Intel has announced that it will launch Haswell based processors June 4th as introduction date for its Haswell-architecture based processors. The 22nm processors will be the 4th generation Core processors for consumers. With the help of a countdown time you can mark the date, the new processors should be a notch faster, get improved graphics performance and be more energy efficient.

Some things just look better on a larger screen. Family pictures, games, videos and of course your favorite TV shows and movies! Now finally there is a tablet device which can do all these things AND show it to the people around you. A beautiful crisp 13.3” Android tablet for the whole family to enjoy. Introducing the Mobii 1325.

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Dota 2 and Half-Life) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source,) today announced the addition of Subscription Plans to its offering of services. With Subscription Plans, Steam offers gamers the ability to sign up and manage payments for subscription-based games on Steam. The launch title for the new service is Darkfall Unholy Wars, with additional subscription-based games to follow.

We review a new chassis from Corsair, it Obsidian 350D. It is the mini-me version of the new Obsidian 900D chassis. Not mid, not full, mini and this intended for small form factor PCs. Now the product might be tagged as mini, the details and features however are grand. Armed with a price much better then the 900D this might be the product a lot of you are on the lookout for.

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We review a new chassis from Corsair, it Obsidian 350D. It is the mini-me version of the new Obsidian 900D chassis. Not mid, not full, mini and this intended for small form factor PCs. Now the product might be tagged as mini, the details and features however are grand. Armed with a price much better then the 900D this might be the product a lot of you are on the lookout for.

iiyama released the ProLite XB2380HS-2. Adopting an IPS panel, this new 23-inch LED-backlight monitor supports a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and provides 1000:1 contrast ratio, 250 cd/m2 brightness, 5ms response time and 178/178 degree viewing angles. Not to mention, it also comes with two built-in 2W stereo speakers, an adjustable stand and a number of connectivity ports including D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI. The ProLite XB2380HS-2 will hit the market from mid-May for 25,800 Yen (about $259).

ELSA released a new graphics card, the GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST S.A.C. The graphics card card sports 768 CUDA Cores, a 192-bit memory interface, a core clock of 980MHz (1033 Boost Clock) and a 2GB of GDDR5 memory set at 6008MHz. Not only that, the card also adopts the S.A.C (Silent Air Cooling) cooling solution and features dual-link DVI-I, dual-link DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs. The GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost ships with 4 activated SMX units containing 768 CUDA Cores and 64 texture units.

Hot on the heels of the rest (okay a little late to the party) Gigabyte releases their RadeoN HD 7990. The product has SKU name GV-R799D5-6GD-B and is a reference product with a 1000 MHz core, and 6.00 GHz and 6 GB of graphics memory. 4.6 Billion transistors per GPU, 4096 Stream processors, 8.2 TFlops and 6 GB of memory.

ASUS today announced the Xonar Essence STU USB external digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and headphone amplifier, based on the acclaimed design and quality of Xonar Essence ST/STX internal sound cards and going beyond their already high standards. Offering audiophile-grade performance, Xonar Essence STU delivers USB connectivity and accessible external controls.

Microsoft send out press invitations for a special event on May 21st that will mark the unveiling of the next-generation Xbox console. Not all details about the console will be revealed at this event though, additional bits will follow at industry events like E3 in June.

Corsair released the Obsidian 350D, a new compact case that fits Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX motherboards. Made from steel, the case weighs 6kg and measuring 440mm x 450mm x 210mm (H x D x W). It has two 5.25" drive bays, two 3.5" storage trays, two 2.5" storage trays, five expansion slots, and room for up to five fans.

Check out some benchmark results of Intel's Core i7-4960X "Ivy Bridge-E" processor as Asian tech board Coolaler decided to leak them. The chip was compared directy to the Core i7-3970X "Sandy Bridge-E" on an identical system. The conclusion is that Ivy Bridge-E seems to be about 5-10 percent faster than its predecessor.

This is a new line of 4-bay external HDDs from LaCie, the LaCie 4big quadra USB 3.0. Available in both 8TB and 12TB capacities, these external HDDs come with a large surface heat sink structure rugged aluminum body, a security slot for theft prevention, RAID (0,5,5+,10) support and provide three different types of connection interfaces: 1x USB 3.0 and 2x FireWire800. The LaCie 4big quadra USB 3.0 will go on sale from late April, prices unannounced yet.

NEC released their latest LCD monitor, the MultiSync P242W-BK. Adopting an AH-IPS panel, this new 24-inch LED-backlight monitor provides 1920 x 1200 native resolution with 16:10 aspect ratio, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 350 cd/m2 brightness, 8ms response time and 178/178 degree viewing angles, and features DVI-D, D-Sub, HDMI, DisplayPort and 3-port USB hub. The MultiSync P242W-BK will begin shipping from May for $749.

Oy ... You know that massive SimCity patch that was supposed to fix everything? It went about as well as you can expect. Fans have taken to Reddit and official forums to decry the mess, which has left some cities literally overflowing with waste.

Simulating the physics of water was always tricky and game engines sometimes still have to use mechanics to make it feel real. New fluid simulation technique, using Position Based Dynamics approach. The demo was running in real-time on a single GTX 580.

TRENDnet, a best-in-class wired and wireless networking hardware brand, today announces the availability of the AC1200 Dual Band Wireless USB 3.0 Adapter, model TEW-805UB -- the first Wireless AC adapter with a USB 3.0 port which maintains high speed wireless transmissions to a Windows-based computer.

EK Waterblocks are designing a waterblock for AMD's Radeon HD 7990, the block is anticipated to be ready by early May 2013. Additionally, the firm also announced that its EK-FCS10000, originally designed for the AMD FirePro S10000 server graphics card, is compatible with the Radeon HD 7990. The EK-FCS10000 can be ordered on EK's website for 159.95 EUR.

We have the new AMD Catalyst 13.5 BETA 2 and 13.4 WHQL drivers drivers online ready for download. The new WHQL driver is available for Windows XP / 7 / 8 and Vista in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Next to that we also have a new AMD Catalyst Application Profile 13.4 CAP1 ready for you to download.

Here you can download the official AMD Catalyst 13.5 BETA 2 driver.

Here you can download the official AMD Catalyst 13.4 WHQL driver.

Club 3D unveils today the heir of our first Radeon HD 7990. This card already crushed the competition in terms of sheer power, performance and awesomeness. But now we present its successor, the even faster new Club 3D Radeon HD 7990! As the world’s fastest and most advanced graphics card, it descends from generations of AMD Radeon Graphics cards that wore the same crown. And with a heritage like that, you know what you’re getting: an unparalleled experience wherein gaming is everything… but not the only thing.

BenQ launches the the XL2720T. Supporting NVIDIA’s 3D Vision 2 technology, this new 27-inch LED-backlight monitor (120Hz panel) provides 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution with 16:9 aspect ratio, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 300 cd/m2 brightness, 5ms response time and 160/170 degree viewing angles. In addition, it also comes with an adjustable stand and has mini D-Sub, DVI-D, 2x HDMI, DisplayPort and 3-port USB hub. The XL2720T will go on sale from April 27th for 59,800 Yen (about $598).

MSI today launched the Radeon HD 7990, the most powerful graphics card on the planet. In addition to utilizing two of the latest 28 nm 7900 series GPUs based on the GCN architecture, the new card also comes equipped with 6GB of high-speed memory. The card's extreme specifications are guaranteed to meet the needs of extreme gamers and power users everywhere! MSI's popular Afterburner utility also fully supports the new HD 7990 with GPU Overvoltage.

TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphic cards, today officially announces PowerColor HD7990, codenamed Malta, ready to fulfill all enthusiastic users with critical demand. The new HD7990 is powered by dual GPUs, and features 4096 stream processors and 8.2 TFLOPS compute power, deliveries massively parallel computing power for graphics.

Haswell is not anticipated to receive quick adoption in the market. Digitimes heard the new CPU is anticipated to account for around 19 percent of processor shipments at the end of 2013, while Ivy Bridge is expected to account for 80 percent. 

The wait is over as we test and review the Radeon HD 7990, including FCAT frametime measurements. The dual GPU product that you guys learned to know under codename Malta finally is released. AMD it doing it in style, two fully equipped Tahiti XT2 GPUs versus good yet silent cooling. In this review we'll look at the product, the architecture, the benchmarks, including frametime based FCAT measurements. Head on over towards our AMD Radeon HD 7990.

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We review the new AMD Radeon HD 7990 including FCAT frametime measurements. The dual GPU product that you guys learned to know under codename Malta finally is released. AMD it doing it in style, two fully equipped Tahiti XT2 GPUs versus good yet silent cooling. In this review we'll look at the product, the architecture, the benchmarks, including frametime based FCAT measurements. Head on over towards our AMD Radeon HD 7990.