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AMD Confirms That An APU Powers The Xbox One

AMD Confirms That An APU Powers The Xbox One

Now with the announcement of Xbox One, AMD has confirmed through a Tweet that it is powered by a single-chip, semi-custom APU co-developed by AMD and Microsoft. This tweet reveals that Microsoft and AMD have worked closely for the APU powering Xbox One which features 8 cores, an embedded GPU and 8GB of RAM. It is rather strange that why Microsoft is so quite about the specs while Sony has openly announced the internals of their PS4.

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Intel Haswell i7-4770K Sold on eBay for $600

Intel Haswell i7-4770K Sold on eBay for $600

The new Intel Haswell i7-4770K processor has now been listed on eBay and has already sold for $600 which does not include shipping charges. The price doesn’t sound too unreasonable since in the past many other pre-released products that have been auctioned were in high figures.

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Futuremark Announces PCMark 8

Futuremark Announces PCMark 8

Futuremark has just announced PCMark 8 into its line of benchmarking suites that target all PC subsystems. This benchmark is designed specifically for newer Windows 8 PCs, but the benchmark should work just fine on Windows 7 machines as well. In this new benchmark Futuremark has brought over some battery life tests from their own PowerMark Suite. Other new tests include native application tests using both Adobe and Microsoft applications to simulate real world usage.

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EVGA Teasing ACX Cooler for GeForce 700 Series

EVGA Teasing ACX Cooler for GeForce 700 Series

We all know of the custom cooling solutions offered by many graphics card manufactures out there. I’m sure you might have heard of DirectCU, TwinFrozr, JetStream and WindForce. EVGA is finally trying to compete with these other coolers with their new ACX (Active Cooler Xtreme) Cooler that will debut on NVIDIA’s 700 Series.

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ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Packaging Revealed

ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Packaging Revealed

Another photo of the packaging for the upcoming GeForce GTX 780 has been leaked by WCCFTech. Just yesterday we showed you Inno3D’s GeForce GTX 780 packaging and now today we have ASUS’s. Read on to take a look…

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Windows 8.1 Will be Free Through Windows Store

Last week we had confirmed that Windows Blue will be called Windows 8.1 and would be an update to Windows. We now know this update will be free through the Windows store and will not be a service pack. It seems like Microsoft is finally getting it and offering seamless and free OTA (over the air) updates for their operating system.

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Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 Box Revealed

Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 Box Revealed

Looks like we are getting closer and closer to the launch of NVIDIA’s 700 Series of graphics cards. VideoCardz has revealed the packaging of the upcoming flagship GeForce GTX 780 graphics card from Inno3D. The picture confirms that the card will feature 3 GB of GDDR5 memory and is powered by the GK110 architecture.

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GeForce GTX 780 Priced at 500 to 600 Euros

GeForce GTX 780 Priced at 500 to 600 Euros

NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 780 is set to be the flagship of the new 700-series line. This refresh is set to replace current Kepler 600 series cards. A report from Fudzilla says the GeForce GTX 780 will cost anywhere from 500 to 600 Euros (incl. VAT) depending on the SKU. Of course the price in the US will be a little different and we will have to see what it will be as we get closer to the launch date.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Can Be Flashed To GeForce GTX 770

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Can Be Flashed To GeForce GTX 770

As many of you know NVIDIA will be releasing the GeForce GTX 770 graphics card towards the end of the this month. Now there is some new information out that you will be able to flash older GeForce GTX 680 cards with a new BIOS and turn them into GeForce GTX 770 cards. We have heard that the GTX 770 would be using a new chip, the GK104-425 A2, but what if it was just a GeForce GTX 680 in disguise?

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Researchers Say Smartphone Users Want Larger Screens

Researchers Say Smartphone Users Want Larger Screens

Preferences and interests of users keep changing in the Smartphone industry. A survey was conducted by Strategy Analytics, a company known for its statistical analysis, and it was concluded that a large chunk of the Smartphone users are more interested in larger screen sizes. This is not so surprising however as out of all the Smartphones launched this year and before, many of them had large screen sizes.

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