Thursday, April 26, 2012

IT News Head Lines (Legit Reviews) 26/04/2012

Legit Reviews



PowerColor Releases Radeon HD 7870 Eyefinity 6 Video Card
TUL Corporation today released the only AMD Radeon HD 7870 graphics solution that can support up to 6 displays simultaneously: the PowerColor HD7870 Eyefinity 6. The HD7870...


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April 25, 2012 News from Around the Web
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Review @ Vortez and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!


So today we are will be looking at the next step in ASRocks...


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HP Announces Six Ivy Bridge PCs, Starting at $699
HP today announced six new Ivy Bridge desktops to be released soon. Three of these are in the all-in-one form factor, will feature quad core CPUs and be available directly...


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ASUS Breaks 5 World Records with Z77 and Ivy Bridge!
ASUS continues its industry lead in performance, superior design, quality and ease of use with its latest Intel Z77 chipset based motherboards. ASUS is excited to announce...


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Windows 8 Second Release Preview Coming in June
Microsoft's Windows 8 customer preview released February 29 is not the last. Windows unit president Steven Sinofsky has stated at a Windows Developer Days event in Japan...


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Mozilla Formally Launches Firefox 12
Further to our report yesterday that Firefox 12 was available to download from some dark corner of the Mozilla website, it has now been formally launched and is available...


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Rumor: AMD Radeon HD 7990 To Launch At Computex 2012
It seems AMD is in no hurry to launch its flagship dual-GPU, the Radeon HD 7990 (codenamed "New Zealand"), even with NVIDIA rushing to get the GeForce GTX 690 out, AMD seems...


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Apple Reports Second Quarter Results - Better Sit Down!
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 second quarter ended March 31, 2012. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $39.2 billion and quarterly net...


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1 In 5 Macs Infected With Malware
In a study conducted by Sophos, it was discovered that 1 in 5 Mac computers contains malware. In the study, 100,000 Macs were tested using Sophos's free Mac anti-virus...


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EA Shows Off Crysis 3 Gameplay Trailer
EA has released the official gameplay trailer for Crysis 3, showcasing the game's graphics and giving some backstory on the third installment of the franchise. Prophet...


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Prolimatech Takes CPU Coolers To New Heights - Shows Off Massive HSF
You have a good idea of what a large CPU cooler looks like in your head right? You might need to update that mental picture because the engineers over at Prolimatech have...


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Antec KUHLER H2O 920e Water Cooler Coming Soon
Antec introduced the companies flagship liquid CPU cooler, the KHLER H2O 920, back in April 2011. Over the past year Antec hasn't made any changes to their flagship...


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Valve Wants Great Online Players to Get Games for Free!
Develop has an interesting series of interviews with Valve Software. In this one, they discuss the company's relaxed business practices with CEO Gabe Newell and what...


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Cooler Master Launches the HAF XM Mid-Tower Case
Cooler Master today announced what amounts to the pure essence of the HAF X packed into a mid-tower size, the HAF XM. Rising to the level of the HAF (High Air Flow) legends...


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Silicon Power Unveils Velox V60 SSD Series - SandForce Powered
Silicon Power today unveiled the Velox V60, a 2.5-inch consumer solid state disk (SSD) that raises the bar when it comes to both looks and performance. The Velox V60 features...


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G.SKILL Announces TridentX DDR3 Memory Kits For Intel Z77 Chipsets
G.SKILL recently announced the new TridentX DDR3 memory kit for 3rd Generation Intel Core Processors and Z77 platform. Designed for overclocking enthusiasts, the TridentX...


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VIA Announces Low-Power USB 3.0 Hub Controller For Intel Ultrabooks
VIA Labs today announced its 3rd generation USB 3.0 hub controller, the VIA Labs VL812. The VL812 USB 3.0 Hub Controller utilizes a new low-power design and features an...


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PROTOTYPE 2 Now Available For Console Gamers - PC Gamers Must Wait Till July 24, 2012
Today, gamers the world over can head out to local retailers and pick up their copy of PROTOTYPE 2 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game consoles in order to become the...


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Eurocom Adds AMD Radeon HD 7970M GPU to Notebooks
Eurocom has added the brand new AMD Radeon HD 7970M GPU to their extensive options list of Ivy Bridge powered, high performance notebooks. The addition of the AMD Radeon HD...


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April 24, 2012 News from Around the Web
Cooler Master HAF XM Chassis Review @ OCC and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!


The idle temperatures were a bit disappointing. It was...


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AMD Versus Intel Integrated Graphics w/ Ivy Bridge
AMD Versus Intel Integrated Graphics w/ Ivy Bridge

Since Legit Reviews first came online nearly a decade ago the one phrase that we have heard consistently over the years is that “integrated graphics suck” and that you should never use them. Is that true? We gathered up 11 AMD and Intel motherboards to check out integrated graphics performance from 2006 to 2012 to see how they perform on four game titles and Futuremark 3Dmark06. Read on to see how far we have come in recent years and we do have Ivy Bridge numbers!


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Cooler Master HAF XM Case Review
Cooler Master HAF XM Case Review

Cooler Master continues to add to their fine HAF (High Air Flow) series PC enclosures and today introduced a new mid-tower case called the HAF XM. This mid-tower case is priced at $129.99 and is basically a scaled down version of the Cooler Master HAF X! PC enthusiasts should take a good long look at this model when they are planning their next system build.


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Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Ivy Bridge Processor Review
Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Ivy Bridge Processor Review

This morning Intel released their 3rd generation Core processor, which is codenamed Ivy Bridge. This groundbreaking processor was developed right here in America at the companies facilities in Oregon and is the 22nm die shrink of the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture with some performance improvements. Read on to see how the Intel Core i7-3770K Processor performs!


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ASUS, BIOSTAR, GIGABYTE, and MSI Intel Z77 Motherboard Round Up
ASUS, BIOSTAR, GIGABYTE, and MSI Intel Z77 Motherboard Round Up

It isn't often that we grab a bunch of motherboards and look at them all at once. With the new Intel 'Ivy Bridge' processor launching today that's exactly what we are doing. We have Intel Z77 motherboards from ASUS, BIOSTAR, GIGABYTE, and MSI all lined up and ready to go in the Legit Reviews test lab. We have our shiny new Intel Core i7 3770K 'Ivy Bridge' processor on hand and ready to rock. Join us as we look at the new Intel 'Ivy Bridge' system across multiple motherboards!


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