- [Techpowerup.com] New Windows 7 Bulldozer Patches Available.
Very quietly Microsoft has released two new patches available for the Bulldozer platform. According to the AMD blog these patches seem to offer little more then a 10% boost but the do improve over all performance. This is what Adam Kozak a product marketing manager at AMD had to say,“Some of…
- [Techpowerup.com] SilverStone Displays Zeus Series 1350W Modular PSU
SilverStone showed off a new high-Wattage PSU under its new Zeus “industrial class” series, the Zeus 1350W (model number ZM1350). The Zeus 1350W relies on a single massive 105A +12V rail design. Measuring 150 x 86 x 233 mm (WxHxD), this box is longer than usual. It is ventilated by a single 80 mm… - [Techpowerup.com] NZXT Switch 810 Full-Tower Chassis Pictured
Riding on the success of its Phantom Series case designs, particularly of the ones that are white with a dash of black, NZXT unveiled the Switch 810 ATX full-tower chassis (model: CA-SW810-W1) at CES. The Switch 810 uses many of the “sharp angles” design elements of the Phantom series. It is… - [Techpowerup.com] Arctic Shows Off Freezer i30 and A30 CPU Coolers
Arctic showed of two nearly-identical CPU coolers, the Freezer i30 and Freezer A30. The two are identical till the point where the i30 is designed for Intel sockets only (LGA2011, LGA1155/1156), while the A30, for AMD sockets only (AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2). The two share a tower-type aluminum fin-stack… - [Techpowerup.com] Kingston Readies New Design HyperX T1 Ultra-High Performance DDR3 Memory Modules
Kingston showed off its wares to the media, which included one product in particular that garnered some interest, the new HyperX T1 modules. Designed keeping in mind today’s congested high-end motherboards, the HyperX T1 modules feature compound aluminum heatsinks that are designed in away that… - [Techpowerup.com] Samsung to Release Updated Series 5 Chromebooks in Q2
At CES 2012 Samsung Electronics has revealed its plans to introduce an updated version of its Series 5 Chromebook. Coming in Q2, the ‘new and improved’ Chromebook swaps the Atom N570 CPU of the first iteration with a Celeron processor, but keeps the 12.1-inch non-gloss display, the 2 GB of RAM and… - [Techpowerup.com] Intel’s Dodgy Ivy Bridge DX11 Demo: That Ultrabook Tested
Yesterday, we reported (http://www.techpowerup.com/158448/That-Dodgy-Intel-Ivy-Bridge-DX11-demo-at-CES-2012.html) on Intel’s embarrassing gaffe at demonstrating racing game F1 1 2011 running on a prototype ultrabook with an Ivy Bridge processor, where it was really just a video . Since then,… - [Legitreviews.com] CES 2012: Razer ‘Project Fiona’ Gaming Tablet and Blade Gaming Laptop
Image: http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/1828/icon.jpg (http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1828/1/)Razer is showing off a tablet called ‘Project Fiona’ that managed to catch our attention at CES this year. The tablet is expected to be powered by Intel’s 3rd generation Core i7 Ivy Bridge… - [Hardwarecanucks.com] CES 2012: NVIDIA Tegra 3 Processor to Power Audi’s Next-Gen Infotainment and Digital Instrument Cl
NVIDIA today announced that Audi AG has selected the NVIDIA Tegra 3 mobile processor to power in-vehicle infotainment systems — as well as new digital instrument clusters that replace traditional dashboard gauges — across its full line of vehicles worldwide, beginning in 2013. The tight integration… - [Overclock3D.net] Intel show Ivy Bridge Ultrabook
CES News – Intel show a Ivy Bridge Ultrabook, playing COD:MW3, with NO discrete graphics!More… (http://www.overclock3d.net/news/systems/intel_show_ivy_bridge_ultrabook/1)
- [Hardwarecanucks.com] CES 2012: BenQ XL2420T and XL2420TX Gaming Monitors Launch in North America
BenQ America Corp. today announced the North American launch of the XL2420T and XL2420TX, the company’s latest gaming monitors for professional and competitive FPS (first-person shooter) games. Engineered in conjunction with ZOWIE GEAR – a manufacturer of high-end professional gaming gear and R&D… - [Expreview.com] Intel Permits Test DX11 on Ivy Bridge
Yesterday we have just reported that, at CES 2012, Intel conducted CES 2012 press conference about its Ultrabook and Ivy Bridge processors, suggesting that Ultrabook has strong performance when packing Ivy Bridge running racing game F1 2011, however, later we found it was just a pre-recorded video…. - [Expreview.com] ViewSonic ViewPad 10pi and 10e Tablet Debut
The tablet market appeals to a large number of manufacturer currently, at CES 2012 they are showing off their new products, one of them is ViewSonic, the company introduces two 10.1-inch tablet——ViewPad10PI and ViewPad10E. ViewPad10PI features a 10.1-inch IPS touch screen with resolution of… - [Expreview.com] Imagination Announced PowerVR Series 6 Mobile GPUs
Lately at CES 2012, Imagination officially introduces its brand-new PowerVR series 6 mobile GPUs, including PowerVR G6200/G6400 for the time being. It seems that the graphics performance of smartphone and tablet will get a great improvement soon. According to Imagination, PowerVR series 6 GPUs… - [Hardwarecanucks.com] Microsoft Tries Again: Second Win 7 Bulldozer Hotfix Now Available
After their first attempt to improve Bulldozer performance through a Windows 7 scheduler was quickly pulled due to performance issues, Microsoft is yet again trying by introducing a new core scheduler update.* As we reported in our original Bulldozer review, AMD made it abundantly apparent that…
