[Leak]ASUS GeForce GTX760 DirectCU II OC Graphics card specifications and pricing

A price-aggregation website has spotted the first real real leak on the upcoming NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 video card or atleast it appears to be. The leak shows price and specification of the upcoming ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC card.

Although the card was not pictured but the name and the price was there with some partial specifications.

Some of the partially leaked specifications include specifications included:

• a 28nm GK104
• 1,152 CUDA cores
• 96 TMUs
• 32 ROPs
• and a 256-bit wide memory interface holding 2GB of memory.

Now talking about the most important part, the price – the card was listed for the price of 264€ ($353 USD) before VAT and 316€ ($422 USD) after VAT.

 

Source: http://www.tweaktown.com/news/31125/leakedtt-asus-geforce-760-directcu-ii-oc-video-card-specs-and-pricing-seen-on-retail-sites/index.html
Source2: http://geizhals.at/eu/asus-gtx760-dc2oc-2gd5-directcu-ii-oc-90yv04l2-m0na00-a962309.html

AMD plans to introduce the new ARM based serer chips

AMD planned big. If everything goes in right direction, we will see AMD releasing its first ARM-based CPU in the first half of 2014. AMD, the main rival of Intel, currently  best known for it’s APUs is said to be preparing the first-ever ARM CPU as we write this news.

Codenamed ‘Seattle’ the chip, based on a similar ARM architecture to that is currently used in smartphones and tablets could bring revolution to the exiting server as well as mainstream PC market.

We should also remember that this is not the first time that some company have introduced ARM processor in the server market. Applied Micro Circuits did something similar with their X-Gene “server-on-a-chip,” and financially  it worked out fairly well. As for AMD only time will tell whether it will improve the condition of a currently struggling company.

 

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/06/17/amd-prepares-move-to-seattle-its-first-arm-chip/

[Leak]AMD Radeon HD 8970 pictures leaked

Leak! Yes flocks, we have another leak regarding AMD product. This time their top end future card HD8970 pictures has been leaked. But don’t get too much excited about the new card. Not yet.

Already there are specifications on the website of AMD about it. Those spaces put it on the same level with their HD 7970. So there is nothing to care about this new HD 8970.

Now, after analyzing the published specification, we should really expect a refresh of HD7970 if not of the whole series and nothing that is architecturally new from this new HD8970.

 

Source: http://www.hardcoreware.net/rumor-amd-radeon-8970/

Corsair reveal new Carbide 540 chassis at Computex

Corsair has released a new Carbide series chassis- The Carbide 540. It have dual chambers – the first one Corsair have ever made of. One of the chamberis intended for processor, motherboard, graphics card and all other addon cards. The other chamber is made for the PSU, storage compontnts.

Official website of Corsair says that,

The unconventional design of Carbide Series Air 540 utilizes dual chambers to deliver cooler air to your CPU, graphics cards, motherboard, and memory without your drives or power supply getting in the way. The included custom Air Series AF140L intake and exhaust fans provide great airflow performance at lower noise levels than typical case fans. And, you can mount up to six 120mm or five 140mm fans, with 280mm top radiator support and room for a 360mm radiator on the front panel.

Technical Specifications:

• Dual-chamber Direct Airflow Path™ design for outstanding cooling potential
• Clever, space-saving design still offers lots of internal volume
• Includes three High Performance Air Series AF140L fans for better, quieter cooling
• Tons of expansion room for high performance air cooling and liquid cooling
• Full side panel window
• Front dust filter
• Black interior
• Cable routing cutouts with rubber grommets
• CPU cutout in motherboard tray for easy CPU cooler swap-out
• Dual front USB 3.0 ports with internal connector
• Headphone, Microphone front ports
• Eight expansion slots for quad GPU installations
• Fan Mount Locations:
• Front: 2 x 140mm (included), 3 x 120mm (pre-spaced for radiators)
• Top: 2 x 140mm or 2 x 120mm (pre-spaced for radiators)
• Rear: 1 x 140mm (included) or 1 x 120mm
• Dual 3.5” hot swap bays
• Four 2.5” tool-free SSD drive cages
• Maximum GPU Length 320mm
• Maximum CPU Cooler Height 170mm
• Maximum PSU length 200mm

Officially priced at $139.99 we do not know anything the time from when it would be available.

Official Page: http://www.corsair.com/us/pc-cases/carbide-series-pc-case/carbide-series-air-540-high-airflow-atx-cube-case.html

 

BitFenix enters in the audio Market – Flo Headset is their first production

BitFenix have unveiled their first audio product in Computex Tapei 2013, marking their entrance to the audio market.

What they have to offer? Flo Headsets. The headsets featuring 40mm Neodymium drivers comtain precision-tuned acoustic chambers and more.

The headset have a self-adjustable standard headband, detachable microphone, and standard volume and mute control. The added feature being the SofTouch Surface Technology of Bitfenix.

They do not have too much bass like gaming headsets but don’t underestimate it as a cheap headset. It is not.

 

Source: http://www.tweaktown.com/news/30780/bitfenix-enter-the-audio-game-with-their-new-flo-headsets/index.html
Picture Courtesy: http://www.tweaktown.com/news/30780/bitfenix-enter-the-audio-game-with-their-new-flo-headsets/index.html

Corsair launch Vengeance Pro Series DDR3 RAM

Corsair have launched a new line of DDR3 RAM named Vengeance Pro RAM for extreme overclockers, enthusiasts and pro uses.

This new Vengeance Pro RAM series speed ranges from 1600MHz to 2933MHz and capacity ranges from 8GB (2x4GB) to 64GB (8x8GB).

Corsair have mentioned that the RAM ICs are ‘specifically selected for speed and overclocking headroom.’ All the kits also have lifetime warranty. Nothing is mentioned about price & availibility from their end.

 

Source: http://www.tweaktown.com/news/30753/corsair-launches-new-vengeance-pro-series-of-ddr3-ram-at-computex-taipei-2013/index.html

Start Button solution fow Windows 8 – Microsoft’s Sculpt Mobile Mouse and Sculpt Comfort Mouse

There are many users who are skeptical about the lack of Start button in Windows 8. Well, Microsoft have come up with a solution.

Microsoft just announced two mice with Start Button in it – for the first time in the history of mouse designing. The Sculpt Mobile Mouse and Sculpt Comfort Mouse marks the first time Redmond has made a pointing device with a hotkey for the Windows 8 Start screen. It will work just as the Windows Button present in the keyboard.

It can also be used to return to the desktop. That Comfort Mouse’s Start button is at the left – making it perfectly designed for right handed users, which might cause a problem for left handed users.

For connectivity, the Mobile Mouse requires a dongle, whereas the Comfort uses Bluetooth.

Source: http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2013/05/23/announcing-sculpt-comfort-mouse-amp-mobile-mouse.aspx

This summer Dell plan to release two Haswell based Latitude notebooks

Two new Haswell CPU based Ultrabooks are coming up during this summer. A leaked road map of Dell point to two new E700 Latitude series Ultrabooks. The roadmap also shows that those ultrabooks will also feature 12.5-inch display.

The first one of those two ultrabooks being the E7240, which is reported to be weighting at 2.9 pounds. It will also have either a 1366×768 or 1920×1080 touchscreen display. The size being 12.2″x8.3″x0.79″ and it will feature Intel Haswell i3, i5 or i7 processor.

Next one in the line is the E7440 with a 14″ display with optional touchscreen feature. Sized at 13.3″x9.1″x0.83″ it weights  3.5 pounds. Other features are just same as E7240.

 

Source: http://tech2.hu/dell-latitude-roadmap-2013-ultrabookok-notebookok-1710284

Corsair involved in talks with Francisco Partners for a possible buyout

A recently submitted regulatory filing suggests that Francisco Partners are currently in talks with Corsair about a possible buyout. This scenario comes after Corsair indefinitely postponed an IPO after the flop of the Facebook IPO. At the same time they have said that they would

relaunch when equity conditions are more favorable.

Now it appears that they are possibly choosing a buyout over an IPO. Corsair could be heavily affected by the current downturn in the PC market, resulting in the need for a new way of cash infusion. Francisco Partners was part of the Blackstone Group who decided to not make a formal buyout offer for Dell.

It is possible that nothing could come of these talks. On the other hand, Corsair could end up being sold out, which will result in changes within the company or in the products they currently sell.

 

Source: http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2013/04/26/corsair-opts-for-sale-over-ipo/

Palit and PC Partner overtake ASUS to the graphics card pole position

According to ‘industry sources’ in Taiwan speaking to DigiTimes Palit Microsystems of Taiwan, and PC Partner of Hong Kong have overtaken the Taiwan-based company, ASUS into the number one position.

PC Partner sells AMD platform graphics cards under the brand name Sapphire and sells Nvidia platform GPUs under the brand name of Zotac.

The sources indicated that:

Asustek used to be the largest or second largest vendor of graphics cards, but has become the third largest, followed by Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology, the sources noted.

DigiTimes also reported that they own “Galaxy, Yuan, Gainward, Vvikoo, XpertVision and Daytona”.

Source: http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20130416PD210.html?mod=2