Original Sin 2. Comparative testing of video cards

Larian Studios recently unveiled Divinity: Original Sin 2, a role-playing game. The sequel to the successful first part once again delighted fans of classic party-based RPGs with a rich story and thoughtful turn-based combat. The game also received updated graphics. System requirements have also grown, they can not be called low. Therefore, we decided to …

ASRock Z490 PG Velocita motherboard review and testing. Experimenting with overclocking the Core i7-10700K

ASRock’s team of specialists never ceases to go for bold experiments, regularly equipping products with features that are not found in competitors. Rocket Lake-S processors are still in development, and here they have already provided a specialized M.2 port for the needs of high-speed SSDs with PCI Express 4.0 interface. It won’t work with current …

ASRock X570S PG Riptide motherboard review and testing. History back

More than a year had passed since the introduction of products based on the AMD B550, and the market was in desperate need of updating the assortment. However, the company did not come up with anything new for the AM4 socket, and nevertheless, all manufacturers have already presented updated products based on the old-new X570 …

ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Gene motherboard review. Small format for big overclocking

The first boards of the Republic of Gamers series, which are designed for enthusiasts and gamers, were introduced 15 years ago and by this time they have become some of the best for overclocking and benching. ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Gene, which was used when testing the Ryzen 9 7950X processor, was no exception. This …

ASUS ROG Strix B560-A Gaming WiFi motherboard review and testing. Introducing the Intel B560 Chipset with the Core i7-10700K Processor

Together with the release of Rocket Lake-S processors to the market, developers from Intel proposed new chipsets of the “500th” series. Now boards based on the older Z590 solution are equipped with two CPU power sockets and an unprecedented power subsystem, since the appetites of computing units grow quite noticeably after forcing high power limits, …

Deathloop review. Time loop

Deathloop Developer Arkane Studios Publisher Bethesda Softworks Official site deathloop.com release date September 14, 2021 Genre Action RPG, Stealth, Adventure Arkane Studios, the creators of Dishonored, Prey and Wolfenstein: Youngblood, have released a new game called Deathloop. This is a stylish adaptation of the Groundhog Day theme with charismatic characters, humor and a detective component. …

MSI Z170A MPower Gaming Titanium motherboard review. Platform for 2016 Intel Skylake-S processors

In fact, a year has passed since the appearance on the market of processors for the LGA1151 socket. By their announcement, MSI presented the Z170A Gaming M7 model, which can be attributed to the middle-end segment. Since then, there have been some changes in user expectations from modern motherboards, as a result, the developers decided …

ASUS ROG Claymore Core gaming mechanical keyboard review

ROG Claymore is a new mechanical keyboard from ASUS, named after the two-handed Scottish sword. What is the secret symbolism of the name? The fact is that Claymore is a modular keyboard, in which the numeric keypad is removable. Moreover, it can be mounted on both the right and left side of the keyboard body, …

MSI MPG X570 Gaming Edge WiFi Motherboard Review for Powerful Gaming PCs

The line of the most affordable MSI boards with the AMD X570 hub is headed by the current tested one, VRM can be called the key node for conditional merging into a single series. At first glance, it does not have the desired “margin” of safety, but for owners of current AMD Matisse processors, this …

Review and testing of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 video card

Since the announcement of the new generation of NVIDIA GeForce RTX, the GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card has been of particular interest, which was promised the performance of the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti at a lower price. On paper, everything looked very good, and the results of the older GeForce RTX 3080/3090 were so good …