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Introduction

The next generation of AMD Radeon is here! The company today formally announced its Radeon RX 9070 series of performance-segment graphics cards, powered by the new RDNA 4 graphics architecture. These new cards aim to provide gamers with premium performance to max out any of today’s games at resolutions of up to 4K UHD; the company also claims to have made massive strides in AI acceleration, ray tracing, and energy efficiency. The series marks AMD reorienting itself as a high performance/cost gaming GPU vendor, targeting price points PC gamers are more familiar with and want their graphics cards at; rather than runaway increase in GPU prices each generation. In many ways, AMD’s strategy appears closer to that of Intel’s than NVIDIA’s. The RX 9070 XT comes at a starting price of $600, with the RX 9070 at $550.

AMD famously gave its Radeon 9000 series and RDNA 4 a skip at its 2025 International CES keynote address despite the two being part of pre-briefs to the press. Speculation was rife that the new series could fall woefully behind NVIDIA Blackwell, forcing AMD to fight for crumbs at the entry level with Intel. Then, something interesting happened—NVIDIA chose to build Blackwell on the same foundry node as the previous generation, going back to 2022, and the RTX 50-series SKUs launched so far don’t post the kind of generational performance gains we’ve come to expect from NVIDIA, which the RTX 40-series Ada did. For instance, the RTX 5080 does not beat the RTX 4090, whereas even the RTX 4070 Ti beat the RTX 3090.

With RDNA 4, AMD has made a tactical retreat from the enthusiast segment. There is not going to be a “big Navi” GPU based on RDNA 4, and the Navi 48 chip powering the RX 9070 series will be the biggest chip this generation. With this, AMD will look to throw everything it has to bringing the most amount of performance and value out of its RX 9070 series, and look to target price points undercutting NVIDIA’s performance-segment SKUs such as the recently announced RTX 5070 Ti, and the upcoming RTX 5070. It is unencumbered from the burden of beating the RTX 5090 or even the RTX 5080, which are both impossible to find at three-figure prices. Given that the real world pricing of the RTX 5070 Ti, particularly the custom OC cards are nearing $1,000, AMD has a great opportunity to disrupt the performance segment of the RTX 50-series the way the RX 5700 XT did for the RTX 20-series.

In this article, we will walk you through the new graphics cards AMD is launching soon, the RDNA 4 graphics architecture powering it, and what’s new on the software and gamer experience side of things, particularly with FSR 4 and AMD Software.

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on Feb 27th, 2025,

Packaging, Weight, Cable & Feet »

Introduction

ASUS is a Taiwan-based computer hardware and electronics company founded in 1989. As the name would suggest, the Harpe Ace Mini is a smaller variant of the Harpe Ace, though it is mostly shorter, while keeping the width almost the same. In terms of internals, the Harpe Ace Mini comes with ASUS’s latest bells and whistles: ROG Optical Switches rated for 100 million clicks are used for the main buttons, the sensor is ASUS’s AimPoint Pro capable of 42,000 CPI, and by purchasing the separately available ROG Polling Rate Booster, 8000 Hz polling becomes available for both wired and wireless usage. Without the Polling Rate Booster, the Harpe Ace Mini is restricted to 1000 Hz, and is cited to last up to 105 hours using 2.4 GHz wireless and up to 139 hours using Bluetooth, each without illumination. At 48 g, the Harpe Ace Mini weighs 6 g less than the Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition. The feet are made of pure PTFE, and a set of larger replacement feet along with a set of grip tape are included in the box. Configuration is done either through Armoury Crate or the device-specific Armoury Crate Gear. Lastly, and despite not being mentioned anywhere, the Harpe Ace Mini supports NVIDIA Reflex, allowing one to measure click latency in real time on compatible monitors. The Harpe Ace Mini is available either in black or white.

Specifications

ASUS ROG Harpe Ace Mini
Size:	117 mm x 63 mm x 37 mm
Size (inches):	5.02″ x 2.51″ x 1.56″
Ambidextrous:	Partially (side buttons on left side only)
Weight:	48 g
Number of Buttons:	5+2 (including wheel click)
Main Switches:	ROG Optical Micro Switch (100 M)
Wheel Encoder:	TTC (blue, yellow core), 9 mm
Sensor:	AimPoint Pro
Resolution:	100–42,000 CPI
Microcontroller Unit:	Nordic nRF52840
Polling Rate:	125/250/500/1000 Hz
Cable:	1.90 m, braided
Software:	Yes
Price:	$129.99
Warranty:	Two years

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Introduction

Launched in 2014, KLEVV is a brand that specializes in memory products, both DRAM and NAND. The brand is owned by Essencore, who are part of the SK Group (SK C&C), KLEVV benefits from strong ties to SK Hynix, one of the world’s largest and most respected DRAM manufacturers. The brand name “KLEVV” was chosen to suggest a clever, technically advanced choice for consumers.

Today we are testing the KLEVV CRAS C930, a midrange M.2 NVMe SSD that’s selling at competitive pricing. Internally, the Innogrit IG5236 controller is used, which has been on the market for quite some time now. It was first launched around 2021 and has been used on drives like the Acer Predator GM7000, HP FX900 Pro, Lexar NM800, Silicon Power X70 and XPG Gammix S70 Blade. The NAND flash is Hynix’s modern 176-layer 3D TLC NAND.

The KLEVV CRAS C930 is available in capacities of 1 TB ($76) and 2 TB ($120). Endurance for these models is set to 750 TBW and 1500 TBW, respectively. KLEVV offers a five-year warranty with the C930.

Introduction

For the money, Gigabyte has been pretty hard to beat recently and for a big wad of change left from $300, the Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite Wi-Fi 7 seems to pack a punch in the value department, at least on paper. There’s the somewhat dubious upgrade over older 600-series chipset models. The board is equipped with all the modern features you would expect. These features will support you through the lifespan of Socket AM5 and possibly a year or two beyond without any future shortcomings. At $270, it’s a good deal, especially since the board also looks great in the current market climate.

From the top, the headline features are a pair of USB4 ports, Wi-Fi 7, PCIe Gen 5 support for the graphics card and an M.2 port, all the M.2 ports have heatsinks too. Gigabyte hasn’t skimped on the audio and even includes a HDMI output on the PCB for case displays and a USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 front Type-C header. You have everything you need here except if you want to use more than one PCIe Gen 5 SSD, or more than two M.2 SSDs of any type in total, in which case you’ll start to steal lanes from your graphics card, but we’d imagine those configurations are probably unlikely for most users.

There are cheaper options out there of course, but even using the same chipset, you quickly start to dial up M.2 slot lane stealing and reducing the number of ports that are usable without bandwidth issues or ports being disabled. You also start to see downgrades in audio and cooling. Stepping up to X870E doesn’t immediately give you more flexibility either, as the X870E version of this board, which costs $50 more, still sees a degree of PCIe lane sharing between M.2 ports and your graphics card if you’re filling a lot of slots. You can save a bit of cash going for B650E, but again, you quickly start to see the same limitations creeping in as well as the loss of features such as Wi-Fi 7.

Specifications

Introduction

My previous encounter with an ultrawide monitor made by Corsair didn’t go particularly well. The quirky Xeneon FLEX 45WQHD240 made me realize two things: a 45-inch diagonal is simply perfect for a 21:9 monitor, but the 3440×1440 native resolution definitely isn’t. The Xeneon FLEX suffered from low pixel density and subpar image sharpness, issues further amplified by the ever-present fringing caused by the non-standard subpixel arrangement of its WOLED panel.

Let’s put all that behind us and focus on Corsair’s latest ultrawide monitor, the Xeneon 34WQHD240-C. On paper, it stands a much better chance of impressing, as it combines the 3440×1440 native resolution with a 34-inch screen diagonal, which is a much better fit in terms of pixel density. It also features a 240 Hz QD-OLED panel made by Samsung Display, although it’s still a first-generation QD-OLED panel, which means that the subpixel structure hasn’t been updated to the latest and greatest, and there’s a potential of experiencing seemingly raised black levels in a bright room, due to the lack of a polarizer.

The Xeneon 34WQHD240-C features a curved panel with a modest and practically imperceptible 1800R curvature radius. The radius is, of course, fixed, meaning the Xeneon FLEX remains the company’s only monitor with an adjustable curvature. The Xeneon 34WQHD240-C is more practical in other ways, too. For instance, it offers full VESA mounting compatibility, allowing you to easily detach the supplied base and stand and mount it on a standard table or wall bracket for a cleaner setup. This is also one of the few monitors painted white, making it an ideal match for any white-themed build. Conveniently, that’s exactly the case with my monitor-testing rig.

While the Xeneon 34WQHD240-C is primarily designed for gaming, it also boasts several productivity-focused features, such as a USB-C DP Alt Mode port with 65 W Power Delivery and a 4-port USB 3.1 hub with an integrated KVM switch. Let’s see how this monitor performs in real-world scenarios and determine whether it justifies its $1,200 price tag.

Specifications

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on Feb 21st, 2025,

Packaging & Contents »

Introduction

I would like to thank darkFlash for supplying the review sample.

The DY470 is darkFlash unique entry into the dual-chamber fray. With angled panels and an asymmetrical shape it is meant to stand out, while still showing off all your hardware not just through the two main panels, but also through the top thanks to a third glass piece. The DY470 also allows for two 360 mm AIOs or radiators, and darkFlash offers the chassis in either black or white. We received the white DY470 for review, so lets dive right in.

Specifications

darkFlash DY470
Case Type:	Dual-Chamber
Material:	Steel, plastic, and tempered glass
Weight:	N/A
Slots:	7
Drive Bays:	1x Internal 2.5″ 2x Internal 3.5″
Motherboard Form Factors:	Mini-ITX, microATX, ATX
Dimensions:	473 x 298 x 497 mm
Front Door/Cover:	N/A
Front Fans:	N/A
Rear Fans:	1x 120 mm (1x 120 mm ARGB fan pre-installed)
Top Fans:	3x 120 mm (optional)
Bottom Fans:	3x 120 mm (optional)
Side Fans:	3x 120 mm (3x 120 mm inverse ARGB fans pre-installed)
Front Radiator:	N/A
Rear Radiator:	120 mm
Top Radiator:	360 mm
Bottom Radiator:	N/A
Side Radiator:	360 mm
I/O:	1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C 2x USB 3.0 1x Headphone 1x Microphone
Fan/LED Controller:	N/A
Compatibility:	CPU Cooler: 175 mm GPU: 410 mm PSU: 200 mm

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Introduction

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 Ti OC is a premium custom design graphics card based on NVIDIA’s latest performance-segment graphics card. For the RTX 5070 Ti, the TUF Gaming line of graphics cards are positioned between the company’s SFF-Ready Prime series, and the high-end ROG Strix series. In its latest generation, the ASUS TUF Gaming carries forward its rustic industrial product styling from its past two generations. The Vented Exoskeleton is built on the idea of exposing as much of the heatsink underneath outside as possible, with the cooler shroud providing structural support. The cooler also debuts innovations such as the company’s latest Axial-Tech fans that it shares between the TUF Gaming and ROG Strix cards (albeit with slightly different impeller shape), a new phase-change thermal pad for the GPU, a moisture-resistant PCB surface treatment, and dual-BIOS.

The new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is located in a gray area between the performance and enthusiast segments. The RTX 5080 from last month was squarely enthusiast, the RTX 5070 Ti is a slightly different equation—the GPU isn’t explicitly marketed for 4K Ultra HD gaming, instead putting it in the rather broad 1440p segment that has GPUs priced $400 and above. With a starting price of $750, the RTX 5070 Ti is expected to be a lot more than a 1440p-class GPU. The RTX 5070 Ti should provide plenty of performance for 4K Ultra HD at native resolution, if you know your way around game settings, or can use features such as DLSS.

The new Blackwell graphics architecture debuts a revolutionary new technology called Neural Rendering. It brings the awesome power of generative AI directly into the graphics rendering stack, combining objects created by a generative AI model with conventional raster 3D graphics. This is possible because the GPU is able to accelerate AI models in tandem with rendering graphics, thanks to a hardware scheduling component call the AI Management Processor (AMP). NVIDIA hasn’t refreshed the foundry node on which these GPUs are built, they use the exact same NVIDIA 4N foundry node as the previous RTX 40-series, and so all performance-per-Watt improvements you see are purely a function of the architecture and the new power management technologies being introduced with it.

The new Blackwell streaming multiprocessor (SM) comes with concurrent FP32 and INT32 math capability across all its CUDA cores—on the older Ada SM, only half the cores had INT32 capability. The new shader execution reordering engine is aware of neural shaders and neural objects. The 5th Gen Tensor core comes with FP4 data format support, to increase throughput by trading in precision. The 4th generation RT core comes with even more fixed-function hardware, this time enabling Mega Geometry—a technique to increase the triangle count of ray traced objects by incorporating hierarchical techniques similar to Mega Textures.

DLSS 4 being introduced with Blackwell introduces new Transformer-based AI models replacing the convoluted neural networks (CNNs) of older generations of DLSS. These models handle super resolution (upscaling), ray-reconstruction, and frame generation. With DLSS 4, NVIDIA is introducing Multi Frame Generation (MFG), a technology with which the GPU generates up to three frames following a conventionally rendered one, effectively quadrupling framerates. It’s exclusive to Blackwell because of the new hardware flip-metering component that’s part of the Display Engine.

The RTX 5070 Ti is carved out from the same GB203 silicon powering the RTX 5080, but with 70 out of the 84 SM present on the silicon being enabled, besides 48 MB out of the 64 MB L2 cache present. This works out to 8,960 CUDA cores, 280 Tensor cores, 70 RT cores, 280 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. The memory sub-system is a massive upgrade over the older RTX 4070 Ti. The memory size has been increased to 16 GB, up from 12 GB; the memory bus to 256-bit wide, from 192-bit; and the memory speed is 28 Gbps over the 21 Gbps of the RTX 4070 Ti, resulting in 896 GB/s of memory bandwidth, or a whopping 77% increase in bandwidth. The GPU needs this to run its memory-sensitive AI models.

With its default P-mode (Performance BIOS), the ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 5070 Ti OC runs the GPU at 2588 MHz boost, compared to 2452 MHz reference. There is a software-based OC mode that can drive this further up to 2610 MHz boost. ASUS is pricing the card at $1,000, a massive 33% premium over the $750 NVIDIA baseline.

Introduction

NVIDIA today debuted the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, its third release from the RTX 50-series Blackwell generation. The RTX 5070 Ti is positioned in a gray area between the performance and enthusiast segments, given its starting price of $750. Much like the RTX 4070 Ti from the previous generation, NVIDIA does not explicitly recommend it for 4K Ultra HD gaming, instead slotting it in the rather broad 1440p class, but there should be plenty of performance on tap for 4K Ultra HD gameplay at its native resolution if you know your way around game settings, or make the NVIDIA App find the best settings for you. Then there’s always DLSS, and Blackwell introduces DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation and image quality improvements in all performance presets thanks to a new Transformer-based AI model at the helm of upscaling. There is no first-party RTX 5070 Ti Founders Edition card from NVIDIA, the company instead sent us the MSI RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X, a card priced at the $750 MSRP.

The new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti has a lot in common with the enthusiast-segment RTX 5080 which we reviewed late last month. For starters, the two cards share the same GB203 silicon, and while the RTX 5080 maxes this out, the RTX 5070 Ti is cut down from it. The GB203 silicon physically has 84 streaming multiprocessors (SM), all of which are enabled on the RTX 5080. The RTX 5070 Ti enables 70 out of these 84. Besides the newer architecture, this is a fairly big increase from the previous generation RTX 4070 Ti, which has 60 SM; even its refresh RTX 4070 Ti Super comes with 66 SM, a wee bit shy of the RTX 5070 Ti. With 70 SM on tap, the RTX 5070 Ti enjoys 8,960 CUDA cores, 280 Tensor cores, 70 RT cores, and 280 TMUs. The card gets 96 out of the 112 ROPs present on the GB203, and 48 MB out of the 64 MB present. The RTX 5070 Ti maxes out the 256-bit GDDR7 memory bus of the GB203, just like the RTX 5080, and gets 16 GB of memory—an increase from the 12 GB and 192-bit GDDR6X of the RTX 4070 Ti. The swanky new GDDR7 memory runs at 28 Gbps compared to 30 Gbps on the RTX 5080. The memory bandwidth is hence 896 GB/s compared to the 960 GB/s of its bigger sibling. The final two differentiators between the two are GPU frequencies and total graphics power, with the RTX 5070 Ti boosting up to 2432 MHz, with a 300 W TGP, compared to the 360 W of the RTX 5080.

Much like the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 launched before it, the RTX 5070 Ti comes with several new technologies thanks to the new Blackwell graphics architecture it’s based on. To begin with, it implements Neural Rendering, a feature that brings the awesome power of generative AI directly to the graphics rendering pipeline. The GPU now has the ability to run a generative AI model in tandem with rendering graphics thanks to a new hardware scheduler on these chips, called the AI Management Processor (AMP). Neural Rendering allows certain objects created by the generative AI to be combined with conventional raster 3D graphics, just like RTX brings real time ray traced objects to it. This should vastly improve realism in games. The new Blackwell generation SM comes with concurrent FP32 and INT32 math capability on all CUDA cores, the previous generation Ada only had INT32 capability on half the cores in an SM. The shader execution reordering mechanism is now aware of neural shaders. The 5th generation Tensor cores come with FP4 data format capability, which should max out throughput by trading in precision. The new RT cores come with even more hardware-based components, and are ready for Mega Geometry, which vastly improves the poly count of ray traced objects using hierarchical techniques resembling Mega Textures.

Then there are DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Generation. NVIDIA updated the AI model at the heart of the DLSS upscaler to one based on more advanced Transformers, instead of an older convoluted neural network (CNN). The new Transformer based model is more accurate, and hence there are image quality uplifts to be expected in all performance presets. NVIDIA introduced a new hardware component with Blackwell called Display Flip Metering, with which Blackwell implements Multi Frame Generation, or the ability for the GPU to generate up to three consecutive frames from a single conventionally rendered one, effectively quadrupling frame rates. While the Transformer models for upscaling and ray-reconstruction are available even for older RTX 40-series and RTX 30-series GPUs, Multi Frame Generation is exclusive to the RTX 50-series.

The MSI RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X is a simple yet elegant looking piece of hardware, which meets NVIDIA’s SFF-Ready spec thanks to its relatively compact dimensions of 30 cm length, 4.9 cm thickness, and 12 cm height. The card features a silver+black two-tone cooler shroud with a design resembling that of the RTX 20-series Founders Edition cards. Three axial flow fans ventilate an aluminium fin-stack heatsink, which pulls heat from the GPU over a sold metal baseplate (instead of a vapor chamber). The card comes with a minor factory overclock of 2482 MHz, compared to 2452 MHz reference. Although this card is launching at $750, you can expect post-launch real world pricing to be much higher. I hope NVIDIA is paying attention to the fact that Grand Theft Auto 6 is launching on consoles first, the PC release will likely come year(s) later, and overpriced PC hardware isn’t going to help the platform.

Introduction

Taiwan-based peripherals brand Ducky has been around for longer than the vast majority of other keyboard outfits, to the point where we also see some larger companies collaborate with Ducky to put out special editions. We’ve covered plenty of Ducky products in the past, including its foray into the custom keyboard world with the ProjectD series. Before that, we saw the entry of “Quack Mechanics,” a sorely needed feature set that helped bring Ducky keyboards on parity with the highly competitive Chinese keyboard scene. You’ll notice a common theme with Ducky keyboards has been early adoption of new Cherry switches, and Ducky has remained one of Cherry’s prized partners over the years. All this is within the realm of mechanical keyboards though, and things are rapidly changing with magnetic switches and Hall effect keyboards taking over the enthusiast gaming keyboard market. Today we look at Ducky’s answer to magnetic switches with the brand new One X inductive switch keyboard series that releases the day this review is published.

Ducky first showed the One X at Computex this year, and we found out then that this was shaping up to be the world’s first announced inductive switch keyboard. This differs from magnetic switch keyboards in that these inductive switches do not need a dedicated sensor per switch, with inductive coils in the PCB helping cater to all the switches collectively, as well as on a per-switch basis. This is new tech that has greater potential than HE switches thus, allowing keyboards to offer similar features including customizable actuation, rapid trigger, multiple functions per switch etc. at a lower cost. There’s also more room for experimentation with other features thus—literally—including different forms of lighting and even finer control over analog switch output. This isn’t to say the Ducky One X will be the keyboard to do everything, yet Ducky has already laid a solid foundation by adopting a web-based configurator for easier user-based customization and adding feature updates over time. The One X comes in two sizes—100% and 60%—as well as two colors each in black and white. Ducky has kindly provided a review sample of the 100% size One X to TechPowerUp at my request, and let’s begin our review with a look at the product specifications in the table below.

Specifications

Introduction

AverMedia, headquartered in Taiwan, is one of the largest and most recognizable brands concerning video capture and content creation products. The company’s range of capture cards targets both PC and console gamers, with AverMedia also offering audio products in the form of soundbars, speakerphones, microphones, webcams, as well as streaming and capture software.

The AVerMedia X’Tra Go GC515 is a unique proposition from AverMedia. It offers docking and gameplay capturing capabilities to devices that output video via USB-C instead of HDMI. It serves as a dock for your handheld PC, Nintendo Switch, or any other device that outputs video over USB-C (tablets, smartphones). The GC515 can also capture videos from those devices without needing an additional PC, with just a push of a button, thanks to an inbuilt capture card.

So, how does it all work, and is the GC515 something you should consider getting if you’re a handheld-focused content creator or simply someone who likes to capture gameplay videos from their handheld gaming PC, Nintendo Switch, or phone? Find out in our review. Before we start, I’d like to thank AverMedia for sending a review sample.