Apple Reaches Out to Valve in Legal Battle with Epic Games
Apple and Epic Games have had quite a turbulent history of legal issues in the past year. Fortnite, the world’s biggest battle royale game, got removed from the Apple store because its developer, Epic Games, had refused to comply to store rules. If a developer is listing a game on...
GeForce RTX 3060 Already Hits Second-Hand Market as NVIDIA Sours the Milk for Miners
NVIDIA’s yet-to-be-released GeForce RTX 3060 “Ampere” graphics card has already hit the second-hand graphics card market, as those with early access to RTX 3060 inventory have begun re-selling it. Belarusian tech marketplace Onliner listed these GIGABYTE RTX 3060 Eagle OC custom-design graphics cards for 2,800 BYN (USD $1,080) a piece, from a...
ZALMAN Intros Z8 Series Mid-Tower Cases
ZALMAN today introduced the Z8 line of ATX mid-tower cases. These include the standard Z8, with its mesh front-panel and fans that don’t light up; the Z8 MS with fans that do; and the Z8 TG, which replaces the mesh front panel of the Z8 and Z8 MS, for one...
Dell Lists an AMD “Ryzen 7 5800” (non-X) Option
AMD appears to be taking baby steps toward expanding its Ryzen 5000 “Zen 3” desktop processor lineup. Dell Canada has started listing a model of the processor series not yet available in the DIY retail channel, the Ryzen 7 5800 (non-X). This isn’t a typo, as the option is listed...
XPG Memory and Solid State Drives Support Latest Intel Z590 Platform
XPG, a fast-growing provider of systems, components, and peripherals for Gamers, Esports Pros, and Tech Enthusiasts, has been working closely with four major motherboard makers (ASUS, MSI, GIGABYTE, and ASRock) to test and optimize the performance of XPG’s latest DDR4 memory modules and PCIe Gen 4×4 solid state drive (SSD)...
Intel Core i9-11900K “Rocket Lake” to Feature i9-9900K-like Fancy Retail Package
Intel’s upcoming flagship desktop processor, the Core i9-11900K, is expected to feature a fancy retail package, much like the original Core i9-9900K. VideoCardz just tweeted a teaser shot of what looks like an acrylic retail package of the chip, with its prominent i9 branding, in Intel’s favorite shade of blue....