MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming Review
A deeper look into the Z87-GD65 Gaming series motherboard from MSI.
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ROCCAT Isku FX Multicolor Gaming Keyboard Review
ROCCAT Isku FX Multicolor Gaming Keyboard Review
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AMD A10-6800K & A10-6700 Richland APU Review
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ASUS Crosshair V Formula Z Motherboard Review
A Comprehensive look at ASUS Flagship 990FX motherboard the Crosshair V Formula Z.
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Intel Core i7 4770K Review
Digging into the performance delivered by Intels Core i7 4770K Haswell processor.
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MSI GTX 770 N770 TF 2GD5/OC Review
Taking a look at the new MSI GTX 770 Gaming with comparisons to the New GTX 770 reference card.
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Cooler Master Notepal U2 Plus Cooling Pad Review
A detailed review of the Cooler Master Notepal U2 Plus Movable Fan Aluminium Cooling Pad
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PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 Myst Edition Crossfire Review
Taking a second look at PowerColor's Myst Edition HD 7870, this time in Crossfire.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Review
Testing out the latest from NVIDIA the GTX 780.
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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Review
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How to Install AMD Drivers Guide
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Removing and Wiping Drivers Guide
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Luxa2 P1 7000mAh High Capacity Battery & Charger Review
A close look at the Luxa2 P1 7000mAh High Capacity Battery & Charger
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Mushkin Launches New PCIe SSD
Mushkin has announced its latest PCIe solid state drive, the Scorpion Deluxe, and in celebration has decided to run a contest tying in with the upcoming movie Pacific Rim. The contest runs until August 17, 2013 and prizes include a home theater system, Razer Blade Pro gaming laptop, and Mushkin prize packs. The Scorpion Deluxe will cater to power users such as multimedia designers, with up to 21,000MB/s of throughput and 100,000 Input/Output Operations per Second. The drive will be available with capacities of 240GB, 480GB, 960GB, and 1920GB. Director of Global Marketing Nicolas Villalobos said, "Our customers can now manage data faster, safer and more efficiently. Whether for digital content creation, virtualization, database acceleration, motion picture visual effects or your own application, the Mushkin Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSD is always ready."
Source: Press Release
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MSI Announces Line of Intel 8 Series Motherboards at Computex
Computex is beginning to wind down, but there's still plenty of information as MSI is announcing its new line of motherboards based on Intel's 8 Series chipset. The "GAMING" series includes a wealth of features for that particularly crowd, with motherboards like the Z87-GD65 GAMING. That board features a Killer network chip to ensure your online games are as smooth as possible, and an Audio Boost to deliver killer sound. The Z87-GD65 GAMING even won a Computex 2013 Best Choice Golden Award, which is a first for any motherboard (and something MSI is very proud to share).
Overclockers are taken care of too, with MSI's "Overclock" series of motherboards. Those ones have passed OC certified tests, and include the likes of the Z87 XPOWER, Z87 MPOWER, and Z87 MPOWER MAX. The first one has a 32-phase digital power design and support for 4-Way SLI/Crossfire, while the latter two are designed for heavy-duty overclocking. MSI's MPOWER and MPOWER MAX both include the Extreme Tuning Utility adjustment software, developed in cooperation with Intel, to help you get to that next level of overclocking, and maybe even a world record.
All the MSI motherboards are equipped with the brand new Military Class IV components, which have passed all seven MIL-STD-810G tests, to keep everything nice and stable for a long time. Every motherboard also includes new technologies like OC Genie 4, which is capable of one-second overclocking, Click BIOS 4 graphical interface, Control Center software that combines monitoring, tuning, and remote controlling, plus plenty of others. Look for all these MSI Z87 motherboards to get reviewed soon, as one of them may just be the heart of your new computer.
Source: Press Release
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Working to Bring Hybrid Quantum Dot LEDs to Consumers
What to do when you have two promising technologies that are just not promising enough at the moment? One thing you can try to do is combining them to unlock their potential. That is what researchers at the University of Louisville in Kentucky have done with quantum dots and OLEDs, as reported by the Optical Society.
Organic LEDs, or OLEDS, are a special kind of LED made from polymers, which can be produced cheaply and are flexible. Quantum dots on the other hand are inorganic nanoscale, semiconductor crystals, which can also be produced cheaply. Both technologies can emit light at specific frequencies, but are not very efficient at the moment, so researchers have combined them to create hybrid OLEDs or quantum dot LEDS (QD-LEDs). This has the effect of increasing efficiency and the range of colors they can emit. To create the combined material, the researchers used inkjet printing to precisely spray the quantum dots on the OLEDs. While they are currently working on the scale of a single inch, the researchers state it should be possible to scale it up to 6 inches by 6 inches, or larger.
This combination of technologies could one day offer cheap and efficient light sources to consumers, but more research is required to better optimize the materials. When ready though, the lights will be useable in more places than current bulbs, as hybrid OLEDs can be applied to flexible surfaces.
Source: The Optical Society
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Ultimate Edition Coming to PC on August 27
Though it had technically been confirmed last year, a Konami press release today has officially announced that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Ultimate Edition will be released for Windows PC via Steam on August 27, with physical copies arriving on shelves August 30. While the press release only mentions "across Europe," I can confirm that the game has already appeared on Steam in the United States with the same release date, so I would imagine that's just an oversight. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow was a critical and commercial success on both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, so it's about time the game makes its way to the PC. In fact, it's the best-selling Castlevania game of all-time and a sequel is already in the works, also supposedly coming to PC.
The Ultimate Edition coming to PC includes the full base game along with the two DLC add-on chapters, Reverie and Resurrection. The press release also goes on to state that it "boasts enhanced 1080p HD graphics, runs at a solid 60 frames per second via recommended spec, and offers trophy integration through Steam with Cloud saving." The recommended spec, according to the Steam page, is Windows 7 or higher, a quad-core CPU, 2GB RAM, and a DirectX 11 compatible video card with 1024MB RAM. So most PC gamers should have no problem running it maxed. And while the press release doesn't state "and above" after 1080p, the Steam page does say it supports multi-screen displays, so higher resolutions should indeed be supported. If you're not interested in maxing it out, you'll be able to get away with Windows XP, a dual-core processor, and a DirectX 9 512MB video card.
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