Fanless AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GHz Graphics Card from Sapphire

Sapphire is a well-known video card expert company. Unlike their usual mainboards, Sapphire’s video cards are often original, well-designed, powerful and always reliable. During the Computex 2012 show, the company’s new AMD Radeon HD 7770 video card has been reportedly pictured. What’s different? Well, it has absolutely no fan and the memory chips are relocated on the backside of the card. The PCB is a clear departure from AMD’s Radeon HD 7770 reference design. As we said, the memory has been relocated on the back of the card and the chips are cooled by a metallic plate that also gives the card an increased structural integrity. There seem to be only four heatpipes running through the cooler, but Sapphire is confident...

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AMD’s Radeon Graphics on Intel Thunderbolt

MSI has been very popular lately considering, that it currently holds the record for the fastest Ivy Bridge notebook in the world. The company managed to impress many enthusiasts at this year’s Computex with their MSI S20 Slider convertible UltraBook/Tablet. Now the company is reportedly  presenting its original external graphics technology that features an AMD Radeon GPU inside an aluminum case. The company promises it will make GUS II devices that will integrate video card solutions dissipating a maximum of 150 watts of heat. Considering the way the aluminum case looks, we say that a 250-watt version would also be manufactured and sold, but it’s on MSI to decide. MSI already conditioned the diversity of the...

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Sapphire’s Best AMD Trinity Motherboard Sighted

Sapphire’s motherboards never impressed us with anything but their traditional white PCB color. Now that these aren’t white anymore, we’re forced to analyze the rest of the board to see something interesting. The Sapphire Pure Platinum A85XT Socket FM2 motherboard was reportedly pictured at this year’s Computex show and it brings two PCI-Express slots x16 that can form a x8 by x8 configuration when both are populated. The FM2 socket is powered by a decent 8-phase VRM and there are four DDR3 DIMM slots next to it. On the rest of the motherboard we can find two PCI 32-bit legacy expansion slots, one PCI-Express x4 slot and two PCIe x1 and a mPCIe slot very ill-positioned. There are also seven SATA III connectors along...

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GALAXY S III Email App Has Critical “Large Attachments” Crash Bug

Officially introduced on the market last week, the Galaxy S III is Samsung’s new Android flagship smartphone. Although the super-phone has been much praised by media and consumers alike, it appears that the device is still plagued by some software bugs. One of these bugs that we have just discovered seems to affect the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync email application. Users who will want to set up their email accounts using through ActiveSync should know that they won’t be able to receive emails with attachments larger than 10MB. As you can see from the screenshots above, the application cannot load 10MB emails and displays an unexpected error: “Unfortunately, Exchange service has stopped.” The bad news is that users won’t...

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Apacer Intros Limited Edition Snow Leopard Series DDR3

Like so many other companies, Apacer is present at this year's Computex show in Taipei, Taiwan (Computex 2012).  There, it has brought many NAND Flash and DRAM-based products, one of which will suit overclockers. We are referring to the Snow Leopard Series of DDR3 RAM (random access memory), rated at a 2,133 MHz performance. With a capacity of 16 GB, the Dual-Channel Overclocking Memory “adopts the world’s first-ever pure white PCB.” There's a lower-capacity product too (8 GB), called Ares. We have no prices to impart, but the video embedded above does have every other relevant piece of info so far disclosed. If nothing else, the Snow Leopard and Ares will be much cheaper than G.Skill's 96 GB and 3 GHz kits. Sure, that comparison still allows for a huge price,...

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AMD Desktop Trinity Delayed to October?

Considering that the wave of AMD Trinity motherboards displayed at Computex 2012 is too big to point to a CPU delay, we have difficulty in believing the rumors. The problem is the fact that AMD might be indeed planning a short delay of its desktop Trinity APUs, but the reasons are completely different than what others are saying. Our take on this supposed delay is the fact that AMD has been really successful in ensuring design wins for its Trinity-based APUs and now fears a shortage or chips. Therefore, the Texas-based CPU designer is piling up Trinity APUs for shipments towards the mobile integrators. This may also have to do with the SOI technology. Remember that SOI might ensure an extra 10 or 15 percent frequency...

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iOS 6.0 Build 10B24 with "iStore" Reportedly Leaked

YouTuber JakeTechWizard, who apparently has his way with tech stuff, has published a video called “iOS 6 Beta (Build 10B24).” As its name implies, the footage aims to depict the next major version of Apple’s mobile operating system. That’s right: “aims” to depict iOS 6. Not that the footage isn’t credible, but iOS 6 getting into the hands of someone who doesn’t have to sign an NDA with Apple and can just state their name and profession without fear of Apple’s wrath is a tad too fantastic in our view. Then again, if someone can leak an iPhone, how hard can it be to get your hands on some bits? In any case, the footage (spotted by Cult of Mac) shows how Jake quickly takes a trip to the Settings in the General tab to prove...

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PowerColor Shows Radeon Cards with 6 miniDisplayPort Connectors

We haven’t heard about AMD’s Radeon embedded video solutions in a while, but PowerColor has just reminded us that these are a great alternative those huge pre-overclocked Radeon cards. We’re talking about Tul Corporation’s latest edition of Embedded Radeon cards that feature the E6000 series GPUs. The E6000 series GPUs reportedly use multi-chip module (MCM) packages, which put the GPU die and memory on the same package, reducing board size and power consumption. Video card solutions using embedded GPUs offer the video card manufacturer the opportunity to make cards with simpler design. The power consumption is reduced, and thus, the power section of the card is simpler and cheaper to produce. The cards can fit...

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Alleged iPad mini Photos Leak

A leak signed ZooGue, an accessory manufacturer, aims to depict the rumored iPad mini with a square-ish design, room for 3G-networking components, and cameras. Not the most credible leak, but so seemed the first-emerged iPhone 5 cases. Whether or not analysts are shooting their mouths when they claim industry sources tell them Apple is working on a smaller version of the iPad, ZooGue (via the Cult) has something interesting that might corroborate such claims. “Just days ahead of Apple’s WWDC 2012, our anonymous source has provided us with pictures of an iPad with miniature proportions,” the company reports on its blog. “Low resolution excused, the images give us a great look at the housing of what may be the ‘iPad Nano’, which...

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MSI's Core i7, GTX 680M GT70 Gaming Notebook

Micro-Star International has quite a few things at its Computex 2012 booth, only one of which we've actually covered so far (MSI Slider S20). Now we get to take a look at the GT70, a gaming notebook that comes as close to being a desktop replacement as a laptop could possibly get. With an Intel Core i7 quad-core CPU and NVIDIA's newest mobile GPU, it breezes through heavyweight benchmarks as if they were nothing. What's more, MSI tossed in two SSDs instead of just one. They are configured in Super RAID, ensuring one of, if not the fastest, storage speeds on the market. A final perk that the company saw fit to mention is the SteelSeries keyboard, with four-color backlighting and touch-based multimedia keys. Thanks to Shashwat for the tip. ...

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SnapDragon S4 Notebooks Already in Production

AMD and Intel finally get some real competition in the Brazos/Atom arena. Qualcomm’s SnapDragon S4 is already inside notebooks that will launch later this year with Microsoft’s Windows RT. We are very curious about what the performance level is. It’s most unfortunate that Windows RT doesn’t support legacy x86 software, as we would have been able to quickly benchmark the ARM-based Krait against Intel’s low-performing Atom processor AMD’s new Brazos 2.0 platform. On the other hand, there is an upside to Microsoft’s “no x86 legacy” decision. If legacy software were supported, the Windows RT operating system would have been quite bulkier and the programing overhead would have brought ARM’s processors only disadvantages. We...

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Kepler GPUs on DELL Sooner Than We Think

DELL will most certainly equip its next 15.6-Inch XPS notebook with NVIDIA’s frontrunner, Kepler Quadro GPU, or so the supported graphic cards list found in 296.79 drivers says. Kepler GPUs are using the 28nm technology to deliver speeds up to 1,006 MHz stock rating, or 1,058 MHz with GPU Boost. These are speeds for desktop workstations; the latest GTX 680M GPU for mobile devices can go up to 720 MHz. The 296.79 drivers package has been spotted online, available for download, and offers support for Windows 7, both x32 and x64 architecture. What’s interesting about it is that the “NVDM.INF” file lists a bunch of supported GPUs from Kepler line (K series), amongst others. The driver version is 8.17.12.9679 and is dated 05/10/2012: NVIDIA_DEV.0FFB.053E.1028...

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“Transformers 4” Will Be Michael Bay's Last, for Real This Time

Few were surprised when, earlier this year, Michael Bay announced that he had unretired as director of “Transformers” and would do another installment for Paramount, the fourth. As it turns out, this is really the last one – no joke this time. Just like he once said 3D was just a flash in the pan that he would never deign to use, and then changed his mind and released “Transformers” in 3D, fans knew from the start Bay would be back after “The Dark of the Moon.” Now working on “Transformers 4,” which will be out in the summer of 2014, Bay is determined to make it his last film in this franchise, it has emerged. In fact, he's just preparing the ground for another director to take over on the new and improved franchise, the...

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Nokia Belle FP2 Screenshots Leak

Nokia 808 PureView, the first smartphone to be shipped with Nokia Belle FP1 out of the box, has yet to make its entrance on the market. However, the Finnish company is already preparing to deliver a new major OS update for its Symbian handsets. Nokia Belle FP2, formerly known as Nokia Donna, is expected to be officially announced in the following months. Still, the folks over at MyNokiaBlog have recently received several screenshots of the upcoming Nokia Belle FP2 update. Although FP2 has yet to be announced, rumor has it that it will come with new keyboard, gallery, music player, unlock screen and search button in home screen toolbar. Obviously, these are not the only changes included with Nokia Belle FP2, so expect more goodies...

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Acer’s QuadCore Tegra 3 Tablet to Cost Just $199 USD (€159)

Acer’s 7” A110 quad-core tablet, which we already talked, is planned for a 199 USD price point. This is probably the first Kai tablet out on the market right now. The Acer A110 pricing has reportedly been confirmed by Acer’s representatives at the company’s Computex 2012 booth. This is a lot of value and performance for the money spent and the budget buyers might actually enjoy more performance than the more cash-endowed buyers of more the expensive A210 10” tablet. The A110’s screen is just 7”, and so the resolution is a little bit more modest when compared with the 10” model. Because the GPU and CPU are the same, a smaller resolution will lead to better performance results. ...

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This Is the iPhone 5 Design – All But Confirmed

There’s hardly any doubt right now regarding the design of Apple’s next iPhone. Assuming this new leak isn’t a forgery (and the consistency of these rumors has been staggering), this is what the next iPhone will look like, period. The video embedded below features the exact same type of hardware showed in photos by various repair shops with access to Apple’s supply chain. By all accounts, this is what the next iPhone should look like (pictured left). Showcased in a YouTube video by eTradeSupply (highlighted by the peeps at cydiablog) this unibody construction looks genuinely fit to house the internals of a next-generation smartphone from Apple. The video description states: “New iPhone component. Maybe for iPhone 5. But...

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AsRock Shows AMD Trinity mATX FM2 Motherboards

AMD’s Trinity was clearly yesterday’s star at the Taipei Computex 2012 show. If the mobile lineup has been displayed and discussed over and over again, the desktop line is still eluding us, but the motherboard manufactures are at least showing us the platforms. AsRock reportedly steps up in the desktop Trinity ring with three new motherboards. The first two of the new additions are the most affordable, and the FM2A75M-DGS is the cheapest. Based on AMD’s A75 FCH complete with SATA III, the FM2A75M-DGS is a mATX board powering the FM2 socket with a modest 4-phase VRM. It only brings two DDR3 DIMM slots supporting up to DDR3 2400 MHz memory and even more if overclocking is allowed. The PCB is a nice cool black like...

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AMD’s Trinity Crashes Intel’s Computex 2012 Party

We were wondering where is AMD at Computex 2012. We were even comparing this year’s Computex to an Intel/Microsoft party where AMD was not invited. Well, today AMD started teasing us with some rather intriguing products. The intriguing part was how exactly AMD was able to fit a quad-core CPU inside such a slim device. Sure, Compal’s AMD tablet is not the thinnest device we’ve ever seen, but there wasn’t an AMR or Atom processor in there. That tablet is powered by a full-blown x86 APU using the Trinity core. When we first saw it, we were honestly expecting an AMD Bobcat-based CPU, not a Trinity APU. Later in the evening, AMD’s party crashing show was lighted up and Intel’s marketing campaign started taking hit...

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AMD’s APUs Bring 61% Better Battery Life Than Intel CPUs

Most of the journalists and experts covering this year’s Computex show were in complete agreement on the fact that it all looked like an Intel/Microsoft Windows 8 party. AMD let Intel enjoy a first day of impressive announcements, but last evening, it decided to crash it. One of the most impressive claims that AMD marketing slides have revealed was a 61% battery life superiority in a 3D-intensive applications. The application of choice was Futuremark’s 3D Mark 2006 and the processors tested were AMD’s E series versus an unnamed Intel counterpart. While we trust AMD’s mathematics, we don’t believe that the slide is telling the whole story. The Intel CPUs tested were clearly not Atom parts, as Atom could easily equal...

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