G.Skill Introduces Trident Z Royal Elite DDR4 RAM Series

G.Skill has launched its new Trident Z Royal Elite series of DDR4 RAM, the latest addition to the brand’s Trident Z family. The new memory draws inspiration from the current Royal series and basically flaunts a new heatsink design and better-looking heatsinks.

Aesthetically speaking, the aluminium heatsink on each memory stick now features what G.Skill refers to as a “meticulously sculpted” crystalline pattern, which basically gives it a more textured look and feel, versus its predecessor’s plain outlook. On a related note, the new memory sticks still retain the same crystalline light bar on its spine, complete with an eight-zone RGB lighting that can be configured as customised via the onboard PC system it is installed into.

Then, as now, the Trident Z Royal Elite series comes in two colour palates, Gold and Silver. Moreover, the DDR4 memory kits are available in sets of dual 8GB, 16GB, and 32 GB options, and at speeds of 3600MHz, 4000MHz, 4266MHz, 4800MHz, 5066MHz, and 5333MHz. As always, CL timing for each memory kit varies, but they start at 16-19-19-39 for 3600MHz kits, while the fastest 5333MHz kit has CL timings of 22-32-32-52.

Availability-wise, G.Skill’s new Trident Z Royal Elite Series DDR4 RAM will be available globally from May onwards.

Gigabyte Launches AORUS Radeon RX 6700XT Elite; Priced At RM3759

Gigabyte has officially launched the AORUS Radeon RX 6700XT Elite graphics card. Like all of AMD’s AiB partners, this card is packed with all of Gigabyte’s third-party cooling solutions and features.

As with all cards under the AORUS lineup, the 6700XT Elite sports a triple-fan cooling solution, along with the underlying RGB LEDs that light up underneath each fan. Also, the fans utilise the same alternate spinning for its Windforce 3X coolling system.

Besides that, the 6700XT Elite is equipped with all the hallmarks of AMD’s mid-range GPU. This includes the same 7nm RDNA2 GPU architecture, 96MB Infinity Cache, 2560 Stream processors, 40 Ray Accelerators, 192-bit memory bus, and 12GB GDDR6 graphics memory. In terms of speed, the card’s boost and game clock is set at 2622MHz and 2548MHz, respectively. For output, the card has two DisplayPort 1.4a ports and 2 HDMI 2.1 ports.

The Gigabyte AORUS Radeon RX 6700XT Elite is already available in Malaysia and retails for RM3759.

Steam Expands Xbox Controller Support; Includes Elite and Series X Gamepads

Steam recently released a beta update on its platform, which actually adds new features and expands supports for Microsoft’s Xbox Controllers. Specifically, the beta update will adds support for the Xbox Series X and Elite controllers.

As per the posting on its forum, the updates extends support for more than four Xbox Controllers, the ability to now bind the paddles on the Elite controller in the configurations tab. For the Series X controller, its share button will now also be configurable via configurations options.

In addition to the configurations expansion, the update also adds a drop-down menu for in the personalisation menu for the PS5 DualSense controller player slot LED, allowing players to disable it whenever they feel like it. Also, the same LED slot will default to its original settings when multiple DualSense controllers are connected.

Once again, these features are only available in the beta version of the Steam client. So, if you wish to access it, you need to go to the Settings menu, select Account, and opt to participate in the Beta section. Oh, and you’ll need a particular driver to be installed, so just follow the instructions that come from that and you should be good to go.