Announcing the winner of the TechPowertUp ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 STRIX Giveaway. One lucky winner stood to win the powerful and quiet ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card, optionally autographed by W1zzard. We're thrilled with the huge response to the giveaway, with over 10,000 signups to the giveaway. From this pot, one very lucky winner was picked. Without further ado, the winner:

• Nikolas from Greece

A huge congratulations to you, Nikolas! You should already have the winning notification email in your inbox. Our profound gratitude to everyone for the support.

At TechPowerUp we are currently looking for one additional news editor to strengthen our ranks. This is a paid, part-time, remote position. You will be publishing news stories and press releases on our frontpage under minimal supervision.

As candidate you should bring a drive to stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the tech industry, and a passion to write. Your written English should be excellent; non-native writers are welcome. Some basic image editing skills are required.

If you are interested, send the following to w1zzard@techpowerup.com:

• Some personal info. Who? Where? Age? A bullet list will do.
• Pick any recent hardware news topic, write your own news story about it. Length should be similar to TPU news posts (between 150 to 200 words).
• Write a second story, an opinion piece on a different hardware news topic of your choosing. 200 to 250 words.

Please proofread your submissions properly.

TechPowerUp brings to you a unique new giveaway! One lucky winner stands to win an ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 STRIX graphics card, autographed by W1zzard if they prefer! This giveaway is open worldwide, to sign up, simply fill up a short form. You can increase your chances of winning by sharing the giveaway on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media.For more information and to participate, visit this page.

Here are the winners of the ZALMAN Z9 NEO Giveaway, brought to you by TechPowerUp. Four lucky winners stood a chance to win a ZALMAN Z9 NEO White case, each. The Z9 NEO is an exquisite mid-tower by ZALMAN that covers all the essentials of this generation's gaming PC builds, and then some. Without further ado, the winners. A huge congratulations to you all!The Winners:

• Tiago from Portugal
• Tina from the United States
• Jan from Poland
• Meekyung from Canada

TechPowerUp today released the latest version of GPU-Z, the popular graphics subsystem information, diagnostic, and monitoring utility that no enthusiast can leave home without. With the latest version 1.9.0, GPU-Z is out of "beta." We chose 1.9.0 over the more sequential 1.0.0 as it presents better continuity and averts the confusion of 1.0.0 (read 1.0) somehow sounding older.

Version 1.9.0 adds support for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, GTX 940MX, and GT 740 (GK107). On machines with GeForce "Pascal" GPUs, it can also tell if you have an SLI HB bridge installed in your machine or a classic SLI bridge. This way you know if your pre-built OEM has cut-costs. GPU-Z can now reliably extract video BIOS from AMD "Polaris" GPUs such as the Radeon RX 480. Improvements were made to the way it reads engine clock on AMD "Polaris" GPUs. All communication between GPU-Z and TechPowerUp servers (such as voluntary BIOS uploads, validations, etc.) now happens over secure HTTPS.

DOWNLOAD: TechPowerUp GPU-Z 1.9.0 | GPU-Z 1.9.0 ASUS ROG ThemedThe change-log follows.

TechPowerUp and ZALMAN bring you a chance to revamp your battlestations, with the new ZALMAN Z9 NEO chassis. When we reviewed this mid-tower case back in May, we found it worthy of both Best Value and Editor's Choice awards for its excellent price, five included fans, and features that punch way above its market segment.

Four lucky winners stand a chance to win a ZALMAN Z9 NEO White chassis, each! To drop your hat into the ring, simply fill up a short form (to help us contact you if you win), and that's it! Four winners will be randomly picked. The giveaway is open till the 15th of July, 2016.For more information, and to participate, visit this page!

TechPowerUp released the latest version of GPU-Z, the popular graphics subsystem information and diagnostic utility. Version 0.8.9 adds support for AMD "Polaris" GPUs, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, reading overclock on GTX 1080 / GTX 1070; and BIOS extraction support for the GTX 1080 / GTX 1070. It also adds support for NVIDIA Quadro M2000 and AMD E8860. Version 0.8.9 also addresses a few key bugs, such as memory monitoring sometimes resetting when the usage is above 4 GB, doubling of default memory clock on GeForce GT 220 / GT 240, and cards with GDDR5X memory, such as the GTX 1080; and a few UI bugs.DOWNLOAD: TechPowerUp GPU-Z 0.8.9 | GPU-Z 0.8.9 ASUS ROG Edition

The change-log follows.

This week on TechPowerUp News: NVIDIA launches its key GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card based on "Pascal," and its controversial 2-way SLI limit explained.

This week on TechPowerUp News: NVIDIA GeForce "Pascal" officially only supports 2-way SLI, AMD pulls next-gen "Vega" launch from Q1-2017 to October 2016, More "Polaris10" and "Polaris11" specs surface, and more.

TechPowerUp released the latest version of GPU-Z, the popular graphics subsytem information, monitoring, and diagnostic utility that no PC enthusiast can leave home without. Version 0.8.8 adds a plethora of new user-interface features, and support for new GPUs. To begin with, we've consolidated all 'expert' features and settings into a convenient new "settings" dialog box, which appears when you click on the "hamburger" menu around the top-right corner of the main tab (next to the "screenshot" button). This is where you'll be able to configure how GPU-Z gets along with your machine, customize the "sensors" tab, and also use the refreshed "ASIC quality" information utility.

In addition to displaying your GPU's ASIC quality, GPU-Z now tells you how your ASIC compares to similar GPUs recorded in our GPU-Z validation database. GPU-Z can now read ASIC quality of AMD "Tonga" and "Fiji" GPUs. Support is added for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, GTX 980 (desktop on laptop), GTX 965M, 940M, 910M, GT 755M, Quadro M6000 24 GB, M4000M, K3100M, M500M, Tesla M40, and M60. GPU-Z can now correctly read BIOS from GPUs installed on motherboards/graphics cards with PLX PEX8747 PCIe bridge chips. Support is also added for Intel Iris Pro 530 "GT3e" graphics. More details in the change-log below.DOWNLOAD: TechPowerUp GPU-Z 0.8.8 | GPU-Z 0.8.8 ASUS ROG Themed

The change-log follows.

The latest TechPowerUp front-page survey springs up some interesting findings on what our readers are most looking forward to, with the upcoming GPUs. Timed ahead of market availability of new GPUs from both NVIDIA and AMD, this poll gains relevance. At the time of writing of this article, we had received 4,650 votes over a week-long period, which amounts to a reasonable sample size. Some of the findings were surprising.

An overwhelming 60 percent of the respondents find price/performance most important. Interestingly, only 7 percent find efficiency/noise important. The second most popular choice, at 14 percent, was "4K Playability" (the ability for the GPU to play games at 4K Ultra HD resolution, at playable frame-rates). Our readers are seven times more likely to invest on 4K Ultra HD monitors (which start at $300 if you look in the right places), than picking up a VR (virtual reality) headset. A negligible 2 percent of our readers find VR most important.

We interrupt your down-scroll for this special news from Austin TX: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 launch.

This week on TechPowerUp News (after a brief sabbatical), we'll talk about Intel's exciting new Core i7-7700K "Kaby Lake" processor, Core i7-6950X and i7-6850X "Broadwell-E" benchmarks, and AMD 8-core "Summit Ridge."

TechPowerUp improved the stability of its official app in the wake of the new 2016 Design Refresh. The design refresh entailed a few URL changes, which affected the stability and usability of the app for some users. We have made changes on our end to restore functionality of the app, without your having to update it. Grab the official TechPowerUp app from your favorite app marketplace.

Welcome to the new TechPowerUp! The new 2016 refresh sees a combination of faster site performance, with a contemporary new design that retains our signature layout, and improves it with a new, eye-pleasing, and extremely readable font; usability improvements for our main content areas such as the front-page, reviews, case-mod gallery, and downloads.

The site-engine has been heavily improved to work better with mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and narrow screens in general. The engine now intelligently rearranges elements on the site to make it more usable with touchscreens, and give you a fully functional experience even on your mobile. The Forums software has also been recently updated, and now supports 2-step verification using Google Authenticator rolling-code. Tell us what you think in the comments section!

TechPowerUp released the latest version of GPU-Z, the popular graphics subsystem information, monitoring, and diagnostic utility. Version 0.8.7 adds support for new GPUs, fixes a variety of bugs, and improves the interface. To begin with, support is added for AMD Radeon R9 380X, R7 350, and the "Mullins" APU; NVIDIA GTX 980 8GB (notebooks), GTX 965M, GTX 750 (GM206), GT 710 (GK208), Quadro K1200, M5000, M2000M, M1000M, K2200M, GRID K160Q, and Tesla K80; and Intel "Skylake" Gen9 Graphics 510, P530, 540.

Among the bug fixes include improved Radeon Software version number detection, correct DirectX hardware-support readout on Intel "Skylake" IGPs, accurate 1.55V voltage reading for AMD "Fiji" GPUs in ULPS modes, a BSOD on Intel "Cloverview" Atom Z2760, SKU naming for AMD "Beema" chips; improved detection of CUDA devices running on Bus ID greater than 9, and a better explanation for OpenCL detection errors. The Armenian language pack has been improved.DOWNLOAD: TechPowerUp GPU-Z 0.8.7 | GPU-Z 0.8.7 ASUS ROG Themed

The change-log follows.

This week on TechPowerUp News: NVIDIA giving final touches to a new mid-range SKU, likely named the GeForce GTX 950 SE or GTX 950 LE; a 45W, 16-core "Broadwell" Intel Xeon chip, and NVIDIA "Pascal" GP100 chip crunching 4 TFLOP/s double-precision floating-point.

This week on TechPowerUp News, new details emerge of AMD's upcoming "Zen" micro-architecture; Intel "fixes" micro-code of its non-K "Skylake" processors to prevent base-clock (BClk) overclocking.

This week on TechPowerUp News: New AMD CPUs and APUs hit the stores; Seagate served a class-action lawsuit over false reliability claims of its hard drives; and more details of AMD "Zen" architecture.

This week on TechPowerUp News: Intel 6th gen. Core "Skylake" processors freeze over under certain kinds of stress; AMD's big price-cut for the super-small Radeon R9 Nano, and the fabled 5.10 GHz Intel Xeon processor.

In this episode of TechPowerUp News, AMD's upcoming new-generation Graphics CoreNext architecture codenamed "Polaris," and the big Oculus Rift pre-order.

Announcing the winner of this year's final big giveaway, the second edition of the windfall from ZALMAN! One lucky winner stands to win a battlestation revamp, with a ZMK700M Cherry MX Red mechanical keyboard, a ZM-GM4 gaming mouse, a ZM850-EBT 850W PSU, an LQ320 AIO liquid cooler, a gaming headset, and a mousepad. From the thousands of entries we received, we have one lucky winner:

• Johnathan from the United States, Indiana

A huge Congrats to you, Johnathan!

This week on TechPowerUp News: Samsung to build AMD "Zen" and "Arctic Islands" on its 14 nm FinFET LPP node, while NVIDIA stares at a possible sales ban over patent spat with Samsung.

In this week's episode of TechPowerUp News: AMD dragged into Asetek vs. Cooler Master liquid cooling patent-infringement mess; EVGA and K|ngp|n's 2 GHz GTX 980 Ti conquest that breaks several 3DMark records; and EVGA's new liquid-cooled GTX 970 graphics card.

In this episode of TechPowerUp News, price drops across the meat of NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 900 lineup; the new upcoming AMD dual-GPU "Fiji" graphics card, and Michael Mantor's elevation in AMD.