We heard rumors that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) would be slashing prices on their desktop processors in order to compete with Intel Ivy Bridge processors and that is exactly what happened yesterday. AMD quietly slashed Continue reading “AMD Cuts Prices on A-Series APUs and FX CPUs to Compete With Intel Ivy Bridge “.
We heard rumors that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) would be slashing prices on their desktop processors in order to compete with Intel Ivy Bridge processors and that is exactly what happened yesterday. AMD quietly slashed Continue reading “AMD Cuts Prices on A-Series APUs and FX CPUs to Compete With Intel Ivy Bridge “.
Mozilla certainly don’t sit around when it comes to developing their Firefox web browser. Having released Firefox 12 only three days ago, they have now also released the beta of Firefox 13, downloadable by anyone Continue reading “Firefox 13 Beta Already Available”.
VisionTek Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card Overclocked Review @ TweakTown and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums! “With the recent AMD price drops, we check out the Continue reading “April 27, 2012 News from Around the Web”.
Apparently a new AMD Catalyst Beta is making the rounds, the 12.5 beta was leaked to the web just days after the release of AMD’s 12.4 WHQL driver. The new software suite has seen updates Continue reading “AMD Catalyst 12.5 Beta Has Been Leaked”.
Digital displays just keep getting ever more extreme. Here, we have Panasonic announcing a collaboration with NHK to produce a huge 145 inch plasma display, sporting an equally huge resolution of 8K, translating to 7680×4320 Continue reading “Panasonic and NHK Announce 145 inch 8K Plasma Display”.
Affordable monitors have been made with Twisted Nematic displays for years, but they have various problems such as poor viewing angles and colour reproduction. However, they do have good pixel response times compared to other Continue reading “LG Announces IPS4 Range of Affordable Monitors”.
Microsoft has made it more expensive for users of non-Windows devices to connect to Windows, with a new Software Assurance option for Windows 8, called Companion Device Licence. This allows customers to access corporate desktops Continue reading “Microsoft Justifies Windows 8 VDI Price Hike for Non-Windows Devices”.
Valve, is releasing new DLC for Portal 2, called “Perpetual Testing Initiative”, available May 8 and like all Valve DLC, it’s free. This new software will allow gamers to create new maps in the form Continue reading “Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative Begins May 8”.
A new version of NVIDIA Inspector, 1.9.6.5, has been released by Orbmu2k. It’s a free tool similar to GPU-Z, but specifically designed to work with NVIDIA cards only. The software shows all the usual video Continue reading “NVIDIA Inspector 1.9.6.5 Released”.
Intel has acquired key interconnect assets from Cray Inc. in the form of staff and intellectual property, the award-winning Gemini interconnect as well as the upcoming Aries interconnect. This is designed to work in Cray’s Continue reading “Intel Acquires Key Assets from Cray Inc. – AMD in Trouble?”.
There are still many people who swear by Firefox 3.6 and refuse to let it go and upgrade to the latest version. This is likely because Firefox 4 was somewhat buggy and they felt let Continue reading “Mozilla Ends Support for Firefox 3.6: Refuseniks Will Have to Upgrade”.
It looks like AMD is doing better than the enthusiast community might think these days, considering they have managed to gain market share against rival Intel in the first quarter of 2012. Apparently Intel had Continue reading “AMD Gains CPU Market Share At Intel’s Expense”.
Western Digital today reported revenue of $3.0 billion, hard-drive unit shipments of 44.2 million and net income of $483 million, or $1.96 per share, on a GAAP basis for its third fiscal quarter ended March Continue reading “WD Announces Fiscal Third Quarter Financial Results”.
If you plan on buying an Intel Ivy Bridge processor we have an article that you have to read today! We have discovered an issue on Gigabyte motherboards that use the Intel 6-series of chipsets that is going to cause overclockers to cringe. Basically, the Gigabyte Z68 and P67 motherboards can’t overclock Ivy Bridge processors as the CPU multiplier is locked due to BIOS limitations. This means that Intel ‘k’ sku processors like the Intel Core i7-3770K processor are stuck at a multiplier of 39 on these boards!
