our brand new, and super-kick-ass Allied Sidewinder air cooler across all of our Ready to Ship Gaming PC configurations. The higher-end ultra-spec M.O.A.B. builds will pack the higher-end 360mm AIO liquid CPU cooler, but even the Best Gaming CPU in the Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor is kept nice and chill with our new Sidewinder CPU cooler. The new Sidewinder air cooler has been tested in-house with surprising results, keeping the beasty 7800X3D processor at under 70C during heavy gaming loads like Dead Island 2 at 4K maxed out running at 120FPS+. Very impressive to see. Jump onto our website now and check out our range of Ready to Ship Gaming PCs and enjoy our all-time-low pricing where you can save up to $1000 today during our Tax Time Sales.

The gates of HELL have officially opened with Diablo IV now out in the wild, and developer Blizzard has pumped out PC patch v1.0.2c, which fixes many issues with the game, including random crashes. Diablo IV's new 1.0.2c Built 42122 (PC) patch has a couple of stability fixes that include fixing an issue where players with a high-speed NVMe M.2 SSD experience the game freezing upon starting the game up, as well as "various issues" that caused crashes have now been "fixed", explains Blizzard on their website. Read more: Diablo 4 Release Time Read more: Best Gaming PC For Diablo 4 There's also been another patch pushed out for Diablo IV across all platforms, with a huge list of fixes and balance adjustments to Classes, and oh-so-much more. You can read all about that on the official Blizzard website. 1080p 60FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Stinger w/Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + RTX 3060 8GB for $1399, buy this PC here 🖥️ 1440p up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Patriot w/Ryzen 7 5700X + 16GB RAM + RTX 4070 12GB for $2699, buy this PC here 🖥️ 1440p up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Patriot w/Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 + RTX 4080 16GB for $4699, buy this PC here 🖥️ 4K up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. w/Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 + RTX 4090 24GB for $6699, buy this PC here 🖥️

We've all been there, and we'll all be there again... error messages, your Gaming PC is slowing down, a dreaded BSOD... it happens, it's a part of PC gaming. But, there's always a fix -- well, nearly always -- it might take some tinkering, but most problems can be solved. Funnily enough, rebooting your PC fixes a fair amount of issues... no joke, you should try it! Understanding Error Messages Ugh, these can be the worst... a random error message. Even I had one myself moments ago loading the Epic Games Launcher so that I could play some Dead Island 2, which is the inspiration for this article. We all get error messages and you'd be surprised... a quick Google search or a flick through Reddit can solve them. The more you do this research yourself, the more you'll understand what you're up against when it happens again.  Game Crashes Sometimes your game will just crash, and sometimes there's no reason why. A few solutions can include ensuring you've got the latest graphics card drivers, Windows is up to date, and maybe try clostrying down software running in the background. Low Frame Rates If you're not getting the performance you should be out of your PC, there are a few things you can do to fix that. Before you've jumped into your game, you'll want to ensure that your Gaming PC meets the system requirements of the game. Second, make sure that you've got the latest graphics card drivers installed for your NVIDIA GeForce or AMD Radeon graphics card. The biggest thing you can do for slow FPS is adjust your in-game detail settings... if you've got slow performance but you've got the Ultra preset on, try going down to Medium to see if you get a boost in performance. If you do (see an FPS increase) then adjust the settings until you hit the sweet spot of visual clarity + performance.  Note: your graphics card might not have enough VRAM (video RAM) to run High or Ultra graphics details, especially if you've got an older GPU with 4GB of VRAM, and even some newer GPUs shipping with 8GB can't handle newer 2023 games with High or Ultra graphics details. Take this into consideration when using higher levels of detail (or things like anti-aliasing, etc). Resolving Network Issues Are you using WiFi or wired Ethernet? If you're using WiFi and having connectivity issues, firstly you'll need to make sure if you're connected to the 2.4GHz or 5GHz bands on your router. Normally it will be called RouterName2.4GHz and RouterName5GHz or something along those lines, so if you're having issues with the 2.4GHz network for example, try switching to the 5GHz one and see if the issues are resolved.  If they aren't, another tip is to turn on the mobile hotspot on your smartphone... there are times when I've tried this and it has resolved issues. Enable the mobile hotspot on your smartphone, and then join the WiFi network on your phone from your Gaming PC. If that works and your home WiFi doesn't, you know there's a broader issue with your home WiFi network (and not your PC). Wired Ethernet is another game altogether, but if you're experiencing issues using wired Ethernet then you could easily take the cable in and out to see if the issues are resolved, if not, try a spare cable if you've got one (or borrow one from another PC or console in the house if there's one available).  Overheating We went over this in our Maintaining Your Gaming PC article, but just a quick run-through again: overheating can be a serious issue for your PC. Make sure it has good ventilation -- not just stuffed down the side of your desk or in the cupboard -- and that you maintain the cleanliness of your PC with compressed air, or cleaning it out every few months or so. This will ensure a build-up of dust, hair, and other yucky things aren't messing with your precious Gaming PC. Upgrading Hardware Sometimes you just need to upgrade. Your Gaming PC might only have 8GB of RAM, whereas you really need to have 16GB of RAM these days to ensure smooth operation between Windows, apps, browser tabs, and then your games all chewing up precious RAM resources. If you've only got 8GB of RAM and don't have the money to upgrade your entire PC right now, highly consider purchasing more RAM (another 8GB would be suffice). Inside of your new Gaming PC, don't buy anything less than 16GB and preferably, go for 32GB of RAM. Our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs come with 16GB of RAM, with upgrade options to 32GB and 64GB of RAM if needed. There you have it, a bunch of tips on troubleshooting your Gaming PC. 🖥️ Need a new Gaming PC? Let us help you out 🖥️ Old system not good enough for the games of 2023? Lusting over that 60FPS or even 120FPS+ world of PC gaming?  Want to do MORE with your Gaming PC but can't right now? We've got our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs in all shapes, sizes, and prices starting with our bang-for-buck Ready to Ship Stinger at $1399, right up to our flagship ultra-spec Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. for $6999. Here are some of our best-selling and most-popular Gaming PC configurations: Ready to Ship Stinger (Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 3060 8GB) for $1399 Ready to Ship Patriot (Ryzen 7 5700X + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 4070 12GB) for $2499 Ready to Ship Patriot (Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + GeForce RTX 4080 16GB) for $4699 Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. (Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + GeForce RTX 4090 24GB) for $6699

You know what, sometimes we take our Gaming PCs for granted... they are a workhorse like no other. Unlike a console, there's some maintenance that you should be doing to your priceless Gaming PC, just like you would to your house or car. We're going to run through some of those things now so that your Allied Gaming PC stays at its tippy-top performance. Maintaining Your Allied Gaming PC: Cleaning: Regularly dust off your Gaming PC with a can of compressed air, making sure to pay special attention to the vans and vents inside of your PC where dust accumulates.  For a deeper clean, carefully remove some of the key components from your Gaming PC -- like the graphics card and RAM -- cleaning their respective slots with compressed air. Use a microfiber cloth to very gently clean the exterior of your PC, keeping it looking dapper (you don't want the beautiful RGB lights inside to go to waste!) Optimising Software: Always ensure Windows is up to date by running Windows Update regularly, as it will make sure all required software and drivers are up to date. Ensure you've got the very latest GPU drivers for your GeForce or Radeon graphics card, either by enabling auto driver updates in Radeon Software or GeForce Experience, or by manually downloading the drivers as they're released. AMD Radeon GPU drivers download link NVIDIA GeForce GPU drivers download link Use software utilities to clean up and delete unwanted files and applications that will be taking up precious storage space, or slowing down your Gaming PC. Close down unwanted and unused apps when you're gaming, some of them will use precious resources like RAM and CPU cores (even if it's just a few percent) which could slow down your gaming performance. Keep An Eye On Your CPU + GPU Temperatures: We would recommend downloading some software to make sure your CPU and GPU are running at their optimal temperatures... you don't want one of them overheating now, do you? You can download MSI Afterburner and its sister software RivaTuner Statistics Server (which comes in the download package). Installing both of these lets you keep a closer eye on your CPU and GPU temperatures.  Avoiding Overheating: Wherever you've placed your Gaming PC, make sure that it has good ventilation. If you've placed it somewhere cramped... well, it's going to heat up more than it would with more airflow going into it.  Try not to place it on the ground as your system fans will suck up all the dirt and hair off the carpet (if it's on the carpet). Try to get it off the ground into a well-ventilated spot. If you're forced into having it on the ground, and your Gaming PC is running hot, consider having a fan in front of it blowing air into the system so that there's no dust + hair buildup. Upgrading your components:  We configure all of our Ready to Ship Gaming PC with at least 16GB of RAM, which is a minimum recommended by the team at Allied Gaming, but I would suggest an upgrade to 32GB of RAM when you're purchasing the system. If you don't do it right away, it should be the first planned upgrade to your Gaming PC. 8GB of VRAM on the GPU is the bare minimum that we recommend, but 12GB or even 16GB+ is what you want to "future-proof" your Gaming PC. For example, the GeForce RTX 3060 ships with 8GB of VRAM while the GeForce RTX 4070 packs 12GB of VRAM. If you want the absolute ultimate, AMD's flagship Radeon RX 7900 XTX packs 24GB of VRAM, so too does NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 4090 with 24GB of VRAM onboard. If you've purchased a mid-range graphics card -- let's say the GeForce RTX 3060 -- and you plan an upgrade to something far more powerful in the future, you'll need to make sure of a few things. First, the case has room to have a bigger GPU, and the PSU needs to have enough power to feed the new GPU more power. Additional Maintenance Tips: Managing Cables:  I'm a huge personal fan of using velcro straps to keep my cables feeding into my Gaming PC neat, which is easy! They're a cheap, versatile, non-permanent solution to keeping your cable management game on point. You should have cables for your power, mouse, keyboard, headset, and others feeding into a single velcro-strapped managed line running near your PC. Nice and neat! This also keeps the tangled mess at bay, making getting to and accessing your Gaming PC super-easy. HDD Maintenance (optional): Some people still use mechanical HDDs versus the newer SSDs and even newer NVMe M.2 SSDs that we install into our Ready to Ship Stinger, Patriot, and M.O.A.B. Gaming PCs. If you're using a mechanical HDD, remember to regularly defrag it to make sure you're getting the quickest and most efficient file access. If you're still using an HDD, we'd strongly consider upgrading to an SSD for super-fast near-instant access to your games and especially Windows. It provides a generally smoother-operating Gaming PC overall, too. Anti-Virus + Security: The internet is a dangerous place, so we recommend using a reliable anti-virus software kit to protect your PC from malware and other nasty attacks that could put your precious files at risk, as well as slowing down your Gaming PC, and you really don't want that now, do you? Nope. Check for Hardware Issues: Hearing a weird noise? Check it out. Can't find it or fix it, contact us! We'll help you.  PC slowing down and you don't know why? Try rebooting it (no, seriously, it works most of the time). Still doesn't work? Make sure no software is having issues (using too much RAM or CPU threads). If you still can't fix it, reach out! We're here to help you. Remember... here at Allied Gaming, we #GameAsOne.

We don't stop at Allied Gaming, constantly refining what we do, and the components that go into our Ready to Ship Gaming PC configurations... so we can deliver you the very best Gaming PCs money can buy. The latest configuration in our Ready to Ship Patriot Gaming PC is powered by AMD's brand new Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor, featuring second-generation 3D V-Cache, which works out to be the Best Gaming CPU on the planet. We've used the new 7800X3D processor inside of the latest Patriot system, teamed with 32GB of DDR5-5200 RGB memory and NVIDIA's wicked-fast GeForce RTX 4080 with 16GB of GDDR6X memory. We have this Gaming PC priced at $4699, available and Ready to Ship TODAY! As the Chief Gaming Officer of Allied, I want to personally put this system through its paces... and man, what a beast Gaming PC it is. Ready to Ship Patriot Gaming PC specs: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (8 cores, 16 threads) Cooler: Allied Sidewinder air cooler (prototype) RAM: 32GB DDR5-5200 RGB memory GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB SSD: 2TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD Case: Allied Patriot 6-Fan RGB Gaming PC case We're actually also testing out our prototype Allied Sidewinder air cooler, which keeps the world's best Gaming CPU nice and chill. We're talking 65-70C under gaming loads, which compared to the best CPU from Intel in the form of the Core i9-13900KF, it's downright ludicrously cool in comparison. The Core i9-13900KF can run at up to 90-100C very easily, no matter how good the cooling is on it. AMD's new Ryzen 7 7800X3D on the other hand? Air-cooled by our Sidewinder = no worries. I've been playing Dead Island 2, Hogwarts Legacy, Cyberpunk 2077, and Overwatch 2 on it -- so far, at least -- with some truly stunning results. Teaming the world's best CPU for gaming as well as the second-fastest GPU on the planet = console-killing performance from this Gaming PC, and some.  Overwatch 2 was loaded up onto the system, set to the 4K resolution (3840 x 2160) with NVIDIA Boost + Reflex enabled, and the FPS set to scale up to its maximum limit of 600FPS. All of the in-game detail settings were maxed out, with FSR disabled (no AI-based upscaling) and then a round of Overwatch 2 was played... with a beautifully smooth 300FPS+ at 4K. The game actually sat above 300FPS for the most part, in the 350-380FPS average area but did have dips into the 280-290FPS at times. Utterly smooth, especially for a twitchy-style shooter like Overwatch 2. You can check out our entire range of Ready to Ship Gaming PCs here.

Dead Island 2 is an incredibly fun zombie-slaying first-person shooter, but what's the Best Gaming PC for Dead Island 2? That's what we're here to help you with, so you can have HELL-A looking as good as possible. The official PC system requirements for Dead Island 2 come in multiple forms: Minimum, Recommended, High and Ultra. We have a Ready to Ship Gaming PC for every category, covering 1080p 30FPS, 1080p 60FPS, 1440p 60FPS, and 4K 60FPS. No matter how you want to slay zombies, we've got your back with a Gaming PC. I've been playing Dead Island 2 on our latest build: the new Ready to Ship Patriot Gaming PC with AMD's brand new Ryzen 7 7800X3D -- which is the fastest Gaming CPU on the planet -- mixed with 32GB of DDR5-5200 RGB memory, and NVIDIA's super-fast GeForce RTX 4080 16GB graphics card. I've been running Dead Island 2 at its native 4K resolution with every single graphics setting maxed out and I'm enjoying a liquid smooth 120FPS+ gaming experience. It's absolutely sublime seeing HELL-A look out-of-this-world and run so damn smooth. Ultra - 4K 60FPS: Ready to Ship Patriot (Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB RAM + RTX 4080 16GB) @ $4699 The Best Gaming PC for Dead Island 2 is definitely our console-killer Ready to Ship Patriot configured with the Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + GeForce RTX 4080 for $4699. You're going to see far above and beyond the 4K 60FPS+ experience for the Ultra specifications but be warned: you'll need a 4K 120FPS-capable gaming monitor or TV for that. The Best Gaming PC for Dead Island 2 at 1440p 60FPS is a bit trickier, where we've got a few options: High - 1440p 60FPS: Ready to Ship Stinger (Ryzen 5 5600 + 16GB RAM + RTX 3070 8GB) @ $1999 High - 1440p 60FPS: Ready to Ship Patriot (Ryzen 7 5700X + 16GB RAM + RTX 4070 12GB) @ $2699 Meanwhile, the Best Gaming PC for Dead Island 2 at 1080p 60FPS and 1080p 30FPS for the Recommended and Minimum PC requirements we've got the same PC, our bang-for-buck Ready to Ship Stinger priced at $1399: Recommended - 1080p 60FPS: Ready to Ship Stinger (Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + RTX 3060 8GB) @ $1399 Dead Island 2 is out now.

You're a Jedi, and you need the Best Gaming PC for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor... Allied Gaming is here to help, with a bunch of Jedi-worthy Ready to Ship Gaming PCs in our bang-for-buck Stinger, console-killer Patriot, and ultra-spec M.O.A.B. configurations. We have some of the very finest Gaming PCs in the world, ready for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, from 1080p through to 4K and 30FPS through to 120FPS and beyond, we've got you covered. The PC system requirements for the game are pretty tame, with our Ready to Ship Stinger offering fantastic bang-for-buck performance while console-killing performance is delivered by our Patriot Gaming PC, and for an ultra-spec flagship... we've got our M.O.A.B. that will blow you away. Best Gaming PC for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor @ 1080p We've got our Ready to Ship Stinger Gaming PC starting from $1399, rocking a Ryzen 5 5500 processor + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 3060 8GB graphics card. This is enough grunt to get 60FPS+ out of Medium through to Epic settings in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Epic Preset - 1080p 60FPS: Ready to Ship Stinger (Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + RTX 3060 8GB) @ $1399 Best Gaming PC for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor @ 1440p If you want to jump to 1440p, the requirements for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor bump up the specs of the best Gaming PC up significantly. We've got plenty of Ready to Ship Gaming PCs, but one of my favourite recommendations would be the console-killing Patriot configured with the Ryzen 7 5700X processor + 16GB RAM + GeForce RTX 4070 12GB graphics card. This is enough for reaching that sweet spot of 60FPS+ in the game, at 2560 x 1440. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor at 1440p and over 120FPS+ needs even more Gaming PC grunt again, where the GeForce RTX 4070 simply isn't enough and we're moving into GeForce RTX 4080 or RTX 4090 territory, or the Radeon RX 7900 XTX. The RTX 4080 and RX 7900 XTX will both give you around 120FPS average (roughly) while the RTX 4090 will smash above the 150FPS average barrier. Epic Preset - 1440p 60FPS: Ready to Ship Patriot (Ryzen 7 5700X + 16GB RAM + RTX 4070 12GB) @ $2699 Epic Preset - 1440p 120FPS: Ready to Ship Patriot (Ryzen 7 5700X + 32GB RAM + RTX 4080 16GB) @ $3499 Best Gaming PC for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor @ 4K Now we're into the best Gaming PC for 4K 60FPS+ experience in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, where if you want to see above 60FPS then you've got only a few GPU options. The GeForce RTX 4080, RTX 4090, and Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Both the RTX 4080 + RX 7900 XTX will reach around 60FPS average -- only just -- while the flagship RTX 4090 will sit at closer to 80FPS in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor when maxed out. We've got a few console-killer Patriot and ultra-spec M.O.A.B. Ready to Ship Gaming PC that will run Star Wars Jedi: Survivor maxed out at 4K while maintaining 60FPS+ average. Epic Preset - 4K 60FPS: Ready to Ship Patriot (Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB RAM + RTX 4080 16GB) @ $4699 Epic Preset - 4K 60FPS: Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. (Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB RAM + RTX 4090 24GB) @ $6699 Our ultra-spec flagship Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. has the most Gaming PC hardware power known to man... we've configured this bad boy with AMD's new Ryzen 7 7800X3D -- the fastest Gaming CPU on the planet -- with 32GB of DDR5-5200 RGB memory and NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 4090 with 24GB of ultra-fast GDDR6X memory. This Gaming PC will make your friends jealous, your enemies envious, and it'll ruin your sleeping pattern. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is out now.

Congratulations to the Winner of our DreamHack PC Giveaway Brian G! Brian G (aka @cavemanugg) received his prize - a custom Intel Core i5 13600KF RTX 4070 Patriot valued at over $3000 and delivered in the Monster Energy Mustang... in his ugg boots.  In case you missed it, we teamed with Monster Energy at Dreamhack last month to give away this incredible custom green Allied Patriot. Capable of smashing out over 100 FPS Ray Tracing gaming with the brand new RTX 4070, this Allied Patriot is a performance powerhouse. With and Intel Core i5 13600KF processor and a whopping 32GB of DDR5 RAM, Brian will get to enjoy lightning fast gaming and multitasking, as this PC is capable of running even the most demanding games at smooth framerates with stunning visuals. Giveaway Specs Custom Allied Patriot Gaming PC Intel Core i5 13600KF 240mm Allied Ice Cube Liquid Cooler RTX 4070 12GB Z690 DDR5 WiFi motherboard 32GB DDR5 RAM 2TB Gen 4 NVMe SSD 850W Gold PSU Windows 11 Home Custom Green cabling Prize value: $3844 Once again, big congrats to Brian - we hope you enjoyed Dreamhack! If you didn't win... bad luck... but, we've got some more Gaming PC giveaways in the works! Make sure to subscribe to out mailing list to get notified when we begin our next giveaway. Allied x Monster Energy We also made sure to power awesome creators like Berticuss and Brodie at the Monster Energy booth with our shocking and awesome MOAB! Both streamers enjoyed some insane FPS while playing games like Cuphead and speedrunning Super Mario 64, all while livestreaming on Twitch. M.O.A.B Specs Allied M.O.A.B. Super Tower Intel Core i9 13900KF NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Intel Z790 DDR5 WiFi Chipset 64GB DDR5 5200MHz RAM 1TB Gen4 NVMe m.2 SSD Allied Ice Cube 360mm Liquid Cooler 1000W 80 Plus Gold PCIe Gen 5.0 PSU Allied Premium White Cable Kit

 The Top 5 Games To Play With RTX On   If you want to show off your new Gaming PC, or you're about to order a new system and want to show it off... we've got a list of games to play with NVIDIA RTX enabled. There's a growing list of games with ray tracing, but some of them truly stand out, so we've got:   The top 5 games with RTX (out now)  Cyberpunk 2077 Minecraft Metro Exodus Control Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales The top 5 games with RTX (coming soon) Diablo IV Starfield Forza Motorsport STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl The Finals We've got a bunch of Ready to Ship Gaming PCs that feature NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 and RTX 40 series graphics cards that are RTX-ready, to redefine your gaming experience. Whether it's dystopian worlds, swinging through skyscrapers in New York, or building your own universe... do it all with unprecedented realism with RTX technology. Ready to Ship Gaming PC Recommendations for RTX On Gaming    Whether it's a bang-for-buck 1080p 60FPS gaming experience with RTX ON, a console-killing 1440p 120FPS gaming experience with RTX ON, or the ultra-spec 4K 60FPS or even 4K 120FPS gaming experience with RTX ON... we've got your back with a new Ready to Ship Gaming PC for your budget and visual experience needs. Entry-level: Ready to Ship Stinger Ryzen 5 5500 + RTX 3060 8GB Console-killer: Ready to Ship Patriot Ryzen 7 5700X + RTX 4070 12GB Ultra-spec: Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. Ryzen 7 7800X3D + RTX 4090 24GB  If you want our recommendation: bang-for-buck Stinger for $1399 will get you in the gate for 1080p 60FPS gaming with RTX enabled, but if you truly want to experience the world of ray-traced games, our console-killer Patriot for $2699 is a phenomenal Gaming PC.   But, if you want that ultra-spec put-a-smile-on-your-face Gaming PC, our M.O.A.B. configuration is ready for you at $5199. If you want nothing in your way when you turn every graphics setting to the maximum in your games -- especially with RTX ON -- then we've got a Gaming PC configuration for just that 🧨   Our flagship ultra-spec Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. Gaming PC configured with the Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + GeForce RTX 4090 24GB will smash through any game with RTX enabled. Inside, we've got the best Gaming CPU out in the 7800X3D that competes against the very best from Intel in the form of their Core i9-13900KF 💪💪💪

So... you're in the market for a new Gaming PC and need to know what's the best Gaming CPU on the market? With a few new entries from AMD in the form of the brand-new Ryzen 7 7800X3D... let's compare the new CPU packing 3D V-Cache technology against Intel's flagship Core i9-13900KF processor.   Before we dive into this, both of these processors are fantastic Gaming CPUs... both of them will deliver uncompromising performance in older, current, and even upcoming games. We have these CPUs in both our Ready to Ship Patriot and Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. Gaming PCs. Pairing them with 32GB of DDR5 memory, super-fast 1-2TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD storage, and an enthusiast-class NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB -- or better yet -- GeForce RTX 4090 24GB, will make for one of the most powerful Gaming PCs you can configure today.   AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8 cores, 16 threads 💪 Base clock of 3.8GHz 🕑 Boost clock of 5.0GHz 🚀 Zen 4 architecture 🧪 Second-generation 3D V-Cache 🤯🤯🤯 Supports DDR5-5200 memory 📚 PCIe 5.0 x16 interface 🔌 AM5 socket 🔌 Manufactured on 5nm + 6nm process nodes 🧬 105W TDP 🔥 Intel Core i9-13900KF 24 cores, 32 threads 🤯 Base clock of 3.0GHz 🕑 Boost clock of 5.7GHz 🚀🚀🚀 Raptor Lake architecture 🧪 Supports DDR5-5600 memory 📚 PCIe 5.0 x16 interface 🔌 LGA 1700 socket 🔌 Manufactured on 10nm process node 🧬 125W TDP (but uses FAR more power) 🔥🔥🔥 Comparing 7800X3D vs 13900KF: They're both powerful processors, with different strengths and weaknesses. AMD's new Ryzen 7 7800X3D has fewer cores and threads, and lower base and boost clocks... but consumes far less power and doesn't get anywhere near as hot. It's made on a new process node and can boost at up to 5.0GHz on an air cooler.   The Intel Core i9-13900KF on the other hand has far more cores and threads, boosts at up to 5.7GHz, but consumes FAR more power and gets FAR hotter than the 7800X3D.   Which CPU is the one for you? Both of them are fantastic choices, but if we had to choose it would be the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D as the best Gaming CPU. If you need more cores, there's the other 3D V-Cache CPUs from AMD in the form of the Ryzen 9 7900X3D and Ryzen 9 7950X3D, too. But, if you want that pure insane 5.7GHz+ CPU clock speeds... the Intel Core i9-13900KF isn't going to let you down. It is a deliciously-fast CPU, but we're warning you -- it uses far more power (250-300W+ under load, compared to 60-75W from the 7800X3D) and will need a 240mm or even 360mm AIO liquid cooler to keep cool (compared to just air-cooling on the 7800X3D).   More benefits: AMD's new Ryzen 7 7800X3D is a couple of hundred dollars cheaper, uses far less power, and runs far cooler to the point where you don't need a more expensive 240mm or 360mm AIO liquid cooler.   Overall, our recommendation:Console-killing Patriot 7800X3D + RTX 4080 for $4699Ultra-spec M.O.A.B. 13900KF + RTX 4090 for $6999   The console-killing Ready to Ship Patriot configured with the 7800X3D and RTX 4080 is a killer combo, offering the best Gaming CPU, with the second-best Gaming GPU. The 7800X3D only needs a 120mm AIO cooler, so it fits into the Patriot while coming in at just $4699. 4K 120FPS gaming for under $5K... not bad at all.   The ultra-spec Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. configuration with the 13900KF + RTX 4090 offers the absolute best CPU -- no matter how hot, or how much power it uses -- with the best Gaming GPU: the GeForce RTX 4090 24GB. The RTX 4090 is so powerful and so big, it needs the M.O.A.B. Super Tower to even fit.   Ultra-spec Gaming PC for $6999... pumping out the highest frames per second at any resolution, there's NOTHING this Gaming PC can't handle. Ready to Ship Patriot: 7800X3D + RTX 4080 16GB = $4699   One of our console-killing Ready to Ship Patriot Gaming PCs is configured with AMD's new Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor and teamed with a super-fast NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 with 16GB of GDDR6X memory.   The powerhouse CPU + GPU combo is joined by 32GB of DDR5-5200 RGB memory, and a 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD inside of our beautiful Allied Patriot 6-Fan RGB ATX case. The 7800X3D processor is cooled by our IceCube 120mm AIO liquid cooler, ensuring those 8 cores and 16 threads are boosting to their peak 5.0GHz frequency.   The best Gaming CPU is inside of our Ready to Ship Patriot for $4699 configured with:💪 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (8 cores, 16 threads) ⚡ Memory: 32GB of DDR5-5200 RAM 🎨 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB 💾 Storage: 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD   Ready to Ship M.O.A.B.: 7800X3D + RTX 4090 24GB = $6699   If you want the very best CPU and GPU hardware on the market, look no further than our ultra-spec Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. Gaming PC configured with the Ryzen 7 7800X3D and NVIDIA's fastest GPU: the GeForce RTX 4090 with 24GB of GDDR6X memory.   This Gaming PC also rocks 32GB of DDR5-5200 RGB memory, a larger 2TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD, and looks totally amazing inside of our Allied M.O.A.B. 7-Fan RGB Super Tower case. The 7800X3D is kept at its chillest with our IceCube 360mm AIO liquid cooler.   This system is ready for 4K 120FPS gaming, and it won't run as hot as the 13900KF processor M.O.A.B. Gaming PC, as the 7800X3D only sips power at around 70W🪫   Remember: the 13900KF will use 250-300W in comparison 🔌🔌🔌   The best Gaming CPU is inside of our Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. for $6699 configured with:💪 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (8 cores, 16 threads) ⚡ Memory: 32GB of DDR5-5200 RAM 🎨 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB 💾 Storage: 2TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD Ready to Ship M.O.A.B.: 13900KF + RTX 4090 24GB = $6999   The absolute highest-end Gaming PC that we sell is our Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. with the Intel Core i9-13900KF + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB configuration. AMD's new Ryzen 7 7800X3D taps out with 8 cores and 16 threads at up to 5.0GHz, but the Core i9-13900KF offers an incredible 24 cores and 32 threads at up to 5.7GHz 🤯🤯🤯   This Gaming PC also packs 32GB of DDR5-5200 RGB memory and a larger 2GB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD, while the 13900KF is also cooled by the IceCube 360mm AIO liquid cooler... which is required for the 13900KF processor, as it will use much more power at 250-300W, which needs more radical cooling to operate at its huge 5.7GHz boost clocks.   The beefiest Gaming CPU is inside of our Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. for $6999 configured with:💪 CPU: Intel Core i9-13900KF (24 cores, 32 threads) ⚡ Memory: 32GB of DDR5-5200 RAM 🎨 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB 💾 Storage: 2TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD

The Best Gaming PCs For Playing Diablo IV   The release of Diablo IV is right around the corner, so if your PC isn't quite up to it... it's time for a new Allied Ready to Ship Gaming PC that can carve through the depths of HELL at 60FPS or more 😈   The PC system requirements for Diablo IV aren't actually too bad, where you'll need 8GB of RAM and 90GB SSD storage space at a bare minimum. CPU-wise, any of our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs have you covered with far more PC horsepower than that: at least 16GB RAM and a 1TB SSD.    We're going to specifically cover:😈 1080p 60FPS 😈😈 4K 60FPS 😈😈😈Totally maxed out ultra-spec insanity Best Gaming PC for Diablo IV @ 1080p 60FPS+   The best Gaming PC for Diablo IV @ 1080p 60FPS is our Ready to Ship Stinger for $1399 configured with:🤖 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 (6 cores, 12 threads) ⚡ Memory: 16GB of RAM 🎨 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 🗄️ Storage: 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD   Performance expectations: You're going to enjoy a super-smooth Diablo IV with the Stinger Ryzen 5 5500 + GeForce RTX 3060 8GB combo... easily hitting 1080p 60FPS on High detail.  Best Gaming PC for Diablo IV @ 4K 60FPS+   The best Gaming PC for Diablo IV @ 4K 60FPS+ is our Ready to Ship Patriot for $2699, configured with:   🤖 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (8 cores, 16 threads) ⚡ Memory: 16GB of RAM (upgrade to 32GB costs $129) 🎨 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB 🗄️ Storage: 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD   Performance expectations: Reaching those awesome heights of 4K 60FPS+ is an easy achievement for this Ready to Ship Stinger, with the GeForce RTX 4070 12GB capable of using NVIDIA's AI-powered DLSS 3 upscaling technology in Diablo IV. You could turn this onto "Quality" mode for 4K 60FPS+ with even higher graphics fidelity, or turn DLSS 3 on its "Performance" mode for beyond 60FPS and more into the 4K 120FPS+ territory. Best Gaming PC for Diablo IV TOTALLY MAXED OUT The best Gaming PC for a totally maxed-out graphics experience in Diablo IV @ 4K 120FPS+ is our Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. for $6699, configured with:   🤖 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (8 cores, 16 threads + second-gen 3D V-Cache) ⚡ Memory: 32GB of DDR5-5200 RGB RAM 🎨 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB  🗄️ Storage: 2TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD   💪 the best gaming CPU 💪 💪 the best gaming GPU 💪   AMD's latest Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor is the best gaming GPU out, rocking 8 cores and 16 threads of CPU power at up to 5.0GHz alongside second-gen 3D V-Cache making it the CPU to have in a maxed-out Gaming PC.   The same can be said for NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4090 24GB graphics card, a no-holds-barred GPU that fits perfectly into our ultra-spec M.O.A.B. Gaming PC.   Performance expectations: With this much CPU and GPU horsepower, you can run Diablo IV on totally maxed-out graphics settings and tune NVIDIA DLSS 3 technology to "Quality" for the best of both worlds. A sharper-looking Diablo IV visual experience, with some truly insane FPS numbers.   😈 The Devil would be happy playing on this Gaming PC, that's for sure 😈   Diablo IV officially launches on June 6.

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AMD's new Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor is now out and in the wild, with the world's fastest gaming CPU now available at Allied Gaming. Our highest-end, console-killing Patriot and ultra-spec M.O.A.B. Gaming PCs are packing the new AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor, providing an unbelievable amount of gaming CPU power that only sips power. We're talking about using just 65W of power under load and running at around 65-70C under gaming and stress loads... and that's with our in-development Sidewinder air cooler. No fancy AIO cooling, just an air cooler keeping the world's best gaming CPU cool. What makes AMD's new Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor -- and its siblings in the Ryzen 9 7900X3D and Ryzen 9 7950X3D -- so special, is the second-generation 3D V-Cache. What is 3D V-Cache? It's an additional L3 SRAM chiplet, stacked directly into the centre of the compute die (CCD) chiplet, ensuring solution from heat-generating cores. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor features 96MB of second-gen 3D V-Cache, boosting performance in gaming especially -- but also other latency-sensitive applications -- with bandwidth of up to 2.5TB/sec. This is a 25% improvement over the first-gen 3D V-Cache on the popular Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor.  We've been playing with the new AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D here at Allied, where I've personally had some hands-on time with it and it is an astonishing piece of technology. When compared to Intel's flagship Core i9-13900KF processor, AMD totally beats the pants off of Intel with the 7800X3D. For comparisons sake, the Core i9-13900KF will happily consume where between 250W and 300W of power... while the Ryzen 7 7800X3D sips power, consuming just 65W or so under load. 250-300W compared to 65W. Let that sink in for a minute. On top of that, for the Core i9-13900KF to reach -- and maintain -- its 5.0GHz+ boost clock, you're going to need a 240mm or better yet, a 360mm AIO cooler. AMD's new Ryzen 7 7800X3D is able to boost its 8 cores and 16 threads with its second-gen 3D V-Cache going along with the journey, at up to 5.0GHz on an air cooler. 240/360mm AIO cooler compared to air cooling. Let THAT sink in for a minute, too. When mixed with a high-end GPU like NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4090 or GeForce RTX 4080, the new Ryzen 7 7800X3D is an absolute match made in Heaven. Remember, AMD also has its own RDNA 3-powered Radeon RX 7900 XTX that you could also team the 7800X3D with... but whatever high-end GPU you put with it, you're going to have the (gaming) time of your life. We currently have our Ready to Ship Patriot and Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. configurations with AMD's new Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor, you can check them out here.

SHODAN will be impressed... System Shock Remake has officially gone GOLD.  What does "Gone Gold" mean? Back in the days before games were digital, a game going gold meant it was completely finished development, finalised, and ready to go off to be printed onto CDs (and eventually DVDs) at the factory. It means the game is finished, and ready for gamers for its official launch... with System Shock Remake launching on May 30 on the PC. Nightdive Studios and PLAION have also announced the final PC system requirements for the game, which are very tame, making SHODAN very, very happy. Trust me, you don't want to make SHODAN angry. System Shock Remake PC System Requirements: Minimum: CPU: Intel Core i5-2400 or AMD FX-8320 (or better) RAM: 4GB GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB or AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB (or better) Storage: 2GB DirectX: Version 11 OS: Windows 7, 8.1, 10 Recommended: CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 or AMD FX-8350 (or better) RAM: 8GB GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB or AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB (or better) Storage: 2GB DirectX: Version 11 OS: Windows 7, 8.1, 10 These tame PC system requirements mean a wide variety of systems can run it, so you shouldn't have an issue playing the System Shock Remake. The original is one of my favourite games of all time, as it was also an influence for games like BioShock that gamers will remember from years ago. System Shock Remake will be released on Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG on May 30.

NVIDIA has announced that its AI-powered upscaling technology -- DLSS 3 -- will be featured in the Diablo IV Stress Slam this weekend. At first, DLSS 3 was meant to be added to Diablo IV when it launches next month, but it seems we're in for some high-performance AI-powered luck. NVIDIA hasn't detailed the performance improvements that we can expect on GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs with DLSS 3 enabled in Diablo IV, but we do know that the Diablo IV Stress Slam kicks off on the PC and consoles on May 12 @ 12PM PT, and ends on May 14 @ 12PM PT. For Australian gamers, that works out to the Stress Slam starting May 13 @ 6AM AEDT and ending May 15 @ 6AM AEDT. Need a new Gaming PC? We have plenty of Ready to Ship configurations that are battle-hardened for Diablo IV, here are some of them: 1080p 60FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Stinger w/Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + RTX 3060 8GB for $1399, buy this PC here. 1440p up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Patriot w/Ryzen 7 5700X + 16GB RAM + RTX 4070 12GB for $2699, buy this PC here. 1440p up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Patriot w/Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + RTX 4080 16GB for $4699, buy this PC here. 4K up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. w/Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + RTX 4090 24GB for $6699, buy this PC here. If you participated in the Diablo IV Beta, you won't have your characters ready... but the entire Fractured Peaks zone is available for you to explore, with a level cap of 20. You can unlock the two titles and cosmetic items that were provided to beta players after unlocking specific achievements, but there's a brand new cosmetic item up for grabs: the Cry of Ashava Mount Trophy.

If you didn't get into the two closed beta tests or the recent demo launch of Street Fighter 6, don't fret... you've got another chance before the game launches on June 2. Capcom has announced an unexpected open beta test of Street Fighter 6, which will run between May 19 and May 21. This new open beta promises to deliver the same amount of content as the second closed beta trial, which took place just before the festive season from December 16 to December 19. The focus of this trial was the Battle Hub -- the online gathering spot where gamers could personalise their characters, issue challenges for matches to other Street Fighters, or enjoy timeless Capcom classics through virtual arcade machines integrated into the game. You've all been asking!Play the Open Beta for #StreetFighter6 from May 19-21. Experience the content from Closed Beta Test #2, including 8 characters and various ways to play online!🌐 https://t.co/cUsf8PXM5j pic.twitter.com/HhlqCDCCA4 — Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) May 8, 2023 The line-up for the open beta will mirror that of the second closed beta test, featuring an assortment of playable characters as follows: Ryu Guile Ken Chun-Li Juri Luke Jamie Kimberly The unexpected open beta comes on the heels of the Street Fighter 6 Demo Version release, providing gamers a sneak peak into the World Tour story mode of the game. Characters crafted in the demo will be transferrable to the full version, which is launching on June 2, while those created in the open beta will not be. Street Fighter 6 launches on June 2, with the open beta offered as a free download starting May 19.

A modified version of Windows 11 has been stripped down with limited memory requirements, and stored onto laptop GPU memory. Modder and software developer NTDEV teased his work, using a modded Windows 11 operating system called Tiny11, alongside a third-party tool called GpuRamDrive, squeezing the whole OS onto the laptop GPU memory. The laptop GPU in question is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU with 4GB of GDDR6 memory. The tool itself creates a RAM disc which gets stored into the GPU memory, and not the system RAM like usual. Tiny11 OS installation doesn't require anything over 4GB of space, fitting neatly into the 4GB framebuffer of the GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU. Windows 11 still needs regular system memory in order to function, but this test shows that GPU memory is capable of pushing very fast and very quick deployment of the OS. We're talking about 1960MB/sec (1.9GB/sec) reads and 2497MB/sec (2.5GB/sec) writes, and that's all on the lowest-tier mobile Ampere GPU with its 4GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14Gbps on a smaller 128-bit memory bus. Source.

Hogwarts Legacy has become one of the biggest games of 2023 in a number of ways, with the open-world action RPG developed by Avalanche Software earning itself over $1 billion USD in retail sales alone... that's a shave under $1.5 billion AUD. Wowzers. The game has been phenomenally successful on the PC and Xbox, recently hitting the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One which have a gigantic userbase of gamers that are now able to play Hogwarts Legacy. Not only that, but the game is also only a couple of months away from launching on the biggest console platform on the market in 2023: the portable Nintendo Switch. In its recent Q1 2023 press release, Warner Bros. Discovery said that the Q1 launch of Hogwarts Legacy was the "largest release of all time for Warner Bros. Games and is the best selling game year-to-date with over $1 billion in retail sales". Impressive stuff to see, that's for sure. We're sure these numbers are only going to swell now that Hogwarts Legacy is on the biggest userbase of consoles: PS4 and Xbox One.  For now, champagne is most likely being popped right now at both Avalanche Studios and Warner Bros. Discovery, and so they should! $1 billion+ USD in retail sales for a game that isn't Call of Duty? Fantastic!

Intel's latest 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" CPUs are already impressive enough, reaching up to a rather huge 6.0GHz, but they need some serious cooling and use some serious power to get there. What about the upcoming refresh? That's where the latest rumours from leaker Moore's Law is Dead come into play, who is teasing some specs on Intel's upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs, which are expected to launch in Q3 2023, so only a few months from now. The new CPUs will reportedly arrive in both desktop "S" and mobility "HX" versions, sitting alongside the Meteor Lake-P and Meteor Lake-M families. Now, onto that juicy rumour...  Intel is expected to not include more than an 18+6 core configuration with its upcoming 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs but will introduce new SKUs instead. We're expecting a 6+8 and 2+8 SKU which should fill the shoes of new Core i5 and Core i3 processor designs.  We are expecting the flagship 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" to boost up to an impressive 6.2GHz but we could see something even crazier: higher-binned variants reaching 6.5GHz, which I truly can't wait to see. Considering the Core i9-13900K hits 5.8GHz, and the Core i9-13900KS reaches 6.0GHz, the truly lofty heights of 6.2GHz let alone 6.5GHz, are going to be wicked to see in the silicon flesh. Bring it on!

Crucial has just announced that it's opened up pre-orders for its next-gen T700 PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD, which has some truly next-gen read and write speeds. We're talking about up to 12.4GB/sec reads, and up to 11.8GB/sec writes... yeah, it's fast. Like, freaking fast. The next-gen Crucial T700 has become the world's fastest SSD, blasting past the previous high-speed of 10GB/sec (10,000MB/sec) with its truly bonkers 12.4GB/sec (12,400MB/sec) reads. Crucial has worked closely with CPU and motherboard companies to ensure the performance reliability of its new T700 SSD, too, which is now the first Tier-1 mainstream brand with a Gen5 SSD on the market. There's a premium heatsink included, with Crucial using an aluminium and nickel-plated copper heatsink that maximises heat dissipation, all without the need for a noisy fan or the use of liquid cooling. Crucial also worked with Phison as well as AMD and Intel (and all motherboard vendors) to test its new T700 SSD. Crucial will be making its new T700 PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD available in both heatsink and non-heatsink options, but there will strictly be no active-fan coolers with these beast new SSDs. The heatsink design of the T700 PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSDs features a double-sided PCB with targeted thermal materials, nickel-plated copper bottom plate, an aluminium plate, and a sleek design that ensures maximum airflow (which you'll need to maintain those nuts 12.4GB/sec+ read speeds!) Crucial T700 PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD details: Sequential reads/writes up to 12,400/11,800MB/s Nearly 2x faster than our Gen4 SSD More than 22x faster than SATA Capacities of 1, 2, and 4TB for more games and UHD/8K+ videos Compatible with Intel 13th Gen & AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPUs Backward compatibility in Gen3 and Gen4 systems Built with Micron 232-layer TLC NAND Premium heatsink for maximum heat dissipation without noisy fans or liquid cooling blocks (non-heatsink option available) Reduce game texture load times with Microsoft DirectStorage Hardware encryption for storage security with TCG Opal 2.01

The Gold Coast Esports scene has just levelled up, with the introduction of the FUSE Esports Centre... a members-only place for gamers to meet other gamers, form teams and relationships, and participate in competitive structured competitions. It's open to members aged 15 and over. The Allied Gaming team supports the great work at FUSE Esports Centre, powering them with 12 of our Patriot Gaming PCs powered by an AMD Ryzen 5 5600 processor, 16GB of RAM, and an AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT graphics card. The CPU is cooled by an IceCube 120mm AIO liquid cooler, a 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD, our Allied Premium White Sleeved Cable Kit, and personalised with our INKD printing service. The. PCs. Look. AWESOME! 😻 Full specs of the Allied Patriot PC inside of the FUSE Esports Centre: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Motherboard: AMD B550 RAM: 16GB DDR4-3200 RGB memory GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT 12GB CPU cooling: IceCube 120mm ARGB AIO liquid cooler SSD: 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 Case: Patriot PSU: 650W 80 Plus Bronze Not only that, but each of the Patriot Gaming PCs has a full suite of Allied accessories: Allied Expanse A2700W 27-inch 1080p gaming monitor Allied Sparrowhawk RGB gaming keyboard Allied Flashbang RGB gaming mouse Allied Warhead 7.1 RGB gaming headset Allied TacMat Charge RGB gaming surface The new FUSE Esports Centre is at the GeSS Education Campus - Level 8 Australia Fair Shopping Centre @ 36 Marine Parade, Southport, QLD, 4215. Once memberships and registrations are here (they're coming soon) you can expect regular weekly leagues running the most popular PC games on the planet, playing them on some of the best-looking, and best-performing Gaming PCs in Australia. You can read more about the FUSE Esports Centre here!

NVIDIA originally launched the GeForce RTX 3060 with 12GB of GDDR6 memory... and then not too long ago in 8GB form. But PC modders have just changed that. A new video from Paulo Gomes and "harteck" has been released, taking the regular GeForce RTX 3060 8GB and strapping 12GB to it... the results? Not too bad, actually. There is a difference here that should be noted: Original GeForce RTX 3060 12GB -- 192-bit memory bus Updated GeForce RTX 3060 8GB -- 128-bit memory bus We wouldn't recommend anyone do this to their GeForce RTX 3060 8GB, but it can be modded back to its original 12GB memory if it's done right. Most of the current RTX 3060 8GB cards still use the original PCB design, which is capable of hosting up to 8 memory modules, but the RTX 3060 8GB used in this test only had 4 memory modules used... leaving room for the mod. Modding the RTX 3060 from 8GB to 12GB of memory isn't the only thing required, as the 12GB model has a 192-bit memory bus and the 8GB model has a slower 128-bit memory bus. But... the card can be tricked into supporting the higher-end 192-bit memory bus by changing over resistors, and with a BIOS replacement from the original 12GB model. After the modders transplanted the increased 12GB of GDDR6 memory onto the RTX 3060 8GB card, the card was tested in some benchmarks with some interesting results. First off, we have the Unigine Superposition benchmark with a 100% power limit set, and the same fan speed across both cards... in the end, a very respectable 22% higher score on the 1080p Extreme profile. The results went from 4235 to 5196... not bad at all, but I really want to see some games tested like this. Source: VideoCardz.

The release of Dead Island 2 is here and to celebrate we've teamed up with PLAION ANZ and Press Start Australia to give away a monster-slaying Gaming PC that you can win with the click of a button 🧟🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️    A fully-sick custom Dead Island 2 Allied Gaming PC worth $3149, in fact! Not only that, but you'll get in on some of the zombie-slaying action with a copy of Dead Island 2 HELL-A Edition, too!  🧟‍♀️ Dead Island 2 Allied Gaming PC specs 🧟‍♀️ PC Title: Allied x Dead Island 2 Patriot Gaming PC Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Graphics Card: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB Liquid Cooler: Allied Ice Cube 120mm aRGB Motherboard: AMD B650 WiFi Memory: 32GB DDR5 RAM Storage: 1TB Gen 4 NVME m.2 SSD Power Supply: 750W 80 Plus Gold Extras: Premium White Sleeved Cables Artwork: Exclusive Dead Island 2 INKD Printing Operating System: Windows 11 Home Note: the competition runs through until May 7 at 11:59PM, and is only open to Australian and New Zealand residents over the age of 18. Enter the competition here!

Well, folks, we're less than a week away from the release of Redfall. The open-world vampire shooter from developer Arkane Studios is gearing up for release on PC, with the developer unleashing the PC specifications for minimum, recommended, and ultra settings on the PC for Redfall. You're going to need a beefy PC to get Redfall running at Ultra... but first, check out the official Redfall launch trailer below: Now, onto those PC system requirements: Redfall Minimum specs CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 @ 2.80 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 GPU: AMD RX 580 / NVIDIA GTX 1070 / 6 GB VRAM System RAM: 16 GB OS: Windows 10 64-bit Storage: 100 GB SSD Redfall Recommended specs CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60 GHz or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X GPU: AMD 5700 / NVIDIA RTX 2080 / Intel ARC / 8 GB VRAM System RAM: 16 GB OS: Windows 10 64-bit Storage: 100 GB SSD Redfall Ultra specs CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60 GHz or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X GPU: AMD RX 6800 XT / NVIDIA RTX 3080 / 10 GB VRAM System RAM: 16 GB OS: Windows 11 64-bit Storage: 100 GB SSD Redfall is only a few days away, hitting the Xbox Series X/S consoles and the PC, on May 2.

Blizzard has detailed the final PC system requirements for Diablo IV, with PC specs released on what you'll need to run the game at 1080p 30FPS, 1080p 60FPS, and the high-end 4K 60FPS... which will surely look gorgeous when you're dining in HELL. If you want to scrape by with 1080p on Low graphics at 30FPS then you'll only need an Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD FX-8350 processor, joined by only 8GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon RX 290 graphics card. But if you want to bump that up to Medium graphics and double the frame rate -- 60FPS -- then the CPU requirement jumps to an Intel Core i5-4670K or AMD Ryzen 1300X processor, double the RAM up to 16GB, and the GPU requirement obviously leaps the most with Blizzard recommending an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 470. Need a new Gaming PC? We have plenty of Ready to Ship configurations that are battle-hardened for Diablo IV, here are some of them: 1080p 60FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Stinger w/Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + RTX 3060 8GB for $1399, buy this PC here. 1440p up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Patriot w/Ryzen 7 5700X + 16GB RAM + RTX 4070 12GB for $2699, buy this PC here. 1440p up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Patriot w/Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + RTX 4080 16GB for $4699, buy this PC here. 4K up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. w/Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + RTX 4090 24GB for $6699, buy this PC here. Diablo IV will feat on higher-end hardware obviously, with the CPU requirements leaping up to an Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 2700X, RAM requirements staying at 16GB, while GPU requirements are up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT.  Now, let's talk about that tasty 4K @ Ultra with Diablo IV, where Blizzard is pushing the same CPU requirements as the 1080p @ 60FPS on High graphics settings -- while RAM requirements double again to 32GB -- and onto the GPU being bumped up. Blizzard is recommending a much higher-end NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT for 4K @ Ultra and 60FPS. Remember: Diablo IV supports DLSS 3 upscaling technology, which is exclusive to the GeForce RTX 40 series (which we have in plenty of our Ready to Ship console-killing Patriot and ultra-spec M.O.A.B. Gaming PCs). Diablo IV launches on the PC, and consoles, on June 4 if you pre-ordered the Deluxe or Ultimate Edition, while it'll launch on June 6 for everybody else. We've got the full list of PC system requirements below: Diablo IV Minimum System Spec Requirements Settings to run Diablo IV at 1080p native resolution/720p render resolution, low graphics settings, and 30FPS. OS: 64-bit Windows 10 version 1909 or newer Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD FX-8350 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 280 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: SSD with 90 GB available space Internet: Broadband Connection Diablo IV Medium System Spec Requirements Settings to run Diablo IV at 1080p resolution, medium graphics settings, and 60FPS. OS: 64-bit Windows 10 version 1909 or newer Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K or AMD Ryzen 1300X Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 470 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: SSD with 90 GB available space Internet: Broadband Connection Diablo IV High System Spec Requirements Settings to run Diablo IV at 1080p resolution, high graphics settings, and 60FPS. OS: 64-bit Windows 10 version 1909 or newer Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 2700X Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT DirectX: Version 12 Storage: SSD with 90 GB available space Internet: Broadband Connection Diablo IV Ultra 4K System Spec Requirements Settings to run Diablo IV at 4K resolution, ultra graphics settings, and 60FPS. OS: 64-bit Windows 10 version 1909 or newer Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Memory: 32 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series for fully supported DLSS3 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT DirectX: Version 12 Storage: SSD with 90 GB available space Internet: Broadband Connection

NVIDIA has just announced that its game-changing DLSS 3 technology is joining Returnal, offering over double the performance on its new GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs. The company has posted a benchmark chart comparing performance with DLSS disabled, and then again with DLSS 3 enabled... and boy, what a difference it makes. NVIDIA has run Returnal at 4K with Ray Tracing enabled, maxed-out graphics settings, and DLSS 3 on Performance mode. Starting with the just-released GeForce RTX 4070 we have performance skyrocketing from 40FPS to 99FPS average, while the RTX 4070 Ti leaps from 50FPS to 117FPS average. The beefier high-end RTX 4080 sees its performance jumping from 65FPS average to a whopping 147FPS average while the flagship RTX 4090 spits out a very respectable 84FPS with DLSS 3 disabled, and a mighty impressive 188FPS when DLSS 3 is turned on. Wow... just.... wow. You can enjoy this massive doubling in performance with one of our Ready to Ship console-killing Patriot and ultra-spec M.O.A.B. Gaming PCs.

One of my favourite games from the 90s is Flashback... my gosh, did my brother and I play the hell out of that game... all the way back in 1992.  But now, Flashback creator Paul Cuisset is back and thrilled to release a new trailer for Flashback 2, the official sequel to the legendary first game. Flashback 2 will drop in November 2023 on the PC and consoles, with the platform shooter filled with exploration, puzzle-solving, and of course: adventure.  Flashback 2 will be released in Limited Edition form, too, which will include: A copy of Flashback 2 An exclusive Steekbook Flashback 2 digital soundtrack Flashback 2 is bringing some of the original band back together, with the original game's creator -- Paul Cuisset -- as well as Thierry Perreau in game design and Raphael Gesque, the renowned composer of the Amiga version of Flashback (the platform that I personally played it on back in 1992) in collaboration with Microids Lyon/Paris studios. About Flashback 2: In the 22nd century, the United Worlds extends throughout the Solar System, but this tranquillity is threatened by the Morph invasion led by the fearsome General Lazarus.  In search of his lifelong friend Ian, Conrad B. Hart dives once again into a breath taking adventure full of twists and turns and revelations with the help of his few allies, including A.I.S.H.A., his iconic AI-powered weapon! Flashback 2 game features: Immerse yourself in a vibrant sci-fi/cyberpunk universe and explore various environments (New Tokyo, New Washington, the Jungle...) Use A.I.S.H.A., a lethal adaptive weapon enhanced with combat AI A gripping, fluid and intricate platform shooter A 3D environment for even deeper immersion Designed and developed by the creator of the original, Paul Cuisset Flashback 2 launches in November 2023.

Blizzard Entertainment has just unveiled its inaugural community-designed map for Overwatch 2, making it accessible to players on every platform. The announcement was made via the official Overwatch Twitter account, where the team disclosed that the new map would be featured in the game's Arcade mode. Accompanying the tweet was a video showcasing the map in all its glory. It quickly becomes apparent that Talantis, with its underwater theme and enormous fish encircling the play area, boasts a distinct visual aesthetic not commonly found in the game... like, it's totally underwater, which is cool... pun intended. The 5v5 Talantis map shares similarities with other Overwatch 2 maps, as both teams are challenged to gain control of the central area. To reach the objective, players can utilise a lift. Victory is awarded to the team that captures the objective twice, and all three rounds take place in the same location. While not yet confirmed, it appears plausible that Talantis will be the first in a series of community-created maps to grace the popular hero shooter.

The release of Dead Island 2 is right around the corner, and if you want the world of HELL-A to look beautiful, you better prepare your PC... or better yet, get yourself a new Ready to Ship Gaming PC from us in the form of our all-new Maverick, bang-for-buck Stinger, console-killing performance in the new Patriot, or our out-of-this-world ultra-spec M.O.A.B. beast PC. We now have the PC specifications for Dead Island 2, with Minimum, Recommended, High, and Ultra detail levels covered. At a minimum, you're going to need 70GB of storage at the ready, but other than that, if you want to hit 1080p 60FPS you're not going to need an insane-specced gaming PC to run the game. However, if you want to dial up those beautiful visuals of HELL-A... then you'll want some beefy PC hardware. Dead Island 2 with Minimum PC specs sees you hitting 1080p 30FPS with an AMD FX-9590 or Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor, 10GB of RAM, and either an AMD Radeon RX 480 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060. Recommended PC specs for 1080p 60FPS requires a higher-end Ryzen 5 5600X or Intel Core i9-9900K processor, 16GB of RAM, and either an AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER. Diving up into the higher-tier graphics of the High setting that's good for 1440p 60FPS, Dead Island 2 will require an AMD Ryzen 7 7700X or Intel Core i5-12600KF processor, 16GB of RAM, and either an AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070. But, if you want an all-out visual feat in HELL-A, the Ultra preset that pushes 4K 60FPS will require a much higher-end AMD Ryzen 9 7900X or Intel Core i7-13700K processor, 16GB of RAM, and either an AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card. You can win 1 of 2 ultra-awesome, custom Dead Island 2 Gaming PCs... where we'll have more details on how to win those bad boys next week. Keep your eyes peeled on the Allied Gaming website! We'll be sure to post about it, because they look AWESOME. Here's a teaser of the rig below: Allied x Dead Island 2 Patriot Gaming PC Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Graphics card: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB Liquid Cooler: Allied Ice Cube 120mm aRGB Motherboard: AMD B650 WiFi Memory: 32GB DDR5 RAM Storage: 1TB Gen 4 NVME m.2 SSD Power Supply: 750W 80 Plus Gold Extras: Premium White Sleeved Cables Artwork: Exclusive Dead Island 2 INKD Printing Operating System: Windows 11 Home Game: Dead Island 2 Hell-A Edition for PC Value: $3149 Dead Island 2 Minimum PC Specs OS: Windows 10 CPU: AMD FX-9690 or Intel Core i7-7700HQ Memory: 10GB GPU: AMD Radeon RX 480 or GeForce GTX 1060 Storage: 70GB available Dead Island 2 Recommended PC Specs OS: Windows 10 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X or Intel Core i9-9900K Memory: 16GB GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT or GeForce RTX 2070 Super Storage: 70GB available Dead Island 2 High PC Specs OS: Windows 10 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X or Intel Core i5-12600KF Memory: 16GB GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT or GeForce RTX 3070 Storage: 70GB available Dead Island 2 Ultra PC Specs OS: Windows 10 CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 X or Intel Core i7-13700K Memory: 16GB GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT or GeForce RTX 3090 Storage: 70GB available

Blizzard and NVIDIA have announced the new Unleash Your Ultimate bundle, celebrating both Overwatch 2 Season 4 and the recent launch of NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card. The new Overwatch 2 Ultimate Battle Pass Bundle will come with select GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs inside of your new desktop gaming PC, or graphics card if purchased separately. Overwatch 2 is one of the top-played multiplayer games on the PC, with Overwatch 2 being a free-to-play game with seasonal updates. The Overwatch 2 Ultimate Battle Pass Bundle includes $40 worth of game content and currency from the new Season 4 update. This means that with any new Allied Gaming PC powered by any of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs -- including the just-released GeForce RTX 4070 -- you will get yourself the free Overwatch 2 Ultimate Battle Pass Bundle. Here's what you get in the Overwatch 2 Ultimate Battle Pass Bundle: 3000 Overwatch Coins* Season 4 Premium Battle Pass Infinite Guard: 76 Legendary Skin Infinite Ace D.Va Epic Skin 20 Tier Skips Infinite Airwings Weapon Charm *Season 4 Premium Battle Pass includes 2000 Overwatch 2 Coins Overwatch 2 Ultimate Battle Pass Bundle details: Start date: April 12 @ 11AM AEST End date: May 9 @ 4:59AM AEST Redemption end date: June 9 @ 4:59AM AEST Bundle offer: Get Overwatch 2 Ultimate Battle Pass Bundle with select GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs Bundle SKUs: GeForce RTX 4090, RTX 4080, RTX 4070 Ti, or RTX 4070 desktop or GPU How to redeem your coupon through GeForce Experience: Install your qualified GeForce RTX 40 series graphics card Update or install the latest version of GeForce Experience (version 3.18 or higher) Open and log in to GeForce Experience Go to the Account drop-down menu and select "REDEEM" Enter your bundle code from your qualifying bundle purchase Follow the remaining instructions on-screen to sign in through your Battle.net account Select "REDEEM" to redeem Overwatch 2 Ultimate Battle Pass Bundle to your Battle.net account Launch Battle.net to begin installation

It was close to a month before anyone discovered, but classified US military documents were leaked and sat on a Minecraft Discord server before anyone noticed them. CNN reports that the leaked US military documents were sitting on a Minecraft Discord server in early March 2023, filled with information on Russian casualties and weapons systems available to Ukraine. Aric Toler, a researcher at Bellingcat, said: "This sh*t was sitting in a Minecraft Discord server for a month, and no one noticed". The world started noticing after a user posted a few documents to 4chan, while on April 7 some of the Discord members were worried they'd get in trouble for reposting the leaked US military documents. I'm sure in a state of worry, the user who posted the leaked documents on March 1 deleted their Twitter and Discord accounts shortly after. The leak began on a smaller Discord server but then were re-uploaded to a larger Minecraft Discord server with many more users, before spreading out to 4chan, Twitter, and Telegram. The purported reason the leaked US military documents were uploaded to the Minecraft Discord server was during an argument about Minecraft maps and the war in Ukraine. Alrighty. Read more about the leaked US military docs right here.

Capcom is enjoying some monster sales of Resident Evil 4 Remake, where in the first 48 hours over 3 million copies flew out the door... and now we're at the 4-week mark the company is boasting of over 4 million copies sold. Great stuff to see! In a new press release, Capcom explains: "The Resident Evil franchise features survival horror games in which players utilize a variety of weapons and other items to escape terrifying situations. Cumulative shipments of the games in the series now exceed 135 million units* since the first title debuted in 1996. Now, more than 27 years later, continuous support from the passionate fan base across the globe makes it Capcom’s flagship game series". It's hard to believe it has been 27 years since the original Resident Evil, where I very fondly remember playing it on the original PlayStation, in the dark, with my brother, and scaring the pants off us the entire time. Especially, those damn dogs smashing through the window... I mean, it is just a pure classic and the remakes are doing great sales which means we should see Capcom capitalize on this, big time. I don't think gamers mind at all, considering the smashing sales of the remakes so far. Read the entire press release from Capcom right here. Meanwhile, read about Resident Evil 4 Remake hitting 3 million copies sold in 48 hours right here.

Are you ready for Hell? 😈😈😈😈 Blizzard has announced the global release times of the highly anticipated Diablo 4, with pre-order Deluxe and Ultimate Editions owners of the game getting access to Diablo 4 early... 4 entire days early on June 1-2 (depending on where you live). For gamers in Australia, if you've pre-ordered Diablo 4 in either Deluxe or Ultimate Edition, you'll be able to play on June 2! If you haven't got pre-ordered Diablo 4 in Deluxe and Ultimate Editions, you'll have to wait until the official release on June 6. Early Access for Deluxe and Ultimate pre-orders of Diablo 4: 4pm PDT (June 1) on the US West Coast 7pm EDT (June 1) on the US East Coast 12am BST (June 2) in the United Kingdom 1am CET (June 2) in Central Europe 8am KST (June 2) in South Korea 9am AEST (June 2) in Austraila Regular launch of Diablo 4: 4pm PDT (June 5) on the US West Coast 7pm EDT (June 5) on the US East Coast 12am BST (June 6) in the United Kingdom 1am CET (June 6) in Central Europe 8am KST (June 6) in South Korea 9am AEST (in Australia) We have some truly awesome Gaming PC builds for Diablo 4, with our Ready to Ship builds in the bang-for-buck Stinger, console-killer Patriot, and ultra-spec M.O.A.B. configurations specced for the depths of Hell. Whether it's high-resolution, high frames per second (FPS), or both... we've got it all. Here are some systems we'd suggest for Diablo 4. Best Gaming PC for Diablo 4 @ 1080p 60FPS+ The best Gaming PC for Diablo 4 @ 1080p 60FPS is our Ready to Ship Stinger for $1399 configured with: 🤖 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 (6 cores, 12 threads) ⚡ Memory: 16GB of RAM (upgrade to 32GB costs $129) 🎨 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 🗃️ Storage: 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD You can buy the Ready to Ship Stinger w/5500 + RTX 3060 for $1399 right here. Best Gaming PC for Diablo 4 @ 1440p 60FPS+ (and 120FPS+) The best Gaming PC for Diablo 4 @ 1440p 60FPS (or even 120FPS+) splits into two of our Ready to Ship Patriot configurations, the first priced at $2699 while the other Patriot is priced at $4699. The first Ready to Ship Patriot PC is our $2699 configuration: 🤖 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X (8 cores, 16 threads) ⚡ Memory: 16GB of RAM (upgrade to 32GB costs $129) 🎨 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB 🗃️ Storage: 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD You can buy the Ready to Ship Patriot w/5700X + RTX 4070 for $2699 right here. Our faster Ready to Ship Patriot PC has far beefier Gaming PC hardware inside of it, more aligned with our ultra-spec M.O.A.B. system. The second Patriot is priced at $4699, and packs: 🤖 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800XD (8 cores, 16 threads + second-gen 3D V-Cache) ⚡ Memory: 32GB of DDR5 RAM 🎨 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB 🗃️ Storage: 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD (upgrade to 2TB costs $99) You can buy the Ready to Ship Patriot w/7800X3D + RTX 4080 for $4699 right here. Best Gaming PC for Diablo 4 TOTALLY MAXED OUT The faster Ready to Ship Patriot PC being better aligned with our ultra-spec M.O.A.B. system means it has the PC hardware to drive Diablo 4 at not just 1440p 120FPS+ but also 4K at 60FPS+ and even 120FPS+. The faster Ready to Ship Patriot 7800X3D + RTX 4080 system is priced at $4699, and packs: 🤖 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800XD (8 cores, 16 threads + second-gen 3D V-Cache) ⚡ Memory: 32GB of DDR5 RAM 🎨 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB 🗃️ Storage: 1TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD (upgrade to 2TB costs $99) You can buy the Ready to Ship Patriot w/7800X3D + RTX 4080 for $4699 right here. If you want a balls-to-the-wall Gaming PC, there's no need to worry... we have just what the doctor (or is that Diablo?) ordered... with our ultra-spec Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. PC. The craziest high-end build is priced at $6699, but trust us... it'll run Diablo 4 absolutely maxed out at whatever resolution your gaming monitor or TV offers. 🤖 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800XD (8 cores, 16 threads + second-gen 3D V-Cache) ⚡ Memory: 32GB of DDR5 RAM 🎨 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB 🗃️ Storage: 2TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD You can buy the Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. w/7800X3D + RTX 4090 for $6699 right here.

Respawn Entertainment and EA have unleashed the PC requirements for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, where you won't need much to enjoy the successor to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. You might not need much CPU and GPU grunt, but boy-oh-boy, you're going to need some space on your SSD.  Star Wars Jedi: Survivor requires a huge 130GB of storage space on your SSD, but the CPU and GPU requirements are quite tame: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Minimum PC requirements) CPU: Intel Core i7-7700 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 CPU features: 4 cores, 8 threads minimum GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD Radeon RX 580 GPU features: DX12 + 8GB of VRAM minimum RAM: 8GB minimum Storage: 130GB SSD minimum OS: Windows 10 64-bit Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Maximum PC requirements) CPU: Intel Core i5-11600K or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU features: 4 cores, 8 threads minimum GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 or AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU features: DX12 + 8GB of VRAM minimum RAM: 16GB minimum Storage: 130GB SSD minimum OS: Windows 10 64-bit The story behind Star Wars Jedi: Survivor: "The story of Cal Kestis continues in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor™, a third-person, galaxy-spanning, action-adventure game from Respawn Entertainment, developed in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games. This narratively driven, single-player title picks up 5 years after the events of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order™ and follows Cal’s increasingly desperate fight as the galaxy descends further into darkness. Pushed to the edges of the galaxy by the Empire, Cal will find himself surrounded by threats new and familiar. As one of the last surviving Jedi Knights, Cal is driven to make a stand during the galaxy’s darkest times — but how far is he willing to go to protect himself, his crew, and the legacy of the Jedi Order?" As for the game itself, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor launches on the PC on April 28.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is an unstoppable franchise, but you might be surprised to know that players spent over $150 million AUD (over $100 million USD) on cases in March 2023... an astounding amount of money. CS:GO Case Tracker is a website that collects stats on... well... I'm sure you can guess it from the name alone: it tracks cases sold in CS:GO. The site says that CS:GO players opened 39.5 million cases in March 2023, with cases ranging in costs from under $1 through to over $60, and with each case requiring a $2.50 key to open them, we have a -- very conservative, I'm sure -- number of $100 million USD. Comparing this to the month before in February 2023, where CS:GO players opened 27.7 million cases, it means March 2023 saw a huge 42.5% month-to-month increase. Once again: an astounding amount of cases, and an even more astounding amount of money generated from cases in CS:GO for the month of March. The recent uptick in case sales on CS:GO would be stemming from the fact Valve officially announced Counter-Strike 2 just weeks ago, where we also saw players setting a new all-time record in CS:GO. Read more about Counter-Strike 2 right here.

Blizzard will be unveiling its new hero in the next few hours, with it now leaked: Lifeweaver. Lifeweaver will be the 37th playable character in the game and the 9th support hero. The new support character has a technology he uses called biolight that will both heal his teammates, as well as build structures that act like a platform that lifts players onto higher ground. An interesting flex for Overwatch, with Lifeweaver able to reposition teammates with his ability dubbed Life Grip, something that shields and pulls teammates closer toward him. For example: one of your teammates has been pushed off a ledge and will fall off the map to their death, so Lifeweaver can use his Life Grip ability to pull them back up, alternatively, the ability can be used to pull someone out of the line of fire when an enemy pulls their ultimate. It sounds exciting and will change the meta of Overwatch 2 in multiple ways. Overwatch 2 lead hero designer Alec Dawson said that Lifeweaver's playstyle was made to give players who have issues with aiming, another way to play a support character (that isn't just a pure healer like Mercy, for example). Alec Dawson told PCGamesN: "The aim was to create another support hero that didn't rely on aim skill. Lifeweaver is designed for players that care a bit more about their own positioning, their game sense -- those are the skills they check on more than necessarily aim skill". Lifeweaver's ultimate is something called Tree of Life, which lets you create a gigantic tree structure anywhere on the map, which pumps out both healing pulses and acts as a cover for your team to avoid incoming enemy fire. We only have a few more hours until the official unveiling of Lifeweaver, where I'm looking forward to actual Overwatch 2 gameplay of him in action.

Are you ready to put your basketball skills to the test and get a chance to win an incredible gaming setup? Culture Kings has teamed up with Allied Gaming to bring you an exciting competition that could see you walking away with a custom Culture Kings Allied Patriot Gaming PC Package worth $2,500! Better yet, there's not just one Gaming PC package to be won, but TWO! Two lucky people will walk away with a full PC package ready to go. Introducing the Culture Kings Sharp Shooter Competition, where your mission is to shoot basketballs into a hoop. Sink 10 shots in a row, and you could be the proud owner of a fantastic gaming rig. What do you need to do to enter? Well, that's easy. At the Sydney and Melbourne Culture Kings stores, you'll need 5 x tokens to enter, with 1 x token provided for every $100 spent at Culture Kings. If you're planning a shopping spree at Culture Kings -- and let's face it, who wouldn't?! -- you can enter their Sharp Shooter Challenge with the 🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙 and if you shoot 10 x shots in a row... well, you'll walk away with a gorgeous new limited edition Culture Kings x Allied Gaming PC package worth $2500! 🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙 + 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀 = 🖥️⌨️🖲️😁 The prize at stake is an impressive Patriot Gaming PC, customised with a unique Culture Kings "INKD" side panel and a 3D-printed Culture Kings fan grille (thanks, Dan!). Enjoy PC gaming at impressive 60FPS+ and 120FPS+ frame rates with the PC, and a full suite of accessories. You won't need anything else to start PC gaming, you can win it all in a $2500 package. Ryzen 5 5600 processor RTX 3060 graphics card AMD B550 motherboard 16GB 3200MHz RAM 1TB Gen4 NVMe m.2 SSD 750W PSU Allied AirFoil RGB cooler Allied Premium Sleeved Cables Custom Culture Kings INKD artwork and fan grille Windows 11 Home But that's not all! The winner will also receive a complete gaming setup, including: Allied Expanse 27” FHD Monitor Allied Sparrowhawk RGB Keyboard Allied Flashbang RGB Mouse Allied Warhead 7.1 RGB Headset So, are you ready to take on the challenge and become a Sharp Shooter? Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to win the ultimate gaming package from Culture Kings and Allied Gaming. Show off your basketball skills and secure your chance to level up your gaming experience with this one-of-a-kind, custom-built Culture Kings Allied Patriot Gaming PC Package worth $2,500!

The Australian Federal Government revealed this week that they are advocating for the implementation of an R18+ rating on all video games featuring simulated gambling, marking the most stringent measure of its kind to date. While Belgium's well-known Loot Box laws have frequently made headlines since their introduction several years ago, the latest proposal from Australia differs slightly, targeting all types of gambling within video games, not just "surprise mechanics." According to the ABC, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland is requesting that each state and territory in the country approve the plan, which would assign an adults-only rating to any game containing "simulated gambling." This covers anything resembling actual gambling, such as digital slot machines. While this would influence some popular games, the broader implications would be felt by any game continuing to use loot boxes. The proposed legislation aims to "alter classification regulations to mandate that all games with purchasable loot boxes — where players can buy a box containing a randomized in-game item — receive at least a 'mature' M-rating." If these proposals become law, it would mean that some of the world's most successful retail video games, like EA's FIFA series, would see their ratings jump from "G" (for general audiences) to "M" for "Mature." It's worth noting that in Australia, an "M" rating suggests a recommendation for individuals over 15, which does not legally restrict children from accessing games. However, the stricter "MA15+" rating legally limits the sale of products to those over 15 years old. If we consider the issue of problem gambling in Australia, where Australian citizens lost around $25 billion on legal forms of gambling in 2018-2019 alone, which by the way, are the largest per capita losses in the world, we can see where the Australian government is coming from. Across the pond in the Netherlands and Belgium, where laws against loot boxes and other digital gambling elements saw mobile-focused Diablo Immortal not launching at all in 2022. Rowland explains that "there is increasing public concern about the negative effects of simulated gambling." She adds that "a parent, for example, should be informed if their child has bought and is playing a game containing simulated gambling."

E3 is one of the biggest gaming events in the world, and for gamers who have never been to an E3, they've always wished they did. Personally, I got to attend E3 2019 and loved it. I am now 40 years old, and all my life I've always wanted to go... it was a huge tick off my bucket list, feeling like a kid in a candy store walking around checking out all the games, cosplay, and a billion other things. It was truly unforgettable... but, the pandemic changed all of that. Now... E3 2023 won't be going ahead. Almost a year ago, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced E3 2023 would go ahead, yet today they pulled the plug on the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). IGN has since confirmed this, with two sources of the site announcing that the ESA sent emails out to its members today announcing the cancellation of E3 2023. The email explained that while E3 "remains a beloved event and brand" that E3 2023 "simply did not garner the sustained interest necessary to execute it in a way that would showcase the size, strength, and impact of our industry". The ESA explained in a public statement from Kyle Marsden-Kish, the Global VP of Gaming of ReedPop: "This was a difficult decision because of all the effort we and our partners put toward making this event happen, but we had to do what’s right for the industry and what’s right for E3. We appreciate and understand that interested companies wouldn’t have playable demos ready and that resourcing challenges made being at E3 this summer an obstacle they couldn’t overcome. For those who did commit to E3 2023, we’re sorry we can’t put on the showcase you deserve and that you’ve come to expect from ReedPop’s event experiences". E3 2023 was meant to run between June 13 and June 16 at its usual spot: the Los Angeles Convention Center, acting as the first in-person E3 since 2019 (the one that I went to, coincidentally). It was pushed into a digital format in 2021, canceled in 2022 with the ESA wanting to push a "revitalised showcase" that would lay the foundation for hybrid industry events... aaaaand now it's gone. The next big computer- and gaming-related event is Computex 2023, which isn't even 60 days away from now. Woooooo!

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that the Diablo IV beta was the franchise's biggest beta ever... with close to 62 million hours played, which works out to an incredible 7000 years of gaming, spanning the two beta weekends. What a result! Close to 30 billion monsters were killed, but the monsters battled back, killing close to 47 million players. Around 2.6 million players secured themselves their Beta Wolf Packs, which is a cosmetic reward that players get when they level up to 20 with at least a single character in the Diablo IV beta, something they'll get to use (and show off proudly) when the full version of Diablo IV is released. 🖥️ Need a new Gaming PC? We have plenty of Ready to Ship configurations that are battle-hardened for Diablo IV, here are some of them: 1080p 60FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Stinger w/Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + RTX 3060 8GB for $1399, buy this PC here. 1440p up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Patriot w/Ryzen 7 5700X + 16GB RAM + RTX 4070 12GB for $2699, buy this PC here. 1440p up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Patriot w/Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + RTX 4080 16GB for $4699, buy this PC here. 4K up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. w/Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + RTX 4090 24GB for $6699, buy this PC here. A classic Diablo boss -- The Butcher -- that randomly haunts and hunts players down in dungeons, crushed 1.7 million players across the two beta weekends, but close to 600,000 players got their revenge. Did you jump into the Diablo IV beta? We hope you had fun, and we seriously can't wait for the full game to be released! 😈😈😈😈

Hey, Resident Evil fans! We've got some exciting news for you... Capcom's recently launched Resident Evil 4 remake has taken the gaming world by storm, selling a whopping 3 million units worldwide in just 48 hours! That's right, in only two days, fans have been flocking to experience the horror classic on the PC and consoles. For those who might not know, Resident Evil has been a fan-favourite survival horror series since its debut in 1996. With more than 27 years of history and a passionate fan base, the franchise has shipped over 135 million units, making it Capcom's flagship game series. This latest installment, the Resident Evil 4 remake, has been turning heads with its revamped story, modernized gameplay, and jaw-dropping visuals powered by Capcom's proprietary RE ENGINE. Both long-time fans and newcomers have been loving the fresh take on the 2005 original. The hype surrounding the game skyrocketed after Capcom released the Chainsaw Demo, letting players dive into the opening of the game. Reviews have been overwhelmingly positive, and it's clear that the gaming community agrees, with the 3 million units sold in just the first two days alone! Capcom isn't slowing down anytime soon. They're committed to delivering top-notch gaming experiences and keeping us entertained for years to come. So, if you haven't checked out the Resident Evil 4 remake yet, now's the perfect time to jump in and see what all the buzz is about.

 Forza Horizon 5 DLSS 3 Update Released: 4K 120FPS Unlocked 🏎️ The big new DLSS 3 update for Forza Horizon 5 is here and with it, brings some major performance upgrades for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series GPU owners: this includes the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, RTX 4080, and the flagship RTX 4090. In a new post on NVIDIA's official website, the company notes that with DLSS 3 enabled gamers can enjoy major performance upgrades that usher in 4K 120FPS... even on the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. Forza Horizon 5 on maxed-out settings with the "Extreme" ray tracing preset and DLSS 3 enabled can enjoy 4K 120FPS+ on the RTX 4070 Ti, 148FPS average on the RTX 4080, and a huge 189FPS on the RTX 4090. NVIDIA ran Forza Horizon 5 with DLSS 3 enabled on some seriously powerful PC hardware, including the Intel Core i9-12900K processor and 32GB of RAM, with their fleet of Ada Lovelace GPU-based GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs. Here are the results at 4K: RTX 4070 Ti without DLSS: 78.2 FPS RTX 4070 Ti with DLSS 3: 125.2 FPS RTX 4080 without DLSS: 96.8 FPS RTX 4080 with DLSS 3: 147.9 FPS RTX 4090 without DLSS: 118.3 FPS RTX 4090 with DLSS 3: 189.1 FPS As you can see, the GeForce RTX 4090 is annihilating Forza Horizon 5 with DLSS 3 enabled... running at close to 4K 120FPS without DLSS 3 enabled but with it enabled... boy-oh-boy, we're nailing close to 200FPS average at 4K with maxed-out graphics and "Extreme" ray tracing enabled. Even the GeForce RTX 4080 easily passes 4K 120FPS with DLSS 3 enabled, and the third-fastest RTX 40 series GPU -- the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti -- nails 4K 125FPS+ in Forza Horizon 5 with DLSS 3 enabled. Wow. But what about 1440p? Those results are even better, check it out: Can you see that? 1440p at an insane 237FPS average on the RTX 4090... incredible stuff. 200FPS+ is still breached with the RTX 4080, while we have 175FPS average with DLSS 3 enabled from the RTX 4070 Ti. Crazy performance gains by enabling a single setting -- DLSS 3 -- exclusive to GeForce RTX 40 series GPU owners. You can download the Forza Horizon 5 DLSS 3 update right now. You can check out the Forza Horizon 5 DLSS 3 - 4K comparison video below:

Valve has officially announced Counter-Strike 2, after weeks of rumors the sequel to CS:GO is now official. We have a bunch of upgrades that are baked into Counter-Strike 2, including the big move over to Valve's in-house Source 2 engine. Counter-Strike 2 will also usher in gameplay enhancements, and big upgrades to how smoke grenades work... something the developer dived into in a video that we've embedded below, where smoke grenades in CS2 will now live as volumetric 3D objects within the game world. This means smoke will respond to other gameplay elements, allowing players to shape sightlines or enemies with bullets and explosions. Valve says that the Counter-Strike 2 team is using a three-tier approach to level design, where "Touchstone" maps including Dust 2 will not be changed... apart from lighting and readability. "Upgrade" maps will feature all of the goodies that the newer Source 2 engine is capable of enhanced lighting pipeline that will see more realistic-looking materials and reflections, while Valve teases to fully overhaul a bunch of levels so that they can take advantage of the full feature-set of the Source 2 engine. Another big upgrade that Valve is performing with Counter-Strike 2 is the game server architecture, with CS2 supporting sub-tick updates, something that Valve says will allow the game's server to know the INSTANT that players move, fire their weapon, or throw a grenade. This means that it will be the most responsive Counter-Strike, ever. Counter-Strike 2 will debut later this year, acting as a free upgrade to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO). Better yet, any cosmetics that you've collected over the years with CS:GO will transition over to CS2, while some gamers can get into the Counter-Strike 2 limited beta test, right now. Read more about Counter-Strike 2 right here.

SPACEJUMP has announced that it has teamed with Allied Gaming -- uhhh, that's us!! -- as well as AMD as their 2023/24 Principal Partners, both providing the best PC hardware possible to super-power the Western Australia community. The Perth-based events company is new on the scene, where they will receive some high-quality gaming PCs from us here at Allied Gaming, powered with AMD Ryzen CPUs and AMD Radeon GPUs. Not only that, but SPACEJUMP is getting our range of PC gaming peripherals and some gorgeous custom INKD panels. Allied Gaming PCs and accessories will be powering multiple events and activations throughout Western Australia, with these events including The Supersonic Cup on June 18, and Pixel Expo: Level 2 (at the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre on August 5-6. Alyssia Boyer, Managing Director of SPACEJUMP said: "We are excited to partner with Allied Gaming and AMD to bring the latest gaming technology to the Western Australian community. With the expertise of Allied Gaming and the cutting-edge technology of AMD, we are confident that this partnership will provide our community with unforgettable gaming experiences". Our own Luke Flesher, SVP Sales & Marketing at Allied Gaming said: "We are excited to partner with SPACEJUMP and support them as they deliver a unique and immersive gaming experience to the Western Australian community. Our PCs, that are powered by world-renowned AMD products, are designed to deliver exceptional performance, and we are excited to see how they will be used to enhance gaming experiences at SPACEJUMP’s events and activations". It looks like the Western Australia game scene just leveled up! We #GameAsOne 🥰

Elden Ring was one of the biggest releases of 2022 and it seems gamers have been smashing some serious hours into the game, and having some even more serious battles with the bosses in the game. So much so that one of the biggest bosses in the game -- Malenia - Blade of Miquella -- has been battled against 329 million times to be precise, since Elden Ring launched last year. The biggest boss battle down from Malenia is Margit The Fell Omen, with gamers attempting 281 million times, the Limgrave Tree Sentinel who was attempted 277 million times, Radagon of the Golden Order was fought 139 million times, and lastly, Starscourge Radahn who has been battled against 139 million times. In total, Elden Ring players have started boss battles 5.9 billion times... yeah, that's a billion with a B. In total, over 9 billion deaths have occurred in game... with only 2% of those from another player, 14% falling to death, 15% being status effects, and 69% of the deaths from enemies and NPCs. Over 1 billion summons have taken place -- where you can call on the help of others when you don't want to go it alone, or if you need additional help for those ultra-challenging bosses or dungeons. 88% of those were co-op while 12% were invasion summons. The top 5 spell casts in Elden Ring: Rock Sling Crystal Torrent Glintstone Pebble Greatblade Phalanx Rotten Breath The top 5 most acquired incantations in Elden Ring: Blessing of the Erdtree Bestial Sling Golden Vow The Flame of Frenzy Bestial Vitality

Epic Games has just announced that an Unreal Editor is coming to Fortnite, which means the game will better compete with Roblox and the Roblox Studio. The upcoming Unreal Editor for Fortnite (or UEFN) will be a new application for the PC that will allow gamers to design, develop, and publish games and experiences inside of Fortnite. The developer explained that with many of Unreal Engine 5's powerful tools and workflows available at your fingertips including custom asset support, modeling, materials, and VFX, Sequencer, and Control Rig, you'll have a "whole new world of options for producing and publishing games and experiences for Fortnite that can be enjoyed by millions of gamers". UEFN will work directly with Fortnite's in-game Creator Mode, which will enable players on PC and console to create and "test islands in real-time". The ability of custom asset imports will also let gamers import characters into Fortnite that Epic Games themselves haven't included, even though their library of pop culture skins is already pretty legendary. Another new update for Fortnite is "Verse", acting as a new language program that Epic Games says will offer "powerful customisation capabilities" that include things like manipulating or chaining together devices that allow you to easily create new game logic. Alrighty! The new Unreal Editor for Fortnite will drop on March 22, check out the tweet about this news here.

NVIDIA's very, very impressive DLSS 3 upscaling technology is coming to two major games: Diablo IV and Forza Horizon 5. DLSS or Deep Learning Super Sampling entered its far more mature stage with DLSS 3, which is exclusive to NVIDIA's new Ada Lovelace GPU architecture that powers the GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs -- GeForce RTX 4090, RTX 4080, and RTX 4070 Ti... and the upcoming RTX 4070 -- with some MAJOR improvements to performance. Need a new Gaming PC? We have plenty of Ready to Ship configurations that are battle-hardened for Diablo IV, here are some of them: 1080p 60FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Stinger w/Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + RTX 3060 8GB for $1399, buy this PC here. 1440p up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Patriot w/Ryzen 7 5700X + 16GB RAM + RTX 4070 12GB for $2699, buy this PC here. 1440p up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Patriot w/Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + RTX 4080 16GB for $4699, buy this PC here. 4K up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. w/Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + RTX 4090 24GB for $6699, buy this PC here. Redfall, Diablo IV, and Forza Horizon 5 will enjoy DLSS 3 and DLSS Frame Generation, providing GeForce RTX 40 series GPU owners with some truly wicked upgrades in performance. Michael Bukowski, Blizzard's Technical Director for Diablo IV explained in a statement: "Supporting smooth gameplay in Diablo IV is a priority for Blizzard. We're excited by the high frame rate of Diablo IV running on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series hardware and DLSS 3". Diablo IV will enjoy DLSS 3 upscaling technology when it launches on June 6, but won't have ray tracing support until post-launch... which is a good thing, as you'll need DLSS 3 to enjoy high frame rates once ray tracing is enabled, so that's a win-win for GeForce RTX 40 series GPU owners. Forza Horizon 5 receiving DLSS 3 is another win for gamers with a GeForce RTX 4090, RTX 4080, RTX 4070 Ti -- and the upcoming RTX 4070 -- with DLSS 2 support + ray traced reflections joining the fray a few months ago. Forza Horizon 5 is mostly CPU bound, so the DLSS Super Resolution addition helped out, but DLSS 3 is built differently: it generates frames independently of the GPU, so with DLSS Frame Generation enabled, RTX 40 series GPU owners should enjoy much higher performance again.  Diablo IV officially launches on June 6. Forza Horizon 5's upcoming DLSS 3 update isn't far away, dropping on March 28.

System Shock Remake Release Date Announced: May 31 🤖🤖🤖 SHODAN has approved the release date of the System Shock Remake, a remake of the cult classic System Shock from 1994... with the release of System Shock Remake dropping on May 31 📆   The release of the System Shock Remake was meant to happen by the end of March, but it seems that SHODAN has stopped the developer from releasing it... as we all know how powerful the all-seeing SHODAN is. But seriously, the developer -- Nightdive Studios -- needed some more time on the game, and we're not complaining... take your time, team 👌      System Shock was one of the best games of the 90s but it's coming back in remake form combining the cult gameplay of the iconic original game, but with all-new visuals, updated controls, an overhauled interface, all-new sounds and music, and more.   We've got never-before-seen enemies and massive quality-of-life upgrades to gameplay, as well as a revamped hacking system and visceral new combat options... something that the System Shock Remake will give you a BRUTAL dismemberment system, the new System Shock Remake welcomes players new and old back to the haunting stomping grounds of Citadel Station, and into the arms of the delightfully villainous SHODAN.   The PC version of System Shock is available for pre-order right now on Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store. You'll get yourself a free copy of the upcoming System Shock 2: Enhanced Edition. Thanks, SHODAN 🤖🤖🤖

   CS:GO Milestone: 1.4 Million CONCURRENT Players! CS:GO might be nearly 20 years old now, but it hasn't stopped the phenomenally successful game from bursting through a new milestone in 2023. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) reached a new milestone of 1.4 million concurrent players on March 11, 2023.   To be precise, CS:GO had 1,470,183 players on Saturday, smashing the previous record set in February 2023 of 1,308,963 concurrent players. The official CS:GO team tweeted out, thanking their community for breaking the huge milestone. You can check that tweet out here.  We've recently heard that Counter-Strike 2 isn't far away, with a recent leaker teasing we should get a huge upgrade with CS2 and that it will be powered by Valve's new in-house Source 2 engine, with million-and-one upgrades, meta changes, gameplay changes, and oh-so-much more. The Allied Team hopes you're ready for the action!

An unfortunate development has happened to the Ukranian developers working on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl, they were hacked by what's being claimed by a "community from a Russian social network", with the development studio -- GSC Game World -- threatened with blackmail. Posting on their official Twitter, GSC Game World explained that a "collective work-with-images application" was hacked, with information secured and used for "blackmail and intimidation". The developer has asked that if any gamers come across information leaked on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 that they don't share it, as it will "dilute the impression of the final idea" that they've been hard at work for years on. GSC posted a note to gamers worldwide, explaining:"Recently, our employee's account for a collective work-with-images application was hacked. The responsibility for this was claimed by a community from a Russian social network. They are threatening to use the obtained data for blackmail and intimidation. This is not the first attempt to hack and leak our data, including personal information. We have been enduring constant cyberattacks for more than a year now. We have faced blackmail, acts of aggression, hacks, attempts to hurt players and fans, and efforts to damage the development process or the reputation of our company. We are a Ukranian company, and like most Ukranians, we have experienced many things that are much more terrifying: destroyed houses, ruined lines,e and the deaths of our loved ones. Attempts to blackmail or intimidate us are completely futile.  Our unwavering commitment to supporting our country remains unchanged -- we will continue to do everything possible to support Ukraine, and this won't change in the future under any circumstances. Despite the attempts to break us, we remain strong and courageous. Because when you believe in something and love it with all of your heart, you have to defend it at all costs. We have been through a lot. However, these challenges only encourage us to work even harder because we believe that the truth is on our side. Evil will never win. In the event of any leaks, we ask that you refrain from watching or distributing information about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl. Outdated and work-in-progress materials may dilute the impression of the final idea that we have put into the game. We encourage you to stay patient and wait for the official release for the best experience possible. We believe that you will love it. We'd like to express our deepest appreciation for our loyal community. We are overwhelmed by the response and support we have received from you. Thank you for that. From each and every member of the GSC Game World team. Our mission is to commit all of our strength and passion to complete the project and deliver it to you, despite all of the obstacles on the way. Your support is our inspiration. Glory to Ukraine. Sincerely, The GSC Game World Team".

🔫🌇🏎️🚨Grand Theft Auto 6 Release Date Leak: 2024 🔫 🌇 🏎️ 🚨 Grand Theft Auto 6 will be one of the, if not the biggest release of the last 10+ years when Rockstar finally unleashes it... with a new leak suggesting we are to expect a 2024 release for the game. GTA 5 was released in September 2013, so GTA 6 could arrive as the 10-year anniversary present for GTA lovers.   A leaker is reporting that Rockstar could begin teasing GTA 6 later this year, with the full release in 2024... but if it's pushed back, 2025 seems to be the finish line for the game. The leaker adds that Rockstar delaying GTA 6 into 2024+ and not earlier is because it will hit the PC and next-gen consoles -- Xbox Series X/S + PlayStation 5 only -- with no previous-gen consoles supported.   This means we should expect the world of GTA 6 to be bigger, and more alive than ever before thanks to the much higher-end hardware inside of the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5... while on the PC, it should be something truly magical. Rockstar needed to wait for next-gen console sales to reach the 10s of millions so that it can push out a metric ton of GTA 6 sales, which makes sense... no PS3+PS4 or Xbox One release here, unlike GTA 5 which was spread out across all platforms at the time.   Remember: GTA 5 is the second best-selling game of all time, only second to Minecraft.   Tez2, the insider behind the news on GTA 6, reported on by Tom Henderson on Insider Gaming explains: "Their aimed-always-changing-not-set-in-stone deadline is holiday 2024. Which has been pushed back multiple times the past few years. Unfortunately, it could slip into early 2025 as well".   The leaker added: "Speaking of which, most companies are returning with a "forced return to office" policy to revert back to pre-pandemic days. Activision Blizzard is already met with internal backlash. Rockstar is no different. The debate and consequences of the policy are a whole other topic. With almost the entirety of the workforce in office, Rockstar could be more firm about an announcement this year. Yet, losing work talent could very much lead to more delays".

Dead Island 2 - Extended Gameplay Reveal! Welcome... to HELL-A 🌅 🪓🧟 If you can believe it, the original Dead Island was released in 2011... so it's been 12 years of waiting for its sequel -- Dead Island 2 -- and now we have an Extended Gameplay Trailer to share with you. It's gruesome, gory, and visually amazing... and we can't wait to get our grubby hands on it. There are plenty of zombie-themed games out right now and in the pipeline, with the remake of Resident Evil 4 launching on the PC on March 23... The Last Of Us - Part 1 hitting the PC on March 28... you'll have roughly a month until Dead Island 2 is here.   Dead Island 2 is being developed by Deep Silver Dambuster Studios, with two trailers teased during Gamescom 2022 last year setting excitement levels for fans through the roof. We had cinematic trailers, but the new 14-minute extended gameplay trailer really sets the bar even higher.   The game looks utterly gorgeous and has an amazing level of destruction on the zombies... we're talking slicing, smashing, burning, ripping, and even more in Dead Island 2. You can slay zombies in any which way you desire, it's truly an over-the-top zombie-slaying adventure.    In the Dead Island 2 - Extended Gameplay Reveal, you'll follow slayer Dani as she explores the undead streets of Beverly Hills and Bel-Air, where you'll get to scope out the VERY lethal weapons, tactical combat, brand-new skills system, and revolutionary FLESH dismemberment system. The new FLESH dismemberment system -- along with those gorgeous visuals -- are my favourite parts of Dead Island 2 so far. I can't wait to dismember zombies like a boss in just over a month's time. We don't have much longer to wait for Dead Island 2, as it drops onto the PC on April 21. Dead Island 2 Features: Explore HELL-A – Dead Island 2 takes players across the most iconic locations of the City of Angels, now stained with horror, in an exciting pulp journey from the verdant suburbia of Beverly Hills to the quirky promenade of Venice Beach.   Brutal Melee Sandbox – Combat delivers the most intense, visceral and gory first person experience possible, with plenty of weapons and tactical (and brutal) options to chew your way through the zombie horde. Whether you’re slicing, smashing, burning or ripping, we want you to truly feel it.   Be the Ultimate Zombie Slayer – There are six characters to choose from, each with their own unique personality and dialogues. You can fully customize the abilities of each Slayer, with our brand-new skill system allowing you to re-spec instantly and try out the craziest builds.   Zombie Infestation – Ready to experience the most advanced dismemberment system in games? Our LA is crawling with zombies that look and react realistically. These mutated wretches are the reanimated, rotten heart of Dead Island 2 with dozens of distinct zombie types, each with their own mutations, attacks and hundreds of visual LA-themed variants. Our monsters are relentless, challenging, and true Los Angelinos. Will you be able to survive? A Cinematic Co-op Adventure – As a proper RPG experience, Dead Island 2 offers plenty of exciting quests, a crazy cast of characters, and a thrilling pulp story, to truly immerse you in its twisted universe. Re-playability is guaranteed. Add an over-the-top co-op mode for up to three players, and you’ll stay in LA for a very long (and gory) trip.

Valve unleashed the original Counter-Strike all the way back in 1999, the year our computers were meant to explode -- but they obviously didn't -- and now we're hearing news that Counter-Strike 2 isn't just real, but it's "coming soon". The news of Counter-Strike 2 is coming from Richard Lewis, a journalist who has been pretty on the money regarding Counter-Strike stories over the years, where he said his sources (that wish to remain anonymous, obviously) said that "a new version of Counter-Strikwe is on its way and that had been worked on for some time". Lewis continued, explaining that "the new version is almost certainly set to be released under the working title Counter-Strike 2 and the tentative release date for the beta is in this month of March with April 1st at the outside". Lewis said that his sources teased that the creation of Counter-Strike 2 had been something of "a priority" for Valve's team, which "includes members that have overseen development of previous iterations in the Counter-Strike franchise". The same sources said that the development of Counter-Strike 2 explains "why some issues with CS:GO have been largely unattended to for some time". Lewis continued: "the big priority is getting this out and then polishing it, fixing any bugs and bringing it up to the level people expect from CS". Counter-Strike 2: Powered By Source 2 Engine Valve is reportedly using its latest Source 2 engine for Counter-Strike 2, which makes sense given its their latest engine... with Lewis adding that the optimisation and graphical fidelity of CS2 will be far greater than any previous Counter-Strike title. He adds that it will come at a cost: performance for gamers on lower-end PCs... but if the game is a big upgrade, I don't think gamers are going to mind. Although, Lewis does note -- and he's not wrong -- that Valve historically "always had a philosophy of empowering those with every-day gaming rigs to be able to play their games". We are also expecting Valve to shift their official servers to be 128 tick, which will match Counter-Strike rival, Valorant. Lewis' sources confirmed that "this would be the case" and that this feature would "likely be ready at the launch of the beta". Counter-Strike 2 will also reportedly have a massively improved match-matching system, which would remove the need for third-party pugging services. The CS and CS:GO communities have had to suffer from uneven match-making and long times between rank ups... which seems to be solved with Counter-Strike 2. Lewis' sources tease that Counter-Strike 2 was "about ready to go" and that the game had already been tested by an "unnamed group of professional players" that Valve flew out to their headquarters in Seattle, Washington, USA. I guess we're about to see what they played, and get a taste of it for ourselves... real, real soon. Stick together, team. You can read the entire report from Richard Lewis on his personal Substack here.

The Last Of Us is unstoppable in both game and its TV adaption, with new Nielsen data shared by Deadline showing The Last Of Us has reached an amazing milestone: 1 BILLION minutes streamed in a week 😲😲😲   In the week starting January 30 and ending February 5, HBO Max streams for The Last Of Us reached 1 billion minutes... and that's just HBO Max streams in the US, that's not counting any other TV channels or sources that viewers are streaming the TV show from 🧟‍♂️🧟‍♂️🧟‍♂️   This data is purely for Episodes 1-4 of The Last Of Us, while Episode 5 of the show was the first to have a week-over-week decline in viewers. Note: The Last Of Us Episode 5 streamed during the Super Bowl... so there's that 🏈 The last episode of The Last Of Us will be streamed on March 12 -- so if you're like us and waiting for all of the episodes, then you don't have much longer to wait to binge them all at once 🎞️🎞️🎞️   As for the game itself, The Last Of Us Part 1 will be hitting the PC on March 28 on Steam 🖥️🖲️ Get ready for The Last Of Us Part 1 on the PC by saving oodles of money during our March Madness sales here!

Sons of the Forest has reached a major milestone in the first 24 hours of the new survival horror game hitting Steam Early Access, where it has sold over 2 million copies and counting. Developer Endnight Games tweeted out a thank you to everyone, with the tweet reading: "Thanks to those who have joined us in our Early Access journey into "Sons Of The Forest". We have sold over 2 million copies in the first 24 hours, and are very excited for what we have in store for players in the coming weeks". For those unaware of what Sons of the Forest actually is, the game sees you sent to a remote island where a billionaire has gone missing, where the island is infested with cannibals. You'll need to craft, build, and of course... struggle to survive -- with, or without friends -- in the new open-world survival horror simulator.  Nowhere is safe in the world, where there's a multitude of mutated creatures with some of them being almost human-like and others who are "like nothing you have ever seen before". You'll have an assortment of weapons at your disposal in Sons of the Forest, including pistols, axes, stun batons, and much more. Building and Crafting: Sons of the Forest wouldn't be an open-world survival horror simulator without buidling and crafting, right? You can break sticks into smaller sticks to make fires, and use your trusty axe to not just slay some horrible creature, but also use it to cut out windows and floors. Players can craft themselves up a small cabin, or a bigger seaside compound... you decide. Seasons change:You'll have to adapt your play style in Sons of the Forest, where you can grab fresh salmon from streamers during the spring and summer, collect other various types of meat from animals, and store them during those cold winter months. During the colder seasons of the game... be careful... because food and supplies become scarce, so people will be hunting you down to take your harvest. Cooperative gameplay: If you want to play Sons of the Forest with friends, then you're in luck! You can choose to survive the remote island on your own, or you can share items and collaborate on crafting and building with friends to create larger, more deadly defenses. You can build bases and buildings above, and even better... below ground. Sons of the Forest Minimum PC Requirements: CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 3 3300X RAM: 12GB GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB or AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB Storage: 20GB (SSD preferred) OS: Windows 10 64-bit + DirectX 11 Sons of the Forest Recommended PC Requirements: CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600X RAM: 16GB GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Storage: 20GB (SSD preferred) OS: Windows 10 64-bit + DirectX 11 The developer plans to have Sons of the Forest in Early Access "for around 6-8 months" but notes that "this could change", while adding "we will leave Early Access when we are certain this is the best version of the game possible". The full version of the game will have a multitude of expected bug fixes and improvements on both the balance of the game as well as core gameplay, while the developer has plans to add more items, more things you can 3D print, more things to build and discover as well as "additional game mechanics and lore". You can dive into, and survive, the Sons of the Forest on Steam Early Access here.

Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPU Launched! Configure Your Beast New Gaming PC Today 💪 🍟 🖥️ AMD's latest and greatest Ryzen CPUs have launched and are now in-house here at Allied, with the new flagship Ryzen 9 7950X3D processor ready for AM5 motherboards: perfect for enthusiast gamers, content creators, and anyone else wanting second-gen 3D V-Cache and up to 16 cores and 32 threads of CPU power.   The new AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D has been designed for gamers, with the stack of additional cache memory slapped on top of the existing processor die. This cache is connected to the die using through-silicon vias (TSVs) that are vertically interconnected through to the silicon substrate. What does this mean? AMD can add a huge chunk of L3 cache memory to the CPU, all without a separate, larger CCD next to the CPU. It's kinda like magic, and very cool to see deployed into consumer CPUs.   Both the current Ryzen 9 7950X and the new Ryzen 9 7950X3D feature 16 cores and 32 threads of CPU power that boost up to 5.7GHz (while the non-3D V-Cache cores will boost up to 4.7GHz or so) but the big difference here is the L3 cache. The 7950X has just 64MB of L3 cache, while the new 7950X3D boasts 128MB of L3 cache in total. Not only that, but the 7950X has a TDP of 170W and PPT of up to 230W, while the new 7950X3D has a TDP of 120W and a PPT of just 162W in comparison. AMD has put some interesting design work into the Ryzen 7000X3D series CPUs, where they've used two CCDs (core complex dies) with one of them featuring AMD 3D V-Cache for the ultimate in latency reduction, while next to it is a standard CCX which is the perfect solution for high-frequency performance. AMD is using an asymmetric chiplet design here, with one of the Zen 4 CCDs featuring 64MB of V-Cache stacked on, while the other is a regular Zen 4 CCD with 32MB of L3 cache. In between, there's AMD's in-house Infinity Fabric Interconnect that connects both of the CCDs to a centralized IOD in a die-to-die connect flow. Build your custom Allied M.O.A.B. Gaming PC here!

NVIDIA RTX Video Super Resolution Tech Launches! AI Upscaling Chrome + Edge Videos FTW 🖥️ 🤖 📽️ NVIDIA promised its RTX Video Super Resolution technology a few weeks ago, with the latest GeForce GPU graphics driver including the new AI-powered video upscaling technology.   The new driver enables NVIDIA RTX Video Super Resolution technology into web browsers including Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, upscaling video content on platforms like YouTube, Twitch, Netflix, and Hulu. NVIDIA's new RTX Video Super Resolution technology will upscale your videos, even if you have a glorious 5K display.   NVIDIA's new RTX VSR technology requires a GeForce RTX 40 or RTX 30 series GPU, and works with "nearly all content" streamed on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers.   GeForce Game Ready Driver 531.18 WHQL (link to drivers below) NVIDIA Studio Driver (releasing in March) Chrome v110.0.5481.105 or higher Edge v110.0.1587.56 or higher You will need to enable the feature manually through the NVIDIA Control Panel, where you'll need to:  NVIDIA Control Panel Video > Adjust video image settings RTX video enhancement Super resolution (tick box to enable) Quality settings 1-4 NVIDIA AI Magic... But, How Does It Work? NVIDIA's new RTX VSR is a breakthrough in AI pixel processing that the company says improves the quality of streamed video content beyond edge detection and feature sharpening. Streamed video + blocky compression artifacts have become the norm over the years, but now RTX VSR is here it'll reduce or completely eliminate artifacts caused by compressing video. This includes blockiness, ringing artifacts around edges, washout of high-frequency details, and banding on flat areas, all the while reducing lost textures... RTX VSR also sharpens edges and details. Yeah! It actually ADDS detail to the videos you stream through your browser. Awesome, nerdy, AI-powered stuff. NVIDIA RTX VSR technology taps the world of deep learning networks that perform the actual upscaling and compression artifact reduction... all in a single pass. The network itself analyses the lower-resolution video frame, predicting the residual image at the target resolution. The residual image is then superimposed on top of a traditional upscaled image, correcting the artifact errors and sharpening edges to match the output resolution. NVIDIA has been training its deep learning network on a wide range of content with various compression levels, with the deep learning network learning about types of compression artifacts that are in low-resolution or low-quality videos that aren't there in uncompressed images, as a reference for network training. NVIDIA has performed "extensive visual evaluation" to ensure that the generated model is effective on "nearly all real-world and gaming content". Download the new NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 531.18 WHQL drivers here!

If you were a fan of previous Battlefield games where environmental destruction was at its peak... Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Battlefield 3, and then Battlefield 4... you might be surprised that ex-developers of the studio that created the Battlefield franchise -- DICE -- left the developer a few years ago now to form Embark Studios. Embark has been hard at work on their new game "The Finals" which should most definitely be on your radar. The Finals is an upcoming team-based multiplayer first-person shooter that takes place in a virtual game show, where your goal is to be the winner at all costs... with something quite special indeed: fully destructible environments. We're not talking about "Battlefield moments" with the "Levolution" in Battlefield 4 here, but full-blown, fully insane environmental destruction. Everything in The Finals can be destroyed, where if you try hard enough, you can pull an entire building down on the enemy teams 🏢 💥 The Finals Details (so far) Made by ex-DICE developers (who created the Battlefield franchise) 💪 Fully destructible environments (and we really do mean EVERYTHING) 💪 PC + next-gen consoles only 💪 Amazing graphics + destruction physics (best ever?!) 💪 3 vs 3 vs 3 vs 3 gameplay 💪 NOT a battle royal title 💪 Totally free-to-play 💪 Squid Game-style sci-fi bloodsport feel 💪 Late 2023 release at the earliest 💪 The main objective for gamers in The Finals is collecting coins and depositing them safely... which is going to be hard with 3 other teams hunting at the same time, looking for you and those coins... if you can deposit the coins into locations across the map, it seems that the person with the most coins wins. I guess that'll be if the enemy teams don't annihilate you by means of shooting you... throwing objects at you... or using the environment to end your life. Embark hasn't been clear on the full details of the game, but we do know that you'll play in a 3-player squad against 3 other squads in a 12-player server (3 vs 3 vs 3 vs 3).  Each build of character has different abilities, weapons, and gadgets... so your light build is most likely going to be wicked fast, while the heavy build is probably going to be your character that will handle destroying an entire building. 🔫 Cool weapons: The Finals will see you handling the Grapple weapon, which is a Foam-based weapon that is really quite interesting. Players can use the Foam in various different ways: using it as cover from enemy fire, to modify the environment and create new paths to play -- or block enemies -- as well as build vertically if you want to take the high ground against the other players. The Finals Contestant Packs: Light Build Medium Build Heavy Build Let's go into more detail of The Finals' contestant packs, and what each build will deliver to the player: 🪶 Light Build 🪶 🦘 Abilities: Cloak: a temporary cloaker that conceals you from the enemy, making you invisible when you're standing still Grappling Hook: self-explanatory, really... a grappling hook to launch you up vertically, as Spider-Man yourself across walls, away from enemies Dash: need to dodge incoming fire? Dash your way out of imminent death 🔫 Weapons (only one to choose from): Suppressed Pistol Revolver SMG Sniper Rifle Sword 🧮 Gadgets (three to choose from) Breaching Charge EMP grenade EMP trap Flashbang Frag grenade Gas grenade Smoke Grenade Thermal Vision 🔫 Medium Build 🔫 🦘 Abilities: Recon Vision: this allows you to better track your enemies, seeing them through structures for a limited time, yet it weakens as the distance increases Dome Shield: a temporary dome is placed around you, protecting anyone inside of it (your teammates) from projectiles, but takes damage from incoming fire 🔫 Weapons (only one to choose from): Assault Rifle Battle Rifle Grenade Launcher Level-Action Shotgun 🧮 Gadgets (three to choose from) Defibrillator God Gun Tracking Dart Zipline Healing Station Frag Grenade Incendiary Grenade Solar Grenade 💪 Heavy Build 💪 🦘 Abilities: Ground Slam: a jump that is followed up by a ground slam, massively destructive and knocking back enemies... the bigger the jump, the bigger the ground slam Charge: propel yourself forward with a short burst of super-fast speed, letting you break through obstacles 🔫 Weapons (only one to choose from): Flamethrower LMG Semi-Auto Shotgun Sledgehammer 🧮 Gadgets (three to choose from) Rocket Launcher APS Turret C4 Deployable Shield Guardian Turret Mine Frag Grenade Incendiary Mine To wrap things up, The Finals should be coming out in late 2023, but... and this is the best but... you can sign up for The Finals Playtest on Steam right now, which is going live in March, so if you're accepted... well, we're going to be mad jelly 😭😿

Returnal was originally released as an exclusive for the PlayStation 5 back in April 2021, but Sony has been making more and more of its AAA games available on the PC and Returnal is the latest to join that list. If you're not familiar with the game, Returnal is a third-person shooter that is very Dead Space-like, set in the future where you control Selene Vassos, a space pilot who has a high-tech suit with equally high-tech weapons, exploring an alien planet called Atropos... but, she's stuck in a time loop ⌚ ➰   Each time Serene dies, she's resurrected, while you explore Atropos and its beautiful (and haunting) setting with haunting visions of the ever-changing world. If you die when you're on a run, then you're going to be sent back to the beginning of the level, experiencing Groundhog Day, but on an alien planet 👽👾👽👾   Serene has some interesting abilities that make playing Returnal a blast: she can dash, run super-fast, and has a grappling hook (at least later into the game) that lets her shoot to predefined points in a room (trust us, this is going to come in handy).  It wouldn't be a third-person shooter without some guns, with Returnal throwing players a basic pistol at the start, right through to an insane Electropylon Driver. Each individual weapon has unique traits that can be unlocked with enhanced perks as you push out more damage on your alien enemies. Selene also has a melee weapon that she can use to attack enemies, and destroy resource geodes, or barriers 🔫🔫🔫 Better yet, Returnal's recent Ascension update allows for some awesome (and somewhat old-school) online cooperative multiplayer, which can see you and a friend playing through Returnal's campaign together. Only on PC features: ✅ 16:10, Ultrawide (21:9) and Super Ultrawide (32:9) aspect ratios supported 👌 ✅ Ray-traced reflections and shadows 👌 ✅ NVIDIA DLSS + NVIDIA NIS 👌 ✅ AMD FSR 2.0 👌 ✅ Achievements supported 👌 ✅ In-game progress tracker 👌 ✅ 5 x graphical presets 👌 ✅ In-game performance metrics (FPS counter, and more) 👌 ✅ Built-in benchmark 👌 ✅ PlayStation DualSense controller 👌 Returnal PC System Requirements  Returnal has built on the foundations of Unreal Engine 4, with the development team at Housemarque building in-house extensions to Unreal Engine 4 for the game, including things like particle systems and volumetric rendering, both of which Returnal heavily rely on 👾👾👾 The game requires a powerful PC if you want to enjoy all of the visual bells and whistles Returnal has to offer, but there's AI upscaling technology in both NVIDIA DLSS and AMD FSR to help drive those FPS numbers up. There's also a wicked built-in benchmark, which is useful for getting to your designed resolution + frame rate. 💪 Minimum PC requirements (720p @ 60FPS) 💪 ️️🖥️ CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ RAM: 16GB and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580 and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ OS: Windows 10 64-bit (version 1903)✔️ ️️🖥️ Storage: 60GB required (SSD recommended) ✔️   💪 Recommended PC requirements (1080p @ 60FPS) 💪   ️️🖥️ CPU: Intel Core i7-8700 or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ RAM: 16GB and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER or AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ OS: Windows 10 64-bit (version 1903)✔️ ️️🖥️ Storage: 60GB required (SSD recommended) ✔️   💪 Epic PC requirements (4K @ 60FPS) 💪   ️️🖥️ CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ RAM: 32GB and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ OS: Windows 10 64-bit (version 1903)✔️ ️️🖥️ Storage: 60GB required (SSD recommended) ✔️   💪 Ray Tracing PC requirements (4K @ 60FPS+) 💪   ️️🖥️ CPU: Intel Core i9-11900K or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ RAM: 32GB and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ OS: Windows 10 64-bit (version 1903)✔️ ️️🖥️ Storage: 60GB required (SSD recommended) ✔️ Speaking of PC hardware, we've got your Atropos exploring covered with our Ready to Ship Gaming PCs as well as our fleet of Custom Gaming PCs 🖥️🖥️🖥️ The minimum PC specs of Returnal require an Intel Core i5-6400 CPU or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X CPU and above, with the Mid Tier Ready To Ship Stinger coming in at just $1399. This is configured with an AMD Ryzen 5 5500 processor, 16GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB graphics card.The recommended PC specs of Returnal require an Intel Core i7-8700 or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and above, with our High Tier Ready to Ship Patriot coming in at just $2199. This is configured with an Intel Core i5-12400F processor, 16GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB graphics card. More than enough PC grunt for Returnal maxed out ⏩⏩⏩ But, if you want to get your enthusiast-grade 4K 60FPS+ with Ray Tracing goodness in Returnal, things are going to get a lot harder for your gaming PC. Don't worry... Allied has your back, with some kick-ass gaming PCs that will handle Returnal (and everything else you throw at it). Returnal's recommended PC specs for 4K 60FPS with RT enabled sees you needing an Intel Core i9-11900K or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X processor, 32GB of RAM, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT or above. We've done some benchmarking on our Ultra High Tier Ready To Ship Patriot with an Intel Core i5-13600KF processor, 32GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB graphics card. This bad boy will set you back $4399, but you'll have many sleepless nights getting in some of the best gaming experiences ever 😍😍😍We were able to drive up all of the in-game graphics settings to maximum, run Returnal at the glorious 4K resolution with all of the Ray Tracing greatness enabled... and maintain 100FPS+ average. This is with NVIDIA DLSS set to "Balanced" so it looked, and ran beautifully. Bloody impressive stuff, to say the least. Prepare yourself for the alien world of Returnal with one of our Ready To Ship Gaming PCs or a Custom Gaming PC.

Company of Heroes 3 is finally here, with some big changes to the gameplay, action, tactics, and strategy to take real-time battles to the next level. Command your army as a General that guides through the campaign, making important decisions on the way 🔫🔫🔫 The new game introduces all-new International Battlegroups, where no two playthroughs of Company of Heroes 3 are the same thanks to the new Dynamic Campaign Map. You've also got next-generation destructible environments that are powered by developer Relic and its proprietary Essence Engine. Company of Heroes 3 has new rendering and particle FX technology that renders fire, sand, and smoke unlike ever before. Relic has improved the soldier animations, as well as enhanced AI that makes for realistic squad reactions to the events on the battlefield. There's also the fact that Company of Heroes 3 has been optimized for DirectX 12 and multi-core CPUs, with Relic's new engine technology to "deliver cinematic action to rival any Hollywood blockbuster" 🤩🤩🤩 🎥🎥🎥 Minimum PC system requirements: ️️🖥️ CPU: Intel Core i5 6th Gen or AMD Ryzen 5 and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ RAM: 8GB and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 or AMD Radeon R9 370 and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ OS: Windows 10 + DirectX 12 required ✔️ ️️🖥️ Storage: 40GB required ✔️   Recommended PC system requirements:   ️️🖥️ CPU: Intel Core i7 8th Gen or AMD Ryzen 5 and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ RAM: 16GB and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon RX 5600 and above ✔️ ️️🖥️ OS: Windows 10 + DirectX 12 required ✔️ ️️🖥️ Storage: 40GB required ✔️ Speaking of PC hardware, we've got your army covered with our Allied Ready to Ship Gaming PCs as well as our fleet of Allied Custom Gaming PCs.  The minimum PC specs of Company of Heroes 3 require an Intel Core i5 6th Gen CPU or AMD Ryzen 5 series CPU and above, with the Allied Stinger Ready to Ship Gaming PC in our Starting Tier price point coming in at just $1099. This is configured with an AMD Ryzen 3 4100 processor, 16GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB graphics card.The recommended PC specs of Company of Heroes 3 require a Ryzen 5 series CPU and GeForce GTX 1660 or Radeon RX 5600 and above, with the Allied Stinger Ready to Ship Gaming PC in our Mid Tier price point coming in at just $1399. This is configured with an AMD Ryzen 5 5500 processor, 16GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB graphics card. More than enough PC grunt for Company of Heroes 3 maxed out. Prepare you and your army for Company of Heroes 3 with one of our Allied Ready To Ship Gaming PCs or an Allied Custom Gaming PCs.

Diablo IV doesn't officially launch until June 6, but we're now just weeks away from the Early Access and Open Beta versions of the game, something the world has just learned in a recent announcement during the IGN FanFest event 😈😈😈 If you've pre-ordered the game then you'll be able to enjoy the dungeons of Hell in the early access release of Diablo IV between March 17 and March 19. Everyone else will be able to check out Diablo IV in the open beta that kicks off between March 24 and March 26. Need a new Gaming PC? We have plenty of Ready to Ship configurations that are battle-hardened for Diablo IV, here are some of them: 1080p 60FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Stinger w/Ryzen 5 5500 + 16GB RAM + RTX 3060 8GB for $1399, buy this PC here. 1440p up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Patriot w/Ryzen 7 5700X + 16GB RAM + RTX 4070 12GB for $2699, buy this PC here. 1440p up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship Patriot w/Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + RTX 4080 16GB for $4699, buy this PC here. 4K up to 120FPS Gaming PC: 🖥️ Ready to Ship M.O.A.B. w/Ryzen 7 7800X3D + 32GB DDR5 RAM + RTX 4090 24GB for $6699, buy this PC here. You will be able to play the prologue and first act from the full version of Diablo IV, and bonus: all progress you make will carry over from the early access and open beta versions of the game. However, characters will be limited to just level 25 👿👿👿 One of the big changes in Diablo IV is something visible in the trailer, where the custom character creator is where gamers will craft their own character for the game. You'll be able to craft your own character in the Diablo IV early access + open beta of the game.  ✅ Diablo IV Early Access: March 17-19 😈 ✅ Diablo IV Open Beta: March 24-26😈 ✅ Diablo IV Launch: June 5😈   Diablo IV players will get to have a "significant look at the game" with both the prologue and first act seeing gamers enter the "Fractured Zone". The full release of Diablo IV sees you battling demons and so much more on June 6. Prepare yourself for Diablo IV with a devilish deal on one of our Allied Ready To Ship Gaming PCs or an Allied Custom Gaming PCs.

NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card is for gamers who want absolutely no compromise whatsoever, this is the fastest GPU on the planet and nothing else comes close. It's feature packed with the best ray tracing hardware in the business, NVIDIA's latest "Ada Lovelace" GPU architecture which is home to exclusive DLSS 3 (Deep Learning Super Sampling) technology -- an AI-powered upscaling technology that makes applicable games look and run better. There's 24GB of ultra-fast GDDR6X memory with over 1TB/sec of memory bandwidth for an unparalleled gaming experience. Specs: GPU: AD102 "Ada Lovelace" 👌 GPU cores: 16834 👌 GPU boost clock: 2500MHz+ 👌 VRAM: 24GB GDDR6X @ 21Gbps 👌 Memory bandwidth: 1008GB/sec 👌 TBP: 450W+ 👌 If you want to game on a big new OLED TV or the like, which has HDMI 2.1 connectivity that's capable of driving 4K 120Hz then the GeForce RTX 4090 should be the only GPU in your wishlist. You're going to scream through games at 4K 120FPS without a problem, and for the games that don't... if they've got DLSS, then you're sitting pretty... you can even do some light 8K gaming on the RTX 4090. Once again, with DLSS 3 technology you can actually hit 8K 60Hz which is absolutely eye-melting in the flesh. TL;DR Best GPU for 4K 120FPS+ gaming 🔥 8K gaming is even possible @ 60FPS 🔥 Best GPU for ray tracing, period 🔥 DLSS 3 is almost like MAGIC, well, it is... 🔥 24GB of VRAM is amazing for content creators, hardcore gamers 🔥 We've got just the gaming build for you that's super-powered by the GeForce RTX 4090, with our Allied M.O.A.B. available in both Intel and AMD processor options -- up to the Core i9-13900KF and Ryzen 9 7900X, respectively. Inside, you've got 32GB of DDR5-5200 RGB memory, 2TB of NVMe M.2 Gen4 SSD storage, and a beautiful, out-of-this-world Allied M.O.A.B. Super Tower Case with 7 (yes, seven!) fans inside to ensure everything runs super-cool 24/7. The Allied M.O.A.B. featuring the fastest CPU and GPU on the planet is on sale right now, down to $6999.

Drawing inspiration from the deep Zombies lore within Call of Duty, we’ve created the ultimate weapon: the Allied M.O.A.B: Aetherium Edition.  Powered by Flawless Aetherium, this M.O.A.B. features the world’s most powerful zombie-slaying hardware: a GeForce RTX™ 4090 by PNY, an Intel Core i7-14700KF, an Allied Hardline CPU loop in Aether Purple, ROG Strix Z790 motherboard, 64GB DDR5 RAM, a 2TB Gen 4 NVMe, and countless hand-crafted aetherium-inspired finishes, including genuine precious gem crystals and geodes, weapon charms, panel print and paint, and more. PC Specs: Allied M.O.A.B: Aetherium Edition Allied M.O.A.B Super-tower case PNY GeForce RTX 4090 24GB graphics card Intel Core i7-14700KF processor Allied Hardline CPU Cooling Loop in Aether Purple Asus ROG Strix Z790 motherboard 64GB DDR5 RAM 2TB Gen 4 NVMe m.2 SSD 1000W 80 Plus Gold power supply Custom Aetherium-inspired finishes

Our awesome Allied Sparrowhawk RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with Brown Switches is out in the wild, with some gamers checking it out... one of which is "letsgameaustralia" who said that they've been using the Allied Sparrowhawk gaming keyboard for a while now, saying that "it's one of the best gaming keyboards I've used in a long time".   Letsgameaustralia added that the Allied Sparrowhawk's responsive and tactile keys, "feel amazing". He adds that cheaper gaming keyboards aren't always the best... and that "it can be hard to find the right one but this one stands out".   Allied Sparrowhawk RGB gaming keyboard highlights:   ✅ Lightweight metal frame at only 860g 👏 ✅ RGB running lights 👏 ✅ LED backlit keys with 21 settings 👏 ✅ Durable + water-resistant construction 👏 ✅ Fitted with tactile brown mechanical gaming switches 👏 ✅ Costs only $69.95 👏 Over on TikTok, we've got "jai_vh" who is in love with the Allied Sparrowhawk RGB gaming keyboard, with his review video on TikTok only glowing about the keyboard. He calls it the "best budget keyboard for productivity and gaming". CHECK OUT THE SPARROWHAWK