CyberPower Inc. has announced the Gamer Xtreme M1 notebook PC, an Intel Penryn Core 2 Duo / Extreme-based notebook gaming system that features ATI CrossFireX dual video card technology. The Gamer Xtreme M1 delivers an impressive feature set that does not break the bank with Intel’s Penryn based Core 2 Duo T9400 processor running at 2.53GHz 1066FSB and 6MB L2 Cache; 17” WUXGA (1920×1200) LCD display; and dual ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870 512MB video cards with CrossFireX technology.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
CyberPower Announces Gamer Xtreme M1 Notebook PC
New Toshiba Qosmio X305 Gaming Notebooks
Both the X305-Q706 and Q708 utilize a 17-inch WSXGA+ TruBright display to ensure the utmost clarity at an adjustable resolution of 1680×1050. The lower-end of the two models, the X305-Q706, retails for $1,999.
The Pro Gaming Table
The Pro Gaming Table is definitely for hardcore gamers. It consists of monitors keyboards and joystick etc in a well arranged manner.The Pro Gaming Table is available at $380, excluding those accessories and monitors you see on the picture
Saturday, February 14, 2009
NPD: January video game sales jump 13 percent
Japan's Nintendo Co. drove the U.S. video game market in January, with industry sales of gaming systems, software and accessories growing 13 percent to $1.33 billion.
According to market researcher NPD Group, Americans bought $445.4 million worth of video game hardware during the month, a 17 percent increase from the same period a year earlier.
The Nintendo Wii was by far the month's best-selling system, with 679,200 units sold, followed by the handheld DS, also by Nintendo, with 510,800.
Reggie Fils-Aime, the president of Nintendo of America, said this is the 16th consecutive month the Wii has been the best-selling console in the U.S.
Fils-Aime said he expects the game industry to grow this year, but added this won't be "even across the board."
"Nintendo platforms will have accounted for a large majority of the year-over-year growth," he said in an interview.
The $250 console, launched in 2006, transformed the video game landscape by getting millions people who were not experienced gamers to pick up a controller.
The Xbox 360 from Microsoft Corp. sold 309,000 units during the month. The priciest of the three consoles, the PlayStation 3 from Sony Corp., sold 203,200 units.
January software sales climbed 10 percent to $676.6 million. This was above the 5 percent increase that Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian had forecast. He noted that retailer GameStop Corp. recently reported "healthy" sales of gift cards over the holidays, and many of these were likely redeemed in January.
Games from Nintendo grabbed the top three spots for the month. "Wii Fit," perhaps boosted by New Year's resolutions to exercise, was the month's top-selling game with 777,000 units sold. "Left 4 Dead" from Electronic Arts Inc. and "Call of Duty: World at War" from Activision Blizzard Inc., both for the Xbox 360, were also among the top five.
NPD analyst Anita Frazier said the broadening of the game audience "will help buoy the industry through these tough economic times, provided they have enough compelling content to keep them interested."
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Sony Vaio U70P Wi-Fi Micro PC
Sony is a company that never ceases to amaze me. Every time I think that it can’t produce another groundbreaking product, it does just that. When I looked at the Sony Vaio X505 ultra-slim notebook earlier this year, I was amazed at how small and light it was, while remaining a usable mobile tool. But with the Vaio Type U, Sony has created a mobile computer that makes even the X505 look big, writes Riyad Emeran.The Type U is about the size of that ill-fated PDA pioneer, Apple’s Newton MessagePad. Its exact dimensions are 16.7 x 11 x 2.8cm, with a weight of 550g. However, whereas a PDA is a device that’s designed to do some of what a PC can do, the Vaio Type U actually is a PC. Despite the small dimensions, there’s a complete set of PC components hiding inside that brushed silver and black chassis.
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For starters, there’s a 1GHz Intel Pentium M CPU backed up by 512MB of RAM, although the integrated graphics use will use a minimum of 8MB of that. There’s a 20GB hard disk, which is small by modern notebook standards, but you’ve got to remember how much Sony has had to squeeze into such a small casing.
Dominating the front of the Type U is the 5in TFT screen. With a resolution of 800 x 600, it’s a little low by notebook standards but very high by PDA standards. The screen is bright and vibrant, and the viewing angle is surprisingly good, considering that the device is going to be directly in front of you when you’re using it. The screen is also touch-sensitive which is pretty handy.
Pointer control comes courtesy of a thumb stick that brings back memories of the Toshiba Libretto, which used a similar device imbedded in its lid. Pressing the thumb stick inwards is equivalent to pressing the left mouse button, while at the top left corner of the fascia is a group of three buttons that represent the left and right mouse buttons, along with a scroll-lock button. The latter is particularly useful when you’re scrolling through web pages. Above the thumb stick is a four-way rocker pad that serves as your cursor keys, while there’s a button in the centre that selects the highlighted option.
The bottom right corner also houses three buttons. One of these controls the brightness of the backlight, another takes you into a hardware set-up menu populated with volume control, brightness, mute etc. The third button fires up a rather strange handwriting recognition/text entry utility that I couldn’t quite get the hang of. Now, before you think that I shouldn’t be reviewing a PC if I can’t figure out the applications, let me point out that the Type U is only available in Japan, so everything on this device, including Windows XP, is Japanese.
The final two buttons are in the bottom left corner, and are labelled Zoom and Rotate. The Zoom button will change the resolution of the screen - you can drop it down to 640 x 480, or push it up to 1024 x 768, 1280 x 1024 or 1600 x 1200. Of course the higher resolutions present you with a virtual desktop that you have to scroll around. The Rotate button spins the display into a portrait format, which can be very handy when you’re reading a long document.
On the left side of the chassis is the power switch, a hold switch to stop any buttons being pressed inadvertently, and a headphone socket. The headphone socket also accepts a Sony type remote control and thankfully one is supplied in the box, complete with backlit display. On the right is a single USB port, a hardware switch for the integrated 802.11b wireless adapter and a control+alt+del button - absolutely imperative for any Windows-based device.
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On the top you’ll find a standby button, a MemoryStick slot and a CompactFlash slot. It’s good to see that Sony is giving you the option of using a different memory card format from it’s own MemoryStick. Here you’ll also find a couple of clips that hold the battery in place - the battery takes up the whole back of the device.
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
PSP: Sony's Candy Colored Consoles
These new "carnival colored" PSPs from Sony should come in a selection box -- they look good enough to eat. The rainbow-hued consoles will go on sale in Japan on March 19th for ¥19,800 ($223). Also available will be a kit, featuring a 4GB MemoryStick, a "private porch" (pouch) and a handosutorappu, which we believe to be a hand strap. The kit will go for ¥24,800 ($279).
To celebrate this Japan-only release, let's have some further fun with Google Translate. The PSP-3000 is, apparently, designed "To further reduce image quality". Other essentials include " the guns and diamonds (tentative)" and "the distance investigation - to the truth 23 days". We know that that laughing at machine translations is a low form of humor, but these are great. In fact, we're happy to help "spread more and more the world of entertainment".
Video-Card Maker Gets Into PC Gaming, Brings Along Concierge
Launching a high-end gaming PC system in the middle of the worst economic period in the last 25 years doesn't seem like a smart move. But the people in charge of video card-maker BFG Technologies are trying to beat the odds by offering an interesting value incentive we hadn't heard of before.
They're offering a personal concierge service for the system. Massage anyone?
It's true (but not the massage). BFG's new Phobos system is set up at your house by an expert technician, and he or she can transfer files, clean out your old rig, and probably even fluff the pillows. The system comes with a full warranty for a year and the concierge visits the baby twice during that time. It also has 24/7 tech support.
As for the gaming intimidation factor, the separate power source LCD panel is probably the one thing about the chassis that's most notable. It runs on Linux and displays all of the relevant system benchmarks.
The Phobos system is available starting on the 19th of this month, at $3000 all the way to the Elite $8000. There's no word on whether the concierge will leave a mint on top of the case.
Nvidia Launches 3D Kit For Gaming
LAS VEGAS -- 3D technology is coming to the video gaming industry for real with Nvidia's launch of a new accessory kit that will automatically transform more than 300 existing games into 3D experiences for users with PCs that have the company's graphic cards.
Nvidia's kit includes a pair of black 3D glasses, an infra-red emitter cables that will retail together for $200.
The kit doesn't work with all HDTVs. It is compatible currently with the new Samsung and ViewSonic 120 Hz LCD monitors, Mitsubishi DLP HDTVs and DepthQ HD 3D projector by Lightspeed.
Nvidia's 3D glasses still have the dorky feel to them though the company says they are modeled after modern sunglasses. The glasses are not tethered and offer up to 20 feet of wireless video viewing.
CyberPower Gamer Dragon 9000 Desktop PC
CyberPower Gamer Dragon 9000 is CyberPower’s mid-range system and includes AMD Phenom™II X4 920 Quad-Core CPU, Asetek Liquid Cooling System, 4GB PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory a 1 terabyte SATA II hard drive, Radeon’s HD 4870 512MB video card, Blu-Ray player, 20x DVD rewriteable drive, HD 7.1 onboard sound, Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium Service Pack 1 64-bit Edition, and Cooler Master’s new Storm Sniper full tower case. Price of this configuration is $1,139.
