MSI, a large-scale manufacturer of computer hardware and consumer electronics, has introduced its new lineup of graphics cards, codenamed R7870 Hawk. The new series goes with the upgraded Radeon HD 7870 video adapter, improved integrated circuit and overclocking base. In addition, these graphics cards will go with the implemented GPU Reactor and Unlocked Digital Power technologies. Upon the whole, the introduced integration and performance is called to compete for the customers' favor with other high-end top models designed by Gigabyte and Asus.



Design and Layout


Design of R7870 Hawk somehow resembles a short-cut version of R7970 Lightning from MSI as well. It has similar design of cooling system covered with blue strip. The cover hides five heat pipes and rather compact fans. The rear part of the card is covered by a metallic plate; there is a plastic boot opposite the graphics chip that covers GPU Reactor block. This block is based on a separate detachable board and …

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Nettop Samsung Chromebox is a high-performance hardware platform supplemented by software with the open source code. The product uses Chrome OS based on Linux, and is destined at efficient work with web-applications. The most attractive feature of the Chromebox is its price. The average market cost equals to $329; such cost is able to exceed similar products from other manufacturers and draw the lion's share of potential customer groups.


Chromebox is …

The speed at which brand products based on recently released GeForce GTX Titan adapter strike the market, makes all Internet users, enthusiasts and IT professionals marvel. This fact is explained by some outstanding characteristics of Nvidia’s creation that offer unmatched and unseen earlier performance. Due to the integration of the most powerful GPU, this adapter brings gaming experience to a new level, creating a real breakthrough in graphics industry.



What Makes ‘Titan’ So Special?


Graphics adapter Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan is equipped with a powerful GK110 GPU. It consists of fifteen SMX current multiprocessors, each of which employs 64 CUDA FP64 cores. This allows the adapter to achieve 4.5 TFLOPS speed in computing operations with a single precision and up to 1.5 TFLOPS speed in computing with a dual precision. Still, this adapter takes high-end performance in gaming environment as a prior task. The minimal operational clock frequency is established at 836 MHz, …