ZOTAC International, a global innovator and manufacturer of graphics cards and mini-PCs, today shrinks the mini-PC further with the pocket-sized ZBOX PI320 pico. The new ZOTAC ZBOX PI320 pico delivers a superb quad-core Windows 8.1 with Bing computing experience in a compact and versatile form factor.
More X99 news today as in Sweden photos of the Asus Rampage V Extreme X99 for Haswell-E got posted. The ROG board has a traditional Red/Back design and is looking rather nice with five PCIE x16 slots and one x1 slot. The board once again comes with the ASUS OC panel.
BenQ is set to release a new Gaming 27" IPS Monitor, the monitor will sell under product name GW2765HT. It is a nice size 27" that has an IPS panel at a 2560 x 1440 resolution. The monitor maex out at a 60Hz refresh rate though. For IPsd the panel is very fast at an advertised 4ms G2G response time .
More X99 news this morning as a photo of the ASUS X99-Deluxe surfaced on the web. The motherboard comes with gorgeous black and white looks. The CPU is based on 8-phases VRM with a 4-phase one for DDR4, it has eight DDR4 DIMM slots. Expansion slots include four PCI-Express 3.0 x16, one PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x4), and an additional PCI-Express 2.0 x4.
Later this week Intel is to announce the Intel Core i7 Haswell-E platform. Leaked data surfaced on the web and it shows that the cheapest Haswell-E CPU will cost little more than a 4790, 389 USD which is just over 300 EURO (Ex VAT). The model that will cost 389 dollar is the Core i7 5820K from which the specs are widely known already.
SanDisk announced broad support for VMware Horizon 6 and Virtual SAN with a series of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and end-user computing (EUC) solutions for Horizon 6, utilizing the award-winning ULLtraDIMM solid state drive (SSD) and Fusion ioMemory.
On August 26, 2014 HP announced a worldwide voluntary recall and replacement program in cooperation with various government regulatory agencies, for certain AC power cords used with AC adapters distributed worldwide with HP and Compaq notebook and mini notebook computers, as well as with AC adapters provided with accessories such as docking stations. These AC power cords have the potential to overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard. The affected AC power cords were shipped with products and accessories sold from September 2010 through June 2012. HP customers affected by this program will be eligible to receive a replacement AC power cord for each verified, recalled AC power cord at no cost.
Check it out, ASRock is showing their ASRock X99 OC Formula. The motherboard can supply a claimed "1300W" of maximum CPU power, using its 12-phase CPU VRM. Memory is care of a 4-phase VRM. Eight DDR4 DIMM slots can support up to 128 GB of quad-channel DDR4 memory
Digital Storm is excited to unveil the Bolt II Battle Box Titan Z Special Edition - a liquid-cooled small form factor PC designed specifically to meet NVIDIA's GeForce GTX Battle Box military grade gaming standard.
Dang ! Seagate today announced it is shipping the world's first 8 TB hard disk drive. An important step forward in storage, the 8 TB hard disk drive provides scale-out data infrastructures with supersized-capacity, energy-efficiency and the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) in the industry for cloud content, object storage and back-up disaster recovery storage.
MSI releases an update to their SteelSeries Siberia V2 Headset, this one is a special MSI Dragon Army Edition. The SteelSeries Siberia headset is one of the better headsets in its categor, that much is true. The headset was already released a little while agao, but just went live again on the MSI press website.
We review 8GB XPG 2933 MHz DDR3 memory kit from ADATA. It's fast, it's cool and has great aesthetics as well. Join us as we review two of the fastest clocked bars of memory your money can get you.
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We review 8GB XPG 2933 MHz DDR3 memory kit from ADATA. It's fast, it's cool and has great aesthetics as well. Join us as we review two of the fastest clocked bars of memory your money can get you.
Acer is to lauch a 27 inch Gaming Monitor with G-sync. The XB270HAbprz (blimey that name!). It uses a 1920 x 1080 panel that has a fast 1ms G2G response time and 144 Hz refresh rate support. Importantly this screen also supports NVIDIA's G-sync module.
Samsung is ready to release the U32D970Q 4k PLS based monitor. The unit features a 3840 x 2160 resolution. The panel offers an 8ms G2G response time, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 350 cd/m2 brightness and 178/178 viewing angles.
Civilization is the juggernaut of the turn based strategy world, and has been for quite some time now. The formula remained mostly the same since the first Civ game was released in 1991. However, the Civilization series is about to take a departure from the familiar by custom seeding many different aspects for each new game, with a possible 15,000 outcomes, not including advanced world settings.
The maker of the Network Addon Mod for SimCity 4 has warned gamers against buying the game from Origin. Turns out that the unpatched version sold on Origin cannot be updated because of changes to its copy protection. PC Gamer has the full story.
nivek elia has leaked a new video from the closed beta phase of Assassin's Creed: Unity, showing 10 minutes of gameplay footage.
The second closed beta phase of The Crew is currently under way and some new information about the PC version of the game has surfaced. According to Ubisoft, the development team targets a 1080p+30fps experience on all platforms (PC, Xbox One and PS4), though the PC will also support 5760*1080 for triple screen set-ups.
Okay, sombody has been watching Raptr :) Razer announced a new platform to its suite of software products: Razer Cortex, a free software gaming application from which players can discover new game titles at the lowest prices, launch their games while boosting computer performance, back up save games and record in-game footage.
Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced estimated graphics add-in-board (AIB) shipments and suppliers' market share for 2014 2Q.
JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the global leader in standards development for the microelectronics industry, today announced the publication of JESD209-4 Low Power Double Data Rate 4 (LPDDR4). Designed to significantly boost memory speed and efficiency for mobile computing devices such as smartphones, tablets, and ultra-thin notebooks, LPDDR4 will eventually operate at an I/O rate of 4266 MT/s, twice that of LPDDR3.
Nobody saw that coming, it seems Google is off the table for Twitch. Amazon and Twitch have officially announced the deal, which will see Amazon purchase all outstanding shares of Twitch for roughly $970 million in cash. The deal has been approved by Twitch's shareholders and should be completed sometime later this year.
You already have seen the ASUS Strix, but some photos of the PowerColor AMD R9 285 from TUL are now live as well. The Tonga based card comes with 2GB of GDDR5 graphics memory and has a factory-overclock at 945 MHz core (918 MHz reference) and 5.50 GHz on the GDDR5 memory.
Japanese cooling-expert Scythe announces the third version of its Kama Thermo thermometer, featuring two individual temperature channel. Unlike its predecessors, new Kama Thermo 3 comes in a solid aluminum chassis, which benefits the sturdiness and lifetime.
Huntkey Enterprise Group, a global professional power supply provider, has recently announced a new addition to its X7 Series. The X7 1000 power supply features 80 PLUS Bronze efficiency, fully modular cables, Japanese electrolytic capacitors and synchronous rectification DC/DC converter protection.
If you look around a bit at price-watch engines you will notice that Haswell-E already is being listed. Polish based Kombo is listing the 8-core flagship model with specs and everything. The processor will be clocked at 3 GHz with turbo ability towards 3.5 GHz. Kombo is listing the processor for €954 which in all honestly is precisely as expected. Intel's uber-high-end processors always have been roughly 1000 EURO/USD.
Alongside the Tonga announcement from AMD some photo's showed up on the AMD R9 285 from ASUS, they are releasing a Strix edition graphics card based on the upcoming energy friendly graphics card. The Strix comes with 2GB of GDDR5 graphics memory and has a factory-overclock.
Mach Xtreme Technology Inc., a worldwide leader in top performance, high reliability and user-friendly designed PC components, today unveiled ES Ultra Series USB3.0 SLC flash drives. The MX-ES is the fastest small capacity SLC USB 3.0 flash drive on the market. The MX-ES Ultra™ flash drives will be available through MX Technologies worldwide network of authorized distributors and resellers starting Monday, September 1st
Okay, I have to do a Jimmy Fallon 'eeuwh' here. But hey, taste is personal I guess. Lian-Li Industrial Co. Ltd today announces a new brushed aluminum Mini-ITX chassis designed for HTPC and office use - PC-Q19. An update of the slim profile PC-Q12, the PC-Q19 adds VGA support thanks to the included riser card as well as additional storage support.
Here are the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:
1.Borderlands 2: Game of the Year Edition
2.Sid Meier's Civilization V: The Complete Edition
3.Borderlands 2: The Pre-Sequel
4.Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
5. Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth
6.DayZ
7.BioShock Triple Pack
8.Metro Complete Edition
9.Divinity: Original Sin
10.Portal 2
This environment was created by Edvinas Petrauskas, and you can view below a flythrough video, showcasing the incredible level of detail that Edvinas has achieved with Epic's engine.
Cloud Imperium Games Technical Designer and resident CryEngine expert Dan Tracy explains the technology behind the stunning Origin M-50, which is the latest ship released for the game and an agile racer. Tracy revealed that the M-50's incredibly realistic details are displayed thanks to twelve 4096 x 4096 textures layered on top of each other, while the model is made by 100,000 polygons. Further details are provided by normal maps which are also 4096 in resolution.
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