As you guys know, DirectX 12 is going to greatly free up processor utilization, and thus your games can make more draw-calls with your processor. More efficient usage of CPUs with multiple cores is trivial in the design. We can now test a thing or two out thanks to the 3DMark update released hours ago.

Futuremark updates its software and included a 3DMark API Overhead feature test for measuring differences in DirectX 12, DirectX 11 and Mantle API performance.

Micron and Intel Corporation today revealed the availability of their 3D NAND technology, the world’s highest-density flash memory. Flash is the storage technology used inside the lightest laptops, fastest data centers, and nearly every cellphone, tablet and mobile device. 

In this article we benchmark Battlefield Hardline - over twenty graphics cards are being tested and benchmarked. We have a look at DX11 performance with the newest graphics cards and technologies. We'll also look at frametimes, graphics memory and a thing or two more.

Read the article right here.

Note: article updated with additional Ultra HD results and FCAT Frametimes.

Including IPS 3K and 4K displays, as well as the latest GTX900M-Series GPUs. MSI launches a pack of new Gaming All-in-One PCs, featuring the latest Intel Core i7 and i5 processor and GeForce GTX960M/970M graphics. 

Intel’s X99 chipset used to be represented by a long line of huge and bulky EATX or ATX motherboards, because the CPU, chipset, memory and whole layout required an extra large PCB to contain the extreme performance.

Halo Online will launch this spring, only in Russia. It's designed to run well on lower-end PCs. There's no campaign mode, but the game is set on a secret UNSC space station called "Anvil" where Spartans train together and test new technology.

SanDisk announced that it has successfully developed its 48 layer second generation 3D NAND, also referred to as BiCS2. Pilot production will commence as planned in the second half of 2015 in the Yokkaichi joint venture facility, with meaningful commercial production targeted for 2016.

MSI announces the first USB 3.1 featured AMD motherboard, the classy black & white 970A SLI Krait Edition. Delivering blazing fast USB performance, up to 2 times faster than USB 3.0, the new 970A SLI Krait Edition motherboard offers two USB 3.1 ports, which are fully backwards compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 devices. 

Somebody has been looking at AMD, EVGA launches a GeForce GTX with an AIO liquid cooler from Asetek. The self-contained water cooler comes with a 120mm radiator and fan. The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 HYBRID is available as a complete unit, or upgrade kit.

So hey - I was am working on a graphics performance review for Battlefield Hardline, and guess what ? Do you guys remember the DRM introduced in Ubisofts Anno 2070 ? Well, EA just did pretty much the same thing. They sniff your PC and monitor for hardware changes.

Join us as we review the new 480 and 960 GB OCZ Vector 180 Series SSDs. Based on an Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller the product comes with the latest iteration of Toshiba NAND flash memory. The end result is an SSD series that is very fast, versatile and competitive in terms of pricing; combine that with endurance and power outage protection and this series might be a little gem.

Read the full review here.
 

Powered by the Intel Celeron processor, 4 GB DDR3 RAM (expandable to 8GB), and equipped with 5 Gigabit LAN ports, the N5810PRO reaches blazing throughput speeds of up to 500 MB/s. The N5810PRO supports seven modes of link aggregation including fault tolerance for resilience and port-trunking modes for increased performance. 

OCZ announced a new series of SATA III SSDs to add to its Intrepid 3000 enterprise portfolio. The new Intrepid 3700 SSD Series delivers superior performance and I/O latency responses that dramatically improve application performance and I/O efficiencies, and supports higher storage densities up to 2TB representing OCZ's largest capacity enterprise SATA SSDs to date

In this article we benchmark Battlefield Hardline  - over twenty graphics cards are being tested and benchmarked. We have a look at DX11 performance with the newest graphics cards and technologies. We'll also look at frametimes, graphics memory and a thing or two more.

ASUS today announced EA-AC87, a wireless AC-1800 dual-purpose media bridge and access point. It is the world’s first wireless client to use a 4x4 MIMO antenna array. When paired with a suitable 4x4 router, it is capable of delivering the world’s fastest 5GHz speeds of up to 1734Mbit/s. EA-AC87 also features AiRadar with universal beamforming for unrivalled multi-device performance and wide, reliable coverage.

Okay that title sounded better in my head opposed to how that turned out. BeQuiet! is to release the Dark Power Pro 11 series power supplies soon, it's even more silent and the product series are bumping up in efficiency quite a bit towards Platinum.

Kingston launches its HyperX Predator PCIe SSD, a M.2. SSD seated on a PCIe generation 2.0 x4 slot that delivers SSD performance levels up to 1400MB/s read and 1000MB/s writes. 

Enermax presents the next long runner generation. Due to an optimized fan control, the new MAXPRO power supplies operate much quieter than the predecessors.

We review the all new OCZ Vector 180 - 480 and 960GB SSDs. Based on an Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller the product comes with the latest iteration of Toshiba NAND flash memory. The end result is an SSD series that is very fast, versatile and competitive in terms of pricing; combine that with endurance and power outage protection and this series might be a little gem.

In the second half of 2015, Intel is to launch two desktop LGA1150 Broadwell CPUs, the Intel Core I7-5775C & Core I5-5675C based on socket 1150, both have a 65W TDP. 

Several new sets of slides from AMD and Nvidia as well surfaced on the webs through slideshare, the decks show what the companies have been up to in regards to DirectX 12, and they do look pretty excited. Especially AMD has something to gain, bigtime.

The MX Master is the new paradigm for precise, fast, comfortable computer navigation. For people who work across multiple screens, devices and operating systems, the new mouse is optimized for controlling this complex environment with precision.

Western Digital is outting proud that that massive volume sized Helium-filled HDDs (10TB already sampling) pass a 2.5 Million-hour MTBF. Now shipping its second generation HelioSeal Platform drives, HGST is shifting its volume mix and ramping Helium production to meet strengthening customer demand across cloud and mainstream data center applications.

Cougar announces today the arrival of a new gaming mouse that targets the mainstream pro-level gamer. With a 4000 DPI sensor, 7 programmable buttons and a 1000Hz polling rate, COUGAR 300M Gaming Mouse offers everything a gamer might ask for. Its support for UIX, the unrivaled leader in gaming device management, sets it a further step above competitors and allows the user to unleash its full potential.

Corsair announced the availability of the Dominator Platinum Series DDR4 3400MHz 16GB memory kits which debuted at CES in January. The new kits are performance tuned to run air-cooled at an incredible 3400MHz. 

The ExpressCage MB322SP-B is a mobile rack that converts a 5.25" device bay to fit two 2.5" SATA/SAS HDD/SSD (7mm-9.5mm), and includes a 3.5" slot for either a hard drive or a 3.5" device. With the unique tool-less drive installation design, the ExpressTray Mini allows you to install your 2.5" SATA or SAS HDD/SSD simpler than ever, and the optional bottom tray screw holes are provided for added stability. 

FinalWire updated its popular system information utilities. The new version supports the latest and upcoming hardware technologies, and comes with benchmarks fully optimized for AMD Carrizo APUs and Intel Broadwell processors. The edition for Windows PCs has been upgraded to v5.20.

You can grab the software directly from this URL right here.

Popular live stream website Twitch has possibly been hacked, the website warns in a Blog post that their systems might have been compromized. read it after the break.