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  1. Microsoft, Sony, and other companies still use illegal warranty-void-if-removed stickers

    by , 08-15-2016 at 10:49 PM


    One of the ways manufacturers coerce users not to modify or even open hardware they’ve purchased is through warranty-void-if-removed stickers. These stickers are common on electronics equipment — Microsoft uses them on the Xbox One, Sony has them on the PS4, and you’ve probably owned a phone that had at least one somewhere.

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  2. Nvidia Titan X offers incredible performance, at a significant cost

    by , 08-12-2016 at 02:53 PM


    When Nvidia launched the GTX 1080 earlier this year, it didn’t take long before rumors of a new Titan-branded card followed in its wake. Unlike the GP100, which will utilize HBM2 and launch in early 2017, the Nvidia (not GeForce) Titan X is based on a different piece of silicon: GP102. This new top-end card combines a wider memory bus and higher core counts with the same GDDR5X that debuted ...
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  3. Microsoft’s Xbox One S: 4K Blu-ray, HDR, and a modest performance boost

    by , 08-12-2016 at 02:05 AM


    When Microsoft announced the Xbox One S and Xbox Scorpio earlier this year, the company’s strategy raised more than a few eyebrows. While the Xbox One midlife refresh was widely expected, there’s the chance Xbox One S sales will suffer if customers choose to wait for the significantly more powerful Project Scorpio, which is currently expected to launch at Christmas, 2017. Now that the refresh ...
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  4. AMD unveils the RX 470, RX 460

    by , 08-08-2016 at 02:44 AM


    In late June, AMD launched its new RX 480, a midrange $200 — $240 GPU with both 8GB and 4GB RAM loadouts. Today, the company is taking the lid off its entry-level follow-ups: The RX 470 and RX 460. These GPUs will target the $150 and $100 price brackets, respectively, and complete AMD’s Polaris refresh cycle (as far as we know, anyway).
    When AMD announced Polaris, it made a number of claims ...
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  5. Availability check: Can you buy the latest Polaris and Pascal GPUs from AMD and Nvidia?

    by , 08-06-2016 at 02:49 PM


    For the past two months, AMD and Nvidia have been launching new GPU families and pushing fresh hardware into market. While this makes for interesting reviews, it’s not worth much if consumers can’t actually buy the hardware they’re reading about.

    We’ve swept the Internet in the US and even checked some relative sales figures in Europe, courtesy of mindfactory.de. Let’s see how AMD ...
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