This month Acer is going to start retailing of its novelty – a 27-inch Full HD monitor, called ED273Awidpx.



The specialty is based on the curved VA panel with the 1920 × 1080 px resolution. This display features the 4 ms response time and the 144 Hz refresh rate. Its brightness index reaches 250 cd/m2 and contrast level – 3000:1 (with the dynamic contrast coming up to 100 000 000:1). Viewing angles are 178 degrees (horizontally and vertically).


ED273Awidpx supports AMD FreeSync technology, which synchronizes image frequency between a graphics card and a monitor. Dedicated systems protect user’s eyes, while removing flicker and reducing blue backlighting intensity.


Signal sources connection is performed via digital DVI-D, HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.2 interfaces. The stand allows angle of tilt adjusting in the range of 20°. The screen weighs 4.6 kg and has such dimensions: 613 × 168 × 466 mm.


The Acer Co. has estimated its ED273Awidpx product to cost …

Due to the unknown paparazzi the photos of the upcoming graphics card EVGA GeForce GTX 660 T leaked to the Internet. As it can be seen it is made almost on the reference design of Nvidia. The main differences of EVGA board from the reference — design of the casing of the cooling system, the logo on the fan housing and the clock frequency.



The video card is made on the printed circuit board on the PCI Express 3.0 x16 bus and is equipped with a proprietary dual-slot cooler of active type. Its «heart» is created on 28-nm chip with 1344 GK104 CUDA cores and advanced architecture Kepler. On board there is a 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory with 192-bit and a frequency of 6008 MHz. In fact, core graphics core frequency is 980 MHz, and accelerated by the NVIDIA GPU Boost function value is equal to 1023 MHz.


Dimensions of the cooler are the same as the GeForce GTX 670, but the circuit board is expected to be shorter. It is believed that the card uses the GPU GK104-325-A2 analogically to …

Cooling systems supplied by Japanese manufacturer Scythe are distinguished by the tilted radiators. The latest CPU Katana 4 cooler is not an exception: it is notable for the unusual shape of the radiator. This product is going to compete for mass audience in middle-end market segment, since its price is estimated not for inveterate gamers or overclockers but for users with common cooling needs. Scythe Katana 4 will be a perfect match for average PC systems intended at efficient central processor airflow.



Basic Specifications


The first, and most striking, distinguishing feature of Scythe Katana 4 is its compatibility with a large number of Intel/AMD processor sockets. Even the systems with outdated sockets can hope placing this cooler model. The list of supported sockets include: Intel LGA 775, 2011, 1366, 1155, 1156, and AMD FM1, AM2/AM2+, AM3/AM3+, 940, 939 and 754. Other specifications of the model are listed below:

— dimensions: 100x102.5x143 mm, weight – 480 g;
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