Forbes interviewed AMDs matt Skynner and he Talks New Radeon Cards, Next-Gen Consoles, 7990 Criticism. According to matt Skynner their new GPU is smaller than TITAN. Considerably smaller. It should be around 423mm2. This basically means that it’s 15% bigger than Tahiti. That said, you can probably pack 20% more components into bigger die. There is some good info in the interview. Have a peek. 

A big whoops from HIS technology today as they by accident exposed the naming of AMD's upcoming graphics cards. They are pretty much as expected and rumored. The R9 has a R9 280X graphics card which will replace the HD 7970 GHz Edition. This is likely the Hawaii XT GPU. The successor to HD 7970 will have 3GB GDDR5 memoryHave a peek at all the names after the break.

In August AMD released A10-6700T, the first low power desktop APU rated at 45 Watt TDP. This processor uses the latest AMD microarchitecture, codenamed Piledriver, and it has 4 cores and HD 8000 series graphics. Obviously, to achieve lower power consumption the 6700T's CPU and GPU cores were clocked lower than on other members of A10 family. The processor was originally launched in Japan, and it seems that it may materialize in US stores within a month or two. The boxed A10-6700T is currently available for pre-order from shopblt.com website.

MSI Afterburner 3.0.0 Beta 15 Download - Guru3D and MSI have been working hard on AfterBurner, today we release an updated this Beta revision of Afterburner, this application successfully secured the leading position on graphics card utilities. This new revision adds many new stuff, including preliminary beta H.264 Intel Quicksync Hardware Encoding support and CPU monitoring.

Creative is set to drop their latest NFC-enabled Bluetooth speaker system, the Creative T30 Wireless. This 2-piece speaker system provides a working range of up to 10 meters and features NFC pairing function, SBC/AAC/apt-X audio codec support, BasXPort technology, a 3.5mm stereo mini jack and is compatible with Bluetooth 3.0 enabled devices. The Creative T30 Wireless will begin shipping from early October for 12,800 Yen (about $128).

Thi is the latest addition to Acer’s LCD monitor line-up, the B276HUL. Adopting an AHVA panel, this 27-inch LED-backlight monitor provides 2560 x 1440 WQHD resolution, 100,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 350 cd/m2 brightness, 6ms response time and 178/178 degree viewing angles. In terms of connectivity ports, it offers DVI-D, 2x HDMI and DisplayPort. Pricing info is still unknown at the moment.

Grand Theft Auto V has made its way to the internet before its official release, and Microsoft has begun banning users who have posted in-game images and footage using the leaked copies. Rockstar has requested takedowns of content related to the game posted by users of the illegitimate version.

Here are the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:

1.Total War: ROME II
2.PAYDAY 2
3.Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
4.Outlast
5.Saints Row IV
6.Godus
7.Arma III
8.Tomb Raider
9.Far Cry 3
10.Rogue Legacy

Edge-Online has posted an interesting article about the power differences between the PS4 and the Xbox One. Here's an excerpt: PlayStation 4 is currently around 50 per cent faster than its rival Xbox One. Multiple high-level game development sources have described the difference in performance between the consoles as "significant" and "obvious."

Windows 8.1 is just a few weeks away from its official October 18th launch date and Microsoft has begun promoting some of the improvements it has made to Internet Explorer 11. This week, Microsoft has revealed that the browser has a new image decoding pipeline, claiming it greatly increases the speed of downloading JPG images from websites.

IBC, AMSTERDAM, Sept. 13, 2013 – SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, today announced the SanDisk Extreme Pro® CFastTM 2.0 memory card, designed for professional broadcast, cinematography and next-generation professional photography.

It surely took us a while to obtain one, here in the EU these monitors are rare and actually the EU model do not have HDMI, just DP. However I was finally able to obtain a 4K - Ultra High Definition 3840 x 2160 monitor. We feel it is the next big thing as game companies and software houses have noticed this trend and in the upcoming months we'll be seeing Ultra HD texture packs for a handful of games. Yeah, imaging that, gaming at 3840 x 2160 with extremely high texture quality.

Mushkin announced today the global availability of the Scorpion Deluxe PCIe Solid-State Drive. All storage capacities of the Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSD -- which include 240GB, 480GB, 960GB, and 1920GB -- will boast just over 100,000 4K read and write IOPS as well as 1 million hours MTBF with a 3-year warranty.

If you like bling, a lot of gold coloring, nice performance and don't mind shipping it from China, then you might be in luck and pickup the Zotac Limited-Edition Golden GTX 760 Extreme Edition, only available in China though.  The card ships with the same 1137 MHz core, 1202 MHz GPU Boost, and 6208 MHz memory, as the standard GTX 760 Extreme Edition.

Check out this newly launched gaming monitor from BenQ, the XL2420TE. Adopting a TN panel, this new 24-inch LED-backlight monitor (144Hz refresh rate) provides 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 350 cd/m2 brightness, 1ms (GTG) response time.

Valve just announced that Steam will soon have family sharing. September 11, 2013 – Steam Family Sharing, a new service feature that allows close friends and family members to share their libraries of Steam games, is coming to Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC, Mac, and Linux games and software. The feature will become available next week, in limited beta on Steam.

Palit today announced the GeForce GTX 770 OC graphics card. The Palit GeForce GTX 770 OC provides up to 7% performance enhancement at DX11(Unigine Heaven v2.5 1920x1200 nonAA/4AF). Adopted with DrMOS and copper-based chokes, which can ensure the extreme overclocking performance and stability.