An AMD-branded Radeon RX 6900 XT
graphics card with liquid cooling has been
detailed on the website of UK system
builder PC Specialist, along with a few
other sites.
There’s been no official word from
AMD about it yet, but PC Specialist’s
page says the ‘AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Liquid Cooled graphics card enables the
best of 4K gaming with ultra-high frame
rates at max settings, with the noise and
temperature benefits of liquid cooling
designs’. The card is attached to a single-
fan radiator.
Hardware enthusiast website
videocardz.com has also dug up somedetails from other retailers and leaks
around the world, which suggest the
liquid-cooled card will have a 2250MHz
game clock, giving it a 185MHz boost over
the standard Radeon RX 6900 XT. The
maximum boost clock of 2435MHz is
also a good 235MHz higher than that of
the air-cooled 6900 XT.
Meanwhile, the liquid-cooled card’s
memory also gets a clock speed bump
to 18GHz (effective), compared to 16GHz
(effective) for the original card.
The two cards otherwise have the
same basic specifications. PC Specialist’s
website says the card is ‘coming soon’, so
watch this space.AOC has unveiled a 27in IPS gaming
monitor in China, which has a mini LED
backlight with 576 local dimming zones,
helping it to meet the VESA DisplayHDR
1000 standard.
The Agon AG274QXM also has a
resolution of 2,560 x 1,440, a 170Hz
refresh rate and adaptive sync support.
According to AOC, the monitor also has a
maximum peak brightness of 1,000cd/
m², going down to 600cd/m² in HDR
mode and 550cd/m² in standard mode.
Overclockers UK’s master system
builder, 8Pack, has unveiled a new
version of his Hypercube PC, which
packs a load of shiny bells and
whistles into a mid-tower PC case.
The PC’s centrepiece is the custom
water-cooling system, which uses
rigid tubing and gear from EKWB,
including an 8Pack custom lightbox,
and a custom distro plate at the front.
It’s all housed in a Lian Li O11D Mid-
Tower, and the machine is kitted out
with an RGB lighting system worthy
of the Las Vegas Strip, featuring RGB
strips from Phanteks, TechForge and
Mayhems, and all the lighting can be
controlled and customised with Asus’
Aura system.
Not surprisingly, the PC also has
a killer spec, including a Ryzen 9
5900X overclocked with Precision
Boost Overdrive 2, a water-cooled
and overclocked GeForce RTX 3090
graphics card and a pair of 2TB WD
PCI-E 4 SSDs. Brace yourself before
we tell you the price though. Are
you ready? It’s £8,888 inc VAT. See
custompc.co.uk/Hypercube for
more information about the 8Pack
Hypercube MK2.It’s that 576-zone mini LED backlight
that will really help with HDR though.
Comparatively, most gaming monitors
we review don’t have many-zone
backlights and struggle to display HDR
content properly, despite often having
high-contrast panels.
The Agon AG274QXM is currently
listed on AOC’s website in China
(aocmonitor.com.cn), but there’s
currently no word on if or when it
will launch in the UK.AOC LAUNCHES MINI
LED GAMING MONITOR
8PACK
UNVEILS NEW
HYPERCUBE