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Got yourself an HD 5870 or two? They're no longer supported

AMD has ended its support of legacy graphics card architectures released prior to its Graphics Core Next line. 
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Missing girl lived in Internet cafes, made money playing Crossfire

You might love gaming, but for one Chinese girl it was her lifeline for almost a decade. After running away from home at 14, she spent 10 years living in internet cafes, making money by teaching other people how to play Crossfire.
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AMD’s new Crimson driver revolutionizes the Radeon’s desktop graphics back-end

AMD is looking to shake up its driver game with the release of its first Crimson Edition drivers. They bring not only a wholly revamped user interface, but big performance improvements in popular games.
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Freesync support expands with Acer's new XF270HU

Acer's relaunch of the classic XB270HU design into a Freesync-supporting XF270HU will be a welcome addition for AMD fans.
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Console commands can ruin your game of Fallout 4

Fallout 4 is drawing tweakers and modders, who it turns out are risking their save games by using console commands.
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ASUS N series laptops get Skylake CPUs and 4K displays

ASUS' new N Series laptops combine high-powered Skylake CPUs with 4K displays in 15 and 17 inch configurations, as well as offering a multitude of connectivity options, including USB 3.1 in a type-C configuration.
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Nvidia’s Pascal will take video memory to a whole new level

Nvidia's upcoming Pascal architecture will support up to 16GB of HBM2, more than doubling the bandwidth of AMD's Fury X.
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No smartphone processors from Sony confirms CEO Kazuo Hirai

Sony's Kazuo Hirai has confirmed that the Japanese electronics maker will not in fact be making its own smartphone processor.
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Knights Landing to bring 72 compute cores to workstations next year

If your work PC sometimes feels a bit sluggish, why not let your boss know about Knights Landing, it's going to make 72 cores available to workstations.
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Can’t afford a Surface Pro? What about Fujitsu’s alternative?

Microsoft's Surface Pro goes from strength to strength each generation. Its latest one is proving very popular, but what about an alternative from Fujitsu?
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AOC's new U2477PWQ display could be the monitor to make you go 4K

AOC's new U2477PWQ might not be the most feature-filled display, but it offers 4K resolutions and a good response time in a compact package.
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Hate leads to the dark side, but AMD's Fury leads to a free game

Star Wars: Battlefront is now available for free with AMD Fury graphics cards, all the way through until January, whether you live in the U.S. or Europe.
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Skylake successor Kaby Lake detailed in leaked Intel slides

Intel's 2016 CPU technology, Kaby Lake, has been detailed in a pair of leaked slides, showing off its features and supporting chipset specifications.
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Intel’s tiny NUC updated with the latest 6th-generation Core processors

Intel's NUC line of hardware has shown a lot of interest from those looking to expand their computing throughout the home and now we have Skylake models.
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Samsung launches 750 series SSDs in small sizes in Japan

Samsung's new 750 series SSDs should make it possible for the company to compete with the more budget offerings of other firms, without compromising.
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Update: You missed your chance to pre-order a Surface Book – or did you?

Microsoft underestimated the popularity of its Surface Book laptop, as just over a week since it was announced, all of the pre-orders have been sold out.
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Testing finds games are up to 50 percent quicker on Windows than on Steam OS

Using the newly released Steam OS seems to mean sacrificing frame rates by the double digits with a number of compatible titles.
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Mad Catz’s R.A.T. 1 lets you make and use your own customized components

Customising gaming mice may be par for the course, but no manufacturer lets you print your own parts. But Mad Catz does with its new R.A.T. 1
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BenQ declares the death of display bezel with new economical EW2750LZ

If you find the new generations of 4K, high-refresh rate displays too much to afford, BenQ's EW2750LZ LED, bezel-free display is an affordable option.
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Get ready to re-mortgage your house, the Maingear Rush is the PC of your dreams

If you like your gaming system to have as much style as your wallet is deep, then the new Maingear Rush is worth considering.
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Double up on your home screen with the new Firefox OS 2.5 Android app

Fancy trying out the Firefox OS 2.5 without the risk of bricking your phone? Mozilla's new Android app makes it possible.
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Asus is building its own, affordable augmented reality device

ASUS is looking to compete directly with Microsoft's Hololens next year, with the intended launch of its own augmented reality headset.
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Tim Cook isn’t impressed by Microsoft’s Surface Book

Tim Cook doesn't think the Surface Book is that impressive, going so far as to call its creation "deluded." He prefers the iPad Pro.
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Valve offers major discounts on range of Steam-compatible games

With the launch of Valve's various third-party Steam Machines, it's celebrating with a Steam Machine Launch sale, discounting a number of great titles.
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Can your PC run Rainbow Six: Siege? Find out here

Rainbow Six: Siege is a pretty game, but can your PC run it? Take a look at these specifications to find out.
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Rude to Britannia? Surface Book may not arrive on British shores until spring 2016

Those in the British Isles won't get a chance to play with their own Surface Books until as late as end of Q1 2016 according to one source.
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Gameworks VR may boost Unreal Engine 4 performance by up to 50 percent

Nvidia's Gameworks VR technology looks set to be integrated with Epic's Unreal Engine 4 in short order, improving performance for all Nvidia systems in VR.
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IBM is working on ‘5D electronic blood’ for your next-generation computer

CPu and GPU power is constrained by their ability to deliver power and their ever-growing thermal issues. Microfluidics, "electronic blood," could fix that.
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Panasonic’s new ToughBook 20 2-in-1 is a hardy little 10 incher

Keeping your hardware safe while out and about can be somewhat difficult, especially if you're often in dusty or dirty places - not so with the ToughBook 20
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Origin's new range of EVO15-S gaming notebooks pack power in a slimline form factor

Origin's newly announced EVO15-S is a slimline, but is a powerful gaming notebook, offering a Skylake CPU and GTX 970M in a thin package.
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Nvidia G-Sync bug is causing high power draw at high refresh-rates

High refresh rates are causing G-Sync to draw way more power than it needs on some set-ups using the frame syncing technology.
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Razer upgrades Naga Chroma sensor to a whopping 16,000 DPI

Razer has upgraded it Naga Chroma gaming mouse with the 5G laser sensor from its Mamba high-end mouse, giving it a DPI up to 16,000.
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AMD and GlobalFoundaries announce first test run of 14nm silicon

GlobalFoundaries might still be playing catch up with the likes of Samsung, but it's closing in and has made its first bit of 14nm silicon.
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The sky is not the limit: Comcast puts data caps on customers in selected markets

Comcast is ignoring customer outrage and continuing to roll out data caps for unlimited users, who will have to pay a premium to circumvent them.
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Xbox One wireless controller adaptor for Windows 10 coming October 20th

Microsoft is finally launching a wireless adaptor for its Xbox One console, making it easier to stream games and controller inputs.
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Data leak affects nearly half a million vBulletin users following targeted hack

vBulletin has had to issue a security update following disclosure that half a million of its users were affected by a hack of its website.
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Patent shows how Apple might build a Force Touch keyboard for the next MacBook

Apple might blaze a trail for keyboards to do away with mechanical switches, as a newly published patent shows they aren't entirely necessary.
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Intimidated by your keyboard’s custom lights? Razer’s Chroma Workshop makes customization easy

Razer's new Chroma Workshop makes it easier than ever to share lighting profiles for your RGB products, whether they're mice, keyboards or mats.