Are you a fan of the latest technology and tattoos? You may be able to combine the artwork of a tattoo with the latest technology. Nokia is looking into a rather interesting way to let Continue reading “Nokia Patent’s a Tattoo that Vibrates when your phone rings”.
When we look at the graphics cards that we review, we use the latest Intel X79 motherboard and the Intel Core i7 3960X processor. One of the primary reasons that we do this is to remove as much of the CPU bottleneck that we can. Though not everyone has the funds available to buy a processor that retails $1049.99. Today, we take a look at the performance scaling between six different Intel LGA1155 processors when using a high end graphics card like the AMD Radeon HD 7950.
I’m sure you’re all familiar with the theory of the Big Bang. The whole creation of the universe theory. Anything that uses the Big Bang name sure has a lot to live up to! MSI has released their second revision of the Big Bang XPower. The first XPower was the Intel X58 chipset, the MSI Big Bang XPower II is built around the latest and greatest Intel X79 chipset. Today we are going to take an in-depth look at the MSI Big Bang XPower II and put it through the paces. With any luck the MSI Big Bang XPower II will make a big bang in our tests and not just a little pop!
ASUS recently allowed us to take a look at their upcoming motherboards that uses the Intel 7-series chipset and supports the 3rd generation Intel Core processor. Read on to see what innovative ideas the hardware engineering team over at ASUS has come up with for this new motherboard series. If you’ve been waiting on Intel to release their upcoming 22nm ‘Ivy Bridge’ processors, this is a must read!
The Intel ‘Ivy Bridge’ platform is quickly approaching on the horizon. We may not have the new 22nm processors in the test lab today, we do have the first of the Intel Z77 motherboards. The MSI Z77A-GD65 features the latest Intel Z77 chipset that natively supports SuperSpeed USB 3.0! We may not have the new processor we do have our Intel Core i7 2600K processor which is easily supported by the new chipset. Join us as we see how the MSI Z77A-GD65 compares to an Intel Z68 motherboard from ASUS!
MSI is letting us show off some pictures of their Z77A-GD65. The MSI Z77A-GD65 is designed for Intels 22nm processors that will be coming out later this year. We aren’t able to do any testing with the MSI Z77A-GD65, but we can take a look at the motherboard itself and some of the features. Join us as we take a sneak peek at the MSI Z77A-GD65 ‘Ivy Bridge’ Motherboard.
SeaMicro has been a leader in the energy efficient, high-bandwidth microservers. The acquisition is going to cost AMD a mere $334 million; roughly $281 million will be paid in cash from the AMD bank account. Continue reading “AMD Buys out SeaMicro with Plans to Accelerate Disruptive Server Strategy!”.
The BIOSTAR TPower X79 is the first ‘budget’ board for the Intel X79 chipset the Legit Reviews has had the pleasure to look at. The TPower X79 will be stacked up against some of the best motherboards in the market today! How will this ‘budget’ board compare to the flagship motherboards from companies like ASUS and GIGABYTE? Guess you’ll have to join us to find out!
We are starting to see companies release, or at least announce motherboards with the Intel Z77 chipset. The Intel Z77 chipset is targeted for the third generation of Intel Core i series of processors code Continue reading “BIOSTAR Unveils the TZ77XE4 Intel Z77 motherboard”.
The ASRock X79 Extreme9 is the flagship motherboard from ASRock. Built around the Intel X79 Express chipset it can take advantage of the latest second generation Intel Core i7 Extreme processors in the LGA2011 package. Today we will be pitting it against the flagship X79 motherboards from several other companies! The question is, how will the ASRock X79 Extreme9 fare? Join us to find out!
The GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD7 is the top Intel X79 motherboard in GIGABYTE’s product stack. There isn’t much in the way of features that GIGABYTE left out of the X79-UD7. Today we will compare the performance of the GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD7 to the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme and the ECS X79R-AX! How will it stack up against The top Intel X79 motherboards from ASUS and ECS? Join our little bandwagon and find out!
ECS is letting Legit Reviews get a little hands on time with their Intel X79 motherboard offering. The ECS X79R-AX is part of the Black Extreme series of products from ECS. The ECS X79R-AX Intel X79 motherboard offers up a number of features all for a low price of $239.99. How will it stack up against our previous Intel X79 motherboards? Read on to find out!
A new version of GPU-Z is out! Grab it here. GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU in case you haven’t used the utility before! Continue reading “TPU Releases GPU-Z v0.5.8”.
The ECS X79R-AX Black Extreme is an Intel X79 chipset powered motherboard that comes with the ability to enable the Intel Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) ports. By doing this you get the ability to run four more SATA or SAS devices off the Intel X79 chipset, but does it work and how? Read on to find out as we recently sat down with both companies to figure out what the heck it going on!
Sapphire Technology was another of the companies that we were fortunate enough to spend time with in Las Vegas NV at CES 2012. While we were at their suite at the MGM Grand we were Continue reading “CES 2012: Sapphire Launches Intel X79 Motherboard and Radeon 7970 Graphics Card”.
