We benchmark Battlefield 4, include FCAT frametime results and have a look at Ultra HD gaming as well. Join us in this article where close to 30 graphics cards are being tested with the new Battlefield 4. 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 dozen of graphics cards today and have a look at DX11 performance with the newest graphics cards and technologies. The new and popular title is looking great from a graphics point of view. 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.

BenQ unveiled today the XL2720Z, its exciting new 27" professional gaming monitor designed and built with all the BenQ's exclusive visual clarity enhancement innovations for FPS action-oriented gaming, from Gaming Refresh Rate Optimization Management (GROM) and Flicker-free Technology to the latest additions: Motion Blur Reduction technology and Low Blue Light technology. Once again testifying to its unyielding belief of "Gaming Is in the Detail", BenQ is the first to bring the critical factors for gaming triumph - striking visual clarity, seamless fluidity and great gaming comfort - to hardcore gamers and gaming enthusiasts around the world.

Hightech Information System (HIS) today proudly announces the HIS R9 270X IceQX² Turbo Boost Clock 2GB GDDR5. The new card is OC and features faster Boost Clock, IceQ X² is Cooler and Quieter, user-friendly iTurbo and Long Lasting Design. Armed with iPower design, the extra PWM phases provide the card with higher and more stable power output which leads to a better-than-expected overclocking. In comparison with 1000MHz of the reference board, the core clock of the card has been by default set at 1100MHz. 

Join is as we review the Mach Xtreme MX Express released their PCI Express SSD. This is a PCI Express 2.0 x2/x4/x16 slot, the newcomers are 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB and 1,024 GB SSDs powered by SandForce controllers. They developed a PCI-Express based SSD that can reach performance up-to 800~850 Mb/sec.

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Mach Xtreme MX Express released their PCI Express SSD, and we review it. Designed and based on PCI Express 2.0 x2/x4/x16 slot, the newcomers are 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB and 1,024 GB SSDs powered by SandForce controllers. They developed a PCI-Express based SSD that can reach performance up-to 800~850 Mb/sec. Incredible numbers really, but is that performance across the board, or just here and there in certain conditions we figured ?

As you guys know Nvidia will launch a GeForce GTX 780 Ti next week. Which is going to be a fast product alright. But that release will still make the regular GTX 780 a little pale compared towards the R9 290. Word on the street now is that Nvidia will release a GeForce GTX 780 GHz edition to counteract the AMD releases. So that's next to the 780 Ti release.

SPEEDLINK alreay has some great gifts in store weeks before the holidays. The new core-gaming line-up was announced at this year's gamescom - and the products will be on sale earlier than expected, with the first of the new gaming products available in just 14 days. Following the highly successful KUDOS RS Gaming Mouse, the XEOX Gamepad, the XANTHOS and the legendary MEDUSA Gaming Headsets and the REPUTE Gaming Mousepad, SPEEDLINK have now also released their first range of gaming keyboards plus additional gaming mice.

TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphic cards, today unrolls a new model which belongs to the well-know Devil series, the PowerColor Devil R9 270X. Being one of Devil's family, the R9 270X showing its demonic power with fully support of DirectX 11.2 and 4K gaming, get intense gaming performance and ultra resolution which up to four times higher than tradition HD. In addition, Devil R9 270X now gives game develops the power to speak directly to GPU core by utilizing the Mantle, bring a brand new way of looking at the world of digital gaming.

G.Skill is to launch AEGIS, a new line of DDR3 memory. These modules are fairly basic and seemt o be more budget modules, they only come in DDR3-1333 and DDR3-1600 variant and in densities of up to 8GB. Each module has a black PCB with an aluminium heatspreader that features a fancy die-cast print. Pricing will be below $100 depending in the kit and memory sizes - you get lifetime warranty. 

Facebook wants to know EVERYTHING. Facebook Inc. is testing technology that would greatly expand the scope of data that it collects about its users, the head of the company’s analytics group said Tuesday. he social network may start collecting data on minute user interactions with its content, such as how long a user’s cursor hovers over a certain part of its website, or whether a user’s newsfeed is visible at a given moment on the screen of his or her mobile phone, Facebook analytics chief Ken Rudin said Tuesday during an interview.

AMD just posted yet another Beta driver tagged as Download AMD Catalyst 13.11 BETA 8. Apparantly these fix a crashing issue with battlefield 4. Other then that nothing is known about them just yet. This Beta driver works with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1. We have a discussion thread open on this driver right here. Again a new release, in this round it includes all the features found in the previous betas and brings improved (by up to 20%) CrossFire scaling in EA's Battlefield 4. The Catalyst 13.11 Beta 8 is available for Windows 8.1/8/7 and offers support for the Radeon R9, R7, HD 7000, HD 6000 and HD 5000 Series cards.

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Download the AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta 8 (13.250.18.0 October 29) driver. This Beta driver works with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1.

Attitude One is launching their first line of lifestyle audio products. First out is the stylish and comfortable street headphones, Almaz with premium sound and design which separates you from the rest. The Almaz headphones are bundled with a voice communication adapter which turns it into a headset and a large pack of premium cables for easy connection to cellphones, stereo and pc. 

While the game still has to unlock here in the Netherlands the reviews are starting to come in for DICE's latest shooter Battlefield 4: CVG: 9/10, Joystiq: 4.5/5, Shacknews: 7/10, Polygon: 7.5/10, Gamespot: 8/10, Eurogamer: 8/10, Videogamer: 9/1, GamesRadar: 4.5/5, IGN: 8.5, PC Gamer: 84%, Xbox 360 Achievements: 80%, US Gamer: 3.5/5, Machinima: 9.5, GameTrailers: 9.5,Game Informer: 8.75, AusGamer: 9.4

Yesterday AMD informed its partners and the press that the AMD Radeon R9 290 non X model of the card will be delayed and it is now scheduled to be released somewhere next week. The reason is that Nvidia lowered its prices massively on the 770 and 780. AMD thinks that with a new driver they can tweak the 290 card a little more. 

The GSone expands the range of stereo headsets from Sharkoon and sets entirely new standards. Due to its high-quality manufacturing and its rich sound quality, it is especially tailored to the requirements of PC gamers. The ergonomic design, robust yet lightweight material characteristics and the padded, individually adjustable headband of the GSone ensures a perfect fit on a variety of different head shapes.

EIZO Corporation today announced the 23.5-inch FORIS FG2421, the world's first gaming monitor with a 240 Hz refresh rate. The FORIS FG2421 also features a low input lag and gaming preset modes that were developed with professional gamers to make it ideal for first-person shooter, racing, fighting, and other fast-action genres.

With the recent release of the AMD Radeon R9 290X high heat levels became an apparant yet acceptable factor. We now have updated our article with a page on thermal imaging. We bought a new heat sensitive camera that will tell everything temperature related.  We can seek hotspots on the PCB indicating for example GPU but also VRM temperature as well as how heat is distributed throughout a product. We do hope you will enjoy this new technology as it did cost us an arm and a leg to be able to implement it. Thermal imaging will be a standard segment of Guru3D's articles starting today. 

One page was added to the AMD Radeon R9 290X review, check it out right here. 

The HR-22 is Thermalright’s super flagship cooler and accumulation of over 10 years of thermal innovation and technology. Design based on our new Directed Passive Airflow System, the HR-22 from the ground up was designed for 0 CPU Fan passive cooling. Oh and it's BIG!

Aqua Computers latest addition to their full cover water blocks is the kryographics Hawaii for R9 290X cards. The block is entirely made in Germany and milled from 1kg high-purity electrolytic copper raw material. It covers the GPU, all RAM chips and the voltage regulators. All areas are covered by the flow path of the cooling liquid to provide an excellent cooling performance. The GPU is covered by a micro structure with a 0.5mm grid. To efficiently cool down the voltage regulators this block also features the 3D flow technique which uses a lateral flow path to transport water through the Plexiglas directly to this array.

Cooler Master announces the CM Storm Ceres-300 and Ceres-500 gaming headsets. Each headset contains a booming power infused sound to keep gamers in tune with in-game actions.Immersive, Comfortable, BreathableLarge 40mm drivers sit behind the booming power of the Ceres-300 and Ceres-500. Delve into your games, music, movies, and even internet calls with absolute clarity.

The Guru3D Rig of the Month October 2013 was made by Matthew H. A colorful and very nicely liquid cooled PC that he is proud of shows exactly what Guru3D is all about. The rig has been named the 900D “Bucket List” Build, by 45 years old Matthew. He is a Director of Visual Merchandising. Have a look at the great build that he created with his rig, the 900D “Bucket List”.

You can check out the full rig right here.

The Guru3D Rig of the Month October 2013 was made by Matthew H.A colorful and very nicely liquid cooled PC that he is proud of shows exactly what Guru3D is all about. The rig has been named the 900D “Bucket List” Build, by 45 years old Matthew. He is a Director of Visual Merchandising. Have a look at the great build that he created with his rig, the 900D “Bucket List”.

It is reported that Call of Duty: Ghosts will run native 1080p on PlayStation 4 and upscaled 720p on Xbox One.Multiple sources from around the web report that while Call of Duty: Ghosts has been confirmed to run at a native 1080p on PlayStation 4, there's growing evidence that the Xbox One version will natively run at 720p, but will be upscaled.

ORIGIN PC announces the all new, NVIDIA SLI-Ready, EON17-SLX to their line of award-winning EON laptops for gamers, professionals, artists and enthusiasts. The new EON17-SLX takes mobile gaming to the next level with support for up to DUAL NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M graphics cards in SLI to deliver buttery smooth frame rates when playing today's most demanding PC games at home or on the go.

HyperX, a division of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced a HyperX memory and solid-state drive bundle with exclusive collector's edition Battlefield 4 gaming mouse pads. HyperX is working with QPAD, an award-winning designer of headsets, keyboards, mice and mouse pads for gamers. The limited-edition HyperX memory and mouse pad product bundle creates more value for gaming fans and will be available in the United States at Newegg.com, Amazon.com and TigerDirect.com shortly after the highly anticipated Battlefield 4 game launch.

HGST, a Western Digital company, today announced that it has shipped more than 100 million Travelstar Z-series, 7.0-millimeter (mm), 2.5-inch hard disk drives (HDD). As the 7.0 mm HDD market maker, HGST also launched the new 2.5-inch, 1 TB, Travelstar Z5K1000 drive - the industry's fastest 7.0 mm 5,400 RPM HDD with best-in-class shock robustness for thin, ultra-portable laptops, Ultrabooks, external storage and ultra-compact CE devices. Embraced by all of the top global PC OEMs, HGST's 7.0 mm Z-series HDD family features common connectors and mounting points for easy integration into existing systems to enable greater design flexibility for new thinner, lighter and more robust consumer electronics devices.

Samsung has confirmed that the "premium suite" update pack for the Galaxy S4, S3 and Note 2 will be arriving on U.S. devices "in the coming weeks." The update includes Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, support for the Galaxy Gear smartwatch and Samsung's new KNOX enterprise security layer. According to today's press release some devices will start receiving the update today - and although no specific devices or carriers are mentioned, the leaked timetable points to today being the day for the Verizon Galaxy S4. Elsewhere, international Galaxy S4s started receiving their Android 4.3 updates a couple of weeks back, and these also included Galaxy Gear and KNOX support. Samsung also tells us the U.S. Galaxy S4 Active, S4 Mini and Galaxy Mega will receive similar updates "in the months ahead."

Guillermo De Oliveira has just informed us about a new short fan film - created by him and Javier Esteban - based on Activision's acclaimed shooter, Call of Duty. This fan film, called Modern Warfare: Sunrise, is surprisingly well-made, polished and with good acting.