Ultra-Widescreens have not really caught on just yet, but LG sure thinks they will and has created the first all-in-one ultra-widescreen desktop using their EA93 29-inch Ultra-widescreen display. The V960 all-in-one features a screen resolution of 2560 x 1080, is powered by an NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M GPU and Intel Core i5 processor.

The V960 is not only a full PC, but also includes a standalone TV tuner which will let you watch TV while the PC is powered down. There is also a PIP (picture-in-picture) mode that will allow you to watch TV while working on the PC. The V960 can also work as a standalone monitor as it has HDMI and MHL inputs.

LG also has shown variant of the EA93 that lack the PC components, but does have the standalone TV tuner and a DisplayPort input.

The V960 will be priced between $1300 and $2020 depending on the hardware configuration. The TV tuner equipped display is priced around $600.

Source: TechPowerUp | News Archive

Sharing games you have already purchased has always been pretty easy when it came to consoles, you would just take the disc or cartridge over a friends house. When it comes to PC gaming things are a little bit harder because of licensing issues and DRM. This might change very soon as the latest beta client of Steam has a short section of code that mentions a “Shared Game Library”.

The code snippet is below…

“SteamUI_JoinDialog_SharedLicense_Title” “Shared game library”
“SteamUI_JoinDialog_SharedLicenseLocked_OwnerText” “Just so you know, your games are currently in use by %borrower%. Playing now will send %borrower% a notice that it’s time to quit.”
“SteamUI_JoinDialog_SharedLicenseLocked_BorrowerText” “This shared game is currently unavailable. Please try again later or buy this game for your own library.”

So it looks like possibly in the future you will be able to share a game you have purchased from a friend. You will only be able to share a game with one friend and that user can only play the game when you are not playing it. If you want to play the game and a friend is playing it Steam will send them a notice that you want to play and that they should stop.

Not sure when this feature will be available, if at all, but we can hope!

Source: Kotaku | News Archive

It looks like another non-reference NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 card has been revealed. This time it is the MSI GeForce GTX 760 Gaming OC Edition. This card will feature a non-reference PCB and the latest Twin Frozr IV cooling solution which allows for faster clock speeds and more stable overclocking. The card also has the same MSI red gaming color scheme as we have seen on other MSI gaming cards.

MSI GeForce GTX 760 Gaming OC Edition Revealed

The MSI GeForce GTX 760 Gaming OC Edition is based off the GK104-225-A2 Kepler core architecture which as far as we know boasts 1152 cores, 96 TMUs, 32 ROPs with 2 GB of GDDR5 running along a 256-bit wide interface. The GPU has a base clock of 1085 MHz while it can boost all the way up to 1150 MHz. The memory on some overclocked models is clocked at 7 GHz, while others operate at 6 GHz, we are unsure at this time what the memory will be operating at.

The Twin Frozr IV cooling solution is the same one that we saw on the MSI’s GeForce GTX 780 and GTX 770 lightening models. It features a large aluminum heatsink fin array that sits on top of the GPU and is cooled off by two large propeller blade fans.

Display outputs for the card include Dual-DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort. The card is expected to retail in about a week for $299.

Source: VideoCardz | News Archive

Since we are aware of the obvious fact that a lot of notebooks and laptops lack an optical drives to save space, Pioneer has come up with a portable drive of similar sort. Pioneer has unveiled the colorful new BRD-XSO5J portable Blu-Ray XL writer. It can read and write almost every type of relevant disk, from CD format to DVD ad of course Blu-ray. It comes with an option 4 body panels which include, bushed aluminum, piano black, soft pink and glossy white. It measure 135x135x20.3mm (WxDxH) while weighing 330g. The device includes a slot-type disc loading mechanism with USB 3.0. Just a single cable is used for both power and data connectivity.

This device can actually write single and double layer BD-R and BD-R LtH discs at up to 6X, triple and quadruple layer ones at 4X and all kinds of BD-RE discs at 2X. While DVDs are written at a pace of up to 8X and CDs at 24X.

Yes you got that right, this drive can write data on BD-RE Blu-ray discs with a capacity of up to 100/128 GB of storage.

Pioneer has the following bundled software’s (InstaBurn 5, Power Backup 2, LabelPrint 2, MediaShow 6, CyberLink PowerDVD 10, PowerDirector 10, PowerProducer 10, PowerProducer 5, Power2GO 7).

No details on pricing have been mentioned. For more updates we shall keep you posted here.

Source: Hermitage Akihabara | News Archive

We have seen slim external drives, and now Toshiba is giving us an opportunity to view Toshiba’s Canvio Slim II. The first generation hard drive by Toshiba was launched last year followed by the launch of Canvio Slim offering as much as 1TB on internal storage space and only measures up to 12.5mm in thickness. It’s definitely the smallest and thinnest external hard drive available currently in the market supporting both USB 3.0 and USB 2.0.

An added advantage is that it also fulfills the requirement of remote access. As long as Toshiba Canvio Slim is connected to the pc with internet, the power is on and it’s active. Users can easily access their files, music, photos from any device even if you are home or anywhere on the planet. Yes! That is possible with the new Toshiba Canvio Slim.

Other than this the device includes 10GB of free cloud storage with its each portable hard drive for keeping your “ always available” copies of important files safe in it. Not only this, the device also allows to directly back up their photos and videos from Smartphone’s through iOS and Android apps which sets it apart from the similar devices available in the market. Moreover Canvio SLIM II can also plan back-up to run automatically at any time of the day assuring that the files are in safe hands.

The drive is compatible with both Windows and Mac OS. The 500GB model is available at $114.99 and 1TB model comes with a price tag of $149.99. You can buy these models from Toshiba’s website later this month; these would be also made available by some retailers.

Source: Toshiba | News Archive

ASUS today launched their 15.6-inch touch-enabled Ultrabook called the ViviBook S551. The device is powered by the competent NVIDIA GT 740M graphic processing unit which provides ample power for every application and side by side also includes Intel’s 4th generation Haswell based core processor. What a combination! We must say. With the mobile NVIDIA GT 740M it does not compromise on power and performance at all while taking care of the heat dissipation as well(important in case of thin UltraBooks).

ASUS VivoBook caters with the most responsive and accurate touch screen and is a class in itself. Importantly it provides users the access to explore the entire gesture control range of Windows 8 without any delays. Thanks to the new 22nm microprocessor, a powerful 28nm GPU and ASUS features of power management.

It comes in an impressive metallic design, measures 22.5mm in thickness and weighs just 2.4 kgs. It can easily last for 6 hours when fully charged, provided the usage is on office, social networks and browsing etc so that consumer can enjoy long hours of surfing without any obstacles in mind, therefore giving a freedom of mobility.

The aluminum coating which gives an utter elegant look is highly durable and is resistant to scratch damage and support more heat dissipation thus keeping the machine cool.

With the launch of VivoBook S551, ASUS like always has wisely put the needs and expectations of its customers first. No further information on pricing has been mentioned but we are fully expecting it to be available any time soon with at least a price of $999.

Source: TechPowerUp | News Archive

Just a year ago Intel launched their Ivy Bridge processors and now a year later we have another platform launch from Intel. The 4th Generation Core Haswell processors are the “tock” to Intel’s “tick” and “tock” release schedule. A “tock” represents a new architecture and a “tick” represents a process refinement. So Haswell brings with it a new architecture, but is still built on the same 22nm process as Ivy Bridge. Intel has introduced a new LGA1150 socket with Haswell and a new chipset so you will not be able to throw this processor in an older motherboard, you will have to buy a new one. Today we are taking a look at the top of the line Haswell desktop chip the Core i7-4770K. Of course the “K” denotes that it is an unlocked processor. This is a quad-core processor that has a default clock speed of 3.5 GHz and a turbo frequency that goes all the way up to 3.9 GHz.

Packaging
We actually went ahead and purchased a retail version of the processor so we can actually show you exactly what you would get it if you would buy the processor yourself. The processor comes in a nice retail box that has some information about the features of the processor and has an opening so you can get a sneak peak of the processor.

Opening the box up inside you will find the Core i7-4770K processor, included CPU cooler and user’s guide. The cooler itself is actually quite small and uses a center copper core with aluminum fans that surround it. A fan is on top to help dissipate the heat. There is also thermal paste pre-applied to the bottom.

For a full unboxing and quick overview of the Core i7-4770K processor check out our video below.

Are you still wondering what AMD plans to do when it comes to its server strategy? Well, the waiting is over and AMD has pulled the curtains off the vaguest decisions of its history. AMD today has revealed everything by disclosing its roadmap. Reason behind this wise or unwise move is to target those shareholders and pundits who have under-estimated and doubted AMD’s ability to recapture the market share in the enterprise and data centre markets. Probably AMD wants to prove by planning out various innovative products which meet the fast growing data centers and computing overloads that it’s not less than anyone.

Some of the major additions in 2014 portfolio include APUs as well as two and four socket CPU and announcement of the forthcoming AMD Opteron X-series Processor called KYOTO. These latest processors will offer integrated CPU and GPU compute (APU), also high core-count ARM for high density computing in the data centre. Not forgetting considerable improvements in computer per watt per dollar and the entire price of ownership.

Seattle
“Seattle” will be the industry’s only 64-bit ARM-based server SoC from a proven server processor supplier. “Seattle” is an 8- and then 16-core CPU based on the ARM Cortex-A57 core and is expected to run at or greater than 2 GHz. The “Seattle” processor is expected to offer 2-4X the performance of AMD’s recently announced AMD Opteron X-Series processor with significant improvement in compute-per-watt. It will deliver 128 GB DRAM support, extensive offload engines for better power efficiency and reduced CPU loading, server caliber encryption, and compression and legacy networking including integrated 10GbE. It will be the first processor from AMD to integrate AMD’s advanced Freedom Fabric for dense compute systems directly onto the chip. AMD plans to sample “Seattle” in the first quarter of 2014 with production in the second half of the year.

Berlin
“Berlin” is an x86-based processor that will be available both as a CPU and APU. The processor boasts four next-generation “Steamroller” cores and will offer almost 8X the gigaflops per-watt compared to current AMD Opteron 6386SE processor. It will be the first server APU built on AMD’s revolutionary Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA), which enables uniform memory access for the CPU and GPU and makes programming as easy as C++. “Berlin” will offer extraordinary compute per-watt that enables massive rack density. It is expected to be available in the first half of 2014.

Warsaw
“Warsaw” is an enterprise server CPU optimized to deliver unparalleled performance and total cost of ownership for two- and four-socket servers. Designed for enterprise workloads, it will offer improved performance-per-watt, which drives down the cost of owning a “Warsaw”-based server while enabling seamless migration from the AMD Opteron 6300 Series family. It is a fully compatible socket with identical software certifications, making it ideal for the AMD Open 3.0 Server — the industry’s most cost effective Open Compute platform. It is expected to be available in the first quarter of 2014.

Basically AMDs strategy is to distinguish themselves by using their state of the art IP to build their server processors that are effective enough to cover the target workload and at the same time cutting down on the cost of server ownership.

AMD has dominated the world in the evolution of multi-core processors and 64 bit computing and they plan to stick to this strategy in the future as well with their next generation AMD Opteron families.

Source: AMD | News Archive

There is a simple fact that when a company launches its displays, it’s not mandatory that all are being utilized by the IT companies, sometime they are also being used by the factories, shops, companies and organizations etc. Stealth is a leading company when it has come to production of industrial computers and peripheral markets.

Stealth computer has just introduced one of its new LCD monitor models called the SV-2600W-PM acquiring an attractive 26 inch display with full industrial high definition display (1920x1080p). This newly introduced model is currently Stealth’s largest industrial model to date. The LCD is ecologically sealed to NEMA 4/IP65 specs giving out maximum protection from dirt, wet, dampness and hostile operating environments. This monitor is actually designed in way that it makes use of the LED technology as a backlight for maximum efficiency of energy giving an adequate 350 nits (CD/m2) of brightness. It is also well equipped with a capable touch screen along with VGA and DVI-D outputs.

The LCD is made for maximum user friendliness when it comes to its installation. It can be very easily installed without drilling multiple holes. You simply need to attach the steel brackets and there you go!

These LCDs are basically build to withstand the harsh environment it can go through in industries, factories, security and defense markets etc.

Stealth’s new SV-2600W-PM 26” panel is currently shipping with a price tag of $2,195. Besides this Stealth is also dealing in 25” to 24” sized panels.

Source: Stealth | News Archive

Last week AMD announced their FX-9000 series processors, which included the FX-9590 and FX-9370. These processors made headlines and the FX-9590 was the first ever consumer processor to offer a 5 GHz speed. A couple of days later it was revealed that AMD would only be selling these chips to system integrators, but not that may not be the case as they have popped up for pre-order online.

The store that has listed the processors is PCSuperstore. They have the both the FX-9590 and FX-9370 available for pre-order for $920.31 and $576.27 respectively. These retail boxed processors hold the part numbers FD9370FHHKWOF and FD9590FHHKWOF and the “WOF” suffix suggests that the chips will not come with a heatsink / fan. The prices are lower than Intel’s high-end Core i7-3930K and Core i7-3960X extreme processors, but not by much. With such high TDP’s it will be interesting to see how well these processors will sell.

Source: CPU World | News Archive