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IT News Head Lines (techPowerUp) 6/27/2013

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(PR) Genius Intros SW-A2.1 700 Speaker System
Genius introduces a new 2.1ch subwoofer system, the SW-A2.1 700 for desktop/laptop users. Its wooden subwoofer has a 4inch unit driver with a wide reflex cabinet for excellent deep bass performance. The elegant satellite speakers have a 50x90mm textile-covered driver for clear and detailed mid and high range frequencies for realistic sound.



There are also volume and bass controls with a green LED on the front of the subwoofer for easy control and recognition. In addition, SW-A2.1 700 has a AUX in and headphone jack, for audio input from various mobile devices for personal enjoyment. SW-A2.1 700 is ideal for listening to music, watching movies or playing games with a wide range of frequencies and enhanced bass.


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Colorful Announces a Pair of GeForce GTX 760 Graphics Cards
Colorful announced a pair of GeForce GTX 760 graphics cards. Its recent tie-up with Chaintech appears to have sobered the company up a little, which offered two graphics cards that don't quite appear to be over the top, but designed to sell by the bunch. First up, Colorful unveiled a reference-design card of a different kind. While NVIDIA's reference GTX 760 is based on the same PCB as a GTX 670, and the same cooler as a GTX 660; Colorful's take on the reference is taking advantage of the pin-compatibility of GeForce GTX 760 with the GTX 680, and placing it on a GeForce GTX 680 reference PCB, with reference GTX 680 cooling solution. It goes a notch further, by enabling all five NVVDC phases instead of four on NVIDIA's retail GTX 680 cards. This card sticks to reference clock speeds of 980 MHz core, 1033 MHz GPU Boost, and 6.00 GHz memory.



Moving on, Colorful's premium GTX 760 offering is the iGame GTX 760 Ymir-U. It features a high-performance cooling solution that takes advantage of a dense silver-plated aluminum fin-stack, a combination of 8 mm and 6 mm-thick heat pipes, and a pair of 90 mm fans. The underlying PCB features a strong 8 phase VRM, and dual-BIOS that's switchable at the push of a button. The first BIOS runs the card at reference clock speeds; while the second one runs it overclocked, at 1019 MHz core, 1072 MHz GPU Boost, and 6.00 GHz memory. As with most Colorful cards, the company will begin selling the cards in the Greater China region first; and then move on to the rest of the continent, and neighboring Europe.


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(PR) Razer Upgrades Your Stereo Headphones to 7.1 Gaming Surround Sound
Razer, the world leader in high-performance gaming hardware, software and systems, today announced the latest member of its software family: Razer Surround.

Razer Surround is a state-of-the-art audio engine that provides 7.1 virtual surround sound with any stereo headphones. The current generation of virtual surround technology often provides inaccurate listening experiences because individuals perceive sound differently based on their distinct ear sizes and shapes. As such, virtual surround sound traditionally falls short compared to discrete surround sound setups.



With the patent-pending Razer Surround audio engine, users have the option to calibrate their personal surround sound settings through a series of listening tests to match their preferences, giving them far superior positional sound over traditional virtual solutions. Razer Surround gives gamers a truly individualized 7.1 surround sound and attuned 3D audio experience, allowing them to acoustically pinpoint exact locations of opponents in game, providing "the unfair advantage" in gameplay.


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Inno3D Announces Trio of GeForce GTX 760 Graphics Cards
Inno3D dropped its hat into the GeForce GTX 760 ring with three offerings, the NVIDIA reference-design base-model; the HerculeZ OC 2 GB; and the HerculeZ 2000 4 GB (pictured in that order). The base model is practically identical to NVIDIA's reference design, except its PCB is colored blue. It sticks to NVIDIA-reference clock speeds of 980 MHz core, 1033 MHz GPU Boost, and 6.00 GHz memory. This card will likely sell at the baseline price of $249.99.



Moving on, the HerculeZ OC 2 GB uses a slightly compacted variant of the HerculeZ 2000 dual-fan cooler. It still gets you the easy-to-remove metal cooler shroud by turning a few thumb-screws, giving you access to the GPU heatsink underneath. This card features 2 GB of memory, and factory-overclocked speeds of 1006 MHz core and 1059 MHz GPU Boost, while leaving the memory clock untouched. This card could command a $10-20 premium. Lastly, there's the HerculeZ 2000 4 GB. This card features the same HerculeZ 2000 dual-fan cooler and PCB as the one found on Inno3D's GeForce GTX 770 OC graphics card. It offers the same clock speeds as the HerculeZ OC 2 GB, but with double the memory amount, at 4 GB. Given its memory amount and premium cooling, we won't be surprised if it pole-vaults the $300 mark.


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GeForce 320.49 Beta Drivers Released
Today's driver release from NVIDIA, numbered 320.49 beta, comes in conjunction with the GeForce GTX 760 launch, adding support for the new card but also bringing a number of fixes for a series of issues reported with previews drivers. The release notes for the new drivers mention fixes addressing image corruption and artifacting for Eve Online: Retribution, Assassin's Creed III, Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. The drivers also add (or update) SLI support for a wide series of other titles, among which we find Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, Natural Selection 2, Trackmania 2: Canyon and GRID 2. For download please visit the following page.


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(PR) Introducing the EVGA GeForce GTX 760 and EVGA ACX Cooler
The EVGA GeForce GTX 760 is the new weapon of choice for gamers - a powerful graphics card that gives you the fast, smooth, quiet gaming you're looking for in all your favorite titles. This series will also use EVGA's award winning cooler; the EVGA ACX Cooler. This double ball bearing design redefines traditional enthusiast coolers. Starting with a 40% increase in heatsink volume, the EVGA ACX is more efficient at dissipating heat, allowing for 15% lower GPU temperatures.



EVGA also spent time to ensure that even the fan blades were of the highest quality; with a 700% increase in strength, and 25% lower weight when compared to competitors dual fan designs. This makes the fans 20% more efficient by requiring lower power levels. Of course, EVGA is also using double ball bearing fans which offer a 12 year lifespan; this is 4X longer when compared to competitors.


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(PR) Origin PC Offers GeForce GTX 760 Option on all its Gaming Desktops
ORIGIN PC announced the availability of the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 graphics card to their award-winning GENESIS, MILLENNIUM and CHRONOS desktops. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 is a new powerful graphics card that gives you faster, smoother and quieter performance in than its predecessor. Featuring innovative technologies like NVIDIA GPU Boost 2.0 for max clock speeds, PhysX and TXAA for great graphics, the GeForce GTX 760 takes hyper-realistic gameplay to a whole new level inside your next ORIGIN PC system! Plus, instantly access the latest game-ready drivers automatically-the day a game launches-and optimize settings with one click using GeForce Experience.


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GIGABYTE Rolls Out GeForce GTX 760 WindForce 3X OC Series
GIGABYTE kicked off its GeForce GTX 760 series with a pair of custom-design graphics cards. Both cards are based on an Ultra Durable VGA+ PCB that's repurposed from previous-generation GeForce GTX 680 graphics cards; feature identical factory-overclocked speeds, while differ with the cooling solutions. The GV-N760OC-2GD Rev 1.0 features a blue colored PCB and the WindForce 3X cooler that featured on several of the company's previous generation high-end graphics cards; while the GV-N760OC-2GD Rev 2.0 features a black colored PCB, and the new WindForce 450W cooling solution. Both cards offer out of the box clock speeds of 1085 MHz core, 1150 MHz GPU Boost, and 6.00 GHz memory. Both cards are priced at $250 a pop.


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ELSA Announces 4 GB GeForce GTX 770 SAC
NVIDIA partner ELSA, which specializes in Quadro and GeForce graphics cards, rolled out its GeForce GTX 770 SAC graphics card, featuring 4 GB of memory. The card appears to be sourced from Inno3D, which can be made out with the design of the cooler. The cooler features an easily detachable shroud, which lets you clean the underlying heatsink. This factory-overclocked graphics card ships with 1070 MHz core, 1100 MHz GPU Boost, and 7.00 GHz memory. Based on the GK104 silicon, the GeForce GTX 770 features 1,536 CUDA cores, 128 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and a 256-bit wide memory interface. ELSA didn't announce pricing.


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(PR) KFA2 Announces Trio of GeForce GTX 760 Graphics Cards
KFA2 announced today the launch of three new GeForce GTX 760 edition graphics cards, the KFA2 GTX 760 as standard and the KFA2 GTX 760 EX OC available in 2GB or 4GB. KFA2 takes this new GPU to another level with the EX OC editions, by taking this powerful new chip, increasing clocks to make it run even faster, bolting on a twin fan, quad heat pipe solution to make it run even cooler, placed on a fully redesigned board to maximize power flow and overclock potential. Both GTX 760 EX OC editions are equipped with KFA2's Force Air Bracket to further assist with ventilation and heat transfer.



The GTX 760 GPU features all of the most recent graphics technologies such as GPU Boost 2.0, TXAA, DirectX 11.1, and PhysX. A single card supports as many as 4 displays, and users can connect as many as three cards together with SLI to further multiply their outputs and graphics performance for a dramatically enhanced gaming experience.


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(PR) ASUS Launches GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Graphics Card Lineup
ASUS today announced the GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II, GTX 760 DirectCU II OC, and GTX 760 DirectCU Mini graphics cards, based on the latest 28nm NVIDIA GPU technology. They use 1152 CUDA cores, and have 2GB GDDR5 on a 256-bit memory interface. Exclusive DirectCU coolers ensure up to 20% lower temperatures and twice quieter operation compared to a reference GTX 760. The DirectCU Mini design has been created especially for small form factor PCs and other situations where gamers have to consider interior chassis spacing while demanding fully-fledged performance. It uses the CoolTech fan for wider heat dissipation and lower in-case temperatures.



All cards feature exclusive Super Alloy Power components to enhance high load endurance and extend graphics card lifespan. They also use Direct Power architecture to increase stability, lower impedance and power delivery latency, and reduce PCB heat levels. For user-friendly overclocking, the GPU Tweak utility enables intuitive adjustment of graphics card settings.


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(PR) Gainward GeForce GTX 760 Series Launched
As the leading brand in enthusiastic graphics market, Gainward proudly presents the next member of GTX 700 graphics - GTX 760 series. Gainward GeForce GTX 760 series is powered by the latest generation of breakthrough NVIDIA Kepler. GeForce GTX 760 is the new weapon of choice for gamers-a powerful graphics card that gives you the fast, smooth, quiet gaming you're looking for in all your favorite titles. It's packed with next-generation features like NVIDIA GeForce Experience and GPU Boost 2.0 that let you crank up the settings in today's most graphics-intensive games. The Gainward GTX 760 Series is lead by Gainward GTX 760 Phantom - factory over-clocked for those 1152 cores at 1137 Mhz boost clock (1072 Mhz base clock) and 2048MB GDDR5 memory at 3100Mhz - 3.2% higher than default speed, provides more memory bandwidth. Gainward GeForce GTX 760 Phantom illustrates exceptional gaming performance per Watt, in DirectX 11 gaming performance, it surpasses up to 60 % than the AMD HD 7970 board and 48% higher in DirectX 11 benchmark.


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(PR) Palit Announces the GeForce GTX 760 JetStream Graphics Card
Palit Microsystems Ltd, the leading graphics card manufacturer, has unleashed the GeForce GTX 760 graphics card. A powerful graphics card that gives you the fast, smooth, quiet gaming you're looking for in all your favorite titles. It taps into the powerful Kepler architecture to deliver faster, smoother, richer gaming. It's more than state-of-the-art technology and features. It's truly game-changing performance.



Following with Palit JetStream- that introduces innovative custom cooling and optimized overclocked capabilities to deliver the ultimate gaming experience, now continuing to represent the exciting new series is the Palit GeForce GTX 760 JetStream, which offers incredible factory overclocked performance, low noise emission, as well as a powerful cooling design for efficient heat dissipation. GTX 760 offers all the 700-family performance features, plus next-gen technology innovations, engineering, and features that let you crank up settings and resolutions in today's most graphics-intensive games.


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MSI Rolls Out a Pair of GeForce GTX 760 Graphics Cards
MSI joined the GeForce GTX 760 launch party with two graphics cards, one which sticks to NVIDIA-reference design, and the other being its GTX 760 Gaming Series, which features the same TwinFrozr III cooler as its GTX 770 Gaming Series. The reference design card offers clock speeds of 980 MHz core, 1033 MHz GPU Boost, and 6.00 GHz memory; while the Gaming Series card offers 1085 MHz core, 1150 MHz GPU Boost, and 6.00 GHz memory. Both cards draw power from a pair of 6-pin PCIe power connectors, display outputs include two DVI, and one each of DisplayPort and HDMI. Based on the 28 nm GK104 silicon, the GeForce GTX 760 features 1,156 CUDA cores, 96 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and a 256-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, holding 2 GB of memory. The reference-design card is priced at US $250, while the Gaming Series card goes for a $20 premium.


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(PR) ZOTAC Announces its GeForce GTX 760 Series
ZOTAC International, a global innovator and manufacturer of graphics cards, mainboards, mini-PCs and accessories, today reveals the new GeForce GTX 760 series graphics cards - the gamers' choice for next gen gaming. The new ZOTAC GeForce GTX 760 and GTX 760 AMP! Edition enable gamers to enjoy the best image quality without sacrificing performance.



"PC games have always pushed the boundaries of visual realism and with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 760 series, we can deliver more of the eye candy and smooth frame rates gamers crave while maintaining high quality game settings," says Carsten Berger, senior director, ZOTAC International.


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(PR) Galaxy Announces GTX 760 GC with Dual-BIOS
Galaxy Microsystems, a leading global manufacturer of graphics hardware, announced today the GeForce GTX 760 and GTX 760 GC edition graphics cards. As is the trademark of a Galaxy GC Edition, the latter sports an exclusive performance enhanced design with custom cooling. The latest GPU from NVIDIA, the GeForce GTX 760, is the center of this design featuring 1152 stream processors and support for a high bandwidth 256-bit memory interface.



Galaxy raises the bar on the GC edition by taking this powerful new chip, increasing clocks to make it run even faster, bolting on a twin fan, quad heat pipe solution to make it run even cooler, and putting it on a fully redesigned board to maximize power flow and overclock potential. Both cards are equipped with Galaxy's Force Air Bracket to further assist with ventilation and heat transfer.


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NVIDIA Announces the GeForce GTX 760 Graphics Card
NVIDIA launched its newest performance segment graphics card, the GeForce GTX 760. Designed to succeed GeForce GTX 660, it displaces the GeForce GTX 660 Ti from the product stack. Based on the same GK104 silicon as GeForce GTX 770, it features 1,152 CUDA cores, 96 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and a 256-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, holding 2 GB of memory. NVIDIA partners are free to come up with factory-overclocked, non-reference design, and 4 GB variants, from day one.



The GeForce GTX 760 offers clock speeds of 980 MHz core, 1033 MHz GPU Boost, and 6.00 GHz memory (192 GB/s). It features GPU Boost 2.0, which rewards better cooling, with better sustenance of GPU Boost clock states. Interestingly, NVIDIA let it support 3-way and 4-way SLI, which is a first for this market segment. The GTX 760 starts at a pleasantly surprising US $249.99, available starting today. Factory-overclocked 2 GB cards should be priced up to $300, while 4 GB variants should exceed it.
TechPowerUp reviewed the following GeForce GTX 760 graphics cards for you today:



NVIDIA GTX 760 (reference design) | ASUS GTX 760 DirectCU II OC | EVGA GTX 760 SC with ACX | GIGABYTE GTX 760 WindForce OC | MSI GTX 760 GAMING | Palit GTX 760 JetStream

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(PR) Antec Announces VP F Series Power Supplies
Antec, the global leader in high-performance computer components and accessories for the gaming, PC upgrade and Do-It-Yourself markets, today released a new power supply for the European market. The new VP550F is Antec's all-round entry level model; for end users and system integrators looking for an affordable solution; which is built upon a durable and efficient platform.



VP550F is 80 PLUS certified with up to 87% max efficiency and a whisper-quiet 12cm fan and equipped with heavy-duty capacitors. "I expect VP F not only to succeed among end users, but also integrators who need not only 80 PLUS certification, but the reliability of a series minimizing their after sales & support costs.", says Jerome Francois, "Our 230V input VP P series is known for exactly that kind of affordability and one of the lowest RMA rates in the industry, VP F will offer the same to our customers."


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(PR) PNY Launches the F3 Attaché Flash Drive
PNY Technologies ("PNY) considered one of the worldwide leader in Flash products and consumer electronics market, has launched its newest high speed USB3.0 flash drive that will set the roads on fire. The aptly named F3 Attaché is meaning Fast USB3.0 and to emphasis its high speed attribute. It is very tiny and can easily be carried in your pocket. Its good looks make it an ideal collectible gadget or gift item. The drive is encased in a black polymer enclosure (representing the engine or bonnet) with a yellow cap (representing the passenger compartment) to protect the plug. The cap has a keyhole to attach the bundled lanyard so that the drive can be attached to a purse, keychain, or belt and prevent it from getting lost.


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(PR) Scythe Mugen 4 CPU Cooler Generally Available
Japanese cooling expert Scythe, known for its excellent cooling solutions and PC accessories, is hereby introducing the successor of the very popular Mugen 3 CPU cooler. Mugen 4 brings a brand new tower-style fin structure design, an optimized heatsink as well as a greatly improved and simplified mounting mechanism.



Scythe engineers improved the Mugen 3 design with special focus on more compact heatsink dimensions combined with better performance, in order to elevate the Mugen to the next level. Outcome is a high-end CPU cooler with the compact dimensions of 130 x 88 x 156,45 mm (W x H x D) and the weight of 625 grams, allowing the Mugen 4 to be installed in virtually every computer. Although the heatsink size and weight have been reduced, the performance could be further boosted compared to the predecessor. This was achieved thanks to the newly developed T-M.A.P.S. (Three-dimensional Multiple Airflow Pass-Through Structure) fin structure, which increases the airflow inside the cooling heatsink, allowing immensely improved performance.


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(PR) Genius Introduces Speed Wheel 6 MT Gaming Racing Wheel
Genius is pleased to announce the release of the Speed Wheel 6 MT. Compatible with PC and PS3, the Speed Wheel 6 MT with 11" gaming wheel, manual transmission and foot pedals brings a realistic driving experience to simulated racing. Powerful force feedback brings a new dimension to racing games. Feel the traction of the tires on the road, the vibration of the engine, the shifting of gears. The feeling of connection to the car lets gamers experience racing games to their fullest - as well as improves lap times.



All the PS3 buttons are present on the Speed Wheel 6 MT including directional pad, so you will be able to play your games to the fullest. For PC gamers, all buttons on the wheel can be bound in-game to desired functions. The steering wheel and foot pedals of the Speed Wheel 6 MT are slip-resistant for optimal performance in grueling endurance races. The two c-clamps can adjust to fit a wide variety of tables and desks. One c-clamp on each side ensures a sturdy and solid connection that won't rattle or budge. The driving wheel of the Speed Wheel 6 MT features a racy red and black design, while the rear of the racing wheel resembles a tire and shiny rim.


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Intel Core i7-4960X De-Lidded
Coolaler.com community member "Toppc" scored an engineering sample of Intel's upcoming Core i7-4960X "Ivy Bridge-E" socket LGA2011 processor, and wasted no time in taking a peek inside its integrated heatspreader (IHS). Beneath the adhesive layer that holds the IHS to the package, which could be fairly easily cut through, "Toppc" discovered that Intel is using a strong epoxy/solder to fuse the processor's die to the IHS, and not a thermal paste, like on Core i7-3770K. Solders tend to have better conductivity than pastes, but make it extremely difficult to de-lid the processors, not to mention potentially disastrous. In the process of delidding this chip, "Toppc" appears to have knocked out a few components around the die. Unless you're good at precision soldering, something like that would be a fatal blow to your $1000 investment.




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