Thermaltake's Versa H15 is a classy microATX chassis
We're fans of microATX towers here at TR, but there just aren't that many of them on the market. That's why Thermaltake's new Versa H15 has our attention. It's a nice-looking mini-tower with several enthusiast-friendly design choices.
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GOG's Steam-y Galaxy storefront enters open beta
We love GOG.com for its wide selection of classic games, but there's one hitch: the site sells each game as a separate application, without any kind of central management like we're used to with Steam, Uplay, and Origin. GOG has apparently recognized this problem. Its new GOG Galaxy app provides a convenient-looking, Steam-like interface for games purchased through the service, and it's entering open beta today. Here's the teaser video:
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GeForce GTX 970, 980 now bundled with new Witcher, Batman games
In March, Nvidia began bundling select GeForce GTX 960, 970, and 980 graphics cards with download codes for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Today, it's expanding that program to include Batman: Arkham Knight—but only for the GTX 970 and 980. The GTX 960 has been left out of the "Two Times The Adventure" bundle, though it will continue to be available with The Witcher 3.As one might expect, both titles are part of Nvidia's GameWorks program. Wild Hunt uses HairWorks effects for more realistic 'do and fur rendering, and it also employs cross-platform PhysX mojo for ...
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So how would you replace Windows Media Center?
Although this move wasn't hard to anticipate, I'm still grieving a little over Microsoft's official coup de grace for Windows Media Center, a good product that thoroughly outclasses the junky boxes our local cable provider charges a monthly fee to use. My home-theater PC has been Media Center-driven for ages, and although I cut the cord a while back, it's still a great way to access Netflix and record over-the-air broadcasts.
The question now for us customers who Microsoft has abandoned is: what comes next? How would you go about replacing Windows Media Center? It is possible to do so in a way that 1) isn't ...
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Apple releases specifications for third-party Watch bands
Don't like the stock bands and straps included with the Apple Watch? Third parties may soon be able to design and sell officially licensed bands of their own. New documentation on Apple's developer portal suggests an upcoming "Made for Apple Watch" program will ensure that third-party straps conform to Apple's own standards for tolerances and durability.
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Here's what we made of those leaked AMD slides
The number-one request ahead of last week's podcast live stream was some discussion of the possibly leaked slides from AMD. We took a crack at it, although we were careful about drawing too many conclusions from unconfirmed leaks. The discussion does set the table for the real info expected to be revealed tomorrow at AMD's Financial Analyst Day.
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Leaked roadmap charts desktop course for Broadwell, Skylake into 2016
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another roadmap to the pile of leaked documents detailing upcoming
processors. This time around, the unconfirmed info lays out the launch
schedule and model designations for socketed desktop chips based
Broadwell and Skylake silicon. Chinese site PC Online published the slide, which made its way to our inbox thanks to frequent TR tipster SH SOTN.The roadmap attaches specifics to Intel's stated plan to release a socketed version of Broadwell with Iris Pro graphics. Intel promised the 65W chips mid-year, and it looks like they'll arrive in two flavors ...
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