Intel’s new 11th generation CPUs have been available for purchase for a few weeks now, albeit only recently officially. And so I also got hold of an i7 11700K and took a look at what innovations we can expect with the new generation, especially with regard to RAM tuning and overclocking. Unfortunately, I couldn’t present any reliable [...]
Now the time has finally come and the other CPUs of the 11th generation may also tested and the results published. I also deliberately decided against an early release of the Core i7-11700K, which is already available in stores, because only in direct comparison and with the micro code for a new BIOS, which was only added a few days ago, will it [...]
Corsair’s mouse assortment has grown considerably in the last few years, practically in every price range and for every target group they have something on offer. In the midfield we now added another model especially for players with claw and fingertip grip, which we take a closer look at in the following article: Packaging and scope of [...]
Tomorrow afternoon I will finally publish a review of Intel’s latest CPU generation. However, the question of which high-end GPU I should use for the tests for the launch article arose beforehand. Since I wanted to test all four resolutions, i.e. from Ultra-HD down to 720p, I had to consider if and where a possible driver overhead could [...]
After my last article about testing various thermal paste substitutes, I received some interesting feedback and even submissions from my readers, which I will gladly work through in chronological order. Besides great industrial pastes I first received a letter with copper paste and the request to test it. Why not? Copper is not the worst material [...]
I would like to introduce you to some of my friends and acquaintances who are also involved in the international modding scene and some of whom have really set visual and technical milestones. But can you actually make a living from it? Of it rather badly, but with it all the better! That’s why I’m starting today with Mike, who I keep [...]
And the groundhog always says hello, or rather the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. The latest rumor is that NVIDIA has postponed the launch of the new card by one (more) month from April to May. Among others, ITHome also reports on this shift, but without going into more detail about possible reasons. At least this is also in line with the (missing) [...]
With the newest members of the popular MasterAir series, Cooler Master wants to offer a cooler for elegant systems, which should also impress with high cooling performance. In the following review you will find out if the project was successful: Packaging and scope of delivery The exterior joins the already known design of the manufacturer, here [...]
So what do NVIDIA Reflex and Boost really do in practice? Re-measurement in the self-experiment was announced, because I wanted to know it now nevertheless once more exactly. Blindly believing everything you read, hear or see is not mine either. Nvidia has more or less surprised us again and again with new technologies like ray tracing and DLSS in [...]
In the meantime, in addition to the already extensively tested reference cards of AMD’s RX-6000 series, there are also various board partner cards – not for sale – which include the truly exceptional PowerColor RX 6900XT Liquid Devil. After some back and forth due to the postponement of the release date, the time has finally come [...]
Ryzen has been known to be a gluey matter since Zen 2, though not in a conventional way. AMD has been combining CCX chiplets with IO chiplets into one CPU since the Ryzen 3000 series and the glue is the package in the form of copper and fiberglass. Today, we are seperating the glued components of two such CPUs and glueing them back together to [...]
With the Radeon RX 6700XT presented today, AMD rounds off the Big Navi portfolio downwards for the time being. The board partner cards may then be presented from tomorrow and there are already products in the pipeline for this as well. But more on that at the appropriate time. The Navi22 chip in the RX 6700XT is new and we’ll take a closer [...]
Even though AMD has continued to compartmentalize the drivers, they haven’t touched the details for TGP, power levels, and fan control, as well as exposing many Wattman options. That’s where the MorePowerTool comes in (as always), with which you can still overclock and undervolt, depending on your needs and wishes. If you are one of [...]
Once again a leak from TUM_APISAK and at the same time the information from the manufacturers to keep the ball currently a little bit flatter. But what’s new is that the specs of NVIDIA’s upcoming GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and GeForce RTX 3050 graphics cards have surfaced, along with initial benchmarks, in the Geekbench database. Still [...]
In the review of the Sharkoon Shark Force II I had finally said that I can’t give a purchase recommendation despite convincing qualities. And today the reason for this – the Light² 100 – proves itself on the test bench. Packaging and scope of delivery As for the box, the design is very similar to the already tested mouse and [...]
I have to preface today’s post with a little paragraph first, as I want to take the whiff of sensationalism out of it. Nevertheless, you have to write about it and you also have to test it out emotionlessly beforehand. The video from Hardware Unboxed didn’t even surprise me that much, because we were able to make very similar [...]
I was certainly a bit hasty with the announcement of the PowerColor RX 6900XT Liquid Devil at the time, because the card had already been here in the lab for some time and was also fully tested at that time. Since some coolers from EKWB (mine was not one of them) showed slight weaknesses in the finish, PowerColor has simply recalled all cards [...]
The rumored gaming performance of the upcoming Radeon RX 6700XT fluctuates back and forth between a GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and an RTX 3070, depending on the leak and benchmark, so it still remains a thick question mark. The same goes for the presence on the shelves, because although AMD promised a much higher availability at launch, it could (once [...]
One or the other will probably think: Sharkoon again? No, I’m not getting paid for this! On the contrary, I bought the keyboard myself in April 2020 along with the Sharkoon Light² 200. I’ve been using the keyboard for working, writing, and gaming ever since. So it was time to write a review about it and to leave my personal impressions [...]
The official slides of Intel’s Rocket Lake, the 11th generation of Intels desktop CPU family was leaked now and at the same time the specifications and the lineup were confirmed, which I already published a few days ago. These new slides are meant to show the gaming potential of the Core i9 CPU compared to the last-gen flagship. According to [...]
