Here a roundup of todays review's and articles:

Core i7-6700K vs. Core i5-6600K - 2D Performance
Corsair Strafe RGB Silent Review
MSI Vortex G65 6QF Gaming PC Review
Nvidia confirms more GeForce GTX 1070 specifications
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition Review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition Review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition Review
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders edition review and FCAT article
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Overclocking Review
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Pascal Review
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Performance Review: Pascal, The New King
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Review - The Advent of Pascal
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Review
Nvidia GTX 1080 Graphics Card Review
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Preview: A Look at What's to Come

Core i7-6700K vs. Core i5-6600K - 2D Performance

There is a variety of customer groups in need of as much processing power as possible. Especially in the field of content creation, which includes editing pictures and videos or even rendering a complex scenery with beautiful effects, performance improvements quickly translate into higher income by the end of the month. With this series of articles we're going to compare two processors. The CPUs tested are being run at stock clocks as well as overclocked and apart from that we will also vary the memory frequency. It is our goal to show which CPU is how much faster or slower than another one.

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Corsair Strafe RGB Silent Review

Corsair had its humble beginnings producing computer memory and evolved to become a leader in high performance memory products. Then, in 2009, Corsair decided to break away from its mold and enhance its product offerings with other components; the first foray into components shocked the industry with its 800D case. After taking the industry by storm with its ever expanding product line centered on gamers and enthusiasts, Corsair has continued to innovate and refine its product line. So when Corsair reached out to Bjorn3D and asked us to take a look at the new Strafe RGB Silent mechanical gaming keyboard, we were curious to see how well it lives up to Corsair’s prestigious reputation.

The Strafe RGB Silent is part of their new Strafe RGB series that features the new Cherry MX Silent mechanical switches. The Strafe RGB is also available in the other Cherry MX switches, so if you have a favorite switch type you can also order the Strafe RGB with your favorite Cherry MX switch. So does it Strafe the competition and live up to Corsair’s prestigious name is something we will explore in this review.

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MSI Vortex G65 6QF Gaming PC Review

Despite the huge number of system integrators on the market, very few creations really capture people’s attention and instigate discussion about new form factors which could become more prevalent in the near future. The advent of overclocking ITX motherboards and stackable HBM memory means it’s possible to acquire astonishing performance numbers in a compact design. Of course, it’s still the case that increased volume allows for beefier cooling solutions and more airflow to heighten thermal dissipation. Saying that, some commentators argue that gaming PCs will become much smaller and full towers might be resigned to water cooling enthusiasts who enjoy creating a spectacular custom loop. Already, there’s been a noticeable shift towards mid-tower cases and premium builds based on highly regarded designs like the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX have made a noticeable impact.

Not so long ago, MSI unveiled a fascinating new concept entitled, the Vortex which features an innovative form factor and superb build quality. This particular product was initially showcased during CES 2016 and I instantly became enamoured with its cylindrical shape. Furthermore, the unit contains customizable RGB illumination which adds a vibrant look. Currently, you can choose between two models; the more expensive option we’re looking at today incorporates an Intel Core i7-6700K running at a frequency of 4.0GHz, 16GB DDR4 2133MHz memory, dual Samsung SM951 NVMe drives via an RAID0 configuration and GTX 980 SLI. Please note, the graphics section revolves around dual MXM modules and won’t be able to match the performance of two discrete GTX 980 which you would find on a traditional desktop. Nevertheless, it’s going to offer better performance than the GTX 980M in SLI. Clearly, the naming scheme is confusing because the chip has been classified as a desktop variant but it’s provided in a small module. I have to say it’s still a remarkable achievement given the 450-watt power supply to house two chips with excellent gaming credentials.

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Nvidia confirms more GeForce GTX 1070 specifications

The cut down GP104 GPU in this card offers 1920 CUDA cores with a boost clock of 1.6GHz.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1080 was announced recently, today we have the first review! Performance is incredible, doubling GTX 970 performance levels. Efficiency is also sky high, nearly doubling everything what we've seen from NVIDIA's Maxwell architecture. Our GTX 1080 review compares 10 cards in 16 games at up to 4K resolution.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition Review

NVIDIA's next generation video card is here, the GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition video card based on the new Pascal architecture will be explored. We will compare it against the GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Radeon R9 Fury X in many games to find out what it is capable of.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition Review

The wait is finally over and the new consumer oriented Pascal cards from NVIDIA are imminent. During the public launch event that took place in Austin, Texas, earlier this month, NVIDIA's CEO Jen-Hsun Huang announced the GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070. These two cards are equipped with the latest Pascal architecture and promise a "quantum leap" in performance compared to previous generation video cards.

Today however the focus will be on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080; precisely the "Founders Edition" which is basically the new nomenclature for what we previously called "NVIDIA Reference" cards. The Founders Edition concept caused a lot of confusion even during the reveal event, mostly due to the announcement of two different pricing tiers: $599 for the GTX 1080 and $699 for the GTX 1080 Founders Edition. It is however a pretty simple concept: the GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is a card designed, built, and sold by NVIDIA. The Founders Edition "was crafted by NVIDIA engineers with premium materials and components, including a die cast aluminum body and low-profile backplate, all machine finished and heat treated for strength and rigidity. The thermal solution was designed to maintain consistent performance even in the most thermally challenging environments, including multi-GPU setups and small form factor chassis. Built around a radial fan with advanced vapor chamber cooling, the GTX 1080 Founders Edition moves all heated air outside the chassis. A metal baseplate on top of low profile components provides clean air channels for the best thermal performance and acoustics".

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition Review

Looking at the performance delivered by NVIDIA's latest GPU architecture, it's hard not to like what I see during my performance testing. There is not a single test where the results over previous generations are not significant. And significant is not an exaggeration at this point in time. Depending on the game, I was not seeing the close to a two times uptick in performance over the GTX 980, but when you get down to it, the performance benefits of the GTX 1080 are never ending. It delivers smooth gameplay at every resolution from top to bottom and truly makes it fun to play at 4K resolutions without having to resort to using a pair of cards to get that FPS fix. To see it do it so effortlessly is a testament to the work that NVIDIA has done to ensure that we get the best cards for our money

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders edition review and FCAT article

It’s been a long time coming, but the day is finally here! The two major desktop dedicated GPU manufacturers both are close slash ready for the newest GPUs. 'It’s been a time long coming' was written in that first line, and not without reason. The graphics card industry, or the GPU industry has been on hold, waiting for a smaller GPU fabrication process to become viable. Last generation GPUs were based on a 28 nm fabrication, an intermediate move to 20 nm was supposed to be the answer for today’s GPUs, but it was a problematic technology. Aside from some smaller ASICs the 20 nm node has been a fail. Therefore the industry had to wait until an ever newer and smaller fabrication process was available in order to shrink the die which allows for less voltage usage in the chips, less transistor gate leakage and, obviously, more transistors in a GPU. The answer was to be found in the recent 14/15/16 nm fabrication processors and processes with the now all too familiar FinFET + VLSI technology (basically wings on a transistor). Intel has been using it for a while, and now both Nvidia and AMD are moving towards such nodes as well. Nvidia is the first to announce their new products based on a TSMC 16 nm process fab by introducing Pascal GPU architecture, named after the mathematician much like Kepler, Maxwell and Fermi.

Just over a month ago, we had already seen a new massive scale and scalar GPU from Nvidia, Big Pascal is actually already used in the Tesla P100 computing unit, and we have learned much from that release last month. Though not related to today's release; that GPU has 3,840 shader processors, again 3,840 shader cores with 240 texture units. That one GPU can boast roughly 11 TFLOPS of single precision performance, which is massive by any standard. Next to that "Big Pascal" is a HBM2 based product. Now, as you can understand "Big Pascal" is not ready for mass production on the consumer market, but Nvidia has the next best thing ready and lined up for you which will be available in high volume, and likely will be in high demand. For weeks now we’ve been seeing the rumors, would Nvidia name the Pascal based GeForce GTX series the GeForce GTX 1070/1080 and will there be a 1080 Ti model? The GPU naming surfaced as well. Logic, however, would assume a Ti release later in the year opposed to everything being released at once in the summer.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Overclocking Review

The best combination of results that I was able to run all of the game tests with came in at a GPU Boost 3.0 clock speed of 2050MHz on the Pascal core. In some game tests 2076MHz to 2088MHz was perfectly stable, but not in all games. This gives the end user about an extra 315MHz of headroom to play with that does indeed drive the performance to another level. Micron's GDDR5X memory also plays well when you start clocking it up. I was able to push the 8GB of GDDR5X memory to a data rate of 11Gbps. This final step again helps with memory bandwidth to get you that last bit of performance out of the GTX 1080. Having good architecture and a great power delivery system help improve performance across the board by allowing stable overclocking at high levels.

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Pascal Review

Combining 16nm FinFET manufacturing, unprecedented clock rates, 8GB of GDDR5X memory and some forward-looking technologies built for Surround gaming and VR, Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 1080 is going to win over (and break) some hearts at $700.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Performance Review: Pascal, The New King

A couple of weeks back, at a packed event in Austin, Texas filled with tech press and attendees from the DreamHack gaming event that took place up the road, NVIDIA CEO Jen Hsun-Huang unveiled the company’s newest graphics cards, the GeForce GTX 1080 and GeForce GTX 1070. These latest flagships represent a true generational leap in performance and efficiency, thanks to NVIDIA's new Pascal GPU architecture at their core and the bleeding-edge 16nm FinFET + VLSI manufacturing processes used to produce the chips. For the last few years, virtually all of the discrete GPUs being produced used a 28nm process.

Mr. Huang made some lofty claims in regards to the GeForce GTX 1080’s efficiency and performance, and unveiled a number of new, interesting features as well, which worked the crowd up at the event into a frenzy. On site demos of the GTX 1080 were equally impressive. When we left the event, we couldn’t wait to get our hands on a card to evaluate its power and performance for ourselves. Thankfully, it wasn’t long until we had a GeForce GTX 1080 in hand. And today, 10 days before they are due to hit store shelves, we’re able to give you the full scoop...

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Review - The Advent of Pascal

As of 2015 and for the most of 2016, I have been questioning if I should go on and continue to review components for an industry I fell in love with back in the early 1990’s. It’s been a rough patch, three deaths in the family, shoulder surgery and most recently two broken ankles which I only recovered from less than a month ago. During this period I had a lot of time to reflect and was almost ready to give it all up, in the end I realized that I still enjoy giving my opinions, I still enjoy the grueling test sessions and most of all the opportunity to see new components as they arrive on the market. So what was really bothering me the most? Health and Family, hopefully with the recent pitfalls behind me and as long as I have my health and I can still function as head of the family, I will continue to provide our readers with my opinions and thoughts objectively and at times subjectively as needed.

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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Review

First to market with a true next generation GPU is Nvidia and this could very well be the biggest step in GPU technology we've seen in recent years. The new GeForce GTX 1080 is faster, built using the 16nm design process and packed with GDDR5X memory, it promises to put away the Titan X while consuming less power than the 980 Ti. We put this and other bold claims to the test.

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Nvidia GTX 1080 Graphics Card Review

Based on the latest Pascal architecture, Nvidia claim the GTX 1080 is the most advanced graphics card ever made. The GTX 1080 is built on a new 16nm FinFET manufacturing process allowing the chip to incorporate more transistors – subsequently allowing for higher clock speeds and improved power efficiency.

The GTX 1080 also adopts GDDR5X memory which enhances bandwidth significantly over previous GDDR5 designs. Is Nvidia’s GTX1080 the new GPU king?

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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Preview: A Look at What's to Come

Earlier this month NVIDIA announced their latest generation flagship GeForce card, the GeForce GTX 1080. Based on their new Pascal architecture and built on TSMC’s 16nm FinFET process, the GTX 1080 is being launched as the first 16nm/14nm-based video card, and in time-honored fashion NVIDIA is starting at the high-end. The end result is that the GTX 1080 will be setting the new high mark for single-GPU performance.

Unlike past launches, NVIDIA is stretching out the launch of the GTX 1080 a bit more. After previously announcing it back on May 6th, the company is lifting their performance and architecture embargo today. Gamers however won’t be able to get their hands on the card until the 27th – next Friday – with pre-order sales starting this Friday. It is virtually guaranteed that the first batch of cards will sell out, but potential buyers will have a few days to mull over the data and decide if they want to throw down $699 for one of the first Founders Edition cards.

As for the AnandTech review, as I’ve only had a few days to work on the article, I’m going to hold it back rather than rush it out as a less thorough article. In the meantime however, as I know everyone is eager to see our take on performance, I wanted to take a quick look at the card and the numbers as a preview of what’s to come. Furthermore the entire performance dataset has been made available in the new GPU 2016 section of AnandTech Bench, for anyone who wants to see results at additional resolutions and settings.

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