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White PCB GALAXY GTX 780 breaks 3Dmark record

While there might have been a lot of talk recently surrounding the new Nvidia Titan Black GPU, partner company GALAXY has taken lemons and made rocket fuel, by producing a new version of the GTX 780 Ti that's managed to take the top spot on the single GPU 3Dmark Fire …

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MSI showcase next generation motherboards @ Cebit

We managed to get some time with MSI's Joran Schoonderwoerd at the MSI stand in CEBIT – check out the video below. Under NDA we can't divulge any information on the upcoming boards and the board names are partially masked to protect the Intel NDA, but we have attached some …

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Plextor M6 family performance @ Cebit

Nothing shows the difference in performance between two products quite like a side by side comparison. Here at CeBIT 2014, KitGuru goes one stage further. So what is ‘stage further' than a side-by-side?  You may well ask. Plextor's latest M6 SSD technology, being compared against itself, with 3 different interfaces. …

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New SAPPHIRE 4×4 PC @ Cebit

The SAPPHIRE BP-FT3GS features the latest embedded SOC architecture from AMD in a very small 100 x 100mm (or 4 x 4 inch) format. The latest AMD G-Series FT3 SOC combines a low power CPU, control circuitry and discrete level graphics in a single device. This low-power solution delivers much …

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Enermax showcase Digi-Fanless 550W PSU @ Cebit

While the PC section of CeBIT is much smaller this year, some stands are noticeably bigger than last year. One of the highest increases is on the Enermax stand. KitGuru checks to see if the delivery matches the advertising. Pride of place, in the centre of the stand, is a …

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Sapphire R9 290X Toxic Edition 8GB @ Cebit

Following on from our earlier story on the upcoming 8GB R9 290X VaporX Edition, we have also just been shown the new R9 290 Toxic Edition which is shipping in an 8GB configuration. Now based on previous releases, we know the Toxic branded products are normally Sapphire's fastest, but we …

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Sapphire R9 290X VaporX 8GB @ Cebit

Sapphire are showcasing their upcoming 8GB R9 290X VaporX at Cebit – a solution that will be released soon to tackle the high end Titan from Nvidia. With 8GB of memory and high clock speeds  – perhaps they might have a few surprises in store for the guys in green. …

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Asus GTX 750 Ti OC 2GB Review

Today we are taking a look at the new Asus GTX 750 Ti, the third Maxwell card we have reviewed since Nvidia launched back on February 18th. So far we have analysed the MSI GTX750 Ti OC Twin Frozr and the Palit GTX 750 Ti StormX Dual – both fantastic …

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Asus preps Ares III graphics card with two AMD ‘Hawaii’ chips

Asustek Computer is known for exotic products that require exceptional engineering skills and which deliver performance and capabilities that are unique for the whole industry. At present the company is busy with a new “world’s first” project: a graphics card based on two AMD Radeon R9 290X “Hawaii” graphics processing …

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Sapphire R7 250 Ultimate Review

Many of the leading graphics manufacturers have been working hard on developing new coolers and fan technology to reduce noise emissions as much as possible. This is never more important than when building a media center for a living room or bedroom. If you are unwilling to accept any noise …

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Toshiba reveals new 15K hard disk drives for enterprises

Toshiba Corp. has introduced a new breed of hard disk drives with 15K revolutions per minute spindle speed designed for mission-critical enterprise applications. The new AL13SX-series hard drives are among the fastest HDDs in the industry that will join solid-state drives in data centers that require massive storage capacities. Toshiba …

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AMD introduces Radeon R9 280 graphics card for $279

Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday introduced its new offering for the sub-$300 market segment of discrete graphics cards, the Radeon R9 280. The novelty is not really something new as it is based on two years old code-named Tahiti graphics processing unit and resembles the Radeon HD 7950. Nonetheless, it …

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AMD debuts low-cost socketed APUs, introduces AM1 platform

Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday announced a new breed of accelerated processing units (APUs) featuring new-generation low-power Jaguar x86 cores that will be available in pin-grid array (PGA) packaging and will be compatible with FS1b sockets (commercially known as AM1). The new chips will be branded as Athlon and Sempron. …

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OCZ introduces Z-Drive 4500 PCIe family of SSDs

OCZ Storage Solutions, a subsidiary of Toshiba Corp., on Tuesday introduced its new Z-Drive 4500 PCIe family of solid-state drives designed for enterprises. The new series delivers even higher performance in comparison to OCZ’s Z-Drive R4 and takes advantage of multiple new technologies. The new OCZ Z-Drive 4500 PCIe solid-state …

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ASUS debuts R9 280 DirectCU II GPU

One of the biggest problems with AMD's latest R9 series line up of cards, was that they ran hot. Really hot. Today ASUS is ticking another box off of its to do list, by announcing a new, potentially much cooler version of the R9 280: The DirectCU II version. The …

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Imagination: we are looking to move up the performance ladder

A representative for Imagination Technologies, a leading developer of mobile graphics processing technologies, said that the company was looking forward to increase performance of its solutions so substantially that to be able to address fully-fledged personal computers. Imagination Technologies once sold its Kyro graphics processing units for desktop PCs. Although …

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AMD FirePro Graphics Group Test

AMD's FirePro W-series arrived towards the end of 2012, but they still pack a punch. The fact that these cards remain competitive over a year after release is testament to the strength of the architecture. We had the opportunity to pit three of the top models against each other – …

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Toshiba boosts storage of mobile devices with new NAND modules

Toshiba Corp. this week said that it had developed the world's fastest device controller for embedded NAND flash memory modules compliant with the universal flash storage (UFS) 2.0 and UFS unified memory extension (UME) 1.0 standards defined by JEDEC standard-setting organization. The company has also created embedded NAND flash memory …

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XFX Type01 Bravo Case Review

Today we are going to take a look at the XFX Type01 Bravo … the companies first attempt at a PC Case. Until now, XFX's range of products has consisted predominantly of graphics cards and power supplies, so it will be interesting to see if the Type01 Bravo can be …

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