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TechPowerUp wishes you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas, and a prosperous 2017! Another year draws to a close in the tech world, and 2017 promises to be an even bigger year, right from the get go, with the 2017 International CES in early January, and a slew of major tech launches throughout the year. We'd like to thank all our readers and users of our software for all the love and support. Don't forget to tell us what you got under your tree!

TechPowerUp today released its latest version of TechPowerUp GPU-Z, the lightweight graphics sub-system information and diagnostic utility that no enthusiast can leave home without. Version 1.16.0 comes with an improved GPU Lookup mechanism, which can catch cards that use the same GPU and PCB, but different clocks, like some Sapphire RX 470 and RX 480 cards. Also, it can now properly tell DDR3 from DDR4 memory type on machines with Intel "Skylake" integrated graphics. Memory clock reading on AMD Radeon R9 Fury, R9 Fury X, R9 Nano, and Pro Duo, running Radeon Crimson ReLive drivers, is fixed.DOWNLOAD: TechPowerUp GPU-Z 1.16.0 | GPU-Z 1.16.0 ASUS ROG Themed

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TechPowerUp today released the latest version of TechPowerUp GPU-Z. Version 1.14.0 introduces new features, addresses various bugs, improves the user-interface, and adds support for new graphics cards. To begin with, GPU-Z can detect clocks set by AMD Radeon WattMan on older Graphics CoreNext graphics cards, as enabled by the latest Crimson ReLive drivers.

GPU-Z 1.14.0 fixes a memory leak noticed when GPU-Z is running for extended periods on machines with NVIDIA "Pascal" graphics cards. The driver WHQL status detection has been improved. The way GPU-Z reports bus interface has been improved. GPU-Z can now properly tell between DDR3 and DDR4 memory types on AMD "Kaveri" integrated graphics. GPU-Z 1.14.0 adds support for AMD Radeon Pro Duo, Radeon Pro WX7100, WX5100, WX4100, and early support for AMD "Stoney." We've also added support for various VIA graphics solutions.DOWNLOAD: TechPowerUp GPU-Z 1.14.0 | GPU-Z 1.14.0 ASUS ROG Themed

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TechPowerUp today published the latest version of Throttlestop by Kevin Glynn, the handy utility that gives you a great deal of control over your processor's power-management features, which among several other things, includes manufacturer-preset CPU throttling. Version 8.30 comes with new "mini-mode" features that let you collapse the main window for clumping together relevant controls; new clock limit reason reporting for Intel Xeon E5/E7-v3 and v4 families; and a new Energy Performance Preference (EPP) adjustment to Speed Shift feature. Grab it from the link below.DOWNLOAD: Throttlestop 8.30

TechPowerUp today released the latest version of TechPowerUp GPU-Z, the handy graphics subsystem information, monitoring, and diagnostic utility. Version 1.11.0 introduces a user-interface change. The app now displays the full set of Device IDs of your graphics card. This should prove particularly useful if you're claiming the $30 settlement by NVIDIA for the GTX 970 class-action lawsuit, letting you note down your GTX 970's entire set of device IDs. TechPowerUp GPU-Z 1.11.0 also adds support for BIOS extraction from GeForce GTX 1060 graphics cards. Improvements were made to the system-tray notification icon creation code.DOWNLOAD: TechPowerUp GPU-Z 1.11.0 | GPU-Z 1.11.0 ASUS ROG Themed

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Presenting the winner of the Tesoro and TechPowerUp Back to School Giveaway. One lucky winner stood to win a Tesoro Gram Spectrum mechanical keyboard with RGB lighting, a Tesoro Sharur Spectrim gaming mouse; and a Tesoro Olivant Pro gaming headset, some of the finest pieces of gaming hardware from one of the edgiest gaming peripherals designer. Without further ado, the winner:

• Wilson V. from the United States

Congratulations, Wilson! Ride into battle with your new weapons! TechPowerUp will return with more exciting giveaways.

With curtains drawn on the 2016 Olympics, TechPowerUp and CRYORIG announce the winners to the CRYOLYMPICS Giveaway. Three lucky winners stood to with a set of CRYORIG's flagship R1 Universal CPU cooler and 5-color CustoMOD kit, each; letting them bring down the heat on the CPUs big time. The CustoMOD kit lets you cap the aluminium fin stacks of the heatsink off with groovy color plates. Without further ado, the winners:

• Gilberson, from Brazil
• Wyatt, from the United States
• Osman, from France

A huge congrats to you three! TechPowerUp will return with more giveaways.

TechPowerUp and CRYORIG and bringing down the heat this summer with CRYOLYMPICS giveaway. Three lucky winners stand to win a set of CRYORIG R1 Universal CPU Cooler and a Full 5-color Customod kit accessory for the cooler, each. The Customod kit lets you cap the fin-stacks of your R1 Universal with colorful LED-lit shrouds. To participate, simply fill in a short form, and "like" our Facebook page, if you haven't already. Good Luck!

For more information, and to participate, visit this page.

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.

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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

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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

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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

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