NVIDIA Optimus

Ever had that problem with your new laptop whereby you constantly have to switch between using your power draining GPU or not? If you have then you’ll know how frustrating it can be having to switch your GPU on or off depending on what you’re doing on your laptop to conserve on energy. You have…

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Asus Limited Edition ROG MARS GPU

The quite frankly awesome ROG MARS was previewed several months ago with most people just assuming it was a proof of concept. However it would appear that Asus are on the verge of releasing this unique card. It is strictly limited to 1000 units, will be sold on a first come first serve basis and…

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PCIe 3.0 delayed until 2011

The next version of the PCI Express bus standard, 3.0, won’t appear until 2010 and not this year as originally anticipated. Without the publication of the standard we are not going to see any PCIe 3.0-compliant kit until 2011 The delay was confirmed by PCI Special Interest Group President Al Yanes. Speaking to PC Magazine,…

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Intel Core i7 and Core i5 Platforms get SLI Support

NVIDIA have finally announced that Intel Corporation, and the world’s other leading motherboard manufacturers, including ASUS, EVGA, Gigabyte, and MSI, have all licensed NVIDIA SLI technology for inclusion on their Intel P55 Express Chipset-based motherboards designed for the upcoming Intel Core i7 and i5 processor in the LGA1156 socket. As a result, customers who purchase…

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