Review of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Graphics Card

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Review of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Graphics Card

NVIDIA have just released it’s new first generation Maxwell based graphics card, the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, and here is our review.

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The GeForce GTX 750 Ti is designed to deliver the horsepower necessary to drive today’s most demanding titles in full 1080p HD. It delivers 25% more performance than previous generation cards and up to twice the power efficiency thanks to the new Maxwell architecture.

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This is what NVIDIA says about Maxwell:

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Efficiency is all about doing more with less. The way we achieved better efficiency in Maxwell is by increasing the utilization of our cores. This increases computation.

With Kepler, the SM contained control logic that routed and scheduled traffic for 192 cores. This was complex for a single piece of control logic. With Maxwell, we divided the SM into four blocks, each with its own piece of control logic. The control logic now manages 32 cores instead of 192, making its task much simpler.

By breaking up one giant problem of the control logic doing the scheduling and threading on each SM into smaller work, and by performing the global partitioning in software, we were able to design the chip to be more efficient. As a result, we’ve actually increased the amount of peak performance per core by 35% when compared to the cores in chips built with the previous generation Kepler architecture.
Since we are using less overall cores to get more performance, less power is ultimately used, increasing the performance/watt for the Maxwell architecture. A number of additional optimizations were made inside the chip to increase power efficiency.

The GeForce GTX 750 Ti

The GeForce GTX 750 Ti is designed for gamers who want to enjoy their games at 1080p with normal to high settings without breaking the bank. At the heart of the GeForce GTX 750 Ti lies our first-generation Maxwell GM107 GPU with 640 CUDA Cores. The memory subsystem of GeForce GTX 750 Ti consists of two 64-bit memory controllers (128-bit) with 1GB or 2GB of 5.4Gbps GDDR5 memory.

GeForce GTX 750 Ti also ships with GPU Boost 2.0 technology, ensuring that the graphics card is always running at the highest clocks possible for the very best gaming performance under varied operating conditions. With Boost 2.0, NVIDIA also guarantee a minimum level of performance no matter the workload or thermal/power conditions.
The base clock speed of the GeForce GTX 750 Ti is 1020MHz. The typical Boost Clock speed is 1085MHz. The Boost Clock speed is based on the average GeForce GTX 750 Ti card running a wide variety of games and applications. Note that the actual Boost clock will vary from game-to-game depending on actual system conditions.

Specifications

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A Closer Look

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As you can see, the size of the card is significantly smaller than that of the GTX 680, both in length and width.

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Lenovo announces the Yoga Tablet 10 HD+ at MWC 2014

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Lenovo announces the Yoga Tablet 10 HD+ at MWC 2014

Today at the Mobile World Congrass, Lenovo has announced the Yoga Tablet 10 HD+, that will be expanding on the screen resolution of the original Yoga 10 released in back in October of last year.

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The Yoga Tablet 10 HD+ tablet packs a 10-inch 1920×1200 Full HD display, with a 1.6GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, 2GB of RAM, 8-megapixel rear-camera, 1.5 megapixel front-camera, 16/32GB of storage, with micro SD support for upto 64GB, Android 4.3, with 18-hours of battery life with thanks to a massive 9000mAh battery, and optional 3G.

With the Smart Display it will automatically adjust to image quality on the screen with ambient light, and there’s also three modes for viewing content: hold, tilt, and stand.

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Lenovo will make optional accessories available, including a Bluetooth keyboard cover, coloured sleeves, and a MiraCast Dongle to connect to televisions.

The Yoga Tablet 10 HD+ launches in April starting at $349.

At the event Lenovo also announced that a new suite of DOit apps designed to help people simplify their digital lives, allowing them to easily share, sync, protect and manage precious information on their smartphones and tablets. Comprised of five essential apps that address the key concerns of mobile users

  • SHAREit – shares information instantly between multiple devices without network charges
  • SECUREit – speeds up devices and secures them from viruses and malware
  • SYNCit – backs up and restores contacts, SMS messages and call logs
  • SNAPit Camera – provides a powerful camera app with multiple shooting modes
  • SEEit Gallery – allows one-touch creative editing and efficient photo management

Huawei announces the Mediapad X1 at MWC 14

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Huawei announces the Mediapad X1 at MWC 14

As you can see Huawei been busy at this week MWC 2014, that is announced the MediaPad X1. The Huawei MediaPad X1 will be battling in the mid-range tablet market like against the like of the Nexus 7. Mediapad X1 will come with a slick unibody with only 7.13mm thickness and the impressive weight of only 239 grams.

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The 7-inch LTPS Screen comes with a 1920×1200 resolution for a sharp-looking experience and with its dynamic lighting features you will get the best view even in direct sunlight.

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The MediaPad X1 is powered by a Kirin 910 1.6 GHz quad-core processor which is backed up with an impressive 5000 mAh Battery, that should last for 5 days of continued use or 21 says of Stand-by.

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For taking pictures the X1 comes with a highly developed 13 MP camera with Sony’s Exmor R BSI Sensor with automatic scene recognition to give you the best mode for the Picture you’re trying to take, the front facing Camera for self shots and Video chatting comes with 5MP and Huawei’s proprietary self-focus tips, preview screen, 10-level auto-facial enhancement and voice-activated hands-free capture.

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MediaPad X1 will be available in black, white, champagne and light pink in China, Russia, Western Europe, Middle East, Japan and Latin America from March 2014 at a suggested retail price of €399. Accessories for MediaPad X1 include a Smart Cover, featuring magnetic closure to protect it from wear and tear.

 

Huawei announces the Talkband B1

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Huawei announces the Talkband B1

Huawei also announced a new wearable device at MWC 2014, it features a 1.4-inch OLED display to give you feedback and information and the band incorporates a headset, so you can use it to take calls. It features dual mics and will give you 7 hours of talk time. The TalkBand B1 has USB charging, just like the Nike FuelBand it is also claimed 2 weeks of standby.

The TalkBand connects to your phone via Bluetooth 4.1, with NFC in place to ensure a quick and easy pairing process.

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The band will give you a range of fitness functions, keeping track of your steps and calories, as well as offering a sleep monitor. It is IP7 water resistant, so there are no worries about wearing it in the shower.

The Huawei TalkBand B1 will be out first in China, then with a wider roll-out planned for Q2 2014, priced at €99.

Huawei Ascend G6 Announced at MWC 2014

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Huawei Ascend G6 Announced at MWC 2014

Huawei announced a mid range phone today at MWC 2014. The Huawei Ascend G6 will come in 2 different Version, one with 4G that will be 7.85mm thin and weighs 115 grams, the 3G Version will be 7.5mm. With the designed to take on the likes of the Xperia Z1 Compact and other more affordable devices, the phone takes design queues from the brand’s current flagship P6 handset.

Both Devices will have an 4.5-inch qHD 960 x 540 LCD display and 245PPI and will be available in a variant range of colours including black, gold, white and others.

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With a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and a 2000 mAh Battery, backed up with the LTE connectivity and NFC Entertainment and Work can be done pretty fast and everything can be instantly shared to your friends and co-workers. For capturing and sharing Personal Moments the Ascend G6 will come with a 13Megapixel Camera on the back and 5MP on the front, which are packed with a variety of Features such as VoicePhoto, 88 degree capturing and automatically enhanced Pictures.

The Huawei Ascend G6 will be available from Q1 2014 and Huawei Ascend G6 4G from April 2014 at a suggested retail price of €249

Huawei announces the Huawei E5786 Mobile Hotspot

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Huawei announces the Huawei E5786 Mobile Hotspot

Today Huawei have announced the all new Huawei E5786 4G LTE mobile Wi-Fi unit offering staggering download speeds of up to 300Mbps at MWC 2014. The Huawei E5786 is suitable for use with LTE Cat 6 networks.

The new MiFi unit offers download speeds of up to 300Mbps and upload speeds of up to 100Mbps and whilst no network in the UK currently supports these speeds, the E5786 MiFi will also support Cat 3, Cat 4 and Cat 5 LTE so it will work with existing networks.

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With the Huawei E5786 it comes with a 3000 mAh battery offering up to 10 hours of usage. The E5786 is unique as it also offers reverse charging meaning if your smartphone is running low, you can use the modem to charge your phone. The Huawei E5786 comes with a QR code that allows you to connect to the Mi-Fi without a password just by scanning the QR code ‘

The Huawei E5786 modem will launch in the second half of the year

Windows Phone 8.1 Detailed at MWC 2014

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Windows Phone 8.1 Detailed at MWC 2014

Also at the Microsoft event at Model World Congress, Joe Belfiore announced that Windows Phone 8.1 is coming around April with key hardware support changes such as: support for Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 200, 400, 400 LTE, TD-LTE, TD-SCDMA SGLTE and support for dual SIMs. On-screen buttons like on Android are now supported, allowing OEMs to make handsets without the three physical hardware buttons. Hardware camera shutter button is also no longer a requirement.

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Now with Windows Phone 8.1, the users will now be able to apps on microSD cards.The Windows Phone 8.1 will be backwards with most of the existing Windows Phone 8 hardware on the market.

Microsoft also announce new hardware partners, with LG, Lenovo, ZTE, Xolo, Karbonn, Lava all onboard for Windows Phone 8.1 powered devices.

For those of you who love, there is some good news. Official Facebook Messenger app is coming to Windows Phone in the coming weeks.

Microsoft announces Spring update for Windows 8.1

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Microsoft announces Spring update for Windows 8.1

Today Microsoft at Mobile World Congress announced the first update to Windows 8.1, with Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore, who is responsible for phones, tablets, and PCs from Microsoft, it also revealed the update is coming “this spring” and will largely focused at improving the experience for mouse and keyboard Windows 8.1 users.

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Joe Belfiore also confirmed that the update will include improvements like a title bar at the top of modern apps, and the power / search buttons on the Windows 8.1 Start Screen.

With Microsoft also says there will be “easy” launching and switching of apps via the Windows 8.1 taskbar, alongside new mouse UI for right-click and closing apps. It’s clear this is largely designed for mouse and keyboard users, and Belfiore admits Microsoft has heard the complaints.

“Some of those touch affordances weren’t really tuned as well as we could do for those mouse and keyboard users,” says Belfiore. “We found people weren’t aware of where they should look in the UI. Those are the things we’ve really started to improve for this update coming this spring.”

With the spring update for Windows 8.1 will also allow OEMs to lower their specifications for devices. Also Joe Belfiore says PC makers will be able to use just 1GB of RAM and 16GB of storage in future Windows 8.1 devices, this is a big change that will help bring lower price points.

Microsoft haven’t named the update today, but internally it’s known as “Update 1” for Windows 8.1. No exactly date when the update will become available, but the company is largely expected to detail it fully at the Build developer event in April before releasing it early that month.

Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo Smartwatches Confirmed for MWC14

Chris Hare
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Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo Smartwatches Confirmed for MWC14

Samsung has confirmed at this years MWC that it will release two new smart watches just six months after the Galaxy Gear was introduced.The Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo let users connect to a wide variety of Samsung devices and access an enriched application ecosystem as the first wearable powered by Tizen OS based wearable platform. Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo are compatible with more than dozens of Samsung Galaxy smartphones at launch.

Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo will be available around the world starting from April.

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Samsung Gear 2 Product Specifications for both:

Display

 1.63” Super AMOLED (320 x 320)

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 1.0 GHz Dual Core Processor

OS

 Tizen based wearable platform

Camera

Gear 2 : 2.0 Megapixel Auto Focus (1920×1080, 1080×1080, 1280×960)

Gear 2 Neo : N/A

Video

 Codec: H.264, H.263Format: 3GP, MP4HD(720p, @30fps) Playback & Recording

Audio

 Codec: MP3/AAC/AMR/VorbisFormat: MP3, M4A, AAC, OGG

Camera

Features

 Auto Focus Camera, Sound & Shot, Location Tags, Signature

Additional

Features

 Fitness Features:   1.Heart Rate sensor    2.Pedometer    3.Exercise       Standalone Modes: Running, Walking       Companion Modes: Cycling, Hiking    4.Sleep & Stress (Downloadable)

Music Player with Bluetooth® Headset and Speaker

WatchON Remote: Remote Controller via IrLED Sensor

Basic Features: – Bluetooth Call, Camera, Notification(SMS, E-mail, Apps)  Media Controller, Schedule, Smart Relay, S Voice, Stopwatch, Timer, Weather

More Features(Downloadable):
– Calculator, ChatON, Flashlight, Quick Settings, Voice Memo

Changeable Strap  Color Options:
– Gear 2 : Charcoal Black, Gold Brown and Wild Orange – Gear 2 Neo : Charcoal Black, Mocha Grey and Wild Orange

IP67 Certified Dust and Water Resistant, Noise Cancellation
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Connectivity

Bluetooth® v4.0 LE, IrLED

Sensor

Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Heart Rate 

Memory

RAM: 512MB 

Storage: 4GB Internal Memory

Dimension

 Gear 2 : 36.9 x 58.4x 10.0 mm, 68g
Gear 2 Neo : 37.9 x 58.8 x 10.0mm, 55g

Battery

Standard Battery, Li-ion 300mAh

Typical Usage 2~3 days, Low Usage up to 6 days

Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare Exclusive Interview with Gary Clay from PopCap

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Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare Exclusive Interview with Gary Clay from PopCap

EA Games and PopCap will be releasing the highly anticipated Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare later this month, and we had the opportunity to sit down with Gary Clay from PopCap to talk all things PvZ.

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Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare is a 3rd person shooter like no other. It is the only game where you shoot peas from your face, invade the skies as a garlic drone and… get to play as a zombie with a dolphin gun! Crazy Dave also wants you to know that plants will have all-new reinforcements – Ice Pea, Hot Rod Chomper, Future Cactus and Mystic Sunflower – characters outfitted with special abilities, new gameplay mechanics and cool costumes.

Gary is the Senior Franchise Manager from PopCap Games responsible for Plants vs Zombies, so over to Gary:

If you want to see some more gameplay, check out some of our new Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare videos here.

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare is coming to Xbox One and Xbox 360 on February 25 in North America and starting February 27 in Europe.

Watch some Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare Gameplay on Xbox One

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Watch some Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare Gameplay on Xbox One

At a recent event with EA Games, I got to play some Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare and I thought I would share some of the gameplay with everyone.

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These videos were captured from the final code running on an Xbox One.

Let’s Play Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare : Team Vanquish – Surburban Flats (Plants)

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Let’s Play Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare : Gardens Ops – Port Scallywag (Plants)

Let’s Play Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare : Gardens & Graveyards – Wall-nut Hills (Plants)

Let’s Play Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare : Gardens & Graveyards – Wall-nut Hills Night (Zombies)

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare is coming to Xbox One and Xbox 360 on February 25 in North America and starting February 27 in Europe.

Is Titanfall Going to Xbox One as a Pre load Purchase like Steam does?

Chris Hare
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Is Titanfall Going to Xbox One as a Pre load Purchase like Steam does?

Looks like Microsoft is going full charge for the release of the new Titanfall, and it’s doing so by making it the first Xbox One title to have pre load and pre purchase functionality.

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Here is what is written on the Xbox Games Store website: (link which has now been taken down)

“Pre-purchase: You will be charged the full price immediately for this pre-purchase. Xbox One game expected to release on March 11th, 2014. You may download the game from Xbox Live before then, but it will not be playable until after 12:01 AM PST on the release date in your country.”

Normally with Xbox One games are only available for download digitally on the day of release. But for Titanfall, the game will be made available for download sometime before its March 11 release date. The Xbox Games Store also reveals the download size of the game at 15.88 GB.

It is a smart move from Microsoft’s part as I’m sure many Xbox One players will want to get into the game as quickly as possible.

Captain Price Comes to Personalisation Packs for Call of Duty : Ghosts

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Captain Price Comes to Personalisation Packs for Call of Duty : Ghosts

With the release of brand new customisation options for Call of Duty: Ghosts from Activision. Players can choose between four weapon Personalisation Packs, play as one of the Ghosts courtesy of the Special Characters pack or take to the stage as one of the most legendary Call of Duty heroes of all time with the Capt. Price Special Character and themed Personalisation Pack.

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Details of each pack as follows:

·         Personalisation Packs: Fight in style with the Ducky, Space Cats, Inferno and Circuit Personalisation Packs.
·         Special Characters: Intimidate your enemies as one of the Ghosts. Choose from Keegan, Merrick, Hesh and Elias.
·         Captain Price Legend Pack: Become one of the most legendary Call of Duty heroes of all time with the Capt. Price Special Character and themed Personalisation Pack.
·         Extra Slots Pack: Increase the number of Create-a-Soldier load out slots from 6 to 10 for each character.

 

The Pinball Arcade Coming to PS4 This Month from System 3

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The Pinball Arcade Coming to PS4 This Month from System 3

The independent publisher System 3, has announced The Pinball Arcade launches at retail this February 2014, as the complete pinball package.

Developed by Farsight Studios, and the 4th pinball title published in collaboration with System 3, The Pinball Arcade is the 3rd highest Metacritic rated game for PlayStation 4, and the culmination of ten years of creating classic pinball games.

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From the PlayStation 2, to Gottlieb Pinball on PSP, Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection, through to The Pinball Arcade, System 3 and Long-term partner, Farsight, are delight to bring the best pinball tables, reverse engineered to perfection, with the most accurate physics, and the original sound effects and light’ing of these classics to PlayStation 4.

The Pinball Arcade’s 22 tables and exclusive challenge pack offers incredible value, underlining the critically acclaimed gameplay with incredible value, and is only available at retail.

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Pinball has never looked better or been more authentic, and you can play some of history’s greatest tables at home, including Star Trek, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Twilight Zone, Monster Bash, Medieval Madness, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Theatre of Magic and many more.

“We’ve been working hard to bring the ultimate pinball experience to PlayStation 4, and with The Pinball Arcade, we have delivered a flippin’ great game,” said Mark Cale, CEO of System 3. “With authenticity, incredible value, and exclusive content, we’re pleased to give gamers and pinball fans the greatest and highest rated pinball game ever made.”

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