Archive for Feburary 2013

NVIDIA Tegra 4 benchmarks

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When NVIDIA unveiled Tegra 4 back at CES we we really needed to see benchmarks, some more ata to help show the difference between Tegra 4 devices and whatever's currently on the market. Over at the Mobile World Congress Nvidia has reference tablets set up expressly for the purpose of running tests. The guys from ngadget had a test run, check it after the break to see how it fared.


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Intel updated 32nm smartphone SoC

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Intel has an updated 32nm smartphone processor in the works that will be demonstrated at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelon. Intel will also discuss details of Mary Field, a 22nm SoC planned for later this year. Intel has made progress since it came to MWC a year ago without any Atom-based smartphone design wins. But the PC giant is still playing catch up in a segment dominated by ARM-based SoCs from Qualcomm, Nvidia and many others. 


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Nvidia Shows Tegra 4 on 3820×2160 (4K) Display

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And surely I mean a 80" 4k resolution Ultra HDTV. With the recent announcement of Tegra 4 it became clear that it was going to support a maximum monitor output resolution of 3820×2160 (4K). More after the break.


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Download MSI Afterburner 3.0.0 Beta 5

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Today we release an updated Beta revision of Afterburner, this application successfully secured the leading position on graphics card utilities. MSI Afterburner 3.0.0 Beta 5 is ready, this version supports the control of NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan, if you get the card, you may want to try it. A changelog will follow soon, download here.


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Samsung Galaxy S IV on March 14th - Different Specs

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The Galaxy S IV model will heat up competition in the crucial U.S. mobile phone market, where Apple surpassed Samsung Electronics as the top mobile phone seller for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2012. It will be the first U.S. launch of Samsung's flagship Galaxy smartphone in three years, company spokeswoman Chenny Kim said, and comes amid a Samsung advertising blitz in the United States that has including light-hearted jabs at Apple's fans.


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AMD FirePro R5000 Remote Graphics Card for Usage in Data Centers

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AMD today announced the arrival of the AMD FirePro R5000 remote graphics card, a flexible, manageable solution designed and engineered to power remote 3D-graphics workflows and full computing experiences over IP networks. The energy-, space- and cost-efficient AMD FirePro R5000 is the ideal solution for IT managers operating in data center environments where limited space, power budgets and cooling costs pose a constant challenge.


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Windows 7, 8 and RT Updates Due on Tuesday

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Microsoft has announced that Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows RT will be receiving a new platform update on Tuesday, February 26th, which may be a clue as to the launch date for the final version of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7. The Microsoft Support Page has word that there will be a platform update released on that day for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. In fact, you can download a pre-release version of that update right now.

The update is supposed to offer "improved features and performance" and is a prerequisite for IE10. The same support page shows that there will also be a software update for Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Server 2012 on that day, along with an update roll-up for Windows Server 2012 Essentials. At the moment, the only information on what's included in those updates is that they are supposed to "resolve issues in Windows".


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Thermaltake Chaser A41 chassis

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Thermaltake launched another new member of Chaser Series- Chaser A41 mid-tower gaming case. After introducing Chaser A31, Chaser A41 simulated the design concept that is also for computer gamers and enthusiasts that deliver a combination of cooling, performance but a more, greater expandability. Chaser A41 has continued the e-sports appearance and outstanding protection designs inspired by Tron that characterize originality. From the side look, the transparent windowed panel offers the best inner view for built system see through. Since gaming hardware produces a lot of heat, therefore this enclosure is built for maximum cool with a perforated front bezel with two 120 mm fans at front and rear plus a top exhausted 200 mm fan with blue LED.


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LG 27EN43V-B 27-Inch LCD Monitor

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There's another upcoming LCD monitor from LG, the 27EN43V-B. Adopting a TN panel, this new 27-inch LED-backlight monitor supports a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and provides 1000:1 contrast ratio, 250 cd/m2 brightness, 5ms response time and 170/160 degree viewing angles. In terms of connectivity ports, it has 1x DVI-D, 1x mini D-Sub and 1x HDMI. 


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Ubisoft: 'We want to improve our relationship with PC gamers'

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Publisher Ubisoft hopes to become a major player in the PC space with a broader digital store.The firm has been selling PC games via its Uplay service for some time, but has now opened that up to third parties, with EA, Warner Bros, Telltale and Bohemia amongst the companies on board. Wider selection and overhauled policies can widen the store’s audience, it is hoped.


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MSI X79A-GD45 PLUS Motherboard

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MSI is launching the X79A-GD45 PLUS motherboard, which seems to be a more cost effective X79 motherboard sitting in the 200 USD price range. Armed with a 9-phase DrMOS VRM the hardware should definitely deliver though. Not four yet eight DDR3 DIMM slots have been integrated that will support DDR3-2400 MHz memory with in total a nice 128GB of it. Slot connectivity wise you will get three PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots (the grey ones). Then there will be two PCI-Express x16 slots (black) which actually are 2.0 x4 slots that connect to the X79 PCH.


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Download Resident Evil 6 Benchmark

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Download Resident Evil 6 Benchmark, the official benchmark from Capcom. You can download the app from this website. Capcom revealed the program last month in a press release that also detailed the PC version's exclusive mode called The Mercenaries: No Mercy, which includes extra enemies and more opportunities to earn higher scores than its console counterparts. It also comes with a multiplayer mode called Siege, which pits two teams against each other with an AI-controlled agent in between.


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Crysis 3 VGA Graphics Benchmark performance review

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Admittedly, it's a quicky, but in this review slash article we'll look at Crysis 3 VGA Graphics benchmark performance with roughly 22 graphics cards. The new and popular title is daunting from a graphics point of view. What do you need really ? But as a result how will it perform on a selection of different graphics cards ? This review will cover all these basics and then more so you know what choice to make either graphics card or in-game settings wise.

Read the entire Guru3D article right here.


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Crysis 3 VGA Graphics Benchmark performance test

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In this review slash article we'll look at Crysis 3 VGA Graphics benchmark performance with roughly 22 graphics cards. The new and popular title is daunting from a graphics point of view. What do you need really? As a result, how will it perform on a selection of different graphics cards? This review will cover all these basics and then more so you know what choice to make either graphics card or in-game settings wise.


MSI Enjoy 71 Android 4.0 Tablet

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MSI is releasing a new Android 4.0 tablet, the Enjoy 71. Powered by a 1.5GHz AML8726-MX dual-core processor, the tablet is equipped with a 7.0-inch 1024 x 600 IPS multi-touch display, a Mali-400 GPU, a 1GB RAM, an 8GB of internal storage, a microSDHC card slot (up to 32GB), dual cameras (0.3MP front & 2MP back), 1080p Full HD video playback support, a mini-HDMI port, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, a 3200mAh battery and runs on Android 4.0 ICS OS. 


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1GHz+ of Radeon HD 7990 and Radeon HD 7790 Rumors

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It could very well be that AMD is working on a Dual-GPU 7970 GHz, thus Radeon HD 7990 edition graphics card. Rumors are that this is being developed under codename Malta. Both GPU's would be clocked 'well' over 1 GHz. But there's more ...


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EK GeForce GTX Titan Full-Cover Water Block

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EK Water Blocks introduces world's first full-cover water cooling solution for the latest NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan, the most powerful graphics card to date. The water block is called EK-FC Titan and has already made it's debut in ORIGIN PC's high(est) end gaming computers.


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Lian Li PC-9N Mid Tower Chassis

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Lian-Li announces a new brushed aluminum mid tower chassis, the PC-9N. Supporting ATX and micro-ATX motherboards, the PC-9N forgoes the traditional motherboard tray, and instead implements a railing mount design for increased thermal performance and better cable management.  The new railing system also provides better routing options for internal wiring and cables, reducing clutter, improving system appearance and further improving airflow.


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EVGA Signature and Hydro Copper Series GeForce GTX Titan

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OUt of all Titan announcments, this one has to look the most pretty. EVGA has revealed its GeForce GTX Titan lineup which fall under its Signature and water-cooled Hydro Copper series. EVGA’s GeForce GTX Titan Hydro Copper series combine a robust waterblock on the GPU itself to allow users to cool the Titan in liquid cooled setups. The superclocked variant of the EVGA Hydro Copper GeForce GTX Titan is also available aside the Signature model but like the other variants clock speeds are not mentioned.


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GeForce GTX TITAN AIB Release photo overview

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A handful of Nvidia board partners now have released their geForce Titan graphics cards as well. GeForce GTX Titan utilizes the latest 28nm fabrication process, features 6GB GDDR5 memory and adapts 2688 CUDA cores. All of the cards run NVIDIA reference clock speeds of 837/876/6008 MHz (core/GPU Boost/memory). After the break a photo overview of all of them.


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