NVIDIA has struck back at AMD’s announcement of the Radeon HD 7990 by stating it would release a new card under the name of GeForce GTX 780 at the end of May 2013. The statement has surprised many but prepare for some disappointment – NVIDIA does not plan to introduce an entirely new architecture this year – instead the 7th generation of GeForce cards will count on impr...
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AMD reveals Radeon HD 7990 “Malta”
24 April 2013 | PC
Advanced Micro Devices has officially unveiled the long-rumored dual-GPU Radeon HD 7990 graphics card, also known as Malta. The card has been in the news for so long that the tech specs will not be a surprise but here’s a quick list – two Tahiti cores taken straight out of the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition video cards. Thus the GPUs offer a total of 4096 ...
Windows Blue will bring back the Start Button for sure
23 April 2013 | PC
The latest addition to the upcoming Windows Blue expansion to Windows 8 is that the major update will bring the beloved Start button back - for sure! The news has been leaked on the Net by sources close to Microsoft, which claim the information is one hundred per cent true. One of the major complaints regarding Windows 8 is the missing Start Button that has been with us since...
Western Digital offers new hard drives
23 April 2013 | PC
The US hard drive manufacturer Western Digital has been having a great week so far - the company has introduced two new major product lines that are expected to bring more cash for both management and investors. The first major release is the WD XE hard drive – a hard drive in a 2.5-inch form factor with platters spinning at 10 000 rpm and a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter that...
Leak reveals Haswell pricing
22 April 2013 | PC
A leak related to the upcoming Intel Haswell processors, expected in early June 2013, has revealed the expected pricing of the first batch of processors. According to the leak the unlocked flagship Core i7-4770K (4 cores, Hyper-Threading, 3.5/3.9 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache, HD 4600 graphics, 1250 MHz GPU, 84W TDP) will sell for USD 327. The Core i7-4770 (4 cores, Hyper-Threading, 3.4...
Gigabyte presents budget-oriented Hercules X power supply units
22 April 2013 | PC
Gigabyte Technology has presented a new line of budget-oriented power supply units (PSU) for office and home computers – the Hercules X. The new line offers PSU models with nominal power that ranges between 330W and 580W, full compliance with the ATX12V 2.3 standard, protection against overloading, overvoltage, undervoltage and surges, an internal 120 mm intelligent cooling...
AMD partners reveal Radeon HD 7990 clock speeds
22 April 2013 | PC
The launch of the dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 7990 graphics card will take place in two days and most AMD partners already have such cards in stock, which means that they know all the hardware specs of the newcomer. Perhaps on accident an AMD partner based in Japan has revealed the clock speeds of the card ahead of time. In any case this is great news for hardware fans so here's w...
Intel to release Pentium 2127U processor
19 April 2013 | PC
Intel is getting ready to release a new Ivy Bridge-based Pentium processor anytime soon – the Pentium 2127U. The new processor belongs to the company’s power efficient chips and as such will be used in notebooks. The 22 nm Pentium 2127U comes with TDP of just 17 watts and runs at 1.9 GHz. It has 2 MB of L3 cache, an integrated DDR3/L/RS memory controller for DDR3 SDRAM at...
Microsoft fixes KB2823324 bug
19 April 2013 | PC
Earlier this month Microsoft released a new Windows 7 update that was found to render PCs unusable after the installation. The company later confirmed the issue but unfortunately was not able to help much except by giving advice not to install the update. Unfortunately for thousands of users the warning was too late as their PCs had already entered an endless reboot loop thanks to the infamous...
Zalman prepares compact universal CPU cooler
19 April 2013 | PC
The famous South Korean cooler, PSU and chassis maker Zalman will be back on the CPU cooler market with a new very compact processor cooler dubbed CNPS2X. The new company product is entirely made of pure aluminum and measures just 84 x 84 x 27 mm with a total weight of just 83 grams. The amazing thing is that this small cooler can cool processors with TDP of up to 120 watts. ...
ADATA unleashes 16 GB memory kit for gamers
18 April 2013 | PC, PC gaming
The Taiwanese memory maker ADATA has unveiled a new 16 GB memory kit designed for gamers. The XPG Gaming Series v2.0 offers uncompromising quality and massive 16 GB of capacity at the blazing speed of 2600 MHz. The new memory has been designed for Intel Core i5 and i7 processors on the Ivy Bridge architecture and Z77 chipsets. It comes with an integrated heat spreader and a c...
