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Intel series 520 240GB SSD  - We review the Intel series 520 240GB SSD. They now have multiple SSDs on the market initially with their proprietary controller, then a Marvel controller, and today Intel releases the Series 520 SSDs based on SandForce, well LSI these days.
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AMD Radeon HD 7950 - AMD released the little brother of the Radeon HD 7970, the Radeon HD 7950 is now alive and kicking. Guru3D.com has prepared a several articles :

Radeon HD 7950 overclocking guide
HIS Radeon HD 7950
PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 PCS+
Radeon HD 7950 Crossfire 2/3-way

Guru3D Rig of the Month January 2012 - The Rig of the Month January 2012 oozes with style and design, the detail is just intense. Kerekes János who transformed one PC into a very stylish and clean build completely blew us away. What a perfect job. You'll know what i mean when you take a look at it.
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ASUS Transformer Prime  - We test the The quad-core Tegra 3 based Eee Pad Transformer Prime, an unbelievable product. Fast, thin and huge in specs, but sure... very expensive.
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AMD A6 3500 triple core APU -  Today we'll be testing a triple core APU, yes that is an APU with three physical CPU cores activated, instead of the four you expected..
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Anno 2070 VGA Graphics performance - For Anno 2070 the graphics engine has been updated, the game is now DirectX 11 compatible. And as such it is time to throw a couple of graphics cards (well we can't say that nineteen graphics cards are a couple really) at it to see how well the game performs with DX11 cards Anno 2012.
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AMD A8 3870K APU - Based on the Lynx APU architecture, the AMD A8-3870K BE APU has unlocked multipliers, that means we can not only boost the processor performance a bit, but also the internal GPU.
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Corsair Vengeance 1500 and 1100 Headsets - We review the all new Corsair Vengeance 1500 and 1100 Headsets, aimed at gamers that demand some headset queasily. Will Corsair live up to it's reputable reputation ? The Vengeance 1500 is the top of the Corsair headset line, supplanting the HS1 of a few short years ago.
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AXIOM EP125 V3 8” 125 Watt Subwoofer - Bookshelf speaker based audio systems require a subwoofer to produce the lower frequency ranges that the bookshelf speakers cannot accurate reproduce. Axiom produces a subwoofer which is said to be an excellent match sonically for the M3 speakers.
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Gigabyte G1.Assassin 2  - We test the Gigabyte G1.Assassin 2. It's the motherboard that is both loved and hated for it's gun themed design. Regardless of what you guys might thing, Gigabyte knows and certainly appreciates the fact that everybody is talking about their products.
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Point of View Protab 2 XXL Tablet - A review on the ProTAB 2 XXL 10" tablet from Point of View from their Mobi range. With a price of only 169,- EUR the specs are decent enough alright. Interesting enough for graphics, the ProTab2XXL also comes with an additional MALI-400 3D graphics chip.
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ASUS Radeon HD 7970 Crossfire  - In this review we'll show you a little about the technology, the ASUS card itself of course ... but more interestingly, we'll have a look at Crossfire performance.
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Sitecom 500 Mbps homeplug Ethernet - Powerline Ethernet adapters allow you to use your mains electricity circuit to transfer data, this way you can extend your network to wherever you have a free plug socket. The product we test today comes from Sitecom, their 500 Mbps plus Homeplug.
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MSI X79 Big Bang XPower II - MSI launched their Big Bang XPower II motherboard, we review and test it. A military themed motherboard for which they took the Intel Sandy Bridge-E chipset called X79, then they started designing a motherboard that will knock you of your feet once you place your first glimpse on it.
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Cooler Master Cosmos II  - We review the new Cooler Master Cosmos II. It is an Ultra tower, this chassis is 70cm in height -- almost 28". It has space for even the big XL-ATX motherboards, it comes with brushed aluminum side panels.
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Anidées AI-6 chassis - There is a new player in the PC casing / chassis arena, they are named Anidées and recently they have introduced their first product into the market.
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Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid 850 Watt PSU - Cooler Master launched the new Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid PSU series. The end result as such is enticing alright, a very nice power supply rates 80+ gold, that comes with a modular design and one big massive 12V rail.
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Crucial M4 128GB SSD - We finally test the Crucial M4 128GB SSD and will check out the performance of this very popular SSD. Obviously the M4 series is nothing other then a success story.
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Corsair Performance Pro 256GB SSD - Corsair made a wise decision as well, they will not stick to just one SSD based controller, and as such they just launched the Performance Pro series SSDs. In 128GB and 256GB capacities these drives will be unleashed just before the Christmas season is starting.
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Gigabyte X79 UD7 -  The X79-UD7 include three PCIe x1 slots, four SATA 3Gbps ports, as well as a good six SATA 6Gbps ports. The rear I/O bracket shows a pair of USB 3.0 ports and 7.1-channel audio with digital S/PDIF out, but also a special OC button, a CMOS reset switch and much more..
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OCZ Octane 512GB SSD - The Indlinx Everest based SSD is massively impressive and can compete with the best SSDs on the market.
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Seasonic 1000W Platinum power supply - We peek at the Seasonic 1000W Platinum series. It's 1000W, Platinum certified, incredibly silent, modular and can be spotted for just 235 EUR. Hell they even throw in a 7 year warranty.
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MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 core OC Power - The product reviewed today comes from MSI. It's their all new GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 core tagged under the codename N560GTF-448 TwinFrozr III Power Edition.
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GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 core review - We review the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 core. Our model is factory clocked and originates from Gigabyte. They armed it with a custom PCB and their WindForce3 cooler. Will the card be a good chunk faster then it's predecessors ?
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OCZ Synapse Cache SSD - It's armed with a SandForce 2281 controller and the means to use it, as alongside the SSD you get to use the very same cache software layer the RevoDrive Hybrid uses, Dataplex. A cache in combination with the Synapse SSD offers read speeds of up-to 550MB/s and write performance of up-to 490 MB/sec.
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ASUS TUF Sabertooth X79 - ASUS initially had a mild success with the Sabertooth series, they carefully launched just in the USA as a tryout, yet once the concept picked up, they noticed demand worldwide.
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Core i7 3960X Sandy bridge-E processor - Today an article covering the Intel Core i7-3960X (Sandy Bridge-E) processor and X79 based motherboards. An update to the true high-end six-core processor series aimed at pro-consumers.
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ASUS Rampage IV Extreme - Head on over to the review where we'll discuss the X79 chipset, the respective ASUS model. Then will throw a decent photo-shoot and a benchmark suite at the products and get an indication what performance is like with the Intel Core i7-3960X.
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EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win - The newfangled card is called the EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win. A card with cool looks, a pair of GF114 GPUs and heck it even comes a little overclocked for ya.
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Corsair Carbide 500R - Corsair went back to the drawing board and improved that 400R model towards an updated SKU, the 500R. They added more meshed vents, a new fan was added, a three step fan controller and tweaked the overall design a little as well with removable and relocatable hard drive cages. 
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Rosewill RK-9000 Mechanical Keyboard - We test the Rosewill against several other mechanical keyboards to find out it compares, and in the process, deep dive into the mechanical keyboard universe.
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CM Storm Trooper review - Cooler Master has unleashed its “CM Storm Trooper” Case. The chassis, as you noted is branded under the CM Storm series. The case features an all black and bulky design with a cool front panel.
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AMD FX 8150 - 8120 - 6100 and 4100 performance - In this article we'll look at all four processors, the AMD FX 8150 - 8120 - 6100 and 4100 in a quickie performance review. This article is nothing more then a performance overview of all four processors released yesterday.
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AMD FX 8150 processor review - We review the AMD FX 8150 processor today. As you probably know, the product tested today has eight physical CPU cores, it will have a base clock of 3600 MHz, may Turbo towards 3900 MHZ and can peak a thread or two at a cool 4200 MHz. And that makes the FX series a multi-threaded monster. 
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Corsair H100 review - The product we test today is the Corsair H100, all pimped up with a new design radiator and internally regulated control for pump and fans.
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eVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified - eVGA released the GeForce GTX 580 Classified. It is released in three flavors, the 'regular' version with air cooling, a liquid cooled version and then for the 0.000000001% of pro overclockers a kit with LN2 sub-zero cooling pots.
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ASUS Mars II graphics card review - We've seen the original brutal Mars, the exemplary ARES but ASUS is at it again with the all new Mars II, yep that's right. The x-factor products makes it prodigal return to manage a little bump and grinding.
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ASUS Vulcan ANC Headset - ASUS ROG Vulcan ANC headsets are possibly the best noise-canceling headset you can buy. They combine ultimate gaming features with audiophile sound to make one kick-ass product.
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ASUS Maximus IV Extreme Z - Yes, the Maximus IV Extreme-Z Intel Z68 motherboard has arrived at the Guru3D test grounds all the way up the highlands of Holland. And gosh golly, this product is absolutely stunning.
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ASUS Crosshair V Formula - Have a peek at that lovely looking Crosshair V Formula and then let's head onwards into the review.
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AMD A8-3850 APU and A75 motherboard chipset  - Combine the power of a CPU and a GPU then tie a Northbridge into that product and boom -- AMD calls the end product an APU.
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OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 review - Combine the power of a CPU and a GPU then tie a Northbridge into that product and boom -- AMD calls the end product an APU. We take a look at the AMD A8-3850 APU in combination with the new A75 motherboard chipset.
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AC Ryan PlayOn!HD 2 1TB - Interesting thing about the PlayOnHD series 2 media-players is that they come standard with the new and very much improved GUI but also hardware wise harbor the latest Realtek 1185 chipset.
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Intel series 320 SSD - We review the Intel series 320 SSD. Armed with cheaper NAND flash memory this drive competes at the middle segment tagged with a decent price. But will it be enough to compete with the competition ?
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Corsair Obsidian 650D - Plenty of space, all graphics cards to date fit in there (length wise), many drive bays, fan controller, USB 3.0 frontpanel support, easy to clean dust filters and a solution that is once again pretty much tool free and comes in that scrumptious all black design.
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Core i5 2500K & Core i7 2600K processors - Sandy bridge is here, today we'll put the Intel Core i7-2600K and Intel Core i5-2500K processors to the test, we will pair the 2600K processor with the Intel Desktop Motherboard DP67BG and also run a test with the Intel Core i5-2500K processor on a Intel DH67BL motherboard.
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Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD - This card has many aspects in common with existing X-FI designs and a few new features and modifications to appeal to the newer crop of demanding soundcards enthusiasts.
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Quick article links

    AMD Radeon HD 7970 - We review the Radeon HD 7970. Will have to compete directly with the equally expensive GeForce GTX 580, it will actually be a decent notch better then that.

    Reference review R7970

    CPU Scaling with R7970
    Overclock Guide R7970
    Crossfire review R7970

    Battlefield 3 VGA and CPU benchmarks - After waiting way too long before the game to be unlocked we wanted bring you guys one of our traditional graphics and processor performance articles. As such we'll take a card or ten today and have a look at DX11 performance with the newest graphics cards. We'll also show you the performance differential with a couple of different processors.
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    PC Buyers Guide Winter 2011 - Guru3D offers you their bi-annual PC Buyers Guide, this is the 2011 Winter edition. This article brings you a set of recommendations of products we feel are great components to build yourself a nice gaming rig.
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    Crysis 2 DX11 graphics and CPU performance  - Today well be looking at game performance with a graphics card or sixteen. Next to that we'll also have a peek at CPU scaling with a handful of processors to see on what platform the game runs best.
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    ECS Headquarters - behind the scenes of R&D  - We have prepared some high-definition video footage as well, showing you SMT soldering, the cubicles, some test gear on the R&D floor like temperature probing and signal processing monitoring.
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    VGA Charts for Spring 2011  - It's then end of April and most DX11 graphics cards from both AMD and NVIDIA have been released. Some charts have up-to sixty graphics cards slash combinations embedded. All these cards have been tested on the very same PC with the very same OS.
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    Triple monitor gaming on GeForce GTX 590 and Radeon 6990 - We test gaming on three monitors with the GeForce GTX 590 and Radeon 6990.
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    Radeon HD 6990 Crossfire review  - In this article we'll be looking at an actual retail sample flown in with the speed of light by HIS technology. We can also look into CrossfireX performance.
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    Blizzcon 2010 Coverage - We'll cover the games and hardware shown at BlizzCon 2010 in this 10 page article.
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    PC Buyers Guide Winter edition - Guru3D offers you their annual PC Buyers Guide, this is the 2010 Winter edition. 
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    Starcraft II Wings of Liberty GPU performance - With no less than 13 graphics cards we see how well this soon to be released game behaves in terms of image quality and frame rates.
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    Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity6 - We test the Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity6 edition card, in CrossfireX actually combined with six ... yes SIX monitors.
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    USB 3.0 performance explored - A couple of weeks ago we published some USB 3.0 performance results based on an engineering board from MSI. In that early test we where not impressed at all by USB 3.0 performance. The final production sample of MSI's Star USB controller just arrived though, and that certainly makes the difference.
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    Phenom II X4 Overclocking Master class  - It's the extreme side of overclocking, yes the guys that use extravagant cooling methods to lift the core frequency to way higher levels. And today we'll be doing exactly that. We'll have our tame race driver 'OldScarface', a Dutch overclocker, tryout the latest revision of the Phenom II 965BE.
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    COD Modern Warfare 2 VGA performance - Over the next few pages a word or two about the game, some image quality comparisons and obviously a nice lengthy VGA chart ranging from monitor resolution 1280x1024 up-to 2560x1600 measured with and with out AA.
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    Anno 1404 VGA graphics performance - So then, 1404’s levels are set on a series of islands. Some of them are already inhabited, while others are virgin territory, ripe for conquest. The 3D engine is smooth, beautifully detailed, so how will the game perform with a selection of 15 graphics cards ?
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    Gigabyte Nan-Ping Factory Tour - Guru3D visited Gigabyte's Nan-Ping production factory in Taiwan. We followed the design and productions stages of both a motherboard and VGA card.
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    Guru3D Rig of the Month  - We just adore hardware. And sometimes some you guys really make a PC that really stands out. We ask you to answer a few simple questions and send in photo's of your rig. Each month we'll have a look at the entries and perhaps pick you and post your PC with photo's and everything here at Guru3D.com, each month we add a new addition - join now! 
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    Guru3D VGA Charts - The VGA charts is simply put a selection of games in which we will show you performance numbers (measured by average framerate). The distinct difference review results and these charts is two-fold, in our reviews we can only show you 5 maybe 6 comparative graphics card results due to limitation. In the VGA chart you can see all the reference cards we have tested in an orderly and easy to comprehend manner.
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    Guru3D PC Buyer's Guide - Time to build that dream PC before you head off for school! Surely don't take our advice for granted, but at the very least let us help you a little.
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    PhysX by NVIDIA - A review - NVIDIA will introduce a new set of GeForce drivers, PhysX driver and a PhysX pack. All GeForce series 8 and newer cards will get full PhysX support with a little help of the guys from Ageia and NVIDIA's CUDA team. We take a peek at what is released next week, what can you expect, what combo's are possible and obviously our opinion on the entire PhysX experience.
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    Guide to MKV x.264 GPU acceleration - How would you like to learn to playback MKV / x.264 content 98% accelerated by your Radeon of GeForce graphics card ? And we'll even go a step further, optimize image quality with the help of your graphics card shader processors ?
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News Headlines

Intel series 520 240GB SSD review
Radeon HD 7950 Overclock Guide
MSI Afterburner 2.2.0 Beta 12 released
Three AMD Radeon HD 7950 Reviews
AMD Expects a Major Consumer Product Company to Use Its Chips
Deep Cool Gamer Storm Assassin CPU Cooler
Xigmatek Gigas Brushed Aluminum Micro-ATX Cube Case Announced
Super Talent quad-channel DDR3 kits
A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors
Germany Bans Apple's iCloud; iPhone 4, iPad 2 Spared From Second Ban
AMD Trinity Low Voltage APU 3DMark Scores
Creative HN-900 and Aurvana X-Fi 2 Noise-Canceling Headphones
Motherboard prices expected to increase 10% by next quarter
Age of Empires Online: Celts Preview
Sandra 2012 SP1c - 18.28 download
MSI Z77A-GD65 Ivy Bridge Motherboard Surfaces
CM Storm Trooper gets limited time price cut
AMD reveals APU and discrete graphics roadmap
PowerColor LCS HD 7970 with waterblock
World of Tanks - Update 7.2 Trailer
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier - Single Player Video
Leaked Benchmark of Intel Core i7 3770K
Retailer Pulls Asus Transformer Prime
Zalman Z11 and Z11 Plus Mid-Tower Cases
Titan Sibera TTC-NC55TZ(RB) CPU Cooler

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Intel series 520 240GB SSD review
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, February 7, 2012 - 6:15 AM N/A - 0 Comments


 

We review the Intel series 520 240GB SSD. They now have multiple SSDs on the market initially with their proprietary controller, then a Marvel controller, and today Intel releases the Series 520 SSDs based on SandForce, well LSI these days.

According to Intel that will increase sequential read and write performance to 520MB/s, which makes the Series 520 the fastest SSDs they have ever produced.

Read the full article right here.

Intel 520 Series SSD


  

 


Radeon HD 7950 Overclock Guide
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, February 3, 2012 - 10:10 PM N/A - 0 Comments


 

Radeon HD 7950 Overclock guideWe take a Radeon HD 7950 overclock it the normal way and then voltage tweaked. So that way we will demonstrate not one, but two maximum overclock conditions alongside TDP, heat, noise and performance levels.

You will notice that if you go for long lifespan a long-lived card that overclocking the old fashioned way will not disappoint. A good GHz on the GPU (default = 800 MHz) is certainly something you can achieve. However voltage tweaking will bring you towards another level alright, roughly 1150 MHz.

Read our article right here.


  

 


MSI Afterburner 2.2.0 Beta 12 released
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, February 2, 2012 - 10:00 PM N/A - 0 Comments


 

Guru3D and MSI have been working hard on AfterBurner, today we release an updated Beta  revision of Afterburner, this application successfully secured the leading position on graphics card utilities.

Today we released an updated Beta revision of Afterburner, this application successfully secured the leading position on graphics card utilities. We're happy to see MSI Afterburner is leading the overclock applications. MSI Afterburner 2.2.0 Beta 12 is ready

Changes list includes:

  • Memory clock limit has been extended to 180% on AMD RADEON 79x0 graphics cards in unofficial overclocking mode
  • Added low-level clock frequencies monitoring for AMD RADEON 79x0 graphics cards
  • Added PowerTune adjustment slider for AMD HD 6xxx and 7xxx series graphics cards
  • Improved overclocking profiles format provides compatibility with future graphics cards. Please take a note that existing overclocking profiles (startup overclocking profile and profile slots) will be ignored and must be recreated in new version
  • MSI On-Screen Display server has been upgraded to v4.3.2. New version gives the following improvements:
  • Added gamma corrected video capture support
  • Framerate limit ratio for video capture in no longer controlled via the server's profiles. Now it can be adjusted directly into MSI Afterburner's video capture properties
  • Added Direct3D9Ex support (DOTA 2 and Darkness 2 demo)
  • Improved desktop windows notification mechanism eliminates unwanted beeps occurring on some systems during the server startup / shutdown
  • Output video dimensions are now cropped to be multiple of 16 to improve compatibility with some third party MJPG decoders
  • Improved OpenGL On-Screen Display coordinates calculation for framebuffer coordinate space mode
  • Now "Enable compatibility with modified Direct3D runtime libraries" option is compatible with Direct3D9 game engines using double FPU precision (MassEffect series)

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Three AMD Radeon HD 7950 Reviews
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, January 31, 2012 - 7:13 PM N/A - 0 Comments


 

AMD today released the little brother of the Radeon HD 7970, the Radeon HD 7950 is now alive and kicking. Guru3D.com has prepared a threefold of articles today covering two retail cards, and a 2/3-way crossfire review including AMD's reference R7950 card. Here is an overview of our articles:

HIS Radeon HD 7950 review

Radeon HD 7950It is time for the second product based of the series 7900 though, the Radeon HD 7950 launches today. AMD took the Tahiti XT GPU sliced away some shader units, clocked it a notch slower and planted it onto a new PCB lined up with a new cooler. Overall the R7950 will not disappoint, good performance, impressive power consumption and great heat and noise levels. But will a 400 EUR pricetag however justify this product ?

Direct URL:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/his-radeon-hd-7950-review/

 

PowerColor Radeon HD 7950 PCS+ review

Radeon HD 7950PowerColor is the first in our line-up of R7950 reviews with a customized model. It is the PCS version that clocks in at a cool 880 MHz on the graphics core with it's memory clocked default at an effective data rate of 5000 MHZ. Armed witha custom cooler it is silent, and even cooler compared to the reference model.

Direct URL:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/powercolor-radeon-hd-7950-pcs-review/

 

Radeon HD 7950 Crossfire review 2 and 3-way

Radeon HD 7950 CrossfireWe have three Radeon HD 7950 cards in house -- anyone smells Crossfire ? We'll setup these three cards up in multi-GPU mode (two and three-way) clock them standard and test multi-GPU performance -- taking it to the next level, multi-GPU gaming. As if you figured just one card would be interesting, you have no idea what's coming at you with two and three cards. Have a peek at the offering, and then march onward into the review, hihoo Tahiti PRO

Direct URL:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-7950-crossfire-review-2-and-3way/


  

 


AMD Expects a Major Consumer Product Company to Use Its Chips
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, February 6, 2012 - 10:27 PM via softpedia - 0 Comments


 

Guru3D.com ImageAdvanced Micro Devices revealed many things during its Financial Analyst Day, some good (like plans for a “fully fused” APU in 2014) and some bad (like how it was not going to keep launching powerful CPUs, at least for a while). Now, it is revealed that the corporation, as part of this so-called “consumerization” strategy, will try to integrate more technologies into its chips, as Softpedia reports today:

That is to say, it will look for third-party technologies, though it did not specify what exactly they would be.

4G/LTE broadband support is one feature that is most likely to be part of AMD's plans, though nothing is certain.

"We are looking for certain pieces of IP to add to our [existing] portfolio," said Rory Read, chief executive officer of AMD, according to X-bit Labs.

Nevertheless, even if the Sunnyvale, California-based company scores the IP licensing deals it wants, that, alone, will not ensure success.

To truly thrive, it needs to sign some deals with companies, or at least one with a major player on the consumer industry. As it happens, there might already be such an agreement, and the way AMD defines the other party suggests it might be either Samsung or Apple.

"What if you get a large player across tablets, maybe even across smartphones. laptops, desktops, smart televisions? [That player] is creating a chip solution [that combines x86 IP with theirs], that may change the way people buy things in the future," Mr. Read said. Apple and Samsung are the only companies that can truly be said to have a big presence on all those market segments. Either way, even if the client demands that the chips feature special blocks of some sort, it will be quite a victory for AMD.


  

 


Deep Cool Gamer Storm Assassin CPU Cooler
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, February 6, 2012 - 10:26 PM N/A - 0 Comments


 

I think it was back in May of last year that Deep Cool’s Gamer Storm Assassin CPU cooler was announced in some shape or form. It is now getting ready to hit retail for the equivalent of $80 US, about 61 EUR.

Taking only a short look at the Assassin, this wouldn't appear to differentiate itself too much from the all the other twin tower coolers available in the market, but, moving closer, one gets to see that the company went with a unique heatsink concept which uses a diamond-shaped pattern.

While Deep Cool didn't reveal too much about this technology, it appears that its role is to lower the turbulence produced by the installed fans.

In turn, this could help lower the system's noise as the Assassin can be fitted with no less than three cooling fans.

Only two fans are shipped together with the Assassin, one measuring 140mm while the other measures 120mm, and the larger of these two is placed right between the twin towers to draw hot air through the heatsink.

The second one is placed so that it could push fresh air into the Assassin and both of these come with a rubber cover frame to minimize vibrations.

The heat dissipated by the fans is drawn from the copper base covering the CPU through eight 6mm thick heatpipes.

No information regarding the maximum cooling capacity of the Assassin was provided, but the cooler looks like it will be able to keep up with pretty much any high-performance CPU available out there, even when overclocked.

The Deep Cool Assassin is shipped together with a universal mounting system, which supports all of Intel's and AMD's recent sockets, including LGA 2011, LGA 1155, LGA 1366 and AM3+.


  

 


Xigmatek Gigas Brushed Aluminum Micro-ATX Cube Case Announced
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, February 6, 2012 - 10:22 PM N/A - 0 Comments


 

Xigamtek is celebrating a first with the Gigas Micro-ATX Cube, as it is their first Aluminum chassis. Even with its compact dimensions, the Gigas Cube manages to fit high-end Hardware, allowing one to easily build a potent HTPC or Gaming system. USB 3.0, space for up to 4 fans, along with a fan controller round up the list of features.

The word „Gigas“ is part of the Greek language and means „giant“. In the modern language, the prefix „giga“ can be found in many different areas to quantify the sheer size. Gigabyte or Gigawatt are such examples and the new chassis from Xigmatek carries the name „Gigas“ for good reason.
 
The shell of the cube chassis is constructed of Aluminum, which give the chassis that extraordinary look and feel. With the single piece spanning across the left, front and right of the chassis, completely eliminating any ugly gaps between these areas. Plenty of openings allow for ample ventilation and have been placed in the rear, side and front of the chassis, with the one in the front shaped like an X for Xigmatek.

Two 5.25 inch drive bays in the front next to a perfectly placed I/O panel, which holds not only the power and reset buttons, but also the two USB 2.0 and a single USB 3.0 plug. The latter may be connected directly to the 20-pin header of modern motherboards. Naturally, two status LEDs and a pair of audio connectors can also be found on the I/O panel..

Upon removing the six screws holding the top cover in place, one may access the innovative interior  layout, which is the absolute strength of the Gigas. The motherboard, be it of the Micro-ATX or ITX, is simply placed on the floor of the chassis as this panel also acts as the board tray. Expansion cards and ATX power supply are to be installed horizontally within the chassis, as this is the most efficient use of the limited space.

Two large air vents on the left side of the chassis give access to fresh air for the PSU and graphic card so that even the longest (up to 35 cm) and fastest graphic cards keep cool under any circumstance. Two 120 mm fans, rotating at up to 1.000 RPM push cool air across the components, further reducing the overall temperature within the Gigas.

To pull hot air out of the case, the Gigas may hold an additional two 120 mm units in the rear of the chassis. These are to be installed above each other, which generates a healthy flow of air across the hard drive cage and the CPU cooler,

Each of the two hard drive cages can hold up to three 3.5 inch hard drives, with an additional 2.5 inch SSD mounting on the underside of each unit, for a total of eight drives. A third cage, intended for two 5.25 inch drives can be found in the front of the chassis. For additional support of these parts, a metal beam has been installed within the chassis, while still allowing CPU coolers with an impressive height of 18.5 cm to be installed with the Gigas.

With all these features and the incredible and innovative use of space, the Xigmatek Gigas performs like a giant, able to hold high-end components without breaking a sweat. Xigmatek rounds up the impressive list of engineering achievements with their „Mono Cool“ fan controller, also part of the Midgard (II) cases, with which one may adjust the speed of up to three fans within the chassis.


  

 


Super Talent quad-channel DDR3 kits
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, February 6, 2012 - 10:20 PM N/A - 0 Comments


 

Super Talent introduced new quad-channel DDR3 memory with clockspeeds of 1600MHz and 1866MHz. You can get it as 4GB modules or in 16GB kits.

Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of NAND flash solutions, today announces their Quadra series, overclocked, quad-channel DDR3 memory kits, targeted at the extreme enthusiast market.

Gamers and enthusiasts already know about Intel’s i7-3960X 6-Core processors and now they are scrambling to find DRAM worthy of their new rig. The Quadra, DDR3 Quad-kits, come in 1600 MHz and 1866 MHz and pairs perfectly with the i7 processors, which now handles 4 channels of memory. By fully populating all 8 slots of memory with Super Talent’s 4GB DIMMs, users will experience reduced loading times with all their high-system-requirement programs. Now more time can be spent using a computer than waiting on it.

Validated using the X79 chipset, the 1600 MHz and 1866 MHz overclocking DDR3 DIMMs are now available either individually or as a kit of four modules.


  

 


A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, February 6, 2012 - 10:19 PM N/A - 0 Comments


 

Developed by the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception Lab (GRASP), these nano quadrocopters (or quadrotors, if you prefer) are able to fly in various complex formations, navigating through the environment with complex 'autonomous swarm behavior.' The very sound of the swarm in the video below gives me chills.


  

 


Germany Bans Apple's iCloud; iPhone 4, iPad 2 Spared From Second Ban
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, February 6, 2012 - 10:18 PM N/A - 0 Comments


 

Germany, by far, has appeared the most willing to ban both Android and Apple products. Due to that, both sides have focused their efforts on German court. Apple has at least two suits against Motorola.

The German court is also preparing to hear new suits and countersuits between Apple and Samsung. Apple vs. HTC suits are also pending. The situation in Germany has devolved under a bewildering mess, but as far as the available information indicates, the only thing that remains officially banned at this point is the original Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 -- although the iCloud/MobileMe could soon join it.


  

 

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