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AMD Expands its Never Settle Promotion Once Again
If you’ve taken advantage of AMD’s ‘Never Settle’ bundles, have you been left confused by AMD’s seemingly random way of choosing which games you get with which card? For example, while Tomb Raider came with AMD’s Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition, it didn’t come with the higher-end 7970 and 7950s – and vice versa where [...]
Cooler Master Introduces N-series “Compact” Chassis
If you don’t know who Cooler Master is, you must have been living under a rock for the past 20 years. What you might not know is that the chassis giant (one of the many hats the company wears) has announced the release of the N-Series line up. Available in small, medium and grande sizes, [...]
NVIDIA’s SHIELD Priced at $349, Pre-orders Begin on May 20th
If you’ve been waiting with bated breath for NVIDIA to finally give us a Project SHIELD release date, today is the day you can begin to relax. Kind of – while we don’t have the shipping date yet, NVIDIA has announced that pre-orders will begin on May 20th. How much damage will it do to [...]
EVGA Launches the SuperNOVA 1000 G2 Power Supply
EVGA – you might have heard of it – it manufactures NVIDIA video cards, Intel motherboards and has a small selection of power supplies. The midrange and extreme PSUs has had a healthy offering from the SuperNOVA line up, but something in between has been missing. Today that changes with EVGA’s announcement of the SuperNOVA 1000W G2 [...]
Watch Dogs: A Virtual World with Real World Hacking Tips
Watch Dogs, it first graced us with a phenomenal demo at E3 last year and to say the expectations are high would be an understatement. The game is best described as Assassins Creed combined with Grand Theft Auto, but the hero isn’t a thug or a chosen one – he is a hacker. According to [...]
Cooler Master Launches ‘CM University’ to Help You Understand Product Design
Late last week (yes, I’ve taken a while to talk about it), Cooler Master launched “CM University”, a site that aims to teach you about the products you’re looking to buy. We’re not talking specific models, but rather their concepts and design in general – such as the differences between mechanical keyboard switches, for example. [...]
Futuremark Updates 3DMark with New Test, 4x GPU Support
It’s not common to see Futuremark release more than one patch for a product within the span of a couple of months, but when that product is about as complicated as a game, it’s easy to understand. Back in March, the company issued a small post-release update – namely to add official Windows 8 support [...]
Controlling Your Fans Like a DJ: NZXT Releases Sentry Mix 2
To many enthusiasts, fan controllers have as much to do with balancing cooling performance and noise as they do with style, which is why California-based NZXT announced yesterday the release of the Sentry Mix 2. The look of this 6 channel fan controller was inspired by the sliders found on mixing units and there’s no [...]
EA Doesn’t Want to Support Gun Manufacturers, But Keeps the Guns
Guns, it is a blistering-hot topic right now. So of course, there is a new subtopic brewing in the game industry and EA is the catalyst. According to Reuters, EA is currently dropping all ties with licensing guns from gun manufacturers in its video games but will continue to use them in its games. EA’s President of Labels, [...]
Windows Blue Queued Up for Release Later This Year
On Tuesday, Microsoft gave us some Windows Blue news we all wanted to hear (alright, some of us): a release date. The follow-up to Windows 8, often called “Windows 8.1″ or simply “Blue”, is due out later this year and aims to correct all the wrongs of the company’s drastically redesigned OS. It should come as a surprise [...]
Microsoft to Adobe: Slow Down
The other day, we reported on how Adobe will discontinue its stand-alone Creative Suite products and instead move to Creative Cloud, or “CC”. To say the news has had a mixed reaction is an understatement; even Clint Patterson, the Director of Communications, Office Division has provided his own personal thoughts on the matter at the Office [...]
PS4 Will Not Require an Always-on Internet Connection
The next generation always-on topic has been lively to say the least, but it has been focused around Microsoft – not much has been heard from Sony. Microsoft has been at the forefront because many rumors suggested always-on would be required. That assumption was further fueled by Adam Orth, who ignited the Internet with the #dealwithit [...]
SilverStone RV04 – The Raven Evolves Evermore
SilverStone’s Raven series of cases has seen a constant evolution in styling, design and features ever since the original RV01 spread its wings and took off into the PC chassis marketplace in mid-2009. Quite appropriately, then, the company has announced the fourth stage in this revolutionary design’s development, the RV04. The new RV04 is a [...]
Mystery No More: WD’s Black SSHD Equipped with SanDisk SSD
When WD announced its first SSHD (SSD+HDD) drives a couple of weeks ago, simply named WD Black and WD Blue (sounds a little violent), I didn’t pay much attention to the NAND flash that’s found inside of the Black version. But - some company has to be responsible for it, right? While WD has manufactured some [...]
H630 Ultra Tower – It’s What’s Next From NZXT
Classified by NZXT as an “Ultra Tower”, the H630 is a big deal indeed. It can fit motherboards up to eATX spec, for one thing. It also boasts the capability to mount up to two gigantic 200mm fans in the front intake position, something fairly unique in PC chassis available today. Not only that, but [...]
PlayStation Store Dedicates a Category to Indie Games
Sony has always offered indie games on its PlayStation Store, but it has been wrought with problems, mainly because people couldn’t find them very easily. Today, that changes. Sony has officially given Indie Games its own category, thus making easier for customer to find these unique games in a convenient way. Director of Publisher and [...]
AMD Releases DDR3-2133 ‘Gamer’ RAM, Bundles in 64GB RAMDisk Software
Back in 2011, it was rather surprising to learn that AMD had begun producing DRAM kits again. After all, it seemed like at that point, RAM companies and their multitude of kits were a dime a dozen. But AMD’s goal since acquiring ATI has been to deliver a complete platform to people – regular user [...]
Wolfenstein Sequel to Hit During Q4, Built Using id Tech 5
If you’re like me and get excited at the mere mention of the Wolfenstein franchise, then Bethesda has some great news for you. Today, the company announced a “new chapter” in the series called Wolfenstein: The New Order, due to launch this Q4 - probably in November alongside the multitude of other game franchises that happen [...]
Adobe to Discontinue Creative Suite, Will Focus Solely on Subscription-only Creative Cloud
With its recent launch of Office 2013, it became increasingly clear that Microsoft has full intention to convert us all into “cloud” users eventually. The company’s focus on boxed copies of the latest suite has been almost non-existent, with perks offered with its Office 365 service actually making that version look quite sub-par. Love it [...]
A Hard Drive So New, It Still Feels Warm
I hate to stretch the truth like that before the first story word, but I failed to conjure up a better title in less time than it takes to write the actual post. As you may recall, WD announced its “UltraSlim” mobile drives a couple of weeks ago, a world’s first at 5mm thick, and [...]
Valve Finally Adds Throttling Functionality to Steam
Despite the fact that Valve’s Steam platform is about as synonymous with PC gaming as it could get, the client still lacks a lot of functionality that many would expect it to have. One gaping omission has finally been rectified: download throttling. For as long as Steam has existed, it’s downloaded games, patches and what-have-you [...]
EA the New Emperor in the Star Wars Game Verse
Last month, we learned that Disney was pulling the plug on LucasArts, and today, we finally learn where Disney has settled its Star Wars game franchise: EA. According to a press release given by EA, the company will be handling all of the development and publishing of Star Wars games on PC, console and handhelds. [...]
Atom at 22nm: Intel Announces Silvermont
It seems Intel’s on a roll. Just last week, we were introduced to ‘Iris’, the IGP found in the company’s upcoming “Haswell” processors, and today, we learn about its upcoming 22nm Atom SoCs, sporting a brand-new architecture. With Haswell and Silvermont en route, Intel looks to have both the desktop and mobile spaces safely covered. [...]
Next Xbox Will Not Require an Always-on Internet Connection
Like any other product that has its unveiling looming, various aspects of Microsoft’s next Xbox have been heavily speculated on over the past few months. Of all the rumors, the one that’s gotten the most amount of attention – and deservedly so – is in regards to a requirement for an “Always-on” Internet connection. That [...]
