FX-9590 now available in retail kit, at massive discount
Remember the FX-9590? AMD introduced the hot-clocked Vishera chip in June and loudly touted its 5GHz Turbo frequency. The 220W flagship was supposed to be reserved for pre-assembled systems from boutique builders. However, it soon popped up for sale as a bare processor—and with a whopping $920 price tag. By August, the FX-9590 was selling on its own at several vendors, including Newegg, which had the chip listed for $880.
So, what about now? Funny story. The FX-9590 is down to $350 at Newegg. That's for the bare chip, but there's also ...
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Maingear taking pre-orders for Radeon R9 290X-powered PCs
The Radeon R9 290X is now available pre-order—inside Maingear's latest PCs, that is. The system builder has introduced two machines, the Shift and F131, that couple AMD FX-series processors with AMD's upcoming top-of-the-line graphics card. Both systems feature Battlefield 4-themed artwork and ship with a free copy of the game, too.
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Microsoft preps native Remote Desktop apps for Android, iOS
There's already a wealth of a Remote Desktop clients out for iOS and Android. But later this month, Microsoft will introduce official Remote Desktop clients for both mobile operating systems. The company snuck the announcement into a press release about "enterprise cloud solutions," which reads in part:
The folks at Engadget were able to glean more details . Quoting Microsoft's Michel Roth, they say the upcoming Remote Desktop apps will support iOS ...
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Double-wide Lian Li tower courts high-end builds
As much as I agree with Cyril's belief that most desktops would be better served by smaller form factors, I have a soft spot for monster chassis and the gloriously excessive builds they tend to encourage. Lian Li's new PC-D600 looks like a pretty good example of the breed. This double-wide design accepts Extended ATX motherboards on one side and a stack of hard drives on the other. As the promo video reveals, there's loads of room for fans and liquid cooling radiators.
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High-PPI displays, new Intel chips collide in waterproof Fujitsu convertibles
Fujitsu announced a slew of mobile systems on Tuesday, including the high-PPI ultrabook Cyril wrote about. I'm more interested in Transformer-style convertibles, so another system caught my eye. The Stylistic Q584 combines a Bay Trail Atom Z3770 SoC with a 10.1", 2560x1600 IPS display. The CPU can be paired with up to 4GB of RAM and either 64GB or 128GB of flash storage, while the touchscreen supports both capacitive multitouch and digitizer-based stylus input.
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New Thief trailer includes gameplay, shy dubstep
We got a glimpse at the gameplay of Eidos Montreal's Thief reboot this summer, but now, the studio has put out a slickly produced trailer that reveals much more of the game. The three-minute video is up on YouTube, and you can also watch it below:
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AMD's Mantle and TrueAudio explained
In the wake of our Radeon R9 260X and 270X/280X reviews today, some of you have been asking questions about the new technologies that AMD announced in conjunction with these cards, like the Mantle API and TrueAudio.
I have to admit, I haven't yet found time to offer a ...
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Enter here to win a Leap motion controller
The Leap Motion controller is now selling at Newegg. To celebrate the controller's arrival, Newegg is waving its hands in the air like it just doesn't care. The online retailer has also supplied us with one of the Leap units to give away.
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Fujitsu's thin 14'' ultrabook has a 3820x1800 touch screen
Notebooks with uber-high-PPI displays seem to be multiplying lately. Just last week, Dell announced several of them; today, Liliputing reports that Fujitsu also has one up its sleeve.
The Fujitsu Lifebook U904, as it's called, features a 14" IGZO panel with a whopping 3200x1800 resolution. It looks ...
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Five-minute video shows BioShock Infinite: Buried at Sea
Irrational Games is working on a BioShock Infinite expansion that resurrects the original BioShock's underwater city. The first part of the DLC is coming later this year, and a video of the first five minutes has popped up on YouTube. You can watch it below.
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Watch Dogs system requirements call for 64-bit OS, 6GB of RAM
If you want to play Watch Dogs on the PC, you're apparently going to need a pretty beefy rig. Minimum system requirements posted on Uplay suggest that the game will need a 64-bit OS and at least 6GB of RAM. PC Gamer published the requirements along with some instructions on how to get to them, but it looks like I'm restricted to a Canadian version of the Uplay site that hasn't been updated. Anyway, here's the damage:
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HP's $279.99 Chromebook 11 has IPS display, ARM inside
There's a new Chromebook in town—or, at least, there's a new one on the way. HP has introduced the Chromebook 11, a $279.99 laptop with an 11" IPS display and an ARM-powered system-on-a-chip. The system doesn't seem to be available just yet, but it's listed for pre-order at Amazon.
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Leaked slide details Radeon R9 290X specs, R9 290 variant
Reviews of AMD's first Radeon R7 and R9 graphics cards hit the web overnight, but we're still waiting for the big daddy. The R9 290X revealed during AMD's recent GPU press event was the only new Radeon shown based on the next-gen Hawaii graphics chip. Early listings suggest BF4 editions of the 290X will be priced in the $700-800 range, and a fresh leak indicates that a less expensive variant may be in the, ahem, cards. A presentation slide posted on Hermitage Akihabara details specifications for not only the Radeon R9 290X, but also a cut-down R9 290 model with fewer shader ALUs and a lower peak clock speed.
According to the leaked specs, the R9 290X will have 2816 shader ALUs clocked at "up to 1GHz." The R9 290X will supposedly trim the ALU count to 2560 and ...
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Tuesday Shortbread
Eight is Enough
- Microsoft's new mission statement: No more
computer on every desk - All About Microsoft
- Hardware.Info, HotHardware, PCPer on AMD's Radeon R9 series cards
- Hardware Canucks review AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB
- Hardware Heaven reviews Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCU II TOP
- techPowerUp! reviews MSI R9 280X
Gaming and AMD Radeon R9 270X
- KitGuru reviews Sapphire R9 280X and AMD R9 270X & R7 260X
- Hardware Canucks and TechSpot review
AMD Radeon R9 270X and R7 260X
- TweakTown reviews AMD Radeon R7 260X 2GB
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The TR Podcast 143: Steamy news from Hawaii
Date: October 8, 2013
Duration: 1:29:38
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