The UK High Court has ruled that all UK ISPs must now block access to The Pirate Bay. The ISPs in question, Everything Everywhere, O2, Sky, TalkTalk, and Virgin Media must now block users from Continue reading “High Court Rules UK ISPs Must Block Access To The Pirate Bay”. …more
By rlemar •
May 1, 2012 at 1:53pm
AMD today announced an agreement with GameFly to give gamers who leverage the quality and performance of AMD CPUs and APUs easier access to GameFly’s leading online video game rental and PC download services for Continue reading “AMD and GameFly Team Up to Get Gamers Playing for Less”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 1, 2012 at 10:09am
Digg isn’t done yet, but the companies technical staff are being hired by the Washington Post, according to sources familiar with the situation. It appears that built the Washington Post is in the process of Continue reading “Is DIGG Over? Washington Post Ready To Buy Digg Technology Team”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
May 1, 2012 at 9:39am
G.Skill RipjawsZ PC3-17000 32GB Memory Kit Review @ TweakTown and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums! “We check out a high-speed 32GB kit from G.Skill that could be Continue reading “May 1, 2012 News from Around the Web”. …more
By amy •
May 1, 2012 at 7:26am
It seems that there’s a whole lot of lazy (clueless?) PC gamers out there who are too inept to tweak their gaming graphics settings in order to obtain the best performance/visual quality combination possible. This Continue reading “Setting Optimal Video Game Settings: Let NVIDIA Work it Out for You”. …more
By michaels •
Apr. 30, 2012 at 7:31pm
Windows 8 is expected to usher in a new wave of touch-enabled laptop sales, yet it looks like the makers of these laptops are going have a hard time making money. This is because they Continue reading “Windows 8 to Usher Wave of Touch Laptop Sales, Yet Vendors Struggle to Make Money”. …more
By michaels •
Apr. 30, 2012 at 6:47pm
A fusion of steampunk, stealth, action and Half-Life 2, it looks like developer Arkane Studios and publisher Bethesda Softworks have got a winner on their hands. The game, due for a Q2 2012 launch, has Continue reading “New Dishonored Screen Shots to Tantalize”. …more
By michaels •
Apr. 30, 2012 at 6:08pm
It’s always nice to see a budget-oriented motherboard being made around the latest chipset, bringing the cost of entry down to affordable levels. In this case, it’s Intel’s latest Z77 chipset for Ivy Bridge that Continue reading “Asus Launches Two Budget Z77 Motherboards”. …more
By michaels •
Apr. 30, 2012 at 5:34pm
In the wake of the Ivy Bridge launch at the same price as their Sandy Bridge counterparts, Intel have now made modest price drops to the Core i7-2600K & i7-2700K enthusiast favourites. To maintain the Continue reading “Intel i7-2600K & i7-2700K Enthusiast Favourites Get Modest Price Cuts”. …more
By michaels •
Apr. 30, 2012 at 5:05pm
Last week, Crytek’s director of creative development, Rasmus Hojengaard, was keen to kill the used games market, blaming it for much lower profits than it otherwise would have had, “From a business perspective that would Continue reading “Crytek Backpeddles Furiously on Used Game Sales Ban Suggestion”. …more
By michaels •
Apr. 30, 2012 at 3:46pm
Last week, NVIDIA’s marketing team sent us a box that contained nothing more than a large metal crowbar. On the pry bar we found the message that read “for use in case of zombies or…” Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 Video Card Arrives in Wood Crate – Crowbar Needed”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 30, 2012 at 1:54pm
If you have been waiting to buy an Intel Ivy Bridge processor and jump on the 22nm bandwagon, the time has finally come! Intel’s new Core “Ivy Bridge” processors started selling in the retail channel Continue reading “Intel Ivy Bridge Processors Now Available To Purchase – Starting At $199”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 29, 2012 at 9:23am
The MAINGEAR SHIFT was the first custom PC that rotated the internal components of the PC to leverage the natural tendency of hot air to rise. As it exhausts through the top vents, cool air Continue reading “MAINGEAR Now Offers Vertical Heat Dissipation Solutions in Smaller Form Factors”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 29, 2012 at 7:47am
During a keynote address at the NVIDIA Game Festival in Shanghai, NVIDIA CEO and co-founder Jen-Hsun Huang, announced the GeForce GTX 690 dual-GPU graphics card. The GeForce GTX 690 is powered by two GK104 Kepler Continue reading “NVIDIA Unveils GeForce GTX 690 Video Card at $999”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Apr. 29, 2012 at 6:57am
Activision sure know how to make their PC gaming customers feel special. Neither the paid-for nor free forms of the Call of Duty Elite service have been made available to PC gamers, despite assurances. On Continue reading “MW3 Content Collection DLC for PC Finally Available May 8”. …more
By michaels •
Apr. 28, 2012 at 6:59pm