AMD today announced that the company has received Windows Hardware Certification (WHC) for an AMD Catalyst graphics drivers with full support for the new WDDM 1.2 driver model on Microsoft Windows 8. This is great Continue reading “AMD Catalyst Receives Windows 8 Certification”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 1, 2012 at 3:05pm
It seems Valve is getting ever closer to the launch of Defence of The Ancients 2 (DOTA 2) as they have announced the game will indeed be free to play. That said the DOTA Store Continue reading “Valve Announces DOTA 2 Is Free To Play, DOTA Store Starts Selling Early Access Bundle”. …more
By rlemar •
Jun. 1, 2012 at 2:45pm
ROCCAT Studios announced today that they company will launch the Lua Tri-Button Gaming Mouse at the Computex expo in Taipei and E3 in Los Angeles next week on June 5th. Described as The Classic 3-Button Continue reading “ROCCAT to Reinvent the 3-Button Mouse with Lua at Computex”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 1, 2012 at 2:19pm
Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OC Review @ Technic3D and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums! “The Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OC Graphic Card arrived Technic3D. Technic3D will check Continue reading “June 1, 2012 News from Around the Web”. …more
By amy •
Jun. 1, 2012 at 9:12am
We normally don’t make news posts about power strips, but Huntkey has announced a new model that managed to catch our attention. The Huntkey PAA803-2 Smart Power Surge Protector looks like any other 8-outlet power Continue reading “Huntkey Introduces Surge Protector For Computers – Turns off Peripherals For You!”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 1, 2012 at 8:24am
GELID Solutions today announced the ICY VISION-A GPU cooler that is exclusive to just AMD Radeon HD video cards. This is a first for the company as in the past they have come out with Continue reading “GELID Launches ICY VISION-A GPU Cooler for AMD Radeon HD Video Cards”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 1, 2012 at 8:14am
ETSI has approved a new SIM format standard, which will be 40 percent smaller than the existing micro-SIM design that has been around since 2004. ETSI’s Smart Card Platform Technical Committee agreed a new form Continue reading “SIM Format Battle Ends – Nano-SIM Design is 40 Percent Smaller”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Jun. 1, 2012 at 7:16am
Ever popular game Battlefield 3 is to get another massive patch, with the schedule for this update being as follows: PC and Xbox 360 worldwide: June 4th, PlayStation 3 in Japan/Asia: June 5th, PlayStation 3 Continue reading “Battlefield 3 Gets Another Massive Patch, Release Date June 4-5”. …more
By michaels •
Jun. 1, 2012 at 1:08am
Yesterday, we reported that the Windows 8 Release Preview was due in the first week of June and possibly even from the first. However, Microsoft has surprised everyone and actually released it today. Microsoft claims Continue reading “Microsoft Announces Availability of Windows 8 Release Preview”. …more
By michaels •
May 31, 2012 at 7:06pm
Broadband speeds in Europe are getting faster, if only slowly. In 2007, a working 40 gigabits per second internet connection was demonstrated by using a FTTP (Fibre To The Premises) connection to the home. To Continue reading “European Home Broadband Speeds Edge Closer Towards Gigabit Speeds”. …more
By michaels •
May 31, 2012 at 6:21pm
There has been a lot of speculation flying around that the shortage of NVIDIA GTX 680 & GTX 690 cards was due to yield issues of the high performance GK104 GPU. However, according to NVIDIA’s Continue reading “NVIDIA Claims GTX 680 Sales 60% Higher than GTX 580”. …more
By michaels •
May 31, 2012 at 5:34pm
The rumor sites are reporting that NVIDIA will be launching the GeForce GT 640 video card series when Computex Taipei starts on June 5th, 2012. NVIDIA is rumored to be to be launching several version Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 Video Card Launching At Computex”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 31, 2012 at 4:43pm
AMD has just released the Catalyst 12.6 Beta driver, which comes with a multitude of fixes and performance improvements for a great deal of games and applications. On top of this they have also released Continue reading “AMD Catalyst 12.6 Beta & Windows 8 Catalyst Feature Preview Are Available Now”. …more
By rlemar •
May 31, 2012 at 3:27pm
Sapphire Tech has announced the AMD Radeon HD 7950 Flex Edition, their new unique solution for eyefinity gaming. The GPU is of course based on the HD 7000 series graphics processors which are based on Continue reading “Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7950 Flex Edition Announced, Makes Eyefinity Easy”. …more
By rlemar •
May 31, 2012 at 2:29pm
We just got off the phone with AMD where we were told some shocking news that we thought we would share with you. AMD is is going to stop issuing monthly WHQL Catalyst Drivers as Continue reading “AMD Ends Monthly Catalyst WHQL Drivers – Announces Dynamic Release Schedule”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 31, 2012 at 1:54pm