AMD Radeon R9 280X Targets The $299 Price Point When the AMD Radeon HD 7970 was introduced in 2011 it cost $549 and made short work of NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 580 video card. The AMD Continue reading “AMD Radeon R9 280X Video Card Review w/ ASUS, XFX and MSI”. …more
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Oct. 15, 2013 at 3:46pm
Earlier today we brought you news that Microsoft would not be supporting AMD’s Mantle API on the Xbox One. We reached out to AMD for a comment to this as it didn’t exactly sound like Continue reading “Find Out Why AMD’s Mantle API Doesn’t Need Next-Gen Console Support”. …more
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Oct. 15, 2013 at 2:54pm
Last month AMD announced Mantle, a brand new API designed to fully unlock the graphics potential of their Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture. AMD said that they were working closely with leading game developers like Continue reading “AMD Mantle Technology Will Not Be Available on Xbox One”. …more
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Oct. 15, 2013 at 11:37am
Silicon Motion Introduces the SM3267 Ultra High-Performance, Cost-Effective USB 3.0 Controller Taipei, Taiwan, October 9, 2013 Silicon Motion today announced that it has begun sampling its new, single-channel, ultra high performance and cost-effective controller solution Continue reading “Silicon Motion Samples Low-Cost SM3267 USB 3.0 Controller That is Up To 50% Faster”. …more
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Oct. 14, 2013 at 2:38pm
BIOSTAR Releases Micro ATX Motherboard – Hi-Fi H81 S3 October 14th, 2013, Taipei, Taiwan BIOSTAR has released their newest micro-ATX motherboard based on the Intel H81 chipset, the Hi-Fi H81 S3. The board supports the Continue reading “BIOSTAR Hi-Fi H81 S3 Micro ATX Motherboard Ready For Entry-Level PC Use”. …more
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Oct. 14, 2013 at 1:51pm
Check out the video below, in which Qualcomm shows off the Qualcomm Zeroth processor in a robot that placed it in an environment with colored boxes. The robot is able to adjust its behavior in Continue reading “Qualcomm Introduces Zeroth Processors: Brain-Inspired Neural Computing”. …more
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Oct. 14, 2013 at 1:41pm
Activision Blizzard and Investor Group Complete Purchase of Company Shares from Vivendi Newly Independent Company Now Majority Owned by Public Shareholders SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), a global leader in interactive Continue reading “Activision Blizzard Completes Buyback From Vivendi Universal”. …more
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Oct. 14, 2013 at 1:26pm
Valve has released a video that shows games like Portal 2, Civilization V and Counter-Strike: GO being played with the prototype version of the Steam Controller. This just happens to be the same version that Continue reading “Valve Shows Off New Steam Controller in Gameplay Video”. …more
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Oct. 14, 2013 at 1:18pm
Square Enix today announced at D23 Expo Japan that Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX will launch exclusively on the PlayStation 3 in 2014. This game title is a follow-up to the recently released Kingdom Hearts Continue reading “Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX Coming To PlayStation 3 in America”. …more
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Oct. 14, 2013 at 1:02pm
The new AMD Radeon R7 and R9 series video cards went on sale this morning and a number of our readers have asked if they can enable AMD CrossFireX technology with their current AMD Radeon Continue reading “AMD Radeon 7000 and Radeon R200 Series Mixed CrossFire Testing”. …more
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Oct. 11, 2013 at 10:02pm
Are you waiting for the Intel NUC Kit D54250WYK to be released that is powered by the new 4th Generation Intel Core ‘Haswell’ processor? We did a review on the Intel NUC Kit D54250WYK last Continue reading “Intel Haswell Based NUC KIT D54250WYK Now Available For Pre-Order”. …more
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Oct. 11, 2013 at 1:32pm
Intel Corporation is currently ramping up efforts to make their processors competitive with against ARM in the tablet market place. ARM’s smartphone and tablet applications processors have dominated the smartphone and tablet markets for years Continue reading “Who Makes The Best Tablet Processor? ARM Releases Video Showing They Beat Intel!”. …more
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Oct. 11, 2013 at 1:16pm
Toshiba Introduces New Internal Solid State Drive Upgrade Solutions Addition of Q Series Pro Internal Solid State Drive Strengthens Toshiba’s foothold on the SSD market with a new high performance drive upgrade IRVINE, Calif.Oct. 10, Continue reading “Toshiba Introduces Q Series Pro SSDs”. …more
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Oct. 10, 2013 at 8:17pm
CYBERPOWERPC Takes Pre-Orders for Radeon R9 290X-Infused PCs Bundled with Battlefield 4 Video Game CITY of INDUSTRY, CA (October 10, 2013) – CyberPower Inc., www.cyberpowerpc.com a global manufacturer of custom gaming PCs, gaming laptops, and Continue reading “CYBERPOWERPC Takes Pre-Orders for Battlefield 4 PCs w/ AMD Radeon R9 290X GPUs”. …more
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Oct. 10, 2013 at 7:59pm
WD Introduces New Ultra-compact Network Storage Plus Servers WD Sentinel DS5100 and DS6100 Provide Small Businesses with an Intel-based Windows Server, Pre-populated with WD Enterprise-Class Hard Drives at an Affordable Price IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 10, Continue reading “WD Introduces New Sentinel DS5100 and DS6100 Servers”. …more
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Oct. 10, 2013 at 5:56pm