EVGA X299 DARK Motherboard Thermal Review: Someone Finally Gets It
Recapping our previous X299 VRM thermal coverage, we found the ASUS X299 Rampage Extreme motherboard to operate against its throttle point when pushing higher overclocks (>4GHz) on the i9-7980XE...
View ArticleLiquid Nitrogen in a Closed Loop Hybrid Cooler | EVGA Roboclocker at Computex
At EVGA’s headquarters in New Taipei City, Taiwan, GamersNexus received a hands-on overview of the company’s new semi-closed loop liquid nitrogen cooling setup. The setup was created by K|NGP|N and...
View ArticleEVGA BIOS to Include Built-In Stress Test
We visited EVGA’s suite for a look at the new OC Robot and built-in BIOS stress testing update for the X299 Dark motherboards. For the new X299 Micro 2 motherboard, we also learned the following of the...
View ArticleHW News - New AMD Multi-GPU Tech, EVGA iCX Mislabeling
We're ramping into GPU testing hard this week, with many tests and plans in the pipe for the impending and now-obvious RTX launch. As we ramp those tests, and continue publishing our various liquid...
View ArticleEVGA RTX 2070 Black Review vs. GTX 970, 1070, Vega 64, & More (Overclocking,...
After the post-apocalyptic hellscape that was the RTX 2080 launch, NVIDIA is following it up with lessons learned for the RTX 2070 launch. By and large, technical media took issue with the 2080’s price...
View ArticleOptimized vs. Cheating: Z390 Motherboard BCLK Comparison
We previously deep-dived on MCE (Multi-Core Enhancement) practices with the 8700K, revealing the performance variance that can occur when motherboard makers “cheat” results by boosting CPUs out of...
View ArticleNVIDIA's Secret GPU: TU106-400A vs. TU106-400 Benchmark (2070 XC Ultra Review)
EVGA’s RTX 2070 XC Ultra gave us an opportunity to compare the differences between NVIDIA’s varied RTX 2070 SKUs, including a low-end TU106-400 and a higher-end TU106-400A. The difference between...
View ArticleEVGA GTX 1660 Review vs. GTX 1660 Ti, RX 590, & More
We’re still in China for our factory and lab tours, but we managed to coordinate with home base to get enough testing on the GTX 1660 done that a review became possible. Patrick ran the tests this...
View ArticleHW News - AMD AGESA 1003ABA Bugs, Arcturus GPU, & Intel Rumors for October
Hardware news for this week is a bit sluggish, with Amazon’s Prime Day -- and the ensuing unrepentant consumerism -- seeming to occupy more than its share of headlines this week. Still, we’ve curated...
View ArticleEVGA CLC 360 Liquid Cooler Review: Noise-Normalized Thermals & More
In a world of tempered glass, LEDs, and gimmicks, it’s pretty rare that we come across a fully spartan product that focuses on performance. EVGA has filled that market segment with its DARK series...
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