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Acer Aspire Predator AG7750-U3222 Core i7-930 flagship and new midrange AG5900-U3092 debut

Chris Davies, Sep 27th 2010 Discuss [2]

Acer's Aspire Predator series is known for its gaming kick, and that leg-action is all the more impressive now that the range has been expanded with a new flagship and a more affordable mainstream model. The Acer Aspire Predator AG7750-U3222 takes a spot at the high-end of gaming PCs, with a quadcore Intel Core i7-930 CPU, NVIDIA GeForce GTX470 graphics and 12GB of memory, while the Acer Aspire Predator AG5900-U3092 is a mid-range option with a Core i7-870 CPU, 8GB of memory and ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB graphics. Read The Full Story

Acer Aspire AZ5700-U3112 and AZ3100-U3072 All-In-Ones outed

Chris Davies, Sep 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Acer seems to have taken a leaf out of Bang & Olufsen's design book with the aesthetic for their new all-in-ones, with the AMD-based Acer Aspire AZ3100-U3072 and the Intel-based Acer Aspire AZ5700-U3112 offering perhaps the best styling this side of an iMac. The 21.5-inch AZ3100-U3072 is the cheaper option, with AMD's 2GHz Athlon II 170u CPU, 3GB of memory and a 500GB HDD, while the 23-inch Full HD AZ5700-U3112 gets Intel's 3.2GHz Core i5-650 CPU, 4GB of memory, a 1TB HDD and a touchscreen. Read The Full Story

Acer Aspire AS5745DG 3D Vision notebook joins refreshed AS5742G, AS5745 & AS7745

Chris Davies, Sep 26th 2010 Discuss [2]

Acer has updated its AS5742G, AS5745 and Aspire AS7745 notebooks, throwing in a selection of new Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors, together with a choice of integrated NVIDIA Optimus or ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 graphics. The 15.6-inch 1366 x 768 AS5742G and AS 5745 machines have a choice of HDDs up to 500GB, while the 17.3-inch 1600 x 900 AS7745 gets up to 1TB. There's also the Acer AS5745DG with NVIDIA 3D Vision courtesy of the NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M GPU. Read The Full Story

Acer Aspire AS8943G get ATI Radeon 5850 2GB update

Chris Davies, Sep 26th 2010 Discuss [1]

Acer's beefy Aspire AS8943G series notebooks have received a grunt update, with the 18.4-inch 1080p-capable machines now toting ATI's Radeon 5850 GPU with its own 2GB of memory. A range of Intel Core i7 chips are available - up to the i7-740QM - and either 4GB or 8GB of RAM. Read The Full Story

AMD ATI FirePro V9800 4GB gets official: $3,499 of pro graphics

Chris Davies, Sep 9th 2010 Discuss [3]

AMD has outed its latest professional graphics card, the ATI FirePro V9800, with a full 1,600 stream processors and whopping 4GB of GDDR5 memory. The FirePro V9800 has six Mini DisplayPort outputs - using ATI EyeFinity to drive the half-dozen displays - and supports DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.0, ATI CrossFire Pro and a 256-bit memory interface. Read The Full Story

AMD Retiring ATI Brand

Ben Bajarin, Aug 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

Today AMD announced that they are retiring the ATI brand entirely from their branding and marketing. This is a move that I have been expecting for some time now since it has been one of the more prominent discussions at the last few AMD Analyst Summits I have attended. It has become blatantly clear over the past few years that the “speeds and feeds” marketing by manufacturers of personal computers was becoming less relevant to the decision making process of mainstream consumers. This is why both AMD and Intel are taking very different approaches with their partners on how to position and market to consumers. Read The Full Story

Lucid unveils UNITY graphics board architecture

Shane McGlaun, Aug 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

Lucid has announced that it has unveiled the new UNITY graphics board architecture. The new architecture is designed to make HYDRALOGIX multi-GPU gaming accessible to more users. The HYDRALOGIX tech was previously known by the much better name Hydra. Read The Full Story

AMD rebrand revealed: ATI ditched as consumers wise-up

Chris Davies, Aug 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

AMD has confirmed it intends to axe its separate ATI graphics card branding, telling The Tech Report that it will instead be bringing them under the AMD umbrella. Intended to accommodate the new breed of combined CPU/GPU Fusion chipsets that will kick off with the Bobcat before the end of 2010, the move also follows AMD's research which discovered potential buyers were three times more likely to pick an ATI-branded card when they were told AMD were behind it. Read The Full Story

Fujitsu LIFEBOOK AH530 GFX notebook packs external HD550v 1GB graphics

Chris Davies, Aug 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Fujitsu's latest external-graphics notebook has been revealed, the LIFEBOOK AH530 GFX, offloading its ATI Mobility Radeon HD550v 1GB video card to make for a more portable main unit. Based on May's original AH530, complete with optional Core i3, i5 or i7 processors, Blu ray or DVD drives, up to 8GB of RAM and up to 500GB HDD, the AH530 GFX gives desktop users an alternative to the standard notebook's Intel HD GPU. Read The Full Story

XFX Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition Limited now available to purchase

Shane McGlaun, Aug 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

XFX has been peddling some very cool video cards for years. The company was traditionally a NVIDIA branded partner and then moved into selling ATI branded video cards as well. The latest ATI card to come from XFX is an awesomely cool offering called the HD 5970 Black Edition Limited. Read The Full Story

Eurocom Panther 2.0 Mobile Gaming Station Launching Later This Month

Evan Selleck, Aug 17th 2010 Discuss [1]

When we see laptops now-a-days, the general rule of thumb is that thinner is better. But, when you want a small bit of mobility with your gaming rig, that thinness gets dropped out the window. After all, if you want the same guts that go into a desktop, shoved into a frame like a laptop, you can't expect every miracle to be granted. In the case of Eurocom's Panter 2.0 mobile gaming station, just from the looks of it you're obviously getting quite the powerhouse. Read The Full Story

Apple Hexacore Mac Pro on sale now

Satsuki Then, Aug 9th 2010 Discuss [1]

The updated Apple Mac Pro desktop has gone on sale, complete with a choice of quad- and hexacore Intel processors. Announced at the end of July, the new Mac Pros start from $2,499 - for a single 2.8GHz quadcore Xeon, 3GB of RAM and a 1TB hard-drive - while single-chip hexacore machines using Intel's 3.33GHz Xeon bump that to $3,699. Read The Full Story