Computex 2012
Along with interviewing ECS VP David Chien, AnandTech was invited to browse around the ECS booth. With ECS’ main market being motherboards, the focus was ultimately on new technologies surrounding the ECS branding. We have had a brief look at the Golden Series motherboards before in our Z77 preview and have a product in for review. ECS clarified their positioning with the Golden Series branding – in order to provide a higher-end product above their Black series that is aesthetically pleasing, especially to those who want to design gold colored systems and case modifications. There is apparently demand in various markets for this sort of product. Nonstop Testing and Super Alloy Chokes As with any other motherboard manufacturer, finding different ways to advertise their...
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M: Kepler GK104 Goes Mobile
Origin PC spoiled the GTX 680M launch party a bit with their announcement of their new EON15-S and EON17-S notebooks this morning, but NVIDIA asked us to avoid discussing...
46 by Jarred Walton on 6/4/2012Computex 2012: NZXT's Cryo V60 & X60 Notebook Coolers
With features like configurable TDP with Ivy Bridge and more users moving to notebook-only usage models, finding new ways to add extra cooling to increasingly small form factor notebooks...
3 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/4/2012Sony Goes Whole Hog With a New Ultrabook, Updates Vaio Notebook Line
It's not surprising with Computex on and hardware refreshes from the three major players (AMD, Intel, NVIDIA) that vendors have been updating their offerings. What is surprising is just...
4 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/4/2012Origin PC Announces EON15-S and EON17-S with GeForce GTX 680M
It looks like there’s a bit of confusion on some embargo dates, but Origin PC has released some details on their upcoming EON15-S and EON17-S notebooks. The big news...
4 by Jarred Walton on 6/4/2012Hands on With ASUS' Tablet 600 & Windows RT
Earlier today ASUS announced its first Windows RT device, the Tablet 600. Based on NVIDIA's Tegra 3 SoC (T30), the Tablet 600 features a 10.1-inch 1366 x 768 IPS...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/4/2012Gigabyte and the X79 Refresh
Intel's Sandy Bridge-E platform is slated to be with us well into 2013. Thus if you want the highest performing system with no expense spared, there is only...
8 by Ian Cutress on 6/4/2012Gigabyte - Dual Thunderbolt on Z77
Thunderbolt based motherboards have become a talking point over recent weeks, with our look at a pre-certified MSI solution, followed quickly by ASUS and Intel's certified products. Now...
3 by Ian Cutress on 6/4/2012Gigabyte meets Trinity - A Computex Look At FM2 and A85
One of the meetings today was with Gigabyte, up on the 36F of the Taipei 101. We got a chance to see close up their FM2 prototype design...
10 by Ian Cutress on 6/4/2012Patriot's EP Pro UHS-I SD Card
Earlier today Patriot announced its EP Pro UHS-I SDXC card. The UHS-I spec is really about driving up performance. The EP Pro is rated at up to 90MB/s reads...
6 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/4/2012Other new ASUS products: Monitors, and a Reverse Screen Laptop
Not content with just showing the Transformer concept to AIOs and Notebooks, ASUS had another couple of new interesting devices of note in our press conference today. The...
7 by Ian Cutress on 6/4/2012New ASUS AIO Transformer. Oh, it’s also a tablet.
With the push towards more powerful AIOs and tablets, ASUS have decided you can have both in one device. At their press conference today ASUS announced the new ASUS Transformer...
9 by Ian Cutress on 6/4/2012New ASUS Transformer Book - Ultrabook meets Tablet
In a spate of announcements today, ASUS have shown us their latest innovations, including the new ASUS Transformer Book. In almost every way, this looks like a normal...
16 by Ian Cutress on 6/4/2012ASUS Tablet 810 & 600: Giving us Almost Exactly What We Want in a Windows 8 Tablet
ASUS had another amazing Computex press conference this year. Along with the dual-screen Taichi notebook, the Transformer All-in-One and the Ivy Bridge based Transformer Book, ASUS announced two more...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/4/2012Lenovo: New Ivy Bridge Ultrabooks and Increasing Market Share
Lenovo is hardly a new name in the computer industry, as they're one of the top five PC OEMs in worldwide sales right now. In fact, Lenovo was keen...
13 by Jarred Walton on 6/4/2012Intel and Thunderbolt Devices for Windows
As part of Computex, Intel invited the worlds media to discuss Thunderbolt. While nothing much new was said over what Anand has already discussed and public, we did...
9 by Ian Cutress on 6/4/2012Hands on With Acer's Iconia W510 x86 Windows 8 Tablet
Check out the gallery below for tons of shots of Acer's 10.1-inch Iconia W510 x86 Windows 8 tablet with keyboard dock. It's clear that touch and ultra thin form...
6 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2012Acer Completes its Windows 8 Lineup with Touch Enabled All-in-Ones
Two more Acer announcements for you today. The Acer Aspire 7600U (27-inch, 35mm thick, 64-point multi-touch, 1080p) all-in-one and the Aspire 5600U (23-inch). The 7600U swivels at all four sides...
6 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2012Acer's Full HD Touch Enabled Windows 8 Aspire S7 Ultrabooks
Acer joined the likes of ASUS with its announcement of the Full HD 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch Aspire S7 ultrabooks. Unlike ASUS however, Acer is announcing touch support with the...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2012Acer Introduces Windows 8 Tablets with Docks: Iconia W510 & W700
We just sat down for Acer's Computex press conference in Taipei. Today it's unveiling two x86 Windows 8 tablets: the Iconia W510 and W700. The W510 features a 10.1-inch...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2012