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Nvidia to license Kepler GPU core to Android device makers by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:48 PM on June 18, 2013 Nvidia lost the battle for next-gen consoles to AMD, but the war for... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Mobile computing Personal tech	27
Refuted: BF4, other Frostbite 3 games to be 'optimized exclusively for AMD' by Cyril Kowaliski — 4:04 PM on June 18, 2013 Well, folks, I think PC gaming may have just gotten a little bit... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming	118
Enter here to win an XFX Radeon HD 7790 graphics card and AMD FX-8350 CPU by Geoff Gasior — 3:20 PM on June 18, 2013 The giveaways keep rolling here at TR. This week, you have the chance to win a couple of juicy prizes from XFX and AMD.... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics	26
We have a winner in our Adata storage giveaway by Geoff Gasior — 12:25 PM on June 18, 2013 We have a winner in our Adata storage giveaway. Congratulations, Timothy Laughrey, you've won a DashDrive Durable HD710 1TB and DashDrive Elite UE700... Type: News story Tags: Storage	17
Oculus VR secures $16 million to bring virtual reality to consumers by Geoff Gasior — 6:00 AM on June 18, 2013 The Oculus Rift VR headset enjoyed a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign, earning nearly $2.5 million through the crowdfunding site. Less than a year later,... Type: News story Tags: Displays Gaming	25
AMD's A10-6800K and A10-6700 'Richland' APUs reviewed by Scott Wasson — 10:07 PM on June 17, 2013 AMD has taken its Trinity quad-core chips and tuned them so hard, a new code name sprouted forth: Richland. We've taken a pair of... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics	81
Ouya console plays Borderlands 2 via Nvidia GRID by Geoff Gasior — 1:06 PM on June 17, 2013 The folks behind the indie-friendly Ouya gaming console thought it was too expensive to pay for a booth at last week's E3 expo, so they... Type: News story Tags: Game consoles	30
Samsung adds ultrabook PCIe SSD with 1400MB/s read speed by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:13 AM on June 17, 2013 The next wave of ultrabooks won't just get a performance and battery life boost from Intel's Haswell processors. They may also have substantially quicker storage,... Type: News story Tags: Storage Mobile computing	40
Next-gen games may not carry a premium by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on June 17, 2013 Getting the itch for those next-gen graphics? Good news: next-gen games apparently won't... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	65
Deal of the week: A GeForce GTX 660 for $168.99 by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:59 PM on June 14, 2013 Nvidia's GeForce GTX 660 is a terrific card for the money, and it's not uncommon to see it on sale. Offers like this one don't... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Graphics Cases	22
Don't forget to enter our Adata USB 3.0 storage giveaway by Geoff Gasior — 12:35 PM on June 14, 2013 Next week, we're giving away a couple of USB 3.0 storage products from... Type: News story Tags: Storage	25
Apple's new controller framework hints at gaming aspirations by Geoff Gasior — 11:32 AM on June 14, 2013 In just a few short years, the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch have become incredibly popular gaming platforms. The latest iterations have the hardware... Type: News story Tags: Gaming Game consoles	48
New Mirror's Edge will be open-world, more action-packed by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:00 AM on June 14, 2013 More details are coming to light about the Mirror's Edge sequel prequel EA... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	33
The Division just may have won E3 by Scott Wasson — 11:51 AM on June 12, 2013 We've featured a number of new games announced at E3 this week, but we've so far overlooked one of the best demos shown there: Ubisoft's... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	36
Battlefield 4 gameplay footage shows epic destruction by Geoff Gasior — 6:00 AM on June 12, 2013 Want to see extended gameplay footage from the next Battlefield game? I thought so. Let's start with the single-player Angry Sea video. ... Type: News story Tags: Gaming	49
Enter here to win a waterproof USB 3.0 hard drive and a speedy USB 3.0 thumb drive by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:54 PM on June 11, 2013 We've already parted with a fair amount of loot this month: first a 1kW XFX power supply and an AMD FX-8350 CPU, and then... Type: News story Tags: Storage	26
Seagate releases NAS-specific 4TB hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 11:12 AM on June 11, 2013 Seagate has introduced a family of 3.5" hard drives designed for network-attached storage.... Type: News story Tags: Storage	35
Intel targets servers with affordable DC S3500 solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 10:03 AM on June 11, 2013 Last November, Intel introduced a new enterprise-oriented SSD based on proprietary controller technology. The DC S3700 uses 25-nm MLC NAND and is aimed at... Type: News story Tags: Storage	10

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NeelyCam

Continuing a long history of innovation, AMD announced today that they were the first to reach a critical CPU power envelope threshold. AMD CEO, Rory...

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codedivine

Well, the 200W barrier has been broken. Now onto 500W! +35

Chrispy_

Mirror's Edge 2008: Widely-considered a great game by consumers and reviewers al... +24

ronch

I won't buy Intel unless they release a stock 220w CPU. +22

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