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51 GPUs Tested, From The Radeon HD 2900XT To RX 580 & R9 Fury: Testing The 2017 Linux Driver Stack
BIOSTAR Z270GTN mITX Motherboard Review
Case Mod Friday: Arctic
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 AORUS (11 Gbps) Review
Hyundai Sapphire Low-Cost SSD Review
Linksys WRT3200ACM Wireless Router Review
Nixeus EDG 27 IPS Freesync 144Hz Gaming Monitor Review: Hitting The Sweet Spot
The Fractal Design Celsius S24 & S36 AIO Coolers Review



51 GPUs Tested, From The Radeon HD 2900XT To RX 580 & R9 Fury: Testing The 2017 Linux Driver Stack

It's that time of the year where we see how the open-source AMD Linux graphics driver stack is working on past and present hardware in a large GPU comparison with various OpenGL games and workloads. This year we go from the new Radeon RX 580 all the way back to the Radeon HD 2900XT, looking at how the mature Radeon DRM kernel driver and R600 Gallium3D driver is working for aging ATI/AMD graphics hardware. In total there were 51 graphics cards tested for this comparison of Radeon cards as well as NVIDIA GeForce hardware for reference.

Read full article @ Phoronix

BIOSTAR Z270GTN mITX Motherboard Review

Mini-ITX (mITX) motherboards, once nice products for HTPCs and the like, are becoming mainstream as the need for multiple PCI-E slots wanes. Today Benchmark Reviews has Biostar’s new Z270GTN Racing mITX motherboard, and it’s aimed squarely at the enthusiast and gamer market with features like solid state capacitors, onboard RGB LED lighting and control, and m.2 and u.2 storage connectors.

Read full article @ Benchmark Reviews

Case Mod Friday: Arctic

This week for Case Mod Friday we have another build for the guys at GGF Lan Party. They have done an very impressive build inside of the In Win 301 with complex water cooling and of course that GGF Lan Party style we all love!

Read full article @ ThinkComputers.org

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 AORUS (11 Gbps) Review

We review the latest iteration of the GeForce GTX 1080 AORUS 8G fitted with faster 11 Gbps memory. This card is custom cooled and tweaked with super fast. Let's check out the new 8 GB model from Gigabyte, the GTX 1080 AORUS 11 Gbps with 11,008 MHz clocked memory.

Read full article @ Guru3D

Hyundai Sapphire Low-Cost SSD Review

DRAMless SSDs are finally available. Many are hard to spot, but one company is passing the savings on with a 240GB drive that retailers can't keep in stock.

Read full article @ Toms Hardware

Linksys WRT3200ACM Wireless Router Review

The Linksys WRT3200ACM is a reborn of the famous WRT54G, and lives up to its legacy by offering solid Wi-Fi performance along with open source firmware support.

Read full article @ APH Networks

Nixeus EDG 27 IPS Freesync 144Hz Gaming Monitor Review: Hitting The Sweet Spot

Los Angeles-based Nixeus has been working with AMD on FreeSync since the project’s inception. Nixeus was among the first companies to offer anaffordable, Full-HD FreeSync monitor with a wide adaptive-sync frequency range and one of Nixeus’ monitors was used in AMD’s initial FreeSync demos all the way back in 2014. Now the company is readying a brand-new FreeSync-compatible display, the Nixeus EDG 27, that features an IPS panel, 2560x1440 WQHD resolution, and a price point that undercuts competing offerings...

Read full article @ HotHardware

The Fractal Design Celsius S24 & S36 AIO Coolers Review

In this review we are having a look at the newly released Celsius S24 and S36 AIO liquid cooling kits from Fractal Design, the Swedish manufacturer of PC components. Rather than following the industry trend of LED lighting and fancy designs, the new kits seek to combine competitive all-round performance with an elegant, understated design.

Read full article @ Anandtech