Category Archives: Gaming
Posted on June 11, 2013
LG and Ubitus, today announced at E3 that GameNow cloud gaming service will be available in the latest lineup of LG Smart TVs. Customer who purchase a new LG Smart TV model in the United States can start enjoying rich library of AAA and massively multiplayer online (MMO) titles right away. GameNow turns LG Smart TV into a powerful game console, bringing consumers the video gaming experience previously unavailable on home TV units before. Without the hassle of loading discs, time-consuming downloads and long installation times, consumers can now play console-quality video games on demand, including blockbuster titles such as Street Fighter X Tekken and Batman: Arkham City that usually require high-end hardware to play.
Posted on June 5, 2013
The new Alienware X51 is designed to give gamers a true gaming experience in a smaller, more efficient form factor. It’s still the smallest Alienware desktop from Dell. The new Alienware X51 comes with an array of i5 or i7 Haswell processors, a couple of different discrete graphics cards options like NVidia’s GeForce GTX 670, and a dual hard drive option using a 256GB SSD and a 1TB 5400 RPM HDD. The Alienware X51 is a great way to get the full Alienware gaming experience even if you don’t have the space for a big tower case. The new Alienware X51 can be hooked up to an HDTV for the big screen gaming experience.
Posted on June 4, 2013
Asus Republic of Gamers today announced the Maximus VI Formula motherboard at Computex 2013. The ROG Maximus VI Formula is the ultimate gaming motherboard, with a stylish ROG Armor cover and a SECC (Steel, Electro-galvanized, Cold-rolled, Coil) backplate with thermal pads for added strength and cooling. Maximus VI Formula features the CrossChill hybrid thermal design, which offers the option of both air and liquid cooling. Integrated ‘Pin-finned’ heatsinks improve heat dissipation with an increased surface area, while twin G1/4-inch threaded sockets support any standard liquid cooling loop. ROG testing has shown that a liquid-cooled Maximus VI Formula motherboard with CrossChill operates at temperatures up to 23 degrees Celsius lower than air-only cooling.
Posted on June 4, 2013
Asus Republic of Gamers today announced the Poseidon graphics card at Computex 2013.The new ROG Poseidon graphics card features an NVidia GeForce GTX 700 Series GPU and a hybrid DirectCU H2O thermal design that supports both air and liquid cooling. Developed by Asus, its CoolTech fan combines blower and axial fans in one design, forcing air in multiple directions over the heatsink to maximize heat dissipation.
Posted on May 31, 2013
Designed from the ground up, the 14-inch Razer Blade gaming laptop is designed and engineered to fit both form and function. With a 0.66-in. ultra-thin profile, crafted from aluminum, and the best gaming performance in its class, the Razer Blade sets a new benchmark for gaming laptops. Do more, game more, anywhere, anytime. With a future 4th gen Intel Core processor, the latest NVIdia GeForce GTX 765M graphics, and solid state storage performance all engineered into the world’s thinnest gaming laptop, making the 14-inch Razer Blade, the most powerful gaming laptop in its class.
Posted on May 30, 2013
Another spotlight on this year’s Computex Taipei 2013 will be M8, the masterpiece of ASRock and BMW Group DesignworksUSA. In case you don’t know how good M8 looks like yet, the stylish and streamlined design using anodized aluminum and steel makes it an eye catcher without doubt. Whereas the side of the case is partially transparent, so that the motherboard and its components are ambiguously visible, adding a sense of mystery. Au contraire, the functionality of this gaming beast also lives up to its awesome appearances.
Posted on May 30, 2013
PowerColor today released its first HD7750 low profile with 4 display technology, the HD7750 Eyefinity 4 LP Edition. To fulfill those users who need a card fitted into slim chassis, but also want it to support Eyefinity technology, PowerColor successfully developed a solution combines both advantages at one card, using 4 mini DisplayPort to build different display combination, that’s PowerColor HD7750 Eyefinity 4 LP Edition.
Posted on May 16, 2013
AMD today launched the AMD Radeon HD 8970M, the world’s fastest notebook graphics card. The AMD Radeon HD 8970M graphics processing unit (GPU) delivers the best mobile gaming experience imaginable to gamers, powered by AMD’s award-winning Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture.The AMD Radeon HD 8970M GPU is the perfect combination of technologies, blending performance, immersive features and an extensive battery life that delivers an unrivaled gaming experience, even on the go.
Posted on May 9, 2013
AMD today launched the AMD Radeon RG2133 Gamer Series Memory and Radeon RAMDisk 4.1. AMD Radeon RG2133 Gamer Series Memory is the only memory on the market that offers both XMP and AMP memory profiles in one package, enabling ultimate ease in overclocking on both platforms. AMD Radeon RG2133 Gamer Series Memory will ship with a free AMD Radeon RAMDisk 64GB, which features enhanced load-and-save functionality. When paired with an AMD A10 Series APU, AMD Radeon RG2133 Gamer Series Memory will improve frames-per-second (FPS) by up to 22 percent.
Posted on May 2, 2013
MSI has expanded its Gaming catalogue with its first Mechanical Gaming Keyboard- MSI GK-601. Built on the popular Cherry MX Red linear switches, the MSI GK-601 provides superb feedback and sensitive key responsiveness. Each key on the MSI GK-601 is created with precision laser etching for extra resistance to wear and uses 18K gold plating to increase the stability while N-key rollover makes sure that every key-press registers. A rare yellow LED backlights the each individual key even after 50 Million key presses (per key) making them excellent for use at during day and night.The Windows button can be disabled to prevent in-game interruptions due to accidental key presses. This prevents tons of frustration or difficult system hacks to disable this Windows function.
Posted on April 25, 2013
Asus today announced the Radeon HD 7990 graphics card, a dual-GPU offering derived from 28nm AMD Radeon graphics processors. With twin GPUs based on AMD Graphics Core Next technology and 6GB GDDR5 video memory, the Asus Radeon HD 7990 easily handles the most demanding DirectX 11.1 PC games in ultra-settings and resolutions above 1920 x 1080. The Asus Radeon HD 7990 delivers the power of two HD 7970 GPUs, totaling 4096 Stream processors and 256 texture units. Customers can fine-tune its performance with GPU Tweak, a user-friendly utility with a highly approachable interface.
Posted on April 19, 2013
Asus today announced the ROG (Republic of Gamers) Xonar Phoebus Solo 7.1 PCI Express gaming sound card with precise positional audio and lifelike immersion for gamers. Xonar Phoebus Solo continues to exhibit the previous Xonar Phoebus’ hardware excellence, including clear 118dB signal-to-noise ratio, a powerful 600 ohm headphone amplifier, Dolby Home Theater V4, and DTS UltraPC II surround sound.The Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus Solo sound card features an EMI shield and exclusive Asus Hyper Grounding technology that significantly reduce the detrimental effects of the electromagnetic interference present inside all desktop PCs.
Posted on April 17, 2013
Asus Xonar U7 USB external soundcard and headphone amplifier offers powerful and clear 114dB SNR audio with USB convenience. Xonar U7 incorporates a headphone amplifier, Dolby Home Theater v4 support, plus dedicated microphone and volume controls. Xonar U7 serves the needs of PC gamers who want to enjoy strong and clear sound via headphones, and is also ideal for listening to music as it produces much more impactful and detailed audio than onboard hardware. Connecting via USB, it requires no standalone power supply and works instantly setup-free with no need to open the PC case. The signal to noise ratio stands at 114dB thanks to meticulous hardware design and component selection. Xonar U7 produces clear audio, driven by the high quality Cirrus Logic CS4398 DAC (digital to analog converter).
Posted on April 9, 2013
Faith-go Japan announced today the launch of Gaming Tower PC with three full HD LCD screen output – PASSANT Ex PROSPEC GAMER ALPHA. The basic configuration of the gaming tower is-(SLI), Intel X79 Express chipset, memory 16GB, SSD 256GB × 2 (RAID 0, Plextor PX-256M5S), HDD 1TB, DVD Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz), GeForce GTX 680, Super Multi drive, Enermax EPM1200EWT power supply and 64bit Windows 7 Professional.
Posted on April 4, 2013
Asus today announced the world’s first and only small form factor GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU Mini, a high-performance graphics card designed primarily for small form factor PCs with mini ITX motherboards. The dual-slot card measures just 17cm(GTX 670 measures 24.13cm) and features the NVidia GTX 670 GPU for DirectX 11.1-compatible gaming. The Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU Mini is designed to maximize the potential offered by mini ITX motherboards by delivering high performance graphics.
