Archive for May 2013

MSI launches GTX 780M and Haswell based gaming laptop

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The folks over at MSI have uncovered its latest notebooks, interestingly enough ahead of Computex. Predominantly it is targeted at gaming, the new models come with discrete graphics and features geared toward PC gamers. The 17.3-inch MSI GT70 Dragon Edition 2 is the flagship model, which sports all the latest hardware. It will come with what we think is Intel's upcoming Haswell processor, due to be announced at Computex 2013 in Taiwan. It is also equipped with the latest Nvidia GeForce GTX780M, which according to MSI, gives it a 3DMark Vantage score of 36,000.


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EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SuperClocked ACX review

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Today we test and review a GeForce GTX 780 from EVGA, the SC ACX edition specifically. The Superclocked model comes with a nice factory tweak and that all new ball bearing fan based ACX cooler. Overall the card is almost as fast as a GeForce GTX Titan, 100% cool and 100% silent. We test the product with the hottest games like Metro: Last light, Battlefield 3, Sleeping Dogs, Far Cry 3, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Hitman Absolution and many more.

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EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SC ACX review

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Today a review the EVGA  GeForce GTX 780 SC ACX edition. The Superclocked model comes with a nice factory tweak and that all new ball bearing fan based ACX cooler. Overall the card is almost as fast as a GeForce GTX Titan, 100% cool and 100% silent. We test the product with the hottest games like Metro: Last light, Battlefield 3, Sleeping Dogs, Far Cry 3, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Hitman Absolution and many more. 


CVRK-A224-BLACK Mini Bluetooth 3.0 Keyboard has Power Bank

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Handy, Chinavasion has just added a new mini Bluetooth 3.0 keyboard to its product page, the CVRK-A224-BLACK. Powered by a built-in 5000mAh Li-Polymer battery (can be functioned as a power bank for charging mobile devices), this travel-friendly keyboard features a 2.4GHz radio frequency (works up to 10 meters), 54 soft rubber keys, a USB 5V/1A output port, a micro-USB charging port and is compatible with Bluetooth 3.0 enabled devices. The CVRK-A224-BLACK retails for just $29.10.


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OCZ Vertex 450 SSD with Indilinx controller

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Since it got snowed under yesterday during the GTX 780 release just a gentle reminder, we have a review available on the new OCZ Vertex 450. This new solid state disk features OCZ's Indilinx Barefoot 3 BF3-M10 controller and 20nm MLC synchronous NAND flash memory. The Vertex 450 will be available in capacities from 128GB to 512GB read speeds of up to 540MB/s, write speeds of up to 530MB/s and random 4k write performance of up to 90,000 IOPS.


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HP ENVY Rove20 20-inch All-in-One is a tablet as well

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HP shows off the ENVY Rove20, a new 20" All-in-One PC with a built-in battery that promises four hours of battery life. This system is based on the Intel Haswell processor, it has a 10-point capacitive IPS touchscreen with a 1600 x 900 pixel resolution, 1TB hybrid HDD, 802.11ac WiFi, three USB ports, Wireless Display support, and Beats Audio. The ENVY Rove20 will ship in July with pricing starting under $1,000.


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Innodisk nanoSSD does 480MB/s

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Innodisk shows off the nanoSSD, a finger-tip sized SATA µSSD that measures just 16mm x 20mm x 2mm (W x L x H). Capacities range from 4GB to 64GB, and the disk features read speeds of up to 480MB/s and write speeds of up to 175MB/s. Innodisk, a designer and manufacturer of SSDs for commercial and industrial applications, announces a release of the industrial-embedded industry's first SATA device in accordance to SATA µSSD standards – nanoSSD.


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Palit releases 3GB GeForce GTX 780

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Palit Microsystems Ltd, the leading graphics card manufacturer, releases the powerful new Palit GeForce GTX 780 and its delivers more than just state-of-the-art features and technology. The new GeForce GTX 780 marks an evolution in gaming performance-an insanely fast, smooth, and whisper-quiet experience. It gives you truly game-changing performance that will transform the way you experience all your favorite titles-now and in the future.  


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EVGA GeForce GTX 780 and EVGA ACX Cooler

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The EVGA GeForce GTX 780 marks an evolution in gaming performance – an insanely fast, smooth, and whisper-quiet experience, every time. EVGA is also introducing a brand new cooling design; the EVGA ACX Cooler. This double ball bearing design redefines traditional enthusiast coolers. Starting with a 40% increase in heatsink volume, the EVGA ACX is more efficient at dissipating heat, allowing for 15% lower GPU temperatures. A reinforcement baseplate maintains a straight PCB, and helps lower mosfet temperatures by 7% and memory temperatures by 15%.


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ZOTAC GeForce GTX 780

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ZOTAC International, a global innovator and leading manufacturer of graphics cards, mainboards, mini-PCs and accessories, today introduces the first GeForce 700-series graphics card. The new ZOTAC GeForce GTX 780 delivers a gaming evolution with insanely fast, smooth and whisper-quiet performance perfect for current and next-generation titles.


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KFA2 GeForce GTX 780

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KFA2 announced today the launch of the new KFA2 GeForce GTX 780, built with latest generation of the NVIDIA Kepler GPU featuring 3GB of GDDR5 and a staggering 2304 cores—50% more than its predecessor. The GTX 780 leverages this raw power with GPU Boost 2.0, which dynamically increases clock speeds while allowing greater customization and overclocking options. 


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ASUS Launches the GeForce GTX 780 Graphics Card

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ASUS today announced the GeForce GTX 780 graphics card, featuring the 28nm NVIDIA® GK 110-300 GPU with 2304 CUDA cores and 3GB GDDR5 on a 384-bit memory interface. The core is clocked at 902MHz, while the video memory runs a 6008MHz frequency. At approximately 50% more compute power than a GTX 680, the GeForce® GTX 780 offers highest-end DirectX® 11 gaming and multimedia. It supports TXAA and FXAA advanced anti-aliasing for better image quality and sharper game graphics.


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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC gets tested

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Oh yes, one more GeForce GTX 780 review. Meet the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC edition. The graphics card comes with a factory overclock and the new WindForce 3X 2 Slot 450W fan sink with Triangle Cool fans, as they like to cool it. That would be three silent 80mm fans. Overall the card is almost as fast as a GeForce GTX Titan, 100% cool and 100% silent. We test the product with the hottest games like Metro: Last light, Battlefield 3, Sleeping Dogs, Far Cry 3, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Hitman Absolution and many more. You can read the article right here.


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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC review

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We test and review the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC edition. The graphics card comes witha  factory overclock and the new WindForce 3X 2 Slot 450W fan sink with Triangle Cool fans, as they like to cool it. That would be three silent 80mm fans. Overall the card is almost as fast as a GeForce GTX Titan, 100% cool and 100% silent. We test the product with the hottest games like Metro: Last light, Battlefield 3, Sleeping Dogs, Far Cry 3, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Hitman Absolution and many more. 


GeForce GTX 780 SLI and Multi monitor review

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We review the GeForce GTX 780 SLI, do FCAT Frametime measurements yet also do a  SurroundView session with three monitors. The boards used are reference from NVIDIA. Over the next few pages we'll tell you a bit about multi-GPU gaming, the challenges, the requirements and of course a nice tasty benchmark session with the latest games. We'll have a peek at temperatures and power consumption of the GeForce GTX 780 cards in 2-way SLI mode to monitor it's generated performance.


GeForce GTX 780 review

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We test and review the GeForce GTX 780. The GeForce GTX 780 is NVIDIAs all new high-end graphics card based in their Flagship product, the GTX Titan. This means it is based on the GK110 GPU and has an whopping 7.1 Billion transistors. That makes it a nice chunk faster opposed to the  GeForce GTX 680 GPU. We test the product with the hottest games like Metro: Last light, Battlefield 3, Sleeping Dogs, Far Cry 3, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Hitman Absolution and many more. 


OCZ Vertex 450 SSD review

Memory (DDR4/DDR5) and Storage (SSD/NVMe) 370 Published by Hilbert Hagedoorn 0

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In this article we test, benchmark and review the all new OCZ Vertex 450 SSD. Armed with the new Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller this is the fifth incarnation of the popular OCZ Vertex series. Will it be as fast and competitive as it's predecessors ? Well let's see and find out shall we ?


GeForce GTX 780 gets tested

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In this article we review NVIDIA's all new GeForce GTX 780 (with FCAT as well). The GeForce GTX 780 is a new high-end graphics card based on the Flagship product, the GTX Titan. This means it is based on the GK110 GPU and has an whopping 7.1 Billion transistors.

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GeForce GTX 780 SLI and Multi monitor gets tested

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For this article we review the GeForce GTX 780 SLI, do a handful of FCAT Frametime measurements yet also do a SurroundView session with three monitors. The boards used are reference from NVIDIA. Over the next few pages we'll tell you a bit about multi-GPU gaming, the challenges, the requirements and of course a nice tasty benchmark session with the latest games.

You can read this article right here.


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Download GeForce 320.18 WHQL Drivers

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You can now download the GeForce 320.18 WHQL Driver as released by NVIDIA. It increases performance by up to 20% for GeForce 400/500/600 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 314.22 WHQL-certified drivers.


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Gigabyte G1 Sniper 5 and Z87X-UD4H / Z87X-UD5H

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The colleagues at Legit-Reviews published details of Gigabyte's G1 Sniper 5 series, you can view lots of pictures of the Sniper 5 over here. There's a regular ATX model as well as the Micro-ATX G1 Sniper M5 edition. When it comes to the gaming focused boards we were happy to see the G1.Sniper product line is still alive and well. 


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MSI AMD Richland A10 based gaming laptops

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MSI has updated versions of its GX60 and GX70 laptops with AMD's new Richland A10-5750M APU. Both models feature a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, the GX70 is a 17.3" model with AMD Radeon HD 8970M graphics card, while the GX60 is a 15.6" laptop with AMD Radeon HD 7970M graphics. Both systems feature a 750GB 7200RPM HDD, 8GB DDR3-1600 memory, a Blu-ray disc reader, Killer E2200 networking, 802.11b/g/n, three USB 3.0 ports, HDMI, a 720p HD webcam and 9-cell batteries. 


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NVIDIA GRID Graphics for Virtualized Desktops

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NVIDIA today announced that it is unleashing the full graphics potential of enterprise desktop virtualization with the availability of NVIDIA GRID vGPU integrated into Citrix XenDesktop 7. NVIDIA GRID vGPU technology addresses a challenge that has grown in recent years with the rise of employees using their own notebooks and portable devices for work. 


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AMD A-Series and E-Series Mobile APUs

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AMD today launches three new additions to its 2013 A-Series and E-Series Mobile Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) lineup -- delivering solutions ideally positioned to address today's evolving PC market with dramatically increased performance and power efficiency, as well as a portfolio of unique user experiences, and superior gaming and graphics. 


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WD will demo 5mm thin storage devices at Computex

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Western Digital sends word that it is gonna demonstrate its 5mm thin solid state hybrid drives and hard disk drives at Computex: WD, announced that it will demonstrate its solid state hybrid drives (SSHD) and 5 mm ultra-slim hard drive technologies.


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Qualcomm 2560 x 1440 Mirasol smartphone screen

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Check out this demonstration of Qualcomm's upcoming Mirasol displays at the SID Display Week 2013 expo. The most interesting prototye was a 5.1" panel with a resolution of 2560 x 1440, a pixel density of 577ppi! Besides the ultra-high resolution, this screen also has the advantage of using 6x less power than LCD and OLED displays. It's still a couple of years away from being ready for mass production though.
We got a look at a previously announced 1.5-inch panel embedded on the top of an "always-on" smartphone and on the face of a smartwatch. Though a rep took care to emphasize that these were just mockups, he said the screen will soon show up in some third-party devices.

More interesting, though, was the company's next-gen display: a 5.1-inch panel sporting a stunning 2,560 x 1,440 (577 ppi) resolution. Viewed up close, it delivers crisp images, but the reflective display kicks back a silvery tint and colors don't pop as they do on other handsets.



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ASRock A-Style Conformal Coating For 8 Series Motherboards

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You have butterfingers, unfortunately we're not talking about those delicious sweets, but the kind that makes you practice Newton's law of universal gravitation every once in a while. And according to Murphy's law, things tend to get even worse when your slippery hands get involved with electronics. What usually happens when you spill beverages or other conductive liquids onto your motherboard is that it turns into a not-so-fun sizzling barbeque fest, and then your motherboard dies of short circuit fatefully. 

That's where A-Style, Conformal Coating comes in. The special layer of Conformal Coating makes ASRock's motherboards invulnerable to conductive liquids, so overclockers won't have to worry about accidently spilling liquid nitrogen, liquid helium or even clam chowder over their motherboards while they are overclocking. Along with conductive liquids, Conformal Coating also protects the motherboard against dust, corrosion and extreme temperatures. It is the ultimate armor for the upcoming 8 Series motherboards.


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Download MSI Afterburner 3.0.0 Beta 10

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For those that like to try the new Beta, we have MSI Afterburner 3.0.0 Beta 10 vailable for 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.


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Microsoft Xbox One console shown

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Well now, Microsoft's next-generation console will not be called Xbox 720 as previously speculated, instead the console will be named Xbox One. The device features an eight-core AMD Jaguar based processor, 8GB DDR3 memory, a 500GB HDD, a slot-loading Blu-ray drive, USB 3.0, 802.11n WiFi and HDMI in/out ports.


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Sharp Aquos UD1 series 70 and 60 inch 4K LCDs

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Sharp Japan has announced two new models to its Aquos UD1 range of LCD TV's. The mammoth 70 and 60 inch TV's will come with a 4K panel supporting a resolution of (3,840 x 2,160 pixels). Sharp will be making use of Moth eye panels which significantly improve the viewing experience by reducing reflections from ambient lighting. 


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GIGABYTE Shows Z87 Mini-ITX Motherboard

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Gigabyte will be coming out with the GA-Z87N-WiFi motherboard based on the Intel Z87 chipset! This board is very similar to the Gigabyte GA-Z77N-WIFI that came late to the market for Intel Z77 boards. This motherboard has two DDR3 memory slots, four SATA 6Gbps slots, a single PCI Express x16 slot and one PCIe Mini socket for a Wi-Fi model or maybe a small notebook style SSD. The other main and that USB 3.0 internal connector.


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Fractal Design Node 304 gets all white

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Fractal Design announced it has added a white version of its Node 304 Mini-ITX case. The Node 304 features a unique modular interior for outstanding configurability. The Node 304 accommodates up to six hard drives. Unused mounting brackets can be removed to allow for long graphic cards, additional airflow or more space for organizing cables. Additionally, it is equipped with three hydraulic bearing fans, easy-to-clean air filters in all intakes and two front USB 3.0 ports.


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SanDisk debuts second-generation 19nm flash

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SanDisk sends out details about its second-generation 19nm manufacturing technology for NAND flash memory. SanDisk  announced it has begun customer sampling of flash memory products based on its industry-leading 1Ynm process technology, which represents its second generation 19 nanometer (nm) manufacturing technology.


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