PowerColor has officially introduced a pair of high-efficiency graphics cards developed on the new-generation Radeon R9 290X series adapters. Codenamed PowerColor Radeon R9 290X, both new-comers support the latest graphics technologies, i.e. DirectX 11.2 and OpenGL 4.2. The models feature a totally identical design, still there is one differentiation: one of the models is equipped with a key to Battlefield 4 game. Such ‘bonus’ has resulted in a bit heightened price of $580, if compared with the standard model that costs $550.



Both cards are based on AMD Hawaii XT chip. It has been dynamically overclocked by PowerColor to 1030 MHz, whereas the nominal clock frequency remained the same – 800 MHz. In order to enhance the performance, the GPU has been supplemented with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory with 512-bit interface that runs at 5000 MHz.


To proceed with the specifications, both graphics adapters accommodate four rear video ports (HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI-I, and DVI-D). …

Notebooks and netbooks, which have been the pioneers in the field of portative devices in the recent past, are now considered to be regular gadgets available practically for all people. IT market is oversaturated with the offers from different companies that produce those devices. Growing competition makes those companies invent new strategies in the development of notebooks, providing customers with more impressive performance and stunning design. The end of 2011 and beginning of 2012 was marked by the launch of new notebook generation, the generation of ultrabooks. The mass production of ultrabooks is prognosticated for the mid 2012.


The developers of portative devices took the challenge to combine the functional characteristics of ultrabooks with their ultrafine design. Such companies as HP, Lenovo, Dell, Acer, and Asustek can be called the pathfinders in this technological sphere and their masterpieces have seen the light already in the end of 2011. The representatives of …

To the delight of all gamers the ASUS Co. introduced its latest mother card, called ASUS EX-A320M-GAMING. The novelty is built on the AMD A320 chipset (the Socket AM4 platform). It is also expected to be a perfect base for constructing cyber cafe gaming systems, as far as it has shown 144 hours of steady operation.



ASUS EX-A320M-GAMING, produced in the microATX (244 х 244 mm) format, offers four DIMM-slots for up to 64 GB of the DDR4 memory (2,666 MHz), one PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot for a graphics accelerator, the M.2 Socket 3 interface, four SATA 6 Gb/s ports for the drive subsystem, the gigabit Realtek RTL8111H LAN controller, as well as an 8-channel Realtek ALC887 audio codec. External interface solutions contain a DVI-D, an HDMI, an RJ45, two PS/2, four USB 3.1 Gen 1, a couple of USB 2.0 connectors and three audio jacks.


Among other peculiarities of the specialty customers may distinguish the exquisite stylish card design, the presence of protective …