Kitguru and sister group PCTV recently had some time to sit and chat with Sapphire's Global PR Director, Bill Donnelly. He speaks about their latest discrete graphics card – the new HD6970 Battlefield 3 FleX Edition. This card was reviewed today by Kitguru and it features a dual bios switch …
Read More »AMD’s Sasa Marinkovic speaks to Kitguru about Bulldozer FX
It's been a long time coming, but we have now entered the world of 8-core desktop processors. KitGuru is proud to bring you an exclusive PCTV interview with AMD's Sasa Marinkovic on Bulldozer, the benefits of 8 cores and overclocking the FX. The world plus dog has rendered an opinion …
Read More »Interview: AMD claims huge software advantage over Intel
Much of KitGuru's unique content focuses on the hardware that enthusiasts use to fulfil their dreams. But there's something to be said for the software too. In the same way that a pair of near identical F1 cars can finish miles apart, based on the ability of the driver and …
Read More »Asus prepares to cut Razer revenues with Vulcan ROG phones
Working closely with some of the world’s top professional gamers, the Asus Republic Of Gamers (ROG) designers have created the ROG Vulcan Pro Gaming Headset. KitGuru stuck a microphone in front of an Asus expert and he spilled the beans. Miodrag Relic knows a thing or two about combat. While …
Read More »XBox 360 Disc Scratches – Repaired!
Do Microsoft XBox 360 consoles scratch discs? Some of our readers say yes, Microsoft themselves say no. Who to believe? Well, KitGuru's favourite expression is ‘follow the money'. If there's a problem, then you will find a business. So we did. And we did. Anthony Taylor runs a business called …
Read More »Unreal interview with Unreal person? Plus Unreal competition? Epic!
Yesterday, at the De Vere West One conference centre in central London, the folks from Epic ran a single day, game development training session called Unreal University. KitGuru was on hand to chat with the Unreal people about Unreal subjects. Unreal! While senior technical artist and designer Alan Williard helped …
Read More »Exclusive interview with Intel’s John Hengeveld about parallelism
KitGuru has long been fascinated with the increased levels of parallelism in modern processors. The move to Core, showed the world that doing more work per cycle is usually much more powerful than simply cranking up the clock. Intel's research teams rapidly embraced this increased parallelism and now we're moving …
Read More »Exclusive interview with Andrew Wu from Republic of Gamers
On Thursday 30th June 2011, the Asus Republic of Gaming (ROG) gurus will be hosting a special overclocking event at a secret London location. KitGuru was lucky enough to catch up with one of the ROG elite, Andrew Wu, who spends 365 days a year dreaming of new ways to …
Read More »Exclusive interview with Tony Sahin from Xigmatek
Companies always come into the technology market with a range of products. You can normally expect a wide variety of colours, shapes, sizes and design philosophies. Not so much with Xigmatek. Everything, including the personnel, seem to be built to military grade. We caught up with Xigmatek's Marketing, Engineering and …
Read More »Intel’s Developer Relations team reveals all to KitGuru
Creating a cool piece of hardware is really just one of many steps needed to create a great user experience. Almost everything made out of silicon has microcode, drivers and program code loaded onto it from every angle – to try and make it as good as it can be. …
Read More »KitGuru one on one chat with AMD’s Terry Makedon
Terry Makedon really needs no introduction, as the ‘Catalyst Maker' he has been one of AMD's high profile celebrities now for many years, interacting with the public on many technology forums and running a hugely popular Twitter feed with almost 10,000 followers. Terry was recently over in Ireland with some …
Read More »Eszter Morvay from IDC on tablets-n-targets
How can one woman from a small city in the north of Hungary make CEOs and Vice Presidents across Europe, Middle East and Africa break out in a cold sweat? Simples. You give her years of experience, razor sharp wit and a BS detector tuned to the max. Then …
Read More »The secret of AMD’s recent success: An interview with John Byrne
At the end of 2008, AMD's share price was just under $1.82. At the time we sat down to write this article, they were trading at $9.18. You don't need a degree from the London School of Economics to see a 500% rise. There will have been lots of factors, …
Read More »Kingston predicts SSD will be $1 per GB in 2011
KitGuru has seen an interview with a Western Digital VP who claimed that the SSD would never seriously impact the sale of hard drives because the cost was so high. The world has spun through space several times since then and now SSD is very affordable. KitGuru puts Steve Hall, …
Read More »Andre Santos interview – Powercolor will succeed even without mainboards
KitGuru believes that 2011 will be one of the most significant in the history of the personal computer. A real inflection point. Bend of the knee type stuff, where the whole market lurches in new directions and many of the old ways are forgotten. Powercolor has been shaking up the …
Read More »Dawn of a new Ice Age with Cryo PC
Ten thousand years after the last great ice age receded (forming the Vale of Aylesbury on its way), Alan Johnson formed Cryo PC in the sleepy village of Granborough. KitGuru went to investigate. His technical team have all concealed their secret lives as ‘enthusiast overclockers’ by working real jobs in …
Read More »Craig Connell reveals the inside scoop on AMD
Craig Connell spent years driving sales for nVidia before moving across to the red team almost a decade ago. He knows both of the graphics companies intimately and, through the processor giant’s acquisition of ATI, he’s also an expert on AMD’s CPU business.He's just the right person to prod for …
Read More »Kingston bangs in record sales while competitors falter
While slow and timid interviews are the stuff of weary insomniacs, there's nothing KitGuru likes more than an experienced senior executive that's prepared to tell it like it is. To help stir the spirits, Kingston kindly lent us Bernd Dombrowsky. And we are very greatful that they have. You'll soon …
Read More »Interview with HIS – Peter Yeung: Director of Marketing
We recently had some time to sit down with Peter Yeung: Director of Marketing with HIS. Peter graduated in the US with a major in Business Administration and Economics. He lived in New York, Silicon Valley and is now based in Hong Kong. His role and responsibility is to continue …
Read More »Interview with EVGA’s Miodrag Relic
In the modern computer market, loyalty is a rare thing. That EVGA has managed to thrive in an ever more difficult market, while selling only nVidia graphic cards, shows just how determined Andrew Han has been. When he formed the company on 16th July, 1999, the dream was to extend …
Read More »Suzy & Sylvie share a scone – close up pic @ Computex
Pic anonymously sent into KitGuru from Computex shows Intel PR super spinner Suzy Ramirez with every tech geek’s favourite heart throb, Sylvie Barak. Back in the day, Sylvie would have been pumping Suzy hard for secrets, but now it seems that they are happy to share the simpler things in …
Read More »Interview with ADATA’s MD – JJ Jan
ADATA are a growing company, well known amongst enthusiast circles for producing a wide range of memory products. We recently had some time to sit down and have a chat with JJ Jan, ADATA's Managing Director in The Netherlands. Allan: Hello JJ Jan, can you tell our readers a little …
Read More »Interview with Terry Makedon – AMD
Terry Makedon is one of the most well known and highly respected AMD employees on the tech scene. While most of the high profile company representatives hide behind a desk and keyboard, Terry has always been the person talking to the end user on many of the leading forums – …
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