The TR Podcast 168 video: CES wrap 2015
We recorded a new episode of the TR Podcast last night, and we streamed everything live on Twitch. If you weren't able to tune in, or you just can't get enough of our handsome faces, you can watch our antics in the YouTube video below.
This episode was all about CES 2015 . We talked at length about Nvidia's Tegra X1, Intel's ...
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Steam for Linux bug deletes your data
Valve is working hard to make Linux a better gaming platform, and for the most part, the company's effort is paying off. However, a newly discovered bug in Steam for Linux has users fuming. Turns out Steam can delete users' files—and potentially everything on their computers.
As Neowin reports , the bug seems to rear its head ...
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Cooler Master's Hyper D92 CPU cooler reviewed
CPU coolers are a relatively slow-moving backwater in the relentless torrent of PC hardware. As Cyril noted in his last review of a CPU tower cooler, air cooling is pretty much a solved problem: bend some heat pipes, solder some fins on, add some fans, and you've got yourself a tower-style cooler.
That doesn't mean that the CPU air cooling market is entirely stagnant, though. Modern PCs are getting smaller, and smaller cases demand smaller heatsinks. While I tend to favor ...
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Deal of the week: An unlocked FX quad for $90, Bay Trail convertible for $230, and more
This week's deals post is brought to you by the letter A, because it fits with our first item—and because I've run out of other clever ways to introduce our weekly run-down of discounted PC hardware.
Those are the deals that caught my eye this morning, but I'm still recovering from last night's podcast, so ...
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Nvidia's ''big Maxwell'' GPU appears online
Pictures of what seems to be a "big Maxwell" reference card have appeared online. Videocardz posted the shots, which show an Nvidia-branded circuit board with a GPU labeled GM200-400-A1. The chip looks larger than the GM204 GPU in the GeForce GTX 970 and 980, and it's accompanied by a generous 12GB of Hynix RAM rated for transfer rates up to 7 GT/s.
Videocardz suspects the card is the same as the Quadro M6000 that popped up in the GPU-Z database last month. Although the specs haven't been confirmed, the GPU utility reported 3072 shader processors, 96 ROPs, and ...
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Xbox chief further teases Windows 10 announcement
We already know that, next Wednesday, Xbox chief Phil Spencer will talk about PC gaming at Microsoft's Windows 10 consumer event. The details of the announcement remain under wraps, but Spencer provided some hints in a two-minute video yesterday. The interesting bit starts at 1:32:
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Intel posts strong earnings, but forecast disappoints
The bean counters at Intel have reported the chipmaker's earnings for the last quarter of 2014—and for the year as a whole. The numbers look like cause for celebration: they show sizeable increases in revenue, gross margin, and net income compared to 2013. However, as Reuters reports, Wall Street analysts are less thrilled with Intel's forecast for the ongoing quarter. That disappointment has sent the company's share price down a couple of points.
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In the lab: BenQ's XL2420G G-Sync monitor
After a busy week of CES coverage, I'm back in the lab with some shiny new hardware to review. This time, I'm looking at BenQ's XL2420G, a 24" monitor infused with Nvidia's G-Sync adaptive refresh rate tech.
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New Intel IGP drivers add H.265, VP9 hardware decode support
Intel graphics drivers releases aren't usually very exciting, but this one is worth pointing out. Numbered 15.36.14.4080, this update imbues Haswell and Broadwell processors with hardware acceleration support for two next-gen video formats: HEVC, also known as H.265, and Google's VP9. Here's the relevant snippet from the "new features" section:
Supported processors include the Core M family; 4th-gen Core CPUs with HD, Iris, ...
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Samsung starts making 8Gb GDDR5 memory chips
Samsung is making it easier for graphics card makers load up on memory. The firm has kicked off mass production of GDDR5 RAM with a whopping 8Gb (1GB) per die. The chips are designed for high-end PC graphics and supercomputers, two product categories with increasingly close ties.
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Google demos new Project Ara prototype, schedules pilot program
If smartphones are the new personal computers, Project Ara may be the future of the DIY PC scene. Google's modular handset promises to bring extensive hardware customization to a market filled with pre-baked designs. The firm provided an update on the project's progress at the Project Ara Developers Conference yesterday, along with word that a pilot program will take place in Puerto Rico later this year.
Here's the latest promo video, which ...
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