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Saturday, 19 May 2012 03:31
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Sidewinder reveals the , a new watercooling block for the GeForce GTX 680. It will start shipping on May 7th, 2012, you can currently preorder it on the company's website for $129.99.
Its unique design gives extraordinary qualities to the HEATKILLER® GPU-X³. Its hallmarks are low height, state of the art cooling performance, and highest quality of material.
All water carrying parts of the cooler are made from pure electrolytic copper or stainless steel, and the connection block is made from black POM. The top is protected against staining by a special clear varnish. The design of the “Hole Edition” features a perforated cover plate.
Aside from the GPU, memory and voltage regulators are cooled. An extremely fine microstructure sits right above the GPU and guarantees, assisted by a low residual base thickness, optimal cooling performance. Integrated isolating stand-offs allow easy mounting of the cooler.
To reduce flow resistance and overall weight, all channels are constructed as wide as possible. Threads on both sides of the connection block ease integration into the cooling loop.
Dual- and triple-connectors for SLI-setups are available.
For easy installation, pre-cut thermal pads are included.
Specifications:
Material: Electrolytic copper, stainless steel, POM (black)
Dimensions (L x W x H): 205.0 x 117.0 x 11.5 mm
Weight: approx. 1000 g
Sealing: NBR 70 (max. 120 °C)
Threads: 4x G ¼” (DIN ISO 228-1)
Pressure tested: 5 bar
Compatible to: Nvidia GTX 680 (reference PCB)
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Saturday, 19 May 2012 03:31
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Microsoft announced the retail version of Windows 8 will not support DVD movies, users who wish to playback DVD will have to download third-party software or pay for the Windows Media Centre add-on. Microsoft explains its decision due to the high cost of licensing the DVD codec, as well as the move towards digital distribution.
'Windows Media Player will continue to be available in all editions, but without DVD playback support,' Microsoft's Bernardo Caldas revealed in a blog post late last night. 'For optical discs playback on new Windows 8 devices, we are going to rely on the many quality solutions on the market, which provide great experiences for both DVD and Blu-ray.'
The dropping of DVD playback support comes as Microsoft announces a deal with Dolby to, ironically enough, improve the audiovisual capabilities of its new operating system. Under the deal, all Windows 8 releases - including the ARM-compatible Windows RT - will include support for Dolby Digital Plus 5.1-channel audio as well as Dolby Digital stereo audio.
Dolby Digital Plus support will, however, be limited to downloaded or streamed content: playback of Dolby Digital Plus content from optical media will, as with DVD and Blu-ray playback, require third party software.
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Saturday, 19 May 2012 03:31
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Microsoft confirmed rumors that it plans to kill the Windows Live brand:
While these results are certainly noteworthy, they still did not meet our expectations of a truly connected experience. Windows Live services and apps were built on versions of Windows that were simply not designed to be connected to a cloud service for anything other than updates, and as a result, they felt “bolted on” to the experience. This created some amount of customer confusion, which is noted in several reviews and editorials. The names we used to describe our products added to that complexity: we used “Windows Live" to refer to software for your PC (Windows Live Essentials), a suite of web-based services (Hotmail, SkyDrive, and Messenger), your account relationship with Microsoft (Windows Live ID), and a host of other offers.
Windows 8 provides us with an opportunity to reimagine our approach to services and software and to design them to be a seamless part of the Windows experience, accessible in Windows desktop apps, Windows Metro style apps, standard web browsers, and on mobile devices. Today the expectation is that a modern device comes with services as well as apps for communication and sharing. There is no “separate brand” to think about or a separate service to install – it is all included when you turn on your PC for the first time.
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Saturday, 19 May 2012 03:31
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PowerColor introduces "own design series" Radeon HD 7870 and Radeon HD 7850 graphics cards.
TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphic cards, today releases its own design edition of HD7800 series: the PowerColor HD7870 and HD7850. The latest HD7800 series packed with selected power kit and efficient cooling system; with solid components onboard, easily enhancing the stability and thermal capacity, delivering truly rich and stunning HD performance with the support for vivid DirectX® 11.1 gaming.
The PowerColor HD7870 clocks at 1000MHz core speed and 1200MHz memory speed, while HD7850 has 860MHz core and 1200MHz memory; with advanced PCI Express 3.0 support, the latest series can boost up the power of GPU easily by doubling the bandwidth per land of previous generation.
The PowerColor HD7800 series equipped with industry-leading technology; by utilizing AMD Eyefinity 2.0 technology and AMD HD3D Technology, the HD7800 series supports multi-display stereoscopic 3Dcontent, allowing an immersive “wrap around” gaming experience. Also, with the support of AMD PowerTune technology and AMD ZeroCore technology, enabling the intelligent power monitoring to enable higher clock speeds and better performance when needed, delivering the most efficient way for gaming like never before.
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Saturday, 19 May 2012 03:31
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VR Zone of fiberglass-reinforced plastic enclosures rather than all-aluminium should make ultrabooks cheaper. According to Intel's testing, this cheaper material responds similarly to metal chassis' in torque tests.
Intel's Taiwan chief Jason Chen has stated that in the second half of this year "it is likely there will be US$599 models in selected regions, but the mainstream price should fall around US$699." Chen believes that as a result of a significant price drop, Ultrabooks will end up accounting for between 30 and 40% of all notebook shipments for the year.
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