Unlike it’s counter part the “AMD Radeon HD 7970″ the “AMD Radeon HD 7950″ should be available at this moment. Here are some review links. AMD hasn’t posted anything related to the 7950 on their own website as of yet! here’s a quick table of the differences between the Radeon HD 7970 and the Radeon HD 7950 AMD GPU Specification Comparison AMD...
EVGA EPower Board is a seperate VRM board that can provide additional power for several devices such as GFX card MOBO or other devices that may need a high-current low-voltage power source. The device comes with DOA warranty only and is intended for advanced users that have electronics experience. As usual the device (when used) will void all warranty related to the device you’re using it...
Ubisoft Blue Byte has changed the DRM protection of Anno 2070. You should now be able to change your GFX card as many times as you want. “Just wanted to let you know, that we now remove the graphics hardware from the hash used to identify the PC. That means everyone should now be able to switch the GFX as many times as he/she wants.” It still uses DRM protection but the DRM...
And that’s a quote. Below you will find the rest of their official statement. So NVIDIA isn’t supporting the SOPA, now let’s wait and see what AMD‘s “position” on this subject will be as they haven’t officially responded yet NVIDIA wasn’t consulted by ESA in formulating their position on SOPA. Our position is this: we oppose piracy, as it hurts our...
Microsoft has officially announced that Kinect will make it’s way to Windows. Below you will find the full press release. It will also detail some of the changes that are made compared to the Kinect for Xbox360. The main change for Kinect for Windows will be the “near mode”, which allows the device to focus on gestures as close as 50cm away. This is about the distance you are...
Several venders have released their HD 7970. Most are pretty common and are based on a AMD reference design. They are all running at core clocked at 925MHz, and a Memory clock of 5500MHz as well as a 384-bit memory interface. The only one that isn’t releasing according to the AMD refrerece design is the XFX AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 and the MSI afterburner tool that allows you to play with the...
Here’s a quick quote from the press-release. It’s a paper launch as usual, expect the samples to be available between January the 9th and 21st In November 2009, we unleashed the world’s fastest graphics card and then followed that up by launching the AMD Radeon™ HD 6990, taking the crown from…ourselves. Fast forward to today and we’ve outdone ourselves yet again. Refusing to...
Cooler Master has introduced the “CM Storm Trooper” the chassis features: The first full tower chassis with two 90 degrees rotatable 4-in-3 HDD modules The first with an easy-to-carry handle, and hidden tool box for storing private goods Removable dust filters on bottom and top intakes A built in fan controller for cool or quit operation Supports up to 14 hard-drives for future...
The OCZ Synapse Cache works with the Dataplex-software to make use of the caching-functionality. The smart-software should categorize the files and software that not commonly used to the slowest driver and that will your current HDD. The SSD’s work in conjunction with your current HDD’s the same features were used with the Intel Z68 chipset. The official press release...
Wacom has introduced it’s new top of the line model in the “Cintiq” series. The interactive drawing tablet has an 24″-h-ips-panel with an resolution of 1920×1200. it also has a renewed standard with more configuration options. The new h-ips-panel has the ability to show 16,7 million colors has an maximum Image Brightness of 192cd/m2 a Image Contrast Ratio of 550:1 and...
The touchpad has an 5″ touch surface and communicates on the 2,4GHz frequency. Logitech says it range extends to 25m and it can work together with the Logitech Unifying receiver. Logitech also states that two aa-batteries should work up to 4 months. Point, scroll, swipe—naturally—thanks to the large, multi-touch touchpad that makes it easy to go wherever you want to go on the Web and...
If the “Rumors” are true AMD’s new architecture will pack quite a punch, Rambus claims that the XDR2 Memory Architecture “is the world’s fastest memory system solution capable of providing more than twice the peak bandwidth per device when compared to a GDDR5-based system. Further, the XDR 2 memory architecture delivers this performance at 30% lower power than GDDR5...
What sets the Triglav cooler apart from the rest are the 10mm thick heatpipes. The average CPU cooler uses 6mm thick heatpipes with some top-line coolers using 8mm. A normal CPU heatpipe cooler has five or six heatpipes while the Triglav has 3 heatpipes. The Triglav is build out of 1 big cooling tower with 46 aluminum coolribs. The three 10mm heatpips are in direct-contact with the CPU. It...
Another Gaming mouse added to the already great product line. Ambidextrous Design Delivers More Power and More Control for Hours of Play FREMONT, Calif. — Aug. 18, 2011 — Today Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) unveiled the latest addition to its acclaimed G-Series gaming products, the Logitech® Gaming Mouse G300. Designed to give PC gamers an advantage over the competition, the mouse...
The Corsair Force Series™: Read Performance (max) 555 MB/s Write Performance (max) 505 MB/s Corsair Force Series™ 3: Read Performance (max) 550 MB/s Write Performance (max) 500 MB/s Corsair Force Series™ GT Built for speed. You probably already know that solid-state drives are fast. With up to 85,000 IOPS and read speeds of up to 555Mb/s, Force Series GT is on another level....
Another great range of products from Razer. In Battlefield 3, players step into the role of the elite US Marines. As the first boots on the ground, players will experience heart-pounding missions across diverse locations including Paris, Tehran, and New York. As a US Marine in the field, periods of tension and anticipation are punctuated by moments of complete chaos. As bullets whiz by, as walls...
Setup for PAX East 2011 is well under way and we have lots of exciting content lined up for the show. A major element in our booth is the PC gaming eco-system, featuring twelve of our technology partners. They’ll be walking you through all the elements of creating and enjoying your own gaming setup. What You’ll Experience in the NVIDIA Booth Exhibit Hall A, Booth #524 The hottest (some...
For the past six months I’ve been working on research and testing for the next major AnandTech SSD article. I figured I had enough time to line up its release with the first samples of the next-generation of high end SSDs. After all, it seems like everyone was taking longer than expected to bring out their next-generation controllers. I should’ve known better. At CES this year we had...
Something i missed during these busy days for me but i still want to post it. OCZ Technology, once the legendary name among the suppliers of high-speed memory modules, plans to completely withdraw from the dynamic random access memory market. As a result, the company will concentrate its efforts on solid-state drives (SSDs), flash media and power supply units (PSUs). In August 2010, OCZ announced...
RAZER™ RELEASES THE RAZER ONZA – THE MOST ANTICIPATED XBOX 360® CONTROLLER EVER. Razer Enters the Console Market – Resistance is Futile Carlsbad, Calif. – January 6, 2011 – Xbox gaming worldwide explodes as Razer, the world’s leading high-end precision gaming brand, finally releases their brand new elite Xbox 360 controllers: the Razer Onza Tournament and Standard...
First SSD Portfolio to Use Industry’s Most Advanced 25-Nanometer NAND Technology BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 4, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:MU) today unveiled a new portfolio of the industry’s most advanced RealSSDTMsolid-state drives (SSDs) for the fast growing flash-based notebook market. A new breed of notebooks are entering the market that have lightweight...
LAS VEGAS – CES —1/4/2011 Today at the Consumer Electronics Show, AMD (NYSE: AMD) launched a new class of accelerated processor that combines more compute capabilities than any processor in the history of computing. The AMD Fusion Family of Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) incorporate – in a single die design – multi-core CPU (x86) technology, a powerful...
Now that we have launched the first series in our next generation of graphics cards, the AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 Series, I’d like to dive a bit deeper into tessellation – an important element in creating realistic scenes in today’s latest titles. As you may know, tessellation is an important feature enabled in Microsoft DirectX® 11. The technology allows developers to take advantage of the...
Hot on the heels of the global launch of the new HD 6000 series of graphics cards based on the latest generation of graphics technology from AMD, SAPPHIRE Technology announces its first enhanced product – the HD 6850 TOXIC Edition. The SAPPHIRE HD 6850 TOXIC Edition has the same internal architecture as the standard model, with 960 stream processors and 48 texture processing units, but clock...
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