The Samsung Co. presented the latest C34H890 monitor, suitable for multitask systems.



The novelty possesses a VA matrix. This 34'' curved screen features the 3440 × 1440 pixels resolution and the 21:9 aspect ratio. The response time is equal to 4 ms, and viewing angles are 178 degrees. The product also ensures 300 cd/m2 brightness, 3000:1 contrast and 99.5 % of sRGB colour gamut coverage.


The AMD FreeSync solution ensures the frame rate synchronization process. Picture-By-Picture, Picture-In-Picture, as well as Flicker Free technologies are supported.


Connectivity options include a USB 3.0 hub (plus a symmetrical USB Type-C port), DisplayPort and HDMI interfaces, alongside with a standard 3.5 mm audio jack. The stand allows to customize inclination and display turning angles and modify its height in relation to a desk surface.


The price and market launch date of Samsung C34H890 are unknown yet.

HIS has recently replenished its Radeon R9 series of graphics cards with a new model – the Radeon R9 290 IceQ X2. Based on AMD Hawaii Pro chip, this card is a combination of an ultimate efficiency and an offbeat design. The integrated GPU runs at an etalon frequency — 947 MHz. No changes have been incorporated into the frequency mode of GDDR5 memory: the 4 GB memory with 512-bus interface runs at nominal/effective 1250/5000 MHz frequency.



The major peculiarity pertained to the model is the employment of a proprietary two-slot cooler, codenamed IceQ X2. It consists of a spacious copper base (40x47.5 mm), a large aluminum heatsink, a pair of 89 mm fans, and five nickel-plated heatpipes: 2x 8 mm and 3x 6 mm. The cooler also accommodates additional heatspreaders, which dissipate heat in memory and VRM sections. Moreover, the framework boasts a dedicated stiffening plate that reduces loading on the printed circuit board.


To continue, HIS Radeon R9 290 IceQ X2 comes with two …

The MSI Company decided to open its new gaming desktops series with the Infinite A Model, which main highlight is a front panel. It possesses several facets, one of which resembles a PC-board layout with multi-coloured track lighting, customizable via the MSI Mystic Light software.



The side panel out of tempered glass reveals a vertically mounted graphics accelerator (presumably, a riser card is used). In MSI Infinite A the manufacturer utilized either Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 or GTX 1070 Gaming family video adaptors.


The 14 nm Intel Core i7-7700 processor operates with the micro-ATX Intel B250 logic set motherboard, supplied with four computing cores, functioning at 3.6 GHz clock speed. The system card has PCI-e slots, reinforced mount and CPU power system with durable components. The MSI novelty offers 4 DDR4 slots and allows installing up to 64 GB of RAM. The case can also hold two 3.5-inch and three 2.5-inch drives for data storage.


A Gigabit Ethernet Realtek …