Posted on November 13, 2014 11:45 AM by Rob Williams
Geez – where to begin? NVIDIA has absolutely inundated us with news today, so let’s start from the top. SHIELD Tablet owners will be pleased to know that Android 5.0, aka: Lollipop, will be hitting their devices this coming Tuesday (the 18th). The OS update in itself is major, because it brings…..
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Posted on November 12, 2014 2:00 PM by Jamie Fletcher
Need a tonne of storage in the smallest form factor possible? Kingston has you covered with its new line-up of insanely high capacity SD and microSD cards. With capacities up to 128GB with a microSDXC card, and 256GB with an SDXC card, that’s some seriously big… and small, storage. To make things…..
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Posted on November 12, 2014 12:00 PM by Rob Williams
Ever since Android 5.0 ‘Lollipop’ saw its official release earlier this month, legions of Android fans have been wondering when the update will hit their device. As has been the norm, Google’s own family of devices will be receiving the update first, but fortunately, other companies are not going to be far behind. We…..
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Posted on November 12, 2014 11:15 AM by Greg King
With countless companies disappearing after a short while on the market, ASUS has been a pillar of the computing industry since early 1989. Never afraid to try new things, its product offerings span a wide range, including everything from motherboards to routers. We’ve looked at its PC cases, motherboards, video cards, routers,…..
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Posted on November 12, 2014 7:00 AM by Techgage Staff
The last time we took a look at an MSI gaming motherboard, it was the company’s smallest current offering: Z97I Gaming AC. For this review, we’re looking to the top of the Z97 ladder, with the Z97 Gaming 9 AC. Priced at about $290, it’s easy to predict what this board might…..
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Posted on November 12, 2014 12:01 AM by Techgage Staff
Now in its seventh year, the Assassin’s Creed franchise has just welcomed its seventh major installment with Unity. Taking place in the early modern period, you fall into the role of Arno Dorian, a Frenchman born to an assassin father who ends up being adopted by a family tied to the Templar Order after…..
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Posted on November 11, 2014 1:30 PM by Rob Williams
At NVIDIA’s press event for Maxwell, held right before the launch of the GeForce GTX 980 and 970, the company showed off a demo that seemed to impress a great number of people in the room. Taking full advantage of the company’s “Voxel Global Illumination” feature of Maxwell, NVIDIA wanted to help…..
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Posted on November 11, 2014 10:00 AM by Rob Williams
The non-Nokia smartphone generation begins. After a string of leaks, Microsoft has today announced its Lumia 535, a mainstream offering that the company hopes will help kick-start the success of its own branded phones. Dubbed the “5x5x5” smartphone package, the Lumia 535 has a 5-inch IPS screen and 5 megapixel cameras at…..
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Posted on November 10, 2014 11:45 AM by Rob Williams
It has been argued for some time that for our Internet to be truly safe from the corruption of commercial entities, it needs to be treated as a utility – much like our water and power is. As it is today, the Federal Communications Commission treats Internet access as an information service, which…..
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Posted on November 10, 2014 9:30 AM by Rob Williams
When the Raspberry Pi foundation released its B+ model this past summer, it noted that an A+ was on its way. Pretty much everyone figured that it’d be similar to that device, include the same drawbacks as the original, and then cost about the same. Well, similar, yes, but cost the same?…..
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Posted on November 10, 2014 8:30 AM by Rob Williams
After spending his last five months in prison, Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde is a free man. Earlier this year, Sunde was arrested while visiting family in Sweden, after spending nearly two years on the run. His original sentence was for one full year, but fortunately for him, that was cut down…..
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Posted on November 10, 2014 7:00 AM by Techgage Staff
Lian Li is to PC chassis as what tailor-made suits are to men’s clothing. Sure, they cost more, but the higher quality and generally improved design usually makes the premium worth it. Does Lian Li’s mid-tower PC-A61, then, live up to the company’s legendary pedigree? There’s only one way to find out.…..
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Posted on November 6, 2014 6:07 PM by Rob Williams
Hot on the heels of the “Pick Your Path” promotion that NVIDIA launched earlier this week for higher-end GeForce cards, the company launches another to cater to those looking to pick up the GTX 750 (or 750 Ti) or 800M-equipped notebook. As the company’s done before, it wants to give you $150…..
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Posted on November 6, 2014 2:45 PM by Greg King
There have been a few companies in the consumer electronics industry that Techgage has worked with more than a few times. Corsair, Logitech, NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Synology; just to name a few. With over ten products reviewed at Techgage in our ten years, Zalman absolutely deserves to be included in that list…..
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Posted on November 6, 2014 8:30 AM by Rob Williams
A rumor we reported on earlier this week has proven true: 8GB Radeon R9 290X cards are coming. As expected, MSI, PowerColor, and Sapphire are all on-board to deliver these models, with more to come. Unfortunately, we’re not sure of what pricing is going to be like, but we do have confirmation…..
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Posted on November 6, 2014 7:00 AM by Techgage Staff
ASUS is offering gamers a lot with its RoG SWIFT PG278Q. Not only does this 27-inch monitor boast a 1440p resolution and 144Hz refresh rate, NVIDIA’s G-SYNC technology is included to help give you the smoothest gaming experience possible. Is that something that matters? You bet. Read on as I try to…..
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Posted on November 5, 2014 4:40 PM by J.D. Kane
Logitech continues its push to gain more exposure and notoriety in the gaming peripherals space with the debut of its newest Logitech G mouse, the G302 Daedalus Prime MOBA. The company touts its newest creation as the product of the collaboration of Logitech’s R&D and input from a variety of professional MOBA…..
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Posted on November 5, 2014 7:00 AM by Techgage Staff
In the market for a new mechanical keyboard, but want all the bells and whistles to go with it? COUGAR may have you covered with its 700K, a gaming-focused mechanical with a selection of CHERRY MX keys and a comprehensive list of extras, including a turbo function. The real question is, how…..
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Posted on November 4, 2014 1:30 PM by Rob Williams
Last week, we took a look at a couple of upcoming games infused with NVIDIA’s GameWorks technologies. It’s been clear as day that NVIDIA’s proud of what it brings to games, and so it couldn’t be happier to talk about it. But now, the company’s wanting to give you a taste, and…..
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Posted on November 4, 2014 10:00 AM by Rob Williams
Streaming music services like Spotify are popular for a multitude of reasons, but the biggest one is that their selections border on “incredible”. They’re so good, in fact, that most people will be hard-pressed to find an artist they enjoy not available, and even if there were one or two, it probably…..
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Posted on November 3, 2014 11:00 AM by Rob Williams
After spending just over four months in testing, YouTube has decided to release its 60 FPS capabilities to all uploaders. As this is a feature I’ve wanted for quite some time, I didn’t waste any time before diving in. Overall, I’m impressed, and really happy that we can now share gameplay videos with you…..
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Posted on November 3, 2014 9:00 AM by Rob Williams
Well before the launch of NVIDIA’s first Maxwell-based GPUs in September, rumor had it that we’d be seeing both a 6GB and 8GB version of the GeForce GTX 980, and perhaps even the GTX 970. That never happened, much to the dismay of those running ultra-high resolutions. According to SweClockers, multiple AMD partners…..
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Posted on October 31, 2014 3:15 PM by Rob Williams
NVIDIA has been heavily promoting its GameWorks program this week, and with the weekend upon us, I thought it’d be a good idea to take a look at what’s been revealed so far. Before that, though, it might help to understand what GameWorks is, and why NVIDIA deems it to be so…..
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Posted on October 29, 2014 10:30 AM by Rob Williams
It’s not too often that a deal like this comes around. Our friends over at Bright Side of News* spotted a special version of MAINGEAR’s X-CUBE PC that costs as much as its included graphics card. The card in this particular case (no pun) is NVIDIA’s ultra high-end TITAN Z, and its price…..
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Posted on October 29, 2014 9:30 AM by Rob Williams
Since about the time WD launched its NAS-focused Red series of hard drives, the company has been slowly transitioning the rest of its series over to newer, simpler naming schemes. Caviar Black became ‘WD Black’, for example, and instead of WD RE 5, we got ‘WD Re’. The drives formerly known as…..
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