AMD to release revised FX processors early next month
In addition to the unveiling of the Radeon R9 285 today, AMD said it will be releasing several new CPUs in its high-end and somewhat neglected FX lineup on September 2.
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The Radeon R9 285 will arrive Sep. 2 at $249
Looks like most of the rumors were spot-on about this one. In a live-streamed fan event this morning, AMD formally announced its next graphics card, the Radeon R9 285. This card is based on the Tonga GPU, a somewhat smaller and cheaper-to-produce successor to the Tahiti chip used in everything from the Radeon HD 7970 to the R9 280X. Tonga looks to be based on the slightly revised version of the GCN architecture used in the Radeon R9 290, which includes some new features like TrueAudio and XDMA CrossFire. Here's a look at the card and the full specs sheet revealed by AMD:
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Deal of the week: Devil's Canyon for $194.99
It's that time of year again. Students are preparing for another term, and e-tailers have rolled out their back-to-school sales. Here are some of the more interesting PC hardware deals I found on the web this morning:
I should also note that Newegg has a bunch of discount codes for select SSDs, gaming laptops, monitors, motherboards, and other components. None of the individual items really jump out at me—except maybe the Crucial MX100 256GB ...
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This gameplay clip made me pre-order The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
I like moody, immersive games. I like games with lush, detailed environments, and I like games that at least attempt something new on the gameplay front. After watching the newly posted gameplay trailer, I'm pretty sure The Vanishing of Ethan Carter ticks all of those boxes—which is why I pre-ordered it just now.
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Leaked slides may expose next-gen NUCs
Brace yourself for a bunch of new mini PCs. According to official-looking slides posted by FanlessTech, Intel is readying a wave of new NUCs for next year. The updated lineup will include systems based on next-gen Broadwell and Braswell processors.
The most intriguing units are probably the "Rock Canyon" designs with Broadwell chips. These will reportedly use 15W versions of the CPU and come in Core i3 and i5 flavors. It looks like there will be two chassis designs: one thick enough to accommodate ...
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Rumor: Radeon R9 285 to arrive on September 2
A pair of new mid-range Radeon graphics cards may be just around the corner. According to CPU-World, AMD plans to introduce the rumored Radeon R9 285 on September 2, with a higher-specced R9 285X offering to follow "about a month later."Both cards are said to feature the new Tonga GPU, which debuted aboard a FirePro workstation card last week. AMD hasn't revealed all of Tonga's specs yet, but CPU-World says ...
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Thursday Evening Shortbread
Eight is Enough
- VideoCardz: AMD Radeon R9 285 arrives
September 2nd, preliminary information in 2 days
- Fudzilla: Acer releases new G-Sync monitor
- Dallas Business Journal: GameStop's software,
tech firms boost Q2 earnings to $24.6M
- Seeking Alpha: Why hp's $199 laptop is good for AMD
- Zacks Equity Research: AMD collaborates with OCZ Storage Solutions
- Investors.com: Intel urged to buy MediaTek to grow mobile chip business
- Trefis: Intel's acquisition of LSI's networking business to boost its presence in IoT
- LinuzGizmos: Firefox gets preliminary support for casting to Chromecast
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Specs for upcoming FX-8300 chips leak out
You know those three FX-8000 processors AMD is supposed to introduce on Labor Day? Well, we may now know their specs. Or at least, the folks over at X-bit labs are claiming that they do.
According to X-bit labs, the litter of new CPUs will comprise the FX-8370, FX-8370E, and FX-8320E. The FX-8370 looks like a slightly speedier successor to the FX-8350, while the models with "E" suffixes seem to be lower-TDP variants of their non-E ...
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Report: Windows Threshold preview planned for Sept 30
Thanks to ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, we already knew about Microsoft's plan for a public Windows Threshold preview in the early fall. Now, thanks to the guys at The Verge, we've got a tentative date: September 30.
Quoting "sources familiar with Microsoft's plans," The Verge says Microsoft is "tentatively planning" to hold a press event on September 30. At the event, ...
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Only a few hours remain to win ~$1k of hardware via haiku
You can still enter
To win a bunch of hardware
With a friggin' poem
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Browser plugin identifies advertorial content
We've all seen advertisements masquerading as editorial content—not on TR, of course, but elsewhere on the web. These "advertorials" are becoming increasingly prevalent, and they're not always clearly demarcated. Thankfully, there's now a way to sniff out this insidious content. Google programmer Ian Webster has created AdDetector, a plugin for Chrome and Firefox that identifies so-called "native advertising."
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HP's Q3 financials driven by strong notebook, desktop sales
The financial numbers are in for HP's third fiscal quarter, which ended July 31. The firm took in $27.6 billion in revenue, a modest 1.3% increase over the same period last year. But that revenue only translasted to earnings of $985 million, a 29% drop from Q3'13. Here are the particulars:
Even with the profit shrinkage, HP is still raking in tons of money. Its PC division is also performing well. Revenue from the Personal Systems group grew ...
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Wednesday Night Shortbread
Eight is Enough
- MarketWatch: hp results show the PC is alive and well
- Re/code: hp still touting Windows 7 PCs, two years after Windows 8 debut
- X-bit labs: AMD readies FX-8370, FX-8370E microprocessors
- PCWorld: Microsoft offers custom Windows
OS to all first-generation Intel Galileo owners
- 9to5Mac: Report claims next-gen iPad air will double RAM amount to 2GB
- MacRumors: New iPhone 6 images depict rear
shell and front panel together for the first time
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt not likely to be 1080p on PS4, Xbox One - GameZone
- Eurogamer's performance analysis: Diablo 3 at 1080p on Xbox One
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Zotac's Zbox ID92 mini-PC reviewed
More than 18 months have passed since we last looked at one of Zotac's Zbox mini-PCs. In that span of time, Intel has released its Haswell processors, Sony and Microsoft have unleashed their next-gen consoles, and countless lesser gizmos have landed in stores. Many new and graphically demanding games, most of them primed for the next-gen consoles, have also turned up.
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