In preparation for festivities, ASUS is not only celebrating their 500 million motherboard accomplishment but they will be celebrating a 125 million graphics cards milestone as well. This along with following a 25th anniversary comes a 20th anniversary in graphics card production.
Not a popular and trendy thing anymore, but Microsoft launches the Surface 3 and it is powered by a quad-core Atom x7 Z8700 1.6GHz SoC. Staring at 499 USD you'll receive a version with 64GB storage abd 2 GB of system memory. If you cough up 599 USD you'll get a 128GB version with 4GB RAM.
Samsung released the 850 EVO M.2 and 850 EVO mSATA solid state drive (SSD) lineups. Just one-tenth the weight of a traditional 2.5-inch SSD, the M.2 and mSATA SSDs are ideal for users looking to upgrade their desktop or ultrathin PCs with high-capacity, high-performance storage.
Silently Intel just injected four new Braswell SOCs into the channel. The models are both dual and quad-core for entry level desktops and laptops, they will be released as Celeron and Pentium processors.
We posted a small article about something that AMD likes to relay, Asynchronous shaders in relation to DirectX 12. Microsofts new API makes it possible to advance the architecture in such a manner that it can occupy and utilize multiple tasks at hand but there is even more efficiency to gain.
Read all about this quick update right here.
MSI released MS-98G5 industrial mainboard with superior processing and graphic capability in response. MS-98G5 is a Mini-ITX board based on Intel 4th Gen QM87/HM86 architecture that come support with BGA-type Haswell/Broadwell Mobile Core i7/i5/i3/Celeron Processor, multiple displays, 1 PCIe(x16), 8 USB 2.0 & 4 USB 3.0 ports, 5 COM ports, SATA 3.0 connector, and 2 mini-PCIe slots.
SPEEDLINK focuses on in-house creation with its new STRIKE NX gamepad. The new gamepad will replace the very successful STRIKE FX and will be available in both wireless and non-wireless models for PC and Playstation 3. Alongside new technical developments, the gamepad has also been given a totally new look. The model for PC allows users to switch between XInput and DirectInput, meaning new and also older games can be optimally supported and played.
By handling multiple tasks at the same time efficiency increases, latency drops and you gain a higher average framerate. That new trick is called asynchronous shaders.
Have a look at the Guru3D rig of the month March 2015, actually let's call it the PC Desk of the Month. A build that comes from Mathieu Heredia. Mathieu made this build all by himself, and all by hand. The craftsmanship and eminence is quite overwhelming really. Every project must have a name, his is called the Watermod Ares III Desk.
Check out his rig right here.
Have a look at the Guru3D rig of the month March 2015, actually let's call it the PC Desk of the Month. A build that comes from Mathieu Heredia. Mathieu made this build all by himself, and all by hand. The craftsmanship and eminence is quite overwhelming really. Every project must have a name, his is called the Watermod Ares III Desk.
That's right, we still need to see an actual 300 series first of course, but there already is talk and speculation about the successor architecture from AMD, a product which carries the label Greenland. Fact remains though that other than this GPU/IGP codename and the usage of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) the details remain scarce.
ASUS releases the Republic of Gamers (ROG) Sica optical gaming mouse and ROG Whetstone mouse pad. ROG Sica has an ambidextrous design and is especially ideal for fingertip grip gamers. The ROG Whetstone mouse pad features a silicone-fabric construction that gives it excellent mouse tracking qualities for smooth, precise control.
ENERMAX introduces 3 new EMK 5 series backplane modules for industrial storage rack: EMK5301, EMK5401 and EMK5501, which can accomdate 3~5 3.5" SATA or SAS drives respectively. The 3 new EMK 5 backplane modules feature patented NSS (Non-Scratch-SATA) connectors, individual drives' power on/off controller, and a cooling fan.
Team Group announced today the launch of our solid state drive TM4PS4/TM8PS4. This next generation high speed SSD M.2 (also known as the Next Generation Form Factor, NGFF), provides your mobile computing devices an excellent data saving performance with ultra compact size and lightweight for convenient portable use.
Okay, so the gossip factor is high on this one, but definitely a card that you guys seem interested in. The GeForce GTX 980 Ti we mentioned last week would now launch after the Summer ..
An interesting spot over at TPU today, an Asian company called Sycom is releasing the G-Master Hydro series gaming desktops and their Titan X is modified a bit, with AIO liquid cooling.
Ok, that's the Borg Cube man, not an enclosure :) Icy Dock introduced the Black Vortex MB174U3S-4SB, the USB 3.0 and eSATA quad bay external enclosure with an eye catching design and removable drive feature.
Since we're on the topic of GTA-V, over the weekend Rockstar added new PC screen-shots, and admittedly, they look quite good.
Alright, delayed or not, the pres-ales for GTAV seems to be skyrocketing. Here are the ten top selling titles on Steam for the week as reported by Valve:
1.Grand Theft Auto V
2.Pillars of Eternity
3.Alien: Isolation
4.Cities: Skylines
5.Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
6.Arma 3
7.Arma 3 - Extended Edition
8.Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition
9.The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
10.Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
I have to classify this as a rumor, but the info available sums up to the idea that Nvidia will be releasing a GeForce GTX 980 Ti that has 3072 Shader Cores and 6GB of GDDR5.
ASSASSIN II retains key features of the first generation: Nickel-plated heatsink, 8 high-performance heatpipes and mirror finished copper base. Also technological upgrades have been put on the newest CPU cooler.
As you all know, AMD recently announced FreeSync - read our article on it right here. To celebrate this new tech AMD and Guru3D.com are holding a simple contest in which you can win a BenQ XL2730Z 27" FREESYNC 144Hz Gaming monitor ! The BenQ XL2730Z is a 27″ monitor that’s running a resolution of 2560×1440.
Check out the competition right here.
Funny that, how all manufacturers all release the same at the same time. Toshiba announced as well the development of 48-layer three dimensional stacked cell structure flash memory called BiCS (3D NAND), a 2-bit-per-cell 128-gigabit (16 gigabytes) device. That means more NAND storage per IC used and thus cheaper products.
