Nvidia GTX 780
It almost feels like we have been seeing the 600 series of cards from Nvidia for a few years now. At a year and two months we are a little past due to see a new generation of cards and today we can finally take the wraps off of NVidia’s latest card, the GTX 780. Rumors have been going around for a while on this launch so let’s just jump right into it and see what it’s all about and then how it performs. One thing is for sure, this will be the start of a lot of exciting cards, and 2013 is going to be a good year!
A year later: Transformer Prime
I’m going to come clean to you guys/girls. I have had tablets for the past 2-3 years and for the first few years, I really never put them to use. I found them to be cumbersome, slow, and there just wasn’t enough reason to use them. Frankly I could do it all on my phone just as well, with a smaller screen of course. About a year ago I had a Transformer Prime come in. With Nvidia’s Tegra 3 quad core CPU I was intrigued and the optional keyboard was icing on the cake. I decided to REALLY give it a try and see what I thought. A year later I want to talk a little about my experience.
Truly Ergonomic Mechanical Keyboard Model 207
When it comes to ergonomic keyboards there are only a few to pick from and, for the most part, all of those are rubber dome keyboards. Ergonomic mechanical keyboards are really limited to two different models, one being the Truly Ergonomic. Today we are going to take a look to see how it compares to everything I have tested to date. I expect an adjustment period just to its shape alone, but as a writer by trade I am very curious how it will affect me day to day. The gamer in me is just as curious on how it will perform in game as well. Let’s take a closer look.
Genius Ring Mouse 2
When it comes to pointers for the computer there are multiple solutions. Most of them come in the traditional flat on a mouse pad form, but occasionally a company comes up with an innovative way to control the pointer on our screen. Genius has developed a “ring mouse” and I have the pleasure of looking at their second version of this particular design in the Ring Mouse 2. I will look at the device’s versatility and functionality in this review and see how it stacks up not only as a pointer, but also as an alternative solution to our browsing needs.
Asus Maximus V Formula
Let’s be honest, Asus has a whole product line full of good motherboards. So much that it really takes a special motherboard to stand out from the crowd. There has been one specific board that has stuck with me for the past year and a half though, back from when I took a visit to the Asus office and they pulled it out to show me. That motherboard would be the Maximus V Formula. I’m sure you are wondering what made it stand out, especially considering all of the motherboards we have in the office, including boards like the Rampage IV. Well I only have a limited amount of space in the opening; you will have to peek inside our review to find out.
City of Industry, California, July 17th , 2012 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today announced the conclusion of its Z77 OC Contest hosted on HWBOT.org. The Z77 OC Contest invited the world’s biggest overclocking community to push Intel® Ivy Bridge processors to the absolute max, with the winners offered an exclusive taste of forthcoming GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 5 motherboards.
GIGABYTE Z77 OC Contest Stages:
Stage 1: Maximum CPUz CPU Frequency Validation
Stage 2: Maximum CPUz DDR3 Speed Validation
Stage 3: SuperPi 32M
Stage 4: Wprime 1024M
GIGABYTE ‘Z77 OC Contest’ Winners
1st Place – Christian Ney
Stage 1: 6761.14 MHz (3rd)
Stage 2: 1612.6 MHz (1st)
Stage 3: 5min 23sec 250ms (4th)
Stage 4: 113sec 489ms (1st)
Total: 31 points
2nd Place – splmann
Stage 1: 6764 MHz (2nd)
Stage 2: 1508.5 MHz (2nd)
Stage 3: 5min 19sec 470ms (3rd)
Stage 4: 120sec 385ms
Total: 27 points
3rd Place – der8auer
Stage 1: 6755.18MHz (4th)
Stage 2: 1414MHz (2nd)
Stage 3: 5 Min 3sec 859ms
Stage 4: 115ms 266ms
Total: 26 points
Contest winner Christian Ney will be one of the first to enjoy a GIGABYTE X79S-UP5 motherboard, featuring the latest Ultra Durable™ 5 technology. 2nd and third place finishers will take home a new Z77X-UP5 TH and Z77X-UP4 TH motherboard respectively.
For complete contest rules, scoring and more details, please visit the contest page hosted on HWBOT.org: http://hwbot.org/competition/gbt_z77_oc/
GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 5
The GIGABYTE X79S-UP5, Z77X-UP5 TH and Z77X-UP4 TH motherboards each employ the award winning GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 5 technology that includes high current capable components for the CPU power zone including IR3550 PowIRstage® ICs from International Rectifier, 2X Copper PCB and high current Ferrite Core Chokes rated up to 60A, which together are able to deliver up to 60°C* cooler temperatures than traditional motherboards. Featured on a range of new motherboards based the Intel® X79 and Z77 Express Chipsets, GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 5 technology is the next evolution in quality motherboard design.
* Testing result for reference only. Results may differ according to system configuration.
* Up to 60° C lower temp. obtained using 4 phase IR3550 PowIRstage® with 2x Copper PCB vs. 4 phase D-Pak MOSFET @ 100A load 10 mins lab testing without heatsink
To learn more about GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 5, please visit: www.gigabyte.us.
- Lersar
- mem0man
- Satansoul
- Hasbeen
- Arxon
- Dreyvas
- Kazuma
- draymac
- h4lt
- garfi3ld
| LanOC V13 Status | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||
