(PR) Philips Unveils New, 23-Inch Miracast Display
MMD, the leading technology company and brand license partner for Philips Monitors, announces the brand-new 239C4QHWAB 23-inch Philips Miracast display with connectivity based on the Miracast standard, enabling users to stream mobile content wirelessly from their Android devices - and enjoy an immersive multimedia experience with vibrant colour, brilliant resolution and full HD quality.
From handheld to big screen - entertainment the Miracast way
Nowadays households have a range of small-screen devices - and it's natural for people to want to share content from their smartphones and tablets with friends and family by streaming videos and photos to a larger screen in the home. With support for the Miracast standard, the 23-inch Philips Miracast display can mirror content from other Miracast-certified Android smartphones and tablets, enabling people to share a real-time high-definition multimedia experience.
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NVIDIA Outlines Support Plans for its DirectX 10 Generation GPUs
With its next-generation "Maxwell" GPUs on the horizon, NVIDIA is preparing plans to gradually retire the GeForce 8 series, 9 series, and 200 series from its mainline driver support model. The GPUs make up NVIDIA's DirectX 10 generation, and include some iconic models, such as the 8800 GTX, the 8800 GT, the 9600 GT, and the GTX 260. The upcoming GeForce Release 340 driver will be the last to support these GPU series alongside its newer DirectX 11 generations, such as "Fermi," "Kepler," and "Maxwell." The driver that succeeds it, R343, will drop support for the older DirectX 10 generation.
With the R340 release, the DirectX 10 generation will be market "legacy." The lot will see continued support under R340 till April 2016. Whenever there's a glaring bug or security hole to address for the older GPUs, NVIDIA may ship out an R340 version (340.xx), but the GPUs will not get planned driver updates, unlike the "current" DirectX 11 generation. Support cycles are hence different from production cycle. A GeForce GTX 480, for example, may be "EOL" (end of life) in terms of its production cycle, but is still "current" in terms of its support cycle.
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AMD "Hawaii" Based Dual-GPU Graphics Card Around the Corner?
AMD started sending editors / VGA reviewers of some leading tech websites envelopes labeled "Top Secret." In it, are Polaroid-sized photos of the editors. In each photo, there are two pictures of the same editor, with a cryptic handwritten note that reads "Wouldn't you agree that two is better than one?" Two such pictures are posted below, by our friends from AnandTech and PC Perspective. This stunt is leading some to believe that AMD is ready with a dual-GPU graphics card based on its "Hawaii" silicon, given that it began guerrilla-marketing it.
Given how power-hungry a single-GPU Radeon R9 290X is, the only way AMD can build a dual-GPU card that doesn't outdo your hairdryer in power consumption (and possibly noise), is by toning each GPU down in specifications. The "Hawaii" silicon could either be configured similar to the R9 290 (i.e. 2,560 SPs, 160 TMUs), with lower clock speeds; or tone it down even further, by disabling more GCN compute units. There's also the option of narrowing down the memory bus and ROP count.
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(PR) SanDisk Files Lawsuit Against SK Hynix for Theft of Trade Secrets
SanDisk Corporation, a global leader in flash storage solutions, today announced that it has filed a civil lawsuit against Korea's SK Hynix, Inc., SK Hynix America and related entities in Santa Clara Superior Court. The lawsuit seeks damages, an injunction and other remedies against Hynix for trade secret misappropriation under California's Uniform Trade Secret Act. Additionally, SanDisk has submitted a criminal complaint with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department against a former employee.
These actions relate to the theft of trade secrets related to NAND flash technology by a former engineer of SanDisk who left the company in 2008 to work for SK Hynix. This engineer is alleged to have illegally taken SanDisk's proprietary technical information and to have subsequently provided it to SK Hynix. Tokyo Metropolitan Police today announced the arrest of the former employee, who worked at SanDisk's joint venture manufacturing facility in Yokkaichi, Japan. SanDisk has been and continues to cooperate with law enforcement in their investigation.
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(PR) ASUS Announces AM1M-A and AM1I-A Motherboards
ASUS today announced AM1M-A and AM1I-A, two exciting new motherboards that support the latest AMD AM1-socketed SoC (system-on-a-chip) Athlon and Sempron series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs).
These revolutionary APUs with AMD R Series graphics combine high processing power, advanced Microsoft DirectX 11.1 graphics, and Fusion controller hubs (FCHs) in one small, efficient package - improving performance by over 50% compared to the previous ('Brazos 2.0') generation of AMD APUs.
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(PR) ASUS Announces the Essence STX II and Essence STX II 7.1 Sound Cards
ASUS today announced Essence STX II and Essence STX II 7.1, two new Hi-Fi-grade sound cards designed to delight audiophiles with 124 dB signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) clarity and a 600 ohm-headphone amplifier.
Essence STX II and STX II 7.1 build on the success and huge popularity of ASUS Essence STX - the world's first consumer sound card to deliver 124 db SNR audio clarity plus 600 ohm headphone amp, and the long-term holder of the number-one position in Head-Fi's Sound Cards charts, as voted by highly-satisfied users globally.
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(PR) Transcend Releases DDR3 RDIMM Modules for Apple Mac Pro
Transcend Information, Inc., a worldwide leader in storage and multimedia products, is proud to announce its launch of 16 GB and 32 GB DDR3 Registered DIMM (RDIMM) modules aimed at maximizing memory in Apple Mac Pro 2013 systems. With four user-upgradeable memory slots available, Transcend's latest high-performance DDR3 RDIMMs can boost Mac Pro 2013 Intel Xeon E5 3.5 GHz 6-Core, 3.0 GHz 8-Core, and 2.7 GHz 12-Core models to 64 GB, 96 GB, and even 128 GB total memory capacity.
"The new Mac Pro 2013 is advertised to support up to 64 GB of memory, and we understand that pro users running applications that place high demands on RAM have a need to meet and most likely exceed this threshold," said Angus Wu, Director of Research and Development at Transcend. "For this reason, we have developed and fully tested higher density modules to give users the option of raising their Mac Pro system memory to the advertised 64 GB right up to 128 GB."
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(PR) Western Digital Introduces the My Passport AV-TV USB 3.0 Drive
WD, a Western Digital company, and world leader in storage solutions for the connected life, today introduced My Passport AV-TV, a high-performance, compact media drive designed to simplify storage and playback of hundreds of hours of TV entertainment by connecting the My Passport AV-TV to TV's with a USB recording feature.
The My Passport AV-TV offers plug-and-play simplicity for easy integration and is available in 500 GB and 1 TB capacities. My Passport AV-TV is engineered for AV applications with high-speed error recovery and continuous streaming command support, providing accurate recording and smooth video playback of recorded content. Additionally, My Passport AV-TV uses less power and stays cool - even in a hot entertainment center full of electronic devices.
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(PR) Toshiba Sues SK Hynix
Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has brought a civil suit against Korea's SK Hynix Inc. at the Tokyo District Court, under Japan's Unfair Competition Prevention Act. The suit seeks damages for the wrongful acquisition and use of Toshiba's proprietary technical information related to NAND flash memory, which Toshiba pioneered in 1987 and now jointly develops and produces with SanDisk Corporation of the U.S.
Toshiba filed the suit on learning that a former employee of SK Hynix has been arrested in Japan for alleged criminal infringement of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act. The employee formerly worked for SanDisk in a NAND flash memory development project conducted in partnership with Toshiba at Yokkaichi Operations, Toshiba's flash memory technology development and mass production base in Mie prefecture, Japan. The employee is alleged to have illegally taken Toshiba's proprietary technical information in 2008, and to have subsequently provided it to SK Hynix.
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Valve Runs a Direct3D to OpenGL Translation Layer
Digging through the source code tree of Dota 2, developers discovered Valve's latest creation, ToGL. Simply put, it's a Direct3D to OpenGL translation layer, which works to reduce duplication of effort in developing games for multiple platforms (such as Windows, Linux, and OS X). The software can translate Direct3D calls to their OpenGL analogues. So far, it can translate only certain kinds of calls within the Direct3D 9.0c API, which should fit Valve's needs adequately. It features a bytecode-level HLSL to GLSL shader language translator. It features only a limited shader model 3.0 support. ToGL is currently being provided by Valve as-is on GitHub, and is unsupported. Developers are free to incorporate it into their projects, and make modifications to it.
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Sapphire Readies Radeon R9 290X with 8 GB Memory
Here it is, the first consumer (non-professional) graphics card with a staggering 8,192 MB (8 GB) of video memory. Sapphire is giving final touches to the Radeon R9 290X Toxic, which features 8 GB of memory across the GPU's 512-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface. In addition to that, the card is said to feature a massive factory-overclock, which could give it a shot at the performance crown from NVIDIA's GTX TITAN Black. The card features a large vapor-chamber equipped cooling solution in sexy black + yellow. The Toxic isn't going to be Sapphire's only R9 290X cards with 8 GB memory. There's also the R9 290X Vapor-X 8 GB, which goes easy on the factory-overclock, and probably OC headroom, but features the same cooling solution as the one on the Toxic, albeit with a different color scheme. Sapphire could launch the two on the backdrop of GDC.
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Crytek to Unveil CryEngine 3 for Linux at GDC'14
Linux fans could soon cross the biggest checkbox on their lists, which reads "can it run Crysis?" Game developer Crytek is poised to reveal a variant of CryEngine 3 with native support for Linux, at GDC 2014, slated for next week. The move should pave the way for Linux (catalyzed by Steam OS) ports of games such as Crysis 3 and Nexuiz. It remains to be seen how its publisher EA handles the development.
While Nexuiz developer IllFonic won't have problems distributing their game over Steam, perhaps even with SteamPlay support, Crytek has to deal with EA. Crysis 3 is distributed over EA's Origin platform, and the publisher has no concrete plans for an Origin client for Linux. So what's the big hurry in porting CryEngine 3 to Linux? Perhaps Crytek's other, non-gaming clients hold the answer. CryEngine 3 powers "serious games," military combat simulators, civil aviation simulators, etc. Of these, the military would want to run simulators on open-source operating systems (so it could scrutinize the code). It could hence help Crytek to have a Linux version of CryEngine 3.
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(PR) Puget Systems Launches New Laptops with NVIDIA 800M Graphics
Puget Systems is excited to announce the launch of four new models of our Traverse laptops, which include the new NVIDIA 800M series graphics. These graphics cards bring higher performance, greater efficiency, and new features such as Battery Boost. That balances performance and power consumption by assessing characteristics of the load your laptop is under and adjusting performance on the fly. As a result these new NVIDIA GPUs are 15-60% faster than the previous generation.
Our Traverse V Series features an NVIDIA GTX 860M video card, making it an excellent general purpose laptop. When not under load the dedicated GPU is disabled via NVIDIA Optimus technology, allowing the integrated Intel graphics to take over. This provides lower power draw, longer battery life, and quieter operation. When that video power is needed, the NVIDIA graphics enable and seamlessly take over.
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(PR) Origin PC Launches EON Laptops with GeForce GTX 800M Series Graphics
ORIGIN PC announced today the availability of their latest award-winning EON13-S, EON15-S, EON17-S and EON17-SLX high-performance laptops with NVIDIA's new GeForce GTX 800M series graphics cards for gamers, artists, professionals and enthusiasts. With breakthrough features including the all-new GeForce Battery Boost capable of delivering up to 2x longer gaming when running on battery and up to a 50% increase in GPU performance than its predecessor, the new ORIGIN PC EON laptops with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 800M series graphics cards will forever change notebook gaming. Also featuring support for NVIDIA's latest SHADOWPLAY, GAMESTREAM, and NVIDIA SHIELD technologies, users can now capture, share and stream their best gaming moments on the go.
Thanks to the power of the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M graphics card, the ORIGIN PC EON13-S high-performance laptop will feature an IPS display capable of supporting stunning optional resolutions up to 3200 x 1800 coming soon for an unprecedented mobile gaming experience! Customize and order your new ORIGIN PC EON laptop with an 800M series graphics card today and you can also receive FREE game copies of the highly anticipated PC titles: TITANFALL and DAYLIGHT; plus up to $150 Worth of "In-Game" credit for Warface, Path of Exile, and Heroes of Newerth while supplies last and for a limited time only.
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(PR) AVADirect Now Offers NVIDIA GTX 800M Graphics Cards In Updated Clevo Notebooks
Today AVADirect, a leading provider of custom notebook solutions, is one of the few to first offer the latest mobile NVIDIA GeForce GTX 800M series graphics cards.
With every year that passes, a new mobile generation of NVIDIA graphics is released to provide the most cutting-edge, power efficient, and improved technologies to drive today's mobile platforms. This year, NVIDIA has the resources to release the NVIDIA GeForce 800M graphics processing units. As usual, the release of NVIDIA's latest graphics platform offers improved specifications to leave enthusiasts salivating for the moment they can experience NVIDIA's exciting new technology. Clevo is the perfect manufacturer to help facilitate NVIDIA's newest graphics interface, satisfying enthusiasts and gamers alike.
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(PR) Eurocom Bringing GeForce GTX 880M to Its Line of High Performance Gaming Laptops
Eurocom is shipping the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M in single and SLI (Dual) configuration in the line of fully configurable, VGA upgradeable, high performance gaming laptops.
The addition of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M, the highest performance mobile solution from NVIDIA, gives Eurocom customers an even greater choice of GPUs to power their gaming laptop with a graphics card to fit every performance level.
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(PR) CYBERPOWERPC Debuts FANGbook EVO HX7 Notebooks
CyberPower Inc., a global manufacturer of custom gaming PCs, gaming laptops, and performance workstations, today unleashed its FANGbook EVO HX7 line of high performance gaming notebooks. The FANGbook EVO HX7 series features next-generation NVIDIA GeForce GTX 800M series graphics cards and 4th Generation Intel Core i7 mobile processors.
The new notebook will be offered as four base models, from HX7-100 to HX7-400, with a starting price of $1499. Packed into a sleek chassis that offers excellent cooling, each model delivers the power and performance to decimate, dominate, and annihilate every foe for hours on end.
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(PR) NVIDIA Springs Ahead with New GeForce Game Bundles
Tired of shoveling snow? Want to beat the winter blahs? How about ushering in the start of spring with two new exciting game bundles from NVIDIA? Starting today, gamers who purchase select NVIDIA GeForce GTX desktop GPUs and GeForce GTX-powered notebooks can take advantage of two new bundle offerings, a redeemable code for DAYLIGHT or $150 of in-game currency for Heroes of Newerth, Path of Exile, and Warface.
DAYLIGHT, a procedurally-generated psychological thriller from Zombie Studios, is also the world's first game built on Unreal Engine 4. Featuring NVIDIA PhysX technology for an interactive, immersive nightmare, DAYLIGHT will scare the pants off you as you explore an abandoned hospital with only your cell phone for illumination. Purchasers of GeForce GTX TITAN graphics cards, as well as GTX 780 Ti, 780, 770, 760, 690, 680, 670, 660 Ti and 660, will receive a redemption code for DAYLIGHT, which will be activated on April 11, 2014, the day the game launches.
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(PR) LEPA Releases MaxPlatinum Power Supply Series
LEPA, one of the world's best high wattage PSU manufacturers is now introducing the new flagship series, the MaxPlatinum, as the triumphant successor of its well known G1600 PSU which was chosen to build MaximumPC Dream Machine 2013.
MaxPlatinum comes with P1050-MA, P1375-MA, and P1700-MA-EU, with a rated power of 1050/1375/1700 watt respectively. The 1050W and 1375W models are 80 PLUS Platinum certified and entire series provides up to 93% efficiency. MaxPlatinum is the impeccable PSU designed for extreme system; e.g. capable of supporting 4 extreme graphic card workstation or multi-ASIC Bitcoin/Litecoin mining rigs, which requires huge power, but consumes less electricity.
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(PR) ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces Exciting New G750 Gaming Notebooks
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the G750JZ, G750JM and G750JS, new additions to its highly acclaimed range of G-Series high-performance gamer-centric notebooks.
The latest G750 models feature a 4th-generation Intel Core i7-4700 processor and the brand-new enthusiast-level NVIDIA GeForce GTX 800M Series GPUs, and include exclusive ASUS TurboMaster GPU-overclocking technology to deliver desktop-grade gaming performance. With its awesome looks and components that are designed from start to finish with the needs of serious gamers in mind, G750 sets the standard for amazing portable gaming performance.
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(PR) MSI Unleashes New GT Dominator and GE Apache Gaming Notebooks
MSI Computer Corp, a leading manufacturer of computer hardware products and solutions, announces the immediate availability of the devastatingly powerful GT Dominator and performance driven GE Apache gaming notebooks.
MSI's new GT Dominator and GE Apache lineups are now equipped with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 800M Series Graphics, 4th Gen Intel Core i7 processor, Killer Gaming Networking, SteelSeries gaming backlit keyboard with customization engine, Sound Blaster Cinema, Dynaudio Technology and XSplit Gamecaster. Available in 17-inch and 16-inch, the GT Dominator and GE Apache offers both professional and amateur gamers unmatched mobile gaming performance.
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(PR) Digital Storm Unveils the VANQUISH II Gaming PC
Digital Storm is excited to unveil the new VANQUISH II, a gaming PC built to play the most demanding games with maximum detail, speed, and power without breaking the bank.
"Starting at just $699, VANQUISH II delivers an incredible value with the ability to play the most graphic intensive games at max settings," said Rajeev Kuruppu, Digital Storm's Director of Product Development. "That is still obviously more expensive than purchasing a console, but we believe delivering graphics up to three times the resolution is well worth the extra $100-200 investment."
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(PR) Razer Blade Also Gets a GPU Update
Razer, the world leader in entertainment devices and software, today announced the latest Razer Blade now comes with the highest resolution 14-inch display available in a laptop. The stunning 3200x1800 touchscreen display features a record 5.76 megapixels, sharply exhibiting even the finest details and text with 262 pixels per inch.
The Razer Blade's state-of-the-art IGZO/IPS (Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide/In-Plane Switching) display panel technology provides unmatched color and image quality. The result is a 250 percent increase in contrast ratio over its predecessor, with high brightness LED backlighting optimized for outdoor use, wide viewing angles, and dramatically improved video propagation and response. The Razer Blade's display minimizes color shift while maximizing uniformity to make gaming more beautiful than ever before possible.
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(PR) Razer Blade Pro Notebook Updated With Faster Graphics
Razer, the world leader in entertainment devices and software, today announced it has enhanced its award-winning Razer Blade Pro laptop with next-generation graphics capabilities and a suite of new applications designed for professionals and gamers.
At the heart of the Blade Pro is a full-HD, 17-inch LED main display working in-tandem with the award-winning Razer Switchblade User Interface (SBUI), the latter of which provides users with one-click access to program tools, macros, key binds and other customizable functions, as well as full Internet capabilities independent of the main display. Features of the Razer SBUI include 10 dynamic adaptive tactile keys, a cell phone-grade LCD display that doubles as a track pad, and associated proprietary software.
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(PR) MAINGEAR Debuts Refreshed Pulse 14 Notebook
MAINGEAR, an award-winning PC system builder offering custom desktops, notebooks, workstations, has made considerable upgrades to the Pulse 14 high performance ultraportable notebook and is unparalleled in its class and size for PC gamers and PC enthusiasts who do not want to sacrifice speed or performance on the go.
The MAINGEAR Pulse 14 combines a unique laptop design featuring the latest mobile technology with Intel's 4th Generation Core processors that delivers the perfect combination of performance, power efficiency, and portability. The Pulse 14 also utilizes the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M graphics processing unit with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory to deliver tremendous 3D gaming capabilities. All of this power and performance is wrapped up in a svelte lightweight gaming laptop 14" package with an IPS-class AHVA 1080p resolution display, the perfect resolution for the included GPU to allow for high levels of detail, geometry, and texture resolution in the latest and most demanding PC games.
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(PR) Fractal Design Introduces the Node 804 Micro ATX PC Case
The Node 804 is a Micro ATX chassis which focuses on cooling performance and maximum configurability, all packed in an interesting new form factor with an elegant design. The dual chamber layout separates hot running components from the cooler ones and allows unrestricted airflow over the motherboard, processor and graphic cards.
The case comes with three Silent Series R2 120 mm fans but can be upgraded with an additional 7 fans if desired. There are also plenty of options for placing water cooling components, tall heat sinks and hard drives. The flexibility of this case really gives the users the possibility to create their optimal system build.
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