Asus ROG Maximus Z690 Extreme and Extreme Glacial Motherboard Review By Joe Shields published 16 April 22 Editor's Choice To water cool, or not to water cool, that is the question.
Gigabyte X570S Aero G Review: A Silent, Updated Vision By Joe Shields published 11 August 21 Gigabyte’s X570S Aero focuses on creators, with ample M.2 storage, plenty of USB ports, 2.5 GbE, and capable power delivery for an upper-midrange price of $349.99.
Asus ROG Maximus XIII Extreme/Extreme Glacial Review: Z590 Flagships on Air or Water By Joe Shields published 27 June 21 Editor's Choice Asus’ Rocket Lake flagships lift premium off another level.
Intel Z590 Motherboard and Chipset Overview: 45 Rocket Lake Boards Detailed By Joe Shields published 13 January 21 ASRock, Asus, Biostar, EVGA, Gigabyte, and MSI release Intel Z590-chipset motherboards for Rocket Lake CPUs sporting updated power delivery, native PCIe 4.0 support, faster networking and more.
MSI MEG X570 Godlike Review: Flagship Class, Five M.2, 10 GbE By Joe Shields published 7 January 21 Premium parts
Gigabyte B550M Aorus Pro Review: Reasonably Priced, Capable Micro ATX By Joe Shields published 28 December 20 Editor's Choice A reasonably priced Micro ATX board that’s flagship-CPU capable.
Asus TUF Gaming B550M-Plus Wi-Fi Review: TUF enough? By Joe Shields published 8 September 20 Asus’ TUF B550M-Plus Wi-Fi brings TUF features to B550.
MSI MPG B550I Gaming Edge Wi-Fi Review: A Tiny Take on B550 By Joe Shields published 21 August 20 MSI’s B550I Gaming Edge Wi-Fi includes all the expected bells and whistles of the B550 chipset in a Mini-ITX size package, sans RGB.
ASRock Z490 Aqua Review: Testing ASRock's Water-Cooled Flagship By Joe Shields published 18 August 20 The $1100 ASRock Z490 Aqua performed well during testing with the monoblock, keeping the VRMs exceptionally cool, even when overclocked. But is it worth the insane price of admission?
Biostar Z490GTA EVO Review: Good Layout, But No Overclocking By Joe Shields published 14 June 20 The Z490GTA EVO performs fine at stock speeds, with features comparable to other boards around this price. If you are looking to overclock, however, look elsewhere for now.
Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Master Review: Refreshing the Upper Mid-Range By Joe Shields published 2 June 20 The Gigabyte Aorus Z490 Master performed well against its peers in our testing, overclocked our CPU to 5.2 GHz, offers plenty of updated connectivity, plus three M.2 slots with heatsinks.
Asus ROG Strix RTX 2080 Super OC Review: Premium Card with a Premium Price By Joe Shields published 15 May 20 The Asus ROG Strix RTX 2080 Super OC includes features like integrated fan and RGB headers and a robust heatsink and power delivery, coupled with a premium price.
Intel Z490 Chipset Launches: 50 Comet Lake-S Motherboards Detailed By Joe Shields published 30 April 20 Board partners release Intel Z490-chipset motherboards sporting the LGA 1200 socket, robust power delivery, increased base memory speeds, and some are PCIe 4.0 ready.
AMD Radeon Adrenalin 20.1.1 Driver Fixes 27 Issues By Joe Shields published 13 January 20 AMD's latests graphics driver also adds support for Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.
Is AMD’s Radeon RX 5500 XT Hamstrung by VRAM and PCIe Bandwidth? By Joe Shields published 19 December 19 A German site tested the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT using PCIe 3.0 and 4.0 and found the 4GB version ran much faster with 4.0.
Gigabyte Preps RX 5600 XT Graphics Card to Land in New Eagles Series Lineup By Joe Shields published 19 December 19 EEC filings show Gigabyte is bringing Eagle branding to its graphics card lineup, which includes the 6GB 5600 XT.
EEC Filings Show AMD's Radeon RX 5600 will have 6GB and 8GB SKUs By Joe Shields published 12 December 19 According to the EEC, AMD's Radeon RX 5600 series will arrive with 6GB and 8GB SKUs.
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 Super Windforce OC, Gaming OC Review: Super Performance, Good Cooling By Joe Shields published 10 December 19 Editor's Choice We test a pair of overclocked Nvidia RTX Super cards. The dual-fan Windforce OC 8G is a bit quieter, but the Gaming OC 8G performs a bit better for the same price.
AMD’s Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition: Better Performance, Integer Scaling, More By Joe Shields published 10 December 19 AMD’s now-annual graphics software update brings improved performance across seval games, a new GUI, and 20 new and enhanced features, including integer scaling for older, low-res games.
AMD’s New Driver Adds Support for RX 5300M, Plus Fixes for RX 5700 Series GPUs By Joe Shields published 3 December 19 AMD’s new driver comes with added support for the RX 5300M, and corrects game stuttering issues with FHD gaming.
EKWB Announces Compatibility for sTRX4 Socket Ryzen Threadripper Processors By Joe Shields published 2 December 19 EKWB confirms compatibility of the Velocity sTR4 line of water blocks to sTRX4 socket and the AMD Ryzen 3000 Series Threadripper processors.
Nvidia GTX 1650 Super Review: 1080p Gaming for $160 By Joe Shields published 27 November 19 At $160, Zotac’s GTX 1650 Super delivers solid 1080p performance at high settings for most games. We just wish it were quieter under load.
Zotac GeForce GTX 1650 Super Twin Fan: Entry Level Goes Super By Joe Shields published 22 November 19 Nvidia is giving its low-end GTX 1650 card the Super treatment. Zotac’s GTX 1650 Super Twin Fan is compact and seems capable, but we’ll have to wait in performance.
Sapphire Nitro+ RX 5700 XT Review: Triple-Fan Cooling, Fast Clocks out of the Box By Joe Shields published 21 November 19 Sapphire's tri-fan Navi XT card is colorful, quiet, and speedy. But it's also pricier than most of its competition.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super Review: Ti-Like Performance for Less By Joe Shields published 21 November 19 Editor's Choice Nvidia’s latest Super card continues the trend of offering better performance at a lower price than previous offerings. Does it make the 1660 Ti obsolete?
