PC Gaming
Top Deal: In case you haven’t heard, AMD has some big things planned in graphics. It’s getting ready to kick the Catalyst Control Center to the curb and introduce a new “Radeon Software Crimson” interface that will bring with it several improvements, including more frequent driver updates. Exciting stuff, and if you’re looking to jump…
Pushing the pedal to the metal The nice thing about factory overclocked graphics cards is that the manufacturer assumes all the risk, at least until the warranty period is over. That doesn’t seem to be a deterrent for Gigabyte, which just added five new overclocked cards to its Xtreme Gaming series. In addition to the…
Setting the record straight Analysts are prone to sound the alarm on the PC industry by noting drops in shipments while ignoring the fact that hundreds of millions of new systems find their way into homes each and every year. Apple CEO Tim Cook took things a step further this past week by ignoring numbers…
QNAP launched on Thursday two new network attached storage (NAS) units, the TAS-168 with one drive bay and the TAS-268 with two drive bays. Both come packed with two operating systems crammed into a visually-pleasing chassis that will look good both in the home and the office. What’s unusual about these two NAS units is…
Asus chairman Jonney Shih hinted last month that the company may make its own augmented reality (AR) glasses. Now CEO Jerry Shen has confirmed those plans, reporting that the product will be released next year. Shen made the revelation on Wednesday during an earnings webcast, saying that the company believes AR will be important for…
A NAS for the power hungry There are NASes, and then there are uber-NASes. The QNAP TVS-EC1080+ is one such uber-NAS. Pitched as an enterprise-level unit, the TVS-EC1080+ packs in killer hardware features, as well as a host of applications that users should find useful. At times, we find that some of QNAP’s NAS units…
Microsoft’s Terry Myerson confirmed on today that the Windows 10 “Threshold 2” update is now rolling out to the masses. He boasts that with the update installed, Windows 10 performs nearly 30% faster than Windows 7 running on the same device. That’s quite a gain, a detail many Windows 7 customers may need to factor…
Top Deal: When you’re shopping a home, you don’t settle on just any dwelling, you look at things like space, amenities, and aesthetic appeal. It should be the same when hunting for a case for your components, and if you’re looking for an attractive chassis with lots of high-end features, then check out today’s top…
Productivity workhorses Acer just fleshed out its lineup of monitors with not one, but two new 34-inch models, both of which sport an In-Plane Switching (IPS) panel and an ultra-wide form factor. The first is the B346CK, a 34-inch monitor with a Quad HD (3440×1440) resolution at 60Hz. It offers 178-degree viewing angles, 100 percent…
An all-in-one with gaming chops It’s not too often that we see all-in-one systems aimed at gamers, but that’s exactly the segment MSI has in its sights with its new Gaming 27T, a 27-inch AIO that packs some pixel pushing hardware inside. MSI paired an Intel Core i7-6700 processor with a discrete NVIDIA GeForce GTX…