XOTIC XOTIC PC is very excited to announce a new gaming laptop to its family of custom built mobile gaming solutions; the PHANTOM X1. Powered by the latest Intel Haswell i7-4710HQ, paired with NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 860M (4GB GDDR5 w/ Optimus Technology) the PHANTOM X1 is a very powerful and affordable mobile gaming solution starting at $1159.00.
Club 3D officially launches the USB 3.0 to 4K Docking Station. This new Docking Station, item code CSV-3103D is packed with features, making it the ideal companion for anyone who requires more connectivity to their USB 3.0 fitted professional tablet, notebook, ultrabook or desktop PC.
Cougar has launched an aluminum keyboard, the 700K. Cougar 700K Gaming Keyboard is a premium mechanical gaming keyboard aimed at professional level PC gamers, especially those who engage in Massive Multiplayer Online Games (MMOs).
Logitech announced the Logitech G910 Orion Spark RGB Mechanical Keyboard. The keyboard features Logitech's exclusive new Romer-G mechanical switches, offering 25 percent faster actuation than any other mechanical switch, improved durability and intelligent Illumination.
I bet Nvidia is not a happy puppy as from most board partners all product photo's are widely available on the web already. And its not hard to find them either, google a bit to find out yourself. After the fold a small overview.
Microsoft has announced a press event for September 30th in San Francisco to talk about the next version of Windows. While the invite does not specifically call out Windows 9, it is fully believed that the company will be announcing its new operating system at this event.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer Sledgehammer Games continues to reveal more details about the multiplayer portion of the game. Now we get a first look at a mode that's inspired by World at War's "War", dubbed "Momentum". The mode is basically Domination, except all the capture points, five in this case, are placed in a straight line. The match is played on the "Retreat" map.
GIGABYTE, the world's leading premium hardware brand, is pleased to launch the AIRE M93 ICE Rechargeable Mouse for Anywhere, a new AIRE Series computer mouse featuring GIGABYTE ICE Technology, which allows the mouse to work virtually anywhere, such as glass, polished granite, or any other high-gloss surfaces.
Phanteks announce the release of the Enthoo EVOLV, a mATX/mITX chassis with a beautiful all aluminum exterior. The EVOLV's unparalleled design features an all new quick release system for the outer panels. The EVOLV supports many high end PC components while maintaining a minimalist design.
We review the Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti KalmX. Palit's offering is the most silent of them all, as it uses passive cooling. That's right, just a big heatsink is being used. The KalmX runs reference clock frequencies and is based on a customized PCB with that new model cooler that will keep the product nicely inaudible.
Read the full review here.
In this review we take the Palit GeForce GTX 750 Ti KalmX. Palit's offering is the most silent of them all, as it uses passive cooling. That's right, just a big heatsink is being used. The KalmX runs reference clock frequencies and is based on a customized PCB with that new model cooler that will keep the product nicely inaudible.
Be quiet! the market leader for PC power supplies in Germany for eight successive years, today announced its brand new Straight Power 10 series. These new power supplies feature an extremely quiet and brand new 135 mm SilentWings 3 fan. Voltage stability has been improved by extending the PSU's topology with DC-to-DC.
Unconfirmed rumor sets the upcoming GeForce GTX 970 and 980 pricing at US $399 and US $599 respectively. I am tagging this as big rumor as the price difference is just too much.
ADATA Technology, a leading manufacturer of high-performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash application products, today launches the UV131 USB 3.0 USB Flash Drive. Featuring a stylishly professional gray exterior made of rugged zinc-alloy and a race car spoiler lanyard hole, ADATA's UV131 USB Flash Drive combines the best in good looks and durability for personal data storage.
EK Water Blocks, Ljubljana based premium liquid cooling gear manufacturer, is proud to introduce the first dedicated liquid cooling solution for the latest AMD FirePro W9100 series CAD/CAM graphics cards.
SanDisk announced that its award-winning ULLtraDIMM Solid State Drive (SSD), has been selected by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd for inclusion in its RH8100 V3 servers. Huawei selected the ULLtraDIMM SSD after extensive testing under a variety of enterprise workloads and end-user scenarios using the RH8100 V3 server, which demonstrated the ULLtraDIMM SSD achieved the industry's lowest write latency at less than five microseconds and offered bandwidth that topped that of any other SSD solution.
Let me repeat again .... $2.5bn ! Microsoft has bought Mojang, the Swedish firm behind the popular video game Minecraft, for $2.5bn (£1.5bn). The title, which has sold over 54 million copies, allows players to build structures with retro Lego-style blocks, as well as explore a large map and battle others.
Over in Asia the forum ChipHell posted a photo of a reference design GeForce GTX 980, this photo shows the monitor connectors. It looks like everybody will get a nice surprise as the card photo shows no less then five connectors.
VESA informed the press of a publication on the upcoming DisplayPort 1.3 standard. This new spec doubles signal bandwith towards up to 32.4Gbps. The higher bandwidth is needed for 5K screens with a resolution of up to 5120 x 2880 pixels as well as using not one but two 4K UHD displays.
The Archer C8 is targeting the digital home, typically comprised of multiple devices and high-bandwidth activities like online gaming, media streaming and Internet phone calling. With up to 1.75 Gbps of total available bandwidth, the Archer C8 supports the latest 802.11ac Wi-Fi technology and is backward compatible with existing 802.11n mobile devices.
The D-Frame mini is built using the same hand-crafted, welded 4mm aluminum construction technique, with 3mm tinted tempered glass side panels, like the original ATX D-Frame, however the smaller chassis has been redesigned specifically for mini-ITX motherboards.
Antec broadens its range of modular power supplies with the new EDGE series. Cutting-edge components and technologies make EDGE a premium addition to Antec's range of industry-leading power supplies. With a EU release date of September, the EDGE is a powerful choice for performance enthusiasts in the market for a quiet, high-quality power supply.
It is speculated now that Nvidia is to launch the mid-range series 960 of GeForce graphics cards somewhere mid-October according to the typically well informed tage Akihabara. The GeForce GTX 970 and 980 however would be available directly or shortly after launch, but yes that GeForce GTX 960 would be a month away.
Neowin is reporting that Microsoft is testing out playing Xbox games in a PC browser. A few weeks back, a Microsoft research project showed that the company had built a cloud-based gaming service that reduced the lag by a significant margin. Of course, Microsoft has many research products that never seem to make it out of the labs for one reason or another, but this product is a bit different.
Here are the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:
1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition
2. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
3. Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
4. DayZ
5. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
6. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
7. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Collection
8. NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM Revolution
9. Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
10. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Website videocardz leaked photo's of what seems to be the reference GeForce GTX 980. The boards looks great alright and follows the design of the GTX 780 series, this time with a very solid backplate.
G-Technology, a leader in delivering premium storage solutions for audio/video production, photography and creative professionals, today announced the first extension of its Studio line, the G-SPEED Studio XL. Expanding on the two-bay G-RAID Studio and four-bay G-SPEED Studio Thunderbolt 2 storage solutions, which launched earlier this year, the G-SPEED Studio XL holds up to eight removable enterprise-class 7,200 RPM hard drives, offering colossal capacity and performance of up to 1,350 megabytes per second (MB/sec) performance for the most demanding digital content creation applications.
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