AMD Radeon R9 290 Video Card Review
It is time now to look at AMD's Radeon R9 290. This lower-cost R9 290 series video card packs a punch, not only in performance, but also in price. Watch it compete with the GeForce GTX 780, and win while being priced lower. This is the value you have been waiting for with gaming performance.
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iPad Air Gets Dropped, Dunked and Shot
Our buddy Richard over at RatedRR shot the hell out of an iPad Air after performing a few drop tests on it first. As always, everything was recorded with a slow-motion camera.
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[H]ardware Round-Up II
Cases: Fractal Design DEFINE XL R2 @ Missing Remote
Lian Li PC-Q30 Aluminium Mini ITX @ eTeknix
Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full-Tower Case @ ThinkComputers
Cooling: Thermaltake Frio Extreme CPU Cooler @ NikKTech
ETC.: ASUS Xonar U7 @ Vortez
Gigabyte Force K7 Keyboard @ APH Networks
Video: AMD R9 290X Hawaii: The Configurable GPU? @ PCPer
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Team #33 On The Verge Of Biggest Milestone In Folding History
Team #33 (aka The [H]orde) is on the edge of making folding history. In just 35 days, the number one folding team on the planet is set to do the impossible...overtake the Folding@Home "default" team. I know some of you may not be actively folding right now but, it would be great to have as many people as possible on board when we hit this milestone. Want to join Team #33, you can find all the info right here.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the [H]orde around the world, we collectively stand on the precipice of history. As the number one folding team on the planet, we are poised to do what no one thought would ever happen, or was even possible. In less than three short months, the mighty [H]orde could be the first team ever to overtake Default. Now there are others nipping at the [H]orde's heels, but no one could ever take away us doing it first. So let's make this Christmas [H]ard to forget by defeating Default!
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Noctua NH-L9i Low Profile Heatsink
FrostyTech says the Noctua NH-L9i low profile heatsink is perfect for projects with extremely tight space constraints. If you are working on a small form factor system or HTPC, you might want to check out this review.
Noctua's low profile NH-L9i heatsink stands 36mm tall so it will fit into the smallest of small form factor chassis. The NH-L9i is designed to cool Intel socket LGA115x (1155/1156/1150) processors only, which is a departure from the one-size-fits-all approach we're used to from heatsink manufacturers.
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Google's Eric Schmidt Lambasts NSA Over Spying
Google, the number two collector of personal data on the planet is speaking out against the number one collector of personal data on the planet.
It's really outrageous that the National Security Agency was looking between the Google data centers, if that's true. The steps that the organization was willing to do without good judgment to pursue its mission and potentially violate people's privacy, it's not OK," Mr. Schmidt told The Wall Street Journal in an interview.
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Anonymous Plans a Million Mask March
I guess we all know where the FBI will be tomorrow. As far as the march goes, I predict a crowd in the hundreds turning out for the million mask march.
Tomorrow is Anonymous's Million Mask March. It's designed as a global series of multi-city demonstrations, although it's not clear what's being demonstrated. Here's the one-line description of the event: "Anonymous, WikiLeaks, The Pirate Party, Occupy and Oath Keepers Unite Marchers, Occupiers, Whistleblowers and Hacktivists."
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Bungie Talks Lack of PC Destiny Plans
I could have sworn that one of the biggest benefits of the upcoming generation of consoles was that game development would be easier across all platforms. Instead we're just seeing PC gamers getting shafted again.
While Osborne wouldn't be heavily drawn into talking about a PC version of the upcoming shooter, he reiterated what we've heard from him before: it's a possibility, but don't expect it any time soon. "It's a huge challenge to ship four platforms and a massive opportunity to reach a new audience," he said. "We know there are a lot of people out there asking for PC and we know that there are a lot of gamers that would willingly give us money, but what we have to do is make sure we're focused enough to bring a good experience to any platform that we ship on. What we 100 percent are not going to do is spread ourselves so thin that it negatively harms the other platforms. So right now we have the four platforms, which is a lot to focus on."
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Netflix Starts Streaming 4K Content
The good news: Netflix is streaming 4K content. The bad news: Currently the only thing you can watch is eight minutes of standard test footage of people riding bikes.
From Monday, US subscribers to the video streaming platform who have already made the sizable financial investment that a 4K UHDTV demands will be able to watch the eight-minute film in its full resolution. It is available in six different frame-per-second formats -- 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50 and a data-allowance-busting 59.94 frames per second. But don't get too excited: the video is made up of standard test footage scenes such as market stalls and people riding bikes albeit at an incredibly high definition.
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BitFenix Ronin Mid-Tower Case
If you are in need of a new mid-tower case, Legit Reviews says the BitFenix Ronin might be just what you are looking for.
BitFenix is a fairly new name to the enthusiast case market, however their cases have been getting a lot of attention as providing great cases for budget builders. Their main focus is on building high quality enthusiast grade cases, offering a multitude of features while keeping the price down.
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[H]ot Deals
Today's [H]ot Deals forum thread is full of exclusive deals just for [H] readers. The best part is, all of these deals come with free shipping! The coupon codes for the items listed below won't last forever and are limited to stock on hand so you'd better get in on these deals while the getting is good.
AMD A-Series APU A6-6400K 4.1GHz PSU = $69.99 + Free Shipping
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB SATA III SSD = $79.99 + Free Shipping
PNY GEFORCE GTX 770 4GB OC2 Video Card = $409.99 + Free Shipping
ADATA Premier Series 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory = $29.99 + Free Shipping
Thermaltake TR2 600W Cable Mangement Power Supply = $24.99 + Free Shipping
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Gaming [H]eadlines
Battlefield 4 Known Issues @ Blue's News
CoD Makers Explain Xbox One 720p @ Kotaku
Live-Action Dead Island Trailer Remake @ Joystiq
Valve: No Exclusive Games For SteamOS @ Shacknews
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Oxide's Nitrous Engine to Support AMD's Mantle
Oxide Games announced today that its recently revealed 3D engine, Nitrous, supports AMD's Mantle technology. Nitrous, designed specifically for the hardware now common in PCs as well as the Sony PlayStation® 4™ and Microsoft's Xbox® One™, is capable of simulating and rendering large-scale, complex scenes thanks to its 64-bit architecture and fully concurrent multi-core processing. Those visuals are even better on Mantle-enabled hardware like AMD's Radeon™ R9, R7, and HD 7000 Series graphics cards.
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The Worst Things About Working At Google
The worst things about working at Google? I thought that place was full of fairy dust and served unicorn meet in the cafeteria. According to employees of the company, that isn't always the case.
The worst part of working at Google, for many people, is that they're overqualified for their job. Google has a very high hiring bar due to the strength of the brand name, the pay & perks, and the very positive work culture. As a result, they have their pick of bright candidates, even for the most low-level roles.
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Western Digital Adds Helium To Its Hard Drives
Aside from making 6TB drives possible, I wonder if the Helium makes Western Digital's new hard drives give off a goofy high pitched whine now?
All that drag from the air limits the number of disk platters that can be stacked inside a single drive. Right now, the standard calls for five platters inside a one-inch-high drive enclosure. Building a sealed drive that's packed with helium eliminates that drag, and thus allowed for platters to be packed inside the enclosure more tightly. Where you once could fit only five platters, you can now fit seven. That means more storage capacity per drive. The first drive out of the chute has a capacity of six terabytes, versus four for conventional drives.
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AMD Revolutionary Mantle Tech Adopted by Industry Leading Developers
AMD today announced three new game developer partnerships for Mantle, its highly acclaimed, groundbreaking graphics API. Cloud Imperium Games (Star Citizen), Eidos-Montréal(TM), a part of the Square Enix(R) Group, and Oxide Games are the latest game developers to join AMD in optimizing the way PC games are developed to extract maximum performance from a modern graphics architecture that spans desktop PCs, notebooks and consumer devices like tablets.
Thanks to long time [H] forum member "jww20" for the heads up.
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AMD Radeon R9 290X CrossFire Video Card Review
Move aside TITAN SLI, Radeon R9 290X CrossFire just took over as the fastest 2-way video card performance in gaming across the board, period. For the price of one TITAN Radeon R9 290X CrossFire provides the most impressive performance we've seen to date, and beats not just one, but two TITANs.
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Seasonic G-Series: G-750 Power Supply Review
Seasonic is a long-time favorite computer power supply builder of almost all editors here at HardOCP. Seasonic builds some of the quietest, most reliable, and well liked PSUs on the planet. Today we see how its modular 750 watt G Series rounds out the top of that product line.
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MSI R9 280X GAMING Video Card Review
On our test bench today is the new MSI R9 280X GAMING series video card. Equipped with the Twin Frozr IV cooling system and high end components, we hope to see low temperatures, high performance, and solid overclocking. We will also take a look at its performance compared an overclocked GeForce GTX 770 and GeForce GTX 760.
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AMD Radeon R9 290X Video Card Review
AMD is launching the Radeon R9 290X today. The R9 290X represents AMD's fastest single-GPU video card ever produced. It is priced to be less expensive than the GeForce GTX 780, but packs a punch on the level of GTX TITAN. We look at performance, the two BIOS mode options, and even some 4K gaming.
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be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 LGA 1150 CPU Air Cooler
CPU air cooling and huge cooler sizes have become synonymous. One thing that is not synonymous with high end air cooling are muted sound profiles. be quiet! looks to remedy this issue with its Dark Rock Pro 2 CPU air cooler that sports a tremendous 220 watt cooling capacity all in that be quiet! package.
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ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC Video Card Review
If you are in the market for a new video card with a budget around $250 you have two deals to chose between. The ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC, or the Radeon HD 7950 Boost. Which one will really give you the best gameplay experience for that $250, we pit the two together, overclocking comparisons from both included.
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Thermaltake Urban S31 Mid-Tower Case Review
Thermaltake sets its sights on a part of the market that is looking for an excellent enthusiast case with a look that is not over the top, but rather more refined and sleek. Along with that Thermaltake promises "extreme silent performance" and "advanced ventilation" along with a helping of space for those water cooling users.
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MSI Z87 MPower LGA 1150 Motherboard Review
The "M" series motherboards from MSI have gained a lot of recognition recently being an upper quality not-so-high-priced motherboard for the computer hardware enthusiast. However while MSI brings us some of the best hardware you'll find on the current market seemingly goes a bit off course with firmware and software.
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ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II TOP Overclocking Review
We take the new ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II TOP video card and find out how high it will overclock with GPU Tweak and voltage modification. We will compare performance to an overclocked GeForce GTX 770 and find out which card comes out on top when pushed to its overclocking limits.
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Battlefield 4 Beta Performance Preview
Electronic Arts has opened a public beta of the upcoming Battlefield 4 game debuting the new Frostbite 3 game engine. Today we will preview some gameplay performance in BF4 Beta on an AMD Radeon R9 280X and GeForce GTX 770 and see how the game will challenge today's GPU's. The results are not quite what we expected.
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AMD Radeon R9 and R7 Series Re-branding Introduction
AMD is announcing a new re-branding structure for its video cards. The AMD Radeon R9 and R7 series will make up AMDs new video cards moving forward. Most are re-brands of current series GPUs, but two will be next generation. We will discuss each model announced with specifications and comparison.
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Scythe Grand Kama Cross 2 CPU Air Cooled Heatsink
Many times in the world of CPU cooling, heatsinks look much the same from one to the next. The Grand Kama Cross 2 caught our eye due to its very unique design and we wanted to see if there was more to it than just aesthetics. The design is somewhat reminiscent of V type engine, but let's see if it has any horsepower to back it up.
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ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II TOP Video Card Review
We evaluate the new ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II TOP video card and compare it to GeForce GTX 770 and Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition. We will find out which video card provides the best value and performance in the $300 price segment. Does it provide better performance a than its "competition" in the ~$400 price range?
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ARMA III Video Card Performance and IQ Review
ARMA III is our focus point for today. It features a large open world environment designed on a massive continent measuring 270 square kilometers. To go along side this massive continent is a max visibility range of 20km. Combine this with ARMA III's impressive looking graphics and we have a game that demands performance.
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